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JCC was brilliant. It’s impossible to know how decrepit he is and how much is an act but he was amazing last night. I’ve never been to an evening of spoken word and probably wouldn’t again but I’m glad I saw him perform. Quite quite unique and funny.
Bob next!
Just back from PiL , small venue, very chilled crowd - stood right near the front in the middle expecting mosh, crush or something! Everyone around me seemed to be standing staring whilst I was going nuts. John said he was ill, but he was brilliant… band were brilliant. Not my usual thing to go watch an oldie, but that was mind blowingly good.
Bob Mould played The Thekla last night. I suspect the hull is probably still ringing.
An hour and a half of exceptional melody and distortion.
His support act, Katie Malco, was excellent too.
Next gig lined up is Simple Minds
Bob Mould played The Thekla last night. I suspect the hull is probably still ringing.
An hour and a half of exceptional melody and distortion.
His support act, Katie Malco, was excellent too.
I'm off to see him on Thursday in Newcastle. Scary it was thirty odd years ago when I first saw him in Husker Du....
Just got tickets for Biffy Clyro in November.
Before that got Tears for Fears in Derby, and local Rock and Blues festival at Pentrich which I can walk to. 🙂
Having not been to any gigs in ages, I've now got two on consecutive nights next week.
Very much a game of two halves
Greta Van Fleet on Wednesday at the Apollo then Crowded House on Thursday at Castlefield Bowl 😀
Idles in Coventry for us tomorrow. itll be a sticky one.....
Saw Nine Inch Nails last night. They were bloody fantastic. Unlike the Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs a couple of weeks ago,
No trains though so we had to drive almost 2hrs to Brixton. Which was bloody tedious.
PIL in Nottingham tomorrow, not my usual thing but a mate wanted to go, good to hear that it should be a good gig
Beabadoobee at a small acoustic set + record signing in a few weeks time - looking forward to that
Then also got Beabadoobee / Wet Let and Jake Bugg in the autumn
Khruangbin tonight and Courtney Barnett week on Friday.
Went to First Aid Kit at the Piece Hall in Halifax last night. First gig in about 4 years. It was great! Lovely venue, great sound, quite relaxed and didn't rain that much. They really are very good, the 2-part harmonies are excellent, on a par with The Unthanks.
They had a really good wheelchair accessible area so some friends could go too. Well done Piece Hall !!
idles pre-glastonbury gig at coventry last night, they were excellent as usual.
what a sweatbox it was last night, sooooo hot in there. my wife loves them too and has been lucky with where shes stood at all her idles gigs so far. either right at the front on the barriers, or at the front on a balcony, i said last night her lucks going to run out sometime and was guessing last night would be it.
sure enough it got hotter and hotter as we were waiting for them to come out, more and more packed, and then two big blokes plonked themselves in front of her, she gave me 'that look' and i feared the worst 😀
i spotted a gap near the mixing desk tho, right by the door and it saved the gig for her. spot on view, cold breeze every time the door opened, so in the end i propped the door open so everyone near the door could get a bit of a cooldown.
i dont think she'd have enjoyed the experience at all in any other place but there, so she lives to fight another day.
idles played a 'brutalism-heavy' set last night, so im expecting them to lean that way tonight.
His support act, Katie Malco, was excellent too.
I had tickets for Glasgow but we didn’t make it, I wanted to see Katie Malco. Glad she was good, I’ll have to try and catch her next time.
The Wonderstuff tonight, cannot wait!!
Brass Against a couple of nights ago- fantastic show, very selfindulgent, lots of overlong solos, but when it worked it absolutely bloody worked. Completely gorgeous version of Rooster by Alice in Chains is still completely stuck in my head, proper ebbing and flowing sea of brass stuff
Tomorrow, Biffy at Ingliston, in a big tent.
Saw Wonderstuff in Liverpool last week they were really great and saw few friends from greabo days not seen for 20 odd years which was also great!
Bob Mould in Chester on Monday.
Jack White next Tuesday
Cannot wait!
Katie Malco.
She’s a very good singer/songwriter. Not really from the same mould as Bob (ahem) but she really caught the audience. Considering she was playing to a room of old punks she held her own and made the crowd go quiet. Very impressive indeed.
The Wonderstuff in Brum last night were awesome, played entire Never Loved Elvis, went off and came back on with all the rest!! What a night!
Unfortunately last nights Alanis Morrisette gig in Leeds was added to my lengthy list of cancellations. There were already people in the venue when the announcement was made.
Fingers crossed for Joan as policewoman tomorrow.
Unfortunately last nights Alanis Morrisette gig in Leeds was added to my lengthy list of cancellations. There were already people in the venue when the announcement was made.
Ironic?
After watching their set at Glastonbury (on the teie) I've booked to see Black Midi at Somerset House.
Love seeing gigs there. Saying that, I haven't been for a long time.
I saw the worst Biffy Clyro gig I've ever seen last night, at the Big Top in Edinburgh. It was great.
Jack White next Tuesday
Cannot wait!
Have just seen his unannounced Glastonbury set. How much do you want for your ticket? I'm prepared to remortgage 😉
High on Fire with DVNE supporting in Leeds this Thursday just gone.
I've seen DVNE before, and they weren't quite so "on it" this time (two lineup changes maybe not quite gelling yet, plus rather muddled sound not helping their quieter and more delicate passages). But the good bits were good 😊
HoF were fantastic. Just came out swinging and didn't really stop all set. I felt like I'd been worked over by some kind of hammer action drilling tool by the end. In a nice way of course.
Leon Bridges in Edinburgh tomorrow night. Very much looking forward to it
After watching their set at Glastonbury (on the teie) I’ve booked to see Black Midi at Somerset House.
Haven’t seen that, but they’re one of the twenty two bands on my list to check out at End Of The Road, along with Yard Act, Soccer Mommy, Sudan Archives, Gabriels, Newdad and some others I’ve already listed.
Anyone remember that website that would allow a printout of all the acts at various festivals showing where they overlapped each other, a sort of planner, flowchart kind of thing? I used it before, some years back, but no amount of searching seems to find it, ‘cos I think I’m going to need it!
My first gig for 2023 is next February, and it’s Suzanne Vega, she’s playing the Forum in Bath, I’ve managed to get tickets in Row G, which is pretty good, and Low are playing Bath in November, at The Komedia, a nice intimate venue - they don’t tour over here often, so that should be a good gig.
Rammstein last night at the Coventry Arena, just brilliant 🔥😎🔥
Leon Bridges was fantastic last night, however it was slightly marred by the crowd incessantly talking through his entire performance. Absolutely rage inducing. I can't fathom paying money for a concert just to spend the entire time talking to your friends. It also happened recently at The War On Drugs. They'd just started and 4 guys appeared next to me having full blown conversations at the tops of their voices for most of the first track.
Oh yes, massive pet hate of mine, talking at gigs. I often just tell people to shut the **** up if they are nearby. Saw a band called The Acid - very quiet emotive stuff and the whole crowd seemed to be nattering all the way through it. It's especially bizarre when it's a 1-off gig from a band that only formed for one album and will probably never tour again! I mean WTF?!
oh wow, just got a notification that Sudan Archives is playing in Brighton. Brilliant! Discovered her stuff on Bandcamp back in 2017! Recognition is slow to come, I think she was on Later with Jools last year..? But, man I'm excited to be seeing her in August!
LCD Soundsystem on Saturday night in Brixton, haven't been to the academy since NYE 93 Megadog feat. Orbital and Ozric Tentacles among others apparently, can't remember a thing about it for some reason...
Re people talking at gigs, was it my brother, if so sorry, he ruined Michael Chapman (RIP) at Greenman a couple of years ago by nattering on to a mate all the way through his set, I'd been up all night and was half asleep in a chair in the rain and he was just out of kicking distance.
The Wonder Stuff in Brum last night were awesome, played entire Never Loved Elvis, went off and came back on with all the rest!! What a night!
Mate called me on Thursday evening with a spare ticket for that gig, but I was too knackered from a brutal week at work to go.
I was dragged to see Billie Eilish by my daughter at the NIA, absolute dogshit. The sound techs need a word with themselves. Got Gerry Cinnamon to look forward in a couple of weeks at Glasgow (HWFG) though.
Currently at the shithole Facebar in Reading for The Primitives.
I only know one of their songs (no prizes for guessing which), but I've got nothing better to do of a Tuesday evening 🙂
Let me know how it is - playing local to me tomorrow and I might be tempted.
You'll know a few more I'll bet. Really Stupid, Through the Flowers, Way Behind Me......
Like boardinbob we went to see Leon Bridges but I was disappointed due to the sound quality, the Usher hall has always been good before but upstairs in the circle it was turned up so loud , the bass and the vocals were crap like cheap amp and speakers distorted sound and it wasn't just my lugs that noticed it
Might stick to the queen's hall next time
Oh yes, massive pet hate of mine, talking at gigs
We went watching First Aid Kit a few years back at the Ritz in Manchester. There’s a small area at the back of the sticky carpeted venue that is roped off as some laughable, and I presume ironic ‘VIP’ area. It was occupied by TV ‘celebrity’ chef and all round nobhead Simon Rimmer and his entourage of coked up mates.
In the middle of the set they unplugged and harmonised for a couple of gorgeous acoustic numbers and al you could hear was that gang of pricks prattling on
People were tutting and shushing them, which they ignored, then this booming Manc voice, in the most full on Wythenshawe accent you ever heard piped up with ‘OI!!! SHUT THE * UP YOU SCOUSE * OR I’LL COME OVER THERE AND I’LL *ING DO YOU!!”
They shut up, then quietly shuffled out and left
*s!!
I upset 2 blokes at Underworld doing the dubnobass tour. Yeah cos like they'll be doing loads of dubnobass tours we can all amble along to and chat away like it's the CD playing in our front rooms..! It was too quiet anyway, Underworld? Quiet? I mean come on! But these 2 knobbers talking about their new Meile washing machine and who was babysitting Tarquin. Turned to em and said will you shut the **** up. They, I think the word is bristled, for a few seconds.. then the realisation that they were a pair of middle class ****s hit them. It was a shit gig anyway.
Like boardinbob we went to see Leon Bridges but I was disappointed due to the sound quality, the Usher hall has always been good before but upstairs in the circle it was turned up so loud
Interesting. we were standing downstairs and if anything it was a bit quiet where we were, hence being able to hear all the pricks talking
Saw LCD soundsystem at Brixton academy last night.
Good gig, sound was a bit rubbish though, very top heavy
Underworld doing the dubnobass tour.
Saw them on the dubnobass tour at the Paradiso in Amsterdam....in 94 and 21 years later when they did the anniversary tour. That night in 94 was amazing. It was 30th December and we went to a rave in some gasworks on New Year's Eve. Some trip that was.
This is taken from the same venue on April of 94....
Heh, I went to see Emmy the Great at King Tuts- an acoustic-ish show. There was this one dude constantly talking to his girlfriend, I meant to say something like "scuse me mate, could you turn it down a bit, we're watching the band" but what came out of my mouth was GONNY SHUT THE * UP, *?" loud enough that Emmy heard me on stage. He sort of unfolded off the bench and turned out to be absolutely gigantic, but luckily for me he said "sorry, didn't realise" and walked off to the bar rather than picking me up and squishing me.
Thing is you can't even really have a conversation at a gig, it's too bloody loud, why would anyone ever decide that's the time for a chat? Even leaving aside it being so inconsiderate.