Soup Kitchen #3 Sound of Indie-pendent Scotland
0 Comments Published by Tom on Sunday, November 25, 2007 at 4:08 PM.
I must admit to being a bit nervous about the latest night. Our guest dj Jamie Holman had to cancel a few days before the night itself and we were unable to find a replacement. Holman's prescence would have pulled in a few as he is a popular guy judging how many of his mates came to see him at the George Tavern for Lost Music Presents the other week.
The other worry was that a lot of people from the London indie pop scene had travelled to Stoke that day for the Parralleograms gig at the Glebe in Stoke and we thought that would also affect the turn out. We needn't had worried as there was a pretty respectable attendance in the end being a mix of people who had heard about the night and had come along and those who were already in the venue celebrating one thing or another, choosing to stay. They must had enjoyed the music.
The theme was Scottish indie and although at times we strayed from what most people would consider "indie" 90% of music played was Scottish through and through. There were some great songs played and our other guest DJ Chimes had me chuckling opening his set with Ivor Cutler.
Songs by The Skids, Fire Engines, Orange Juice, Josef K, Franz Ferdinand, Bronksi Beat, Simple Minds, Belle & Sebastian, Hermit Crabs, Altered Images, Aberfeldy, BMX Bandits, Soup Dragons, Jesus & Mary Chain, Primal Scream, BA Robertson, The Skids, The Delgados and many more were played.
My personal highlight was the person who came up just after I starting playing You've Got The Power by Win. His enthusiasm for the song knew no bounds and I was glad to have made his night. The JD Twitch & The Truffle Club's Optimo Mix of Dance Me In by Sons and Daughters also sounded pretty great on the new Soup Kitchen turntable!
The crowd starting thinning around midnight and we were preparing to pack up when a new influx of people came down meaning we were happy to keep spinning until the 1am close.
I thought the venue was pretty decent but having the only toilets in the place in the room we hired meant there was a lot of movement about (no pun intended!). They could do with a larger range of beers downstairs so that people don't venture to the upstairs bar but they seemed to be pleased with us, asking us to come back. We are thinking of making changes to the way we run the night including adding bands under the Soup Kitchen banner which would rule that out. But for a band free night I guess we would come back.
Tune Of The Night: Torn by My Bloody Valentine. Not Scottish but it got people dancing.
People Of The night: The three people sitting near the DJ decks who drank and sang their way through pretty much most of the night.
Thanks To Chimes for dj'ing.
Playlists to follow.
The other worry was that a lot of people from the London indie pop scene had travelled to Stoke that day for the Parralleograms gig at the Glebe in Stoke and we thought that would also affect the turn out. We needn't had worried as there was a pretty respectable attendance in the end being a mix of people who had heard about the night and had come along and those who were already in the venue celebrating one thing or another, choosing to stay. They must had enjoyed the music.
The theme was Scottish indie and although at times we strayed from what most people would consider "indie" 90% of music played was Scottish through and through. There were some great songs played and our other guest DJ Chimes had me chuckling opening his set with Ivor Cutler.
Songs by The Skids, Fire Engines, Orange Juice, Josef K, Franz Ferdinand, Bronksi Beat, Simple Minds, Belle & Sebastian, Hermit Crabs, Altered Images, Aberfeldy, BMX Bandits, Soup Dragons, Jesus & Mary Chain, Primal Scream, BA Robertson, The Skids, The Delgados and many more were played.
My personal highlight was the person who came up just after I starting playing You've Got The Power by Win. His enthusiasm for the song knew no bounds and I was glad to have made his night. The JD Twitch & The Truffle Club's Optimo Mix of Dance Me In by Sons and Daughters also sounded pretty great on the new Soup Kitchen turntable!
The crowd starting thinning around midnight and we were preparing to pack up when a new influx of people came down meaning we were happy to keep spinning until the 1am close.
I thought the venue was pretty decent but having the only toilets in the place in the room we hired meant there was a lot of movement about (no pun intended!). They could do with a larger range of beers downstairs so that people don't venture to the upstairs bar but they seemed to be pleased with us, asking us to come back. We are thinking of making changes to the way we run the night including adding bands under the Soup Kitchen banner which would rule that out. But for a band free night I guess we would come back.
Tune Of The Night: Torn by My Bloody Valentine. Not Scottish but it got people dancing.
People Of The night: The three people sitting near the DJ decks who drank and sang their way through pretty much most of the night.
Thanks To Chimes for dj'ing.
Playlists to follow.
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