the kooks
Virgin Fest ’08: Final Lineup
Shaping up to be an amazing weekend on the island. Here are the new bands just added.
SEPTEMBER 6th
The Kooks
The Fratellis
Against Me!
MGMT
Shudder To Think
Airborne Toxic Event
SEPTEMBER 7th
Silversun Pickups
The Wombats
Danko Jones
Sons and Daughters
Robyn
The Kooks
Thanks Gillian from the tip about the Kooks. Saw their set last night at the Kool Haus, really impressed with their songs. It was the first time in a long time I walked out of that venue without complaining about the sound in there….
I’ve been tapping my right foot and Zellers flip-flop to this band all day. They’re a four-piece band from Brighton (UK) who take their name from an old David Bowie song. The band has set records for UK/NME hype, finishing 2nd to the Arctic Monkeys for most debut records sold (Inside In/Inside out, 2006). In most cases, bands never live up to NME hype, in this case, I’d say these guys will have a lot of luck touring and selling records in North America.
Take a listen to their biggest single Naive. More tracks can be found on their myspace page. Could this be a band added to the Virgin Fest?
As well, I found a video here for another one of their really catchy songs called Ooh La. (And of course, a cover of that song that some people liked last year or something…). These videos, courtesy of La Blogotheque. Do yourself a favour, check out their videos. Amazing.