Well it’s been a world wind week. Lollapalooza tickets have been purchased, hotel and flights booked within days. Now to await the line of who plays Lolla to be announced on April 11th.
So far Sigur Ros has been confirmed. Jack White, The Weeknd and Justice all rumoured. Well this summer it seems everyone is touring right around the time of Lolla (between Aug 3-5). So here’s hoping the same dudes whom play Osheaga get their fingers out and find their way down to Chicago after Montreal.
My wish list? Snoop, Metric, Feist, Florence and The Machine, The Shins, Bloc Party, Portugal the Man, Phantogram, Cults..to start me off.
Kasabian Performing in the England Old and New Gallery at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston March 2012
I got into Kasabian when I lived in Manchester. At the time, they were giving Oasis a real run for their money in terms of cockiness and wanting to be ‘the best band’ since the Beatles in the late 90′s early 2000. Look no matter how brassy you are – no one can out run Oasis when it comes to Mancunian big mouthedness.
I fell for their sound purely because of the resemblances to The Stone Roses, Oasis, Happy Mondays, The Farm etc. Very northern indeed.
Their sound? Very english. Very laddish. Big guitars segued into deep beats. I often listen to them when I’m cooking or getting ready to go out.
The band was formerly called Saracuse and started recording at Bedrock Studios in Leicester where Chris Edwards worked as an engineer. The original band members all hailed from Countesthorpe and Blaby, and the band formed while Pizzorno and Meighan were attending Countesthorpe Community College.[3][4] The influence of The Stone Roses can be heard in their first jams. The first demo EP was produced by Scott Gilbert and handed to the band late on 24 December 1998. Three songs were recorded live: ‘Whats Going On’, ‘Life of Luxury’ and ‘Shine On’.
The band were soon spotted and changed their name to Kasabian, after Linda Kasabian, a member of the Charles Manson cult (aka the Manson “family”) famous for serving as his getaway driver. In an interview with Ukula, bassist Chris Edwards explained how the former guitarist Chris Karloff picked the name. Reading up on Charles Manson, the Kasabian name stuck with Karloff. “He just thought the word was cool, it literally took about a minute after the rest of us heard it… so it was decided,” says Edwards.
They unfortunatley never got really big here in Canada – which surprises me because we are so keen on English imports. Ah well. When I was in France a few years ago I bought a box set of their three albums for me and my friend Andrew. I don’t know if he ever fell for them but I remember getting a text from him one Christmas eve saying ‘so this is Kasabian’.
I found the above picture of them on FB while they were in Boston. Indeed looking a lot older and perhaps wiser they are still touring. Good on them.
I don’t know if it’s because I question her voice, her style, her overall image and her music. Ok everything. Perhaps, I have fallen victim to all the bizarre stuff written about her in the media. When you watch these videos do you gulp and then think, hmmm ok…yeah that was neat. See how I’m torn.
Ok everything. Perhaps, I have fallen victim to all the bizarre stuff written about her in the media. When you watch these videos do you gulp and then think, hmmm ok…yeah that was neat. See how I’m torn.
