Flashback: NXNE – Toronto (June 17, 2011)
NXNE (2011) Art Brut Setlist Formed A Band My Little Brother Axl Rose Direct...
Art Brut
Art Brut is an English indie rock band. Their debut album, Bang Bang Rock & Roll, was released on 30 May 2005, with its follow up, It’s a Bit Complicated, released on 25 June 2007. Named after French painter Jean Dubuffet’s definition of outsider art – art by prisoners, loners, the mentally ill, and other marginalized people, and made without thought to imitation or presentation – South London’s Art Brut were tagged by NME as part of the “Art Wave” scene that also included bands such as The Rakes, Franz Ferdinand and Bloc Party. The band released further albums, Art Brut vs Satan in 2009 and Brilliant! Tragic! in 2011. A fifth album, Wham! Bang! Pow! Let’s Rock Out!”, was released in 2018.
Flashback: Art Brut at Triple Rock (09 Nov 2009)
Oh man, how I love Art Brut. This isn’t really a band, it’s more like a weird art-rock with singer Eddie Argo “singing” or talking over music. Argo writes the best songs, like “Formed a Band”, which tells the secret origin of him forming a band: “Formed a band, we formed a band! Look at us, we formed a band! … And yes, this is my singing voice, it's not irony, it's not rock and roll. We’re just talking to the kids.”
A rolling stone gathers no moss
Read More Art Brut Here’s a song about moving: “Moving to L.A.” by Art Brut....
Art Brut: Moving to L.A.
Art Brut: Moving to L.A. Read More Art Brut Having already seen Art Brut last...
NXNE: Art Brut at Mod Club, Toronto (06/17/11)
Having already seen Art Brut last year, I already knew what to expect from the...
W♥M111: NXNE
NXNE is coming, June 13-19, 2011, in Toronto, Canada. I am flying in on the 12th, and I guess will be doing touristy things in the city. If you want to hang out, send me a note. The music portion, as far as looking at the schedule, doesn't actually start until Wednesday, the 15th. Which means, I have a lot of time to kill, perhaps I'll attend some of the movies that NXNE has to offer (I am probably going to try and make it to "Upside Down – The Creation Records Story", a documentary about Creation Records). I have gone on record and stated that I think Alan McGee is a genius.
Art Brut at the Triple Rock Social, Minneapolis (11/09/09)
Loads of Art Brut fans were in the audience that night. You can tell by all the t-shirt and their eagerness of being in front and center. When the band came on, doing "Formed a Band", which singer Eddie Argos turns to the audience and said, "you ought to try it, it's brilliant!"
Art Brut Vs Satan
It was quite a few years ago I first heard Art Brut. I do believe...