Your last gig.

    Just back from Elbow.


    What a great gig. The new songs work incredibly well live!

    I was unaware that Pete Turner was sick and couldn't play!

    Nathan Sudders appparently was called up last minute. He did a great job.


    Little plus: possibly the best crowd ever encountered at a gig.

    I've been to three since my last post here.

    1. The wonderful Mostly Autumn who we see around 3 times a year recently. They absolutely fantastic live and I really recommend to anyone to fork out £20 to go and see them if you haven't already.


    2 and 3

    A couple of small festivals. The Sonic Rock Solstice and The Tannerfest. Between the two there were over 30 bands and I only knew of 4 , Hawklords, Trance Dimensionals, Here and Now and Jah Wobble and although I know of Jah Wobble I had absolutely no idea of any of his stuff. I would say that all the bands were great , really good musicianship , thoroughly enjoyable. It goes to show what unrecognised talent there is a out there. Such a shame. As for Jah Wobble . He was astonishingly good. One of the greatest surprises I have ever had seeing bands. It wasn't reggae it wasn't space rock and I wouldn't say pub rock either . Quite original . Brilliant.

    My first visit to PsychFest, absolutely brilliant. For those who don't know it's a one-day festival in each of Brighton, Manchester and Edinburgh. I attended in Edinburgh and saw 6 bands in total at Summerhall and the Queens Hall in this order from 11am-11pm:


    Gruff Rhys (of Super Furry Animals) - presenting himself as a corporation 'GR Logistics' complete with company logo


    TTSSFU - musician Tasmine Stephens, a solo recording artist but who's assembled a live band. Indie/shoegazy, I liked it especially as I'd managed to squeeze it in between acts as a 'maybe'. I later chatted with them, they were really nice. I'll be seeing them again in November as support to English Teacher in Glasgow.


    Hotwax - thrashy punky with some sophistication, loud and very enjoyable.


    Voka Gentle - not sure how to describe them, they're kind of an effects-heavy mishmash of genres which I like and in fact they were the highlight of the day for me. One I'll definitely be seeking out on record and stage.


    NewDad - I already knew I liked their jangly indie-pop and they didn't disappoint.


    Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs - screeching metal with a psychedelic edge, ear-shredding distortion and a manic live show that really whipped the crowd up and brought the day to a blistering end.


    I thoroughly enjoyed the day and will be very interested in going to this event again, maybe next year. I chose well from a line-up of about 30 acts so I was very pleased, there wasn't a weak moment.


    All this was the day after the Oasis tour sale shenanigans and the outrageous pricing. I had a whole day of excellent varied live music for a total of £30 which I'll take in preference every time.


    Abandon all reason

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    The Last Dinner Party, Glasgow O2 Academy. Hugely enjoyable evening, helped by two very good support acts, Kaeto followed by Lucia & The Best Boys. The latter are locals and got an incredible reaction from the crowd, amazing energy that carried through the rest of the evening. TLDP were lively and played a great set. The richness of their material shone through with moments of tranquility, searing guitar noise and a lot in between. Definitely a band I'll see again, it'll be very interesting to do that when they've got another album's worth of new material to play.


    I was one of the oldest, most Y-chromosomed and least lacy-white-skirt-wearing people there.


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