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It’s not for the cock, it’s for Spotted Dick round two
Aug 6th
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Spotted Dick Week 2
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Like a boomerang, a tramp that you once gave money to and Freddy Flintoff’s injury woes, Spotted Dick keeps coming back for more and will continue to do so. So here’s this week’s playlist of songs; some new, some old and some emo.Â
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http://open.spotify.com/user/g-town/playlist/6tf3lscqc8r0afvGnf3d9O
It’s not for the cock, it’s for the spotted dick
Jul 29th
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Spotted Dick: Week 1
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With the invention of innovative, new technology comes the invention of innovative, classy little blog posts. One Ms. Lauren Evett has had the brilliant idea of creating a weekly spotify playlist on It’s Not For The Cock and calling it Spotted Dick! Best feature name ever?
The idea is to make a playlist of new bands/music we’ve discovered/band’s who have recently been in the news/songs we just like/what we’ve been listening to/whatever the hell we wanna put in it.
It’s not for the cock, it’s for a beautiful mess and chaotic success
Jul 9th
Glastonbury Festival 2009
Spotify this bad boy while you read!
http://open.spotify.com/user/g-town/playlist/6ApR9k7FLFzGkJA7Va15He
After a Thursday night spent tragically missing East 17, wondering from field to field in the rain, catching great sets my Kap Bambino and Metronomy and having the news of the King of Pop’s ™ death gradually filtering through from “blatant festival rumour†status to a full on “Oh Shit!†reaction (through the haze, I somehow remember sitting at the Stone Circle at about 5am adamant that it is actually a fake death by MJ to escape the crippling debt, child molestation accusations and massive workload of the O2 residency…seriously, mull it over! Well, it sounded ok at the time….)….ANYWAY, after all that and much more besides, it’s time for the festival proper to kick off with the full music schedule.
It’s not for the cock, it’s for a triumphant return.
Feb 23rd
The Maccabees/Matter London/20.02.09
Two buses, half the circumference of the 02 Arena, one metal detector and a search that stops just short of your various cavities and you’re ready to see The Maccabees first UK date in nine months. And that’s if you happen live near the venue. More >
It’s not for the cock, it’s for The Beat
Feb 22nd
Simian Mobile Disco- Koko, London 12/2/09
As the flock headed for tonight’s gig make their way in from the snowy Camden streets, an army of creepy, hybrid space travellers is waiting to meet them. Chrome Hoof are the too-numerous-to-count band dressed in silver
capes and gimp suits experimenting with dance music, metal and prog to a shocked and thrilled audience.
It’s not for the cock, it’s for being pulled skywards
Feb 5th
Sky Larkin/Pulled Apart by Horses @ ICA, London- 29/01/2008
Unlike most of his media peers, Huw Stephens is a lovely ginger welsh bloke who you’d love to spend hours with creating a fictional music festival or, failing that, just share a pint with. On top of that he’s a DJ with no other agenda than championing his favourite bands with genuine talent, regardless of media hype or “market potential”. This tour (it has his name on it, this isn’t just a strange ode Huw) brings two such bands to London town.
It’s not for the cock, it’s for a near perfect ten
Dec 16th
Ten Kens/ Educated Animals @ London Metro
After releasing what is one of the finest, yet largely overlooked and underrated, albums of the year with their self titled debut effort, Ten Kens have managed to squeeze in a couple of UK dates away from their homeland of Canada. Perhaps it’s a sign that the band are playing this scutty venue in the underbelly of the London music scene that saw very early shows from the likes of Bloc Party, The Libertines and Kings of Leon, or maybe it’s this kind of half empty, piss stained, so-quiet-between-songs-you-feel-scared-to-breath hell hole that Ten Kens are destined for. Hopefully not. Time shall tell. Read on.
It’s not for the cock, it’s for being red hot
May 19th
Hot Club de Paris @ Bodega Social 18/5/08
Tonight, The Bodega is empty. Walking into the bar, you suddenly feel a bit self conscious about how much noise you might be making. It’s pretty bad. Luckily, the reason for this seems to be that everyone is up stairs for the gig.
It’s not for the cock, it’s for the Halloween special
Nov 5th
Arcade Fire – Nottingham Ice Arena- 31/10/2007
If the summer festivals in the UK were among Arcade Fire’s most triumphant gigs (with Glastonbury being the crowning moment) then tonight at the Nottingham Arena, it suddenly becomes clear just how much this band has grown- even since the start of the year. Here are thousands of people, many of whom are, naturally for an Arena gig, the sort who buy a couple of Best Ofs a year and believe cutting edge music to come from the Joe Whiley show, who have forked out £23 to see a Canadian collective of misfits slightly out of sync with modern popular culture.
It’s not for the cock, it’s for having a ball
Oct 11th
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The Bodega Ball
Tonight The Social are celebrating a change into The Bodega Social Club- a change which, incidentally, actually changes nothing but the sign outside the venue. No matter; any excuse for an all night party with a quality line up is a good enough one.  Â