Showing posts with label Jane Weaver. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jane Weaver. Show all posts
Saturday, 15 August 2020
Jane Weaver - "Slow Motion" (Live at WFUV)
This is Jane Weaver performing her elegant song 'Slow Motion' live on WFUV. You can watch Jane's full set from the Old Granada Studios in Manchester here.
Wednesday, 12 August 2020
Fantasy Festival number 13: The Lineup
Miss June: Auckland punk/grunge/indie band Miss June released their debut album, Bad Luck Party, in 2019. Coming hot on the heels of exemplary snarling punk singles such as 'Best Girl' and 'Enemies', it was keenly anticipated and did not disappoint. There's an interview here and the band's website is here.
Hatchie: Brisbane's Hariette Pilbeam, aka Hatchie, writes sun drenched happy-sad indie pop reminiscent of the early nineties and the Heavenly Sunday Social. Her debut album, Keepsake, was released last year. You can find out more here.
Press Club: Melbourne's Press Club have released two albums of ferocious grunge punk. Their first, Late Teens, featured the anthemic 'Suburbia' and second album Wasted Energy picked up where they left off. They are indefatigable. You can find out more over on their Bandcamp.
Skating Polly: Self styled creators of 'Ugly Pop', Skating Polly have been making music since their teenage years. They received early support from Exene Cervenka of X, also from Babes In Toyland, who took them on tour when singer/bassist Kelli Mayo was only 15. Since then they've collaborated with Louise Post and Nina Gordon of Veruca Salt and released five albums, most recently The Make It All Show in 2018. They are an unyieldingly energetic live act, and well worth seeing if you get the chance. You can find out more here.
Shonen Knife: The legendary Osaka band Shonen Knife have been making Ramones infused punk rock since the early 1980s. Kurt Cobain worshipped them, the 1990s music press was baffled by them, but they have consistently released album after album of frenetic Japanese punk and are a fantastic live act. You can find out more over on their Bandcamp.
Jane Weaver: Psych soundscapes from Liverpool via Manchester, Jane Weaver is a veteran of the 1990s Manchester indie scene who featured in the lineups of Kill Laura and Misty Dixon before going her own way as a solo artist. Her reputation has grown year on year, but she remains one of Manchester's best kept secrets. You can find out more here.
Jesca Hoop: From California to Manchester and back to the US again, Jesca Hoop is a restless soul, and this is reflected in the experimental nature of her music. Often folky, frequently electronic, always different. Her most recent album, Stonechild, was released in 2019. You can find out more over on her Bandcamp.
Courtney Barnett: Sydney's Courtney Barnett is two albums into a career that has seen her rapidly go from deadpan indie rock favourite to one of our most likeable rock stars. It's likely that she would have been on many festival bills this summer. You can find out more here.
Hatchie: Brisbane's Hariette Pilbeam, aka Hatchie, writes sun drenched happy-sad indie pop reminiscent of the early nineties and the Heavenly Sunday Social. Her debut album, Keepsake, was released last year. You can find out more here.
Press Club: Melbourne's Press Club have released two albums of ferocious grunge punk. Their first, Late Teens, featured the anthemic 'Suburbia' and second album Wasted Energy picked up where they left off. They are indefatigable. You can find out more over on their Bandcamp.
Skating Polly: Self styled creators of 'Ugly Pop', Skating Polly have been making music since their teenage years. They received early support from Exene Cervenka of X, also from Babes In Toyland, who took them on tour when singer/bassist Kelli Mayo was only 15. Since then they've collaborated with Louise Post and Nina Gordon of Veruca Salt and released five albums, most recently The Make It All Show in 2018. They are an unyieldingly energetic live act, and well worth seeing if you get the chance. You can find out more here.
Shonen Knife: The legendary Osaka band Shonen Knife have been making Ramones infused punk rock since the early 1980s. Kurt Cobain worshipped them, the 1990s music press was baffled by them, but they have consistently released album after album of frenetic Japanese punk and are a fantastic live act. You can find out more over on their Bandcamp.
Jane Weaver: Psych soundscapes from Liverpool via Manchester, Jane Weaver is a veteran of the 1990s Manchester indie scene who featured in the lineups of Kill Laura and Misty Dixon before going her own way as a solo artist. Her reputation has grown year on year, but she remains one of Manchester's best kept secrets. You can find out more here.
Jesca Hoop: From California to Manchester and back to the US again, Jesca Hoop is a restless soul, and this is reflected in the experimental nature of her music. Often folky, frequently electronic, always different. Her most recent album, Stonechild, was released in 2019. You can find out more over on her Bandcamp.
Courtney Barnett: Sydney's Courtney Barnett is two albums into a career that has seen her rapidly go from deadpan indie rock favourite to one of our most likeable rock stars. It's likely that she would have been on many festival bills this summer. You can find out more here.
Monday, 21 August 2017
Jane Weaver - I Need A Connection live Gorilla, Manchester 08-10-15
This is Jane Weaver performing 'I need a connection' live at Gorilla in Manchester just under two years ago now. You can watch Jane's full live set from the Old Granada Studios in Manchester in June online.
Saturday, 19 August 2017
Fantasy Festival #6: The Pop Festival - Lineup
Grace Mitchell: Grace Mitchell is a singer/songwriter from Portland, Oregon. Paul Lester as The Guardian's New Band Of The Day/Week guru got very excited about her song, 'Jitter' in 2015. She's signed to Taylor Swift and Lorde's label, and makes what I'd call smart pop that takes from a number of genres, but mainly R&B, electronica and rock. Grace has been touring the US and Canada throughout August.
Marika Hackman: Marika Hackman is a British singer/songwriter and multi instrumentalist whose second album, I'm Not Your Man, was released in June. The lead single, 'Boyfriend' is a swaggering indie pop tale of a female/female/male love triangle becoming increasingly complicated. She will be playing at Leeds Festival on the 25th August and will be touring the UK into the autumn.
Jane Weaver: Jane Weaver first appeared on the Manchester music scene in the mid nineties with her band Kill Laura, a scouse indie pop outfit signed to Rob Gretton's Manchester Records. She later popped up as one of Misty Dixon on the Twisted Nerve label, but it's been her solo work that has won her, at long last, critical acclaim, with its exploration of psych and space pop. Her album Modern Kosmology was released in May, and she is playing the Liverpool Psych Festival at the end of September. She is currently touring the UK.
Stealing Sheep: Liverpool band Stealing Sheep started life as a folk troubadour outfit, releasing two albums of curiously mediaeval sounding folk, Noah and the Paper Moon and Into The Diamond Sun. Their third album, Not Real, released in 2015, revealed their smooth transition to psych pop. The band are not currently touring.
Santigold: Santigold, aka Santi White, is a singer/songwriter and producer from Philadelphia. She has released three albums of immaculate electro pop, of which 2016's 99cents is the most recent. The glitchyness of some of her work, and her sometimes vocal delivery, have led to comparisons with MIA, but her music is ultimately a collage of all sorts of sonic sources: Everything from modern dance music to post punk samples, to ska and Two Tone. She is not currently touring.
Solange: Solange Knowles' 2016 album A Seat At The Table was one of the standout albums of 2016, a poetic mediation on what it is to be a black woman in the US, but also a lively, imaginative, danceable and moving work of art. She played Glastonbury in June and is currently touring the US.
Lorde: Auckland pop star Lorde, real name Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O'Connor, first began to garner attention in 2012, with her self released EP, The Love Club. A year later she released her second, immaculately written and produced, EP, Tennis Court, and debut album Pure Heroine, which featured the single 'White Teeth Teens'. An exponent of knowing, smart, observational minimalist pop, there is a world weariness to her voice and lyrics that contrasts sharply with her age: She is 21 this year. Her second album, Melodrama, was released in 2016. She is in the middle of a huge international tour at the moment, which will bring her to the UK in September.
Marika Hackman: Marika Hackman is a British singer/songwriter and multi instrumentalist whose second album, I'm Not Your Man, was released in June. The lead single, 'Boyfriend' is a swaggering indie pop tale of a female/female/male love triangle becoming increasingly complicated. She will be playing at Leeds Festival on the 25th August and will be touring the UK into the autumn.
Jane Weaver: Jane Weaver first appeared on the Manchester music scene in the mid nineties with her band Kill Laura, a scouse indie pop outfit signed to Rob Gretton's Manchester Records. She later popped up as one of Misty Dixon on the Twisted Nerve label, but it's been her solo work that has won her, at long last, critical acclaim, with its exploration of psych and space pop. Her album Modern Kosmology was released in May, and she is playing the Liverpool Psych Festival at the end of September. She is currently touring the UK.
Stealing Sheep: Liverpool band Stealing Sheep started life as a folk troubadour outfit, releasing two albums of curiously mediaeval sounding folk, Noah and the Paper Moon and Into The Diamond Sun. Their third album, Not Real, released in 2015, revealed their smooth transition to psych pop. The band are not currently touring.
Santigold: Santigold, aka Santi White, is a singer/songwriter and producer from Philadelphia. She has released three albums of immaculate electro pop, of which 2016's 99cents is the most recent. The glitchyness of some of her work, and her sometimes vocal delivery, have led to comparisons with MIA, but her music is ultimately a collage of all sorts of sonic sources: Everything from modern dance music to post punk samples, to ska and Two Tone. She is not currently touring.
Solange: Solange Knowles' 2016 album A Seat At The Table was one of the standout albums of 2016, a poetic mediation on what it is to be a black woman in the US, but also a lively, imaginative, danceable and moving work of art. She played Glastonbury in June and is currently touring the US.
Lorde: Auckland pop star Lorde, real name Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O'Connor, first began to garner attention in 2012, with her self released EP, The Love Club. A year later she released her second, immaculately written and produced, EP, Tennis Court, and debut album Pure Heroine, which featured the single 'White Teeth Teens'. An exponent of knowing, smart, observational minimalist pop, there is a world weariness to her voice and lyrics that contrasts sharply with her age: She is 21 this year. Her second album, Melodrama, was released in 2016. She is in the middle of a huge international tour at the moment, which will bring her to the UK in September.
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