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They were good! I enjoyed that.
You’ll know a few more I’ll bet. Really Stupid, Through the Flowers, Way Behind Me……
I only take bets I know I'll win.
Bet accepted - you owe me 10p 🤗🤗
OK, I'm in. Where do I send the 10p?
Saw LCD soundsystem at Brixton academy last night.
Good gig, sound was a bit rubbish though, very top heavy
Hopefully they will have sorted this by Saturday!
Northwind sed> Thing is you can’t even really have a conversation at a gig, it’s too bloody loud
I've had words with people trying to talk during a Meshuggah show. Just the words "What did you say?" during every sudden silence. Why would you?
Saw LCD soundsystem at Brixton academy last night.
Going this weekend, as I may have mentioned a _few_ times on this thread
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/jun/28/lcd-soundsystem-review-o2-brixton-academy-london
looks rubbish
I’m going to eotr too. Can’t wait!
lol should do a stw eotr meetup
I've been to most Green Man festivals over the last 20 years, love the place, but must admit I'm slightly jealous of the EOTR lineup this year, might fancy a change from Wales next year.
Gig didn't happen as Johnny was stuck on a train in Milton Keynes and cancelled on us. I thing we'll be going to the rescheduled one in the future.
Well Greta Van Fleet were absolutely awesome last night.
A real change for me. After many years of going watching really chin strokey bands I heard on 6 music, it’s nice to go and watch some unapologetic, completely preposterous, totally over-the-top ROCK performed by a man wearing a gold sequinned catsuit that Freddie Mercury might have deemed a bit much. Nobody was taking themselves very seriously 😂
Saw James at Warrington Parr Hall last night, brilliant small venue and a nice mixed setlist of usual old and new but a few not heard for a long time but freshly rehearsed oldies since they are playing a 30 year anniversary replay of their Alton Towers gig at the weekend. Seb Lowe superb support.
Killers at Old Trafford were very good a couple of weeks back.
I must try to do more gigs on this side of the pennines. We had Paloma Faith at the end of our road last week, pretty bad, glad I hadn’t paid for that. Nile Rogers is coming in a few weeks, that should be good.
Got James on Saturday in Manchester. Playing a 30th anniversary of the gif I saw at Alton Towers as a teenager.
Any East Devonites or Sidmouthians....
We are playing at the Balfour Arms in Sidmouth Saturday night.
The Supermercados + support from Chasing Zeros.
Original alt rock indie fun.
Even better....it's free entry 😉
The only cover we do 😆
Won some tickets to see the Pet Shop Boys at a small gig during the lockdown years. Part of the Passport Gigs attempt to raise money for bands hit by the pandemic. Eventually it was happening last Friday but had turned from a seated table, spaced out gig to a standard mass crowd at the Electric Ballroom. Now I am a bit of a metalhead so I shouldn't have been excited by this gig, but I was. Being a child of the early 70's PSB were a bit of a soundtrack to my youth.
Family member got very ill, priorities changed, and we had to miss it. Anyone go? Was it as awesome as I am seeing on the socials? Do I want to know? Bit gutted!
So LCD Soundsystem on Saturday night, I take a pair of Alpine MusicSafe pro ear plugs with me to gigs these days in case the sound is bad and I was really glad of them, must have damaged a lot of people's hearing, I don't mean just the band and PA, but the crowd noise, the acoustics of the place just combine to create a really nasty harsh distorted toppy broken sound, with the plugs in the top end was cut just enough to make it comfortable and I could actually hear the band properly.
Who by the way were awesome, great set, particularly nice to hear New York.. live for the first time and Oh Baby, although they did play that in Manchester in 2018. Whole place was absolutely bouncing, roasting hot and sweaty, fantastic.
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Nice pic!
We went last night. They were great. Seriously good time was had. Haven't danced like that since, well, probably the last time I saw them in 2016. Great crowd, good mix of people. Even Mrs llama, not as much of a fan as me, was seriously impressed.
Annoyed that I'm not going to get to see Jonah Matranga/onelinedrawing on his UK tour this week and next but the locations and timings don't work for me sadly. Anyone near any of the gigs should go though, he's fantastic.
Got Jimmy Eat World at Brixton on Wednesday though 😁
Was supposed to be at Guns N Roses tonight in Glasgow. Except they cancelled it last night 🤦♂️
That's the 3rd time it's been cancelled/postponed. It's nice that they've been sitting with £400 of my money since 2020
I'd love to be able to go to The Orb performing U.F.Orb in Manchester but funds won't allow it
Oh wow I would too. Saw them live at the Roxy )now academy) in Sheff 92ish…
If only I wasn’t driving to Northumberland that night…
Saw the Orb at Band on the Wall a couple of years ago, two blokes looking at laptops launching Ableton clips does not make for particularly great entertainment to be honest, I'm not really sure how you would change this into something more interesting (I have the same issue with most "live" electronic artists, whose music I can enjoy (Four Tet, Caribou, Bicep etc).
Tried dancing?
Pearl jam next week in Krakow
The coral at bootleg in Blackpool tonight (indie nightclub with about 150 capacity)
Metal all-dayer at the Exchange in Bristol this Sunday. Predict sweat.
Tried dancing?
Fair point, but no one was dancing that I recall, just watching two blokes and their laptops.
Coral were excellent last night. I know some people have a downer on them, but I've liked them for a long time. Feels special to see a "big band" play such a small venue.
Rubbish photo, but gives you an idea of how "intimate"
Jesus Jones last night at Readipop last night, great fun! Then Sunscream who were excellent.
Pearl Jam and the Pixies last night. Both were excellent. Fantastic weather too which is always a bonus at an outdoor gig.
Went to Hyde park as well yesterday and for me the Pixies were the stand out. Thought they were really on form...and the weather really helped.
Pearl jam were very good and my only criticism was that they played out on Rocking in the free world which seemed odd as they have so many of their own songs to choose from yet did a cover (actually their second).
It’s a pretty regular closer for them - 3 out of the last 4 PJ gigs I’ve been to finished with it. (All along the watch tower being the other).
Working Men's Club in Brighton last night. One of these new fangled "outstore" gigs - cheap, but they only played an hour. Pretty good job really, cos I was a sweaty heap after dancing like a fool since song 1. They're actually better than the last few times I've seen them. Proper intense. Loved it.
Apparently we're seeing Springsteen next year at Villa Park. Last time we were there Mrs S was carrying Ms Sandwich and we got a suntan.
Saw REEF headlining a local festival on Saturday night.
A band I've always dismissed and wasn't expecting great things off, we even considered leaving early as it was starting to rain. But ruddy 'ell they can't half string a rocking set together!! Just a fantastic uplifting 1.5hrs of good music. Well worth seeing.
Dean Wareham playing mainly Galaxie 500's On Fire album Saturday at Oran Mor in Glasgow - I hadn't spotted it, mate pointed it out and it was ace. Even bumped into a very old friend who I've not seen in ages, bonus!
Next up is Michael Kiwanuka in Edinburgh next week, although it's really Gabriels who are supporting him that I bought the tickets to see. Just about got over the fact that their show earlier this year at King Tuts (yes! imagine that!) got cancelled and not rearranged, hoping they get more than 20 minutes.
Like desperatebicycle I saw wmc at an “outstore” gig the other week- at Leeds brudenell. It was ok but they were t really going for it. A week later at blue dot they were much better. Other highlights of that weekend were psb who played Friday night instead of spiritualised who had covid. Something special about seeing them doing their songs about space underneath the Lovell telescope. Also recommended were lido piemente (?sp), porij, warmduscher and of course sea power.
Jockstrap were pants.
Next is hopefully Richard Hawley at the leadmill next week if I can wangle a ticket.
I saw Mr Switch and Symphonica perform an Ibiza Classics set at Lusty Glaze beach in Newquay on Friday 21st July. What a night. The sun shone, the beers flowed, the crowd was well up for it. I had an absolute blast and felt much younger than my 46 years. Saturday I felt quite a lot older than my 46 years.
Texas playing at North Berwick just forgot how many good songs and Sharleen Spiteri hits all the notes
Great sound and she keeps the crowd entertained with the chat/patter between music
A puffin managed to get into the big top brought to the stage then hopefully found its way back to the May isle
Just bought a ticket for Rudi Zygadlo.. £8.50! Sorted!
Somehow gotta get to London for it though
Just back from Richard Hawley at the leadmill. Jarvis came on and did a couple of songs with them. First time back on that stage for him since 1993 apparently. Great gig. Great venue. Great night. Playing Thursday and Friday too- tickets to be had on Twickets… mr Ben and the bens are support on Thursday - worth it for them alone. Rebecca Lucy Taylor came on last night… who will be the special guests later in the week? Sheffield (or Rotherham)legends only need apply
Bought tickets to Julia jacklin in Manchester in November too. 😄
Was reminded by my daughter that Clan of Xymox are playing glasgow tonight.
I've not seen them live for about 15 years, and it was on the list when they announced it, though I'm not sure. small venue. it will be sweaty and humid. the last 'intimate' gig the glasgow goths attended was front 242, where a lot caught Covid242.I'm wanting to avoid that, but the prospect of wearing a FFP2 mask in a humid gig is not filling me with joy.
maybe I just risk it...stay at the back out of the way (whilst swaying side to side and walking backwards and forwards)...surely it'll only be half full anyway...maybe...it's only £20 and helps out the venue too.
Herbie Hancock at the National Concert Hall in Dublin last night. Great venue - traditional concert hall for recitals etc, not too big, and pretty much full.
In terms of the set, I didn't know what to expect, but it really wasn't what they played! There was an awful lot of kinda trippy freeform jazz, and it was only at the very end that they played anything I recognised (Headhunters, Watermelon Man etc). But still an amazing gig - for 82 he's got some moves and clearly still loves playing!
Next up, Alt-J and Widescreen Cinema (?) in 2 weeks
Honeyblood tonight, not the biggest fan but it'll be interesting to see how it's all evolved since Cat left.
After lockdown - too many gigs with mates - need to prioritise family… Feel like a dumbass…
Roy Ayres the Liquid room Edinburgh- what a perfect combination of a proper music legend, very talented band, fantastic appreciative crowd and a great venue - hes an old fella now and he took a wee while to get on stage (walking stick and assistance) but once he was at his instrument there was a twinkle in the eye and away he went - an amazing evening.
Honeyblood was good. A bit messy, you could tell they were rehearsed but not fully match fit, think it's their first show for a couple of years. But still ace, the current lineup is really strong and three-piece suits a lot of the songs. The support band Posable Action Figures were ace too, get along early if you're seeing this tour.
I was At the Edge of the Sea yesterday - David Gedge's mini festival at Concorde 2 on the seafront at Brighton. Unfortunately nightmare traffic (thanks rail strike, I had to drive) and a total lack of parking in Brighton I missed all but the last song of the Cinerama set, but then saw a right eclectic mix, from Swedish new-wave punk Syndromet (recommended, great Brassneck cover in Swedish!) through to ethereal violin and keyboard duo Aegli and even a funny and quite ranty spoken word piece by Dan Searle.
Highlights of the undercard for me was Liines, a bit of a Placebo like vibe from Manchester town. And both headliners rocked, Primitives were excellent and Tracey's voice has improved with the years and she shakes a mean (2) tambourines. And of course TWP doing Seamonsters in full, and then a selection of crowdpleasers. I've seen them somewhere between 30 and 40 times and this was one of their best.
Great venue too, highly recommend..... but I've never sweated like that at a gig before and I wasn't even in the mosh pit.
Only complaint. £5.80 for a pint. Then they had a couple of bottled non-alcoholic beers for non-drivers. 2 bottles = 660ml = 1.1 pints give or take, but that was £7.60; £3.80 a bottle. At least tap water was free!