If I was faced with the High Fidelity-esque task of listing my top five all time favourite bands, I’m pretty certain that The New Pornographers would feature somewhere. The Canadian super group is made up of members from other bands, including Carl Newman (aka A.C Newman), film maker Blaine Thurier, and the amazing Neko Case. It’s pure power pop at its best: soaring melodies, hand claps, oooooh yeahs and synthesizers. I had the pleasure of seeing the band earlier this week (minus Neko Case, boo), and can now die happy because I’ve seen The Bleeding Hearts Show performed live. Wow! Band front man Carl Newman was shit faced drunk, and spent half the time rambling about his love of New Zealand music, and calling Chris Knox a “fucking dick” (he was joking of course). Who knew that a bunch of old, pudgy hairy dudes (and a token girl) could make such cheesy but beautiful pop music?
“Two sips from the cup of human kindness, and I’m shit faced.” – Use It
