10.09.2010: The Local at the End of the Road 2010, Plants and Animals, Pulled apart By Horses, Jonquil, Trembling Bells, Larmer Tree Gardens, Dorset
So here we go again, and we're so very HAPPY to be here at the End of the Road again for 2010!! Quite some lineup we have for you all too!
Plants and Animals
P and A on MySpace
Montreal-based indie rock trio Plants and Animals formed in 2004 around the talents of Warren Spicer (guitar, vocals), Matthew Woodley (drums, percussion, vocals), and Nicolas Basque (guitar, bass, vocals). The band's genre-jumping sound blends rootsy, acoustic-heavy folk and country with elements of classic and progressive rock. Their self-titled debut was released in 2005, followed by another EP, With/Avec, in 2007 and finally a full-length album, Parc Avenue, in 2008 on the Secretly Canadian label.
"Like a distant Canadian cousin of Blitzen Trapper, this three-piece spins shaggy songs into expansive, genre-bending symphonies." - Pitchfork
"the group walks that line between artsy and accessible better than most." - ALARM Magazine
P and A on MySpace
Montreal-based indie rock trio Plants and Animals formed in 2004 around the talents of Warren Spicer (guitar, vocals), Matthew Woodley (drums, percussion, vocals), and Nicolas Basque (guitar, bass, vocals). The band's genre-jumping sound blends rootsy, acoustic-heavy folk and country with elements of classic and progressive rock. Their self-titled debut was released in 2005, followed by another EP, With/Avec, in 2007 and finally a full-length album, Parc Avenue, in 2008 on the Secretly Canadian label.
"Like a distant Canadian cousin of Blitzen Trapper, this three-piece spins shaggy songs into expansive, genre-bending symphonies." - Pitchfork
"the group walks that line between artsy and accessible better than most." - ALARM Magazine
Pulled Apart By Horses
MYSPACE"Surely the best live band in Britain" said the observer. "Pulled Apart by Horses" could be a sick torture method or the name of a new rock consortium from Leeds of west riding. Momentum has been building steadily over the past year for PABH and the band have quickly grabbed attention from the likes of Radio 1s Huw Stephens and Steve Lamacq, the NME, Artrocker and the inquisitive minds of some of Britain's most recognizable indie labels.
Jonquil
MYSPACEJonquil write fun, tropical pop songs. They cite Paul Simon, Fleetwood Mac and Chic as influences and write and record all their material in their Oxford studio.
Trembling Bells
MYPSACETrembling Bells are a Glasgow based band who seek to reanimate the mythic landscapes of Great Britain via a love for Traditional Folk, Early music and canonical Rock.
Trembling Bells have just finished recording their second album, Abandoned Love, for Honest Jon's records. Trembling Bells effortlessly combine and personalise these superficially disparate musical forms generating a sound that is saturated in the myths and mysteries of their native terrain but also startlingly original.
"Trembling Bells are my kind of band." - Joe Boyd
Emily Jane White
Emily Jane White on Myspace
Emily Jane White was raised in Fort Bragg, California, a seaside town nestled in the misty, secluded woodland of the Mendocino Coast where old men tell stories about logging and young girls dream of San Francisco. Time moves slowly in Fort Bragg, where in place of big-city sharp shocks of excitement there stretches one drawn-out, stable truth, quiet and unflinching. You will live, Fort Bragg says, and then you will also assuredly die. Though Emily Jane White's newest album, ?Victorian America?, was written largely in San Francisco and Oakland, the atmosphere of her upbringing permeates her songs. White has no patience with light fare. ?I don't write happy music. I'm drawn to writing sad songs?, she says. ?Reflective, contemplative songs. I truly believe that that's my job. It's not my job to create happy music. I'm okay with that.?
Emily Jane White on Myspace
Emily Jane White was raised in Fort Bragg, California, a seaside town nestled in the misty, secluded woodland of the Mendocino Coast where old men tell stories about logging and young girls dream of San Francisco. Time moves slowly in Fort Bragg, where in place of big-city sharp shocks of excitement there stretches one drawn-out, stable truth, quiet and unflinching. You will live, Fort Bragg says, and then you will also assuredly die. Though Emily Jane White's newest album, ?Victorian America?, was written largely in San Francisco and Oakland, the atmosphere of her upbringing permeates her songs. White has no patience with light fare. ?I don't write happy music. I'm drawn to writing sad songs?, she says. ?Reflective, contemplative songs. I truly believe that that's my job. It's not my job to create happy music. I'm okay with that.?
Caitlin Rose
Caitlin at Myspace
?Album of the Week?The Sunday Times
Album of the Week?The Independent
Album of the Week?Evening Standard
Album of the Week?The Independent on Sunday
Album of the Week?Rough Trade shops
...Album of the Day?BBC 6 Music - 10/8/10
?Major star alert?Guardian Guide
?Scarcely puts a foot wrong? ****Uncut
?This Rose is the real McCoy? ****The List
?Quite Lovely?Time Out
?Her debut proper more than lives up to expectations. Lovely stuff? ****Q Magazine
?Her voice is as sweet as Saturday night whisky and rings as clear as a Sunday church bell? ****The Mirror
?This Nashville-raised Rose is an impressive bloom? ****The Observer
"Terrific from start to finish" - Uncut
"Her voice is extraordinary" - The Guardian
Caitlin at Myspace
?Album of the Week?The Sunday Times
Album of the Week?The Independent
Album of the Week?Evening Standard
Album of the Week?The Independent on Sunday
Album of the Week?Rough Trade shops
...Album of the Day?BBC 6 Music - 10/8/10
?Major star alert?Guardian Guide
?Scarcely puts a foot wrong? ****Uncut
?This Rose is the real McCoy? ****The List
?Quite Lovely?Time Out
?Her debut proper more than lives up to expectations. Lovely stuff? ****Q Magazine
?Her voice is as sweet as Saturday night whisky and rings as clear as a Sunday church bell? ****The Mirror
?This Nashville-raised Rose is an impressive bloom? ****The Observer
"Terrific from start to finish" - Uncut
"Her voice is extraordinary" - The Guardian
The London Snorkelling Team
LST on Myspace
The LST play short, sharp tunes that reflect a love of unusual instruments, wonky cartoon music, 1950s sci-fi exotica and cocktail jazz without the solos. Or fairly silly music played very sincerely.
"Very high quality tinkly-bonk" Richard Williams
"Never before have I seen such musical competence mixed with such carefully arranged incompetence and cunning humour. I want to see it all again right now" Jonny Trunk
"A rich and playful mixture of electronic avant-garde, lounge, jazz and latin. Delightful and slickly performed" Matt Day, LabLit.com
LST on Myspace
The LST play short, sharp tunes that reflect a love of unusual instruments, wonky cartoon music, 1950s sci-fi exotica and cocktail jazz without the solos. Or fairly silly music played very sincerely.
"Very high quality tinkly-bonk" Richard Williams
"Never before have I seen such musical competence mixed with such carefully arranged incompetence and cunning humour. I want to see it all again right now" Jonny Trunk
"A rich and playful mixture of electronic avant-garde, lounge, jazz and latin. Delightful and slickly performed" Matt Day, LabLit.com
Wolf People
MYPSACEWolf People are Jack Sharp, Tom Watt, Dan Davies and Tom Hollick. They are based in Bedford and London. They play psychedelic swamp-pop-funk. In summer 2005 Jack started recording his songs onto a 1960s grundig tk144 tape machine that his Grandfather used to use to record audio letters on. it no longer rewinds so has to be spun back manually. Half the reels are too big so Jack has to stand with the reel on a pencil while it winds on.
Three Trapped Tigers are an instrumental noisenik outfit from London who exhibit the precision of electronica, the raw intensity of rock music and the schizophrenic spontaneity of their electro-improv past. Not easily classifiable, but with influences ranging from Aphex Twin and Squarepusher to Lightning Bolt and Battles. The music veers wildly from noisy guitars to contemplative synths, frantic beats to ambient noise.
Olof Arnalds
Olof on MySpace
Olof Arnalds was born in 1980. In 2006 she graduated from the Iceland Academy of the Arts with a B.A. degree in composition and new media. She's been a collaborator of Mum for years, and also has played with many other Icelandic bands and musicians, such as Slowblow and Storsveit Nix Noltes. One of Olof's most recent collaborations was her part on Skuli Sverrisson's critically acclaimed album Seria where she plays guitar, charanga and viola and sings her own lyrics. Olof's debut solo album Vio og Vio was released in 2007 on 12 Tonar.
Olof on MySpace
Olof Arnalds was born in 1980. In 2006 she graduated from the Iceland Academy of the Arts with a B.A. degree in composition and new media. She's been a collaborator of Mum for years, and also has played with many other Icelandic bands and musicians, such as Slowblow and Storsveit Nix Noltes. One of Olof's most recent collaborations was her part on Skuli Sverrisson's critically acclaimed album Seria where she plays guitar, charanga and viola and sings her own lyrics. Olof's debut solo album Vio og Vio was released in 2007 on 12 Tonar.
Oh Ruin
Oh Ruin at MySpace
Oh Ruin's story begins in Dublin, where Eoin played guitar for a string of bands, supported Morrissey and set his sights on London.
With a taste for the great and the good of old Irish poetry, Eoin's crooning tales of childhood mischief and the first sweet stings of love combine stomping blues with campfire quiet troubadour tunes. A little loose, a little rough around the edges, his melodies borrow from old traditional Irish folk songs set to intricate, finger picked paeans.
Oh Ruin at MySpace
Oh Ruin's story begins in Dublin, where Eoin played guitar for a string of bands, supported Morrissey and set his sights on London.
With a taste for the great and the good of old Irish poetry, Eoin's crooning tales of childhood mischief and the first sweet stings of love combine stomping blues with campfire quiet troubadour tunes. A little loose, a little rough around the edges, his melodies borrow from old traditional Irish folk songs set to intricate, finger picked paeans.
Left With Pictures
LWP at myspace
"Beyond brilliant...a band I fell in love with from the first myspace listen" Mike Diver - Drowned in Sound
"The closest imaginable band to truly embodying that overused 'ensemble' tag convincingly... they have legs enough for walking, swooning, harmonizing and lilting with the very best of their contemporaries." Drowned in Sound
"A band that are currently making many a staff writer weak at the knees; Left With Pictures new EP Secretly is an enchanting stroke of chamber pop genius." Rich Thane - Line of Best Fit
LWP at myspace
"Beyond brilliant...a band I fell in love with from the first myspace listen" Mike Diver - Drowned in Sound
"The closest imaginable band to truly embodying that overused 'ensemble' tag convincingly... they have legs enough for walking, swooning, harmonizing and lilting with the very best of their contemporaries." Drowned in Sound
"A band that are currently making many a staff writer weak at the knees; Left With Pictures new EP Secretly is an enchanting stroke of chamber pop genius." Rich Thane - Line of Best Fit
Leif Vollebekk
Leif on Myspace His name and blood may be Scandinavian, but Leif is a born and raised Canadian. His debut album, Inland, was recorded in Montreal's Breakglass Studios (Wolf Parade, Patrick Watson, Stars, Unicorns)."Leif Vollebekk is a Canadian singer-songwriter with an enchanting voice. On his new album, Inland, he sings gently plucked, sparely arranged ballads in both French and English. There's no shortage of singer-songwriters in the world, but I found Inland to be a particularly beautiful, memorable and moving collection of songs. Vollebekk has a great sense for melody and arranging -- he knows when to give a song space to breathe -- and he's a gifted multi-instrumentalist, playing guitar and piano, harmonica and violin." -Robin Hilton, NPR
Duotone
Duotone Myspace
Sometimes the quietest voices are those whom speak the loudest of all. This is certainly true of the immaculate, hushed multi-layered, acoustic songs contained within Duotone?s debut 'Work Harder & Some Day You'll Find Her' Duotone is the name under which Barney Morse-Brown (cellist for The Imagined Village, Chris Wood's Handmade Life and Eliza Carthy's band) writes and performs his own contemporary acoustic songs and music.
Duotone Myspace
Sometimes the quietest voices are those whom speak the loudest of all. This is certainly true of the immaculate, hushed multi-layered, acoustic songs contained within Duotone?s debut 'Work Harder & Some Day You'll Find Her' Duotone is the name under which Barney Morse-Brown (cellist for The Imagined Village, Chris Wood's Handmade Life and Eliza Carthy's band) writes and performs his own contemporary acoustic songs and music.
Moddi
Moddi on Myspace
Pal MODDI Knutsen comes from the far north of Norway. With his mother's accordion, a stolen Russian display mandolin and his own well-worn blue guitar, MODDI makes music that has a life of its own. Sometimes it feels like a huge band session, full of noise and loud passion; at other times it can be so small, quiet, and discreet that you might feel the need to sing along to help it continue.
'Quietly intense acoustic guitar, smoldering strings, and a haunting Norwegian-accented voice caught my ear like a tractor beam.' Brian Howe, Pitchfork
Moddi on Myspace
Pal MODDI Knutsen comes from the far north of Norway. With his mother's accordion, a stolen Russian display mandolin and his own well-worn blue guitar, MODDI makes music that has a life of its own. Sometimes it feels like a huge band session, full of noise and loud passion; at other times it can be so small, quiet, and discreet that you might feel the need to sing along to help it continue.
'Quietly intense acoustic guitar, smoldering strings, and a haunting Norwegian-accented voice caught my ear like a tractor beam.' Brian Howe, Pitchfork
