It's All Happening: The Christmas Collection

admin — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 22:27:29 +0000

Oslo’s given London a Christmas tree every year since 1947. Balthazar brought the little baby Jesus some gold. 27% of of men are hoping they’ll receive socks (according to TK Maxx). It’s All Happening want to go one better and bring you the ultimate festive gift – It’s All Happening: The Christmas Collection. Some of the best bands we’ve worked with this year, who have played the gig nights and generally delighted us all, have been lovely enough to donate tracks to our mixtape. Take a listen: it’s an absolute stonker, and like a puppy, not just for Christmas. Bet you wish you’d come to the gigs now hey?
Enjoy.
It’s All Happening: The Christmas Collection by It’s All Happening

Summersun – Ross & The Wrongens
Age Anti Age – The ID
Annika’s Song – Fievelwill
Tired of Being a Man – Killing Fields Of Ontario
Rocket Science – Cinemawave
Steal His Heart – Emily & The Woods
Aphrodite – Edit/Select
Plastic – Alphabet Backwards
Apes With Rollerskates – All Too Animal
Lion’s Throat – Barely Modern
Postcards To Strangers – Moustache Of Insanity
Soul and Substance – Peter Darling
In The Quiet – The Rifle Volunteer
Modern Hipster – Tracey’s Love
Truth Or Dare – ABI
Wired – Freak Static
Bonfires – Gunning For Tamar
Panic Don’t Panic – Secret Rivals
Joy – The Volitains
Heard It All Before – The Switch
She’s A Queen – Deadwax
Inuitses – Quadrilles
Rich and Famous – Lawrence Bray
Dancers In A Painting – Sugardrum
Burger Van Song – Rachel Sermanni
Taxi For Mr. Griffin – End Of Level Baddie

November 13th

admin — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 20:21:44 +0000

Disclaimer: Large portions of this night were completely obliterated by red wine, therefore it may not be an entirely factual account of events.
How do you measure a successful gig? Pure headcount? Number of pints sold? How many stars given in the next day’s Time Out? I prefer to use Durkheim’s measure of a religious experience, what he coined collective effervescence, defined as ‘perceived energy formed by a gathering of people.’ Saturday November 14^th at TheCuckoo’s Nest (King’s Head, Acton) was off the scale.
Openers Moustaches of Insanity were suitably insane, their quirky indie pop winning them fans across the room, and song title ‘Cheese & Freckles’ becoming the catch phrase of the night.
Local Wings of Pegasus astounded the audience for a number of reasons, amongst them the L’Oreal worthy locks of the entire band. Other reasons they are worth it include the tight execution and fearless traversing of the fret board. Easy to see why they came third in this year’s Surface Unsigned Festival.
If you ever wanted to know what John Lyden would sound like having a hoe-down, Outdoor Types let us know, with their slightly anarchic folk rock. A little bit pop, a little bit prog, ‘Devils In Horseback’ in particular went down a storm.
Then, DJ John played Pulp – ‘Do You Remember The First Time?’ I was seven when this was released, so no. In fact, so far gone was I by this point I barely remember this time. I do remember a whoop of delight and a dance of joy!
Next up were The Seasiders, who in their alcohol fuelled state seemed to confirm all stereotypes about Southenders on a Saturday night. Apart from that I adore them. ‘You Only Love Me When Your Drunk’ they sung out. No guys, I always love you. I just wave my arms more energetically when drunk. Don’t take it personally. After a hip dislocating twist to the Chas’n’Dave esque ‘Pub Song’ and some enthusiastic skanking to ‘No One Needs To Know’, we were encouraged to rest our weary limbs, with singer Paul inviting the entire audience to sit down for some good old audience participation and sing the chorus of ‘Streets of Loneliness’.
In fact, the only thing better than the grin inducing fever that swept the room as The Seasiders played was Salema. Get in touch lady!
Lord knows what Ross has been doing to his Wrongens, but this last week has seen a flurry of texts and emails, with members of the band dropping like flies. Ross and a (part time) Wrongen treated us to a beautiful stripped down set, enamouring the room into a dream like state. ‘Make You Right’ was magical, and ‘Summer Sun’ strangely austere and heart warming in equal measures, its aye-aye oou-oooh chorus uniting the crowd. We’ll hopefully get them back again. (Ross, please accept my virtual handshake until we meet again!)
All in all, roll on December 11^th!

Moustache of Insanity – and so she thinks

It's All Happening: The Christmas Collection

November 13th