Bands to watch – Django Django
Django Django may have missed out on getting the SXSW love they much deserve after US immigration refused them visas, but that isn’t going to stop me covering them here. I first noticed them when Illegal Tender picked them up in early 2009 and I really should have written about them then but I think their latest single WOR is their best yet and they deserve a proper mention.
They might be based out of Dalston now but they are quite the British/Irish collective hailing in parts from Edinburgh, Fife, Derry and Leeds. But you put all that in a swirling pop melting pot and you can hear influences coming through from Arthur Russell, Devo and the Beta Band. But why should you care? Because they bring it all together and make some clever but always catchy as fuck pop songs. So catchy they named themselves twice.
Django Django – WOR
Django Django – Storm
Django Django – Zummzumm
BUY WOR on 7″ vinyl or as high quality mp3s/flac direct from the band
This band is fucking great and it’s a cryin’ shame Homeland Security thinks their wicked singles represent a credible threat to the safety of the American people. Keep killin’ it boys n’ girls.
It is a real shame, I managed to catch them at Stag and Dagger over the weekend and they absolutely killed it. They my highlight of the whole festival.
Hiya!
Django Django will be playing at the SMS festival in Croatia this September! It’s going to be great! Other acts include Nathan Fake, Carl Craig, Friendly Fires, Optimo, Theo Parrish and Girlcore. Check it out at http://sms-2010.com/
Cheers x
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