50 for 2010 - Gareth #6
Well Christmas time is nearly upon us, and it’s snowing outside. I’m dreaming of a white Christmas, quite unlike the dull, miserable grey ones we used to know. It’s the sixth to last great musical happening of the year…
Drum Eyes - Gira Gira (Upset the Rhythm)
Well Drum Eyes were an inevitable inclusion towards the top of this list. The band me and Anthony bonded over more than any when we first met way back in 2009 and also the band who I erroneously and confusingly picked at the top of my nominations for the BBC Sound of 2010 poll. Oh well, sorry BBC.
Regardless, Drum Eyes are incredible. I first saw them at Supersonic 2009 and they blew my mind. Upon release, Gira Gira did too, making Drum Eyes one of the very few bands who can blow you away in person and on disc (or mp3). Set up a number of years ago by the incredible and slightly mad DJ Scotch Egg, this is a band grossly under-appreciated. One of the best live bands doing the rounds in the UK these days (perhaps bettered by fellow Scotch Egg project Devil Man, but we’ll discuss them next year), Drum Eyes should have the forward-thinking musical world at their feet.
LISTEN TO DRUM EYES - GIRA GIRA ON SPOTIFY
Gareth’s 25 of 2010 so far
Various Artists - Thai Beat a Go Go (Subliminal Sounds)
Young Prisms - Young Prisms EP (Mexican Summer)
Thus:Owls - Cardiac Malformations (Almost Musique)
Konono No.1 - Assume Crash Position (Crammed Discs)
The Jellies - Jive Baby on a Saturday Night (Trunk)
Maria & the Mirrors - Omar (Parlour)
Various Artists – Soundway Records Presents The World Ends Afro Rock and Psychedelia in 1970s Nigeria
Starkey - OK Luv (Planet Mu)
Kenny Graham and His Satellites – Moondog And Suncat Suites (Trunk)
Leona Anderson - Music to Suffer By (Trunk)
Jacky Chalard - Superman, Supercool (Cache Cache)
Thee Oh Sees - Warm Slime (In the Red)
The Budos Band - The Budos Band III (Daptone)
Various Artists - Pomegranates (Finders Keepers)
Pretty Lights - High School Art Class (self-release)
Gold Panda - Snow & Taxis (Throwing Snow Remix) (Ghostly International)
Basil Kirchin - Primitive London (Trunk)
Tobacco - Maniac Meat (Anticon)
Various Artists - Study Series (Ghost Box)
