Limbo 076 - Thursday 18th May 2009
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This Thurs, 18th June: it's the next instalment of Limbo's mighty IRREGULAR collaborations with Canongate Books, which will feature the Scottish debut of exciting new Mancunian outfit MODERNAIRE, who have already toured as support act for The Ting Tings and remixed MGMT and Empire Of The Sun having hardly released a record, plus magnetic stage poet SALENA GODDEN, renegade young Middlesbrough novelist RICHARD MILWARD, and novelist TREVOR BYRNE launching his phenomenal new book Ghosts and Lightning. Keeping the crowd jumping till the wee hours will be DJs from Tongue'n'Groove, Chocolate City and the Black Spring DJs (Limbo).
The Banana Sessions are a light-hearted and fun proposition, with strong leanings towards jazz and cabaret styles and an irreverent approach, chucking a few lyrical and musical jokes in to the mix. They do a series of dainty songs with the colour Green and various animals as subjects, including The Drunken Doormouse and Pesky Wabbit (have they been reading Lewis Carroll?). Then there's the Ballad Of Captain Malloy. Alongside guitar, light drum beats, a girl called Bob on lead vox and a very impressive tuba, the songs are embellished by a dainty, Irish-jig-like flute accompaniment. It's a strong folk element that conjures up images of leprechauns and gentle-folk dancing, prancing and romancing, wouldn't sound entirely out of place on the soundtrack of Gangs Of New York and would all be very cheerful and naive were it not for the wee sting in the Banana Sessions' tail. They go on to sing about the wondrous, dis-inhibiting qualities of Buckfast before closing their set with a very unlikely medley of covers to ramp up the crowd. Limbo is treated to The Prodigy's Outer Space, Smack My Bitch Up, Voodoo People (how apt) and Spitfire, followed by 2Unlimited's No Limits. It's sufficient to put a smile on everyone's face, if they're not smiling already, and ensures the band get a fantastic reception.
Anyone who is a fan of Edinburgh's Broken Records (last seen at Limbo in May 2008, recently signed by 4AD and now on a nationwide tour to promote their recently issued debut album), with whom they share a few attributes, would no doubt enjoy what The Stormy Seas are doing. It's that whole Celtic folk-rock thing - accordion, fiddle, guitar, banjo, accordion etc - which will probably also appeal to fans of Eighties pop stars such as The Waterboys and Dexy's Midnight Runners as much as the Arcade Fire and the whole 'nu folk' brigade. The Stormy Seas have not been on the go for long at all but there are already a couple of stand-outs in their set: Untamed Heart and Morbid Desires. The imbue their set with a large keg of gallic passion and would sit comfortably alongside other acts at festivals such as Wickerman and Belladrum.
When Punch finally go on, they transport Limbo to another level altogether. The septet have a very distinctive air about them as a group but there also some very individual quirks going on with this eccentric bunch, not least in terms of a particular style of facial grooming and sartorial choices. This is matched by their sound. In short, they stand out a mile. Their set moves through a whole raft of styles with a fluid but simultaneously ramshackle precision, singer Paul announcing each change in his inimitable way on the mic. 'The next we're gonna do is a bit of a bluesy number,' he drawls at one point. It's a credit to their ability as musicians that they can chop and change styles in the blink of an eye, one minute dazzling Limbo with a florid polka, then next rocking out and then tipping things about as far as they will go without tumbling altogether over the edge, with a free jazz work-out. At the end of one such interlude, Paul turns to the crowd and says, 'you don't really know what to make of that, do you.' It's utterly hilarious, totally on point and also demonstrates just how much conviction he and his band have. They seem to know exactly how far to push it before reeling it back in and firing into a much more accessible number. And, while the free jazz tracks are bonkers, the more accessible material is devastating in its precision. Punch And The Apostles are just finishing their debut album and will be playing a series of festivals this summer. If you've STILL not managed to catch their act (they've played Limbo three times now, where have you been?!), make sure you do see them at Wickerman, Belladrum or T In the Park (T Break tent) next month.
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Limbo is having a summer break (in Edinburgh, at least) during July and August, returning in September. So, the final Edinburgh Limbo of Summer will celebrate the summer solstice with the soon-to-be-utterly-immense Joe Gideon And The Shark headlining plus ace support acts Sarah And The Snakes and Paper Planes.
Limbo is taking Stereo in Glasgow on Sunday 28th June, promoting the Limbo Live Volume 1 album, with this ecstatic line-up of LLV1 compilation stars all confirmed to appear, performing different sets from the norm:
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What a brilliant snapshot of Scotland's hottest new musical acts. Limbo have excelled themselves ... this is triumph." The Daily Record
MODERNAIRE have hardly released any records yet (their first proper single, Faites Vos Jeux, is out in June) but their material has excited people so much they've already been personally invited by fellow Mancunians The Ting Tings to join them on their UK tour (just as ‘That’s Not My Name’ hit No. 1), sharing stages with luminaries such as current indie-disco darlings Friendly Fires and The Whip, and also remixed pop stars such as MGMT, Metronomy, Empire Of The Sun (which went to no.03 in the Hype Machine chart), Daggers, The Hot Puppies, The Holloways, with Scandinavian punk-funk favourites WhoMadeWho and Love Grenades in the pipeline.
Richard Milward was born in 1984 in Middlesbrough. His first novel, Apples was published in 2007 by Faber&Faber, gaining accolades from such folk as Irvine Welsh and Lauren Laverne. His second, Ten Storey Love Song, is a tale of sex, death and sweets in a North East high-rise, and was published earlier this year. He graduated last year from Central St Martins in London with a Fine Art degree, and enjoys reading with something unusual on his head. He currently lives in Middlesbrough.
Salena Godden has been published in a myriad of both mainstream and art-house literary magazines and anthologies including Penguin’s IC3, Canongate’s Fire People, Serpents Tail’s Croatian Nights, plus Hodder & Stoughton’s Oral & Dedalus The Decadent Handbook. This summer 2009, her work appears in The Dark Times plus two brand new anthologies; Picador''s Punk Fiction & Dwang published by Tangerine Press, alongside the likes of Dan Fante, Cathi Unsworth & Billy Childish among a great many others. HarperCollins / HarperPress won the auction for her debut childhood memoir, Springfield Road, to be published in hardback in spring 2010. Salena is also the lyricist and lead singer of underground eclectic ska-break band SaltPeter. SaltPeter’s latest album 'Hunger’s The Best Sauce' featured in The Critical List in The Independent On Sunday as one of the most outstanding albums of 2007. Salena has also collaborated with the likes of Alabama 3, Coldcut, Beardyman and Simple Kid to name a few... Salena also has a weekly residency and currently hosts and produces The Book Club Boutique, Soho's new literary salon every Monday on Romilly Street, London.
Trevor Byrne was born in 1981 and brought up in Clondalkin in south Dublin. He attended Trinity College and Glamorgan University where he is currently a tutor of creative writing. Ghosts & Lightning is his first novel.
The story goes that drummer / pianist / sequencer / singer Viva is a former Olympic athlete, while her brother, singer / guitarist and Joe Gideon, was on the opposite side of the globe on the jury panel judging the Miss Bolivia contest. This highly original act has already been invited by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Seasick Steve, the Duke Spirit and Archie Bronson Outfit to play with them. Since the release of their massively acclaimed debut album HARUM SCARUM in March the band can now add Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Hold Steady and Andrew Weatherall to their list of admirers following recent invites to perform with them. So far, they've done Radio 4’s Loose Ends show, a Maida Vale session for BBC Radio 1, a triumphant headline slot at London’s KOKO for Club NME, as well as the greats: Glastonbury, Bestival, Latitude and many more between.
A blues-rock three-piece who have been electrifying the Edinburgh swamp for some time, with unlikely front-woman Sara Sidewinder unleashing the devil in her (guitar/vox), backed by Andy Anaconda (lead guitar) and Mike Mamba (drums). It's all about their glorious live shows, as any one of their many fans will tell you.
Here is how Limbo reviewed their last appearance:
