The Blood Arm UK and European tour dates + SXSW

Jenny May — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 13:18:59 +0000

Cool band alert! The Blood Arm is a rockin’ band from LA, and their sound travels far - at times eerily reminiscent of Scottish band Franz Ferdinand, who happen to be fans of the band…and wow these guys have rocked my socks off. The best way to listen to The Blood Arm’s “Suspicious Character” single - released in 2006 - is to turn it up as loud as you can. “Stay Put” is another great track worthy of loud listening.

Formed in 2002, The Blood Arm are really in the pocket with their sound and it seems like they’ve been playing together longer than five years. To only compare them to Franz Ferdinand would be doing them a disservice because they do have their own sound and look, and their track “Going To Arizona” proves that they are able to break away from the comparisons.

So far I’ve only heard three tracks by The Blood Arm and I’m looking forward to hearing their upcoming release, “Angela” from Lie Lover Lie. Photos on their blog for the video shoot for “Angela” include the band playing their instruments while singer Nathaniel Fregoso is on a black horse, that for some reason he refers to as an elephant in the blog. Inside joke maybe? Either way, it’s the first time I’ve seen an image like this and I like it. Looking forward to seeing the video, too.

Following are the UK and European tour dates for The Blood Arm, including a date at the SXSW Festival in Austin, Texas:

*Dates could change! Go to The Blood Arm’s Official Website for the latest tour dates and information.

Mar 16 2007 Club DeVille (SXSW) Austin, Texas
Mar 31 2007 Fibbers York, UK
Apr 2 2007 Barfly Liverpool, UK
Apr 3 2007 King Tuts Glasgow, Scotland
Apr 4 2007 Barfly Birmingham, UK
Apr 5 2007 Cockpit Leeds, UK
Apr 6 2007 Barfly Cardiff, UK
Apr 7 2007 Roadhouse Manchester, UK
Apr 8 2007 Rescue Rooms Nottingham, UK
Apr 9 2007 Thekla Bristol, UK
Apr 10 2007 Dingwalls London, UK
Apr 12 2007 Le Grand Mix Tourcoing, France
Apr 14 2007 BBC Caen, France
Apr 15 2007 Le Ninkasi Kao Lyons, France
Apr 16 2007 Schocken Stuttgart, Germany
Apr 17 2007 GebÃ¤ude 9 Koln, Germany
Apr 18 2007 Gleis 22 MÃ¼nster, Germany
Apr 19 2007 Cookys Frankfurt, Germany
Apr 20 2007 Atomic CafÃ© MÃ¼nchen, Germany
Apr 21 2007 Lido Berlin, Germany
Apr 23 2007 Molotow Hamburg, Germany
Apr 24 2007 RÃ¶mer Bremen, Germany
Apr 25 2007 CafÃ© Glocksee Hannover, Germany
Apr 26 2007 Vooril/Balzaal Brussels, Belgium
Dates could change!

The Blood Arm’s Official Website
The Blood Arm on Myspace

By: Jenny May

Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris, ‘Ooh Las Vegas’

Jenny May — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 15:35:24 +0000

This morning I was having a cappuccino in Georginas which is probably one of the trendiest cafes here in Oxford. They were playing some pretty trendy bands on the overhead speakers as I was flipping through their copy of the NME.

One of the songs that was played was ‘Ooh Las Vegas’ an oldy but goody by Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris. It came out of the blue, amongst such tracks as ‘Eleanor Put Your Boots On’ by Franz Ferdinand and ‘Eighteen’ by Forward, Russia!. Even with the swift change of genre, ‘Ooh Las Vegas’ seemed to fit in quite nicely with the trendy sounds of today. Refreshing, really.

Franz Ferdinand’s Official Site
Forward, Russia! Myspace
Gram Parsons’ ‘Ooh Las Vegas’ off of
‘G.P./Grievous Angel’ at amazon.com.

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The Blood Arm UK and European tour dates + SXSW

Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris, ‘Ooh Las Vegas’