As a bank holiday treat, your boy Fred again.. is the latest contributor to the fabulous NPR Tiny Desk series. A pretty subdued set – we weren’t expecting the bonkers theatre of Chai or the infectious charisma of Lizzo or the one-big-familia parties of Natalia Lafourcada or C. Tangana – but quite luscious for all that. Also: he seems under the impression that the title means you’re supposed to incorporate the desk into the concert. Lovely!
Achtung Bingo!
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I’ve listened to a Fred Again album and not quite got him, but this is amazing. Always worth considering listening to the clips posted here., even if I end up listening to one in a hundred.
Me and Mrs Steady have a hilarious time with our son, 21, when he tells us he’s going to see Fred again…
“Haven’t you already seen him?”
Etc.
Thanks Sewer. Fascinating to not only listen but also see what is going on.
I was at Fred’s gig at Roskilde lasy year. It was late at night and one of the very last shows of the festival. The area was absolutely heaving with lively young Danes who were distinctly under the affluence of incohol and other stimulants.
Things started to get a little out of had so I made my excuses and left.
Fred is enjoyed better in front of a Tidy Desk.
Hello Bingo.
I thought you might like this one. Afraid Of Water by Masego.
Cheers, Tigger!
I really enjoyed this – I feel like Fred’s music works best as a communal thing, but it’s still very cool to see it all stripped down, and to hear how he builds these things. The guy is just crazy talented.
Just before Christmas someone put this online. It’s shaky cameraphone footage, but it’s my favourite one yet, because it goes some way to capturing what his live show is like – all that tension and release.
Apropos of not much, I’ve been listening to some of the artists on the Coachella line up with whom I was less familiar, and in doing so have discovered the following gems:
Drink – Destroyboys (they sound like Hole!)
333 – Whyte Fang
So U Kno – Overmono
Raingurl – Yaeji
I’m Just A Dog – Specific Coast
Very much enjoying Specific Coast. They have/he has that Jack Johnson let’s-all-get-round-the-campfire-and-vibe thing going on, which can be obnoxious, but I’m digging it.
At the other end of the spectrum, I’m also intrigued by Knocked Loose, who had passed me by but who sound like they could be an – ahem – sight to behold live.
You are really on a run today, Bingo, and no mistake. All killer no filler.
Really liked Destroy Boys. Lots of energy and humour.
And Yaeji also hit the spot very rapidly.
Easy to imagine that Knocked Loose would be excellent live.
This story about UK DJ, Jai Paul, who has generated enormous interest because he will be performing his first ever live show at Coachella seems to fit in here very nicely.
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/apr/14/jai-paul-coachella-festival
Jai Paul represents one of the two main schedule conflicts I’m trying to figure out (the other being whether to leave Chemical Bros early to go see Metro Boomin).
I love JP’s music, and the draw of going to see his second ever live show is pretty major. On the other hand, it’s the guy’s second ever live show, so hard to believe it’ll be all that great, and he’s scheduled against Tale of Us, who I expect to absolutely shred the place. I cannot escape the sense that the latter are the better bet for an actual good time here, although it seems mental to have the chance to watch Jai Paul and turn it down.
Anyway, this is my favourite Jai Paul tune.
I feel your pain @Bingo Little.
Someone who has not been to a festival will look at the poster and be bowled over by all the acts one can see.
Someone who is a regular festival-goer will know that there is a very big chance that those acts that you really want to see will be clashing with each other, at stages a very great distance from each other.
Confronted with a clash, I ask myself..
Which act is older and more likely to pop their clogs soon?
Which act is least likely to visit Stockholm/London/my home town? (I’ve seen a lot of artists at Roskilde that have never made it to Stockholm).
Which performance offers a unique, one-off experience? Some festivals are brilliant at creating unique events. Jai Paul could well come under this category. I have a suspicion he is going to pull all the stops out.
Which gig will I, at the end of the day, actually enjoy most?
It’s easy to be tempted by bands that one Ought to See.
Last summer at Roskilde, I went to see Kings of Convenience even though I’ve seen them several times before. They were brilliant and left me with a big smile on my face. How could I have given the bum’s rush to that avant-garde, Albanian, new-metal, nu-Jazz combo?
Which gig will I enjoy most?
Yep, that all makes sense.
I’ve generally found in the past that I regret going to see acts so I can say I’ve seen them when a better time was available elsewhere. The good thing about this festival happening over consecutive weekends is it becomes easier to tell where that good time’s likely to be happening.
I have a similar issue with Bjork’s orchestral set. She’s on for an hour and a half, I’ve never seen her before and I’m sure it’ll be brilliant. But if I chip the last 30 minutes I can go see Knocked Loose, who I’m now convinced will be amazing.
Now, I highly doubt I’ll tell my grandkids I saw Knocked Loose, but I think I’ll better enjoy watching them destroy the tent playing Deadringer than an additional 30 mins of Bjork on the Main Stage.
If ever there was an act at Coachella to tell grandkids about it was the cast of Yo Gabba Gabba.
Rather like seeing the Wombles at Glastonbury.
That was 12 years ago! The tots who watched them are now in the moshpit.