Filed under: Katie Malco, Six Toes, The Greenland Choir, Tristram, WIlmington Arms, neednowater records
Whatup.
A change of pace after last months barnstorming Sons of Noel & Adrian led stampathon.
April sees KTP presenting the excellently sinister Six Toes, the serene and elegant The Greenland Choir and sets from Tristram and Katie Malco (that’s two sets, not one collaboration).
Six Toes
‘Scruffy, sinister folk rock. Something like Anthony and the Johnsons singing the scariest words of Aleister Crowley. In hell’. – NME
After touring with the Mystery Jets, King Creosote and Jamie T in 2007, SixToes retreated to the deepest darkest fenland backwater town of Ely (Cambridgeshire, England), to build a little home studio sandwiched between the asylum and historic cathedral. As the cold closed in they hightailed it back to their squat in London where they put together the finishing touches to their album. The band consists two vocalists, who trade in wide, off kilter harmonies, cello, violin, double bass and percussion. Their remix of Maps’ ‘Elouise’ was recently released by Mute Records followed with their AA single ‘Four Leaved Clover / Reggae Song. The band have just released their debut album ‘Trick Of The Night’.
The Greenland Choir
There’s hushed vocals over tinkly guitar lines and glockenspiel, piano etc. If that’s your thing, and lets face it, it darn well should be, The Greenland Choir will be right up your street. They’ve come all the way from Greenland too*, so attendance is the least you could do.
* this bit may not** be true.
** isn’t.
Katie Malco
A return to KTP for the wonderful Katie Malco. She played our second ever KTP and frankly, I’m appalled it’s taken us so long to get her back but back she is and I’ve punished the other KTP members suitably for the delay. She sings heartfelt folk songs with a beautiful voice. Think Joni Mitchell but better. Yes, I went there.
Tristram
Soon to be huge, if there’s any justice in the world (thanks Lemar), Tristram is a one man folk machine. I’ve no idea if it’s just one man but the songs are brilliant. Listen on his myspace (v down there v) if you don’t believe me.
http://www.myspace.com/sixtoes1
http://www.myspace.com/thegreenlandchoir
http://www.myspace.com/katiemalcomusic
http://www.myspace.com/tristramsongs
Filed under: Al Murphy, Blacklands, Catch, Kat Flint, Katie Malco, neednowater records
Hello!
Hope you had fun last time, we certainly did. The next Kick the Plug is…
Thursday, May 8th, 2008
Catch
22 Kingsland Road
London
And yes, there will be cakes and badges again. Here’s the line up:
Kat Flint
Here’s her myspace so you can check her out for yourself:
http://www.myspace.com/katflint
Kat was raised in the chilly northern climes of Aberdeen and came of age in Edinburgh, but is now hundreds of miles from home and finding that splendid isolation is all the better for writing songs. She won the inaugral New Lyric Award, presented by Ray Davies and Channel 4’s Ideasfactory, and spent March 2006 touring the UK with Rough Trade’s folk darlings Cara Dillon and Sam Lakeman, as chief tour support. Her debut release The Secret Boy’s Club EP, which was recorded in a living room on a shoestring, received great reviews and her new single is out on April 28th. The lo-fi folk-pop of Kat Flint is exactly what Kick the Plug is about so we’re very excited to have her play.
Blacklands (Al Murphy)
Playing with his full band with brand new material no less, Al rules! There’s a little taster of what you can expect here:
http://www.myspace.com/murphykidmusic
Splitting his time between London and Berlin, Al Murphy (or the Murphy Kid as he’s known to his friends) and band have been working under the Blacklands guise on and off for a while. They’ve now decided that musings on baying wolves, sinking ships, moons and death are exactly what the public needs in 2008 and have a single release planned in the summer to that end. Comparisons to Elliot Smith are bound to arise, but Blacklands have a sound of their own that’s well worth seeing.
Katie Malco
http://myspace.com/katiemalcomusic
Katie was born in Edinburgh and is currently based in Brighton. While wowing all and sundry with her soothing poppy vocals, she plays a right-handed guitar upside down and while not playing solo she’s part of the excellent Alice Room.
“Few will write a tear-stained love song; and even less will make it sound as spine-chillingly beautiful as Katie Malco…she maybe a woman scorned but she still delivers it with the voice of an angel.” – BBC
Should be a great one, hopefully see you there.
Mark
