Gigs.

Not a gig as such, but our local festival lineup is out for 2025

A couple of bands that are doing other festivals that I’d have liked to have seen on there, but more will be added.

Happy enough with that, it’s always a cracking weekend

I’ve seen Sleaford Mods a few times – always at festivals – where I suspect the shorter set provably works in their favour.  Given how little is going on up on stage they’re surprisingly engaging.   What I did think was interesting a few years back was the mass of abuse that Billy Nomates got for doing exactly the same sort of live show (https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/billy-nomates-glastonbury-set-abuse-b2363451.html).  I’ve seen here live (actually at the Leftfiedl tent at the festival) and she was brilliant. The only difference is she’s pressing play on her laptop rather than having someone else do it for her.

(quite a few tracks both of theirs I love, but not album artists for me)

Pokey LaFarge in Brixton tonight…..

anagallis_arvensis are you small or far away?

Electric Six at a small venue in York last night (The Crescent). It was fun, but not the best gig I have been to by some margin.

Saw Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds at Birmingham BP Connect  0n 17 November (Formally Genting Arena/LG Arena/NEC Arena) – they were **** amazing!

Went to see WH Lung at Nottingham Bodega last Saturday – great live band.  Complete contrast to Jools Holland Rhythym and Blues Orchestra who I am seeing tonight at Birmingham Symphony Hall (Not really my cup of tea…).

Shed Seven next week at Birmingham Academy.

@sadexpunk

Did you find it cold in Rock City!?

We went on Friday to see Massive Wagons and the wife and I both had to keep our coats on due to the air-con. Loads of folk still wearing beenies too. It’s usually a sweaty mess in there! 🙂

johndoh Free Member
Electric Six at a small venue in York last night (The Crescent). It was fun, but not the best gig I have been to by some margin.

I’ve seen them two or three times now and my conclusion is that I’ll see them but I won’t go out of my way to do so. They’re perfectly fine as a live band but I always have a feeling that they should be something a bit more than what they manage to put on.

Saw Public Service Broadcasting last night at a great venue in Madrid, just the right size, with great sound, and the band were fantastic. My wife wasn’t familiar with their music, which is always a risk, but she loved them so that was fantastic, too.

The crowd as pretty much as I imagine an STW get-together would be: majority middle-aged, white men. Including me, of course 🙂

Saw Joe and the Shitboys on Saturday night, cracking gig.  Frontman spent the entire gig in the crowd (although the venue was small enough that it’s hard not to)!

Chris Helme (of the Seahorses) and a few other bands at the Crescent in York at the weekend. Bit meh – love him as a singer and was really looking forward to it but he sang about 4 songs which I’d never heard and then disappeared. The band on after him (little York band from back in the day) called The Blueprints were ace.

Back there again on Monday night to watch Echobelly supported by Blue Violet. One of the best gigs I’ve been to – both bands absolutely amazing…

I really enjoyed seeing anthrax and testament for the first time.

that said, Kreator were absolutely blistering.

gobsmacked!