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Espers: Show moving & Devendra grooving

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Posted: 09 Aug '05, 18:36
Espers, whose psychedelic musings have been haunting DiS Towers for a few months now have suffered at the hands of Barden's Boudoir

Tomorrow night's (Wednesday 10th) show has been moved up the block to Tonic, 97 Stoke Newington Road, featuring a solo performance from frontman Greg, followed by a full-band show.

The band play the following dates over the coming days:

August
10 London Tonic Stoke Newington
11 London KOKO (with Devendra Banhart)
12 Bristol Trinity Centre (with Devendra Banhart)
13 Leicester De Monfort Hall (Summer Sundae Festival)

The band's self-titled debut LP was released on Monday and will be reviewed shortly.

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Espers: Show moving & Devendra grooving

They're gig in Cardiff last night really was amazing. Special mention as well to Josephine Foster who opened proceedings.

Special mention to the crowd actually, very quiet and respectfull. It was a lovely show.
monpot | 9 Aug '05, 18:39 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Re: Espers: Show moving & Devendra grooving

Yeah it was brilliant night wasn't it. I though Josephine Foster sounded like an Icelandic opera singer; incredibly idiosyncratic. And i LOVED it when DB and his band went off for 5 and asked for any singer/songwriter in the audience to come and play his guitar in the interval. That Rob guy from Newport did so well having been thrown into it like that. Totally magic all night too with such a happy hippy vibe. I sang at the top of my voice all the drive home.
Jane-O | 9 Aug '05, 20:40 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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Yeh when he asked for any budding singersongwriters to come on stage I thought "oh dear god this will be dreadfull", but fair do's to that Rob fella, he handled himself well.
monpot | 9 Aug '05, 22:47 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Espers: Show moving & Devendra grooving

saw them in cambridge. wikkid innit.
josh_t | 9 Aug '05, 18:45 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Espers: Show moving & Devendra grooving

josephone foster is definitely one to watch. A slightly less idiosyncratic joanna newsom..
joellevandyne | 9 Aug '05, 19:12 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Espers: Show moving & Devendra grooving

Did that asking for punters from the audience to play thing in Belfast too, so any singer-songwriters who fancy doing the same might want to get to one of Devendra's gigs.
voiceofthepeople | 10 Aug '05, 10:52 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Espers: Show moving & Devendra grooving

Did someone say Devendra? excellent!!!
tobykiller | 10 Aug '05, 12:58 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Espers: Show moving & Devendra grooving

did it in edinburgh too, but it was just his mate john or something that went up. glad to see it wasnt just a facade. and the guy was bloody good aswell.
jaggysnake7 | 11 Aug '05, 17:12 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Espers: Show moving & Devendra grooving

The girl who came up in bristol was good, she looked SO nervous though. Pretty cute

quietcrown | 13 Aug '05, 13:08 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Espers: Show moving & Devendra grooving

damn i wanted to see josephine foster she didnt play any of the dates i went too..

espers are brilliant..

the been doing in on all their dates getting a member/s of crowd on the stage, the guy at the KOKO gig.. bless he was a sweetie seriously started rocking out tho hahah..
lazy_butterfly | 15 Aug '05, 18:44 | Send note | Report this | Reply