bickster Posted April 24, 2019 Moderator Share Posted April 24, 2019 1 minute ago, fightoffyour said: Great gig! My friend’s video: You must have been a couple of rows in front of us to the side. It was a great gig. It suited the intimacy of the venue. The drummer must have the patience of a saint to be able to play with just a snare drum, brushes and muted sticks. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post chrisp65 Posted April 27, 2019 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 27, 2019 For the last few months my nipper has been learning / practicing with a samba band, it's involved lots of weekends of me sat in a school hall, ear plugs in, reading a book whilst 30 or 40 people have gone through their practice routines. For those of a technical bent, she's on the second largest of the Surdo drums, so knocking out that driving bass beat you can feel bump through you. I've been nothing more than nominated driver and until she was fully a member I had to hang around for all that 'parental' and safe guarding stuff that's rightly more enforced these days. Though, tbh, I've really enjoyed sitting in on the practice sessions. It's been a genuine treat to be in the room whilst they work out a routine. Bloody hell, you need those ear plugs though.Last session was 40 drummers in an enclosed practice space. Now she's fully signed up, I don't have to sit there anymore, which is a shame. Perhaps I could be a roadie? Anyway, today was her first 'gig' which was actually 2 hours of busking around the streets on the Judgement Day rugby weekend at the Millenium Stadium. I really enjoyed seeing all those hours translated in to attracting a crowd and getting money thrown in buckets on a good sunny day. I have a slight bias, but I thought it was bloody great. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted April 27, 2019 Moderator Share Posted April 27, 2019 Teleman at Gorilla in Manchester was tonight’s gig. And very good it was too 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted April 27, 2019 Moderator Share Posted April 27, 2019 35 minutes ago, bickster said: Teleman at Gorilla in Manchester was tonight’s gig. And very good it was too Wasn’t it just. When they get it right they’re exceptional. Basically if you get the chance to go and see teleman live, go and see teleman live, you won’t regret it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyrusr Posted April 30, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted April 30, 2019 Devin Townsend acoustic show at the glee club tonight. Sold out pretty much instantly - cannot wait!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted May 26, 2019 Moderator Share Posted May 26, 2019 Update: Last Tuesday was The Psychedelic Porn Crumpets at the Shipping Forecast in Liverpool. No tickets, Sold Out but the happy coincidence of a friend running the gig for the promoter meant we got in. Loud gnarly riff-heavy surfer rock from Australia. I enjoyed it even if we couldn't really see the band playing Yesterday: Gigantic, Old School Indie Festival at Manchester Academy 1. Crazyhead - was in the pub, no interest Jesus Jones: - saw approx 30 secs, it confirmed my belief they were shite all along Juliana Hatfield Trio - the revelation of the day, I thought she and they were great. Apparently, their merch guy went AWOL so she sold the merch herself after their set Jim Bob - nah, was never really a fan of Carter but Carter songs done accoustic are shitter than they originally were The Bluetones - hands down the worst band of the day. If you took all the bad bits of Squeeze and Deacon Blue and formed a band, you'd have the Bluetones an utterly boring band. Intersong banter of "We're going to one in 6/4 time next" was rather apt. I didn't care, nor should I The Wonderstuff: I'm not what you'd call a fan, though I reckon they must the band I've probably seen the most without ever owning any of their product. You have to hand it to Miles Hunt, he is a great showman and the band do deliver a performance. I enjoyed their set a lot. Echo & the Bunnymen: I've always been a fan, I've lost count of the times I've seen them (It's well in excess of fifty, might be approaching a hundred by now). Thankfully they've abandoned the orchestral crap they were touring last year and gone back to what they do best being a proper band. It took Mac quite a while to warm to the occasion so the start of the set was rather lacklustre but these things aren't helped by no soundcheck (every band had to adapt to this) and at a proper Bunnymen gig full of fans of the band, the opener of Going Up would have hit the right note as it always used to be the set opener for many years but most of this crowd weren't hardcore Bunnymen fans so they didn't understand (Simple Stuff) the treat they were being given. This addedto the sound not being quite right at the start mean't Mac, who always plays off the crowd took a time to warm up. When he did they were good but they took a while to get there. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milfner Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 All Points East yesterday. Saw Parquet Courts, Marr, a bit of Courtney Barnett, Yak, Interpol and obviously the Strokes but the sound was so bad throughout. Great fun but the sound problems really did take away from it all. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 (edited) Watched The Cult last night at Bearded Theory. A set bereft of crowd pleasers and mainly Sonic Temple. Also watched Angelic Upstarts who I have seen before, enjoyed then and enjoyed now. As for new music, saw The Sherlocks. Good, mainstream indie on the whole but a pleasant distraction. Also watched Winachi Tribe, like a sober tighter Happy Mondays. Orphan Colours, Americana is the best description. Not bad. Edited May 26, 2019 by Seat68 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightoffyour Posted May 26, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted May 26, 2019 Spencer Krug of Wolf Parade/Sunset Rubdown/Swan Lake/Moonface doing a solo piano tour at Betel in Krakow on Tuesday night. Was awesome. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted May 27, 2019 Moderator Share Posted May 27, 2019 I'd forgotten all about Spencer Krug, such a talent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAVe80 Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 Just back from that London, having spent the last two nights watching the peerless, indie rock gods, Guided By Voices. Oh. My. Christ. What a pair of gigs! My knees hurt, my feet hurt, my back hurts, and my wallet definitely hurts, but totally worth it. Now I'm left with the empty feeling of not being able to attend a third night of getting covered in beer and sweat. Viva Uncle Bob! Viva GBV! The Club Is Open! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAVe80 Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 If you look hard enough, you can spot me. I'm the drunk one, jumping about like a loon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted June 16, 2019 Author Share Posted June 16, 2019 Kraftwerk live on Channel 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 Question or nominate? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshVilla Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 Went to Download this weekend. Drove back on Saturday to catch Foals at the Digbeth arena, then drove back to Download again Amazing weekend. Tool were phenomenal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted June 17, 2019 Moderator Share Posted June 17, 2019 Looking forward to Stereolab on Wednesday! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 An audience with Nick Cave tonight in brum before early train back to Liverpool tomorrow morning. tempted to catch Black Midi on Friday night too. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 Milton Nascimento plays the Barbican tonight. Still a few tix. Was tempted. He's playing 'Clube Da Esquina', a massive album in Brazil. He's doing other non MPB bits and bobs too. He was in Som Imaginario, who had their Heavy Psych moments. He's quite frail now. Performs seated and wobbles around the notes a bit - Total legend but don't think I want to see it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mozzavfc Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 4 hours ago, JoshVilla said: Went to Download this weekend. Drove back on Saturday to catch Foals at the Digbeth arena, then drove back to Download again Amazing weekend. Tool were phenomenal. Was the mud as bad as everyone was making out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshVilla Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 34 minutes ago, Mozzavfc said: Was the mud as bad as everyone was making out? Yeah it was pretty bad. The car park was a right laugh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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