My back is killing me, doubtless due to spending 2 weeks on the couch and following this up by hunching over a computer terminal on return to what I call 'work'. So it was a relief that the YourSound gig at Stereo the other night was a largely seated affair, as people chill and drink and listen to the newes indie sounds. First Wednesday of the month provides live music and if it wasn't for the aches and pains, honest, I'd have got up and bopped around to the beats of Satellite Dub - their live debut being a rather impressive one, all clattering percussion and oddball samples. There are a few people doing this kind of thing of course but Sat (as he's not known) has something extra, mainly just the hooks and tunes that permeate the set.
The Aphrodisiacs were the other band on the bill and they've got better since their early gigs for sure, not that they weren't good, just the sound is harder, faster and louder. They split their set in 2, the main part comtaining the vaguely 80's drum machine-driven guitar tunes much beloved of Peel and his ilk. Then they swap one guitar for drums and compensate by turning things up for a searing punk/grunge closing pair of tunes.
Back on the stereo (as opposed to the Stereo) a couple of things caught the ear. Backini has been in the 'in' pile for ages and only just make it on and how the months have been wasted without it. It's sample-driven pop with beats and pieces nicked from big bands and jazz and the like but with some very poppy stuff in the mix - imagine David Jack with Simon Cowell as 'adviser'. That's a joke, but it's a compelling mix of underground and mainstream dance, and as you can tell, hard to describe.
Another 'one to watch 'is Vinnie Peculiar - a singer-songwriter (it seems) with some nice enough tunes, but with some of the most distinctive lyrics - make that 'tales' - you'll hear in a while. Particularly like the story of how he tried to drown his music teacher because he wouldn't let them play Bowie or T Rex. It's funnier than I can describe it, so, when it appears, I'd advise flusing Mr Peculiar out of hiding.  ¶ 8:51 AM