
Sometimes you change your mind about some music. I might have done. The first time I heard Jack Penate , it was when he supported Lily Allen at Bush Hall back in July . I didn't think he was much cop. It seemed pretty forgettable stuff at the time, and I didn't even mention him in my post. But maybe that was because I was so brimming with anticipation for La Allen, I was too quick to dismiss Jack. Now I may be changing my mind. What's made me reconsider is his current single [...]

Jack Penate - Learning Lines (demo) Un ami qui ressemble à Kaamelott m'a fait découvrir Jack Penate avec un argument de poids: "C'est la nouvelle coqueluche de myspace" . Heureusement pour Kaamelott, j'ai trouvé ça plutôt bien...! Jack Penate vient de Londres. Toujours pas de disque en rayon (à ma connaissance) mais il fait régulièrement tourner ses démos sur myspace. [...]
So here I sit on a Friday night in Shoreditch with a peanut butter and marmite sandwich and a cup of tea. Rock and fucking roll. I went to see The Long Blondes this evening at the Tate Britain. All of the tickets to stand inside the 'pen' were gone so I watched from the otherside of a barrier which was alright. You couldn't see them and the sound was shit but somehow they totally played through it and played my two favorite tunes. They're signed to Rough Trade so at a guess I'd say they [...]