Electric Proms

Maybe some day i'll get to go to the Electric Proms, I had been dying to go last year, but living in another country can be a slight hinderence, even if it is really just over the road. Last years shows had TGTB&TQ, James Brown, The Godfather of Soul, and (bizarrely & kind of) John Lennon in their listings.

Anywho, there's lots of great stuff on this year, including Ray Davies doing some Kinks Tunes, The Beatles: Help!, and the Flaming Lips:UFOs at the Zoo.

What also looks really good, and is giving me a weird sense of Deja Vu is Sigur Ros: Heima . Sigur Ros went home and played a load of shows in Iceland unannounced. I frickin love Sigur Ros.

John Best, producer of Heima and Sigur Rós' manager:
"Without wanting to demystify the experience we wanted to reveal a little more of who was actually doing what on stage, be it Georg hammering a drumstick against his bass in 'hafsol', the caul of sweat cloaking Orri at the close of 'poppsong', Jonsi sitting on the floor with an e-bow in 'samskeyti', or Kjartan deep in concentration in his "office", as his huge keyboard riser and bank of analogue gear is known..."

Watch Hoppipolla from the movie, (hope that link works)

and also youtube down arrow.