Red Light Company Italy

Secret Stage Session at V Festival

2009-09-03T09:27:00.002+01:00

OK OK the festival season might be coming to an end now, and RLC have finished touring for this year... But as promised we're not taking a break and we're still here bringing you the best material about the band.

So next on our list is this "secret" performance that RLC had on the Absolute Radio stage in the VIP area at V Festival. Very very intimate as you can see and for a few eyes only!

Hope you enjoy it!

x

Red Light Company rock V Festival!

2009-08-25T09:48:00.011+01:00

yes, because let's say it honestly... they actually were one of the few highlights of their day. And I'm *not* saying that as a fan. There were some good bands actually, I especially liked Howling Bells, The Noisettes, Jet, and obviously The Killers (even though being that the 3rd time I saw them this year, it was getting kind of predictable... Start off with Human, finish with When You Were Young etc etc... great show eh, but enough for this year!!).

However, let's be positive and focus on the good things! The day was very warm and particularly bright, which demanded some B&W shots... I hope you enjoy them at least as much as I enjoyed taking them and watching RLC's performance once again. I wonder whether I'll ever get bored?? Naaah, I don't think so! :-)

Ah, I was almost forgetting to say that this was the last gig for this year. That makes me kind of sad really but the guys had a very busy time and they do need some well-deserved rest. Also, I know there will be very good news coming up soon which will surely make up for the lack of live performances, and honestly I can't wait. So you'd better stay tuned right here for the latest updates on the band's activities because RLC might as well take a break, but WE'RE NOT!!! :)) xxx

p.s. as usual, just click on each image to see it full-screen!

"Meccano" is out TODAY!

2009-08-17T14:37:00.004+01:00

Hello everyone,

this is just a little message to remind all of you that the single of "Meccano" is out today! So do yourself a favour and grab a *digital* copy right now. You can get it from Amazon, Play.com, and iTunes.

Meccano has only been released digitally but for those of you who still love CDs you can always buy a hard copy of the previous release. I have one, as these pictures prove, and I love it! Doesn't it look great?

oh, and it sounds even better, of course!

And if you're not 100% convinced yet, take a look at the video and I'm sure that'll make you change your mind!!

Enjoy!!

Red Light Company - Meccano

Exclusive: new songs from RLC!

2009-08-11T12:55:00.006+01:00

So now that I know that RLC are back safe from their tour in Japan (where they played Summersonic Festival in Tokyo and Osaka), I can finally share with you the videos of the TWO (yes, yes, yes, TWO :-))) NEW SONGS!!!

If you caught them playing at some festival over the summer you probably have already heard at least one of these songs, and maybe you were wondering what they were called and maybe you were even eager to listen to them again but no, they're not on "Fine Fascination" ... luckily enough though, you can always rely on your favourite music blog ever! :-)))

So, here you go: the first one is called "Westway Lights"

... and the second one is called "Get In The Way"

I know it's not fair to say that I think that both these songs as amazing as usual, because I seem to honestly and truly like everything they do, but I just can't help it (I am a fan, have I said that before? ;-))!! So if you fancy telling me what you think, drop me a line by commenting on this post. I can guarantee that I am open and available to a democratic confrontation. :-)

Oh, and I apologize if the quality is not excellent. As I said in previous posts the venue was very small and the volume very very loud, so it wasn't really ideal for my poor little camera! But hopefully I will come up with something better in the near future, so stay tuned as usual!!

more from The Square

2009-08-04T13:42:00.008+01:00

I must admit that the fact it was an odd location with an odd crowd actually helped, cause we were able to take more pictures and videos than usual...

so enjoy some pictures here and a nice performance of Arts & Crafts.

xxx

Photos and video by Robert Pike, Boidus

the oddest venue ever...

2009-07-31T15:43:00.018+01:00

Ok so, on Thursday night we drove all the way to Harlow, Essex, to see RLC in a venue called The Square. My first impression of Harlow is that it's one of the ugliest towns I've ever seen. I apologise if anyone is offended by my opinion, but honestly that 60's architecture made all of grey concrete is not my cup of tea. And in fact the venue is just off a huge roundabout and from it you can enjoy the view on some of these massive blocks of flats made of concrete and occasionally glass (windows, you know).

The venue. Ok. Shall we call it a venue? I guess so because actually bands play (or try to play) in there, but from the outside it looks more like a school or a canteen, rather than a club!

As far as the support bands are concerned, I will spend a couple of words about Goldhawks, who in my opinion were pretty damn good!! They reminded me of Soul Asylum, a band I very much liked in my teenage years (sigh!). Definitely recommended, so check them out when you have a second.

Needless to say, Red Light Company were as great as usual, despite the venue was obviously not up to them, with the volume way too loud, the stage way too small, and the *crowd* way too weird and not really interested in what they were watching.

This is the setlist of that night:

and this is one of the unexpected songs they played, a great cover of Paper Planes by M.I.A.

(video by Robert Pike, Boidus)

More material to come in the next few days, so make sure you stay tuned!

Exclusive live pics as promised!

2009-07-29T09:30:00.011+01:00

Good morning everyone, and as promised, here are some amazing shots from RLC's performance at Ben&Jerry Sundae on The Common last Sunday, July 26th.

All photos are © Robert Pike.

I hope you like them at least as much as I do, and don't forget to let me know what you think!!

Just a little starter ...

2009-07-27T20:26:00.005+01:00

Wooooohooo... so this is the first post FROM the UK!! :-) That is kind of exciting, isn't it?? Well, it is for me anyway! So I'm just back from three-amazing-days in London which very accidentally coincided with my birthday and have got some great great great material coming up... But it's still early for that so for the moment just check out these photos of the RLC's performance at the Ben & Jerry Sundae on the Common festival, which took place yesterday (and last Saturday) at Clapham Common.

Before anyone is tempted to comment negatively on the quality of these photos, let me say that I was soooooooo excited to see the guys playing live again (at last!!!) that I forgot my precious camera at home and was forced to take pictures with my mobile... Terrible, I know!! But I have said before that this is a fan blog, haven't I?? So no pretence of being professional at all here... Luckily enough though, someone much more professional, serious and less excitable than me brought an excellent camera along and took some brilliant photos... which I won't show you yet! HA HA! :D

For now enjoy these... And think that the best has yet to come!! :-)

Photos from Oxegen 2009

2009-07-17T08:54:00.014+01:00

Hi everyone! So this looooong summer of festivals is offering us a lot of material to talk about, lucky us!! This time we're in Ireland for the Oxegen festival, where RLC opened the O2 stage on Saturday afternoon.

The pictures are all by Antonio, our good Italian friend! Enjoy and tell us what you think!!

Free download of Bahnhoff Zoo

2009-07-12T09:31:00.005+01:00

Hello everyone on a sunny and warm Sunday here in Italy! This is just to let you know that if you access the official Red Light Company website and subscribe their official mailing list, you will get a free download of the awesome song "Bahnhoff Zoo", a b-side which is not contained on the album "Fine Fascination".

So what are you doing still there?? Up, up! Go and get this amazing song!! :-)))

Back after a well deserved holiday!

2009-07-09T22:30:00.003+01:00

Yes, because we hadn't disappeared just like that... there were very good reasons for our silence and absence and they were... HOLIDAYS! A well deserved holiday before a big jump which will send the author of this blog (i.e. me) on the other side of Europe! Yes yes yes, Red Light Company Italy moves to the UK my friends, but it will always be "Italy" anyway because I am from Italy and that's where everything started, isn't it? Geographical and logistics issues apart, let's see what the guys have been doing over the past two or three weeks.

Red Light Company @ Beach Break Festival

A lovely interview of Richard [lovely thanks to him, of course, the interviewer definitely had very little imagination that afternoon... too much sun, IMO] after their performance at Beach Break Festival, exceptionally held in Kent rather than in Cornwall this year...

Well done Rich for keeping up with those honestly silly questions...

INTERVIEWER: What can we expect from the new album?

RICH: Oh, you can expect lots of guitars...and...keyboards...and.......drums....

Oh, and by the way... Paul, I love your hat! ;-)

News from our fav beardy Scotsman

2009-06-19T15:04:00.005+01:00

Here we are again!! And in great style... yes, exactly, because we have been mentioned again on RLC's official MySpace! I copy and paste here the latest official blog, written this time by our "favourite beardy scotsman" (his words, so I'm not being outrageous here), Paul.

I must admit this is one of the funniest things I've read in a loooong time! I wish I could write with such a wit and humour! Enjoy!

martedì, giugno 16, 2009
June blog
Hello everyone!its your favourite beardy scotsman here! Now, firstly i feel i owe you an apology for the painfully long time its taken inbetween these wee blog updates. It's been an especially mental time in Red Light Land recently but we have our house back in order now and are ready to rock the festivals over this coming summer!So to our first order of business, we realise that many of you may have already noticed this, due to his absence at any of our recent gigs, but our good friend Shawn has decided to leave the band for his own personal reasons. There is no animosity or acrimony in his departure, the time was just right for him to move on to something new. We wish him nothing but the best and hope he is happy in whatever he does in the future. We have no plans to replace him and Chris is now our full time bass player and he has done very well learning all Shawns parts as i'm sure those of you who have seen him play would testify. Onward and upwards!Secondly we are excited that we now have a release date set for our next single. We are releasing Meccano on the 3rd of August. it should be back on your radio waves very soon indeed. And now back to tour world! We have been very busy boys out on the road of late taking in shows in the U.K., Ireland, Italy, Austria and France. We have in fact this week returned from playing Paris with the Maccabees. It was an amazing trip and the gig was without a doubt one of the best we have ever done. A big thank you to all you lovely Parisiennes for being so good to us and also to the Maccabees who are a tremendous bunch of chaps who we enjoyed partying with very much. While in Paris we also made time to indulge in a spot of gravespotting! both Jim Morrison and Oscar Wilde in one day! Also i saw the funniest piece of graffiti that i've ever seen on the side of Oscar Wildes grave where someone had written in lipstick 'SODOMY 4EVA' I'm certain Oscar would have taken exception to this due to the incredibly poor use of the English language in the way they spelt forever.

Other highlights from the road included our trip to Ireland which saw James and myself make our DJing debut in Dublin. It was a veritable 'Now Thats What I Call Music 4' of an evening. The highlight of our set was playing Justice and seeing the dancefloor go mental then playing a request for Biffy Clyro straight after and seeing the dancefloor empty completely. A lesson to be learned for any budding DJs, people generally dont like dancing to prog. Our trip to Austria saw our faithful tour manager Mido try his hand at a spot of snowboarding under the tuition of our very own singer, Rich. Now far be it from me to make any accusations but i think Rich might have tried to kill him as Mido had only been on the board for 30 seconds when he then fell over, landed on a rock, broke two of his ribs and then nearly got run over by a snow plough. We later that day all somehow ended up in a nudist spa in the hotel. Nothing like seeing your bandmates ding dongs to bring you all together. This may partly account for Shawns departure....this is us having a beer on top of an incredibly high mountain completely inappropriately dressed for the snowy conditions. i haven't had so many funny looks from people for wearing skinny jeans since i left Glasgow.

In Italy the highlight for me was seeing Chris asking in English for sausage on a pizza, being met with the blank stare of a waiter who could clearly could not speak a word of English then Chris repeatedly shouting SAUSAGE!!! at him in the hope that volume might overcome the inherant language barrier. it didnt work. A shout out at this point to our lovely Italian fans Cecilia and Veronica who came to see us in Bologna and enjoyed it so much that they even started an Italian fan blog for us which we are deeply grateful for. you can check it out at redlightcompanyitaly.blogspot.com

Most recently we have just played an absolutely amazing show at the Oxford University summer ball. This gig culminated in our first ever stage invasion which was tremendous fun and also rather weird as all the people who came up onstage were dressed in tuxedos and ball gowns as you can see here...

Note the guys who are feeding me beer while we are still playing, its a skill im proud to have aquired, i never dropped a note!Im sure there about a million other stories just as worthy of being told about our travels but thats all i can remember for now so you'll just have to wait for more. Keep your eyes trained to our myspace for upcoming news on more festivals we will playing at over the summer. A massive thank you to all of you who've come to see us play recently too. Your love keeps us strong.I wont leave it so long between blogs again too i promise!

Love ya

RLC xxx

So basically, apart from the great fun reading this post, there are a couple of quite shocking news contained in it...

First of all, our suspects about Shawn have finally been confirmed. You might remember that since we started following RLC on tour last May we noticed the absence of Shawn, replaced by Chris, on bass. We thought that it would only be a temporary absence but now the guys are confirming that he has actually left the band to move on to something different. We are glad to know that there hasn't been any "animosity or acrimony in his departure" and we really wish him all the best for his career and personal life. It's been great to know you Shawn!!

And secondly, a new single is going to be released on August 3rd, and this time the choice is "Meccano". I wonder whether it's going to be re-released and whether there's going to be a new video... Uhm... in the meanwhile enjoy this live studio version!

Wow, that was quite a poignant post to be honest. So many exciting news all at once! Stay tuned for more news coming up!!

Red Light Company live @ Sellindge Festival 2009

2009-06-15T22:13:00.006+01:00

So the nice thing about summer is - among other things - festivals. Basically non-existing in my home country, they are indeed very popular in, say, the UK (a country chosen totally randomly, I swear). So what happens when you mix summer festivals and a *very* hot band? But of course, lots of awesome pictures!!!

So here's today's episode, RLC live @ Sellindge Music Festival in Kent, last June 7th.

I must say I really love these photos (all taken by Luke Yates, Way Ahead Photography), especially their amazing portraits!! I hope you'll enjoy them as much as I did!

All pictures (c) Luke Yates / Way Ahead Photography

see the complete set on Flickr.

Red Light Company live at Wychwood 2009

2009-06-13T20:58:00.006+01:00

Hello everyone!

Back again to share some cool pictures of Red Light Company performing at Wychwood Festival 2009! All pictures by David Major. See the complete set on Flickr!

Red Light Company live at Wychwood 2009, inserito originariamente da deargdoom57.

Live @ La Maroquinerie, Paris, opening for The Maccabees!

2009-06-11T21:22:00.003+01:00

Here we are again! Back to post this brand new video of yesterday night's performance of RLC at La Maroquinerie in Paris, as opening act for The Maccabees.

This is supposed to be a fan-site-blog or whatever you might want to call it, so I am allowed to say that the guys look great as usual!! I love Paul's new "beardless" look (I'm not sure this word actually exist in English... I might hve as well just created a neologism!) and Chris's excellent attempt at French ("Merci beaucoup Paris!!") :)))

Enjoy!!

Red Light Company Live in Liverpool 21/05/09

2009-05-31T22:38:00.003+01:00

Hi there,

just a couple of lines to share with you some amazing pics taken at the Red Light Company gig in Liverpool last May 21st. They were taken by Conor McDonnell, who has kindly allowed me to have them posted over here. Don't forget to check out his awesome pics of other live acts on Flickr!

Red Light Company 21/5/09 02 Academy Liverpool-Liverpool Soundcity, inserito originariamente da .:Conor McDonnell:..

RLC out gigging again over the w-e!

2009-05-29T19:30:00.005+01:00

For all you lucky buggers living in the UK (but I will be one of you soon! no more envy then!!), don't miss RLC live performances over the next weekend!

Tomorrow, Saturday May 30th, they will pe playing at the annual University of Plymouth Summer Ball.

And on Sunday, May 31st, they will be at Wychwood Music Festival, at Cheltenham Racecourse in Gloucestershire.

Hurry up everyone and don't forget to take lots of pictures and videos (...and to share them with us, of course!!! :)))

Amazing exclusive pics!

2009-05-26T21:43:00.006+01:00

Am I allowed to say this is a very important day for this blog? Finally I can post here some amazing exclusive B&W pictures of RLC performing live.

They are some amazing shots by Valerio Berdini, a very talented photographer who runs one of the best blogs ever, mixing reviews and awesome pictures of live performances of the hottest bands around, called Liveon35mm. I strongly suggest everyone to check it out, especially if you love live music and good photography.

And I want to emphasize the fact that these pictures are exclusive, since they haven't been published anywhere yet, but are a courtesy of Valerio only for redlightcompanyitaly.blogspot.com. I honestly feel very honoured about that!

So I shall definitely shut up and let the images talk now (as usual, click on each picture to see it full-size)...

RED LIGHT COMPANY LIVE @ ISLINGTON ACADEMY, LONDON, FEBRUARY 9TH 2009 (OPENING FOR HOWLING BELLS)

All pictures (c) Valerio Berdini.

Let us know what you think by leaving a comment!!

we're on RLC Myspace!

2009-05-26T21:27:00.003+01:00

So, just when I thought that life was shit and very very unfair (not that I have changed my mind about it but I feel a bit better about it), the unexpected occurred. And once I again I had to convince myself of the huge therapeutic effect of music. I say "once again" because there's been lots of evidence of this over the past year at least.

OK I shall stop with philosophy now to simply say that this blog has been mentioned in the latest blog by RLC on their official MySpace!! YAY!! You can see the post here:

Red Light Company MySpace - Official Blog

Awesome, isn't it? Thanks Rich for taking the time to do that. It's very much appreciated and will provide a reason to keep up the good work!

the blog speaks English now

2009-05-25T21:31:00.003+01:00

Hi everyone,

so this post is to say very briefly that I've decided to turn the blog into English. If I have time I will try to have both the Italian and the English versions up, but considering I haven't got much time to write, I cannot guarantee it. Also I've just received some very bad news tonight so I don't know whether I'll be in the mood to write in the next few days, so please be patient.

In the meanwhile, enjoy this video I found of the gig RLC played in Liverpool last May 21st. I know it's not a great video but it's the only one I found. The average age of the people in the crowd makes me wonder whether I am too old to go to this kind of gigs? Uhmmmm... lots to think about. Enjoy it anyway. Catch up soon, I hope.

altre foto da Londra, live @ Scala, 20/05/09

2009-05-23T12:08:00.008+01:00

Tutte le foto sono © Justin Ng, e le potete vedere direttamente sul suo set di Flickr

© Justin Ng - Tutti i diritti riservati

© Justin Ng - Tutti i diritti riservati

© Justin Ng - Tutti i diritti riservati

© Justin Ng - Tutti i diritti riservati

© Justin Ng - Tutti i diritti riservati

© Justin Ng - Tutti i diritti riservati

Geniale.

2009-05-22T23:00:00.003+01:00

Un video geniale. Un'intervista fatta con un telefonino, un audio veramente pessimo, al posto del microfono un auricolare... ma loro... beh, li vedete no?? troppo carini! e poi il video è fresco fresco, pre-concerto a Liverpool giovedì sera, prima della traversata del mare d'Irlanda con destinazione Dublino. Inutile ribadire dove vorrei essere adesso! :)))

Live allo Scala, Londra, 20 maggio 2009

2009-05-22T20:18:00.009+01:00

Dio solo sa quanto amo internet. Non erano passate neanche 24 ore dallo show di Londra ed ecco sulla rete la prima recensione con tanto di foto, scaletta, ecc. ecc. E' presa dal blog molto carino di un ragazzo inglese di nome Phil, con tantissimi consigli musicali che vi suggerisco di leggere e/o ascoltare, There Goes The Fear. Visto che qua di musica bella ne arriva davvero poca, tanto vale abbeverarsi alla fonte di chi a questa musica è sovraesposto quotidianamente. Le foto ovviamente sono sue, non ho nessuna intenzione di appropriarmi di meriti che non ho!

Da quel che si legge, pare che rispetto alla loro prime apparizioni live, i RLC abbiano decisamente affinato la loro tecnica di stare sul palco, con parecchia interazione e con Richard molto più sciolto e a suo agio nei panni della rockstar che sul palco tutto sommato si sa anche divertire.

La scelta della scaletta sembra azzeccata, coi pezzi migliori dell'album intervallati da due pezzi nuovi (sììììì evvai!!! due pezzi nuovi!! yahooooo!!) e dalla cover di Paper Planes di MIA, che avevano proposto in anteprima da Jo Whiley sulla BBC Radio 1. A detta di chi recensisce, non una versione indimenticabile, ma che se non altro ha avuto il merito di avvicinare molto pubblico a questa band, il che forse è quello che conta. Per chi se la fosse persa, eccola qua, in una bella versione live (migliore a mio parere di quella che hanno fatto a Live Lounge):

Tornando al concerto, ecco la scaletta:

Personalmente non approvo la scelta di First We Land a scapito di ad esempio The Alamo e neanche l'apertura con un inedito, che sicuramente avrà lasciato un po' perplessi molti fra il pubblico (questo detto senza neanche aver mai sentito la canzone, che magari è bellissima eh). Approvo invece l'accoppiata With Lights Out/Bahnhof Zoo e la chiusura con When Everyone Is Everybody Else, entrambe sperimentate a Bologna con esito decisamente positivo!!

Relativamente alla formazione, c'è da rilevare ancora l'assenza di Shawn al basso, sostituito da Chris che - perdonate l'annotazione da groupie - fa la sua porca figura anche lì (ma d'altronde, come dice una mia amica saggia, lui fa la sua porca figura ovunque lo metti, con quella faccia perfetta che si ritrova! ;-). Siamo in attesa di sviluppi, ma soprattutto di un suo pronto ritorno!!

Nel mentre, becchiamoci un po' delle foto di questa serata importante e stiamo a vedere cosa accadrà di nuovo...

una serata importante

2009-05-20T22:13:00.003+01:00

20 maggio, i Red Light Company suonano allo Scala di Londra, vicino a King's Cross. Il concerto è sold out da tempo. La tensione è palpabile. I ragazzi sono chiaramente emozionati. E io sono qua, dall'altra parte dell'Europa, ma vorrei essere là. Rivivere l'emozione di loro sul palco e rivederli, salutarli, e dirgli grazie di tutto. OK ci vuole solo pazienza. L'estate è vicina. Attendiamo sviluppi, su tutti i fronti.

annullate le date in Scandinavia

2009-05-13T21:59:00.003+01:00

Io già mi vedevo i RLC lì a farsi le foto con la sirenetta a Copenhagen e invece niente da fare... le 4 date scandinave in programma per questi giorni sono infatti state cancellate. Abbiamo comunque ricevuto rassicurazioni sul fatto che non si trattasse di nessuna motivazione grave, quindi l'appuntamento è semplicemente rimandato al 20 maggio al mitico Scala di Londra.

Stay tuned per le prossime news!!!

foto dal Belgio

2009-05-06T22:57:00.004+01:00

Ebbene, la scorsa settimana i nostri hanno fatto tappa brevemente fuori dal Regno Unito per due date, una al Paradiso di Amsterdam e l'altra al Polsslag festival in Belgio. Dal sito di quest'ultimo, alcune foto molto carine...

http://polsslag.be/live/pictures/bands

Bisogna spulciare un po' ma ne varrà la pena! Tra l'altro qualche giorno fa quando ho guardato le foto per la prima volta ce n'erano alcune che adesso sono state rimosse, e che mostravano Chris al basso al posto di Shawn... Ho chiesto delucidazioni sull'assenza di Shawn in questa 2 giorni nei Paesi Bassi ma non ho avuto risposta!

Comunque, le ricerche (sia delle foto scomparse che del caro Shawn) sono ancora in atto... quindi stay tuned!!

UPDATE: ecco qua... pochi clic nei posti giusti ed ecco le foto che non trovavo più e che testimoniano la performance di Chris al basso:

http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=red%20light%20company%20polsslag&w=37194647%40N03

mica male eh? ;-)

news! news! news!

2009-04-29T21:32:00.006+01:00

Eccoci!! Alla vigilia dell'inizio della seconda parte del tour europeo 2009 dei RLC, ecco le prime notizie "succulente"!!

Allora, per prima cosa confermata la loro presenza al V Festival per entrambe le date, ovvero sabato 22 agosto a Chelmsford e domenica 23 agosto a Stafford (palco 4 Music).

Alcuni link utili sull'evento:

Red Light Company @ V Festival

V Festival website

Line up completa

Per acquistare i biglietti

OK, la brutta notizia è che i biglietti giornalieri per la data di sabato sono ahimé esauriti. Sono però ancora disponibili i biglietti cumulativi per il weekend (solo quelli col campeggio compreso però) e quelli per la data di domenica. Se qualcuno ci va, che ce lo faccia sapere!!! :))

L'altra notizia, secondo me più bella e più importante, ma va da sé che è un parere personale, è che i RLC suoneranno per la prima volta in assoluto a Parigi, il prossimo 10 giugno, di spalla ai Maccabees!!! Location dell'evento, La Maroquinerie (e mentre consulto il sito del locale, scopro che proprio stasera ci suonano i The Veils!!! se non sapete chi sono... beh... peggio per voi!!! una delle band migliori e più sottovalutate del decennio...).

Tra l'altro, nel post del blog di Myspace scritto oggi da Rich e contenente appunto queste informazioni, i RLC "ringraziano in ritardo tutti quelli che ci sono venuti a vedere durante il nostro tour in UK, Austria e Italia (sìììì!!! siamo noi!!!). Speriamo di rivedere qualcuno di voi a qualche festival quest'estate".

Ehm... come dire... prima di tutto "prego", of course! :))) e poi... ma... chissà! speriamo!!!

non siamo spariti!

2009-04-24T20:37:00.003+01:00

vi chiederete che fine ha fatto 'sto blog... non sono sparita, e i RLC non sono stati risucchiati in qualche gap spazio-temporale. Semplicemente, dopo mesi e mesi di tour incessante, i ragazzi si sono concessi un mesetto di pausa per riprendersi prima della parte estiva del loro tour, che li vedrà impegnati anche in diversi festival (tra cui... va beh, non lo dico perché a noi l'hanno detto dopo il concerto di Bologna ma ancora tra le date ufficiali non c'è, quindi aspettiamo pazientemente).

Il prossimo appuntamento live con loro è per venerdì prossimo, 1° maggio, al mitico Paradiso di Amsterdam. Quello sì è un gran posto per dei bei concerti! Non che ci sia mai stata, ahimé, ma ci hanno suonato tutti i miei gruppi preferiti (Editors in testa... un live B E L L I S S I M O). Dopodiché Belgio, Danimarca, Svezia, un breve ritorno in patria per la data del 20 maggio allo Scala di Londra (damn!) e via via attraverso tanti festival che li porteranno persino in Giappone (paese natìo del caro Shawn...).

Quindi per non sentire troppo la loro mancanza questo video è quello che ci vuole. Si tratta del "making of" del video di Arts & Crafts, molto ma molto divertente. Enjoy!!

Nuove date aggiunte al tour

2009-04-15T21:07:00.002+01:00

Sul Myspace ufficiale dei Red Light Company sono state aggiunte nuove tappe al tour estivo:

Prossimi spettacoli
1 mag 2009 Paradiso Amsterdam
2 mag 2009 Polsslag Festival Hasselt
12 mag 2009 Rust Copenhagen
13 mag 2009 KB Sweden
14 mag 2009 Gote Bar Gothenburg
15 mag 2009 Mosebacke Stockholm
20 mag 2009 Scala London
21 mag 2009 Sound City Liverpool
22 mag 2009 Academy 2 (+ aftershow DJ set) Dublin
23 mag 2009 Auntie Annies Belfast
31 mag 2009 Wychwood Festival Cheltenham
6 giu 2009 Pritchattsbury Festival Birmingham
7 giu 2009 Sellindge Festival Ashford
16 giu 2009 Beach Break Live Festival North Cornwall
12 lug 2009 Wakestock Festival Abersoch
18 lug 2009 2000 Trees Festival Cheltenham
7 ago 2009 Summer Sonic Festival Tokyo
8 ago 2009 Summer Sonic Festival Osaka

Nessuna nuova data italiana per il momento... ma io sono comunque fiduciosa... :)

Live a Milano, 1 aprile 2009

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Di ritorno dal break pasquale, cosa c'è di meglio di un po' di materiale nuovo? ^_^ Sempre grazie all'amico Riccardo di Radio Popolare Verona, ecco alcune foto e la scaletta ufficiale del concerto dei RLC a La Casa 139 di Milano lo scorso 1° aprile.

Enjoy!

Pensiero pre-weekend

2009-04-10T21:35:00.003+01:00

Bene, finalmente è arrivato questo sospiratissimo fine settimana di Pasqua. La settimana nonostante tutto è passata veloce, ero - e sono ancora - in uno stato di grazia tale che poche cose mi hanno toccato. Però sono felice che sia passata, perché significa che domattina parto. Parto alla volta dell'Inghilterra per il weekend. Riprendiamo le fila del discorso che abbiamo interrotto un mese fa e vediamo cosa succede.

Visto che per qualche giorno non scriverò, lascio qua sotto qualcosa che a me personalmente ha fatto venire la pelle d'oca. Una versione di With Lights Out per sola voce e piano, come piace a me. :) La voce di Rich è così dolce e graffiante allo stesso tempo... semplicemente bellissima.

Buonanotte e buon weekend.

Fine Fascination in streaming

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per ascoltare Fine Fascination direttamente da web! ... e in fondo anche il video di Arts and Crafts!

The Alamo live

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Un altro bel ricordo dal concerto di sabato sera a Bologna. Si tratta di "The Alamo", ovvero il pezzo che chiude "Fine Fascination". L'ho molto rivalutato dal vivo, mi sembrava che sul disco suonasse leggermente fuori posto. Ma sentendolo "live" mi sono dovuta ricredere. E' l'ennesimo, potente, energico pezzo di questo disco che non sarà perfetto, ma che alla prefezione si avvicina molto, a mio modesto parere, of course. ;-). Riguardo il significato di questo pezzo, Richard dice:

Si tratta di un tentativo di creare un panorama musicale. Il testo verte su temi quali la disperazione, la solitudine e la dipendenza.

(fonte: Red Light Company - Track by Track)

Non sono riuscita a recuperare il testo quindi per ora ci fidiamo di quello che dice il buon Rich. Buona visione e buon ascolto!

Scaletta concerto @ Covo Club, 4 aprile 2009

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Grazie all'amico Riccardo di Radio Popolare Verona, eccovi la scaletta del concerto di sabato 4 aprile al Covo di Bologna:

e per chi fosse interessato...

Il MySpace di Melting Pop

Il blog di Riccardo, Brit Pop e Dintorni...

Enjoy!

Red Light Company al Shockwaves Album Chart Show

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I Red Light Company si esibiranno stasera alle 7:30 GMT (8:30 da noi) al Shockwaves Album Chart Show su E4 Music. Per maggiori informazioni sullo show fare clic qui.

Foto - Red Light Company live @ Covo Club, Bologna, 6 aprile 2009

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Alcune foto fatte da me sabato 4 aprile 2009 al Covo di Bologna. Artisticamente non sono eccelse, ma spero di aver catturato l'energia di questi ragazzi.

Set completo su Flickr.

Enjoy.

inizia l'esperimento

2009-04-06T21:40:00.001+01:00

E dire che ho sempre avuto un certo tipo di riluttanza spocchiosa nei confronti dei blog e di chi li scrive. Quindi - vi chiederete voi, ma forse anche no - che cosa mi avrà mai spinto 'sta volta a fare qualcosa che non avrei mai sognato di fare?

Beh è una storia lunga. Per farla breve, dirò che a inizi novembre mi sono imbattuta nel video di un gruppo inglese emergente. Dirò che ho ascoltato i loro singoli, guardato gli altri video, e atteso trepidante l'uscita dell'album. Dirò che ho anche ascoltato l'album, e dirò che mi è piaciuto talmente tanto che quando sul loro MySpace sono comparse le date del loro tour italiano, compresa una data al Covo di Bologna, decisamente la mia venue prediletta per i concerti, beh, ho fatto i salti dalla gioia.

E il tutto poteva esaurirsi qua, con un bel concertino per pochi intimi, belle foto, qualche video, e buonanotte e grazie. E invece no. Come mi capita sempre più spesso da diciamo un anno a questa parte, qualcosa di bello e inaspettato è successo. E' successo che loro sono saliti sul palco con le loro facce pulite e una gran energia. E' successo che hanno suonato con passione e intensità come non vedevo da tempo (diciamo dal concerto di luglio a Firenze degli Editors). Ma soprattutto è successo che ho avuto l'opportunità di capire che persone disponibili, gentili e coi piedi per terra sono. Erano venuti dall'Inghilterra in furgone, in 6 con tutti gli strumenti caricati dietro. E con me e la mia amica hanno tirato fuori tutta la loro genuinità ed entusiasmo di ragazzi poco più che venticinquenni che stanno realizzando il loro sogno. Hanno parlato con entusiasmo di quanto fosse bello il clima in Italia e di come si fossero divertiti durante le 4 tappe del loro minitour italiano. Hanno parlato di quanto fossero belle Roma e Firenze... Insomma, le solite cose da turisti inglesi nella media! Ma sempre con una leggiadria ed educazione che a me hanno lasciato di stucco. Grandi sorrisi ed entusiasmo genuino alla nostra richiesta di farci una foto tutti insieme. Commenti entusiastici tipo "awesome! awesome!" alla visione della suddetta foto. Ci hanno persino chiesto se eravamo andate apposta per il concerto o se eravamo lì per caso! E hanno risposto "Really??" quando gli abbiamo detto che no, non eravamo lì per caso, ma proprio per loro.

Io non so come spiegarlo, ma in questi ragazzi ho visto davvero qualcosa che va al di là del fatto che sono incredibilmente bravi e appassionati nel fare musica. Ho visto che sono persone come me, come noi. Ho visto l'umiltà e l'abitudine al lavorare duramente che forse abbiamo in comune. Ho visto la luce negli occhi di uno di loro che era in partenza per la Sicilia per una breve vacanza, l'eccitazione per il sole e il caldo che sicuramente avrebbe trovato. Sarò patetica, ma mi ci sono rispecchiata. E forse per la seconda volta in un anno ho sentito che le cose belle accadono a chi se le merita. E per le sensazioni positive che mi hanno comunicato, e per lo stato di grazia in cui mi hanno catapultato da sabato sera, mi sento quasi in dovere di sdebitarmi. Magari questo blog non servirà a granché, ma l'intento c'è. Spero che serva anche a qualcun'altro per capire chi sono e cosa fanno questi ragazzi.

Ah, dite che dimentico qualcosa? Già... il nome del gruppo.

Loro sono i Red Light Company. E questo è il video che me li ha fatti conoscere, Scheme Eugene.

Enjoy.