Oof, look at that, it's been a month! A whole month! Well, I'm back now, mostly because I watched Jools Holland on Palladia this morning and found some things I liked, and had some thoughts on it too. First off, it's a big shame that Palladia cuts the show down in order to show ads -- they cut out performances to do so, and interviews, and in this episode they cut a performer out altogether! Not cool, but at least there's Youtube to catch up on things with.
On to the show, and I will of course be pasting in (too) many videos, but still want to say that I was very impressed with Natasha Khan's dancing and liked how Soundgarden brought the RAWK -- Chris Cornell's voice is still really good. I'm not a big fan of the band's tunes to be honest but they did make a change to what's on the show otherwise.
Two Door Cinema Club were on and I found out that they're not from the west coast of America but are actually from Northern Ireland. Not impressed by their clothes or haircuts I must say, and out of their three songs I only liked one -- the other two had that dancey DFA beat that I'm not really much of a fan of (I prefer proper dance music, sniff). But this track was alright:
Next, the Staves. I didn't want to like them despite their very photogenic singer, but I found myself listening to this song and getting a bit nostalgic for I don't know what. And I liked the whistling:
Now some Bat for Lashes. When her newest album came out earlier this year I listened to some of it online but wasn't too impressed. But I liked everything I heard on Jools, so perhaps I need to give it another go? Or maybe it's the live touch that's helping. During this song I wondered if she was miming but I know that's not allowed; now that I've heard it again I feel a bit silly for even wondering. Note to Two Door Cinema Club: this is how you do a dance beat:
I really liked this song by her too.
Last vid here, and this is from a show I saw a few weeks ago, but I have to put it up cos it may be the most amazing performance I've ever seen on Jools. Here is Willy Moon:
On to the show, and I will of course be pasting in (too) many videos, but still want to say that I was very impressed with Natasha Khan's dancing and liked how Soundgarden brought the RAWK -- Chris Cornell's voice is still really good. I'm not a big fan of the band's tunes to be honest but they did make a change to what's on the show otherwise.
Two Door Cinema Club were on and I found out that they're not from the west coast of America but are actually from Northern Ireland. Not impressed by their clothes or haircuts I must say, and out of their three songs I only liked one -- the other two had that dancey DFA beat that I'm not really much of a fan of (I prefer proper dance music, sniff). But this track was alright:
Next, the Staves. I didn't want to like them despite their very photogenic singer, but I found myself listening to this song and getting a bit nostalgic for I don't know what. And I liked the whistling:
Now some Bat for Lashes. When her newest album came out earlier this year I listened to some of it online but wasn't too impressed. But I liked everything I heard on Jools, so perhaps I need to give it another go? Or maybe it's the live touch that's helping. During this song I wondered if she was miming but I know that's not allowed; now that I've heard it again I feel a bit silly for even wondering. Note to Two Door Cinema Club: this is how you do a dance beat:
I really liked this song by her too.
Last vid here, and this is from a show I saw a few weeks ago, but I have to put it up cos it may be the most amazing performance I've ever seen on Jools. Here is Willy Moon:
