Arrested Development – Tennessee
I went to the cinema today (You’d nearly need to remortgage your house) and bought a jumper in American Apparel too (same story as the cinema really) , so of course it was only after parting with this money I stumbled across a flyer for an Arrested Development gig in Dublin. Next week. IN DUBLIN!
Arrested Development are one of my favourite hip hop acts, their albums would be up there with MF Doom and The Roots for me, you know those great hip hop albums white people who like indie rock end up owning for no real reason. A late 80s/early 90s act, it’s so often forgotten they scooped a Grammy Award or two and delivered a few U.S top ten singles. They were the anthesis of ‘gangsta rap’ which was on the rise at the time, and their feel good brand of rap was simply timeless. The influence of blues and soul music on the group was always evident, and Mr. Wendel and Tennessee in particular are tunes you still here frequently in clubs today. The group have been on the go once more since 2000, and are a rare thing in music: A reunion that isn’t totally crap.
They play The Button Factory on October 20th, which is next Wednesday.
Oliver Stone, you owe me nine quid.
Arrested Development – Mr. Wendal
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Donal
Ciarán
Sam
Come Here To Me! 
‘you know those great hip hop albums white people who like indie rock end up owning for no real reason’
so true!
‘you know those great hip hop albums white people who like indie rock end up owning for no real reason’
Don’t forget Jurassic 5’s debut LP – it goes in there too. And Janelle Monáe, if she were genre-definable, would fit under that bracket as well. Oh, and throw in De La Soul for good measure.