Fortuna POP! Fest Day 1
September 1st 2006 16:21
Yeah, it's another three-day thing... but this one is ace. I had an ace time at every single one of the three nights to celebrate 10 years of one of the best independent record labels in Britain, Fortuna POP! Kilburn's beautiful Luminaire venue played the willing host to this smorgasbord of pop genius...
Day 1:
Involved a lot of hanging around. But nice hanging around, hanging around with headliners Bearsuit and eating Mars bars and chicken sandwiches before watching openers The Loves. Who are nice. They look like Blue Peter presenters playing Beatles songs having fired Ringo for indecent exposure. By which one can deduce that they have no drummer. Their tunes are pretty though.
Then, we are introduced to our compere for the evening. Well... oh God... I can't... just look at him.
Luckily, Milky Wimpshake are on hand to lend some heritage to the evening. They've been crafting politically-charged comedy scratch-punk songs for something like fifteen years, possibly with their best work appearing only recently in the shape of their 'Popshaped' record from last year. They are fun, like a good slap in the face when you're pissed.
Then, an utter hero in more ways than one. Darren Hayman (best-known for his work with semi-legendary lo-fi indie-folk saucy-worded foul-intentioned but entirely lovable bunch Hefner) steps in to replace Cannonball Jane who wussed out cos apparently there's terrorists in America. Hayman's set is a delight, mixing his solo material with rejuvenated versions of Hefner classics like Breaking God's Heart and As Soon As You're Ready. He seems supremely confident and refreshed after the whole Too Pure record label debacle (details of which are a bit taboo, apparently) and delivers consummately.
Headliners Bearsuit are one of the more successful alumni of Fortuna POP!, having since signed to Fantastic Plastic Records alongside all those fashionable fellers like the Guillemots. Tonight, they dedicate a song to Fortuna POP! named after the label's slogan, 'More Soul Than A Wigan Casino'. But of course, this band would probably be laughed out of Wigan for being too loud and too soft all at the same time. They shouldn't though, that's just Wigan. The more PM sees Bearsuit live, the more they resemble psychotic primary school teachers fixated on nothing but the destruction of nice noises. Punky, violent, melodic once every five minutes and possibly on the run from 'The Breakfast Club', Bearsuit kill this evening.
Day 1:
Involved a lot of hanging around. But nice hanging around, hanging around with headliners Bearsuit and eating Mars bars and chicken sandwiches before watching openers The Loves. Who are nice. They look like Blue Peter presenters playing Beatles songs having fired Ringo for indecent exposure. By which one can deduce that they have no drummer. Their tunes are pretty though.
Then, we are introduced to our compere for the evening. Well... oh God... I can't... just look at him.
Luckily, Milky Wimpshake are on hand to lend some heritage to the evening. They've been crafting politically-charged comedy scratch-punk songs for something like fifteen years, possibly with their best work appearing only recently in the shape of their 'Popshaped' record from last year. They are fun, like a good slap in the face when you're pissed.
Then, an utter hero in more ways than one. Darren Hayman (best-known for his work with semi-legendary lo-fi indie-folk saucy-worded foul-intentioned but entirely lovable bunch Hefner) steps in to replace Cannonball Jane who wussed out cos apparently there's terrorists in America. Hayman's set is a delight, mixing his solo material with rejuvenated versions of Hefner classics like Breaking God's Heart and As Soon As You're Ready. He seems supremely confident and refreshed after the whole Too Pure record label debacle (details of which are a bit taboo, apparently) and delivers consummately.
Headliners Bearsuit are one of the more successful alumni of Fortuna POP!, having since signed to Fantastic Plastic Records alongside all those fashionable fellers like the Guillemots. Tonight, they dedicate a song to Fortuna POP! named after the label's slogan, 'More Soul Than A Wigan Casino'. But of course, this band would probably be laughed out of Wigan for being too loud and too soft all at the same time. They shouldn't though, that's just Wigan. The more PM sees Bearsuit live, the more they resemble psychotic primary school teachers fixated on nothing but the destruction of nice noises. Punky, violent, melodic once every five minutes and possibly on the run from 'The Breakfast Club', Bearsuit kill this evening.
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