ah lovely, im jealous, youll have to report back.
i was straight on the internet when i got home to look for their other gigs this tour, but sheffields the only viable option on saturday and we've got a family outing booked, itd piss them off if i dropped out grrrrr. i casually mentioned it this morning and errrr it wasnt well received 😀
Well, so, The Murder Capital done. Must say the clientele was a good site older than my normal gigs,, some were even older than me! Flat caps and beards everywhere. Maybe thats just Portsmouth though, it's become a weird place for gigs. Everyone seems to be at their first ever gig (despite their age)!
Support, Blue Egyptian (or something) were really derivative, early 80s indie, very boring, but the crowd enjoyed them. Big build up to the Murder Capital, (again, this ol geezer seen it all before) and yeah, bloke's a great front man, proper charisma. They started ok, but then slowed it down and I got rather bored, especially a song where he breathes loudly into the mic, music was dull and I nearly left. Glad I didn't though as followed that up with Green & Blue (only song I'd heard previously) and a few other noisy epicky things which were really good and by the end I was enjoying them a lot. They're nothing very original, a lot of Joy Division in there, but glad I went (and stayed) in the end. Would see again.
Demdike Stare on Friday. Will be rather different 🙂
Support, Blue Egyptian (or something) were really derivative, early 80s indie, very boring, but the crowd enjoyed them.
yep, same experience, bloke next to me said he thought they were excellent, i was bored stiff watching them.
but then slowed it down and I got rather bored, especially a song where he breathes loudly into the mic,
see, i thought those slow songs were stunning, as mary anne hobbs might say, real aural landscapes 😀
and a few other noisy epicky things which were really good and by the end I was enjoying them a lot. They’re nothing very original, a lot of Joy Division in there, but glad I went (and stayed) in the end. Would see again.
yeah i hear joy division in there too, also a fair bit of mogwai?
sounds like i enjoyed them more than you tho dez 😀 were you on yer tod or did your mate go in the end?
On my own... and stood to the side of the stage, which didn't help.
It was the one where the bassist plays the melody with lots of chords I didn't like, it was just dull. I did like the bassist though, also he reminded me of Dale from Amazing Snakeheads.
Also Portsmouth right, the security are like chained guard dogs - as soon as someone crowd surfs, or attempts to stage dive, they go absolutely mental! It does kill the atmosphere a bit. I think they would've thrown one fella out (and probably given him a kicking) if the band's security bloke hadn't stepped in and calmed them down.
So let me try to regain some left-field credibility, after the Billie Eyelish thread, with tonight's gig which is a fairly big expensive one: t'Opera North doing Marriage of Figaro. Which I call Magic Flute to wind up my wife, though my magic flute is probably wind-up enough on its own. Expecting big tunes or my (wife's) money back.
Concert rather than gig though eh 😉
A friend used to dep on fiddle for opera north and he called 'em gigs. And I call gigs concerts, gigs also being spectacles:
https://www.tatler.com/article/posh-words-2017
(posh and yorks also)
He has a gig. You go to his concert.
i was straight on the internet when i got home to look for their other gigs this tour, but sheffields the only viable option on saturday and we’ve got a family outing booked, itd piss them off if i dropped out grrrrr. i casually mentioned it this morning and errrr it wasnt well received
aaaaaand whats family anyway? 😀 carpe diem. i wouldnt do this for any old band but i think these are going to be a lot bigger soon and id only regret not going later on (see the 'which band do you wish youd seen' thread) sooooo....... got meself a ticket 😀
Cool, nice to see a sad, ex-punk getting enthused about a new band 😀
Sepultura in Southampton in june for me and a mate, too loud for mrs ti_pin
Shawn james at the 100 club in march.
Cant wait for these, contrasting style but still rawkin.
Cool, nice to see a sad, ex-punk getting enthused about a new band
doesnt happen often. Since punk (in fact probably even including punk), you could count on one hand the number of bands that've actually bowled me over when ive seen them. always when ive seen them for the first time and in most cases havent actually known what they looked like, just heard the odd song on the radio.
Six by Seven, ....And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead, the Music, Idles, and now Murder Capital.
soooo.....murder capital again last night in sheffield. i thought they were stunning again, a bit slower than i remembered from last week but the sounds of those guitars and tribal drumming throughout sends shivers down my spine....
wasnt the same experience this time as i knew what to expect, you only get that wow feeling once i expect, but i really enjoyed it again. my mate was like you dez, a bit bored throughout the slower songs but i love those just as much as the more 'upbeat' ones, i think theyre beautiful and haunting.
on a frustrating note, i have tickets for trail of dead at nottingham next week and just noticed im on a course for work down south grrrr....
Saw Demdike Stare in London, one of those weird gigs, mostly full of pretentious Londoners, but also folk who are really into the weirder stuff. Big **** off to the jazz from Andy Votel at the start, hideous. Then a strange cellist, very atmospheric. Then Demdike, quiet start building to a cacophony of noise, was great. Few takeaways- people who talk all the way through gigs are either too ignorant or too coked up to comprehend how ****ing annoying they are.. I know this cos I asked one and he didn’t get my point. And why do people have to take photos? even when its a Dj leaning over a laptop or 2 blokes sat at their electronic gear.. must get a photo! Beyond me! Enjoy the music you utter dweebs.
Whitesnake/Foreigner/Europe triple in June. 20th Wedding anniversary washed down with a few beers or two.
Good times.
OMG! Excited! My absolute fave band/act are playing Brighton in April. I'm all a quiver.
Will report back Friday if I get tickets!! 😀
Just booked Mogwai for... wait, 2021?
OMG! Excited! My absolute fave band/act are playing Brighton in April. I’m all a quiver.
Will report back Friday if I get tickets!!
who am dat?
Secret, til I have tickets secured!
Got a few lined up
Big Thief this Sunday in Manchester
Lovely Eggs in Manchester in April
Black Midi in Manchester in June
Green Man Festival again (11th time) in August
Stereolab at Manchester Psych Fest in September (if I don't get to do Torino to Nice, nice consolation)
Black Midi in Manchester in June
Good luck with that 🤪
Seen them before, technically incredible for their age, so tight, drummer in particular is awesome.
Orlando Weeks in Leeds next week.
Playing brand new solo material.
So glad I caught one of the final Maccabees concerts in Mcr - sadly missed.
Saw Field Music on Friday in Nottingham. A bit proggy; they played a new concept album in its entirety for the first two thirds of the show.
I enjoyed the more upbeat final third much more. Great interesting band with some very clever stuff going on. Clever, good sense of humour, good sound, tight and fine harmonies.
Booked End of the Road Festival. So Pixies, Bright Eyes, Angel Olsen and loads more 🙂 Probably going to be the most expensive gig ticket ever, as I'm buying a house in next village just so I can walk there 🙂
Got em. Oh, I am ridiculously excited.
Just seen that Idles are playing a warm up at the 1865 in Southampton next month - it's only a ~700 capacity venue. That'd be amazing. Sold out before I got there though.
Just seen that Idles are playing a warm up at the 1865 in Southampton next month – it’s only a ~700 capacity venue. That’d be amazing. Sold out before I got there though.
but not before my missus got there 😀 its a long journey down but i think shes more excited than me!
dez, if i hear of two tickets going at any time, would you want me to stick my oar in and get one/two for you?
Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs in April at Leeds Uni is my next gig. Not entirely sure I will be able to cope with circa. 2 hours of the racket but I will give it a go and it's a Friday so I can have a few beers.
dez, if i hear of two tickets going at any time, would you want me to stick my oar in and get one/two for you?
Certainly! No more than £30 though 😀 (I am on the seetickets waiting list, not sure how that works)
I've seen some good stuff at the 1865 (and bad (Black Midi!)), nice, medium sized venue.
Where you travelling from?
Where you travelling from?
lincoln.
one, or two tickets? and would you still want one even as late as the day of the gig? the idles fans are good sorts really, they often give tickets away if someone drops out, or certainly no more than face value. ive given an idles ticket away myself just so someones daughter could get their first taste of an idles gig, theres a real good feel about this band and what they stand for.
Lincoln. crikey! That's dedicated! I'll offer you my spare room if I get to go 🙂 I'm about half hour from Soton.
1 ticket is fine, but 2 if they come up. We sold a ticket outside the Brighton venue in 2018 for face value, lad who bought it was proper chuffed.
I’ll offer you my spare room if I get to go
hotel already booked mate, but appreciate the offer. ill keep me eye out 😉
Got tickets to see L7 at the Electric Ballroom in June.
just bought tickets to see LIFE at nottingham and hull in april. bought them on a whim after hearing and liking a clip on the radio this morning, remembering i quite liked their last single on 6 music, looked them up online and saw the tickets are only a tenner.
bought both as i thought at a tenner a pop its worth the gamble that we really enjoy them at nottingham and would then want to go see them again in their home town. (happened to me with murder capital last week).
not the end of the world if theyre crap 😀
Got tickets for Tokyo Police Club at the Deaf Institute in Manchester in May.
Not a venue I've been to before, I'm sure there will be some on here who have been there before, any feedback?
Deaf Institute is a really nice venue, good sound, good bar, not to big or small. You can lean on the bar and order a beer and be a couple of feet from the stage, or you can sit at the back on some raked seats or in a little "box" with a sofa (not the best view really), or just be in the crowd, saw Snapped Ankles there last year.
Hatch is just round the corner on Oxford Road, street food and bars, good for food or beer beforehand.
Off to see Supergrass at the O2 Academy in brum tomorrow night then down to The Moon in Cardiff Saturday night to see Pastels supported by The Rotanas, back to Cardiff in May to see The Rotanas headline Clwb Ifor Bach.
Thanks Nick.
Sounds like a nice venue.
Big Thief were excellent last night in Manchester's Albert Hall, I've been a fan for awhile but somehow missed them at Green Man last year, sat upstairs front centre with a couple of beers and just basked in it.
It was a bit like this some of the time
Saw Supergrass last night at Ally Pally and they were absolutely awesome. Would have gone tonight as well if we weren't busy.
Took a punt on Sheep On Drugs in a pub in Brighton. It was bad. The small stage has a gap with some unnecessary steps, singer leaping around, foot drops into the gap, she falls in a heap! and breaks her shoe. That was the best bit anyway. Just slightly better than the support - old people dressed up, with masks on trying hard to be weird, but just coming across as old people, dressed up with masks on. At least their “set” was short.
I’ve got a cold, should’ve gone to bed.
@DezB i have one idles ticket for you for southampton if still wanted? 😉
And there was me trying to stay away from the forum 😆
Yes, thanks mate, that's awesome! dezb99 (at) gmail (dot) com seeing as the messaging system doesn't work.
You can type stuff but there's no send button... facepalm an all that 🙂
Just realised - damn risky buying tickets from unofficial channels with no chance of a refund at the mo. Tours are getting cancelled left right & centre. Hmm.
From Facebook:
Hello friends!
We are postponing the Southampton show on Thursday 19th March to Wed 3rd June. All tickets will still be valid (full refund at point of purchase).
So yep! will still take that ticket 🙂