Jack Yarber is better known as Jack Oblivian from the legendary Oblivians and Compulsive Gamblers. Since he moved in the late 80's to Memphis, Tennessee, Jack Oblivian has never stopped recording, writing and collaborating with other local heroes. His contribution to the rock&roll scene is so huge that we couldn't list it. Between two Oblivians' reunions, he relased a few solo albums and others with the Tearjerkers. By the way, the Jack Oblivian's songwriting is raw, heartbroken and simply beautiful as a few. On this 2010 tour he played with two other Memphis great dudes - Harlan T. Bobo and John Paul Keith - as a a happy family. "No ego"!
Jack Oblivian & co. played at Le Tipi in Liège on 31th of May 2010.
These five guys come from Bretagne, France. They released two albums en français dans le texte of a really adventurous and organic multi-side indie-pop. Their last album "Stromboli"(Naïve) contains 12 oniric, melancholic, soft'n'loud tracks like "La Baleine", "6 Bonnes Raisons" or "Le Ciel". Forget every cliché you've got about the rock in french, Montgomery is one of the exceptions that proves the rule!
Montgomery played at L'Escalier in Liège on 18th of May 2010.
Jared Del Deo a.k.a Unbunny is living in Seattle. Since a decade, he released a serie of albums that reflects his taste for an inspired indie-folk songwriting that evoke big spaces, cities and wild landscapes. The recent "Moon Food" LP is available trough Affairs Of The Heart.
Unbunny played at Les Chiroux in Liège on the 12th of May 2010.
This trick named band is formed by two girls and four boys from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. But there's no contest : they've been influenced by the 90's indie pop british scene. Since 2006 they released a serie of EP's and two albums. A Sunny Day In Glasgow sounds like shinny and dreamy pop with a lot of vocal harmonies and experimental vibes.
A Sunny Day Day In Glasgow played at L'Escalier in Liège on 12th of April 2010.
TV Ghost is four young guys living in Lafayette, Indiana. As a lot of great actual bands they signed on one of the greatest rock&roll label, In The Red. Their last album "Cold Fish" is a collection of dark, haunted, chaotic and twisted tracks that reflects their taste for new-wave, noise and punk references.
TV Ghost played at L'Escalier in Liège on the 6th of april 2010.
Pterodactyl is a three-piece band that belongs to the very productive and multi-styles indie scene from Brooklyn, NYC. They released their second album "Worldwilde" on Brah Records in 2009. They toured for the first time in Europe during spring 2010.
Pterodactyl played at L'Escalier in Liège on 21th of March 2010.
DD/MM/YYYY (say "Demons Years") is five very nice guys from Toronto, Canada. This band plays an unique dadaist, noisy and arty post-punk. They released a couple of 7inches, splits and albums. The last one is called "Black Square" and has been released in 2009 on We Are Busy Bodies.
DD/MM/YYYY played at L'Escalier in Liège on 09th of march 2010.
These two dudes played in the cult canadian garage band Spaceshits in the late 90's. Today, King Khan has his Shrines to shake the world and Mark Sultan has lots of projects too, under his name or BBQ, among others. But they still find some time to play as The King Khan & BBQ Show! They already released three albums on In The Red Records. Their latest one is called "Invisible Girl" and that sounds funny, silly and really rock&roll!
The King Khan & The BBQ Show played at Le Tipi in Liège on the 14th of February 2010.
Paramount Styles is the new project of Girls Against Boys' frontman, ScottMcCloud. Based in NYC, the band has toured a couple of times through Europe since the release of their first album "Failure American Style" (Konkurrent) in 2008. This new project is more acoustic oriented but still on the rope, as always the ScottMcCloud's songwriting is. Note that Alexis Fleisig - GVSB's drummer - is in the backing band but also Simon Lenski from DAAU.
Paramount Styles played at L'Escalier in Liège on 15th of december 2009.
We Are Enfant Terrible comes from Lille, in the North of France. And as everybody knows : "no-one is a prophet in own land"! That's why these three 90's kids first made massive tours here but it their own country, from London to Shangaï. They play a relax electro-pop with a Nintendo and 8bit touch that you can find on their two fisrt EP, "Thanks For The Fish" and their last single "Wild Child".
We Are Enfant Terrible played at L'Escalier in Liège on the 27th of November 2009.
"Don't judge a book by his cover!" Looking and sounding like the most british band ever, The Chap is actually one Greek, one English and two german people. They share their time between London and Berlin since three albums and sound finally very european. Their third album "Mega Breafast" is now a classic with still amazing tunes like "Fun & Interesting" or "Proper Rock". The Chap combines a perfect pop songwrting to cheap disco and rock energy. A new album is coming, so be ready and God Save The Chap!
The Chap played at CPCR in Liège on the 13th of November 2009.
Woods comes from Brooklyn, NYC. Behind that project, there's one man : Jeremy Earle. This songwriter releases the Woods' albums on his own label Woodsist, the house of other new and nice bands like Ganglians, Real Estate or Kurt Vile. Everything in Woods reminds a DIY way of life : from the covers, artwork to the Earle's songwriting. It's folk, lo-fi, crunchy and experimental. The band already released two albums, a few 7inches and a new LP is coming in may 2010.
Woods played at Le Tipi in Liège on the 4th of November 2009.