Date: 21/03/2013
Venue: Rough Trade Records London
I was sat at work on the Tuesday when I got a tweet through from the Record Store Day UK Twitter account saying I was on the guest list for the Record Store Day release party on Thursday. It may have been short notice but these opportunities don't often arise especially when you live in Lincolnshire! so plans were made, afternoon off work booked and off I went.
Independent record stores are what make music for me, not companies like HMV. Growing up I spent many an hour and a fair few quid in places like Selectadisc in Nottingham and the local record shop in Grantham. Getting a relationship with a local record shop where they no what you like, hold things back for you, put promo stuff to onside etc is something you just don't get from the HMV's of the world.
I know the area well around Rough Trade being a fan of Urban and Street art been there many times before, although the art scene around there at the minute seems to be getting a little stale, but that's another story....
The last time I went to an in store at Rough Trade I saw Public Enemy tear the the place apart
Anyway first up was Ghostpoet been a big fan of his since his first album dropped on Giles Petersons Brownswood recordings a couple of years back.
Ghostpoet played a bass heavy set of mainly new material and the new single especially sounded awesome live.
Tom Odell was next up, now Tom is the new next big thing at the minute, boy band looks, snapped with Taylor Swift in the press etc etc etc with his anticipated debut album coming out shortly. But he can right a song and his new song has a somewhat Arcade Fire feel about at times
Tom is probably making Piano music cool again and although he seemed a little shy played a great set, I just hope he can progress with his music in a natural course and not end up annoying everyone like Ed Sheeran and appearing on The Voice and XFactor etc and in 12 months everyone is sick of him.
I don't think he will I mean looking at this he looks pissed at having his photo taken!
Now I will be honest... I can't stick dubstep so the prognosis wasn't great.
I'm a traditionalist at heart and the change from DJ's using a set of Technics SL-1210's to CD players was very much on the lines of the controversy Dylan caused at the Newport folk festival by going electric!
Maybe I am a little biased but I find the fact that this event was about Record Store Day an event supporting local record shops with hundreds of limited edition VINYL ONLY releases having a DJ using Cd's a little odd...
Anyway I had a 2hr journey home so called it a night.
Would like to thank those at Record Store Day UK for giving me the opportunity to go to the event.
Independent record stores are vital to the music industry past, present and future and I will no doubt be back at Rough Trade come the 20th April
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