This one is from Damian, regarding the photo below:
“The guys in the photo were Nate and Pete from New York who make up the band Shy Child. They played “Later With Jools Holland” with us and I sat a few meters in front on Nate’s drumkit and was totally blown away when they played “Drop The Phone”. Pete famously plays a “keytar” which is a keyboard you wear with a strap, like a guitar. He modified his so he can play it with two hands so he can control a couple of different synths at once. Shy Child were on the bill at Big Day Out (I only caught their set in Perth as they were on early but they ROCKED it there!) and they also opened for us at The Sydney Opera House.
“I love the raw energy they have, their sense of humour and their sense of synchopated rhythm and the fact that they are the only people I’ve ever seen playing in that configuration. It’s like they’re a cross between The White Stripes and Kraftwerk with a bit of The Beach Boys and Silver Apples thrown in - and with a total party vibe. I’d urge anyone who has the chance to go see them live, and if you can’t do that, buy their album “Noise Won’t Stop”, or even better, do both!
“Oh, and the real Shy Child trainspotters would know that they did a remix of Tokyo Police Club which for some bizarre reason was rejected. It got leaked onto the net and it’s brilliant, I thrash it regularly and think it shows a lot of the potential the band have. I really like them because I’m genuinely excited to see where they’ll go from here - and I love having that feeling about any musician in any genre.
“Oh, and just incase you or anyone else was wondering, they were very very good guest Reactablists!”
More info: http://www.shychild.com/
http://www.myspace.com/shychildmusic
Jools Holland Performance - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIamkGkUCaU
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February 11th, 2008 at 9:57 pm
Thanks for the info, very fun music I’ll be sure to friend them.
