Sam Amidon / Viking Moses + secret guests


Sam Amidon

FRIDAY 14th August 2009

 

Times : 8pm

Tickets : £6 adv £8 on the door

JAPAS Available

 

Sam Amidon

"All Is Well" is out now on Bedroom Community. It was produced/engineered by Valgeir Sigurdsson, w/musical wonders by Nico Muhly and contributions from Eyvind Kang, Stefan Amidon, Aaron Siegel, Eyvind Kang.

 

"An album of fragile, spooky loveiness." -Entertainment Weekly

 

"In an era of overheated Nick Drake comparisons, Amidon is eerily close to the real thing." David Fricke, Rolling Stone

 

"Amidon doesn't just update the old world to the new, but finds the roots of the new world in the old." -Pitchfork

 

www.myspace.com/samamidon

 

Viking Moses

 

The VIKING MOSES was initiated by Southern Missourian Brendon Massei in 2003. The band has a dynamic, rotating cast of both established and obscure musicians worldwide, and is currently based in Northern Appalachia (USA). More strait forward rock/soul than weird/folk as most of their contemporaries seem to be marketed, Viking Moses’ recordings are very accessible in convention, though live shows normally tend to have an unconventional approach, being hosted in unorthodox venues, often having assembled bands night-of, using members of support bands or strangers in the audience. Both aspects are delivered with utmost soul, passion, and humility, and always offer fans and strangers an experience which is unique and often contrary to expectation.

 

Viking Moses has been finding very fair attention since 2004, thanks to Devendra Banhart's "Golden Apples..." compilation and good words, followed by a signing by Alan McGee (Creation Records founder, and manager of Oasis, Jesus & Mary Chain, Primal Scream, Teenage Fanclub, Mogwai, Libertines, etc.) which has found Viking Moses high acclaim in UK and Europe, and kept them heavily active in that part of the world these past few years.

 

www.myspace.com/vikingmoses