the fratellis are an awesome band, even if they've been ruined for most of the world because of that damn itunes commercial. tearknee, mr. mammoth's roving scottish reporter, clued me into the fratellis' brilliance early in the year, long before said commercial and pitchfork's disappointing review, which effectively poisoned the fratellis' chance of indie success. looks like no one told their fans that. the fratellis played a show at roseland ballroom (one of nyc's largest venues) a couple months ago, and sold out back-to-back night at s.e.c.c. (scotland's largest venue) in a heartbeat. hailing from glasgow, that veritable spawning pool of talent, the fratellis play awesome pop rock with pronounced riffage and danceability. their debut, costello music, is fourteen tracks of nonstop smiles, and, if anything, the black session they played at maison de la radio in paris, is more energetic than the album itself. the recording isn't perfect - there are occasional scratches and pops, and the dj interjects in french between every song - but the songs are awesome. these guys have gotten a bum rap, as far as i'm concerned, and you owe yourself a listen, no matter what pitchfork says.
henrietta
everybody knows you cried last night
flathead
vince the lovable stoner
doginabag
creepin up the backstairs
ole black 'n' blue eyes
baby fratelli
whistle for the choir
chelsea dagger
got ma nuts from a hippy
download the whole broadcast here.
i need some input on what i should post tomorrow...too many shows, so little time. since cmj runs until saturday, live week will as well, but from this point on, it's up to you guys. here are some of the shows i have left:
radiohead - kid a bbc session
feist - black session
four tet - live 2006
cold war kids - live in paris
iron & wine - morning becomes eclectic
tortoise - live 2003
the polyphonic spree - morning becomes eclectic
2 comments:
Jeff's show would be awesome man
Still loving the blog man, great stuff!
peace
Davie
cheers davie. unfortunately, i just learned that the magnum show has been released as an album, so i can't post it. any of the others are available, though.
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