Harvest This Week! Poncho Brigade

Get your ponchos ready kiddies.

Harvest is coming to Sydney on Saturday, along with absolute bucketloads of rain.

From my experiences with Harvest it is far edgier than your typical Sydney festival, with the older creating a far more relaxed environment.

However on Saturday I challenge you all to bring along your best wet weather gear. Because yes, in my paralletic state I will still be able to judge you, pending of course that you are at the right stages at the right time (Ben Folds, Silversun Pickups, Sigur Ros, Beck to name a few)

Here's a few you can draw inspiration from:

Radiohead Setlist (Sydney, November 13)

'You're not living, you're just killing time' 

These were the words Thom Yorke sung (pitch-perfect might I add) during the 2nd encore in last night's Radiohead concert in Sydney.

And until I witnessed last night's 2-3 hour set, I'd probably have to agree with him. Quite simply put, that was the best concert I have ever seen. Never have I seen a band been able to convert such atmospheric, unique sounds into such an amazing live ensemble.

Every member of Radiohead is ridiculously talented, to the point where they can go off-beat for bars on end before seamlessly returning. Its unbelievable. There were 3 rhythms in almost every song - 2 drummers playing complimentary beats and a drum machine over the top of this.


It just worked so well.

The band has been changing their setlist each night of their AU tour, with yesterday's setlist having far more Kid A than the Sydney show on Monday, which was very TKOL focused. I've done a bit of work this morning putting together the entire setlist from last night - you can find it here .

Once I get my phone internet working I'll get up a few of the videos from last night. You don't want to miss these!

Here's a sneak preview:

Radiohead Set List: Sydney 13 November

Lotus Flower
Airbag
Bloom
The Daily Mail
Myxomatosis
Bodysnatchers
The Gloaming
Separator
How to Disappear Completely
Nude
Weird Fishes/Arpeggi
Reckoner
There There
The National Anthem
Feral
Paranoid Android

Encore:

Give Up the Ghost
Kid A
Identikit
I Might Be Wrong
Street Spirit (Fade Out)

Encore 2:

15 Step
Everything in Its Right Place (True Love Waits intro)

Encore 3:

Idioteque

Infographic on Group Buying

Just for something a little different :) . Source: competitions.com.au
Infographic by Competitions.com.au

Harvest Season

Just over a month out from Sydney's Harvest Festival - and I'm hoping to develop a good idea of the artist's set lists to help attendees pre and post-festival . There's nothing more annoying than finishing off a festival and having no idea of the great song that a little-known act has played.. then searching the internet for ages knowing most of the time you're fighting a losing battle.

Setlist.fm isn't really helping me out.. so any ideas regarding the following acts would be great:

* Sigur Ros
* Mike Patton
* Beirut
* Silversun Pickups (my fav. band over the past few weeks)
* Ben Folds Five
* Beck
* The Dandy Warhols

Anybody who could help - my love to you!

TW

Changing subject Matter

Yes this blog was meant to be about determining formulas in music. Please stop reminding me- I remember!

However I'm very flat out with work and other projects at the moment, so it just seems to make sense to keep this about new releases, concerts, reviews, etc.

Check out my recent post on The xx and their new album Co-Exist. I'll have a review with song-by-song analysis in the next day or so.

TW

New xx Album Co-Exist completes Great day all round!

So Alessandro Del Piero just signed with Sydney FC - I doubt many of you will care but this is pretty much the biggest story in Australian football history (you can read about it here: http://www.foxsports.com.au/football/a-league/we-bring-you-the-ins-and-outs-so-far-from-all-10-a-league-clubs-during-the-off-season/story-e6frf4gl-1226465560343) .

Anywho British gems The xx have released their new record Co-Exist, their first album release since their self-titled debut in 2009. I'm currently in my first listen and so far I am VERY impressed.

The xx are really something special in that their music, while ridiculously simple, is so effective. The majority of their songs are very simply structured, and don't sound like they need any huge amount of talent produce.

I think the key to The xx is the fact that they don't try and do too much. Unlike most artist they're not obsessed with making everything as polyphonic as possible. They can appreciate the raw value of each instrument and this as a whole makes their simple structures and chord progressions just that bit more effective.

Check out the album here and prepare to be impressed.

I'm almost through the album and all I can do is smile. Love this shit!

Frank Ocean Releases "channel ORANGE"

"I sat there and told my friend how I felt. I wept as the words left my mouth. I grieved for them, knowing I could never take them back for myself. He patted my back. He said kind things. He did his best, but he wouldn’t admit the same. He had to go back inside soon, it was late and his girlfriend was waiting for him upstairs." Frank Ocean

Frank Ocean may be about to change the face of urban music. Yesterday channel ORANGE was released, and was a game-changer in more ways than one.

With powerful hooks, unique arrangements and a myriad of great guest appearances, channel ORANGE could be the hit of the year so far.

But the story of self-discovery that the record tells is incredibly moving, with Ocean recounting the first time he fell in love with, surprisingly to his fans, a man!

Read more about it here: http://www.sfgate.com/music/article/Frank-Ocean-review-Bold-words-on-love-3713927.php