a mix between The Stone Roses and Primal Scream with the swagger of Oasis

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JIM SAYS: The first act I caught at last year’s Tenement Trail festival in Glasgow, Vida made an immediate impression — psychedelic indie pop that sucked me in.

So I was delighted when they agreed to play my stage at the Stereofunk Festival at Strathclyde Park last month.

Again, they more than delivered. The big stage is a perfect platform for them.

They may be a five-piece, but Vida think of manager Tom Barnes as a sixth member.

Singer Jamie said: “Tommo’s part of the family. He has done us wonders. He got our music on Sky Sports, also securing a tour support with The Sherlocks.”

Tom also introduced Vida to one of their heroes, Ocean Colour Scene and Paul Weller guitarist Steve Cradock.

Cradock has produced the band’s new single Where We Came From.

Jamie said: “Tommo DJ’d alongside him at an event last year, and kept in contact with Steve’s personal assistant and lovely wife, Sally.

“She offered us three days in the studio with her famous husband. When we walked into his home studio we were in awe.

“We were faced with all the Ocean Colour Scene gold discs, plus his collaborations with McCartney, the Gallaghers and Weller displayed on the wall.

“An original copy of Electric Warrior by T Rex was spinning next to an incense stick burning away. The scene was set, we were in the zone.”

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what the fuck am i doing with my life

― i'll be your mraz (NickB), Saturday, August 10, 2013 4:48 PM (four years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

never stop dude

tbf you can meet most of Ocean Colour Scene if it's their shift at Stourbridge Nando's when you go in

never stop dude

if only i could ;_;

This is one of your best yet, Nick.

They may be a five-piece, but Vida think of manager Tom Barnes as a sixth member.

Yeahhhh, that's not going to end well.

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Chelsea Swagger

Rock and Pop Function Band based in Somerset
Price from £1210 based on 4 members performing 2 x 60 minute sets
A firm favourite for getting the party started, Chelsea Swagger perform energetic hits from across the decades including songs from The Kinks, Kings Of Leon, The Killers, The Beatles and much more!
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“Their performance was superb from beginning to end” - Oliver Watson
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Chelsea Swagger are an experienced 4 piece party band with an impressive repertoire guaranteed to get your guests up and dancing. With a highly energetic performance and excellent musicianship, the band work through their set performing hits from across the decades with songs from The Kinks, The Beatles, Kings of Leon, The Killers, Rolling Stones, Pharrell Williams, Daft Punk, Arctic Monkeys and much more.

When the band are not playing, Chelsea Swagger can provide background or party music from an iPod between sets free of charge.

Previous Venues and Clients
Royal Wessex Yeomann Territorial Army
Woodlands Castle – Taunton
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Price from £1210

:-O

I think the worst haircut has been reached, up there ^^^; the chap in the middle, pale blue shirt and thinning blond Dave-Hill-from-Slade fringe.

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Exploding into action with from the first song, it's a collection of tracks that all pack a punch. Guitar driven with a Blusey swagger, infectious riffs and quality musicianship that perfectly compliments frontman Alessandro (Ally) Marinelli's vocal, a voice powered by late nights and good times.

"We can turn you on if you move your feet" Ally bellows in the title track and EP opener, it's not an empty promise.

With the weather getting better all the time, you could do a lot worse that getting out in the sunshine, grabbing a beer and sticking on a bit of Maker!

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Another band to watch. Social Room hail from Sunderland and really make up for the cities shite football team! Their tunes are filled with working class swagger and attitude and sound massive! They remind me of early Kasabian and are definitely going in the right direction. "Let Me See You Work It" sounds huge and will get a crowd interested from the first chord. Frontman Matt has the ability to keep an audience with him from the very start of a gig to the very end. Social Room have the potential to be a very influential band and will certainly be worth seeing down at KU.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFNhePCFgRc

(grim as owt)

it kinda makes me sad to think of these sacrificed generations of brit lads who tried to live the oasis dream...
also, the Libertines never seem to been referenced by all these bands : weren't they the last very famous british guitar bands ?

I get that these awful bands are a reaction against Mercury Prize acts whose members are all called Orlando or Sebastian but give it a rest with the working class shite.

Brother/Viva Brother's second album came out and i have to say i like the artwork

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libertines appear half a dozen times itt, so yes, not many

(iirc their biggest booster on the borads was calum, of blessed horribly sexist memory)

Guff like "Social Room have the potential to be very influential.. " reminds me of the Pet Shop Boys' bafflement at Bros saying they were "all about longevity" in the 80s.

there is more than this way to performing working classness please god

That video for the Sixties Girl song is something else. Why are they all dressed up as bees?

Brentford fans.

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This week we caught up with Motherwell’s finest 4-piece, The Banter Thiefs

lol image link is broken already

nm have this one instead:

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i predict a brief bit of shoving

The guy in the middle isn't in the band btw.

... he also isn't in Motherwell FC anymore.

"banter thiefs" has to be the most woebegone attempt at self-naming -- and indeed swagger -- itt

(poll opportunity i suppose)

they're practically a Limmy creation

the young Stuart McCall appears to have teleported into their photo-shoot.

I can't tell which thread is more quintessentially British between this one and 'Real England' on ILE.

re: Soldier On video -- I guess the Blind Melon video "bee girl" wasn't as iconic in the UK?

the what now?

haha as i thought
their bee costume bit reminded me of

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Tbh I have heard of Blind Melon but never knowingly heard them. Some kind of Spin Doctors-y sub jam band?

Lol sub-jamband not Sub Jam band

Stop it right there mister. Blind Melon were actually a pretty decent band tbf

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We Are Parkas, in blunt terms, are the passion and power you've been missing from modern day indie music.

Taking an arena sized sound into a venue with four walls and a ceiling would seem quite challenging most bands, but no such challenge stands before We Are Parkas. Having formed just two and a half years ago, the band have already established themselves as Bath’s most exciting prospect in indie rock.

They take inspiration from the greats. Namely the Arctic Monkeys, The Jam, The Strokes, Red Hot Chilli Peppers and others of a similar vein. With towering riffs, soaring melodies, and palpable charisma their live show is a refreshing injection of pure energy and passion. It must be seen to be believed.

Their debut EP titled ’We Are The Gods’, was released on all major platforms on March 23rd, and the subsequent tour which spanned 16 dates across the country was as raucous and successful as the EP has proven to be. The band are already in the process of recording new material, with a new single rumoured to be released by December.

‘We•Are•Parkas are one of Bath / Bath Spa University's most promising bands. Convicting, intense and uptight indie delivered with a Gallagher swagger and lashings of rock and roll like it should be.’ - Reuben Myles, RMT Productions."

‘’Think mid 00’s indie-golden era. There is a definite influence from likes of The Fratellis and Razorlight in these tunes, with the title track ‘We Are Gods’ sounding very Two Door Cinema Club to me at the start. However don’t let that take away from the exceptional songwriting in this record, with the lead singer’s outstanding voice making it all sound completely original.’’ - Sean Wise, Spice UK

'guitar rifts that bring things back to basics, building to a powerful chorus that you can easily imagine being belted out at the biggest festivals'

why has that bloke by the car brought his son along with him?

the band have already established themselves as Bath’s most exciting prospect in indie rock.

High praise indeed.

If only they could agree on what their name is.

that photo might not necessarily belong w/ that biog tbf

I love how every one of these several thousand identical press blurbs says "we're bringing back something that's missing"

isn't that the guy from the car hire advert? (the non-American one)

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the one behind him looks a little like Det Sgt Livingstone from the original Taggart.

The cunt with the hat just looks like a cunt with a hat

The Parkas are another professional wedding receptions/corporate gigs group playing that play britpop hits, definitely think this genus of swaggerband has an identifiable look.

have any actual britpop one-hit-wonders gone down the cover-band route?

Nowaysis

I try (try) not to be too judgemental since my tastes, appearance and behaviour aren't always exactly above reproach but jesus fucking christ the absolute state of all these fucks.