Long time collaborators, The Delgados have decided to call it quits. In a message sent via the Chemikal Underground email list, the band claims the parts aren’t nearly as important as the whole. Take a gander: The Delgados, influential figures in Glasgow's independent music scene for over 10 years, have announced that they are to amicably disband. The reason has been put down to the departure of their bass player Stewart Henderson who informed the band in the New Year that he did not wish to make another album. The Delgados have always been known as uniquely collaborative songwriters and as such, it was decided that the band could not continue without all of its original members.
The Delgados leave behind them 5 critically acclaimed albums including The Great Eastern, Hate and last year's Universal Audio. Their two principal songwriters Emma Pollock and Alun Woodward will be pursuing individual projects and drummer Paul Savage will continue production duties at the band's Chem19 Studios in Hamilton.
The four friends will continue to run their record label Chemikal Underground in this, its 10th Anniversary year, with releases scheduled for Malcolm Middleton, Mother & The Addicts and Arab Strap. They are extremely grateful to everyone who has supported The Delgados over the course of their career.
After finishing up a shift at the Bowery, I headed to the spot to catch the tail end of Bloc Party’s set. The past few weeks have been crippling. It’s been only on the rare occasion when my iPod has pumped anything but Silent Alarm. The record is great and the live show is even better. They played it so loose, (maybe because of Kele’s voice). It had a punk rock feel to it, but the set delivered the danceable goodness that hits so many of us in the loins. In response to a crowd member shooting that they paid $200 for a ticket to the show, (TWO HUNDRED FUCKING DOLLARS) the band played snippets from bands such as Interpol, Coldplay, Radiohead, The Killers, Franz Ferdinand and even Weezer. Kele wanted to make sure, “You got your monies worth.” They ended the short set with a not so tight version of Little Thoughts before an encore that included four songs. Hopefully tonight blows last night away. Despite it being a lot of fun, their sound came off as careless which adds to the whole punk rock idea. Anyway, get to the Bowery early for a set by The Ponys who might be the coolest band you’ve yet to see.
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