David Kitt

Tindersticks Irish date announced

DK HQ — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 13:16:38 +0000

Tindersticks (which now include David Kitt as a member) have announced a number of new dates, including a long awaited irish date for the climactic last night of Kilkenny Arts Festival on Sunday 15 August in St Canice’s Cathedral.

Other Tindersticks dates in Europe (Aug – Nov) are below, but for the most up to date ticketing and live info see www.tindersticks.co.uk

August 6th – Off Festival, Katowice, Poland

August 7th – Dranouter Festival, Dranouter, Belgium

August 8th – Abbazia Abbey, Sesto al Reghena, Italy

August 15th – St Canice’s Cathedral, Kilkenny Arts Festival

August 22nd – Green Man Festival, Brecon Beacons, Wales

September 18th – Principal Club Theatre, Thessaloniki, Greece

September 19th – Lycabettus Theatre, Athens, Greece

September 20th – Babylon, Istanbul, Turkey

September 21st – Babylon, Istanbul, Turkey

October 30th – Apolo, Barcelona, Spain

October 31st – Festival O’Les Choeurs, Tulle, France

November 1st – Theatre Du Minotaure, Vendome, France

November 2nd – Grand Theatre, Angers, France

November 3rd – Triangle, Rennes, France

November 5th – Epicerie Moderne, Lyon / Feysin, France

November 6th – Den Atelier, Luxembourg

November 7th – Vooruit, Ghent, Belgium

November 8th – L’Autre Canal, Nancy, France

November 9th – Le Splendid, Lille, France

November 11th – Theatre Des Arts, Rouen, France

November 12th – Parktheatre Limburg, Heerlen, Netherlands

November 13th – Rolling Stone Weekender, Weissenhauser Strand, Lubeck

November 14th – Tivoli, Utrecht, Netherlands

November 15th – Oosterport, Groningen, Netherlands

For the most up to date ticketing and live info see www.tindersticks.co.uk

deadly sound underground

DK HQ — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 20:49:10 +0000

Here’s a film clip that a great guy (Will McConnell) in Belfast recorded for the Bandwidth series while David was there for a gig earlier this year. The clip is download-able from their site, and they do a whole series of these films which are well worth checking out. They’re all very much of the moment, and he captures some very special performances.

Spilly goes to Cork…

DK HQ — Thu, 20 May 2010 21:30:42 +0000

Spilly Walker is in Cork tomorrow night (fri) as part of Donal Dineen’s Fresh Air Season. Here’s a little taster of what to expect:

David and Robbie did an on-air session with Donal as part of the first Fresh Air in November last year, where they played Spilly tracks live and brought in some great tracks for Donal to play. You can get a list of the tracks they picked, and a link to listen back to the session, here>

The Cork gig is in a deadly venue for Triskel called the SubStation, being as how it’s an old ESB SubStation. Kevin Blake is playing too, and Donal will be doing live visuals and DJing at the show. Tickets are €15/12 and available in advance (from Triskel), or on the door. Doors are 8pm, show at 8.30pm.

This will be the last chance to catch Spilly Walker live until the Autumn; Robbie’s away all summer….

The New Breed

DK HQ — Sat, 15 May 2010 18:46:10 +0000

It’s Yours (from The Nightsaver) is one of the tracks selected for a new double album of contemporary irish music that was released yesterday. It’s in some great company with tracks from Patrick Kelleher, The Jimmy Cake, Dark Room Notes, Valerie Francis and R.S.A.G among others. Check out the full tracklisting below, and it should be in all good record stores now if you want to pick up a copy.

Tracklisting

CD One:
1. Two Door Cinema Club – I Can Talk
2. Codes – This Is Goodbye
3. Dark Room Notes – Love Like Nicotine
4. Messiah J And The Expert – Turn The Magic On
5. Oliver Cole – What Will You Do?
6. The Blizzards – Fantasy
7. Fred – Running
8. The Laundry Shop – Highs And Lows
9. Delorentos – Stop
10. Ham Sandwich – St. Christopher
11. Republic Of Loose – Comeback Girl
12. Mick Flannery – Tomorrow’s Paper
13. The Chapters – Videotapes
14. The Minutes – Ukraine
15. The Urges – The Urges Theme
16. The Revellions – Ain’t No Fool
17. Crayonsmith – Lost In The Forest
18. The Jimmy Cake – Jetta’s Palace
19. Declan O’ Rourke – Galileo
20. Julie Feeney – Myth
21. Jerry Fish & The Mudbug Club -Back To Before

CD Two
1. Le Galaxie – We Bleed The Blood Of Androids
2. The Ambience Affair – Devil In The Detail
3. Cathy Davey – Moving
4. Halves – Medals
5. Subplots – Poltis
6. Halfset – Work
7. Stellarsound Ft Paula Flynn – Let’s Dance
8. Róisín Murphy – Overpowered
9. Patrick Kelleher – Coat To Wear
10. Vyvienne Long – They’re Not Waving
11. Lisa Hannigan – Lille
12. Rarely Seen Above Ground – Stick To Your Line
13. And So I Watch You From Afar – These Riots Are Just Beginning
14. Bats – Credulous! Credulous!
15. Adebisi Shank – You Me
16. Heathers – Remember When
17. David Kitt – It’s Yours
18. Valerie Francis – Slow Dynamo
19. The Coronas – Grace Don’t Wait

New David Kitt track

DK HQ — Thu, 06 May 2010 23:12:15 +0000

Explorers Club No. 5: Berlin - Stockholm

David contributed a new track- Still Don’t Know- to the mighty Explorers Club series, an ingenious collaboration between LOAF and Arctic Circle (who David played for in Union Chapel London last month). Each month a new download is made available, with some lovely artwork, or you can subscribe for the year to receive all of the downloads, plus this lovely swag below:

head on over to Lo Recordings to listen to/buy the track

warm love in belfast

Kittser — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 13:52:32 +0000

thanks to everyone who showed up at the belfast show last night and for all the thoughtful words spoken afterwards. once again it’s been the highlight of an irish tour. i felt i was amongst friends and music lovers, like we had history. twas a shame i had to hit the road sharpish and couldn’t stick around for a few drinks. next time hopefully…..

ok alone ok

Kittser — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 01:06:11 +0000

today i went to supervalu and bought some yoghurt and a bottle of water and my total came to 3.03. i gave the guy 5.05 so i got 2.02 change. over the last few years i’ve ended up in rooms 101, 202, 303, 505, 606, 707, 808 and 909 at various hotels i’ve stayed in. these are all roland machines, synths and drum machines, made in japan in the 1980s which have been used quite a lot in the making of dance music since the acid house movement in the mid 80s. maybe it’s a sign that my true calling lies in electronic music although my current obsession with the new laura marling record has part of me pulled back to the more acoustic end of things. so many records to make………. might have to leave that hip hop record until my 40s

i own a tb303 and an mc202 which i’ve used quite a lot in the making of the spilly walker album which is close to completion. as i’m heavily in debt from the release of my last record i’m still trying to find a way of releasing the stuff but i can’t wait to get it out and i’m dying for those who’ve expressed excitement about it to hear it. it may end up as a digital only release on gold spillin much as it would be amazing to see a vinyl release. here’s an early mix from 2007 of one of the tracks likely to end up on the album. it features the 202 and 303 as well as samples of a 505…

earlier in the day a friend sent me this link to a reissue of a very curious record made in india in 1982 using all roland gear which predates the acid house movement. check it out…..http://www.boomkat.com/item.cfm?id=288726

snow business

Kittser — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 01:02:30 +0000

in stockholm tonight with tindersticks on a day off. 12 gigs in 13 days has left everyone pretty fried but the gigs have been great, especially copenhagen where a packed-to-the-rafters vega showed its resounding appreciation.

a bit obsessed with this philo classic from the first thin lizzy album at the moment. i’m not crazy about the record as a whole but this is a real gem that rarely gets it’s dues….

on de road

Kittser — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:12:43 +0000

today is tuesday and i’m in goteborg in sweden with tindersticks. tonight is our 9th gig on this northern european leg of the ‘falling down a mountain’ tour.

these are the instruments i’m playing: guitar, vibraphone, harmonium, organ and percussion….

going great so far. berlin and frankfurt were the highlights crowdwise but last night in malmo was a great monday night gig. a friend said it was maybe the best monday night ever and it was up there with the best of them for me too.

paddy k remix

Kittser — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:04:53 +0000

Patrick Kelleher

This is my remix of patrick kelleher’s ‘not leaving town’ from the album ‘you look cold’ on osaka records. the track features on the ‘you look colder’ remix album which is just out. well worth going back the original record too if you missed it last year.

This is a pre-release of the track, the album is due out on april 16th and you can buy it from Osaka here>