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     Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 5194 Registered: 05-2005 |
I've got tickets for the The Waterboys and Norman Blake/Joe Pernice in January, and Bob Mould in March. Japandroids are playing in early February, but it's at a festival I don't wish to go to, so I'm hoping they add a side show. | ||
| C Gull Member Username: C_gull Post Number: 198 Registered: 05-2005 |
Looking forward to Jason Lytle, Dinosaur Jr, My Bloody Valentine, Edwyn Collins. Would like to see Kraftwerk and its about time Robert made a reappearance in the UK isn't it? | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 2482 Registered: 01-2005 |
Midge Ure @ The Magic Bag in Ferndale, MI on 1/17/13. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 2486 Registered: 01-2005 |
Four more days until Midge! | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1708 Registered: 08-2006 |
Well, I'll be. Turns out the great Paul Kelly is playing in my little town tomorrow night. I didn't even know about it, but a coworker's sister lives in Australia and told her she should go. He's playing the Old Town School of Folk Music, one of my fave venues in the city. This is gonna be good. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 3120 Registered: 03-2005 |
Whoa! I better do a little looking . . . . | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 3121 Registered: 03-2005 |
Thank you so much for posting Rob. He's not playing in LA until January 29. I figured that I had missed him for sure. | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1709 Registered: 08-2006 |
Awesome, Randy! Like I said, it was a bit random how I found out he was playing. I used to scour our local entertainment mag for shows but lately I've been a little off the grid thanks to work. Feel lucky to have caught this. I'll let you know how it is. | ||
| Geoff Holmes Member Username: Geoff Post Number: 864 Registered: 05-2005 |
Paul Kelly is doing a tour of Australia around March with Neil Finn. Tickets went in minutes. This is like the first tour by Neil Finn that I have missed since 1988 - not happy!  Something like 7 shows in Melbourne all sold out and similar around the country. In Sydney they play the Opera House - this time for Neil, not on the steps! If you're seeing Paul Kelly in the U.S.A, it might be a bit cheeky to call out for Neil Finn songs! You never know - he might give you a taster of what's to come in Australia, | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 3122 Registered: 03-2005 |
That means I'd have to KNOW some Neil Finn songs, Geoff. Even in the States, Kelly's proving to be a little bit of a challenge. I have one general admission ticket nailed down for January 29 but I'm trying to get a second one. | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1710 Registered: 08-2006 |
So the Paul Kelly show was terrific, even better than I expected. As I said, he played at the Old Town School of Folk Music, which has a lovely, acoustically amazing 300-seat theater in it. You can hear and pin drop in there and the sight lines are fantastic. Kelly started off by playing his new record in its entirety, which - given his deep catalog - could have been a big disappointment but turned out to be a lovely surprise. I don't know how the tunes sound recorded but they were terrific live. So much so that by the time he got to his older songs I barely noticed any fall off in quality or tone. He said Chicago was the first night of his tour and he did forget the words to a few songs (at a couple points audience members helped him fill in the blanks), but that only added to the charm of his performance. I'm not deeply familiar with Kelly except a couple late 80s CDs and his reputation, but I'll correct that now. He was really, really good. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 5265 Registered: 05-2005 |
Waterboys tomorrow night, then Norman Blake and Joe Pernice on Friday night. Glad to hear the Paul Kelly show was good Rob. | ||
| TROU Member Username: Trou Post Number: 319 Registered: 05-2005 |
Due to work, I've missed Get well soon on sunday. Ticket in the hands, it's the third time I miss this band. For the same reason I'll skip Aimee Mann tonight... Hope I'll have more luck with I'm Kloot, Yo la tengo and Sarah Blasko.. | ||
| Mark Leydon Member Username: Mark_leydon Post Number: 340 Registered: 05-2005 |
Waterboys tonight, then Norman Blake and Joe Pernice on Friday night (snap Padraig!) | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 5273 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Waterboys were fantastic. Best gig of the year so far. They played the entirety of the Yeats album, then encored with The Stolen Child (also from a Yeats poem, but from the Fisherman's Blues album which is a quarter century old this year). The second encore featured a garage rock cum Neil Young & Crazy Horse version of Don't Bang The Drum, then The Whole Of The Moon and finishing with Fisherman's Blues. What a show. | ||
| Mark Leydon Member Username: Mark_leydon Post Number: 341 Registered: 05-2005 |
Yes it was a terrific show Padraig! Was surprised at what good shape Mike Scott was in - a really engaging performer and voice still strong. The whole band were excellent - particularly Steve Wickham on electric fiddle. My only regret is they didn't play my personal favourite 'Bang on the the Ear' - but can't have everything! | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 5274 Registered: 05-2005 |
So that was you roaring out for A Bang On The Ear? | ||
| Mark Leydon Member Username: Mark_leydon Post Number: 342 Registered: 05-2005 |
No wasn't me Padraig. He's probably the reason Scott didn't play the song! | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 5279 Registered: 05-2005 |
Which of the Norman Blake and Joe Pernice shows are you going to Mark? I'm going to the 5.30 one. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 5291 Registered: 05-2005 |
Ah, there was just one show. Other events were using the tent for the later shows. The gig was great. They played a few Teenage Fanclub and Pernice Brothers songs as well as new ones they wrote together. They finished with a cover of Finding You, the chords of which Grant McLennan showed to Norman Blake. Joe Pernice told a great story about seeing Sammy Davis Jnr live. Afterwards I got them both to sign their EP. I discussed football with Norman Blake (Celtic having just signed an Australian kid). What lovely blokes Joe and Norman are. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 5297 Registered: 05-2005 |
I forgot to mention that Norman Blake said there will be a new Teenage Fanclub album this year. He told me they are recording it in the south of France, which he was excited about! | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 2488 Registered: 01-2005 |
Pádraig, I had tickets to see Teenage Fanclub @ Saint Andrews in downtown Detroit back in the summer of 2005, but they got stuck at the Windsor, Ontario boarder and didn't make the show. Grrrrr. Austin (who posts here once in a while was)and dozens on other fans were highly disappointed. Strangely enough, a month later I saw the Pernice Brothers. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 2489 Registered: 01-2005 |
Next gig.... Tift Merritt @ The Ark in Ann Arbor, February 6th. I've been a fan of hers since 2003. | ||
| Mark Leydon Member Username: Mark_leydon Post Number: 343 Registered: 05-2005 |
Elvis Costello tonight at the State Theatre Sydney. Haven't seen him in concert for more than 10 years. It's one of his 'spin the wheel' shows - so hopefully a fair amount of spontaneity. Padraig - you are right about Joe Pernice and Norman Blake. Top blokes. Got the tour EP and the last Pernice Bros album signed after the show. Norman Blake in particular such a chatty and affable guy. The tour EP a nice teaser for the upcoming album. | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1717 Registered: 08-2006 |
Last night: Lucinda Williams in an extremely intimate show at a restaurant/bar venue in Evanston. I wish I could post a picture because we were maybe 20 feet from the stage, it was just her and another guitar player (and, sometimes, a fiddle player from the opening band) and she was stone cold awesome. She played a lot of favorites, but perhaps the best part of show was the encore, when she broke out a handful of blues/gospel numbers. I'm not a religious man, but when Lucinda sings that I should get right with god, I start to think she's right. It was that good. Tonight: Loudon Wainwright III. Pretty good week. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 2490 Registered: 01-2005 |
Rob, Lucinda turned 60 a few days before the concert! | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1718 Registered: 08-2006 |
Geez, is that right, Michael? I always forget she wasn't that young when her career finally took off. Speaking of old farts, LWIII was typically terrific last night. Played a fair amount off his new record, which was one of my faves from last year, but he also did readings - from memory (and iPad) - of some pieces by his father, who was a reporter and essayist for Life magazine. It was poignant and funny, pretty much the Wainwright way, and I was struck by the fact that he didn't play anything he'd written before 2000 and nobody batted an eye. You know you're doing something right when you're 66 years old, taking requests from fans who've followed your career forever, and they're yelling out for stuff you wrote in 2002 and 2007 and 2011. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 5317 Registered: 05-2005 |
I've bought a ticket for PIL in April at The Enmore. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 2493 Registered: 01-2005 |
Rob, I guess I'm getting into the old fart category as well. I beat Lucinda turning 60 by a handful of days on 1/21. I still feel like I'm 40 though. | ||
| Simon Withers Member Username: Sfwithers Post Number: 191 Registered: 08-2005 |
Going to see the House of Love in Bristol in April (a band I discovered thanks to this board). And might also go and see the always entertaining Hawkwind in April. | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1719 Registered: 08-2006 |
Hey, Michael, I'm sure you know I meant old fart as a term of endearment. I'm a bit off from 60, but I find it inspiring to see people doing amazing work well past the age when most artists used to calcify. I hope in 14 years I'm still going to shows, getting into great new music and, yes, posting here. Cheers, my friend. | ||
| TROU Member Username: Trou Post Number: 320 Registered: 05-2005 |
One of my favorite voice, Anna Domino (or Snakefarm), strikes back ! Twice in a typical belgian jazz-bar of Bruxelles. Don't want to miss that. Other places are here : http://www.annadomino.com/ Orval for everyone! | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 3154 Registered: 03-2005 |
Oops. I don't look at this thread very consistently. Belated happy Birthday Michael! I'm not far behind you (56). | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 1046 Registered: 04-2006 |
yep, happy birthday to you, michael | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 2501 Registered: 01-2005 |
Thanks! Stressful day ahead for my family, as my Dad (who turned 84 last week) developed an infection in his right foot. He previously lost his lower left leg below the knee two years ago due to a similar foot infection caused by calcification from being a diabetic since 1986. If stints or a transplant aren't an option, then I fear they will take his right leg below the knee. | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1723 Registered: 08-2006 |
Good thoughts to you and your dad, Michael. I hope there are options available. | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 1048 Registered: 04-2006 |
all the best to you and your dad/family, michael. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 5452 Registered: 05-2005 |
All the best Michael. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 5453 Registered: 05-2005 |
Kraftwerk are playing eight albums over four nights at Sydney's Opera House in May. Two separate shows each night (one album per show). You can't just buy tickets though, you have to apply for them. Probably a fairer way of doing it. I've applied for tickets for Autobahn, Trans-Europe Express, The Man-Machine and The Mix. I was going to apply for tickets for all eight, but then I thought what if I got tickets for them all? I can't really afford $680 + booking fee. If I get tickets to the four I applied for I'll be happy though. If I somehow don't get any, that's OK too as I saw Kraftwerk live a decade ago and they were awesome. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 5498 Registered: 05-2005 |
Bob Mould, last night. They started off by playing side 1 of Copper Blue (The Act We Act, A Good Idea, Changes, Helpless, Hoover Dam) followed by other Sugar and solo stuff. If I Can't Change Your Mind was played in one of the encores. They also played much Husker Du: Chartered Trips, I Apologise, Could You Be The One, Celebrated Summer, Hate Paper Doll, Makes No Sense At All and Flip Your Wig. It was awesome. Bob Mould was clearly enjoying himself greatly and it was infectious. I danced like a loon (in a middle-aged suburban Dad stylee). The theatre was packed with men the same age as me, and few dozen women of similar age. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 5499 Registered: 05-2005 |
Hearing the Husker Du songs made me wonder if Mould was a big Abba fan back then. All the choruses are so simple and so pop; basically just the song title repeated over and over, just like Abba did! | ||
| C Gull Member Username: C_gull Post Number: 203 Registered: 05-2005 |
Brilliant Padraig. I've just booked for Mouldy's London show in May. Its at the Electric Ballroom, where if I'm not mistaken I saw Husker Du play their first London gig in about 1985. I still remember Chartered Trips that night being one of the greatest live experiences I've ever seen- me and a complete stranger poggoing madly together - I picked up all my belongings....Hoping to be similar middle aged idiot in May! | ||
| C Gull Member Username: C_gull Post Number: 204 Registered: 05-2005 |
Also HD/Sugar/Mould opening by playing the first few tracks from their LP was always a great part of the show. No chat between tracks just ripping straight through them. Thats how live music should be. | ||
| Greg Adams Member Username: Greg_adams Post Number: 40 Registered: 06-2005 |
I saw Jaill last night, hope to see Advance Base and the Meat Puppets in the next few weeks, and I'm definitely going to see the Shout Out Louds in May. I wish I could make it to NYC Popfest this year, but it seems unlikely. | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Hugh_nimmo Post Number: 514 Registered: 03-2007 |
For anyone interested, The Bats are touring the U.S. in May / June, 2013. http://www.thebats.co.nz/ | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1726 Registered: 08-2006 |
Whoa, big thanks, Hugh. I see a Chicago date on there. Score! | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 3172 Registered: 03-2005 |
Wow! Grrr, I have to wait until 10:00 a.m. for tickets to the show in Silverlake. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 3173 Registered: 03-2005 |
Tickets purchased. Thanks for paying attention Hugh! | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 716 Registered: 05-2005 |
Is the show at Spaceland Randy? or whatever it's called now | ||
| David Gagen Member Username: David_g Post Number: 423 Registered: 02-2007 |
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Brisbane Entertainment Centre. Had standing tickets on the floor so rocked out to huge sound of the Horse. High voltage, 20 min songs. The old hippies walked out apparently expecting Harvest, obviously havent listened to new album or taken slightest interst in what this band does best. Opening "Love and Only Love" a 20 min garage band wall of sound..brilliant. Spoke to guy from work next day who described it as possibly the worst concert he had ever been to. I rated it 9 out of 10. There you go | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 3175 Registered: 03-2005 |
Cosmo, I had to check google street view to answer your question. The show is at the Satellite. And, yes, that is where Spaceland used to be. I'm surprised there's still a music club there. I'm sure the people living in the houses nearby hassle them all the time. That's the dynamic that killed off a lot of the historic West Hollywood performance spaces. | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 718 Registered: 05-2005 |
I like that venue, spent New Year's Eve 2011 there and then nearly tripped over a skunk on my way up the hill to a friends house, would not have been a good way to start 2012 had I got sprayed. I think the skunk took pity on me for being so obviously intoxicated | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 719 Registered: 05-2005 |
My tickets for Kings of Convenience at the Roundhouse just arrived, it's a family affair, both my sons and their girlfriends + the wife all attending | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 3176 Registered: 03-2005 |
Sounds like fun Cosmo. I've always liked the smell of skunks that have popped off somewhere in the distance. I emphasize "somewhere in the distance." Spaceland/Satellite is in a nice area but it's a weird place for a music venue. Normally, they're located in one of several clusters on Sunset Boulevard or in the middle of Hollywood, where people don't expect quiet. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 5507 Registered: 05-2005 |
Kraftwerk performing The Mix at the Opera House in May. I applied for tickets for four of the eight shows, but only got one. If I had to pick just one it would have been The Mix anyway. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 5508 Registered: 05-2005 |
Oh, I need to correct the record of the Bob Mould show. It seems they didn't play Helpless! (Everything else I said they played is accurate though!). | ||
| C Gull Member Username: C_gull Post Number: 205 Registered: 05-2005 |
My Bloody Valentine at Hammersmith Wednesday. Still sound great, the sheer audacity of the noise they make makes me smile through most of the gig. 3 tracks of MBV (shame not more) but mainly Isn't Anything (which sounded raw and brilliant) and Loveless along with 4 tracks off You Made me Realise. Left before the You Made Me Realise noise (seen/heard it before). Very good night though. | ||
| Mark Leydon Member Username: Mark_leydon Post Number: 344 Registered: 05-2005 |
Terrific concert by Paul Kelly and Neil Finn last night at the Sydney Opera House. It was streamed live on Youtube - and the full show is available online for the next 30 days (skip to 19 mins for the start): http://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_ id=annotation_233183&feature=iv&src_vid= K_Us3H72U4Q&v=K_Us3H72U4Q#t=19m35s | ||
| Andreas Severins Member Username: Andreas_severins Post Number: 253 Registered: 11-2007 |
@Mark, wonderful. Thx for this information! | ||
| TROU Member Username: Trou Post Number: 324 Registered: 05-2005 |
I went to Anna Domino/Snakefarm in Bruxelles at an old little typical café who, some say, saw the likes of Jacques Brel, Miles Davies, or even Franck Black and many jazz icons. I recognised some of the artists of the Disques du Crepuscule /Crammed era in the audience. This pub had also a good stock of the sometime scarce Orval (my fave beer), so it was the place to be ! Concert was very simple. I think she sang mostly Snakefarm songs with her belgian friend and Stephen Brown (Tuxedo Moon),. My preferate ones remained those of her solo time. http://imageshack.us/f/213/dsc1824ad.jpg / I've counted, I saw her in concert 27 years ago...Good old time. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 5543 Registered: 05-2005 |
In January I saw Joe Pernice & Norman Blake (playing together) and The Waterboys. In March I saw Bob Mould. In April I'm going to see PIL and in May I'll see Kraftwerk. One of these days I'll see a musician or band with less than 25-35 years years in the business. | ||
| David Gagen Member Username: David_g Post Number: 424 Registered: 02-2007 |
Saw Damian Dempsey at Old Museum Hall in Brisbane last night. One of the best shows I've seen in front of small but rapturous crowd of about 200. Very powerful stage presence and booming voice, DD infused songs with great emotional intensity. Will b buying back catalogue at first opportunity. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 2505 Registered: 01-2005 |
In July I'm going to see Wire for the first time ever. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 5577 Registered: 05-2005 |
I saw Jon Anderson who used to be in Yes walking along the beachfront with his wife in Manly yesterday evening. He played the night before in Sydney but I didn't go, so I was too embarrassed to go up and talk to him. I didn't go because it was just him solo, no band. I wish I had now. He was in Manly with his wife. I'd love to have told him how much his music has meant to me over the years. | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 823 Registered: 10-2006 |
I think he'd probably have been happy to hear it, Padraig! I know it's natural to feel that maybe they don't want to be bothered by fans and so on, but in the end I think artists like to know that their stuff can mean a lot to others. I had to gird my loins - and be half-dragged by the wife - to go up to the poet Tony Harrison when he was over here once and tell him how much I loved his work, and he seemed really pleased! Anderson always comes across as a bit dippy, but also as a really nice bloke. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 5580 Registered: 05-2005 |
Yes, he does always come across as a nice bloke? I saw someone who doesn't, John Lydon, last night. PiL were great. They played for two hours, which I certainly had not been expecting. There was no Thatcher comment (I thought there might have been). He didn't even mention his various disputes here (he had run ins with a TV presenter and a radio interviewer). They played Disappointed, Warrior, This Is Not A Love Song, Rise, a few from the comeback album and much more. Mostly males in their 40s and 50s at the gig, but there were some young people (mostly women it seemed) there who were probably only born in the 1990s. | ||
| C Gull Member Username: C_gull Post Number: 206 Registered: 05-2005 |
Edwyn Collins at St Georges Church Brighton. Great set spanning right through Orange Juice, early and later EC solo albums. The new album is great. What is this fashion for playing in churches though? Theres a kind of novelty aspect and its a more pleasant environment than your average fleapit hall but sitting in pews does n't do a lot for the atmosphere. Next up Bob Mould and The Fall (not together but that would interesting). | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 5642 Registered: 05-2005 |
Bob Mould and The Fall in a church? That I'd like to see. | ||
| peter ward Member Username: Peter_ward Post Number: 218 Registered: 06-2005 |
John Grant and Phosphorescent at The Kilkenny Roots Festival. Grant's delayed start allowed for a few additional Metalhead IPAs at the bar opposite the Theatre and nobody was complaining as he hit the stage almost 2 hours late due to sound issues. His set lasted almost as long, with almost all of his new album and the highlights from his "Queen Of Denmark" one. Not crazy about the Synth solos though he said he would put them on his cornflakes if he could! A very charismatic man, he had the room in his hand despite the delays, "Glacier" was a real highlight. Phosphorescent played the first night of their European tour to a sold out crowd, it was short and sweet with the highlights being the hypnotic looped brilliance "Wolves" and a George Jones cover dedicated to the man who passed away a couple of weeks ago. Missed out on John Murry who by all accounts played 2 great sold out shows in small venues. | ||
| TROU Member Username: Trou Post Number: 329 Registered: 05-2005 |
Thanks for the John Grant's report. "Glacier" is already my song of the year. | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 766 Registered: 05-2005 |
Kings of Convenience at the Roundhouse in Camden tonight, The Ocean Blue at the Rialto in Silverlake on Sunday and the Black Angels at the Mayan in Los Angeles next week. like buses with the gig action | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 768 Registered: 05-2005 |
Kings of Covenience were walking on air last night, absolutely amazing gig, great sound and vibe, really good crowd, the only thing which stopped it from being the best concert I have ever attended was a strangely poor choice of encore songs. The main set itself was perfect in every way | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 5709 Registered: 05-2005 |
Looking forward to Kraftwerk at the Opera House on Monday week. Cosmo, you obviously work in the music industry; sound engineer? Tour manager? Bass player? | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 770 Registered: 05-2005 |
None of the above Padraig | ||
| TROU Member Username: Trou Post Number: 331 Registered: 05-2005 |
Someone took me to Ian McCulloch two days ago. I've never been a big fan of Echo+ Bunnymen but I must admit that this was a surprisingly good concert. The accompanying guitarist was terrific and IMC, who was at a milk with honey diet to cure some throat problems, was more funny that I thought. Two encores for the devoted audience and a long standing ovation for the legend. | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 773 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Black Angels at the Mayan in Los Angeles last night had the most fantastic psychedelic light show http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLd8DUIdj vo | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 774 Registered: 05-2005 |
more http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g21kkfMM6 uc | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 5735 Registered: 05-2005 |
Kraftwerk at the Opera House tonight. Brilliant show. They played all of The Mix album and then a few more greatest hits, including The Model and Tour De France (my two favourite Kraftwerk tracks). Everyone was given 3D glasses on the way in for the projections, which were great. They're playing two shows a night, so they were due back on stage 15 minutes after the show I was at (which was 1 hour 45 minutes). Not bad for auld fellas (Ralf Hutter is 66). | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 775 Registered: 05-2005 |
Love (the last line-up ie Baby Lemonade with Johnny Echols + Michael Stewart from the original line-up) without Arthur but with Ebbot Lundberg from The Soundtrack of Our Lives singing on several songs at the Casbah in San Diego last saturday | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 1068 Registered: 04-2006 |
neil young/crazy horse in berlin. mixed feelings. he played two hours, but due extended guitar noise gimmickry at the end of nearly all songs there was no time for the one or other crazy horse classic. highlights: mr. soul and hey, hey, my, my. only one encore (You are like a hurricane). gladly no rain from the beginning of the concert till the end. god must be neil fan. | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 1069 Registered: 04-2006 |
and last week: swans. frenzy and loud as around thirty years ago when I saw them the first time. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 3221 Registered: 03-2005 |
I finally attended a show last night. I saw The Bats at a small venue in Silverlake called the Satellite. I've been aware of this space for years but never visited as there are so many others extremely close to where I live. The show was well attended, all full of suitably geeky music lovers. In advance of the Bats, the DJ started playing a variety of Antipodean records. When a guy next to me saw me singing to "Spring Rain" he clinked my beer glass. I learned from him that the Bats actually come through Los Angeles fairly often, the last time loosely around the release of "The Guilty Office," their now second-newest album. Since I am guilty of not regularly checking the show listings I had no idea. I certainly would have wanted to see them then as well. I only learned about this show from (I think) Hugh Nimmo. I heard about a show scheduled a handful of miles from my house on the west coast of North America from a person living on the west coast of Scotland. There's nothing like a band that's been at it for 30 years with no personnel changes and not much of a hiatus either, compared to the zillions of reunited bands. Everybody looked good, trim and healthy. Kaye seemed impossibly young. As I expected them to do they played numbers from the last two albums, but maybe not as many from "Free All the Monsters" as I expected and as I wanted. I happen to regard that as one of their best albums, period, which makes it wonderful to see them in that context. For example I would have loved to have heard them do the kick-off song "Long Halls" and "Space Junk" (which would have dovetailed neatly with the venue which was called Spaceland before it became Satellite). They did do the title song and also "It's Not the Same" and "In the Subway." They also did "See Right Through Me"; I suppose I shouldn't really feel that they didn't play enough from the newest album. They played "Boogey Man" which was great live but I confess that it's one of the tracks I've eschewed on iTunes because I find it just a little too twee. That opinion is always subject to change. They did "Block of Wood" and one I hoped they'd play but assumed they would not--"Tragedy"--and "North by North" and "Made Up in Blue" so the folks who wanted their oldies were served. People asked for "Courage" which I would have loved to hear. That's the first Bats song I ever heard. I think Padraig pointed me to a youtube of that song. I was pretty much at the back of the room so I behaved myself and didn't request "The Great Kelso Flood." They were getting enough obscure requests as it was. They knew it was their audience. I noticed a lot of unfavorable comments online about the sound at the Satellite. I thought it was entirely acceptable for a small venue and the Bats were well served. Yes it was distorted and so forth but that's what you get in a small space. It was not excessively distorted. The three voices were properly balanced, Kaye's and Robert's guitars were blended together in the way that they normally are on the recordings and the bass and drums were as they should be. Los Angeles was their last date before returning to NZ. I bought a little Robert Scott painting for $50. I'm quite jazzed about that. Opening act was a young group called Cotillion, who had some honestly good songs but a lead guitarist who really wants to be Tom Verlaine and the songs weren't those sorts of songs. They were fun. Middle act was Rough Church. I know nothing about them but they were mostly as old as me and the music was individual as was the lineup: violin, guitar, bass, drums, supplemental percussion. Apparently there is normally a second guitarist but the absence seemed beneficial. The singer/writer is too shouty for my taste but songs seemed good and he delivered an absolutely wonderful poem introducing the Bats including a delightful metaphor about us borrowing them from NZ as a person might borrow a book to read. Rough Church has apparently performed a lot in the two Down Under countries. I'll do a little research about them. All in all, it was a very satisfying night and I didn't even end up with a middle-aged aching back. | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Hugh_nimmo Post Number: 581 Registered: 03-2007 |
Randy, Thank you for the review. I really like Robert's artwork and have often thought of purchasing something from him. What did you pick up? As you know, I saw them perform perform live at the Halt Bar in Glasgow back in the 1980's and whenever I see photographs of the band today I am amazed at how little Kaye seems to have changed. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 3222 Registered: 03-2005 |
Hugh, I picked up a small oval painting on board. There's a single male figure with a hat and an open mouth suggestive of Munch's "The Scream" but with a verdant Polynesian country lane in the background. There was a larger piece as well with a single female figure. It was also $50. The band had announced from the stage that they hoped to sell everything and not have to transport anything home. In the dark club light I thought the smaller piece looked more detailed and chose it for that reason. I wish I'd thought of looking at the total cash in my wallet and bought them both but I was so overjoyed that I had enough for one of them it didn't occur to me to see if I had enough for the both. As it turns out, I did. | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 785 Registered: 05-2005 |
Queens of the Stone Age crushing it at Castle Donington | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Hugh_nimmo Post Number: 582 Registered: 03-2007 |
Randy, A single male figure wearing a hat is a regular feature of his paintings. I have seen quite a few over the years and have liked them all. I am also very fond of his landscapes. He had a website several years ago on which he displayed his artwork but it seems to have disappeared. I know it is not as good as the real thing but, in case you have not seen it, here is a link to The Bats performing 'Space Junk' in the East Brunswick Club, Melbourne, in 2011. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMITHCMqa yc | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 3223 Registered: 03-2005 |
Thanks Hugh. Looks more like a video than a live performance. Love the song. Kevin used to puzzle over why some of us like the Bats so much. I can understand why. They rely on almost extreme simplicity. But it works. And try to create a good new Bats song: you can't, but they can. | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 787 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Blue Aeroplanes in Brighton | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 5843 Registered: 05-2005 |
On 1 August I'm going to see You Am I at the Enmore, playing both Hi Fi Way and Hourly, Daily in their entirety. Cosmo, how was the Blue Aeroplanes show? I saw them blow away The Church in Boston in 1990. A few years later I saw Strangelove blow away Radiohead in Dublin. Talking to Strangelove's guitarist afterwards, it turned out he was in Blue Aeroplanes when I saw them in Boston. Quite some coincidence. | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 788 Registered: 05-2005 |
Gerry and the Pacemakers as they were described to me by a friend Padraig, Gerard Langley with a youngish group who were going for it, John Langley still a superb drummer but the sound wasn't great and the sound engineer wasn't soloing the guitarists when he should have (possibly a regular problem with so many guitarists?). Are you referring to Alex Lee from Strangelove? He went on to play with Suede, Placebo (live) and Goldfrapp | ||
| Burgers Member Username: Burgers Post Number: 50 Registered: 05-2005 |
I also saw the Blue Aeroplanes in 1990 at the Astoria. Absolutely brilliant live band. Much better than any of their records. | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 789 Registered: 05-2005 |
Yes the Aeroplanes were a phenomenal live act in the 80s and early 90s, not the same force they once were though. The new album Anti- Gravity is very good though | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 790 Registered: 05-2005 |
Wouldn't Strangelove have been headlining that show Padraig? I am fairly sure RH supported them in the UK but cant remember what year | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 791 Registered: 05-2005 |
OK so a quick check on the internet revealed my memory to be as muddled as my shoe cupboard, Strangelove supported Radiohead and not the other way round. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 5844 Registered: 05-2005 |
Cosmo, it was Julian Poole. He was a very nice fellah. In googling him just now I've discovered that he was also in Witness, who were great. Strangelove, though great live, were not so great on the records and CDs of theirs I bought. | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 796 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Black Angels at the Haunt in Brighton my initial disapointment to discover that they hadnt brought their amazing psychedelic light show with them from the USA was quickly placated by the band sounding great in a rammed and small venue which was perfect for their crazy druggy 60s San Fran vibe | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 5883 Registered: 05-2005 |
I just bought tickets for The Cult in October. They are playing the Electric album. I saw them a few years back when they played Love, it was great. I got pissed off at all the extras charged though. The agency has to legally include the booking fee in the ticket price, so now they've made up a new charge, a "transaction fee" to bump up the price. As I said to the not-all-that-smart person behind the counter: "This is ludicrous. How else are you going to sell the tickets other than through a transaction?" Oh how I miss the days when I was on the guest list for every show I went to! | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 3235 Registered: 03-2005 |
So the concert ticket surcharges are an international racket, then. I'm always shocked yet again at how much they add up to. | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 806 Registered: 05-2005 |
Kraftwerk at Latitude amazing ! 3D visuals, beautiful to look at and listen to | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 3246 Registered: 03-2005 |
Stan Ridgway at McCabe's Guitar Shop in Santa Monica last night. A friend of mine told me he was going to this on Friday, the night before the actual performance date. I was a little underwhelmed, thinking about how Ridgway can get a little too invested in "schtick" at times. But by yesterday afternoon I realized "hey, schtick is actually a good thing when you're seeing somebody live." So I called McCabe's and got a ticket. He played "The Big Heat," "Drive She Said," "Ring of Fire," "King for a Day," a ballad that he said was written about Kurt Cobain but I don't remember the title, "Factory," "Call of the West," a Drywall song called "Barbecue" or something like that and "Mexican Radio" which interestingly reminded me just how often the "hit" is the weakest song. He performed with his wife Pietra Wexstun and an excellent guitarist named Rick King. It was a good show, the only sour element being my too-old body's discomfort sitting in a folding chair for that long. I would have loved to have stood through the show but McCabe's doesn't have space for standing. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 3247 Registered: 03-2005 |
I'm remembering a few more songs. He did "Lonely Town," "Roadblock" and I don't know how I could have forgotten "Camouflage." I'm a sucker for mystical story songs like that. He closed with "A Mission in Life" which I'll admit is not a favorite. I'm sure I'm still forgetting a few things. What I enjoyed the most was his folkie reworkings of the old Wall of Voodoo songs. | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 813 Registered: 05-2005 |
Big Green Tree has been getting alot of air play for me this summer Randy, did he play that song? It's a great aching ballad to getting old and closer to the end of your life. | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 1130 Registered: 08-2004 |
It's nice to see that Stan Ridgeway & Mcabe's are still going strong. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 3248 Registered: 03-2005 |
No, Cosmo, he didn't play that. He seemed to be convinced that he should heavily favor his older material. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 5954 Registered: 05-2005 |
You Am I last night. They played all of Hourly, Daily in the first set, then all of Hi-fi Way in the second. And then played an encore set too. It was fantastic. Best I've ever seen them. | ||
| peter ward Member Username: Peter_ward Post Number: 222 Registered: 06-2005 |
Don't know if any members on here live in LA but this could be worth attending: http://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/ 361577?utm_medium=bks Attended Spiritualized performing "Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space" in it's entirety with full electric band, string and horn sections and gospel choir at The National Concert Hall in Dublin and it was truly amazing. Highlights were "Cop Shoot Cop" ""Broken Heart" and "The Individual" Jason Pierce has cheated death a couple of times in recent years so great to see him on form and at the centre of a night like this. Only such performance this year although they have done it in NYC and All Tomorrows Parties amongst other events in the past and it's one to watch out for. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 5995 Registered: 05-2005 |
I saw them in the Red Box in Dublin around the time Ladies And Gentlemen... came out. It was a very disappointing show. | ||
| peter ward Member Username: Peter_ward Post Number: 224 Registered: 06-2005 |
Padraig - It's an album that's difficult to recreate live on a budget but I saw them in Leisureland Galway on that tour and loved the show but the set up and sound at NCH was something special. I've seen them lots of times down the years from Feile playing after Iggy in '93 with a lazer guided light show to a very dull affair in Vicar st a few years back when I thought I wouldn't bother again. | ||
| TROU Member Username: Trou Post Number: 335 Registered: 05-2005 |
As all the tickets for two Pixies concerts in Bruxelles were sold within seconds (300 € on ebay a few hours after the announcement..) , I’ve decided to see the Black Angels and, with some fears, « new » Midlake in an intimate place. | ||
| C Gull Member Username: C_gull Post Number: 221 Registered: 05-2005 |
pixies sold out quickly in the UK too, noticed they are opening with The Falls New Big Prinz which is interesting. On the not-gigs 2013 front, Deerhunter have just cancelled the European dates of their tour. Desperately disappointed. | ||
| TROU Member Username: Trou Post Number: 337 Registered: 05-2005 |
For the Pixies I'll finally go to Luxembourg (with some earplugs?) I've never seen them. I could only be surprised.. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 6120 Registered: 05-2005 |
Going to see The Cult play Electric tonight. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 6123 Registered: 05-2005 |
And they were great. | ||
| Andreas Severins Member Username: Andreas_severins Post Number: 261 Registered: 11-2007 |
Going to see Wire playing cologne Luxor tonight. Nice little venue! | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 3294 Registered: 03-2005 |
Yesterday at the Way Over Yonder festival in Santa Monica: Shovels & Rope. This is a male/female duo of songwriters from South Carolina. They did things the modern lean way, with one on guitar and the other on a partial drum kit and little digital keyboard. They swapped instrumental roles occasionally. Excellent songs, well presented. They appear to have an album but comments warn that some of the additional instrumentation and effects made possible by the recording detract a bit from their unquestionable onstage excellence. Also Neko Case. I'm a big fan of hers. I've only heard her new album once. It's more rock, less country but her inimitable structure-bending songwriting style is intact. As always, she was vital and handsome on stage, wearing not one tiny bit of makeup as she moves deeper into her 40s. She played mostly from "Middle Cyclone" and the new album but gave us "I Wish I Was the Moon" because, really, she has to and a few other older numbers. No doubt in honor of the locale, she did "In California" from her overlooked "Canadian Amp" album. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 6163 Registered: 05-2005 |
Day Ravies this afternoon, launching their debut album. They are very talented kids. | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 843 Registered: 04-2005 |
One of those curious musical evenings that rural France throws up once in a while. In the village hall of Cadouin, an English/Irish duo playing jazz and blues covers. The hall itself is worthy of mention, looking as it hasn’t changed one iota since the 40s when it was built. A sign pinned to the entrance reminds the person concerned to leave the waste bin inside the hall. The musicians perform amongst a half built (or half dismantled?) theatre set, giving the impression of playing in someone’s living room! The Englishman is Peter ‘Bimbo’ Acock, a session musician and multi-instrumentalist of some renown from the 70s and 80s, the Irishman is Eamonn Murray a harmonica player and saxophonist. Not sure if they have played together much before (very informal!), but for me the highlights were Murray’s amazing harmonica playing and his pure honest vocal. The night before I missed Ron Peno (from Died Pretty) who was playing a bar about an hour from us ! | ||
| TROU Member Username: Trou Post Number: 341 Registered: 05-2005 |
Between Midlake and Pixies I'll go to see Dominique A with a friend. He comes in a neighbouring little town. |