Archive for April, 2009

José Julián de la Cuesta

  Festival catering is probably the area that I enjoy the most about festivals. If you’re playing during the afternoon you can look forward to a nice dinner. There’s nothing better than coming off stage, packing up the gear and then going to tent full of amazing food. It’s a great way to see what [...]

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eXHIUSqnjE] Ole ole ole ole ole ole ola ole ole ole cada día te quiero más. Ooooooohh Campesinos! Es un sentimiento, no puedo parar! Thanks for having us. Last night was awesome. That was one of the most fun evenings we’ve had EVAH.

Coachella was the most fun I’ve ever had at a festival we played at, I think. I could write a massive list of all the lovely people I enjoyed hanging out with, and the bands that were great, and it would be really sickly, so instead, I’ll try to think of what negatives there were [...]

We are very excited to be able to say we are playing at Lollapalooza this coming August. In 2007 we played our first ever US show at the event, so it’s going to be great to go back. We met M.I.A.. It looked like this: And we were so much younger and fresher looking then: [...]

  I think these photos sum up some of the backstage vibe that transcended Coachella Before wondering around the backstage: Pale and British with sprightly and naive wide eyed innocence.    After: Coke addled jaded hipsters.   The show went very well although we were marred by festival technical difficulties, but nothing beats watching Ollie [...]

Tonight was in-house catering at Slim’s.  The chef, Jose, was a very friendly guy who expected us to know every British band personally that passed through.  So if White Lies or Friendly Fires read this, Jose at Slim’s says hi! On the menu tonight was chicken, potatoes, vegetables, rice, beans and salad.  If you said [...]

I came up with a extremely brilliant business plan the other day (which is inspired by a conversation with my muse Harriet) and I am hoping to take it on Dragon’s Den. My opening gambit (for humors sake) will be to ask for an unfeasible large amount of money for a minute percentage, before alerting them to the fact [...]

I have no idea how on earth we got ourselves into this situation. Three years ago we formed a band through boredom and thinking we could be better than the bands that played first on at every gig we went to at Cardiff Barfly. Now, April 2009, I wake up in the same hotel as [...]

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