Triggerfinger - All This Dancin’ Around

 

Yesterday, did Stockholm got visited by no less than Within Temptation who played in a nearly sold-out Arenan here in Stockholm, but more on that tomorrow. Today we check out the support act which was a pleasant surprise. A fiery threepiece Dutch band called "Triggerfinger" consisting of a trio of guitarist and singer Ruben Block, drummer Mario Goossens and bassist Paul Van Bruystegem. Now, it takes some grit - and style - to be dubbed “the loudest band in Antwerp”, and in some ways the moniker is a testament to their past efforts; which have built up a considerable and loyal following in the Lowlands. (If you have any doubts about the powerful and multidimensional sound they can command, just give their live LP Faders Up (2007) a spin). But sights are now being set further afield from this great Flemish city, especially with the release on Excelsior Recordings - on the 15th of November 2010 - of their third album: All This Dancin’ Around, the follow up to the successful What Grabs Ya? And 2004’s Triggerfinger.

This is a band that have developed the hard way; years of touring the clubs, pubs, festivals and dives of Europe have bred a fierce and uncompromising sound.

Photo by Godi

Photo by Godi

Photo by Godi

Todays tune is the title track of "All This Dancin’ Around". The album was recorded at the famous Sound City studio in Los Angeles, where Nirvana’s Nevermind was produced. Recording sessions, under the aegis of producer Greg Gordon (a man who has turned his talents to the sounds of Oasis, Wolfmother, Slayer and Soulwax amongst others). Enjoy!

Triggerfinger playing All this dancin' around live in Club 69 of Studio Brussel (2011-02-03)


For the Podcast Triggerfinger recorded a live version of the title track from their latest album 'All This Dancin' Around'.



Triggerfinger Tour:

2 November, 2011
Bremen (D) MS Treue
3 November, 2011
Berlin (D) Comet
4 November, 2011
Dresden (D) Puschkin Club
7 November, 2011
Amsterdam (Nl) Melkweg Sold Out
8 November, 2011
Amsterdam (Nl) Melkweg
9 November, 2011
Amsterdam (Nl) Melkweg Sold Out
10 November, 2011
Oberhausen (D) Zentrum Altenberg
12 November, 2011
LIEGE (B) CASERNE FONCK
13 November, 2011
Tilburg (NL) 013
15 November, 2011
Weinheim (D) Café Central
16 November, 2011
Munster (D) Gleis 22
17 November, 2011
Koln (D) Yard Club
18 November, 2011
Groningen (NL) Oosterpoort
19 November, 2011
Charleroi (B) Eden
19 January, 2012
Glasgow (UK) Barrowlands Support Thin Lizzy
21 January, 2012
Newcastle (UK) City Hall Support Thin Lizzy
23 January, 2012
Leicester (UK) City Hall Support Thin Lizzy
24 January, 2012
York (UK) Barbican Support Thin Lizzy
25 January, 2012
Cambridge (UK) Corn Exchange Support Thin Lizzy
27 January, 2012
Wolverhampton (UK) Civic Hall Support Thin Lizzy
28 January, 2012
Manchester (UK) O2 Apollo Support Thin Lizzy
29 January, 2012
Sheffield (UK) City Hall Support Thin Lizzy
31 January, 2012
Plymouth (UK) Pavilions Support Thin Lizzy
1 February, 2012
Cardiff (UK) St Davids Hall Support Thin Lizzy
3 February, 2012
Brighton (UK) Dome Support Thin Lizzy
4 February, 2012
London (UK) HMV Hammersmith Apollo Support Thin Lizzy

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Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - The Death Of You And Me

 

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds is the solo moniker of former Oasis lead guitarist Noel Gallagher. The band originates from Manchester and includes former Oasis session pianist Mike Rowe, drummer Jeremy Stacey of The Lemon Trees and percussionist Lenny Castro. The band also varies guests on their debut album such as the Crouch End Festival Chorus and The Wired Strings.

Via a tip from a friend who thought that I would listen to Noel's new album which I did, without the hint would probably this had fallen between two stools and disappeared in the noise. I thought that Oasis sounded ok, at least on the debut and album two, where after they became really boring.

Big Brother Gallagher goes its own way and must do things their own way: well-orchestrated Gallagher Rock after brit pop all the rules, relatively smooth underlined pop melodies with well-worn but very easy listening. However, there is something that is interesting, excat what I can not put your finger on.

The singles for Gallagher's debut album are "The Death of You and Me", "If I Had a Gun..." and "AKA... What a Life!". The latter made its debut on a Vauxhall television advertisement, and is only to be released as a UK single.

Gallagher announced that he will begin touring a week after the album is released. He stated, "We're going to go out on tour a week after the album is out. We're going to start off slow in small theatres. If it's good enough to get bigger than that then it'll get bigger than that. I don't think there'll be a huge great big tour this year. I think this year it'll be a quick whizz around the world and try and do the major cities and then it will probably be a bigger tour next year."

The video appears to be part of a three video story start with "If I Had a Gun" then "The Death of You and Me" and ending with "AKA... What a Life!" as all the videos end where the other one finished but the videos weren't released in chronological form as the singles came out in a different order.

Todays tune "The Death of You and Me" is was released as the lead single on 19 August 2011.



Gallagher's second album is a collaboration with Amorphous Androgynous, due in late 2012. He said, "It sounds a bit like Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon. The sound is similar to High Flying Birds, but more psychedelic and tripped out. It's not an electronic project. People are jumping to that conclusion because Amorphous Androgynous used to be an electronic outfit."

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