Another Form of Relief

The Tacticians are two brothers called Joe and Ollie who have been making a small name for themselves through constant gigging around London and their ability to craft an excellent pop song. A song with a title like ‘Hardcore Porn’ might bring up images of Barenaked Ladies style wackyness, but it’s actually an endearing tale about friendships that drift apart. It’s this skill to make an upbeat, simple sounding song that actually masks a deeper layer of complexity underneath that demonstrates the subtle skill to be found in their songwriting. I can see these guys developing quite the following as we move through the year.

MP3 The Tacticians - Hardcore Porn (expired)
MP3 The Tacticians - London’s Alright (expired)

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Speaking of The Tacticians, they are featured on an upcoming collection featuring the very best in new music coming out of the London scene. Entitled ‘Baby I’m Yours’, the release from DC Baby Records also includes Another Form of Relief favourites Beeches alongside other such great acts as Kill Electric and The Distance. It’s out next monday (January 29), and the label will be celebrating with a launch gig this saturday at The Fiddler’s Elbow in Camden where a whole bunch of the bands on the collection will be playing. Best of all, it’ll only cost you a mere £3 to get in. I’m sure I’ll be writing about this collection in more closely in the near future, but for now you can get more details from the DC Baby website, where you can also listen to the collection in full.

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It had to happen eventually. Somebody has put together a “lost episode” of Seinfeld and put it up on Youtube. It’s a very clever splicing of various Seinfeld clips, Michael Richards’ comedy club rant and his subsequent apology on Letterman. It shouldn’t work, but it’s pretty damn funny.

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Just when you think that Kent is entirely devoid of musical excitement, not one, but two fantastic gigs come along. Unfortunately, they are on the same day, so you’re going to have to take your pick. Both of these shows are this Friday (January 26). Both will start around 8pm, and both will cost you a few pounds to get into. None of which is too vague at all.

First off, recent discoveries Andrej and Tim will be playing at the Tunbridge Wells Forum. The show looks like being a lot of fun, and I’m assured that there will be Shakespeare passages and possibly even a Christina Aguilera cover involved. You really can’t go wrong with that, can you?

While I would love to be there for that, I’m going to be seeing The Indelicates at The Command House in Chatham. Decent gigs in Kent are rare enough, but ones within Medway are the kind of thing that demands a parade. For those unfamiliar, The Indelicates have a sound that’s somewhere in between The Pogues and Kate Bush. ‘New Art For The People’ comes across as a latter day ‘Fairytale of New York’, ‘Waiting For Pete Doherty To Die’ is a scathing attack on those that attack him but still follow his every move, while ‘Julia, We Don’t Live In The 60s’ is just a perfect pop song. Oh, and if that isn’t enough for you, one of them is an ex-Pipette and they are best friends with Art Brut.

MP3 The Indelicates - Julia, We Don’t Live In The 60s (expired)
MP3 The Indelicates - New Art For The People (expired)
MP3 The Indelicates - Waiting For Pete Doherty To Die (expired)

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