So, as promised, I'm also going to be blogging about music too. I feel that I haven't really said much about anything for a while, so I'm taking this opportunity to say a little something about a lovely little band called Jakarta Club.
This is my friend Ed's band, who's a guy from my course at home, and they seem to be ticking along quite nicely at the moment. The Mahogany Blog has just asked them to do a video for their Mahogany Sessions, which they were super chuffed about. If you don't already know about Mahogany, it's a music blog that started off small in 2009 as Mark Murdoch's own personal music blog. Now, they've added several new members to the team and they get loads of famous artists in to do sessions and interviews for the blog. Being featured on Mahogany is a nice little badge of recognition, and Jakarta Club have done themselves proud and are sounding great with this very catchy little number 'Undertones'.
The boys describe themselves as "an indie-pop four piece from the North West. Youthful, bright melodies with a hint of 80's indie are matched with driving rhythms and inventive bass lines to give their live performances a hell of a kick". Though I'm not usually an 'indie-pop' fan, I love their summery sound and just think they're kinda great.
They've recently played at two festivals, Kendal Calling and Spyatstock, and played live for BB Intorducing for BBC Radio Cumbria, which is pretty impressive too. Heading for the big break boys!
The boys are obviously working really hard and are true musicians pumping out loads of original material. If you like their stuff, the boys have been very generous and you can download their album for FREE from Bandcamp here, and you can also find loads more of their stuff on their Soundcloud.
As a musician, I love promoting my friends' bands so I'll try and do more posts like this. Hope you enjoy Jakarta Club! Good luck boys!
B
