Friday March 9th
Arden Road Social Club : 8.30pm start - £6/£5 doggers HAIGHT ASHBURY +The Frontier Pyschiatrists + Hopper Propelled ElectricHaight Ashbury
It’s not often you can say a band is unique without seeming deluded or misguided, one listen to Psychedelic/Folk Glaswegians Haight-Ashbury and its easy to see they really are such a band. Whether its their haunting twin vocals, unusual live set up or their habit of writing a brilliant baroque pop song and then smashing it to pieces, creating a noise that can change from beautiful to surreal in an instant. Live, they play with no amplifiers but still manage to create a huge sound from just a few instruments, a sound that one music critic described as if the Velvet Underground were the Mama & The Papas backing band…ok, with a bit of Joni Mitchell, Jesus & Mary Chain, CSN&Y and Pentangle thrown in.
Brother and sister Scott(guitars,sitar) and Kirsty (bass/vocals) and best-friend since childhood, Jen (perc/vocals) formed the band in 2007. After only 2 gigs Haight-Ashbury (named after the 60s hippie mecca in San Francisco) were spotted by The Waterboys front man Mike Scott, and accompanied them on their 2007 UK tour . They have since then played festivals and venues all over the Scotland and England including triumphing over thousands of bands and winning the T.break competition as well as playing T in the Park, Belladrum, Solfest and Connect.
They were picked by the legendary Vaselines to join them on their 2010 comeback UK Tour during which Scott, Kirsty and Jen took it in turn each night to play the car horn on “Mollys Lips.”
ALBUM OF THE DAY on BBC 6 MUSIC 9th NOV
Scottish people to watch 2011 – Scotland on Sunday Magazine
Scottish people to watch 2011 – The Daily Herald Magazine
“Lovely” Sunday Express **** “Flower powered to the max” Scottish Sunday Express **** “There’s an indescribable depth at play, which is worth investigating right away..” Artrocker ***** ”an album which so astutely and wonderfully reworks such a vast span of influence.. The Skinny **** “spellbinding songs” The Daily Record **** “New stuff I like is Haight Ashbury” Eamonn Forde (Guardian) “dreamy affecting harmonies and pulverisingly sunny guitar breaks” Daily Mirror “Brilliant” Tom Robinson (BBC Radio) “the ideal soundtrack to your next home happening” The Word “Ace” Sean Keaveny (BBC Radio) “We love this band“ WTSU “Absolutely Brilliant” Lauren Laverne (BBC Radio) “Pretty cool“ Huey Morgan (BBC Radio) “great songs" Shindig! Magazine “sublime” The Sunday Mail “Can I just say how good the album is” Neil MaCormack (Daily Telegraph) “New stuff I like is Haight Ashbury” Eamonn Forde (Guardian) “Im really excited now” KSCU Radio “it's totally awesome!” WRSU FM “Love Them“ KTCU “Fantastic” WIUX “Great Band “ CFBX Radio “like some forgotten acid-kissed classic from the darker side of the flower power era, both beauteous and beastly” BBC Review |
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