The Full Time Hobby label will have been on the go for ten years by the time October 2014 rolls around so needless to say celebratory activities are on the cards.

The following gigs will take place in London along with the release of the two disc compilation album What The Hell Are You Doing?, featuring cover art from David Shrigley (track listing at the bottom of this article).

14th Oct: Timber Timbre @ Shepherds Bush Empire

16th Oct: Tunng & Diagrams @ Purcell Room (Southbank Centre)

17th Oct: Erland & The Carnival @ Purcell Room (Southbank Centre) 

19th Oct: The Leisure Society perform The Sleeper & Smoke Fairies @ QEH (Southbank Centre)

All shows are dedicated to the memory of Benjamin Curtis (Sept 23, 1978 – Dec 29, 2013)

Inspired by such classic independents as Elektra, Sub Pop, Creation and Rough Trade, Full Time Hobby began in 2004 with the aim of releasing music it truly loved and that needed its support. Featuring songs from Tunng, The Hold Steady, Malcolm Middleton, The Leisure Society, White Denim, Erland & The Carnival, Smoke Fairies and many more plus that special David Shrigley artwork What The Hell Are You Doing?: A Full Time Hobby Tenth Anniversary Compilation is a true declaration of independence.

What The Hell Are You Doing? tracklisting:-

Disc 1

    Viva Voce – Alive With Pleasure                   
    Autolux – Turnstile Blues                               
    Tunng – Bullets                                                          
    Malcolm Middleton – We’re All Going To Die                       
    White Denim – Let’s Talk About It                 
    School of Seven Bells – Iamundernodisguise 
    The Hold Steady – Massive Nights                 
    Fujiya & Miyagi – Knickerbocker                  
    The Accidental – Wolves                                
    Micah P. Hinson – When We Embraced                      
    Erland & The Carnival – Trouble In Mind      
    The Leisure Society – Last of the Melting Snow          

Disc 2

    Timber Timbre – Demon Host                        
    Hooded Fang – Tosta Mista                            
    The Magnetic North – Rackwick                    
    Diagrams – Antelope                                      
    Cheek Mountain Thief – Cheek Mountain      
    Braids – Freund                                                          
    Seams – Punch                                                           
    Omega Male – Testosterone                            
    Pinkunoizu – Moped                                      
    Samantha Crain – For The Miner                    
    Smoke Fairies – Eclipse Them All                  
    The John Steel Singers – Common Thread     
    Dralms – Crushed Pleats        

Full Time Hobby also have albums from The John Steel Singers (July 28) and Erland & The Carnival (August 25) coming out.                          

For the second night running we find ourselves in the cavernous building that is Warehouse 34. This time, with completely different expectations, we arrive part way through Deathcrush’s set, an unknown prospect to us before this evening.

There seems to be an excessive amount of theatrics to cover a lack of musical talent. However, don’t get us wrong Deathcrush serve their purpose in warming up the crowd, but they’re just not to our taste. The simplistic tracks are relatively accessible but lack a great deal of musical talent.

White Denim, opening up with the awesomely trippy ‘Pretty Green,’ from new album Corsicana Lemonade proves a perfect start. They set the precedent with their high quality upbeat tracks early on, with title track ‘Corsicana Lemonade’ having a great Southern vibe that the crowd can’t help but dance to.

The band seem to hop around a variety of genres at first, ‘River To Consider’ providing another facet to this evening's set with a real Latin feel. To think that these are only first three songs and we’ve already covered a lot of musical ground in what can only be ten minutes is pretty impressive but having said that the band settles into their groove after this.

Playing tracks from across their back catalogue, those from the two latter albums D and Corsicana Lemonade are relied upon heavily. However, tracks like ‘I Start To Run’ still provoke huge crowd reaction. Fortunately the band haven’t deviated too far away from their original sound, and if anything, have just become consistently better.

The progression shows throughout the both the set and the band's sound as they blend tracks from Fits and Corsicana Lemonade. Those from the latter have a much crisper quality that really stands out, ‘At Night In Dreams’ is a true exponent of the bands growth. It not only provokes a massive crowd reaction, it also sounds amazing when put up against those earlier tracks that surround it in tonight’s set, making them look amateurish whilst ‘Drug’ is still a phenomenal track and live it really stands out.

White Denim cover an amazing amount of the musical landscape in a real short space of time. It’s a true pleasure to see a band with such a plethora of tracks of varying aesthetics, as opposed to just sticking to one monotonous sound. And this evening has proved yet again that this warehouse is an awesome place for phenomenal live music.

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