Gigs.

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 **** 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.

@theotherjonv

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.

LCD Soundsystem Brixton Academy by nickgilling[/url], on Flickr

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

https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Manchester/MORGANS-BAR-Servicemans-Club-/The-Orb-play-UFOrb-Live-at-the-Psychedelic-DiscoTech/36105618/

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.