Once a year nottingham musicians get together to raise money for charity, now in its third year, this is called Hockley Hustle.
120 bands across 13 venues this is the lowdown on the day at Broadway Cinema who this year hosted in conjunction with local paper Leftlion. First up for us up from London and taking time out from his day job as the Pippettes guitarist was Monster Bobby, his ease at handling a crowd was a perfect opener and he entertained the crowd perfectly with his quirky songs and between song banter. Next up was two parts of Hicks doing a few stripped down songs, described as indie with a little Nick Drake they kept the pace up before making way for The Victorious who wowed the crowd with their subtle songs and excellent two part harmonies, the female and male voice working well together. Taking the stage next was a rejuvinated Bonsai Projects who goes from strenght to strenght, he even manages to sneak in a sweary Shellac cover dispite it still being only about four o’clock, but all is forgiven with a beautiful rendition of an Elbow song. In a little diversion to the guitar troubadouring Pete Clark takes the stage to play his tong drum and after ten amazing minutes all eyes in the room are fixed on his expert playing. local boy Tim J Simpson follows and plays a collection of catchy songs that reference everything from Nottingham to the Polish, lost love to lowlifes. His playing is as good as his angelic voice and his ability to convey some of his funnier lines without coming over as a comedian on a guitar means the crowd are with him all the way. Next all the way from Derby is Leni Ward who plays an acoustic set looping her voice to create beautiful layers as she plays bells and a thumb piano. Her music silences the room and despite not feeling well she provides a set that gains her many new fans. At just nineteen and newly signed to a local label Natalie Duncan is next up, with backing in the form of percussion and a flute she plays piano on her songs but its her voice that suprises its so powerful you cant imagine it coming out of such a small girl unless you’d seen it yourself. She demonstrates to all in attendance why she is going to be huge. Local seven piece Fists are up next to whip the crowd into a frenzy with their own unique style of folky blues rock, you cant fit anymore bodies in the room as they blast through song after song of jig along music, the atmosphere is at its most electrifying and it stays that way for Papa La Bas whose perfect fusion of Portishead meets the Sneaker Pimps raises the roof and as more people try to cram into the already heaving venue they play a note perfect set of dance rock and even manage to do a cover of the Cutting Crews ‘I just died in your arms’ it was amazing and very powerful. Finally fresh from the festivals and on the verge of a major breakthrough Origamibiro changes the tempo slightly and provides an audio/visual extravaganser with three huge projection screens changing alongside the trip-pop and acoustic electronica provided by the musicians who play eveything from upright base to ukulele and even the floor at one point. Everyone sits raptured in the spectecal and its the perfect way to draw a close on 12 hours of music. With excellent D.J.s filling in between the acts it was a great day seeing some of the best talent Nottingham has to offer while raising money for a good cause. All thats left to do is to look forward to next year, who knows what that might hold?
120 bands across 13 venues this is the lowdown on the day at Broadway Cinema who this year hosted in conjunction with local paper Leftlion. First up for us up from London and taking time out from his day job as the Pippettes guitarist was Monster Bobby, his ease at handling a crowd was a perfect opener and he entertained the crowd perfectly with his quirky songs and between song banter. Next up was two parts of Hicks doing a few stripped down songs, described as indie with a little Nick Drake they kept the pace up before making way for The Victorious who wowed the crowd with their subtle songs and excellent two part harmonies, the female and male voice working well together. Taking the stage next was a rejuvinated Bonsai Projects who goes from strenght to strenght, he even manages to sneak in a sweary Shellac cover dispite it still being only about four o’clock, but all is forgiven with a beautiful rendition of an Elbow song. In a little diversion to the guitar troubadouring Pete Clark takes the stage to play his tong drum and after ten amazing minutes all eyes in the room are fixed on his expert playing. local boy Tim J Simpson follows and plays a collection of catchy songs that reference everything from Nottingham to the Polish, lost love to lowlifes. His playing is as good as his angelic voice and his ability to convey some of his funnier lines without coming over as a comedian on a guitar means the crowd are with him all the way. Next all the way from Derby is Leni Ward who plays an acoustic set looping her voice to create beautiful layers as she plays bells and a thumb piano. Her music silences the room and despite not feeling well she provides a set that gains her many new fans. At just nineteen and newly signed to a local label Natalie Duncan is next up, with backing in the form of percussion and a flute she plays piano on her songs but its her voice that suprises its so powerful you cant imagine it coming out of such a small girl unless you’d seen it yourself. She demonstrates to all in attendance why she is going to be huge. Local seven piece Fists are up next to whip the crowd into a frenzy with their own unique style of folky blues rock, you cant fit anymore bodies in the room as they blast through song after song of jig along music, the atmosphere is at its most electrifying and it stays that way for Papa La Bas whose perfect fusion of Portishead meets the Sneaker Pimps raises the roof and as more people try to cram into the already heaving venue they play a note perfect set of dance rock and even manage to do a cover of the Cutting Crews ‘I just died in your arms’ it was amazing and very powerful. Finally fresh from the festivals and on the verge of a major breakthrough Origamibiro changes the tempo slightly and provides an audio/visual extravaganser with three huge projection screens changing alongside the trip-pop and acoustic electronica provided by the musicians who play eveything from upright base to ukulele and even the floor at one point. Everyone sits raptured in the spectecal and its the perfect way to draw a close on 12 hours of music. With excellent D.J.s filling in between the acts it was a great day seeing some of the best talent Nottingham has to offer while raising money for a good cause. All thats left to do is to look forward to next year, who knows what that might hold?
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