Sons And Daughters
 

I had the good grace to discover this band on my way home from Glastonbury (luckily still got T In The Park & Leeds pencilled in to see them). The track Johnny Cash by them is right at the end of a new Optimo Mix called Psyche Out which is absolutely lush (I'll post on it when I can). Now I hate Arab Strap, mostly because of the way they think that singing in a Scottish accent is cool, but this mob manage to pull it off pretty well. It's still early, but my first instinct is that Sons And Daughters are the best Glasgow band out right now (yes better than Franz Ferdinand).

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They're onto their second album The Repulsion Box which they're touring right now so I'll come back with a judgement on them live post T In The Park. The first album Love The Cup has some utter gems on it, the best of which has to be Johnny Cash which is a monster of a track - driving rhythm, melodic/harmonic "screaming".. it fit pretty well with the state of mind I found myself in at 6am Monday morning at Glastonbury (having sat with an Aussie I didn't know listening to the Optimo mix), I think that's part of the reason I've fallen for them. But make no mistake, this band are good. Next single is Dance Me In which follows in the indie vein without being as boring as indie tends to be. Check 'em.. unless you're Malt Refund and bring old prejudices with you.. :rolleyes:

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Dance me in was the last single brought out a few weeks back, do love there studd,much better then fellow Scots Franz Ferdinands stuff.Nice indie/rockie vibes from them, there cracking live,but they need to smile more!

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this sounds interesting. will check them out.

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they do sound good...

good write up A.

(i hate no high speed)

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I saw them supporting the Delgados a while back (incidentally: bit of shame the Delgados chucked it but I suppose it was coming). I had no idea who they were but I really liked them a lot - I'll look out for this lot, I thought.

Fast forward to a couple of weekends ago. I'd heard Dance Me In and was hoping to see them again, and lo and behold they were coming to The Archer in Newcastle (which is a very small, metal-centric venue with good pool tables underneath a life insurance building). Except I would be in Prague at the time.

Bollocks.

So yes, they're good aren't they?

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Took me bloody ages to find The Archer, not very obvious and is the least likely looking pub i've ever been to.

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Will check them out at T in the Park too. Getting my list of bands sorted now!

cheers ally

:)

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Slam Tent times.. (the Slam Tent always shuffles around a little, the headliners are rarely last up)

SLAM TENT LINEUP


SATURDAY JULY 9th

SILICONE SOUL (12.00pm – 1.30pm)
DJ SNEAK (1.30pm – 3.00pm)
BOOKA SHADE (live) (3.00pm - 3.45pm)
KID KENOBI & MC SHURESHOCK (3.45pm – 5.15pm)
DEATH IN VEGAS (live) (5.15pm – 6.00pm)
JIM HUTCHISON (6.00pm – 6.30pm)
MISS KITTIN (6.30pm – 8.00pm)
LCD SOUNDSYSTEM (live) (8.00pm – 9.00pm)
RICHIE HAWTIN vs RICARDO VILLALOBOS (9.00pm – 11.00pm)


SUNDAY JULY 10th

BUTCH CASSIDY SOUNDSYSTEM (12.00pm – 1.30pm)
THE BAYS (live) (1.30pm – 2.45pm)
ADA (live) (2.45pm – 3.30pm)
ALEX SMOKE (live) (3.30pm – 4.30pm)
TWO LONE SWORDSMEN (live) (4.30pm – 5.30pm)
SLAM (live) (5.15pm – 6.30pm)
MYLO (live) (6.30pm – 7.15pm)
BLACKSTROBE (7.15pm – 8.45pm)
ALTER EGO (live) (8.45pm – 9.30pm)
DAVE CLARKE (9.30pm – 11.00pm)

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Sons and daughters. fucking well dodgy aussie soap opera that my mum was hooked on. i used to watch it when i came home from school...

[color=#000080]Love is very strange, it can come and go, it can happen when you are young or old,
When it comes, it comes from nowhere, when it comes, it changes your life.

Son's and daughters, love and laughter, tears and sadness and happiness,
We will find out, our son's and daughters, are what, we too, we're once about.

Love can happen now, and it happened then, wondered at the time what love really meant.
When it came, it came from nowhere. when it came, it altered my life.

Son's and daughters, love and laughter, tears and sadness and happiness,
We will find out, our son's and daughters, are what, we too, we're once about.

Son's and daughters, love and laughter, tears and sadness and happiness[/color]
[color=#000080][/color]
[color=#000080]etc ad infinitum until suicide.[/color]

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Keep off the magic brownies, stimps... they are doing you no good at all :p

Actually, I remember watching this - and I remember the god-awful theme tune too.