Monday, December 3rd
Lard Pony
Some things take a while to like, whilst other things are loved instantly. The Glo bar is the latter. I was quite surprised to see a handful of doormen with good security because if this venue was put in ‘Nottingham venues’ hierarchy it would be close to bottom; due to lack of publicity. However I could feel the potential of the place as soon as I stepped inside. The jazzy ‘OC’ feel venue can boast of its large plush leather sofas, dim lighting and a decent sized stage. First on tonight the band took nearly as long as the gig to get sound checked and ready but finally the set was ready, people moved to the front and the music began to fill the room. As seems to be popular in recent indie bands a girl is on the keyboards, with a drummer behind her, joined by the bassist and lead guitarist/vocalist. Together they make the Derby experimental techno band Lard pony. As the set progressed the songs got better with catchier riffs and keyboard melodies joining in well with the guitar. The musicality varies which is refreshing as a lot of techno and electro bands will use a similar beats for every song. The songs get faster with new ideas and with the album out soon they seem set to get out into the music scene.
Experimental techno!
Tom on 12.03.07 @ 06:39 AM GMT [link]
baffling
Look at this baffling review I found, of a gig from January 2006 (I think?)Lard Pony
Some things take a while to like, whilst other things are loved instantly. The Glo bar is the latter. I was quite surprised to see a handful of doormen with good security because if this venue was put in ‘Nottingham venues’ hierarchy it would be close to bottom; due to lack of publicity. However I could feel the potential of the place as soon as I stepped inside. The jazzy ‘OC’ feel venue can boast of its large plush leather sofas, dim lighting and a decent sized stage. First on tonight the band took nearly as long as the gig to get sound checked and ready but finally the set was ready, people moved to the front and the music began to fill the room. As seems to be popular in recent indie bands a girl is on the keyboards, with a drummer behind her, joined by the bassist and lead guitarist/vocalist. Together they make the Derby experimental techno band Lard pony. As the set progressed the songs got better with catchier riffs and keyboard melodies joining in well with the guitar. The musicality varies which is refreshing as a lot of techno and electro bands will use a similar beats for every song. The songs get faster with new ideas and with the album out soon they seem set to get out into the music scene.
Experimental techno!
Tom on 12.03.07 @ 06:39 AM GMT [link]
Sunday, December 2nd
Here is some band-related news:
Everyone's Fault But Mine, as heard on our myspace, is the last track on the new 'Anthems from the Phantom' compilation on Phantom Power records. Why not go there, buy it and bask in the Sheffieldy glory? That's right, "sheffieldy". Look it up. Also featured are those lovely Plans and Apologieses, plus loads of excellent Sheffield bands like Balor Knights and Pete Green, who technically isn't a band but he's not letting that stop him.
You can now be a 'fan' of us on facebook if you click that word there ("facebook"). I put lots of photos on it and there is a video uploading that is already on youtube so I'm not sure why I'm bothering but it's 10:39am on Sunday and my hangover prevents me doing anything more active so.
The release of our Cloudberry single thing is being held up by the breakdown I'm having but at some point it will probably still happen.
We have a gig in February, it might be the 10th. I put some new strings on my guitar in excitement.
Tom on 12.02.07 @ 10:37 AM GMT [link]
oh, hello.
I didn't see you there. What up?Here is some band-related news:
Everyone's Fault But Mine, as heard on our myspace, is the last track on the new 'Anthems from the Phantom' compilation on Phantom Power records. Why not go there, buy it and bask in the Sheffieldy glory? That's right, "sheffieldy". Look it up. Also featured are those lovely Plans and Apologieses, plus loads of excellent Sheffield bands like Balor Knights and Pete Green, who technically isn't a band but he's not letting that stop him.
You can now be a 'fan' of us on facebook if you click that word there ("facebook"). I put lots of photos on it and there is a video uploading that is already on youtube so I'm not sure why I'm bothering but it's 10:39am on Sunday and my hangover prevents me doing anything more active so.
The release of our Cloudberry single thing is being held up by the breakdown I'm having but at some point it will probably still happen.
We have a gig in February, it might be the 10th. I put some new strings on my guitar in excitement.
Tom on 12.02.07 @ 10:37 AM GMT [link]