do the A&R shuffle

I don't know; you hear a great new band on myspace, reckon you'll go check them out, only when you arrive at the venue you're met with a sea of industry executives saying things like "the landscape could have been very different if that merger had happened", "aren't they dynamic", and "can I get a receipt with that?"

This week we ended up at such a gig, and found ourselves playing a game of A&R shuffle. This involves hiding from people and actually enjoying the band that you've come to see, rather then tapping away on a blackberry.
There's a song to go with the A&R shuffle too, but it'd get us into trouble as it names names and we don't want that.



In the meantime, we've very much being enjoying these fellas this week

THE SHOES ("the drums - the the the drums!")
CAMP LO (big tip for SXSW)
And this blast from the past