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playing w/ yacht and a grave with no name. come!
and if you can't come on friday come to these:
18 Jul 2008 Amersham Arms LONDON w/ Yacht and A Grave With No Name
06 Aug 2008 Warm Moving Bodies @ The Old Queen’s Head LONDON
14 Aug 2008 Musica W CASTELLINA MARITTIMA, IT w/ No Age and Archie Bronson Outfit
21 Sep 2008 ’No Shows Forever’ House Show New Cross LONDON w/ Gentle Friendly & Munch Munch
27 Sep 2008 NAIL THE CROSS LONDON w/ Archie Bronson Outfit, Clinic, Heartbreak, Ox. Eagle. Lion. Man., S.C.U.M, These New Puritans, The xx and more tba
10 Oct 2008 The Luminaire LONDON w/ Chris Garneau
25 Oct 2008 Wild Combination (Arthur Russell tribute show) BERLIN
more shows to be added. check this for details.
been in italy for the week end. it was nice but so hot. so hot that i almost missed the english weather... i don't know if that is actually a good thing...
gonna upload one or maybe two new ep's soon. in the meantime here's another banjo mixtape: isayhiyousaybye . i'm so tired. i need to sleep.
went to see high places/deerhunter/liars at koko last night. it was really good.
i really liked high places they have some amazing sounds. i love the percussion layers they make.
deerhunter were cool and loud, very 'please-turn-that-GUUUUIIIITTTTAAAARRRSSS-down-a-little-bit-please' but poppier than before. i liked them but didn't go as mental as i thought i would had gone.
liars were incredible as always. even more this time.
so, since i was at the show i missed this: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/euro_2008/7460438.stm ... HOW COOL!
here's a new ep of 5 REALLY OLD SONGS i never posted online. it's ok, nothing special. i wrote 'the city we had' last summer when i was totally into the beach boys. 'is that all' is my love song #20457, 'what to do' was fun because i used a million effects on the drums, 'bear' is basically me getting bored at my parents place last christmas, 'zurich02' is me trying to learn how to use garage band. so, yeah... but please remember... the stuff i upload on this blog is most of the times just fun... the real shit is on my myspace. :-)
Banjo Or Freakout - 5 Old Songs EP
radical.
BoF
just did a CAN compilation for my next journeys on freaking ryanair. CAN is the best band in the world or something like that... if you don't like them you are all wrong! ENJOY!
A CAN mixtape by Banjo or Freakout: vol 1 // vol 2
a quick update to post a song i've been singing in my mind lately. i've been playing some shows and i have some more to play really soon. i'm kinda learning how to be on stage by myself. it is really difficult and i'm really not used to it. i get really stressed you have no idea! anyway, enjoy this little love song and come to the shows!
love+banjo,
alessio
Banjo or Freakout - The Sun Always Shines Around You (King)
i have some BoF t-shirts if you like... email me if you want one: banjoorfreakout@gmail.com
being happy with being unhappy.
being unhappy with being happy.
here's a new ep about being unhappy with being unhappy.
i'd say these songs are a bit different from the other banjo stuff.
i wanted to do something more classic using acoustic guitars and organs... less space loop big mess freakout... don't know. i'm pretty proud of the first song. i think it could be my next single or something like that! hope you enjoy.
i have lots of shows coming up. check www.myspace.com/banjoorfreakout and come down!
xxx
BoF
Banjo or Freakout - Upside Down EP
i think these are the last covers i'll post for a while.
i had lots of fun again recording these two tracks.
battles are an amazing band. they are so good they make me want to stop playing any kind of instrument. atlas was basically the song of the year last year or something like that.
feist is amazing too. completely different stuff but still great. the reminder was a great album.
i'll post new banjo music soon. i've been practing with a new software recording all these covers. i think i'm ready to start recording banjo stuff again.
record labels suck dick. i just wanted to say that.
love
banjo
DOWNLOAD:
- Banjo Or Freakout - Atlas (battles cover)
- Banjo Or Freakout - So Sorry (feist cover)
Now I really don't know why I'm covering a Kate Nash song so don't think about it too much. I think I've heard this song pretty much everywhere in the Uk since the single came out. It's a damn good song. The lyrics are sweet. It's teenager stuff! I mean, the chorus really works. I totally changed the structure and used just a few lines of the original lyrics.
Like always I couldn't stop adding reverbs and delays... Sorry.
boom.
alessio
BANJO OR FREAKOUT - FOUNDATIONS (kate nash cover)
