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     spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2703 Registered: 05-2005 |
Thought it needed a new thread... I am to see Sigur Ros tomorrow in Wolverhampton. Christ I hope I stay awake... | ||
| Jonathan Evans Member Username: Jon Post Number: 255 Registered: 04-2005 |
I went to see them a couple of years back, and they had an amazing lighting/projection thing going....I have to say it was a good night, but after about 90 minutes I was ready for home. How about some Winnebago gigs....can you make beyond the midlands? Cheers Jon | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2711 Registered: 05-2005 |
Jon, that's what I fear about a Sigur gig, bless their hearts. No more Winnebago gigs I am afraid, I simply can't afford to pay for rehersals, and we all live too far away from one another, a shame, however, I drum for The LEAKING MACHINE, http://www.myspace.com/theleakingmachine We're looking for a deal, Go out in the garden on the page has been compared to Too much of one thing... we have poss gigs in the Pool and Manc Jon. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2720 Registered: 05-2005 |
Sigur Ros blew me away. What can I say...unorthadox, mesmerising, totally unique, heartfelt, sweet, colourful, very loud, very quiet, careful, an appreciation for fine ethnic or ancient instrumentation, a collective appreciation of one another, egoless, perfectly balanced set list, good players, singer is otherworldly, wow! They NOW! | ||
| Jonathan Evans Member Username: Jon Post Number: 259 Registered: 04-2005 |
Animal Collective are playing Manchester in January, so I'm getting ticket for that. Cheers Jon | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2430 Registered: 05-2005 |
Just got tickets for Leonard Cohen / Paul Kelly / The Triffids and friends in January. The Triffids were added after I'd bought the tickets, so that's a bonus. It's open air in a winery a couple of hours north of Sydney so I'm really looking forward to it. Cohen is also playing a soulless barn called the Entertainment Centre in Sydney. It is my aim in life to never again see a gig there. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1817 Registered: 03-2005 |
Between the setting and the program that sounds like a great show, Padraig. I am so jealous. And, no, I wouldn't go to a place called the "Entertainment Centre" either. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2433 Registered: 05-2005 |
I was thinking it sounded like your kind of gig Randy! Another bonus is that children under 12 are free in so my daughter's second ever concert is going to be another one to remember. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1818 Registered: 03-2005 |
Is it a daytime or nighttime thing? I'm guessing it's a pretty long show, bordering on a one-day festival. Will the winery's wares be on offer? It just sounds so great. And--ahem--maybe Grace can keep the peace. | ||
| Geoff Holmes Member Username: Geoff Post Number: 413 Registered: 05-2005 |
Padraig, After your little alert above, I've just Googled the Triffids and friends and they are also playing those "Day on the Green" things at wineries in the Hunter and at Bowral. I'm thinking of rounding up the troops for one of these venues. I agree, the "Ent Cent" is a soul less and life less barn. I saw the Crowdies in there last year and, as per usual, unless you know someone who works there - no matter if you queue for 3 days (as a friend did for the Cure early 90's) or be hot fingers on the internet(Crowdies 07), you still get crummy seats WAY up the back. It sucks bigtime and I too refuse to go there again...unless the Beatles timewarp to the future! | ||
| joe Member Username: Dogmansuede Post Number: 557 Registered: 07-2006 |
out of curiosity, who is fronting the triffids? | ||
| Geoff Holmes Member Username: Geoff Post Number: 414 Registered: 05-2005 |
Mick Harvey and Steve Kilbey | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2434 Registered: 05-2005 |
Geoff, it's the Bimbadgen winery show in the Hunter we're going to. Randy, Triffids are on at 5.15, Paul Kelly at 6.15 and laughing Len at 7.30. The winery's produce is indeed on sale, as is a lot of fine food at various stalls (no burger and chips there I think!). So it will be a long evening, but I think people just bring picnic blankets and sit on the grass. All very lovely apparently. I wonder if Paul Kelly will join The Triffids to sing Wide Open Road before he comes on for his own show? I hope he does. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1307 Registered: 01-2005 |
I'm thinking about a road trip to Chicago next weekend. Robyn Hitchcock is performing two shows on Saturday the 16th that feature his 1984 album "I Often Dream OF Trains". Tim Keegan of Departure Lounge fame and another musician are assisting Mr. Hitchcok perform his opus. IODOT's is one of my favorite albums from Robyn. | ||
| Geoff Holmes Member Username: Geoff Post Number: 415 Registered: 05-2005 |
Have been listening to ABC radio 702 in the morning and heard this GREAT guy whos just about to play up the road on Thursday. His name is C W Stoneking and he does stuff that sounds like it's from a smokey speakeasy during the prohibition...authentically. Have heard only one song but I'm hooked! I thought you'd have too much class to go to the "Ent Cent" Padraig ;). Friends of mine have been to one of those "Day on the Green" shows (years ago) and they are very family friendly and relaxed, apparently, so everyone should have a good time! | ||
| joe Member Username: Dogmansuede Post Number: 561 Registered: 07-2006 |
i'm seeing the charlatans tomorrow night. i haven't thought about it much, nor listened to them in years. however, i just put on between 10th & 11th and am now.....officially....very very excited.... | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1296 Registered: 08-2006 |
A double bill with the Drive-By Truckers and The Hold Steady on Friday. Should be a barn-burner. | ||
| Mark Leydon Member Username: Mark_leydon Post Number: 198 Registered: 05-2005 |
whoa! That's my idea of great Friday night Rob. Kick out the jams. Give us a report next week! | ||
| C Gull Member Username: C_gull Post Number: 120 Registered: 05-2005 |
Saw The Notwist last night which was good. A first for me one of the band members was playing the Wii. Not quite the same as an axe but maybe a sign of things to come? | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2471 Registered: 05-2005 |
Do they play any of their indie rock mid 90s stuff anymore C Gull? I liked them better then. | ||
| C Gull Member Username: C_gull Post Number: 121 Registered: 05-2005 |
Padraig Mainly the new album, I don't know much of their other stuff very well but the last song sounded like a real indie classic - jangly guitars kind of thing -which sounded great. | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 378 Registered: 04-2005 |
Last Friday evening, a performance by the pianist Yonathan Avishaď accompanied by two excellent musicians from Bordeaux, Bertrand Noël (drums) and Nicolas Mirande (bass). I have lost count of how many times I have seen Yonathan play in the last 3 or 4 years, but it is always inspiring and frequently borders on genius. Friday’s concert was in his home village in the Dordogne and (on a pretty foul evening weather-wise) over a 100 people crowded into the small village hall to witness the magic as it unwound. For me the real beauty of jazz is in improvisation and watching the 3 musicians take a theme and explore it together was breathtaking. A special mention for Bertrand, who has one of the most relaxed styles I have ever seen for a drummer, but is incredibly inventive and constantly pushing the music in another direction. The music varied enormously from some quite minimal pieces, to a couple of Abdullah Ibrahim covers to a James Brown funk workout and a couple of compositions from Yonathan’s fellow band members in “Third World Love”. For the start of the second set, as people were still milling around, Yonathan sat down at the piano and just started repeating one note, which eventually transformed itself into a solo piece that lasted some 15 minutes. There is however never a sense of self indulgence or pretension in what he plays; it remains accessible and emotional. There are a couple of photos here http://beauvert.over-blog.com/ | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 688 Registered: 04-2006 |
Fleet Foxes, Berlin 24.11.08 despite the fact that this wasn't as intimate as in june as they played together with beach house in front of 100 thrilled people in a small berlin cafe their voices and their music have the power to overwhelm the crowd in a big, cold arena without any atmosphere. as they started to sing the atmosphere changed immediately and the whole crowd get enchanted. this still lasts and it is difficult to get their music and their voices out of the head. this was music from another time. beautiful, like an epiphany. | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 689 Registered: 04-2006 |
a friend sent me this: http://www.blogotheque.net/Fleet-Foxes,4 532 | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 690 Registered: 04-2006 |
ah, and don't miss to check out the whole takeawayshows. great stuff on that site. | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 691 Registered: 04-2006 |
especially #60. | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 693 Registered: 04-2006 |
sonny rollins, berlin, philharmonie, 1st of december 2008 78, yes he is an old man. and you can see it. shuffled slowly on to the stage( he must have big problems with his hips, i think). it looked like he's toppling down. but he didn't. and at the moment he played the first note on his sax, the world seems not to be the same. it was a swinging, grooving evening and i felt like hynotized by every single note and by the rhythm the band sets. two hours. an encore, long after the lights went on. then he shuffled from the stage, saying that he hopes to see us again in berlin. a promise? a hope? | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 694 Registered: 04-2006 |
sonn yrollins, berlin, philharmonie, 1st of december 2008 what i had written above is one side of the thing. it is more the ''living legend'' kind of view. the other side is that this set was a set without any real surprises. great, perfect playing, but maybe with a bit too much perfectness. the band never turned off the road. a great rhythm section, for sure. but the solos they played were without any colours. and the saxophone colossus? i think he still have the power to play his horn and bring the magic on every stage he plays . and he did, but maybe -because of his age- with a handbrake on. nevertheless, it was a memorable evening and i am glad i was there. | ||
| Jonathan Evans Member Username: Jon Post Number: 270 Registered: 04-2005 |
Got Morrissey tickets for Manchester next May. So next year's beginning to fill up nicely. Animal Collective, NME Tour, Magazine, Ultravox and Morrissey all planned for Manchester. Cheers Jon | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 384 Registered: 04-2005 |
The mighty Titi Robin in Bergerac SW France last night. An incredible 2+half hours continuous performance by the master of guitar and oud, backed by a 3 piece string section and some of his usual cohorts. The term 'world music' could have been invented for him, as he ranged across several musical spheres with gypsy, indian, flamenco and celtic themes. http://www.thierrytitirobin.com/ | ||
| Mark Leydon Member Username: Mark_leydon Post Number: 205 Registered: 05-2005 |
Eddy Current Suppression Ring at the Excelsior Hotel in Sydney last Friday night. This was a 'secret gig' as a warmup for their appearance at the Homebake festival the following day. I found out about at the last moment and just got there as the band came on stage. What a great gig. These guys from Melbourne build up an awesome head of steam live. Their songs are deceptively simple, usually built around retro sounding guitar and bass riffs that become steadily more hypnotic. The vocalist stalks the stage like a man possessed... Here's a clip from the gig I just found on YouTube: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=LnPMc1GChC Y | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2751 Registered: 05-2005 |
Saw James last Saturday. Very good. Old Mancunians now, but they just have an huge, enormous non-pompous sound that is so hard to find anywhere else! The line up featured Andy Diagram (Pale Fountain trumpeter) and basically the early 90's second line up again. Diagram wore his dress. It just worked seeing Andy in his dress, wheras seeing Angus in his recent ACDC articles, just looks wrong, ridiculous and crap! | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 42 Registered: 05-2005 |
Rachel Unthank at the Union Chapel was magnificent last week | ||
| TROU Member Username: Trou Post Number: 178 Registered: 05-2005 |
Morrissey in Luxembourg, here I come.. | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 700 Registered: 04-2006 |
cosmo, you lucky one. they also should play in berlin in a small location, but they cancelled the gig and i/o of that show they just played as a supportband to ben folds a few days later. what a pity. hope to see them some day, because the music they play is stunningly beautiful. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2758 Registered: 05-2005 |
ofr those in Oz, I recommend you go see http://www.myspace.com/thewhitestboyaliv e They are freakin excellent. | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 709 Registered: 04-2006 |
i am kloot, berlin postbahnhof, december 19, 2008 hm, can't remember that anyone here likes i am kloot. think that the only one who mention them from time to time is me. maybe so you are not very interested in what i am writing, but it was the last concert of the year (for me and i am kloot, too) and i will keep on my tradition to write some short impressions. first i have to say that i am not a devoted fan and i don't listen to them very often, but when i do i always have the feeling listening to something special. it was my 5th or 6th attempt to go to an i am kloot concert. sometimes it doesn't fit with my work, last year i had tickets, went to the concert hall and stood in front of closed doors - one member of the band was ill and the gig was cancelled. now everything fits and the show was great. the drummer provided a groove similar to jazz music, the bass player -sitting on a chair- seemed to slip into in his big black bass and i think he will sometimes get problems with his back and because of he's a chain smoker he will surely get some more problems. but he played great and it looks great. he was taken by the music completely. the crowd around me consisted of more young than old ones and i felt a bit out of place as most of the (young) girls know every single word of the song and sang with real fervour. btw: does anyone know why only girls sing? and interesting: nearly all the singing girls smoked (only one young man sang, and it was also the only one male who smoked.) is there a correlation of singing and smoking? the set touched every period of the band. songs with dense atmosphere, melancholy, great melodies, a sense of humour. perfect pop. what do you want more? p.s.: how 'popular' are they in england? all the best, andreas | ||
| Jonathan Evans Member Username: Jon Post Number: 276 Registered: 04-2005 |
Andreas I'm quite a fan of I Am Kloot, but I never seem to be in the right city/going to something else/suffering from man-flu so I've never managed to see them. I don't think they're that big in the UK as a whole, but I'm within 40-50km from Manchester so they're reasonably popular. Glad you enjoyed it. Cheers Jon | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 42 Registered: 10-2008 |
the first I am Kloot album is excellent - they dipped a bit after that | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2516 Registered: 05-2005 |
Andreas, I like your theorising about cigarettes! It looks like you hate the evil weed as much as I do. I saw I Am Kloot in King Tut's Wah Wah Hut in Glasgow in January. It was a great triple bill with The Webb Brothers headlining and a local girl band called Kirby on first. All three were great but I never again heard of Kirby after that. The gig put a smile on my face at a time when I wasn't feeling so great. No mean feat. And I had pakora afterwards! I have a couple of I Am Kloot albums, maybe even three, but it was just the first one that really struck me. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2517 Registered: 05-2005 |
That should say January 2001! | ||
| joe Member Username: Dogmansuede Post Number: 614 Registered: 07-2006 |
kev....was the first one the record with that terrific "there's blood on your legs" song? with all the hobos on the cover? i loved that back in the day. 2001? | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 46 Registered: 10-2008 |
joe - yep | ||
| joe Member Username: Dogmansuede Post Number: 615 Registered: 07-2006 |
i remember listening to that, arab strap's the red threat and mogwai's come on die young ad nauseum. first year uni...sunny times! | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 713 Registered: 04-2006 |
padraig, i would say that i am not one who really hates tobacco. sometimes i like the smell. and i never would convict someone who smokes. but it isn't important in my life and if you are not smoking it is (sometimes, no mostly) unbearabe. btw: my favourite i am kloot album is their second one. dark as the cover. in retrospect the first album i don't like very much. the third is a good one, too. their latest album is just o.k. on their third album they included a dvd with a live set. on the fourth also a dvd is included which shows the whole album played in the studio. nice addition. | ||
| Mark Leydon Member Username: Mark_leydon Post Number: 208 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Fleet Foxes were terrific at the Metro in Sydney on Saturday night. It's always great to catch a vocals-based band like this early in their career. Robin Pecknold's voice was extraordinary. At one point he came to front of the stage and sang without a microphone - strong and clear right to the back of the room. Much loveliness throughout. And they come across as really nice guys. | ||
| Jonathan Evans Member Username: Jon Post Number: 287 Registered: 04-2005 |
Mark Glad the fleet foxes were good. Is that part of the Sydney Festival, and if so is it a good time to visit Sydney? I could try and make it next year if finances/courses/work/and so on are in my favour!! Got a few lined up, but nothing since the last post I don't think. Animal Collective next Wednesday in Manchester. Cheers Jon | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 60 Registered: 10-2008 |
Jon, if the Animal Collective gig is as amazing as the new album it should be some night. The album may even end up bettering Panda Bears solo album from last year. | ||
| Jonathan Evans Member Username: Jon Post Number: 288 Registered: 04-2005 |
I'm looking forward to the album, its out next Monday, and its been pre-ordered. I doubt it will arrive to let me have a listen before Wednesday, but you never know your luck. Mr Bear's album last year was a real gem. I'll hopefully type something about it, but the old memory... Cheers Jon | ||
| Mark Leydon Member Username: Mark_leydon Post Number: 209 Registered: 05-2005 |
Hi Jon, No - The Fleet Foxes wern't part of the Sydney Festival. That starts next week. There are some great gigs coming up as part of the festival including the All Tomorrow's Parties extravaganza that's been organized by Nick Cave on Cockatoo Island in the middle of Sydney harbour. Takes place over two days on Jan 17 and 18 and features some great acts including Robert Forster, Spiritualized, The F*ck Buttons, The Saints etc. I've got tickets to the Sunday show and am looking forard to it. January is a great month to visit Sydney - the weather's good and there's always lots of great music happening - both because of the Sydney festival and because of sideshows around the big outdoor festivals that happen about now. Come on over! | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2545 Registered: 05-2005 |
First gig of the year today and the first of three in January! Today it was Dan Zanes & Friends playing a free gig in Sydney's Hyde Park as part of the Sydney Festival. It was wonderful. They play music aimed at children and every kid there, including my 7-year-old daughter, was loving it. As was every parent. We danced, we clapped, we sang along. We had a ball. Afterwards I briefly spoke to Dan and told him that I'd seen him play with his old band The Del Fuegos in their hometown of Boston in 1989 and that I'd met him purely by chance in Harvard Square the next day! I said it was a great pleasure to have have seen him play and then take my daughter to see him play again 20 years later. And it was. Next up is Krisin Hersh, then Leonard Cohen / Paul Kelly / The Triffids in a vineyard. | ||
| Charles Coy Member Username: Coy Post Number: 111 Registered: 10-2006 |
..in my ball park with Leonard Cohen, Padraig, Rochford Winery out Melbourne's East in the Yarra Valley, coming very soon. I have never seen him live, read the recent available 'Uncut' that featured a fair article on what to expect. Paul Weller material being revisted in our Seaford household, I loved the Jam enjoying catching up on years of Weller music output. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2546 Registered: 05-2005 |
I just got that issue of Uncut Charles. The price has come down to $9.95! I wonder is that because sales in Australia are down or if it's a very belated response to the currency exchange with sterling. The former I suspect. I saw Cohen in 1988 in Dublin. He was a mere youngfella of 54 then! | ||
| Jonathan Evans Member Username: Jon Post Number: 293 Registered: 04-2005 |
Went to see Animal Collective in Manchester (Club Academy) a couple of nights back. Have to say it wasn't what I expected, a little more noisy, that I'd imagined - maybe my age is catching up on me! Not the best start to 2009 for my gigging. Got a few more booked, so my list for 2009 is now. NME Tour (Glasvegas, White Lies....etc), Magazine (Looking forward to seeing Spence), Noah & The Whale, Ultravox, The Specials, The Wonderstuff and Morrissey. Enough 80s throwbacks maybe? Cheers Jon | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2581 Registered: 05-2005 |
Kristin Hersh was wonderful last night. Me and the four women in my company (two teachers, a health academic and a speech pathologist) had a drink afterwards and discussed the show in great detail. Then we went for a meal and we were still discussing it! The show was only about 75 minutes, so our discussion went on longer than what we were discussing! That good! Right now I'm listening to a live CD of her's I bought after the show. It's great. | ||
| David Gagen Member Username: David_g Post Number: 215 Registered: 02-2007 |
Neil Young Thurs night. Quite a superb show. Heavy rock to start, played some folk/country in middle, finished loud. Encore Beatles Day In The Life!! Highlights: Cortez the Killer, Old Man, Spirit Road, Everybody Knows This is Nowhere, Harvest Moon, Powderfinger, and killer version of Keep on Rockin' In Free World. One of the best shows I have ever witnessed. Great to have my son with me to share the moment. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2582 Registered: 05-2005 |
Nice one David, that sounds great. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2591 Registered: 05-2005 |
Saw Dan Sultan and his band play a wonderful show in The Rocks yesterday (it's a part of Sydney harbour btw, not a venue!). They were on a stage set up in the water and we were on dry land. At one point Dan said "come a little closer if you like!" He comes from a very famous Aboriginal family and on a few occasions he referred to the day as survival day and invasion day. This was applauded by far more people that I imagined would do so. I'm glad he did it. He did a brilliant version of Kev Carmody / Paul Kelly's This Land Is Mine / This Land Is Me and also a great take on Keith Richards' finest sining moment, Happy. His own songs are even better apart from one pretty terrible reggae song. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2845 Registered: 05-2005 |
Going to see Franz Ferdinand in March. Their new single is shit. | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 57 Registered: 05-2005 |
High Llamas in Kilburn on 12th February and Magazine the next day | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2852 Registered: 05-2005 |
Blomin eck Cosmo, High llamas, i gotta go, thanks for bringing to my attention. | ||
| TROU Member Username: Trou Post Number: 187 Registered: 05-2005 |
Lloyd Cole, surely, and Animal Collective, perhaps, in Koln. | ||
| Charles Coy Member Username: Coy Post Number: 118 Registered: 10-2006 |
Winnebago Deal at the Northcote Social Club, Melbourne February 7 from UK..Padraig would you or any other 'board' member shed some light..is this who I think it is, cause if it is, on will go the McLennan tee and I will buy that man a drink ..if all OK.. | ||
| Mark Leydon Member Username: Mark_leydon Post Number: 211 Registered: 05-2005 |
Been lucky enough to see three great gigs here in Sydney over the last few days. The first was Neil Young at the Sydney Entertainment Centre last Saturday. It was my first time seeing him in concert - and he was phenomenal. Amazing stage presence and charisma. Highlight was a stunning version of 'Cortez the Killer' which started slowly and just kept building and building until it drew a spontaneous standing ovation from everyone around me. Finished the evening with a great cover version of the Beatles 'Day in the Life'. On Wednesday I saw Leonard Cohen at the same venue. An equally wonderful but totally different sort of concert. A long (three hour!) set full of beautiful songs and poetry. Cohen was gracious and charming - and his band and backing singers were terrific. Incredible performance for a 75 year old. Last night I saw Ryan Adams and the Cardinals at the Enmore Theatre. To my surprise I have to say this was the best of the three! I saw Adams in the same venue about 18 months ago and he was awful - taciturn and disengaged. But last night he was like a completely different person. He was charismatic and engaging. And his voice was fantastic. The Cardinals were in fine form. It was a generous two hour concert - and almost every song sounded superb. The guitar interplay between Adams and Neal Cassal was phenomenal - at times sounding like the Allman Bros circa '71 (high praise in my book!). Really restored my faith in Adams. | ||
| Jonathan Evans Member Username: Jon Post Number: 304 Registered: 04-2005 |
Mark I think I've seen Ryan Adams about three or four times, and like you say you don't know what your likely to get, good and bad. It's the NME tour in Manchester on Friday, which is an excuse for the great magazine to tell us who to listen to this year....I'm sure they won't be moaning about the same bands in 6 months time. Off Topic - Does anyone read the NME these days? It must be about five years for me, and that was for a flight between Manchester and Auckland, it probably lasted until London! Anyway, the bands playing are Glasvegas, Friendly Fires, White Lies and Florence & The Machine. Cheers Jon | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1532 Registered: 10-2004 |
Saw Bobby Hutcherson last night, and wow, what an awesome show. He's an old 60s jazz guy (a vibe player, to be exact), and his "hard-bop" style is melodic enough to lure me in, but pushes the boundaries toward more experimental terrain without ever going full blown into free-jazz (which I tend to really dislike). Anyway, I just love seeing these old jazz guys play. The energy is just insane, the music can actually be intensely engaging, and it only reinforces my disappointment with seeing new/current rock/pop bands. Basically, if these jazz shows were cheaper, I'd be going out to see shows all the time! | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2604 Registered: 05-2005 |
Leonard Cohen / Paul Kelly / The Triffids at Bimbadgen, 31/1/09 Oh how wonderful it was. Truly one of the greatest concerts I've ever seen. It was 33 degress when The Triffids came on. It was great to see them again, particularly as it was just before the 10th anniversary of David McComb's death. With Graham Lee singing, they opened with Too Hot To Move, Too Hot To Think. He apologised for the appropriateness of the song. Mick Harvey, Jill Birt and Steve Kilby also sang. The highlights for me were Graham Lee singing Trick Of The Light, Mick Harvey doing The Seabirds, Jill Birt performing Raining Pleasure with a confidence that was joyful, and Steve Kilbey's passion on Stolen Property and Wide Open Road. Paul Kelly played a great show too, with his nephew Dan Kelly joining him on electric guitar after one or two songs. The highlight here was Before Too Long. And then Leonard Cohen. He played for over three hours and I can’t think of anything he didn’t play that I wanted to hear. It was just awesome. Everything was beautifully played by his amazing band and backing singers. He was a perfect gentlemen and humbly acknowledged our every applause with a doff of his Fedora and a sweet smile. All around me middle-aged women were swooning. On the bus back to the hotel afterwards one woman of a certain age captured it well by saying “we’re all in love with a 74-year-old man”. My full review of this amazing show is at http://www.myspace.com/padraigcollins | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1369 Registered: 01-2005 |
Kathleen Edwards tomorrow night at The Magic Bag, Ferndale MI. I've seen Julia Fordham, Mary Lou Lord, Robyn Hitchcock and The Church there, it a very nice venue 40 minutes from my house. | ||
| Simon Withers Member Username: Sfwithers Post Number: 109 Registered: 08-2005 |
Emily Barker, playing Bath and Bristol in March. She did some of the music for the recent Wallander series on the BBC. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2881 Registered: 05-2005 |
ANDREAS!!!!!!! Where are you!!??? Are you still going to Magazine in MANCHESTER??? LET ME/ JON KNOW MATEY AND WE CAN HOOK UP. Jon, I have sent you a msg, let me know you got it just incase your email is down, I should be in Manc about 3-4pm, shall we meet? Should be up with a mate of mine and Mr Miles Wonderstuff Hunt should be with us, he's a massive Magazine fan! I got our aftershow tickets! Cheers Spence | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1371 Registered: 01-2005 |
Jeff, I have a half dozen or so Blue Note label jazz albums on cd with Bobby Hutcherson on as a sideman. He was the top vibe session man on the Blue Note label from 1963 to 1967 and appeared most notably on Eric Dolphy's much praised "Out To Lunch" album, one of the 100 greatest jazz albums of all time according to the vast majority of pundits. I've got that one and give it two thumbs up! He also released many albums under his own name, but I don't own one sorry to say so I can't comment on his skills as a bandleader and composer. | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1534 Registered: 10-2004 |
Michael - as for Bobby Hutcherson albums (under his own name), I only have "Oblique," which is quite good. It's got Herbie Hancock on the ivories, and some of the tunes are really beautiful. I have a couple Dolphy albums, and I know "Out to Lunch," although I think it's a little bit too avant-bop, or whatever you'd want to call it, too 'out there,' for my tastes, but Hutcherson's vibes on that record always stood out for me. His show the other night was incredible. His band kicked up so much energy, but could also sound incredibly pretty and melodic. Speaking of vibes, I like what I've heard of Milt Jackson, too. | ||
| Andreas Severins Member Username: Andreas_severins Post Number: 64 Registered: 11-2007 |
Hi spence, of course I am coming to Manchester (and Magazine concert!) next week and will arrive on wednesday evening! It's the first time for me being in manchester... I will stay at Ascott 6 Half Edge Lane M30 9GJ Manchester Eccles Hope it is not too far out of the center.... Sorry, for the last days I had a bad flue and layed in bed most of the time and did not want to do anything. But it is getting better day by day... That's why I didn't take part here so much! Spence, you have aftershow tickets? @Jon: Are there any record shops in Manchester you can recommend (incl. vinyl)? Any recommendations for nice restaurants or pubs around are welcome... Thanxs for any hints and looking forward to meeting you guys... You can send me a mail to andreasseverins@web.de Have a nice day, Andreas. | ||
| Jonathan Evans Member Username: Jon Post Number: 305 Registered: 04-2005 |
Andreas I'm not an really an expert on Manchester but I think that place is around 5km from Manchester city centre, but Eccles rail station is quite near by. Eccles isn't the nicest place, but you'll probably be in Manchester most of the time. I'm sure reception will have more details than me on restaurants/pubs. I'll open up the record shops to others, but my main suggestion would be Piccadilly records, mainly CDs but does have a decent selection of vinyl. Here's the website. www.piccadillyrecords.com Cheers Jon | ||
| frank bascombe Member Username: Frankb Post Number: 413 Registered: 01-2007 |
Head to the Northern quarter which Picadilly Records is in it is interesting a studenty alternative vibe, with good bars. A great restaurent is the Istanbul on Bridge Street ( which is just off Deansgate near Kendals) which is Turkish and do good value Lunches, I was in there before Xmas and one of the Actors/ comedians from Cold Feet was in. Alternatively Tampopo (asian/thai)and is a good alternative to Wagamamma which is also good. | ||
| frank bascombe Member Username: Frankb Post Number: 414 Registered: 01-2007 |
China Town is also worth it and obviously good food can be found.There is also a famous chinese restaurant and the name escapes me now ( i will get back to you on that)which every body raves about but I found disappointing. The Time Out Manchester guide is excellent. The Imperial was musueum on Salford Quays is worth a trip as is The Whitworth Art Gallery. | ||
| Andreas Severins Member Username: Andreas_severins Post Number: 65 Registered: 11-2007 |
Thank you Frank and Jon, that help was very quickly and much apprecheated! I am waiting for a copy of "Time Out" shortlist Manchester that should arrive shortly... Looking forward to Manchester and Magazine  | ||
| TROU Member Username: Trou Post Number: 188 Registered: 05-2005 |
Lucky men... | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1373 Registered: 01-2005 |
Jeff, Thanks, I'll check out "Oblique". Other Bobby Hutcherson sideman albums on the Blue Note label that I own and can recommend are Jackie McLean's "Destination Out" and Andrew Hill's "Judgement". I have Grant Green's "Idle Moments" on order. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1376 Registered: 01-2005 |
Kathleen Edwards was great last night. She filled the 300 seat Magic Bag and played 20 songs. She is in Chicago this weekend and closes the tour in New York City at Joe's Pub next week. | ||
| David Gagen Member Username: David_g Post Number: 221 Registered: 02-2007 |
Michael, just bought Back to Me. Listened to it this morning. First time I had heard her. What a great album. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1377 Registered: 01-2005 |
Great David! Her first album Failer and last years Asking For Flowers are just as good if not better. | ||
| David Gagen Member Username: David_g Post Number: 222 Registered: 02-2007 |
I'll definitely be checking them out, thanks Michael | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2892 Registered: 05-2005 |
Hi Jon do you want my mob num for Saturday, or could you let me have yours? Cheers Spence | ||
| Jonathan Evans Member Username: Jon Post Number: 308 Registered: 04-2005 |
Spence I've replied to your email of ages ago. Sorry, I don't use that email address too much these days. If you could text me something I'll hopefully have your mobile, I'm not too good with modern technology!!!! See you Saturday. Cheers Jon | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2893 Registered: 05-2005 |
k jon ta andreas, how we gonna communicate!? | ||
| Andreas Severins Member Username: Andreas_severins Post Number: 68 Registered: 11-2007 |
Hi spence, hi Jon, gonna send you an email in which I will give you my phone number. You can send me yours via email or sms and I think this will work perfectly! Looking forward to saturday, Andreas. | ||
| Andreas Severins Member Username: Andreas_severins Post Number: 69 Registered: 11-2007 |
Hi spence, your mail address didn't work... can you send me a short note with your correct mail address, please cu, Andreas. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2897 Registered: 05-2005 |
hi andreas, sorry, my email account is now correct sir, if you want to try again | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2900 Registered: 05-2005 |
jon have sent u my mob numba to ur mob. spence | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2906 Registered: 05-2005 |
jon ot your mob fina now ta andreas, i shall send you an email with my mob on. safe travelling both. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1378 Registered: 01-2005 |
Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 coming to the Magic Bag in Ferndale, MI in a couple of months. That will be the 8th time I've seen Robyn live. | ||
| Andreas Severins Member Username: Andreas_severins Post Number: 71 Registered: 11-2007 |
@frank: thank you for your hint with the Istanbul. It was well worth going there - fine restaurant. The restaurant I liked the most in manchester is an excellent thai restaurant called "chaophraya" on chapel walks just off cross street! Best thai food I had in whole f...ing europe for depending on the quality little money!! http://www.manchesterbars.com/chaophraya .htm My next concert is on thursday an old scottish pal jackie leven where my parents aged 72 and 74 will join me! Both love his music and my mother has never been to a concert before and my father has just seen him once before | ||
| C Gull Member Username: C_gull Post Number: 132 Registered: 05-2005 |
went to see Mark E Smith and Ed Blaney in Brighton on Friday. It was pretty shambolic but on the positive side - it was in a scout hut about ten mins walk for me and its the first BYO gig I've been to - what a great idea! | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1356 Registered: 08-2006 |
Saw the Pretenders Sunday night at Chicago's Riviera Theater. Terrific show. Chrissie was in fine voice, her current band has a little more bite and attitude than mid-period incarnations and the material was choice. As a fan of their recent records, I was happy to hear how seamlessly the new stuff fit with the old. And I was amazed that, even after 90 minutes, I could count a half dozen tunes off the top of my head I expected to hear and didn't. That's a deep catalog. | ||
| Andreas Severins Member Username: Andreas_severins Post Number: 76 Registered: 11-2007 |
Tonight I am going to see Maximo Park in a tiny little club in Cologne - Gebaeude 9. The show sold out in less than two hours. Understandable because the club is for just 500 people only. Couldn't get a ticket tho but luckily Tom English put me on the guest list after I wrote him a mail. I met him once at the same place when they gave a concert back in 2005. I could not attend because the same night Go-Betweens played the cologne gloria. And I had tickets for them of cause! This was the last time for me seeing Go-Betweens live... It was June, 1st 2005 ... ;( Had a nice chat with Tom and I could see the soundcheck! Tom and the park are really nice guys and I am very happy to see them tonight in such a little venue! By the way, can anybody try to help me with the mening of the following that I found on Maximo Park's homepage near the preordering of the new album. Paul wrote: I’m currently listening to The Auteurs on my laptop after reading that new Luke Haines book. Very funny. Nice to hear about Felt and The Go-Betweens alongside a sizeable amount of amusing bile. Qualidad. Thanx guys, see you on concerts Andreas. | ||
| TROU Member Username: Trou Post Number: 193 Registered: 05-2005 |
Marc Almond on saturday in Koln for me. | ||
| Geoff Holmes Member Username: Geoff Post Number: 463 Registered: 05-2005 |
A big couple of months coming up on this side of the biggest pond... The Church at the Factory 15/3 Augie March acoustically at the Basement 4/4. Big Heavy Stuff supported by Ups and Downs(!!!!!!!!!!!!) 18/4. | ||
| TROU Member Username: Trou Post Number: 194 Registered: 05-2005 |
Yesterday, Marc Almond has made what we can call a triumph in Gloria (Cologne). A lot of encores, soft cell's songs, a brilliant band... Don't miss him... http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/6568/ dscf3846.jpg http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/6299/ dscf3684j.jpg http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/4964/ dscf3857.jpg | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2945 Registered: 05-2005 |
Franz Ferdinand in Birmingham Tonite, wearing me Josef K tee shirt! | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1933 Registered: 03-2005 |
Geoff, isn't Ups and Downs a band from way back when? Is this a reunion? Maybe I'm mixing them up with somebody else . . . . | ||
| Jonathan Evans Member Username: Jon Post Number: 313 Registered: 04-2005 |
Went to see Noah & The Whale at Manchester Academy 2 last night, a decent night out. They played for around 75/80 minutes playing most of the 1st album and some new stuff. They had a screen showing films between bands and during the set. They seem to have lost a few since last time I went to see them, I could only see 4 on stage. Cheers Jon | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2946 Registered: 05-2005 |
Franz ferdinand birmingham Academy. Boy this venue is the effin pitts. Its dark and dingy, its layout is absolutely wrong, half of downstairs is undercover from a suspended ceiling right next to the main satge standing area, it stinks, theres the same gunk on the shitty stinky carpets that was there when my old band got into a scrap with birdland in '91 after we'd signed to their label. On to the band. They were great. Hard to explain why, they sound very together, they are definately a real 'live\ act moreso than on any recordings I have heard, they look very good and have great stage presence whilst actually not moving that much. Great guitars chiming away, I could hear echoes of Josef K, Acertain Ratio(the good bits), Gang of four, Roxy music, a dynamic lead singer, they all got togetehr on the drummer's kit on one song, a really good night. | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 76 Registered: 05-2005 |
Spence, you are right about the Academy, it's a shit hole and not designed for gigs (just like the Academy in Bristol), these places are night clubs masquerading as venues. | ||
| Jonathan Evans Member Username: Jon Post Number: 314 Registered: 04-2005 |
I don't know about the Birmingham Academy, but I know Spence was going on about it when we met, so I'll go along that its rubbish. The only nightclub/venue I've been which is alright is the Ritz in Manchester. Seen some right good gigs at that place. I've a couple of weeks off, though I did see the Irish comic Ed Byrne in the Brindley in Runcorn. While we're on about venues, this is an excellent little place for any North West England people!! Ed Byrne was very, very funny! Cheers Jon | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 106 Registered: 10-2008 |
Wasnt it just FF rather than the venue that were shit ;-) The only band to rival Kings Of Leon for being really good to crap in the blink of an eye. | ||
| TROU Member Username: Trou Post Number: 195 Registered: 05-2005 |
No to mention Interpol.. | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 107 Registered: 10-2008 |
trou, get what you mean but they never released a great album imo - just a few pretty great songs | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2948 Registered: 05-2005 |
Kev, you're a punk to the very end mate! To be honest, its eay to be sceptical about FF. I saw them on TV the pther week, and thought...oh dear. But, there's that old saying "you had to be there", or in your case probably not;), but I tell the truth, they were really great. I don't think FF have sold out though, not in the same disgusting U2esque way Kings of leon have, no way siree. FF have still to produce their greatest work, I was thinkiong this when watchingthem, they are quite efortless to watch, you just know there'll be better to follow one day...or maybe not, who knows, i'd go and see em again, I hope to take my twins to go and see em, npw they are nearing 4!, as they love This Fire! TROU I ain't heard the latter day Interpol, mind you, they best to change direction given that they got caught up in all the Joy Division fakery which has now gone, thank Christ! | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2949 Registered: 05-2005 |
Jon, I like Ed Byrne too. Do you knoe Jason Byrne? hes a fuck8ng madman! He's the only comdeian that i die laughing when I watch him,, he's like Tommy Cooper, Father jack and Spike milligan all in one! | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2635 Registered: 05-2005 |
Jason Byrne is very funny. I used to see him in a tiny comedy club in a room above a pub in Dublin. | ||
| Jonathan Evans Member Username: Jon Post Number: 316 Registered: 04-2005 |
Spence/Padraig Yeah I know Jason Byrne, and he's really funny. I might start a comedy thread, but not tonight (Liverpool in the Champions League). I'm hoping to see Mark Watson, Mark Steel and Mark Thomas - I don't have a thing for men called Mark though! Cheers Jon | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2637 Registered: 05-2005 |
What a win for Liverpool Jon! Going to see Evan Dando soon and Australia against Uzbekistan in football. | ||
| Jonathan Evans Member Username: Jon Post Number: 317 Registered: 04-2005 |
Padraig A bit 'tired and emotional' this morning, so I thought you'd typed that Evan dando was playing for Australia.....the socceroos will take anyone!!!! Liverpool have a really talented young Australian keeper Dean Bouzanis (Though Greece might nick him). Got a few weeks off before my next gig. Love Evan Dando, managed to see The Lemonheads a couple of years back and Evan was on fine form. Cheers Jon | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 414 Registered: 04-2005 |
I have a chance to see Elysian Fields this weekend. Never heard of them, so anyone already seen them or know their recordings ? All opinions welcome ! | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2640 Registered: 05-2005 |
I reckon Evan would have made a good centre forward. He's a big lad. Bit past his football prime now though Jonathan! | ||
| Jonathan Evans Member Username: Jon Post Number: 319 Registered: 04-2005 |
Padraig I'm not sure Evan would pass the anti-doping test to be honest!! My Camera Obscura tickets arrived today. I think its in April and Manchester. Cheers Jon | ||
| peter ward Member Username: Peter_ward Post Number: 89 Registered: 06-2005 |
The drugs testing could have been a problem for Evan too, all his buddies fault! Saw The Gaslight Anthem in The Academy, Dublin last week, powerful show, last of their tour, give the vocalists performance I don't know how his voice lasted. Highlights: Great Expectations and Riverside. | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Hugh_nimmo Post Number: 151 Registered: 03-2007 |
Randy, I'm pretty certain that the Ups & Downs mentioned by Geoff are the Australian ( Brisbane? ) band who were around from 1984 to 1990. I believe two members of the group went on to form Big Heavy Stuff. What do you think are the chances of it being the original lineup? Hopefully Geoff will let us know in due course. | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Hugh_nimmo Post Number: 152 Registered: 03-2007 |
It seems that The Church have cancelled shows on 13th and 14th March ( Maroochydore and Brisbane ) due to illness in the band. At the moment, the Sydney show at the Factory Theatre is still going ahead. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1391 Registered: 01-2005 |
Jon, I'm looking foreward to getting the new Camera Obscura album next month. "Let's Get Out of This Country" was one of my favorites from 2006. Enjoy the show!! | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 77 Registered: 05-2005 |
Soft Hearted Scientists (currently possibly this country's finest band) in Birmingham on April 3rd | ||
| Jonathan Evans Member Username: Jon Post Number: 320 Registered: 04-2005 |
Michael I'm looking forward to Camera Obscura, gig and album. Support comes from Attic Lights, who aren't extremely exciting, but worth a listen, so that's handy. Cosmo Not heard Soft Hearted Scientists, but I might have to look around for them. Cheers Jon | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Hugh_nimmo Post Number: 153 Registered: 03-2007 |
Cosmo, I have just placed orders for two albums/two eps by the Soft Hearted Scientists after listening to them. Many thanks for the recommendation. Enjoy the show. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2957 Registered: 05-2005 |
Cosmo, see you there! The Hare and Hounds, played ther loads over the years, lasttme was last year supporting Vic Goddard. Kings Heath can have its rough moments, I'll look after ye!! Oh, SHS sound a lot like Beta Band, who I loved. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1935 Registered: 03-2005 |
Yes, Hugh, I pulled out my copy of "Pig City." The Ups and Downs were a Brisbane band in the mid-80s. I've never heard any of their stuff but Andrew Stafford's description of their influences makes me wonder if they might be too self-consciously paisley for my taste. | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 79 Registered: 05-2005 |
Hugh - you cant go wrong with any of the SHS stuff as it is all brilliant.Uncanny Tales from the Everday Undergrowth is a collection of their first 3 EPs and contains Brother Sister which is the song which sparked my love for them. Take Time to Wonder in a Whirling World is their first album proper and is a delight. I saw them live last year supporting Tunng and they were great. Spence - yeh man see you there! They do sound like the Beta Band but somehow warmer and friendlier, I can hear the Chills in them too sometimes and Syd Barrett is obviously a big influence. | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 80 Registered: 05-2005 |
And by the way I love the Beta Band too | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Hugh_nimmo Post Number: 154 Registered: 03-2007 |
Randy, I picked up a vinyl copy of 'Sleepless' by the Ups & Downs back in 1986 when it was released in the U.K. on the What Goes On label. I was very heavily into The Church at the time and was looking for groups with a similar style/sound. Not a bad band by any means but not in the same league as Kilbey & Co in my opinion. I believe they released a second album but it may not have made it out of Australia. Check out their MySpace website if you want to hear what they sound like. | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Hugh_nimmo Post Number: 155 Registered: 03-2007 |
Cosmo, I have really enjoyed what I have heard of SHS so far and I am hopeful that the albums will arrive tomorrow. I did notice that their debut album was made up of the tracks from their first three eps but I decided to go ahead and pick up the first two eps as they were selling cheaply. I was hoping that the songs on them were perhaps different versions/takes from those on the album. No cheap versions of the third ep available so I passed on it. Do you like Tunng? I am big fan and going by some of the reviews I have read, they are more impressive live than they are on record. | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 83 Registered: 05-2005 |
Hugh - the versions on the album are the same as the EPs. I am a Tunng fan and have seen them live twice - once in Brighton where the sound was merde and once in Bristol (with SHS) when they were excellent | ||
| Simon Withers Member Username: Sfwithers Post Number: 116 Registered: 08-2005 |
Last night I went to see Emily Barker - folk/country singer from Western Australia – supported by the Pete Roe Band at the Chapel Arts Centre, Bath. Great double bill. She's playing at the Folk House in Bristol on Saturday. Recommended. Check her MySpace page. | ||
| Geoff Holmes Member Username: Geoff Post Number: 464 Registered: 05-2005 |
Randy, sorry it took so long to get back to your enquiry - busy week topped off with a visit to the Sydney Opera House to see the SSO and the Leipzig boys choir do Bach and Mendelson....yeah, a bit high brow for me!!! Ups and Downs....where to begin??? The early Church (esp Seance without the electro drums!) is a definite touchstone, but so is Felt. Imagine someone putting singing(not intoning like erly Church), with harmonies on Felt's "Mexican Bandits" and you would come pretty close to getting the early Ups and Downs sound - yeah THAT good! They did a version of Neil Diamond's "Solitary Man" on the "Sleepless" mini album which sounded like the poppiest best Monkees you can think of! They released a disappointing album, "Under the Watchful Eye" in about 1988 which had only a couple of good songs on it like "Lit by the Fuse". Apparently the album took months to record and the vibe was well and truely gone by that time for those songs. They did record another ep but the big record company deemed the songs "not commercial enough" and promptly dropped them, failing to even release the ep. What a mistake!! I saw them play a brand new song at one gig - "Gangway" that was so good the crowd yelled so much to play it again that they did! That song was on the "lost" ep. They had also picked up a keyboard player at this stage and had ditched the paisley, listing new influences as Big Black and Wire. They released a new ep of material, "Rash" that was a lot heavier and a little less "dancey" in about 1990. Greg and Darren Atchinson (Originally on bass, then guitarist, and his brother on drums doing harmonies in Ups and Downs)then moonlighted with a couple of bands (Snow Leopards) and eventually formed Big Heavy Stuff which continued the heavier stuff that later Ups and Downs was doing. I saw , I think, their first gig in Paddington ( with Crow, Hugh!). They did a very ellipical song called "Mad Cow" which eventually turned up on the second Apartments album - yeah that's Greg singing. I tried to persist with them at this stage but it wasn't a patch on Ups and Downs and I lost contact with them. I even gave my first gig poster to a mate at school to put up in his music room, along with a large 16 Lovers Lane poster! Amazingly, years later, I see a year 8 girl who I'd taught in Year 7 wandering around with the poster. On asking her, she said she had pestered the new music teacher for the poster as she, and her older brother, were huge fans of Big Heavy Stuff. Anyway, I got talking to him, he loaned me the latest BHS, early Panics eps etc - I loaned him Go Betweens, Triffids and Church! Needless to say we were both very happy! ANYWAY, the then new BHS was "Size of the Ocean" and harked back to Greg Atchinson's more melodic Ups and Downs stuff...so I was back on the bandwagon. BHS released one more album, the criminally ignored "Dear Friends and Enemies" in 2004 which is their best. But I think, given the lacklustre response to their masterpiece, they gave up the ghost late 2005. If you go to the MySpace sites, there are songs available for a listen. I'd stick to the stuff from "Sleepless" and "Dear Friends and Enemies". The drummer from Big Heavy Stuff was a huge fan of Ups and Downs and bugged Greg Atchinson to release just about ALL of the Ups and Downs (and proto) stuff (minus Underneath the Watchful eye)as a double album that WAS only available on the Big Heavy Stuff website. It's got demos, Sleepless (from record by the sound of it) AND the "Lost" ep. All I can say is EMI must have been MAD not to release that stuff!!!!! I hope this isn't too much!!!! | ||
| Geoff Holmes Member Username: Geoff Post Number: 465 Registered: 05-2005 |
...and yeah, the Sydney Church show is still on. Kilbey collapsed, apparently NOT releated to drugs(!!!!!!) according to him and cancelled the QLD shows. Now which one of you lads already has heard the new Chuch album overseas???(You bastards!!!!!) | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1936 Registered: 03-2005 |
Thank you, Hugh and Geoff. Hugely informative and much appreciated. I'll investigate. | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 416 Registered: 04-2005 |
Triple bill in Périgueux (SW France) Sat night. My first time at the ‘Sans réserve’ venue, excellent venue and friendly staff. First on ‘Lady Calling’, a local singer. Playing solo (but playing over herself with loop effects) she reminded me a little of early PJ Harvey; it was interesting, but a little too ‘angular’ for me. And I think that I have a problem with French singers that sing in English. Then ‘Elysian Fields’ that I primarily went to see. Absolutely stunning. Where have they been all my life?! From what I can gather essentially a NY based duo of Jennifer Charles and Oren B joined by various others for concerts/recordings. In Paris, for example, their current 2 sidemen (bass/keyboards and drums) had been augmented by double-bassist Sarah Murcia and guitarist Sébastien Martel (This pair played in our village last year and very kindly put us on the guest list for this gig). From information on the net, Elysian Fields are quite often compared to Mazzy Star (“but much much better” went one comment); maybe a similar dreamy atmosphere, with a lot of ‘space’? Possibly the perfect group for a David Lynch film, although apparently he has finished film-making? Jennifer Charles is utterly captivating, as a performer. And what a sensual voice. And what lyrics. I asked a French friend how much he understood of what she was singing; I told him a lot of it seemed very sensual and quite often explicitly about sex. He laughed and said that he had got that OK. I’ll be looking for some of their recordings. The third group were the Belgian “Absynthe Minded”, who I believe have a couple of members of dEUS in their ranks. Really liked a couple of things I found on YouTube, but live I found it uninvolving and far too eclectic to gell together. One song would be pure pop, the next a bizarre mixture of freak-out guitar and jazz moments. However my 12 year son liked them the best ! The yoof of today… | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Hugh_nimmo Post Number: 156 Registered: 03-2007 |
Geoff, other than the track(s) which were put up on MySpace, I have not heard anything off the new album by The Church. It is not currently available from any retailer over here. As far as I can tell, the only way to source a copy at the moment is via the 'Church Shop' on their website. Unfortunately, is it a Limited Edition package ( album, postcard, t-shirt ) which retails for AU$45.00. I regret to say I am way past the age of wearing artist/band t-shirts. How was the show? | ||
| Geoff Holmes Member Username: Geoff Post Number: 469 Registered: 05-2005 |
Well I thought I was past buying t- shirts too but it came with the album for $50 so I thought why not since the album won't come out for YET ANOTHER month. The gig was a typical Church affair in a number of ways i.e. patchy. Sometimes sublime, sometimes it sounded like Marty's delay way out! They kicked off with Tantalised and the final encore was Hotel Womb which is one of my faves. In between they played the new single "Pangaea" plus "Deadman's Hand" and the instant classic "Happenstance", all from the new album. Could have been a couple of other new ones too - I hadn't heard the album then so I couldn't really pick the songs. I was hoping to get the set list but had moved to the front by the end. They did a fantastic "You Took" and also played "An Interlude" and, shock horror, "Almost With you". I haven't heard them embrace their past so much for a long time. Also played UTMW of course and NSEW and Reptile from Starfish. Also did an old fave "A Month of Sundays" from Remote Luxury. The second song was "Block" off Uninvited like the Clouds and the third song was "Day 5" off that album too. I'm sure there was more but I'm mentally coming up blanks with the other albums. No One day or Now I Wonder Why off Seance. Kilbey seemed in good spirits, even joking with the crowd, some of whom seemed WAY older (ie in their mid 60's) than me. Marty and Tim seemed genuinely humbled by the 2nd encore and thanked the crowd warmly. The first support band(Black chords) were good but have yet to develop their sound. They had songs that sounded like U2, Coldplay and a couple of other biggies. Really got my attention with a full band version of Lennon's "working Class Hero". The guy had a great voice and they were tight. The second band on, Astreetlighting, thought they were rock stars (even though they looked all of 17) and played early 80's synth pop with very earnest but cliched lyrics and verging on Flock of Seagulls/Duran Duran haircuts...I kid you not!. I didn't know whether they were family friends of the Church ie. Tim's son or something. The first band shat all over them. The lead singer/keyboardist from the second band was playing keyboards for the Church. It was nice to hear the keyboard parts from "A Month of Sundays" restored that Craig Hooper of the Reels had recorded SO long ago. It was on a Sunday night so I thought it won't go late, the supports will get 20 mins /half and hour and it will all be wrapped up by 11pm. Well it went on until 12.30 and I had to drive back over an hour south to the 'Gong. Didn't come up too well the next morning in front of my classes! Rock n Roll! | ||
| Geoff Holmes Member Username: Geoff Post Number: 470 Registered: 05-2005 |
Augie March are next and then Big Heavy Stuff...and maybe Ups and Downs if we're lucky! | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Hugh_nimmo Post Number: 157 Registered: 03-2007 |
Geoff, many thanks for the review of the gig. I am more a fan of their earlier work than their later stuff so it is nice to hear that they included quite a few songs from the first few albums. I first saw The Church perform live back in the early 1980's when they were the support to Duran Duran whose career was in full flight at the time. I believe their set may have been cut short as Marty stormed off stage mid song and never returned ( I think he was unhappy with his guitar sound.) I saw them again a few weeks later in a small club in Kilwinning, Ayrshire, when they put on a superb show. There were probably no more than 50/70 people present. I think I would have felt very much at home in among some members of the crowd which may go some way in explaining my t-shirt comment. :-) I tracked down some cheap copies of 'Size Of The Ocean' and 'Dear Friends And Enemies' by Big Heavy Stuff and they are currently on route to me. I am looking forward to hearing your comments on the 'Ups and Downs' gig. Are you familiar with Deloris and, if so, what do you think? | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2986 Registered: 05-2005 |
fuc*in A Geoff!!! | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 719 Registered: 04-2006 |
space is the place the sun ra arkestra in berlin , a-trane on 27th march, 2009 sun ra left the planet long time ago, but the arkestra still rocks the planet. or should i say swings the planet. the arkestra lead by 85 year old marshall allen was in top form and fascinated the audience from the first note. sounds from outerspace, swing, freejazz. not a problem for the arkestra. they played two gigs at thah night because the venue was just a small jazz club. i still vibrate and travel through spaceways. if you have the chance to see them, please do not hesitate and go watch and listen to this furious 9, 10, 11 or more (as the case maybe) great musicians. cheers and best wishes andreas | ||
| Jonathan Evans Member Username: Jon Post Number: 328 Registered: 04-2005 |
Went to see It's A Buffalo last Friday in Manchester (Academy 3). It was a release party for their debut album, its fairly straight forward indie with a little too much shouty vocals. They played for just under the hour, which is fair enough as the albums under 35minutes. Kid Carpet up in a couple of nights, followed by a load - Morrissey, The Specials, The Wonderstuff, Ultravox, Camera Obscura, Lloyd Cole and probably a few missing due to a bad memory... Cheers Jon | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 3012 Registered: 05-2005 |
bloomin eck Jon, 80's revisited!! Fancy A Certain Ratio in May/July, I need to doublecheck, think its Manchester. | ||
| TROU Member Username: Trou Post Number: 197 Registered: 05-2005 |
I've got my ticket for "Les nuits du Botanique" (Bruxelles), indie-pop festival in an intimate place with Metric, Get well soon (two bands I really wanted to see), and plenty bands I don't know anything about. Morrissey in june. Hope I could see Lloyd Cole and Shearwater but it seems compromised. | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 721 Registered: 04-2006 |
Bob Dylan, 1st of April, Berlin Max-Schmeling Halle visiting a Dylan concert is always ambivalent. will it be a good one? or will it be a boring event? this show was from the beginning an excellent one. a good, solid working band which was placed on one side of the stage, dylan on the other. but he stood not only behind his keyboard like often in the past. he took his harp and the mike and moved in front of the audience. he played when i paint my masterpiece, you ain't goin nowhere and my back pages and you could recognize this versions. reading all the setlists and reports from this europe tour it seems that this tour is one you will remember as a good one with some surprises for the connaisseur. cheers andreas | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 906 Registered: 08-2004 |
Thanks Andreas. That's good news. I'm seeing him at the end of the month. Were there any new songs played? I've read in the past that he doesn't perform unreleased new material under advice from the record company. | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 723 Registered: 04-2006 |
Jerry, no new songs. That is a bit pity, because the one song which was downloadable (does this word exist?) a few days ago sounds fresh and interesting. but you can enjoy the show also without any new songs. i am not a hardcore dylan fan and neither i did not own all albums nor know all songs but at the end of the show i could not believe that two hours have past so fast. here you can watch and read some reviews and the setlists: http://www.boblinks.com/dates.html#0401 enjoy the show! best wishes, andreas | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 910 Registered: 08-2004 |
Thanks again Andreas, that link could work out to be priceless. I'll have to seek out that download too. | ||
| Jonathan Evans Member Username: Jon Post Number: 329 Registered: 04-2005 |
Spence Yeah, I'm definately an 80s person, as that shows. Can't remember too much ACR but its worth a night out for sure. Let me know your plans. Cheers Jon | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 3016 Registered: 05-2005 |
Will do Jon! going to se Soft Hearted Scientists meeting the cosmo there and his family! | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 725 Registered: 04-2006 |
Jerry, the download was only available for just one day on the official dylan website. i listened to it and liked it. maybe there are other sources to listen to the song. i don't know. but the album will be released soon (at the end of april). | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2693 Registered: 05-2005 |
Going to see Evan Dando on Sunday. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2702 Registered: 05-2005 |
And I won't be going to see him again... It wasn't awful, some of it was even very good, but he was all over the place: ending songs early; starting one he'd already played; dropping notes; and lowering his voice to Johnny Cash levels when he couldn't reach whatever he was aiming for. Highlights were the audience singing much of Bit Part and If I Could Talk I'd Tell You and a great version of Luka when Tom Morgan and Nick Dalton joined him on stage and Dando switched to electric guitar (it had just been Dando with an acoustic before that). | ||
| Mark Leydon Member Username: Mark_leydon Post Number: 218 Registered: 05-2005 |
Agreed Pádraig. He was all over the place. I'd been led to believe that Evan had cleaned his act up. But on the evidence of the first 30 mins or so it looks to me like he might have slipped back into some old habits. His between song patter was random and generally incomprehensible. But the man DOES have a way with a tune. And when joined by the band for the last 30 mins it did sound great. Wonderful version of Different Drum I thought - and it was lovely earlier on to hear the audience singing the whole of Outdoor Life word-for-word. Went and saw The Who in the Hunter Valley the Saturday before last. Was reluctant to go because I'd seen them a couple of times in London back in the late '80s early '90s and even then felt like they were going through the motions. But a couple of mates convinced me it would be a nice weekend with a bit of wine tasting thrown in (think 'Sideways'!). It turned out to be one of the great concert experiences of my life. For whatever ever reason Townsend and Daltry were completely re-invigorated and put on a terrific show. Townsend in particular was just astonishing on guitar - playing with an energy and creativity that put just about every young band I've seen over the last 5 years to shame - and this from a 63 year old! The audience was an interesting mix of young and old (including picnicing families) and everyone seemed blown away by the performance. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2703 Registered: 05-2005 |
Sounds like The Who was a great show Mark. I saw Leonard Cohen in the Hunter Valley and I think the vinyard ambience does add to the enjoyment (and I wasn't even drinking!). There is more to my Dando review here www.myspace.com/padraigcollins where I mention Different Drum. | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 130 Registered: 10-2008 |
apparently there is a covers album called "vershons" about to be released by the lemonheads. I Just Can't Take It Anymore (Gram Parsons) Fragile (Wire) Layin' Up With Linda (G.G. Allin) Waiting Around To Die (Townes Van Zandt) The Green Fuz (Randy Alvey and The Green Fuz) Yesterlove (Sam Gopal) Dirty Robot (Arling and Cameron) New Mexico (Fuckemos) Dandelion Seeds (July) Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye (Leonard Cohen) Beautiful (Christina Aguilera) | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1436 Registered: 01-2005 |
Ten more days until I see Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 @ The Magic Bag in Fendale, Michigan. I saw The Church there back in 2006, it's a nice venue and only 40 minutes from my house. I'm thinking of making the five hour road trip to see Robyn the following night. It's a Friday night in Ferndale and Saturday night in Chicago and there will be a few other Michigan area Hitchcock fans making the road trip. | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 90 Registered: 05-2005 |
Soft Hearted Scientists in Birmingham were wonderful, small room and they played in front of a curtain of stars (fairy lights) which was the perfect back drop. How are you liking the album Hugh? | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Hugh_nimmo Post Number: 158 Registered: 03-2007 |
Cosmo, they are both excellent albums and I have been playing them a lot. Brother Sister is a wonderful song and I also love The Yongy Bongy Bo. A silly song perhaps but I adore it. I am already looking forward to the release of Scarecrow Smile ( Home Demos ) and Westward Leading ( new album.) Many thanks for recommending the band. | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 91 Registered: 05-2005 |
Hugh, I got a copy of Scarecrow Smiles from the band who said it should be out soon. They played a few songs from the new album proper, best of which 'Road to Rihanna' has a field recording of a pair of owls as a backing and is beautiful. Another good one is 'Tornadoes in Birmingham' (which I heard them play last year in Bristol so isnt topical). | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1458 Registered: 01-2005 |
Last night, Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3. They performed three songs (The Lizard, Brenda's Iron Sledge, Out Of The Picture) from Robyn's great 1981 album Black Snake, Diamond Role! Also some great Egyptian era songs that Peter Buck played on originally, a Soft Boys song, and some newer songs from this decade. A great concert to be sure, and the band sounds tighter then they did back in 2006 when I saw them previously. | ||
| Geoff Holmes Member Username: Geoff Post Number: 478 Registered: 05-2005 |
Saw Big Heavy Stuff with Kneivel supporting last night at the Factory at Marrickville in Sydney. Kneivel had many versions of one song and finished with their only "other" song - boring!!!!! Big Heavy Stuff played a lot of their heavier stuff and only played comparatively few songs off their swansong masterpeice, "Dear Friends and Enemies". They didn't even play "Black Heart" which COULD have seen them reach a wider audience. At the time, I'd heard from the horses' mouth that the record company had strongly suggested the singles - both of which flopped - because there is, apparently, a "silly season" when, if you can believe it, people don't listen to the radio and don't buy music!! Black Heart was not a single but I think went top 10 in the Triple J poll at the end of the year, but they were advised not to release it "in the silly season" because it would "disappear"!!! It sounds like they might be back after their drummer gets back from Berlin but, from the sound of tonight's efforts, the "pure pop harking back to Ups and Downs period" Greg Atkinson is at an end, which is a pity!! They WERE good, but I wish the song selection had been more my style. | ||
| Geoff Holmes Member Username: Geoff Post Number: 479 Registered: 05-2005 |
...and, as you might have guessed, no Ups and Downs. What do you think of Big Heavy Stuff Hugh? | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1459 Registered: 01-2005 |
The Smothers Brothers, believe it or not! My dad and mom are patrons to a local community theater and we went to see the SB's last night. The SB's are still a blast to listen to, even if they are in thier 70's. This month makes it 40 years since the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour was cancelled by CBS due to the SB's stance against the Vietnam War. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1972 Registered: 03-2005 |
Geoff, your description of Knievel made me laugh. After reading gushing reviews of them somewhere I picked up one of their albums. I found it very thin gruel indeed. I thought the problem was the total absence of instrumental fills to give the songs any pop appeal but the main problem might be what you identify. Maybe the dullness was because the songs were all the same. | ||
| Geoff Holmes Member Username: Geoff Post Number: 480 Registered: 05-2005 |
Yeah Randy - no riffs, no breaks and definitely no solos...no catchy choruses and no decernably great lyrics. A total waste of time. Did you end up tracking down any Big Heavy Stuff or Ups and Downs? I'd be interested in your opinion. | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Hugh_nimmo Post Number: 161 Registered: 03-2007 |
Geoff, I prefer Dear Friends and Enemies to Size Of The Ocean as I think the songs are stronger. A lot of their material is however a bit heavy/rock influenced for my ears. Favourite track from DF&E is probably 'One Day In Your Life Gone.' There again, as someone who owns four albums by Knievel, who am I to judge. :-) I was in touch with Scott Thurling who runs the PopBoomerang Record Label in Australia recently and he loves Dear Friends & Enemies. The Peatbog Faeries - Glasgow ( The Old Fruitmarket ) on 20 May, 2009. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1976 Registered: 03-2005 |
Geoff, I have not gotten any Ups and Downs. They're obviously below the US Amazon radar because some other band called the "Ups and Downs" comes up. I'll eventually trying Rocking Horse. But I should warn you that I'm always a bit leery when somebody is associated with the Paisley Underground because most of those acts seem to only come up with a handful of good songs and a lot of meandering gimmicky filler. But since I've not heard Ups and Downs, I have no idea whether they fall into that trap. And I love the Moles, who were certainly psychedelic revival (and yes they did some meandering crap too but the good song quotient is pretty high), so this is not a hard and fast rule with me. Hugh's description of Big Heavy Stuff gives me pause. Usually if something is "a bit heavy/rock influenced" I'm not going to be drawn in. Now . . . if you were inclined to send me a few mp3 or m4a samples I wouldn't object. | ||
| Geoff Holmes Member Username: Geoff Post Number: 481 Registered: 05-2005 |
Hugh, hey, I like the Beatles which I know is WAY uncool here, so I can at least forgive you for Kneivel! The Moles were always one of those bands I saw bandied about here but I could never work out from the descriptions whether they were hardcore punk or not. If they are psychedelic, then I'll probably be on the bus...as long as they don't sound like Captain Beefheart! I will have to investigate. How did you like the 'Stuff I sent you Randy? | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1977 Registered: 03-2005 |
Geoff, I got four tracks from Hugh. Nothing from you as of yet but it might be an internet delay on a big file. Or my spam filter knocked you out. The four Big Heavy Stuff things Hugh sent me (all from "Dear Friends") left me kind of blank. They seemed well-crafted but too conventional for me. I told Hugh I like the Panics much better. I only compare them because they sound like they might be of a similar vintage. If you can receive big music files and can open m4a files on your end I can send you some Moles. Or anything else for that matter. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2737 Registered: 05-2005 |
Geoff, The Moles were very good but the solo albums from their main man Richard Davies are the real gems to seek out. I like Knievel! I'm the one to blame for bigging them up to Randy in the first place. | ||
| Jonathan Evans Member Username: Jon Post Number: 334 Registered: 04-2005 |
Been to a few recently - Camera Obscura and Ultravox. Enjoyed both a great deal. Its about the fifth time I've seen Camera Obscura who are out peddling the new album. It was only out a couple of days before the gig, I wish people would leave a couple of weeks so you know the new songs. Ultravox, with the classic early 80s line-up!! Seated at the Apollo (Who came up with that idea), played a sort of best of set, they can still kick it out. Coming up is the specials, the wonderstuff and morrissey this month (May as its technically still April), and I've just noticed the panics are playing in Manchester at the the month so I might have to find someone to go that with. Cheers Jon | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2773 Registered: 05-2005 |
Laughing Clowns tomorrow night. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2774 Registered: 05-2005 |
Just back from Laughing Clowns. A phenomenal concert. Ed was in great form and the band was tremendous. | ||
| Mark Leydon Member Username: Mark_leydon Post Number: 222 Registered: 05-2005 |
Okkervil River last night at the Annandale in Sydney. A terrific concert. I first saw this band about 18 months ago and they have moved up to to a whole new league since then and are now reaching out for greatness. A really intense, focussed performance from the whole band. Will Sheff is such a charismatic frontman - at times he puts me in mind of a young Robert Smith or Nick Cave. All the stuff from The Stand Ins and the Stage Names sounded fantastic live. And the encore included a great cover version of the Triffords 'Hometown Farewell Kiss'. | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 730 Registered: 04-2006 |
pj harvey & john parish, 7th of may, 2009 astra kulturhaus, berlin a frenetic crowd saluted mr. parish and naturally mrs. harvey. they played the songs of their two albums- no polly only material. but that doesn't matter. a fantastic band (including mr. eric drew feldman of magic band fame) backed them. both, pj harvey and john parish had a smile on their face as they noticed that this crowd really loves their music. and the music they played put a smile on our faces, too. a magic evening that was! btw: howe gelb - grey hairs, glasses) was the supporting act and reminded me on long forgotten days back in the eighties. seems i am getting old... | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1476 Registered: 01-2005 |
X next month! I've never seen them, and they are on my list of bands that I've always wanted to see. | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 731 Registered: 04-2006 |
in addition to the above a curiosity: been to concerts since thirty years, but the only artist (i can remember) who always get presents from the audience is pj harvey. | ||
| TROU Member Username: Trou Post Number: 203 Registered: 05-2005 |
I've been yesterday to the Nuits du Botanique in Bxl yesterday http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/5863/ dscf4621t.jpg Full of great bands to discover, sometimes playing at the same hour, so it was hard to make my choice. First I saw was Dear Reader, south african band I have to find the record. http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/1733/ds cf4471.jpg Followed Art Brut and their kind of punk rock. And then Metric, the band with...the girl. They played a short set (most of the last record) full of energy. I don't know why I love this band, the sexy Emily probably... http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/3070/ds cf4592b.jpg I met and spoke briefly with her in the streets of Brussels later in the night. Gosh, I had no chocolates for her! I've ended with The Asteroids Galaxy Tour, danish band with another barbie, horns and full of strange instruments. It was terribly good, best surprise of the evening. I recommand. http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/355/dsc f4631.jpg Unfortunately, I've missed the brilliant Get Well Soon who played during the Metric's concert. | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 432 Registered: 04-2005 |
Dave Holland Quintet on Thursday in the Bergerac Jazz Festival. Don't know much about his own music, but knowing some recordings as Miles Davis' bass-player hopefully this should be interesting... | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1482 Registered: 01-2005 |
Andrew, I have the double cd Extended Play: Live at Birdland by the Dave Holland Quintet. It's high quality jazz and they are a great band. Enjoy the concert! | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2788 Registered: 05-2005 |
Andrew, is that festival in tribute to the Jersey detective? | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 433 Registered: 04-2005 |
Cheers Michael ! And yes Pádraig it is a little known fact that actor John Nettles is an excellent jazz pianist and often stood in for Herbie Hancock in Miles' 1960s quintets. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 3104 Registered: 05-2005 |
I always thought Bergerac theme tune sounded like Walking on the moon!! Or is it the other way around? | ||
| Mark Leydon Member Username: Mark_leydon Post Number: 224 Registered: 05-2005 |
Mark Olsen and Gary Louris from The Jayhawks are playing next Thursday in Sydney at the Annandale. Looking forward to this one. Never did see the Jayhawks in their heyday. A big fan of their songwriting and harmonies. Assume it will be focussed on their recent album Ready for the Flood - but hoping for some classic Jayhawks stuff too. Anyone on the board seen these guys on their current tour? | ||
| Jonathan Evans Member Username: Jon Post Number: 337 Registered: 04-2005 |
Went to the specials a week or two back. It was a really good night out, with a great setlist. It was at the Apollo in Manchester, and the place was bouncing! Shame Jerry wasn't with them, but its all been said before. Also went to see Lloyd Cole in St Helens last week, it was the Champions League Semi night. He said he wasn't feeling too well and apologised for it not been up to scratch, but I had no complaints - it was a really good night. He played two sets, similar to Robert's last tour, playing around 30 songs. Got The Wonderstuff on Saturday, its been re-arranged which is a bit of a pain, but there you go. Cheers Jon | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 3107 Registered: 05-2005 |
You'll have to tell Miles off Jon!! | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 131 Registered: 05-2005 |
Morrissey at Salisbury on 26th May but he has cancelled a couple of shows so am becoming concerned that it may not be on. Am driving to Cardiff the day before to see my beloved Soft Hearted Scientists play another one of their rare gigs. They are doing Moseley Folk Festival too I believe | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 3110 Registered: 05-2005 |
i hope to make the moseley folk festival cosmo if you do end up going? | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1996 Registered: 03-2005 |
Ok, Cosmo, you've gone on about the Soft Hearted Scientists for long enough I've ordered a copy of the 2008 album. (I think I remember Hugh liking them too). I know it's stupid but the thing that put me off them in the first place was their name. Yeah, I know . . . . | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 3113 Registered: 05-2005 |
come on over for the gig randy! | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 132 Registered: 05-2005 |
randy - if you dont like it i'll give you your money back | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1489 Registered: 01-2005 |
The Church next month. Did anybody pick up their Untitled # 23 album that was released this week? | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1499 Registered: 01-2005 |
X next month as well! | ||
| Mark Leydon Member Username: Mark_leydon Post Number: 229 Registered: 05-2005 |
Mark Olson and Gary Louris were terrific last night at The Annandale. Sublime harmonies. Played for over 100 mins. Did all my favourite Jayhawks songs as well as stuff from their recent album. Highlights for me were Over My Shoulder, Two Angels, and Waiting for the Sun. They were funny as well - dry and a bit sardonic - the Becker and Fagan of alt-country! | ||
| Jonathan Evans Member Username: Jon Post Number: 339 Registered: 04-2005 |
Went to see The Wonder Stuff last weekend, it was the groove machine tour, they played the whole album (it seems to be a recent thing doesn't it). Anyway, a really good night out with plenty of old favourites. Off to see Morrissey tonight, and the panics in Manchester next weekend. I'm a billy no mates for the panics, unless I can get my mate who's off to Morrissey to go (I think his Champions League final in Rome might be his main spend though). Cheers Jon | ||
| TROU Member Username: Trou Post Number: 205 Registered: 05-2005 |
Went to see Morrissey in Luxemburg last week. I was a little bit ill and tired during the concert so I didn't enjoyed the show as much as three years ago. The setlist was also weaker although there was some very nice moments and lot of precious Smiths songs. http://img79.imageshack.us/img79/4060/ds cf5341.jpg http://img79.imageshack.us/img79/6948/ds cf5391.jpg | ||
| Geoff Holmes Member Username: Geoff Post Number: 510 Registered: 05-2005 |
Michael, I've had it for a few months. Best song is Happenstance - maybe one of the best things they have EVER done. The rest is pretty drab unfortunantely. When I saw them in Sydney they played a lot of old stuff that they hadn't played for ages - quite like a Church gig of old. Kilbey's in a good mood - less arrogant - and Marty's looking VERY strange with a big "All things Must Pass" period beard! They did fantastic versions of "You Took" and "Hotel Womb". Can't wait to see Doves at the end of July! | ||
| Mark Leydon Member Username: Mark_leydon Post Number: 236 Registered: 05-2005 |
Deerhunter were astonishing last night at the Sydney University Manning Bar. I like the recorded output I've heard so far (Microcastle and Cryptogram) - but on stage these guys take it to a whole other level. A lot of songs start slowly and then build up a mesmerising wall of sound - with layer and layers of guitar and treated vocals. Somewhat reminiscent of My Bloody Valentine at times - only loads better. Front man Bradford Cos is quite otherworldy - his guitar work and vocals the centerpoint - but the others are all wonderful players - particularly the bass player. 'Nothing Ever Happened' from 'Microcastle' was a particular highlight - an absolute tour-de-force live... Sydney band 'Songs' provided able support. They really are one of the best new bands in Australia. A strong Flying Nun/Velvets influence - and they do it so well. Frontman Max Doyle is a major talent both as a songwriter and guitarist/singer. Look out for their first album due out soon. | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 444 Registered: 04-2005 |
I have possibly died and gone to heaven : 3 gigs in a week and a 4th tomorrow ! In the SW France pianist Yonatan Avishaď has been playing regularly with Bordeaux based drummer Bertrand Noël since last year’s Bordeaux Jazz Festival. They are recording a CD this week and asked the NY based trumpeter Avishaď Cohen to come over for both the recording and a short tour. So I saw a gig in Yonatan’s home village of Trémolat (duo piano-trumpet), one in Périgueux and helped organise one in my village of Belvčs. And tomorrow it is an outside performance in Saint-Pierre de Chignac (not far from Périgueux if you happen to be in the area!). Beautiful to watch + hear 3 musicians of that level of imagination + flair interacting. | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 445 Registered: 04-2005 |
And now a public service announcement. Quick preview of this year's Edinburgh Festival reveals gigs by Magazine and Edwyn Collins http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2009/j un/17/edinburgh-festival-preview-lineup- highlights | ||
| David Gagen Member Username: David_g Post Number: 245 Registered: 02-2007 |
Goin to see Neil Young and Fleet Foxes etc at Hyde Park HARD ROCK CALLING festival this Sat. It was either that or Wimbledon so Rock Gig wins 6-0 | ||
| XY765 Member Username: Judge Post Number: 558 Registered: 01-2006 |
David, I saw Neil Young last Sunday night in Dublin and it was a fantastic show, probably the best gig of his I've seen. I won't spoil it by naming some of the setlist but he played a lot of early material, a lot of songs I hadn't heard him perform before. | ||
| David Gagen Member Username: David_g Post Number: 246 Registered: 02-2007 |
He is unpredictable. Cant wait. | ||
| David Gagen Member Username: David_g Post Number: 251 Registered: 02-2007 |
The Neil Young gig was one of the very bestn I have seen, XY765. You were right, he played lots of early stuff. Opened with Hey Hey, My My guitar assault. Then Spirit Road, Mansion on the Hill, an amazing and unexpected Words, Everybody Knows This is Nowhere, Cinnamon Girl, Are You Ready For The Country and others. Then picked up the acoustic and played an amazing set consisting of Needle & Damage Done, Comes A Time, Heart of Gold, Old Man, Unknown Legend. Picked up Old Black again and launched into a 15 min Down By The River jam. Ended with Keep on Rocking In The Free World with many false finishes. Encore was Beatles A Day In The Life. Turned it into some sort of grunged out epic. For the middle bit, Shakey was joined on stage by Paul Macartney to sing the bit he wrote. Paul looked like a shy school boy up there. I was in front row at edge of stage. Neil was in happy mood, (unlike in Brisbane and Sydney indoor shows when he was a bit contrary and cranky about everyone sitting down, unbeknown to him no-one was allowed to stand. Seat nazis everywhere telling us to sit. In any case was a sit venue with no standing area, Neil shoulda been shitty with promoter, not fans). This was one of the greatest gigs I have ever seen. Hyde Park 50000 people, me in the front row!! Fleet Foxes main support. They did a very impressive show. Many fans standing near me never heard of em. Stupid mfkers. I purposely kept my expectations a tad low cos I rather naively thought that they could not possibly replicate that exquisite sound live. Well was this middle aged cynic wrong. The moment mouths were opened, the magical harmonies drifted high over the crowd and I was stunned at how good these guys are. A bit of Brian Wilson, a bit of CS&N, but in the end very original. Played some stuff not on album so must be writing new album I presume. Ben Harper was early on. Strangely not engaged with audience. Especially on softer material, his voice seemed frail. better on rockier stuff. I have quite a few of Harpers albums but live he was not really on the money. | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 261 Registered: 10-2008 |
Jamaican legends The Heptones are coming to Glasgow in August, cant wait. This is very unusual, visiting reggae artists tend not to come north of Birmingham. And its not one of these moonlighting acts pretending to be the originals - the genius that is Leroy Sibbles, and Barry Llewellen are gonna be playing. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 2031 Registered: 03-2005 |
A friend of mine had inserted a Fleet Foxes number in an iPod playlist at his house. I didn't know what it was. It sounded quite good, so I may have to explore them. (Midlake made me twice shy). The Heptones thing sounds great if everybody's still in good voice. I didn't know Sibbles was working with them again. | ||
| XY765 Member Username: Judge Post Number: 568 Registered: 01-2006 |
David, that sounded like a fantastic show. I didn't want to mention the setlist as I think he's playing that setlist all throught this tour. Favourite show of mine as well. He played all those you mentioned at the Dublin gig except Spirit Road and Comes A Time, two songs I would have killed to hear. What an amazing first song, Hey Hey My My, the place just went mad. He also played Burned and a very heavy Pocahontas. | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 454 Registered: 04-2005 |
Old Laughing Len Cohen in Toulouse next week. Obviously his pension coffers have not been filled yet ! | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1393 Registered: 08-2006 |
I saw LC here in Chicago, Andrew, but neglected to post about here. Suffice it to say, I think you'll enjoy yourself. | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 733 Registered: 04-2006 |
ornette coleman, schloß neuhardenberg, 1st of july 2009 mr. coleman and his band played a great gig in the park of a castle near berlin. despite the fact that the weather made some cavorts it was a remarkable (because of the music) and pleasant and peaceful evening in the nature. ornette coleman did his 'harmolodic' thing i.e balancing melody, harmony and rhythm. the two bass players(one acoustic, one electric) and his son on the drums played very groovy and bluesy. the encore started and ended with the 'beat it' intro, which was a nice tribute to the late king of pop. on the way home i turned on the radio and had the pleasure to listen to a show of Daniel Miller (Mute) who played a lot of old and new interesting stuff. it was a joy to hear tuxedomoon's classic tune what use? after all this years again. great end of a great day. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 3198 Registered: 05-2005 |
what's the use, in being betrayed? I'm pacing the floor... Superb tune, brilliant bass playing and song construction, love tuxedomoon, sounds like a great sho Andreas! Hope you are well. | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 734 Registered: 04-2006 |
thanks, spence, i am well, enjoying a lot of old jazz (at that time the album thelonius monk with john coltrane from 1957), a tuxedomoon classic (like yesterday) and the fact that summer arrived this week after a long time of absence. cheers | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 456 Registered: 04-2005 |
Andreas, Re: Ornette Coleman I read some on-line (ageist) criticism of him being chosen as 'curator' for this year's Meltdown festival in London. It suggested that he could not be in touch with current trends and probably had not even chosen the acts. We have just had a visit from a young NY based trumpeter, who spoke to Coleman (at a CD signing) and expressed his dream to play with the great man. Now he has spent several evenings jamming in Coleman's apartment with him. For me the true sign of a great and generous musician, and one who is certainly still seeking out new sounds. | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 735 Registered: 04-2006 |
andrew, this must be an incredible experience for this young trumpeter. it seems that mr. coleman is an nice and friendly man. not only that he jams with young musicians, after the show ornette coleman enjoyed the applause, shook hands with everyone who stands in front of the stage, talked with them and signed cd's., posters and everything the crowd stretched out. about the criticism: he still plays incredible good music. if he is in touch with current trends or not; what matters. he is 79 years old and he had gave us much more within the past fifty years than all this critics ever will (and to be true most of ''us'' ''young'' ones are not in touch with new music/current trends). and if he have chosen the acts or not, this years meltdown festival had a great line up. not only that ornette coleman played there and reflected two of his classic albums, also robert wyatt sang with charlie haden's liberation orchestra and patty smith played together with the silver mt. zion orchestra (just to name a few). i wished i could be there or something comparable to this festival would happen here in berlin. | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 736 Registered: 04-2006 |
...and, andrew, your last sentence says it all.... | ||
| Andreas Severins Member Username: Andreas_severins Post Number: 80 Registered: 11-2007 |
The bats played my hometown Düsseldorf, a little club I haven't known before! Could see the soundcheck and talk to the guys and girl - very nice ones They signed my old eps and played "Claudine" from the fireside ep especially for me - thanx mates! It was a wonderful and enchanting gig. | ||
| Andreas Severins Member Username: Andreas_severins Post Number: 81 Registered: 11-2007 |
Last thursday the low anthem in a veue in cologne where 200 people could get in. At the end it were almost 40 who wanted to see them play! They started the set with Charlie Darwin and ended it after two encores sweating all over but very happy about the concert and the enthusiastic audience! They had a lot of fun playing even for that little audience! Very enjoyable... | ||
| TROU Member Username: Trou Post Number: 210 Registered: 05-2005 |
I should have been there but I forgot the date. In my agenda now for the next months Camera Obscura, Grizzly Bear and perhaps Massive Attack. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2917 Registered: 05-2005 |
Glad you saw them Andreas. They are lovely people, aren't they? Anyone else going to see them in the northern hemisphere? | ||
| Andreas Severins Member Username: Andreas_severins Post Number: 84 Registered: 11-2007 |
Hi Padraig, yeah they are lovely. Had very nice talk before and after the concert. They are friends with the go-betweens and they especially named Robert Vickers in NY... Used to tour with the Go-Bees in the middle of the 80s. Would love to see them again here (and other bands from NZ as well) ! Come on guys... | ||
| Mark Leydon Member Username: Mark_leydon Post Number: 240 Registered: 05-2005 |
Glad you enjoyed The Bats Andreas - I've always loved them. They are playing here in Sydney on Aug 8 at the Hopetoun Hotel with support by excellent Sydney band Songs - who are heavily influenced by the Flying Nun sound. Really looking foward to that gig. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2918 Registered: 05-2005 |
Thanks for letting me know that Mark! I will hopefully be able to make it. They played a great show there in March 2003. | ||
| Andreas Severins Member Username: Andreas_severins Post Number: 85 Registered: 11-2007 |
Mark, Songs and Bats have a limited split 7" out. I love the Songs sound as well. You lucky guys downunder ... | ||
| XY765 Member Username: Judge Post Number: 586 Registered: 01-2006 |
In about two weeks a double bill at the Galway Arts Festival , Primal Scream and Spiritualized. Don't know much Primal Scream (or Spinal Cream as I call them to annoy my friend) but they should be decent support. Spiritualized are usually great live so should be a good night. | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 936 Registered: 08-2004 |
That's Spinal Crap in recent years, XY!!! Saw Bob Dylan at the behemoth restaurant & bar complex that is the O2 arena a couple of months back. Very good, I like the way he completely disregards the audience. Started with Maggie's Farm which was unrecognisable until someone told me what it was. The best songs were the newer one's that don't work that well for me on album. 'Til I Fell In Love With You & Honest With Me, despite the fact they were pretty much true to the original versions. Set list (cheers Andreas) 1. Maggie's Farm (Bob on keyboard) 2. The Times They Are A-Changin' (Bob on keyboard) 3. Things Have Changed (Bob on keyboard) 4. Chimes Of Freedom (Bob on keyboard) 5. Rollin' And Tumblin' (Bob on keyboard) 6. The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll (Bob on keyboard) 7. 'Til I Fell In Love With You (Bob center stage) 8. Workingman's Blues #2 (Bob on keyboard) 9. Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard) 10. Ballad Of Hollis Brown (Bob on keyboard) 11. Po' Boy (Bob on keyboard) 12. Honest With Me (Bob on keyboard) 13. When The Deal Goes Down (Bob on keyboard) 14. Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard) 15. Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard) (encore) 16. All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard) 17. Spirit On The Water (Bob on keyboard) 18. Blowin' In The Wind (Bob on keyboard) | ||
| XY765 Member Username: Judge Post Number: 592 Registered: 01-2006 |
Right Jerry, I'll shout requests from Psychocandy to annoy Bobby.... Saw a Bob Dylan/Patti Smith double bill about 11 years ago in New Zealand and while I love Bob Dylan and iot was a fantatstic gig I think that would do me, I've heard very mixed reports of more recent gigs of his from friends. | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 939 Registered: 08-2004 |
Bob's band are excellent. He however treats the vocals like shit at times. | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 746 Registered: 04-2006 |
jerry, good to hear that you liked the bob-show. mr. zimmermann's gigs are always a surprise. and if you have luck you can see him smile for a second, but it could be also just an illusion.... | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1524 Registered: 01-2005 |
Regarding old jazz, 91 year old Hank Jones is still touring. I'll be at: Sept 4 Detroit Jazz Festival - Celebrating the fabulous Jones brothers, Hank, Thad & Elvin (The Hank Jones Trio) | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 747 Registered: 04-2006 |
brian wilson, 8th of july, 2009 tempodrom, berlin after all this years that brian wilson is now on the road again it seems that he lost all his fears and unsureness. he played a ''greatest hits'' set and it was indeed great. i am a fan of the beach boys and the work of brian wilson, but to be true i lost my connection to him within the last years and really didn't listen very often to the music of the BB or his solo works. but last night all these great and wonderful songs soon catched me. brian still sits behind his piano and has his teleprompter, but that doesn't matter. he seems relaxed, knows the lyrics (most of the time) and the voice sounded good ((according to the circumstances). the band is excellent, sang and played perfect and you can say that brian plays with the best bb-cover band in the world (without meaning this disrespectful!). all told this evening was really a pleasure. after the show i had the chance to go backstage (the first time of all my brian shows i have seen within this decade), but i/o shaking hands with mr. wilson we had to hear that brian has left the building. bad luck. tomorrow roger mc guinn is in the town. as an admirer of the bryds i wanted to go to the show, but (bad luck II) i can't go. hurts a bit... | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 748 Registered: 04-2006 |
michael, i have the feeling that jazz must be a fountain of youth... | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 460 Registered: 04-2005 |
Leonard Cohen last night at the Zenith in Toulouse. As absolutely wonderful as the comments for his concerts elsewhere have suggested. He received a standing ovation the moment he ran (!) onto the stage and I confess to feeling quite emotional about the whole evening. Rather bizarrely even though I booked the tickets just a couple of weeks ago, we were only 7 rows from the front and had a great view. I had managed to keep the whole thing a big secret from my partner and just until Cohen appeared she still didn't know who she was going to see! | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 295 Registered: 10-2008 |
andrew, if i had done that to my wife she wouldnt be my wife anymore!! im sorry all you fans of laughing len, but i can think of few things more excruciating than sitting through a couple of hours of his music. another artist that i just dont get that loads of others do (oh ok, i'll start the thread) | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1526 Registered: 01-2005 |
Andreas, right you are concerning the fountain of youth having touched a lot of jazz players, especially the piano players. Marain McPartland is 91 as well and still touring as well as hosting Piano Jazz on NPR. | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 299 Registered: 10-2008 |
Not a gig, but an event nonetheless - Padraig, will you manage along to see Celtic play Brisbane Roar in Brisbane? The good people of Queensland will be the first to see Celtic play under Tony Mowbray, and there are a few ex Rangers players involved with The Roar so might be a better than average friendly match. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2927 Registered: 05-2005 |
Unfortunately not Kevin. I had made tentative plans to go up, but work got in the way. Or so I thought, turns out I'm off anyway. Ex-Rangers man Charlie Miller is a joy to watch though. I saw him play for Roar in Sydney last year. He wouldn't run for a bus, but when he gets the ball there's magic in the air. (Never thought I'd praise a former Rangers player!) | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1535 Registered: 01-2005 |
Neko Case next Wednesday night! | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2956 Registered: 05-2005 |
Don McGlashan (formerly of The Mutton Birds) last night in one of the Opera House's smaller theatres (the same one Robert Forster played last year). McGlashan started out a bit slow (ie I didn't recognise the first three songs), but overall it was a great concert. He played many Mutton Bird songs, including personal favourites such as Dominion Road, Anchor Me and The Heater. No Ngaire though, no matter how many times I (and a couple of others) shouted out for it! It was also his birthday; probably turning 50 given how much he mentioned it and that his wife and some friends had flown over from NZ to be with him. | ||
| Jonathan Evans Member Username: Jon Post Number: 343 Registered: 04-2005 |
I've noticed Lloyd Cole's over in Aus & NZ later this year, he was really good earlier this year in the UK. Cheers Jon | ||
| Mark Leydon Member Username: Mark_leydon Post Number: 242 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Specials last night at The Enmore theatre in Sydney. A fun night. I don't think the Specials ever got to Sydney in their hey-day - so the crowd (and the band) were certainly up for it. | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 760 Registered: 04-2006 |
yesterday i saw the simple minds. for free. one hour. never thought that i would go to a simple minds concert. never thought that i would like it. yes, it wasn't that bad depite the fact that i don't like that hands in the air thing. the guitar sounds reminded me on long gone days. and to be true till new gold dream they were good. and new gold dream is still a part of my collection. great pop. | ||
| Geoff Holmes Member Username: Geoff Post Number: 543 Registered: 05-2005 |
Saw Doves at the Metro last Thursday. A solid set of songs although no Caught by the River. The place was PACKED - there seemed to be more people there since last time 4(?) years ago. The crew I went with again took up position above the entry way into the actual room - a close and great view of the stage with less of a crowd to get to the bar. There was a group in the middle that were really fired up and danced/pogoed to, what I would consider, to be some of their more lamer songs like Black and White town. They opened up with Jetstream just like the new album but also, later, played Firesuite and then Here it comes one after the other like on the Lost Souls. They finished with There Goes The Fear with Jimi coming out the front with a drum-kit and the others taking to other sticks and blocks just like the second album. After seeing Brian Wilson do Smile, I hanker for bands to play the album as a set piece but I guess that's not very rock and roll! All in all a good night except the hour and a half drive home after midnight. Even the T shirt fitted. | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 956 Registered: 08-2004 |
Shame about Caught By The River, Geoff. Sounds like a good gig. Still haven't heard the new album. Do you recommend it? Some Cities was a little disappointing. Bought tickets for Babybird at Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen in November, should be good. | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 469 Registered: 04-2005 |
Green Day in October! Go on, I know that you are all jealous. My excuse is that I am accompanying my 12 year old son. Tomorrow night is 'musique baroque' with recorder and harpsichord in a beautiful wee 12C church. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 3297 Registered: 05-2005 |
I'm helping out with a mate who's djing at a pogues gig, with don letts on the 22nd in devon! | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 354 Registered: 10-2008 |
andrew , my 14 yr old daughter was supposed to be getting on the guest list for an upcoming green day gig in glasgow, something to do with her friends brother being "connected" haha. anyway it fell through. she is however going to see all time low in september. no, i've never heard of them either, but a quick google shows them to be grunge lite inna blink 182 stylee. | ||
| Mark Leydon Member Username: Mark_leydon Post Number: 244 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Bats at the Hopetoun in Sydney on Saturday night. An absolute treat of a gig. Played for about 90 minutes. So many great jangly gems. And such a good natured vibe from both the band and the sold out crowd. One of the many hightlights was 'North by North' which was used as the theme song in a recent ABC TV series 'The Hollowmen'. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 3029 Registered: 05-2005 |
Good to hear it was a great show Mark. I wish I'd gone now. Did they make any reference to The Hollowmen? | ||
| Mark Leydon Member Username: Mark_leydon Post Number: 247 Registered: 05-2005 |
Yes Pádraig - they did mention Hollowmen before playing North by North. Happy for the exposure I guess. Paul Kean (the bass player) also mentioned that one of their songs is going to feature in an upcoming Keira Knightly movie. Can't remember the name of the song - or the movie! | ||
| Andreas Severins Member Username: Andreas_severins Post Number: 99 Registered: 11-2007 |
Bill Callahan in cologne! Wow! A sold out concert in a club of 400 with more than two hours of finest, most intensive music including two encores. And all the musicians had fun, Bill Callahan smiled and talked a lot to the audience. In earlier times there had been concerts of him where his stood with his back to the people and where he came out for an encore, asked the people what they want to hear and as he didn't liked what they asked for he went off... A very enjoyable concert, for me one of the best latest! After the concert my brother asked me what hits he had and played. But there are no hits just music - and that's it!! | ||
| Andreas Severins Member Username: Andreas_severins Post Number: 104 Registered: 11-2007 |
Arctic Monkeys in a radio concert in cologne yesterday evening. Won the ticket and could take a friend of mine with me. Wonderful place for a concert. But I don't think that I like the new desert sound of them. The drummer is brilliant and they are very young, but... | ||
| frank bascombe Member Username: Frankb Post Number: 441 Registered: 01-2007 |
caughtbytheriver.net great music cultural fishing blog. | ||
| XY765 Member Username: Judge Post Number: 621 Registered: 01-2006 |
I saw Spiritualized & Primal Scream at the Galway Arts Festival about a month ago. Spiritualized were on first at about 8pm and played for about an hour. I enjoyed their set but think I the fact that it was daylight took something from the gig. Missed most of Primal Scream as I kept bumping into old friends outside. Saw the last half hour of them which was enough for me. | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 481 Registered: 04-2005 |
A friend sent me this link of a photo he took at Edwyn Collins 50th birthday gig in Edinburgh a couple of days ago. Wonderful image of Edwyn and his son William, with Malcolm Ross in the background. I would have loved to have been there... http://www.blipfoto.com/view.php?id=3523 10&month=8&year=2009#comments | ||
| Simon Withers Member Username: Sfwithers Post Number: 155 Registered: 08-2005 |
Judge, I saw Primal Scream years - decades - ago supporting Julian Cope (that'll give you some idea of when). They were appalling, so you may not have missed much. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 2098 Registered: 03-2005 |
Well-known for my deep and undying love for Steely Dan, I woke up this morning entirely innocent of any notion of seeing them tonight. But I am. Report later. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 3067 Registered: 05-2005 |
Looking forward to that report Randy! | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 3068 Registered: 05-2005 |
That's a lovely picture. Thanks for the link Andrew. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 2100 Registered: 03-2005 |
A co-worker is a big Steely Dan fan. He bounded into my office ablaze with excitement because he'd been given a pair of complimentary tickets to a show Tuesday night. He knew Steely Dan is not my style but as his own wife wasn't interested in going he decided to try me on the theory that I'd get some interest out of studying their music and performance. Aside from having been as frequent an involuntary radio listener of Steely Dan as would be any other American of my era I was also exposed to a pretty continual indoctrination through the common wall between my apartment and that of my neighbor in Los Angeles during the late 1970s. I knew a number of their songs but never the titles. I'm not a big jazz fan, and particularly not a big white jazz fan, so that puts me at an immediate disadvantage when it comes to somebody like Steely Dan. I always thought them terminally bland and Fagen's vocals always seemed downright enervating. At age 52, however, that has its virtues. First off, the volume level was never going to be middle-aged-ear damaging. Secondly, the sound quality and mix was first rate. And it gives me an opening for exposing my host to the once-removed Steely Danism of Microdisney. Don't ask what they played, because I never knew the titles, but it was a set supposedly selected from the songs most requested on the band's website which means pretty much a greatest hits parade. I recognized about 3/4 of the songs. (Yes, of course there was "Reeling in the Years" and "Rikki, Don't Lose That Number." I can also name "Dirty Work.") I would have dismissed at least one of the extra guitarists and maybe both of them and simply relied upon Walter Becker's taut Strat but for a 70s-era act the guitar solo quotient was commendably contained. There were four horn guys and three grooving female singers. Another keyboard player augmented Fagen, who sang in the same key as he had done 30-plus years ago. It was very show-biz, but well done. I had to ask myself why Donald Fagen's New Yorkism never attracted me whereas Lou Reed's always did. Partly, it's unquestionably the simpler Reed music but it's probably also Reed's sense of humor. Where Fagen would cop references from famous jazz numbers of the past, the usually instrumentally incompetent Reed & Co would snatch a breathtakingly accurate copy of the intro to the Rolling Stones' version of "Hitch Hike" which was already a long-favorite record of mine anyway. And I thought about how nearly everybody in the theater would have considered the Go Betweens to be total rubbish if confronted with their casual minimal guitar breaks and their approximate and erratic presentations of their repertoire. We've touched on the inexplicable phenomenon of musical taste many times in these threads, none of us ever reaching any satisfying conclusions. And so we never shall. It's like choosing a lover. The person I find irresistible leaves everyone else unmoved, except perhaps by annoyance. And music is the same. I could respect the obvious craft in Fagen's songs and his highly laudable avoidance of the most hackneyed pop cliches. But somewhere around 25 minutes before the show had ended I found myself thinking about how dry the air was in the theatre and about how nice it would be to get outside and walk to the subway station. | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1738 Registered: 10-2004 |
Holy shit! Hell has officially frozen over! | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 3072 Registered: 05-2005 |
Thanks Randy. When I saw them they didn't play Reeling In The Years. The impression I got was they thought it too poppy and unrepresentative. Glad to see fans voting for it has brought it back in their set. | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 378 Registered: 10-2008 |
my mate is also a big steely dan fan. he has very similar tastes to myself,and he also likes lots of "out there" stuff i find unlistenable because its so odd. so i guess he wouldnt be a "normal" SD fan. this leads me to think that SD have at least a little bit of substance. i'll never find out though, because the songs that i have heard i dislike with a passion normally reserved for the likes of "the crowdies" as i believe they are known around these parts. in my naivete i thought randy was going to the gig cos SD were a guilty pleasure, a band he liked in his younger days. i know this is probably stereotyping on a massive scale, but i have this impression that most americans, certainly those now in their 40s and 50s, had "shit" musical taste in their formative years and didnt discover "good" music till they reached their 20s. | ||
| bongo billy Member Username: Bongo_billy Post Number: 4 Registered: 06-2008 |
When you reach 50 you realise that your musical taste (and your taste in clothes) is impeccable. You realise as well that you are incredibly attractive to the opposite sex, but tend not to want to look in the mirror too often to confirm it. You also think that you may still get a call up from Capello for the World Cup. And 51 is even better..... | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1739 Registered: 10-2004 |
I love-hate Steely Dan. See, they've got hooks and genuinely interesting, melodic chord progressions. I've already admitted many times here that I will listen to the dumbest music if it has a genuinely good and interesting melody. But at the same time, SD's 70s coke-fueled excess leaves me feeling icky. The basic ideas are actually pretty good and well thought out; it's just the execution and overall aesthetic that taints it. I mean, just listen to that chorus in "Dr. Wu"; it's insane. Complex, sophisticated, pretty, a bit sappy, but still sounds like little else that was in heavy rotation on the radio when it came out. Donald Fagen kind of creeps me out. Whenever I hear "The Fez," I can't get the image out of my head of a bony, sneering, grunting Fagen aggressively nailing some poor woman while refusing to take off his fez (even though "fez" in this song is apparently intended to mean a condom). At the end of the day, I kind of approach 'em with a sense of humor. I can dig the songs without taking them too seriously, and chuckle at some of the sillier aspects. And I'd never, ever pay more than a dollar for any of their records! | ||
| XY765 Member Username: Judge Post Number: 629 Registered: 01-2006 |
I saw Wilco last Thusday night in Vicar Street, Dublin. Fantastic gig with a great setlist. Some great surprises like It's Just That Simple with bassist John Stirrat on vocals and Box Full Of Letters, both fromm AM. Very few low points...well I used a few of my less favourite tracks as bar/toilet/smoke breaks (Walken which I really dislike and Impossible Germany which I've seen them do live a few times now). Wilco (the song) I Am Trying To Break Your Heart One Wing A Shot in the Arm Bull Black Nova You Are My Face I'll Fight Impossible Germany It's Just That Simple Sonny Feeling Handshake Drugs (w/Janet Weiss on shakers) Jesus, etc. You Never Know Hate It Here Walken I'm The Man Who Loves You Hummingbird --------------------- A Magazine Called Sunset Misunderstood Spiders (Kidsmoke) --------------------- Box Full of Letters Can't Stand It Hoodoo Voodoo I'm A Wheel Would have loved to have seen them the second night as well, it looked like another great setlist.. | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 379 Registered: 10-2008 |
With a setlist like that Tweedy obviously reads this board. Anybody who prefers the last 2 albums,especially SBS, would have been well pissed off | ||
| XY765 Member Username: Judge Post Number: 630 Registered: 01-2006 |
Surprisingly Kev there was lots more of the new album (on the first night) than on the rest of this Euro tour. The second night's was great too, if I'd seen them do Poor Places-Reservations-Spiders I think I woulda erupted.. 2nd night setlist - 28/08/09: Bull Black Nova You Are My Face One Wing A Shot in the Arm At Least That's What You Said I Am Trying To Break Your Heart Impossible Germany Deeper Down Jesus, etc. Sonny Feeling Nothing'severgonnastandinmyway(again) You Never Know I'm Always In Love Theologians I'm The Man Who Loves You Poor Places Reservations Spiders (Kidsmoke) --------------------- Wilco (the song) Heavy Metal Drummer Passenger Side California Stars --------------------- The Late Greats Kingpin Monday Outtasite (Outta Mind) Hoodoo Voodoo | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Hugh_nimmo Post Number: 175 Registered: 03-2007 |
The Dodos at King Tuts, Glasgow, on Friday 4th September, 2009. | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1419 Registered: 08-2006 |
Wussy at the Bucktown Arts Fest, Chicago, August 29. Another great performance by a damn fine band. They played for a little over an hour, mainly hitting on the new album but giving the first two some love, as well ("Airborne" "Funeral Dress" "Mayflies," etc.) Since I booked them, I was obviously hoping they'd go over well, but even I was surprised by the reception. It was a lovely day, tons of people out, they sold a crazy amount of merch and I had people coming up to me all day yesterday saying they were the best band they'd ever seen at the fest (which is no small praise). Plus, they're the nicest folks you'd hope to work with. Definitely a band you wish the best for, and a highlight of a pretty crazy fun weekend. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 3322 Registered: 05-2005 |
Moseley Folk Festival. The Pastels played amongst many others and I must say they were really really great, nowt shambolic about this band I can tell ye! I also aught last 3 songs by the soft Hearted Scientists, whom I really like, thanks to Cosmo raving on about em a while back, whom I managed to hook up with at long last! A great atmosphere and great setting, lovely to see old faces too, some people I hadn't seen in 20 years! | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 484 Registered: 04-2005 |
Public service announcment ! Edwyn Collins and Teenage Fanclub this Thursday (10th) together in Glasgow. Full details at http://www.edwyncollins.com/ | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1424 Registered: 08-2006 |
Saw the Pains of Being Pure at Heart last night here in Chicago. Talk about a study in cognitive dissonance. Their name suggests some nightmare amalgam of emo and twee, their record (on first listen) dispels at least the tweet descriptor but live - these guys rock. I caught part of their set at the Pitchfork festival and was intrigued enough to see them again last night. Pitchfork was not a fluke. They're tuneful yet noisy, with a killer, propulsive and big drum sound that would make a lot of today's indie bands reach for their security blankets. Even with the notoriously crummy, boom-y sound at Logan Square Auditorium, the tunes and the exuberance cut through. Color me impressed. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 2117 Registered: 03-2005 |
The Drones at the Echo in the Echo Park district of Los Angeles, last night (Thursday night). Opening support was the entertaining Bridezilla, a lineup of four women on guitar, saxophone, guitar/lead vocals, and violin, all backed with one male drummer. No bass but sometimes the lead guitarist would do the job on the low notes. I thought I was watching a brunette Carla Olson, Lori Logic, Debbie Harry and Amanda Brown in a collaboration. The small venue's sound wasn't great but the noise cocktail made by this group was unique. When I asked the lead guitarist if they had any releases she was endearingly surprised that I wanted one. She went upstairs to the dressing room and came back with an EP and a vinyl 7 inch shared by them and another band. They're from Sydney. Middle act was Model/Actress, a lineup of American guys doing the usual American guy vaguely punk rock posturing. The first song was entertaining pop punk but I didn't stay interested. And they were loud. I should have stuffed in the earplugs that I carried in my pocket. The Drones, of course, were the adult act. All of the fancy equipment was swept off the stage and we were treated to a nearly all-Fender soundscape, the exception being the Ampeg amp for the bass and the drums of course. Luscombe played a lovely old Tele, Liddiard played a Jag, and Fiona used a Jazz bass. There was no changing of instruments. If Luscombe needed to use slide he just used it on the same Tele. No gimmicks at all with this group unless you consider Liddiard's wired intensity to be a gimmick and I don't. I think they only did 7 or 8 songs which seemed a short set although the songs tend to be long. I lost count when I realized that this 52 year old had to give in and install the earplugs and so got distracted a bit by trying to get them to stay in. The Drones delivered an impassioned indiosyncratic attack. They played like it mattered and NOT like a study in clever irony. They remind me of X before X became pop stars. The audience was small but was theirs. No encore unless they faked me out and came out after the DJ played TRex and after the bassist came out for a drink. Sadly the audience was too small--maybe 30-- to make a very impressive encore demand. Despairing of anything else I tried yelling a nice loud "Piss Off" but that didn't bring them back either. (During the show they'd asked us if we used certain expressions in the US and "piss off" was one of them). I hope they weren't disappointed with us as an audience but LA audiences are notoriously lazy and, well, for superannuated me to be out and on my feet at midnight on a work night was an achievement by itself, not that they'd care. The ticket cost an embarrassingly small $10. Fortunately I bought a second for a friend who eventually couldn't make it. It's very tough for an Australian band to make an entrance into the US music scene. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1609 Registered: 01-2005 |
Son Volt is in town this Thursday. I'm thinking about attending. Anyone catch a show on Jay & Co's current tour? | ||
| peter ward Member Username: Peter_ward Post Number: 95 Registered: 06-2005 |
The Drones play in Dublin soon Randy, I may well check them out reading the above. Best show I've seen this year was David Byrne burning down the National Concert Hall, strange to see the place hopping like a sweaty club by the end of the night. Off to see the Pixies next week so that may be subject to change. | ||
| TROU Member Username: Trou Post Number: 223 Registered: 05-2005 |
Saw Low Anthem in Köln. They’re more funny and better than expected. As on the record, american root music alterned with really moving songs. These sounded really good live. I spoke nearly ten minutes with the girl but my so poor english allowed me to understand less than half of what she said. One of the things I remember is that, like the guy of Midlake, they don’t know anything about the Go-Betweens. http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/7958/ds cf7034.jpg http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/6945/ dscf6997.jpg http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/8082/ds cf7013y.jpg | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 2123 Registered: 03-2005 |
Peter I definitely recommend checking them out. They deliver a riveting performance with only the barest necessities. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 3125 Registered: 05-2005 |
Go Peter! I've only seen them do one song at a tribute show for Aboriginal/Irish songwriter Kev Carmody, but they were powerful and intense. | ||
| Mark Leydon Member Username: Mark_leydon Post Number: 260 Registered: 05-2005 |
Hey Pádraig - off topic, but is that you I heard winning the music quiz on Jon Casimir's show on ABC 702 last night? If so then great job! For those interested - the question was: what is the connection between the following three records? Rattlesnakes - Lloyd Cole and the Commotions Man on the Moon - REM Don't Stand so Close to Me - The Police I won't give away the answer Pádraig - lets see if any of our music brains here can get it. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 3126 Registered: 05-2005 |
Guilty as charged Mark! It was fun. You forgot the second question (and the got the first one slightly wrong). What links these songs: The Police - Don't Stand So Close To Me Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - Rattlesnakes R.E.M. - The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite And these: Urge Overkill - Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon The Monkees - I'm A Believer UB40 - Red Red Wine | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 967 Registered: 08-2004 |
The 2nd link is Neil Diamond & the 1st is???? | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 401 Registered: 10-2008 |
sting is a reptile? | ||
| Mark Leydon Member Username: Mark_leydon Post Number: 261 Registered: 05-2005 |
One of the other callers suggested something similar Kev. But not the answer they were looking for. (sorry for the wrong REM number Padraig - that confused the issue) | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 3128 Registered: 05-2005 |
I'm not giving the answer out yet Jerry. Randy will get it right. Even if he does think The Shadows were better than The Beatles. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 3129 Registered: 05-2005 |
By the way Mark, I asked the researcher what my prize would be and she didn't know! A CD I imagine. Hopefully not Westlife's Greatest Hits or something equally abominable. | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 968 Registered: 08-2004 |
The Beatles shadows have more substance than The Beatles. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 2125 Registered: 03-2005 |
Somebody's reading comprehension is slipping. I have no idea what links those songs. I thought Kevin's answer was right. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 3132 Registered: 05-2005 |
The answer is books. The Police - Don't Stand So Close To Me: Nabokov Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - Rattlesnakes: de Beauvoir R.E.M. - The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite: Seuss | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1432 Registered: 08-2006 |
You know, I thought that, Padraig, but I Googled the lyrics for "Sidewinder" and couldn't come up with anything. How is it Seuss-ian? I'm curious. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1658 Registered: 09-2006 |
You might've Googled some miswritten lyrics there, Rob. In the bridge part Stipe lists some "more sub-sub-sub-substantial" needs he has, the last of which is "a reading from Dr. Seuss." Followed by which, he comes a hairsbreadth from cracking up laughing, a part I've always loved. The first lyric after that is, "The Cat in the Hat came back..." | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1659 Registered: 09-2006 |
Slight mistake: the Cat in the Hat line is in the bridge, and the other line is in the verse prior. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 3133 Registered: 05-2005 |
What Allen said! | ||
| peter ward Member Username: Peter_ward Post Number: 96 Registered: 06-2005 |
Pixies-Olympia Theatre, Dublin. 1st of three nights in Dublin at the beginning of a world tour. Totally stripped down performance and stage. Veered close to expensive Kareoke on occasion, (crowd screaming every word) but that couldn't mask the visceral thrill of Tame, Monkey Gone To Heaven or the No 13 Baby (what an outro!) They played the Doolittle album in it's entirity and associated b-sides. Black Francis looked like Vic Mackie with a beer gut and didn't utter a word other than the lyrics, Kim Deal beamed all night and Joey Santaiago's guitar parts really stood out in the mix, particularly on Silver. A real thrill, they're in London next and move thru' Europe, the states and Australia with a first ever show in NZ, recommended. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 3347 Registered: 05-2005 |
Wild Beasts, hare n hounds kings heath birmingham, f**kin incredible, superb unique sounding quartet, ref points, associates, sparks, eno, siouxse n banshees, bundhu boys. hung around with hem afterwards, utterly charming fellas, nice to see our rock stars with heads rather than up their backsides. | ||
| peter ward Member Username: Peter_ward Post Number: 98 Registered: 06-2005 |
Hi Spence, Wild Beasts play Dublin Nov 5th, same night as Yo La Tengo and I have YLT tickets for a couple of months, shame as I am keen to see them, good to hear that they'r incredible live, I wont miss the next one. That 5th track on the new album "We've Still Got The Taste Dancing On Our Tongues" is one of the most sublime pieces of pop I've heard all year. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 3348 Registered: 05-2005 |
Pete, yeah shame mate. I still can;t get over it to be honest. They look uber cool, they sound uber cool, a match made in heaven! | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 137 Registered: 05-2005 |
i am liking Wild Beasts spence! can hear Blue Nile and Foals in there as well | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 138 Registered: 05-2005 |
pete, am going to Yo La Tengo in London, Euros Childs is support so should be a stonker | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 3352 Registered: 05-2005 |
Cosmo, glad you liking the beasts! yes can hear echoes of BN in there, they are just so much more than your average new wave reinventors! Wished i could see YLT, I adore Euros albums, my kids love dancing to Ali day from miracle inn, love the Son of album too, very funny guy!!! |