His Lost Boys - Travelling through unknown territory (or unfamiliar at least) hoping to add some colour to the ageing 60s concrete eyesores strewn across our towns. Life is more often than not drab and complicated enough without extra weights being added to your shoulders; we all need some departure from the necessity of the chores that bind our weeks.
Ben Bailey continues his musical exploration is now the jingle in His Lost Boys' jangle. Stef Benson contributes the low blows backed up by Lewis providing all manner of percussion from the sublime to the thunderous.
Call it indie, blues, r&b or whatever - We prefer to call it Nu Folk, a term first coined by us. You heard it here first. Don't call it rock, it's got soul and a faith that while a good song will make you late for work, a great song will make you quit.
So climb aboard and let's all go and get lost together
xXx
"Ben Bailey continues his earnest attempts to add colour to workaday lives. With his band of musicians in tow, the happy trio intend to inspire complete abandonment as they rock up to this monthly Flook night with their unique brand of soul-filled indie.
Tomorrow, The Social, 5 Little Portland St"
Metro, 09/03/07, page 30...
RECORDER 27th March,
His Lost Boys,
Forget nu rave, there's a whole new sound whipping up a slightly less agitated storm in the capital at the moment - and it's coming from the east.
It's the sound of "nu folk" and at the vanguard of this burgeoning new movement are the wonderful His Lost Boys, a quartet from Stratford/Hackney/ Stoke Newington, who are picking up a lot of attention from punters and critics alike, with even the odd major record label rumoured to be sniffing about.
At the helm is singer, songwriter and guitarist Ben Bailey, formerly head honcho with Thee Unstrung, who enjoyed a brief flirtation with stardom back in 2005/6.
Ben is joined on vocals by Dazy Pagan, while Stef Benson chimes in with the lowdowns on bass and Lewis Jones provides all manner of percussion from the sublime to the thunderous.
Formed in August 2006, last year started well with gigs supporting the likes of Babyshambles and The Paddingtons, and The Urban Hooray EP being recorded.
But then Ben was out of action with a burst appendix and the band lost two drummers. 2008 has brought renewed vigour and enthusiasm.
As Ben puts it: "Call it indie, blues, R&B or whatever - we prefer to call it nu folk, a term first coined by us. You heard it here first. Don't call it rock, it's got soul and a faith that while a good song will make you late for work, a great song will make you quit
Hope you’re all fantastic! Saturday 28th November sees THE PLAYGROUND present the Nominees for the Best Breakthough Act BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB on the decks along with the most exciting, innovative and genuinely imaginative force in music right now- GAGGLE.
BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB- DJ// GAGGLE// THE COOLNESS// COLD IN BERLIN// PUSS IN BOOTS// ELECTRIC RIOT// MICRON 63// LEIGH DE VRIES// THE GAA GAA’S // THE DEEP BELOW// DJ Darkorse// Straightola (VJ Set) and Burlesque performances
Expect a sell out show so to avoid frustration at the door get your early bird tickets in advance below!!
THE PLAYGROUND presents Filthy Electro Trash on Saturday 14th Novmber. Come along and celebrate with:
Punks Jump Up (KITSUNE)// Punx Soundcheck (KITSUNE)// Steed Lord// Gobsausage// Glass Diamond// TOY TOY// The Education// Mr. Beasley// Ben Osborne// DJ Darkorse// Circa Burlesque- Little Bo Freak// Chrys Columbine// Slinky Sparkles and Straightola (VJ Set)
THE PLAYGROUND Vs Noise Of Art will give you a big Halloween bash on Saturday 31st October featuring
Man Like Me// My Tiger My Timing// My Toys Like Me// Trash Fashion// The Midi Midis// Glitches// The Teeth// Kindle// Gene Serene// DARKORSE-DJ set/// Rack ‘n’ Ruin – DJ Set// Afro Punk-DJ set// Slinky Sparkle// Chris Columbine// Little Bo Freak and Lydia Darling// Noise of Art’s “Dance of the Vampires” with They Came From The Stars and I Saw Them Vs Les Hommers DU Train// Ben Osborne -DJ set// Immaculate Extremists// Overlap// Your Mum// MOTH and more
“You're unlikely to attend another event in London like this so our advice is to get your ticket sharpish.” DJ Magazine, 2009.
After our hugely successful launch with the BRUTE CHORUS and CIRCUS BURLESQUE trapeze artists, stilts, performance artists and burlesque dancers we have the next instalment coming up on Saturday the 26th September featuring KAPUTT, ROMANCE, SPEAK AND THE SPELLS and a whole lot more. Looking forward to seeing you there.
We have our next mini-festival at 93 Feet East on Saturday 25th July with an amazing line-up along with our usual Burlesque, performance art and Electro DJ’s.
Tickets are only £6 adv. Check out the ticket link below. See you there.
Hi, I hope you have a great weekend planned. check out my "Don't You dare" song on my profile, I'm hoping you'll love it !! Don't forget to tell your friends x x
