Noel Gallagher attended Temples' gig at London venue The Lexington last night (April 29), where he told NME that he'd been looking forward to seeing the trippy-sounding Kettering band for some time, but wishes it had been in a different venue than the small, cramped upstairs room of a pub.
"It's not really music that should be played in a pub," said Gallagher, who attended the show with Beady Eye member Gem Archer and former Oasis tour DJ Phil Smith. "It's cosmic space music – it should be played in an empty Death Star. Even an empty arena during soundcheck would be better. Imagine what they'd sound like with all the echo."
Gallagher was, however, gushing with praise for the young band, and spoke to them after the show. "I thought it was fucking great and I love them," he told NME. "When I was listening to it I was thinking about what the record's going to be, and the future of the galaxy depends on that record and the Jagwar Ma record. If those two records are right, then the imperial – what are they called, the imperial forces… those c*nts – will be defeated."
Asked if Temples and Jagwar Ma represent a newly psychedelic bent on his listening habits, Gallagher said: "I'm always listening to psychedelic music anyway, but it's a broad thing, it can go from Jimi Hendrix to The Bee Gees. It's not like reggae, do you know what I mean?"
Asked what he's currently working on, Gallagher, who is between tours and album projects, said: "I'm working on a building of love. I'm going to build it for everyone." Asked to elaborate on exactly what that meant, he said: "Don't be an idiot – just leave it like that."
Temples played:
'The Golden Throne'
'Colours To Life'
'Prisms'
'Sand Dance'
'Keep In The Dark'
'The Guesser'
'Shelter Song'
'Sun Structures'
Have you ever wondered to yourself what tunes two of Britain’s biggest bands – Kasabian and Oasis - get off to when they jump offstage following a monumental show at Wembley Stadium. On Saturday May 14th at the Queen Of Hoxton, the tour DJ’s of Kasabian and Oasis will be firing these tunes from the inner sanctum of This Feeling.
In Kasabian’s backstage camp is DJ Dan Ralph Martin, who according to Sergio Pizzorno is: “Quite simply my favourite DJ.” Oasis Tour DJ Phil Smith sets the scene for Oasis’ epic nights out and Noel Gallagher declares he is: “Some of the best music I have ever heard Phil Smith played it to me first.”. "Live" at TF we have Love In The Asylum, fresh from supporting The View on their UK tour. Sheffield’s The Violet May - who are fronted by Rev John McClure’s brother Chris McClure. Elsie, a modern day Blondie. The Jude , all over XFM and BBC6 Music current single ‘Ha Ha Goodbye’ right now and The 10:04’s, who just supported Razorlight at Scotland’s Haddow Festival, round up a high-five inducing line-up.