Posts Tagged ‘Choo Choo’

Boum!

10th August 2009 by Violette

These last few weeks I had the chance to meet some of our Twitter followers (including Mr Omneo one of our guest bloggers) : it has been a great experience to meet everyone and to go from 140 characters to real-life conversations.

So when I heard that Choo Choo, a band that Melina discovered a few weeks ago on Twitter was playing in London, I decided it would be great to meet up. I headed to the Dublin Castle, a pub near Camden in North London to see them play. The set was really good (though too short) and Choo Choo managed to bring some much-needed energy to a somewhat dull and languid Sunday. We ended up dancing till the end of the night to retro music, enjoying the moment without a care in the world.

So if you are free tonight, they’ll be playing at the Cavendish Arms for one last concert before they head home. And if you can’t make it tonight, Dan, Yan, Lili and Sam are only a Twitter/Facebook/Flickr click away, so come say hi online!

tagged Camden Choo Choo concert

A little wiser now

9th June 2009 by Melina

Nikaralfmik / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

I’m a person who quite easily gets stuck with the same old music she has always listened to.

I find something I like and then just keep on listening to it. Throughout the years I’ve collected quite a few bands and albums that I like and I’ve noticed that lately I’ve been totally stuck listening to them only. It’s usually not a bad thing but sometimes it’s nice to get an update and to refresh the playlist. That’s exactly what I’m doing now.

I actually found a new great band through This is Now. I read a tweet by one of the This is Now Twitter followers about Melody Clubs new video and retweeted it. I decided to check out the profile to see who “Choochootheband” was. I found a link to the MySpace of the band, and after that there was no turning back.

Choo Choo is a Swiss band that’s influenced by 60-ies Teenage Beat, Soul, Pop and Garage Rock. You can read on their MySpace that they sound like something in between Sonics and Caesars and that one of their favorite artists is Moneybrother. The fact that both Moneybrother and Caesars are Swedish (and awesome) makes me give a little bit of extra love to Choo Choo. And not only does Choo Choo play great music inspired by great artists but they also have the greatest look ever, they are all gorgeous!

I’m now impatiently waiting for them to have a gig in London so that I can enjoy music, looks and the magic of being at a gig all at the same time.

tagged Choo Choo Music this is now