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     Mark Leydon Member Username: Mark_leydon Post Number: 322 Registered: 05-2005 |
First gig of the year for me was The National at the Enmore (Sydney) last Saturday. Magnificent concert. So many musical highlights - plus superb sound and lighting. Possibly one of the most enthusiastic audience responses I've ever seen as well. Only January but hard to imagine a better show this year. They've set a very high benchmark. | ||
| Jonathan Evans Member Username: Jon Post Number: 376 Registered: 04-2005 |
I'll try and be around here a bit more often in 2011 - so here goes. I've not been to anything yet, but I've got a decent list going. 20/01/2011 - The Walkmen - Mcr Methodist Hall 26/01/2011 - Smoke Fairies - Mcr Ruby Lounge 29/01/2011 - Allo Darlin' - Mcr Ruby Lounge 01/02/2011 - Band Of Horses - Mcr Academy 03/02/2011 - Freelance Whales - Mcr Deaf Institute 04/02/2011 - Wire - Mcr Roadhouse 14/02/2011 - Dean Wareham - Mcr Ruby Lounge 25/02/2011 - Kid Creosote - Mcr Band On The Wall 05/03/2011 - Cut Copy - Mcr Gorilla 10/03/2011 - The Decemberists - Mcr Academy 12/03/2011 - Iron & Wine - Liv Philharmonic Hall 30/03/2011 - Noah & The Whale - Mcr Deaf Institute I'll try and go a little review when I've seen them!! Cheers Jon | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 3774 Registered: 05-2005 |
You Am I tonight at Manly Fishos, a venue that holds about 200. Last ever gig there. It's almost exactly 19 years since I first saw You Am I play (supporting Nirvana at Selena's in Coogee). I've seen them a few times since too, including blowing away headliners The Lemonheads in Dublin in 1998(ish). | ||
| TROU Member Username: Trou Post Number: 267 Registered: 05-2005 |
You're a busy guy Jonathan. I've only got my tickets for Wire (due to skulldisko's comments on them). | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 2069 Registered: 01-2005 |
Joe Boyd is reading from his book about the music he produced (White Bicycles:Making Music In The 1960's) and Robyn Hitchcock is playing with him. I'll be attending the Detroit performance on Friday March 18th and maybe the Chicago performance on Saturday the 19th. http://sfist.com/2010/09/29/sfist_review s_chinese_white_bicycle.php# | ||
| Simon Withers Member Username: Sfwithers Post Number: 177 Registered: 08-2005 |
Not a gig but she may play a couple of songs - Kristin Hersh doing a book reading in Bath at Bath Library on the 25th. http://www.toppingbooks.co.uk/events/bat h/kristin-hersh/ | ||
| TROU Member Username: Trou Post Number: 270 Registered: 05-2005 |
Perhaps it's because I haven't seen any concert since a long time but yesterday I've enjoyed every moments of the Wire's gig. The band delivered a fresh performance in front of a caring audience. They played most of their last two albums but also lot of older, energic and terrific ones (I don't know too much about these..) http://img832.imageshack.us/f/dscf2726v. jpg/ http://img823.imageshack.us/f/dscf2689e. jpg/ http://img251.imageshack.us/f/dscf2752p. jpg/ http://img833.imageshack.us/f/dscf2804s. jpg/ | ||
| Andreas Severins Member Username: Andreas_severins Post Number: 190 Registered: 11-2007 |
Nice pictures, Trou! Good to hear that you liked the wire-gig. I am looking forward to the following concerts: Edwyn Collins in Cologne on February, 21st. Wire in Cologny on February, 28th. ;) Gang Of Four in Cologne on March, 25th. and the Mute-Festival in London May 13th/14th at the Roundhouse! | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 2093 Registered: 01-2005 |
OMD on March 11th. That will add another URGH! A Music War band to my list of ones that I caught live. | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 2156 Registered: 10-2004 |
OMD are hitting the Bay Area on my birthday, March 26. Still undecided about whether I want to go. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 2095 Registered: 01-2005 |
Jeff, I'll post a review of the March 11th OMD gig in Pontiac at the Crofoot. The Crofoot is kitty corner from the former 7th House (where I saw Robert and Grant on June 11, 1999). I also caught a great Aimee Mann show at The 7th House on a very cold Sunday night in February of 1996. Aimee had a nice dozen year run (1988-2000), but I've really cooled off on her output over the last decade. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 2096 Registered: 01-2005 |
Jeff, I'll post a review of the March 11th OMD gig in Pontiac at the Crofoot. The Crofoot is kitty corner from the former 7th House (where I saw Robert and Grant on June 11, 1999). I also caught a great Aimee Mann show at The 7th House on a very cold Sunday night in February of 1996. Aimee had a nice dozen year run (1988-2000), but I've really cooled off on her output over the last decade. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 2097 Registered: 01-2005 |
Sorry for the double post!! It was talking to my dad who just turned 82 today and didn't realize I hit the PTM twice. | ||
| Andreas Severins Member Username: Andreas_severins Post Number: 192 Registered: 11-2007 |
Wonderful Edwyn Collins concert yesterday in cologne stadthalle. A croud of at least 250-300 was very excited and Edwyn was in brilliant form. A lot of old songs like consolation prize, falling & laughing, blue boy, rip it up and others and Edwyn's eyes sparkled! He had a wonderful band and his son (looking like Edwyn 30 years ago!) sang in one of the songs together with his father! It was wonderful seeing him play and having fun! Thanks to Grace! | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 2118 Registered: 01-2005 |
OMD tonight! | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 2121 Registered: 01-2005 |
OMD was great. Andy McCluskey hit every note and was dancing like a man possessed. They are touring with the A and M line-up, but much to my chagrin they did not play the first song from that album, the edgy The New Stone Age. One more edgy song from the first three albums and I would have scored the concert a 10 out of 10. All in all it was a great time and I'm glad I went. | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 2173 Registered: 10-2004 |
Michael - nice to hear, I'll be seeing them here in Oakland in a couple weeks. So, was the set comprised of a lot of older material? | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 2123 Registered: 01-2005 |
Jeff, They did the bulk of A & M and reached foreward to Telegraph from Dazzle Ships and backwards to Electricity and naturally Enola Gay, but the bulk of the older material were the more poppy songs post Dazzle Ships. Only three new songs from what I recall. You should have a great time! | ||
| TROU Member Username: Trou Post Number: 271 Registered: 05-2005 |
Saw for the first time Lloyd Cole on friday. The concert took place in the church of a tiny town lost in the south of Belgium. Together they were three excellent guitarists playing various songs from the whole career of LC. Two hours of an acoustic set that never bored me. The strange venue fitted perfectly well for this performance due to the perfect acoustic of the place. http://img585.imageshack.us/f/dsc0465t.j pg/ http://img819.imageshack.us/f/dsc0476w.j pg/ | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 2177 Registered: 10-2004 |
Saw OMD last night. They were excellent - Andy McCluskey seemed to have boundless energy and danced up a storm, with and without the bass. I just love how he dances the way a nerdy new wave teenager would dance alone in his room to his favorite records. The crowd was ecstatic - McCluskey kept saying things like, "you guys really make us wonder why we haven't done this in 23 years." They didn't play "Telegraph" but they did play "Radio Waves" as well as "Messages," "Electricity" (which McCluskey introduced by saying "I don't think you guys will let us leave if we don't play this"), "Enola Gay," and about half of A & M, plus a few Junk Culture songs. I felt like they played a couple too many bland Crush and Pacific Age-era songs, but what can you do. On the whole, it was a really fun show, and it's kind of rare to see a singer at his age with *that* much energy and who still sings just like he did 30 years ago. | ||
| TROU Member Username: Trou Post Number: 272 Registered: 05-2005 |
Because of some good reviews and the fact they'are on Bella Union records, I went to listen danish band Treefight for Sunlight in Bxl. Short (and cheap..) concert with music that flirt with Animal Collective/Grizzly Bear/Beach Boys/Vampire WE influences. Not the revolution but fresh gig and some good songs. http://img718.imageshack.us/f/dsc0581yi. jpg/ Next are Peter, Bjorn and John(and Sarah Blasko). | ||
| Lewisdhead Member Username: Lewisdhead Post Number: 71 Registered: 01-2007 |
Upcoming gigs for me: O Emperor-Waterford 30th April. Grant Lee Buffalo-Dublin 17th May. Ryan Adams-Cork 7th June. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 2141 Registered: 01-2005 |
Jeff, Your OMD experience and concert reaction was pretty much a duplicate of mine. I was slightly ticked that they didn't perform "The New Stone Age from A & M. A week after I saw OMD I went to see Joe Boyd read exerpts from his book White Bicycles, and Robyn Hitchcock perform songs from albums that Joe produced. Nice show and it was held at the Detroit Institute Of Arts in the Diego Rivera mural room! http://www.google.com/search?q=diego+riv era+mural+detroit&hl=en&prmd=ivnso&tbm=i sch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=STKbTdXcDI aksQPC5NH7Aw&ved=0CBkQsAQ | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 632 Registered: 04-2005 |
And the French festival season kicks off with the 'Garorock' in Marmande. We've had exceptional weather week in the SW, with temperatures hitting the 30 degrees, so it was a pleasure to be outside, even at 3 in the morning ! Large gatherings of this kind are not really my thing, but my 14 year old son really wanted to go to see his current faves "Dub Inc" and he managed to dance for an hour and half to them, emerging shirtless from the front of the stage covered in sweat. I really enjoyed Morcheeba, of whom I knew the name but not sure that I had ever heard their music before. My son (fountain of all musical knowledge) informs me that the original vocalist had just rejoined. They were excellent... The joke (?) of 3 cellists playing thrash metal in the Finnish 'Apocalyptica' lasted for about 1 song for me. What else ? A band from Melbourne 'True Live', interesting, but not really my cup of tea. And the Congos, of whom I am aware have an illustrious past but reggae ain't my thing. | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1563 Registered: 08-2006 |
Just got tickets for a never-thought-I'd-see-it performance by some of my 90s favorites, the Archers of Loaf. Judging from the YouTube videos of a one-off they did a while back, I'm expecting big, loud things. | ||
| Andreas Severins Member Username: Andreas_severins Post Number: 195 Registered: 11-2007 |
going to go to the short circuit festival at the roundhouse including laibach, residents, liars and on thursday not being part of the festival there will be Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto premiere a new piece at Short Circuit Festival. taking place the upcoming weekend may, 12th to 14th. http://www.roundhouse.org.uk/short-circu it anyone of you guys around? | ||
| frank bascombe Member Username: Frankb Post Number: 494 Registered: 01-2007 |
DBT tomorrow in Liverpool Josh T Pearson in support | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 1236 Registered: 10-2008 |
i'm jealous frank. apparenly josh t is very funny with his between songs dialogue. according to the truckers messageboard the band are flying right now, and the gig in dublin at the weekend was a belter. be prepared for a two hour show, and for your ears to be bleeding the next day. they are one of the loudest bands i have ever heard. let us know how it goes. | ||
| frank bascombe Member Username: Frankb Post Number: 495 Registered: 01-2007 |
Not seen many bands recently but making a special trip for this. Not so sure how excited my wife is about it but, the thought of seeing loads of bearded 40 year olds must be exciting ( I am not with facial hair)! | ||
| peter ward Member Username: Peter_ward Post Number: 148 Registered: 06-2005 |
I had tickets for the Dublin show but couldn't go in the end, my mate said that Josh Ts Dad died earlier that day but that he said he was an asshole and they hadn't spoken in years and played on anyway! There's a fair chance that he'll still be playing Frank. I saw him supporting The Dirty 3 a few years back and he showed no signs that he had such a stunning album in him as the one he's just released. Also saw The DBTs a few years back and echo Kevin's comments above, my hearing wasn't right for days, it was one of the best shows I've seen, Isbell was still with them and the 3 pronged attack was full on, they barely stopped for breath over the 2 hour show. Kevin do you have a copy of their Live At The 40 Watt DVD, PM me if you don't. | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 1237 Registered: 10-2008 |
hi peter, yes i have all the live truckers dvd's - thanks anyway. and yesterday finally got my hands on "secret to a happy ending", great to hear the back story told by the band. some of the scenes a bit uncomfortable mind you, especially shonna and isbell's marriage crumbling during the making of "a blessing and a curse" | ||
| frank bascombe Member Username: Frankb Post Number: 496 Registered: 01-2007 |
Last night saw the DBT, unfortunately no Josh T Pearson as he had headed back to the states. But what an excellent gig. It started with a Carl Perkins Cadillac then in to Righteous Path and Birthday Boy. Patterson Hood seemed a bit shambolic to start with, may be it his way, he had a couple of swigs of Jim Beam early on which seemed to help ( whether hair of the dog or the start of the days drinking). I think he was warming up like an athlete as the show got better. If if could as the first 3 songs are amounst my favourites. Other highlights Heathens, can't remember them all, Mike Cooley is real cool though, the opposite to Patterson. More in love with the DBTs now | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 1240 Registered: 10-2008 |
frank, glad you enjoyed it. josh t's father died which is why he had to go home. here is the setlist 1.Carl Perkins' Cadillac 2. The Righteous Path 3. Birthday Boy 4. Ray's Automatic Weapon 5. Sounds Better In The Song 6. I Know Your Daddy Hates Me 7. Get Downtown 8. Dancin' Ricky 9. Everybody Needs Love 10. A Ghost to Most 11. Heathens 12. Cartoon Gold 13. Box of Spiders 14. Three Dimes Down 15. Buttholeville 16. Marry Me 17. Dead Drunk & Naked 18. Guitar Man Upstairs 19. Mercy Buckets Encore- 20. Zip City 21. Used to be a Cop 22.Self Destructive Zones 23. Let there be Rock 24. Lookout Mountain | ||
| frank bascombe Member Username: Frankb Post Number: 497 Registered: 01-2007 |
just about to post it as well,thanks Kevin, great list, Box of Spiders was great forgot about that. SLightly disappointed that it wasn't a sell out,and the usual chatter from the bar. But great venue | ||
| Andreas Severins Member Username: Andreas_severins Post Number: 196 Registered: 11-2007 |
Back from the Short Circuit Festival at the roundhouse in london. It was a fabulous weekend with a lot of highlights. Meeting Irmin Schmidt in a small place called the halo. Not more than 30 people sitting around with schmidt playing old can-stuff never played before parallely showing a can film ! Nice. THE highlight was a threesong set of alison moyet with vince clarke! wow-what a woman weighing almost only half of what she used to with an unbelievable voice. The crowd gave her a huge welcome. Here a link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoPk_P76S 7I When I hear her again I shiver... | ||
| TROU Member Username: Trou Post Number: 276 Registered: 05-2005 |
Saw Wild Beasts on friday. It was a marvelous gig from first till last note. It sounded even quite better live than on their already wonderful last record. Terrific! If you saw them last year, don't hesitate to go back to them. http://imageshack.us/f/857/dsc1807h.jpg/ http://imageshack.us/f/151/dsc1865r.jpg/ http://imageshack.us/f/861/dsc1923o.jpg/ | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 336 Registered: 05-2005 |
High Llamas at the Globe Theatre in Cardiff on Saturday were absolutely brilliant. Very cool venue, really good crowd and the band playing and sounding great! | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 341 Registered: 05-2005 |
Dutch Uncles at Moles in Bath last night, I love this band, super tight and really fizzing, great twin guitar attack and crazy tempo changes. Young Knives in Portsmouth tonight | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 343 Registered: 05-2005 |
Young Knives at the Wedgewood Rooms - super cool, Henry and House of Lords a great comedy double act, lots of great songs, in fact I forgot how many good songs they had. They left out more good songs than your average indie gig contains | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 3952 Registered: 05-2005 |
Going to see Perry Keyes in Newtown tonight. First gig in ages for me. Just checked above and I see the last gig I saw was You Am I five months ago. There was a time, not all that long ago, when I used to go to a gig a week. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 3954 Registered: 05-2005 |
And it was a great gig. He made a joke about babysitters. He was right. I doubt there were more than a handful of people there who are not parents. A gig attended by adults, where you can sit down and enjoy good food and company... Middle-aged rock 'n' roll! | ||
| Mark Leydon Member Username: Mark_leydon Post Number: 325 Registered: 05-2005 |
I was there too Padraig. It was a great gig - and a nice venue. Excellent band. Was also impressed with the opening act Bernie Hayes. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 2206 Registered: 01-2005 |
Upcoming gig I'm going to: Gillian Welch & David Rawlings Saturday, July 23 @ Royal Oak Music Theater Royal Oak, MI Her new album The Harrow & The Harvest will be released June 28th. | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1602 Registered: 08-2006 |
The town of my birth, Michael. Say hello to William Beaumont Hospital for me. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 3967 Registered: 05-2005 |
One of these days we're just going to have to meet up at a gig Mark! Yes, Bernie Hayes was very good too. I'd forgotten I'd seen him play a long time ago, five minutes walk away in the Sandringham on King St. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 2207 Registered: 01-2005 |
Rob, Will do. Downtown Royal Oak is now home to the Arts, Beats and Eats festival (which used to be in downtown Pontiac). Royal Oak is still a great place to hang. Off to another hospital again as my dad has been thru the ringer as of late. He broke his hip and subsequent circultory complications and hardening of the arteries (from being a diabetic for twenty five years) in his left leg and a foot infection required bypass suregery of a gore-tex artery implant yesterday. | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1603 Registered: 08-2006 |
Good lord, Michael, I'm sorry to hear that. Been through a bit of trouble with my own dad of late - not quite as acute - so you have all my best wishes. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 3968 Registered: 05-2005 |
Best wishes to your dad Michael. (I didn't know gore-tex was used for medical purposes, by the way.) | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 2208 Registered: 01-2005 |
It looks like the gore-tex artery implant has been a success and my dad will not lose his leg. Thanks for all the kind thoughts! Best wishes as well for your dad Rob on Father's Day. | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1604 Registered: 08-2006 |
Really glad to hear it, Michael. Happy father's day to your dad as well! | ||
| fsh Member Username: Fsh Post Number: 249 Registered: 05-2005 |
Went to see Buffy Sainte Marie in Union Chapel in London last week. She said she'd been touring 'round Australia recently, don't know if anyone got to see her. I've managed to see a lot of people I thought I'd never get to see in the last few years - Arthur Lee and Love for instance - I never ever thought that would happen, and Jimmy Webb - if you're around for long enough you get to see everything, much of it even multiple times ... | ||
| Shane Greentree Member Username: Realinspectorshane Post Number: 90 Registered: 03-2007 |
I attended the Steve Kilbey/Ricky Maymi gig at Notes last night. Was great even though there was no encore as they went 20 minutes past the venue curfew time of 11:15. Twas made up for by the quality of the music, the goofy banter and the interesting setlist. Grant got a shoutout as Steve did one of the Jack Frost songs early on, and I think Streets Of Your Town was briefly quoted at the end of one of the many original tunes they did. As a bonus, I got my copy of In The Pines signed by Jill and Alsy of the Triffids, who in addition to being nice did a pretty excellent opening set. Mostly new material too (Jill has a Tour EP on sale), with the exception of an acoustic version of Tarrilup Bridge. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 2695 Registered: 03-2005 |
Wow. A Jill BIrt recording. I want it. | ||
| Shane Greentree Member Username: Realinspectorshane Post Number: 91 Registered: 03-2007 |
It was said on the Triffids forum that they were hoping to make it available online in coming months. For now there's one track on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5tXWpnSN fM | ||
| Simon Withers Member Username: Sfwithers Post Number: 180 Registered: 08-2005 |
Went to my first gig of the year last night - Three Bonzos and a Piano at the Cheese and Grain in Frome, Somerset. Mad, anarchic, sometimes incredibly entertaining, sometimes just odd! But a very good evening, and I got some of my old Bonzo Dog Band albums signed too, which was nice. And there were actually five in the band, three Bonzos, a piano and a guitar. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 2698 Registered: 03-2005 |
Thanks for that link Shane. It's wild that she still sounds like a little girl. Is that Graham Lee I'm hearing on the pedal steel? Which Bonzos were in the band Simon? | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1610 Registered: 08-2006 |
Heading to the Pitchfork Music Festival again this year, and it looks like it's gonna be another hot one (weather-wise). Band-wise, it's TV on the Radio, Thurston Moore, Cut Copy, Neko Case, Cut Copy, Tune-Yards, DJ Shadow, Guided by Voices and lots and lots of bands I've never heard... should be a nice weekend if I survive the experience. | ||
| Simon Withers Member Username: Sfwithers Post Number: 181 Registered: 08-2005 |
Randy, Roger Ruskin Spear (with robots and gizmos and occasionally musical instruments - trumpet, clarinets, theremin leg!!), Rodney Slater on Sax and the bonkers Sam Spoons on drums and, er, spoons. Plus Andy Roberts on guitar, who played on the Bonzos' Let's Make Up and Be Friendly, and Dave Glasson on piano. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 4018 Registered: 05-2005 |
How was Pitchfork Rob? | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 1349 Registered: 10-2008 |
guided by voices, i'm jealous rob! | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 1350 Registered: 10-2008 |
coverage of the festival http://hub.pitchforkmusicfestival.com/ | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1611 Registered: 08-2006 |
A nice weekend, as usual. Guided by Voices was excellent, Kev. Other highlights: Tune-Yards, Cut Copy, Deerhunter, No Age, Thurston Moore, TV on the Radio and probably more I'm not remembering right now (I'm still recovering). On Sunday, it was crazy hot, so the organizers cut the price of water from $2 to $1 and handed out free water at the entrances and at the front of the stage, where a lot of kids camp out all day. Very classy move, and part of the reason people feel so warmly about the festival. It just lacks that "now that we've got you, we're gonna take you for everything you have" feel. Even the vendors keep the prices down. I have my issues with P'fork the publication, but P'fork the fest is a real asset. | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1612 Registered: 08-2006 |
Oh, and if I never have to see the Dismemberment Plan again, my life will not be the poorer for it. Not familiar with their recordings, but let's just say they were the weekend's outliers. | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 1351 Registered: 10-2008 |
http://cdn.pitchfork.com/media/LAHines_P MF2011_nekocase_07.jpg neko case is looking rough these days! | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1613 Registered: 08-2006 |
Ha! I didn't notice her new beard but I was a bit back from the stage : ) | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 4029 Registered: 05-2005 |
Steve Kilbey, Ricky Maymi and one other in Red Eye records this evening. It was great. Only played songs from the new Steve Kilbey & Ricky Maymi record. http://www.beat.com.au/music/steve-kilbe y-ricky-maymi | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 649 Registered: 04-2005 |
It’s the silly season for entertainment here in rural SW France. For two months of the summer the tourists arrive en masse and there seems to be 10 interesting things happening every night. Recent highlights include an excellent reggae group from Bordeaux ‘Alam’ and a cello recital in a 12th century church with Lisa Erbès who spoke about the development of the instrument and played pieces to illustrate. And last weekend an evening at friends with music by the guitarist Sébastien Martel and the bass clarinettist Fabrice Barré. Seb, a man who has played in front of tens of thousands of people as part of Matthieu Chedid’s band (known as “M” in France) and accompanied Camille and Keren Ann, is currently working with a Melbourne ex-pat holed up in the mountainous Auvergne area, Jim Yamouridis. Warren Ellis plays on their latest release. Here, in front of 40 friends, Seb gave us a selection of Woody Guthrie covers and I got invited to recite “Talking Hard Work” over an improvised backing. Half way through my accent slid alarmingly States-side, but most of the crowd didn’t seem to notice. I finished to polite applause and informed my public not to worry; a career change is not on the cards and I’ll stay in computing. Seb’s 2 year old daughter was possibly the star of the evening; already seemingly obsessed by percussion, she had to be physically removed from a drum kit during a few songs! Tonight is baroque music, with the wonderful Jean-Pierre Menuge and his Polish music students. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 2720 Registered: 03-2005 |
Sigh. French life. I will also be attending a concert tonight--the Los Angeles Philharmonic and two clarinet soloists doing a couple of Aaron Copland pieces and a couple of pieces by composers I've not heard of. A brisk 40 minute walk gets me there. (Driving and finding a parking space takes at least that long). It will be a pleasant evening but it will follow a crammed and intense day at work which I will have to cut shorter than my usual in order to get to the Bowl on time. In America, you keep moving or else a bigger fish comes and eats you. And I'm one of the "winners." So far. | ||
| Catherine Vaughan Member Username: Catherine Post Number: 517 Registered: 05-2005 |
Went to see Cathal Coughlan in Kilkenny last night, as part of the Arts Festival. To my shame it was the first time I'd seen him live (I'll claim I was too young if anyone pushes me on it!!) so I can't compare it to any other shows. He blew me away though!! I didn't think of brining a camera, or anything to jot down the setlist, but from memory, the set included You won't get me home Singer's Hampstead Home Back to the old town Best say we're not serious Poodles - Shipman Memorial The Frond Seller Didn't play Loftholdingswood or Town To town Link below from the show - great performance of Singers Hampstead Home http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8g7OinpUW lw Mark Kozelek next Sunday night!!! | ||
| fsh Member Username: Fsh Post Number: 251 Registered: 05-2005 |
Interview with Cathal Coughlan from Kilkenny Arts Festival here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwWdntQ-E WA&feature=related He's working on songs for a project with Luke Haines at the moment - it's going to be played live in three weeks or so watch out if you're in or around London! | ||
| fsh Member Username: Fsh Post Number: 252 Registered: 05-2005 |
Interview with Cathal Coughlan from Kilkenny Arts Festival here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwWdntQ-E WA&feature=related He's working on songs for a project with Luke Haines at the moment - it's going to be played live in three weeks or so watch out if you're in or around London! | ||
| fsh Member Username: Fsh Post Number: 253 Registered: 05-2005 |
... ooops, did it again. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 2729 Registered: 03-2005 |
Sunday evening, August 28 at the Hollywood Bowl: Tribute to Serge Gainsbourg. I was invited to this and said "yes" immediately but I did worry that I'd spend a bunch of my time annoyed by the novelty schtick that Gainsbourg's work can settle into. No worries, I was in one of the two or three cities where something of this sort could be put together: a bizarrely letter-perfect rendition of "Melody Nelson" after the intermission with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra conducted by Jean-Claude Vannier. Before the intermission, a nice collection of nuggets from Gainsbourg's carrier including my favorite "Bonnie & Clyde." Wherever the original had that boxed-sounding string section that you typically get with a four track pop recording from the '60s, there it was. Mr. 60s Obscura was really digging this and the basic concept dovetailed neatly with my current immersion in French pop music, even if the anglophone singers lost some of the lovely acrobatic sweetness of the language. The time-warp accuracy came from Beck who set everything up and chose the participants. I'm not a fan of Beck because what he does that made this show so perfect is what he sometimes does on his records that makes them so redundant. One of my evening companions suggested that Beck and the Bowl next tackle a Scott Walker night. I agree. It was an astonishingly great show. | ||
| TROU Member Username: Trou Post Number: 280 Registered: 05-2005 |
Think I'm going for Okkervil River in Cologne and British Sea Power in Bxl. So few interesting concerts in 2011 that I'm considering to see Wild Beast a second time this year... | ||
| Geoff Holmes Member Username: Geoff Post Number: 769 Registered: 05-2005 |
Ups & Downs, Knieval and the Worker Bees @ the Annandale Hotel this Saturday. The Moffs upstairs at the Sandringham in Newtown 23/9. I WAS going to see the Panics at the Wollongong Uni on the 22nd but have work commitments (Year 12 formal). It doesn't rain, it pours! | ||
| TROU Member Username: Trou Post Number: 281 Registered: 05-2005 |
David Sylvian on tour in march 2011. Given the price of the ticket (50 € in Bxl), I'll take some time to think about it... | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 2741 Registered: 03-2005 |
Two weeks ago I went to the Hollywood Bowl for a triple header of Sharon Van Etten, Neko Case and the National. Van Etten was a pretty good modern female singer/songwriter, which means more punk than long ago but not P.J. Harvey. I do wonder why it seems so many women like to play the most gigantic electric guitars on stage. She played a big Guild or Gretsch hollow body. Neko Case is a big favorite of mine and that's why I was there. I did find it significant that she performed mostly songs from "Fox Confessor" and only a cover from her more recent album. She might be having writer's block. I hadn't heard the National except for one or two songs here and there but I knew they were well regarded so I looked forward to them. When they started I thought they sounded great, what with the horns and mannered vocalist. By the time half the set was over I wanted to make up an excuse to leave. They were full-on arena rock and their schtick was getting really old. Super aggressive video effects obscured a view of the band itself. I'm sure the kids in the box next to me played a role too. They spent the whole time jabbering at each other and texting, occasionally singing along to some of the songs. Perfect music for the ADD generation. Thumbs down on the National. | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 2256 Registered: 10-2004 |
50 € to see David Sylvian play (presumably) his recent self-indulgent, artsy improv drivel? No thanks!!! | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 359 Registered: 05-2005 |
Plaid in Winchester, mindblowing sounds and visuals, stunning, absolutely stunning | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 2273 Registered: 01-2005 |
Drve By Truckers is in town at Saint Andrews (downtown Detroit)in a few weeks. Last time I was there I saw The Zombies, and what a great show that was. | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 366 Registered: 05-2005 |
James Yorkston in a small room full of wooden chairs, just a man, a guitar, several songs and a few stories - mesmerising! and I hadnt realised how good a guitarist he was | ||
| Jonathan Evans Member Username: Jon Post Number: 384 Registered: 04-2005 |
Went to see James at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall backed by an orchestra and choir. A really amazing night, concentrating on non-singles, with only a couple of the more well known tracks. Tim was on great form, and the whole band seemed to enjoy the night and made numerous comments about how brilliant the audience where. Seeing them again tomorrow - more of the same please. Cheers Jon | ||
| peter ward Member Username: Peter_ward Post Number: 161 Registered: 06-2005 |
The Necks - Whelans, Dublin. Another incredible show from a unique Australian group, they pretty much defy description as I've never come across a band quite like them. Maybe some early Dirty Three shows in terms of the journey they bring you on or the latterday Talk Talk in their freeist form. I first came across them through Chris Abraham's Triffids links and someone on here suggested not passing up the opportubity to see them back in '06. They played two uninterupted improvised pieces loosely based on the new album "Mindset" and both visually to see how they play and sonically they were mind blowing. Don't bother You Tubeing them or even sampling them but if they ever pass within a couple of hours of you then take a leap of faith and get yourself a ticket, this short tour concludes in the following venues... http://www.thenecks.com/tourdates eh, please note that PW has recieved no gratuity for his endorsement of The Necks | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 670 Registered: 04-2005 |
John Cale in Biarritz (SW France) a couple of weeks ago, completely by chance. We were on holiday in that area and just saw a poster for the gig. I had seen him a couple of times before, around the time of ‘Fragments of A Rainy Season’ and it was just him solo with piano. Going gently into his advanced years I thought. I remember saying to a friend ‘That was brilliant. One man and a piano, what makes the difference between that and Elton John ?’ ‘Lots of drugs?’ was her reply. This time was with a grungy band (the drummer was the hardest hitter I’ve ever seen) and was hell of a lot more edgy and interesting than ol’ uncle Lou these days. Patti Smith in Bordeaux Friday last. It was in a beautiful small venue (Le Rocher de Palmer), which only holds 1200 people and I had been expecting the acoustic performance, so it was a great surprise to find the amps and drum kit all set up. She was wonderful and only the staid audience (Bordeaux has a reputation for being “bourgeois”, particularly when compared to its rival Toulouse) stopped it being a wonderful concert. I felt like screaming ‘Do you people not know how lucky you are to be in the presence of these people ?” She clearly has never given a toss as to what people make of her and will happily stand in front of a French audience and regale them with a story of singing in Arthur Rimbaud’s home village’s church. All in English (for which she apologised). Sometimes the logic seems lacking (the rant about saving the planet prefacing ‘Rock’n’Roll Nigger?) but the emotion and feeling cuts straight through. The woman next to me wept all the way through ‘Pissing in a River”. When you look at Smith and Lenny Kaye relating to each on stage and think what they have been through together, it fair brings a lump to the throat. The next night in the same venue was Keren Ann. My son reckoned she was up for winding up the audience as the first 6 songs were pure metal (!). Gone was any idea of the acoustic singer-songwriter as the black clad Ann slammed out the power chords on her black Les Paul. ‘Lay Your Head Down’ was a given a damn good thrashing and only missed John Cale on atonal viola to complete that Velvets vibe. “My Name is Trouble” was given the full techno/disco treatment and the only problem in the end was that along with the few soft acoustic numbers the evening lacked a certain coherence. But I like the fact that she apparently just does exactly what she wants and does not pander to her audience; there were only a couple of songs sung in French for example. The support act was Doriand, who has worked with Keren Ann on several of his records, and had Alain Bashung’s guitarist Édith Fambuena accompanying him. Very natural, very enjoyable and very very French, with the somewhat minimal tunes, but poetic lyrics. Off to Paris to see Camille just before Xmas in Le Cafe de la Danse. Last time I was in that venue was in 2003 to see a certain Australian beat-combo, popular around this message board. | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 1470 Registered: 10-2008 |
Andrew, I saw Cale about 7 or 8 years ago at The Liquid Room in Edinburgh. From your description he has retained the same (excellent)band that he had then. I don't know if we caught him on a bad night, for although the gig was great he looked and acted like he would rather have been anywhere but up on that stage on that night. He did a great version of Venus In Furs, and Andalucia was just as beautiful as it is on record. | ||
| TROU Member Username: Trou Post Number: 285 Registered: 05-2005 |
For Andrew, the concert of this Australian band at the Café de la danse is nicely reviewed here : http://www.lesinrocks.com/actualite/actu -article/t/2021/date/2003-05-19/article/ les-go-betweens-au-cafe-de-la-danse/ In a few days, Okkervil River and the Horrors in Bruxelles. | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 672 Registered: 04-2005 |
Thanks Trou for that link, but I think that I have just got a virus from that site, so be careful ! | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 4132 Registered: 05-2005 |
Homebake festival this Saturday: The Triffids The Church Grinderman Gurrumul Yunupingu Seeker Lover Keeper Architecture In Helsinki The Jezabels C.W. Stoneking Cut Copy and many more | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 368 Registered: 05-2005 |
Wild Beasts in Brighton on Saturday were slightly boring, in gaining a larger audience they seem to have lost an edge (maybe the two things are connected?) | ||
| Geoff Holmes Member Username: Geoff Post Number: 784 Registered: 05-2005 |
Gee, if I'd known the Church were on the list I definately would have gone. What a stellar lne up - past and present! Have a great one Padraig! | ||
| Andreas Severins Member Username: Andreas_severins Post Number: 212 Registered: 11-2007 |
It will be a gig in 2012, but look at this amazing stuff!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDOYPxDXE Xo&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9Wl983WU jU&NR=1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uar2Uu6Ih tA&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL Waterboys at the cologne Gloria in March 2012! For me as well one of the albums of the year! | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 4143 Registered: 05-2005 |
Thanks Geoff. It's been nine years since I was last at Homebake. | ||
| C Gull Member Username: C_gull Post Number: 177 Registered: 05-2005 |
Superchunk tonight - not sure what to expect | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 4146 Registered: 05-2005 |
Did Superchunk play Watery Hands? It's their best song by miles. | ||
| C Gull Member Username: C_gull Post Number: 178 Registered: 05-2005 |
Padraig - not sure, I'm not familiar with their material. They played alot of Majesty Shredding and some older crowd favourites. Also I left to catch a train before the end. Overall ok - not quite my cup of tea though. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 4153 Registered: 05-2005 |
I saw the following at Homebake: CW Stoneking - Surprisingly great. The old timey music suited the second smallest of the festival stages. Gurrumul Yunupingu - The band had a lot of sound troubles and started late. It was good, but I will have to see him in a proper theatre sometime. This was not a good venue for him. Noah Taylor & The Sloppy Boys - His lyrics come from the Noam Chomsky school of lefty obviousness, but they do make a glorious racket somewhere between Sonic Youth and the Bad Seeds. The Jezabels - Much hyped. Not by me though. God they were dull. Icehouse - Very entertaining. The Triffids - A minimal crowd. I only stayed for a few songs as I wanted to make sure I got into the next gig. Seeker Lover Keeper - One of the greatest shows I have ever seen. Seriously. It was transcendental. A huge crowd crammed into the small room where they had been showing short films earlier. I was right in front of the stage. I will pay any money to see them again. The Church - Just caught the end of their set. What I saw was very good. Grinderman - Entertaining up to a point. That point was reached after they played No Pussy Blues and I was sated. A great day out. Hopefully it's just as good next year. | ||
| Geoff Holmes Member Username: Geoff Post Number: 790 Registered: 05-2005 |
That's a big rap for SLK Padgraig, and I'm a Blasko fan. The album's a bit nothing. I know they are HUGE with the Uni set at the moment though. I found out that they were debuting just up the road from me (where I saw the Go Betweens in 2005) but found out too late as both of their shows had sold out. I will have to try and catch them. Kilbey reckons on his blog that the Church were good at Homebake too - and, no, he doesn't rate every one of his shows 5 stars. I won't be able to see them this tour unfortunately so that's like the 4th tour since 1983 that I haven't caught! I'm a believer!!! | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 4154 Registered: 05-2005 |
I really like the album Geoff, so I was hoping to enjoy the show. I wasn't expecting to be so utterly blown away by it though. | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 678 Registered: 04-2005 |
Camille in the ‘Le café de la danse’ in Paris last Saturday night was absolutely stunning. One of the best concerts it’s been my pleasure to attend. The press likes making her out to be slightly flaky, but she is an all-round artist completely in control of her almost unbelievable talents. Utterly riveting to watch on stage, the songs from her last CD were 10 times better than the recordings. The whole evening was ‘staged’ quite simply and beautifully, and had been choreographed by the dancer Robyn Orlin, but Camille has always been about the moment and her usual vocal improvisations were well to the fore. But the technique aside, it was the sheer emotion of many of the new songs that floored you. Recently having become a mother seems to have done miracles for her inspiration. A special mention to her excellent 3 musicians, who were required to be extremely versatile. I was only sorry not to have been there for the Sunday (last of 6 evenings in this 500 people club), as she redid her stunt of 6 years ago (for the launch of the ‘Le fil’ CD), by walking out of the venue (after a 2 hour performance of incredible energy) and asking if anyone wanted to follow her. Apparently a large proportion of the audience followed her through the rainy streets, down into the metro and eventually down to the Seine where she continued to entertain the masses! |