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by Greg Kane
April
Peggy Sue
Tuesday 2nd April 7.30pm
The Hug and Pint, thehugandpint.com
Peggy Sue are a female duo act from
Brighton consisting of Rosa Slade
and Katy Young. Both take on guitar
and vocal duties and are usually
augmented by a drummer and bassist
when they play live. They have been
making music since 2009 delivering
four albums to date and have been
classed as players within the UK
nu-folk scene. But I hear more than
this in their music, it’s more kitchy,
60s, Kinks influenced low-fi pop to
these ears. Lots of unison singing
makes their sound quite dreamy,
but there’s always a little overdrive
on the guitars which adds some
welcomed grit to the mix. Their fifth
album Vices was released in February
and they are out on tour promoting it.
A night of quirky garage indie rock.
Choice track: Peggy Sue 'In Dreams'
Roy Ayres
Thursday 23rd April 7pm
Òran Mór, oran-mor.co.uk
Born in Los Angeles in 1940, Roy Ayers
is an iconic American funk, soul and
jazz vibraphone player and music
producer. Ayers began his career as
a post-bop jazz artist, releasing
several albums on Atlantic Records,
before his tenure at Polydor Records
during which he helped pioneer jazzfunk.
He was also one of the leaders in
fusing jazz and hiphop in the late 90s,
a true visionary and probably one of
the most sampled artists in history.
His attitude towards others sampling
his music is refreshing and has
probably opened up a whole new
audience to his music. He also has
such a positive attitude to life … It’s
infectious, as I can testify to, as I
was lucky enough to work with him in
the late 80s.
Pharrel Williams, Dr. Dre, Kanye West,
Erykah Badu, Jill Scott, P. Diddy
… all quote Roy Ayres as having a
huge influence on their music. A very
special man.
Choice Track: Roy Ayres
'Everybody Loves The Sunshine'
Confidence Man
Tuesday 28th April 7pm
SWG3, swg3.tv
Confidence Man is an indie, electro
pop band from Brisbane, Australia,
consisting of Janet Planet on lead
vocals, Sugar Bones, rapping and
dancing, Clarence McGuffie on drums
and Reggie Goodchild on synthesizers.
Don’t worry, these are all pseudonyms,
but they are a bunch of indie rock kids
trying their hand at dance music, with
some success I may add. Confidence
Man are arguably one of the hottest
acts on the planet right now. Their
record company describes them as:
'A portable party that’s levelled dance
floors and flattened festival crowds
as it’s rolled out across the world,
they are a machine custom designed to
make you dance and lose your cool.'
Since forming in 2016 they’ve managed
to sell out shows all over the world,
release their debut album, Confident
Music For Confident People, and have
their music featured in Global ads for
both Apple and Ikea. Not a bad start.
Choice track: Confidence Man
'Boyfriend (Repeat)'