Seat68 Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Nice to see you back @Rugeley Villa hope all is well. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAVe80 Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Went to see Jeffrey Lewis last night in Middlesbrough. Really cool gig, and I'm glad I decided to go at the last minute. He's a very clever and funny guy, and his songs and art are well worth checking out. Cool venue too, it was basically in the gift shop / café of the Modern Art Institute (I know right?! Boro has and Art Institute!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 1 hour ago, dAVe80 said: Went to see Jeffrey Lewis last night in Middlesbrough. Really cool gig, and I'm glad I decided to go at the last minute. He's a very clever and funny guy, and his songs and art are well worth checking out. Cool venue too, it was basically in the gift shop / café of the Modern Art Institute (I know right?! Boro has and Art Institute!) I was going to write this long thing about the jeffrey lewis and a few of his songs that I loved, and how he was stunning live, then I remembered it was Adam Green. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAVe80 Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 31 minutes ago, Seat68 said: I was going to write this long thing about the jeffrey lewis and a few of his songs that I loved, and how he was stunning live, then I remembered it was Adam Green. I've seen him live too. Was only contemplating listening to the Moldy Peaches the other day. They are very similar in style actually. Check him out, if you've not before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 2 hours ago, dAVe80 said: I've seen him live too. Was only contemplating listening to the Moldy Peaches the other day. They are very similar in style actually. Check him out, if you've not before. I know a few people who are really into "anti folk" and at one time I adored that Moldy Peaches album, been too long since I listened to it, 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Pentagram, Manchester October 14th. I think me and the wife are still going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted August 26, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted August 26, 2016 A night of laid back, light entertainment booked for 4th September as Anaal Nathrakh return for a homecoming gig in Brum 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyrusr Posted August 26, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted August 26, 2016 19 minutes ago, Designer1 said: A night of laid back, light entertainment booked for 4th September as Anaal Nathrakh return for a homecoming gig in Brum A very chilled out evening that will be! Seen them a couple of times and they are great. Will have to miss this one though... Stupid parents wanting to "catch up" over dinner... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 Just got asked this in the Kodjia thread. Thought I'd answer here rather than head OT in the Kodjia thread. 1 hour ago, rubberman said: OT - I've always fancied going to No6 - how was it? Pretty. That's the first thing. Portmeirion is an amazing place on it's own. Throw in the madness of No6 and I'd say it's one of the prettiest festivals i've ever seen. There's stuff all around the actual village and you could spend a day just marvelling at the Sir Clough Williams-Ellis architecture. I'm not sure how big it is numbers wise (15,000 capacity maybe) but it's big. Lots of people. It's quite twee. Your more seasoned festival goer would describe it as a more 'middle-class festival' and a few people did exactly that on the performers bus out of there. Lots of middle aged people wandering around with gin and tonics and glasses of rose. But maybe that's more to do with the line up. I don't know. Despite the nice weather around the country they got quite a bit of rain and as I alluded to earlier I was driving for one of the bands, so headed in and out on Sunday but as I wasn't performing I got a good wander round. It was muddy. Although there are ALOT of concrete paths all around the place due to it being a tourist attraction anyway so once you're off the actual fields of the campsites and main arena not a boots only environment. Also one of the long stay car parks down in Portmadog looked like it had flooded (well they were parking them on the estuary banks??) no one was getting off that one without a tractor and we passed a few people heading home early on the way up there pushing bits of plastic back into their wheelarches and the like. The parking looks a ball-ache although as its a heritage site they need to keep the traffic away from the actual site and they do provide very regular shuttle busses. Artists weren't even allowed to drive in. Although there was a seperate short stay carpark and shuttle bus for all the artists (and all the blacked out coaches and tour busses ) with a little army of golf buggys ready to get the equipment and artists off to their stages. this was pretty efficient too I have to say. The live in vehicle field and campsite seemed to funnel through the family camping area to get onto the site which i thought was a little weird, They went for closer proximity rather than seclusion for the families basically. But on that note very family friendly. Lots of people of all ages which is always good i feel. Didn't spend a huge amount of time in the main arena as I was only there for a few hours and wanted to see what little gems I could root out (But guess what the main stage is a main stage. Probably had all the main acts on it too!! ). LOTS of different stages. LOTS of variation. You wont be stuck for finding things to do that's for sure. Toilets were particularly rough, and Ive seen a few down the years, but then to be fair it was Sunday afternoon. Half the boys had been there the whole weekend - they were also saying how pretty it was. Loads of walkabout stuff, great use of lighting etc. Definately the sort of festival where you can be stood in a quiet place having a beer and something is going to walk past every now and then and make you all go 'look at THAT'. One of the guys in particular has a new favourite festival and was raving about how it's the best festival in the UK. There was lager involved at this point. But he was totally serious. Bars and Coffee places all that stuff, well its a big festival so its all the commercial side of it. Nice semi permanent wooden structures and that, pretty soulless though. but then I am a bit of a Canvas whore when it comes to structures. Anyway I digress, Beers/food/coffee/tea etc pretty standard. Normal festival sort of prices but not overly extortionate. There is some posh restaurant in portmeirion which was open as usual to any festival goers but how many takers they had at £70 a head for breakfast I don't know but MANY people who i stopped and chatted with were telling that tale, in fact it was pretty much talk of the festival lol. Having said that if you're after a Luxury/Quality festival this would be the one. Blessed with such an amazing site and for anyone that doesn't know of Portmeirion I really can't stress that enough, blessed, You'd be silly not to go for the higher end of the market and theres plenty of choice out there for everyone eh. Punters mainly consisted of scouse and mancs, but then it's North Wales innit. Nice though, really nice vibe, bit too nice for my own personal taste but if you're in the habit of paying upwards of £180 on a festival ticket you couldn't leave the place disappointed unless you were mentally ill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubberman Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 Thanks @VILLAMARV Just had a look and seems it was unlucky with the weather - the car parks look a nightmare - though not for the first time. I've been to Portmeirion a few times (non festival) so know it should be an amazing venue. With the family in tow, we are more at the Gin & Tonic end of the festival-going spectrum, though not £70 breakfast end - so it looks like one to think about next year. Would have loved to see Hot Chip. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 (edited) I was thinking of going to see bad company in brum in October. £70 odd quid a ticket to see bad company! Sod that they are not even on my radar in terms of favourite bands. all id expect to pay is £40 and that's pushing it. Edited September 6, 2016 by Rugeley Villa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 57 minutes ago, rubberman said: Thanks @VILLAMARV Just had a look and seems it was unlucky with the weather - the car parks look a nightmare - though not for the first time. I've been to Portmeirion a few times (non festival) so know it should be an amazing venue. With the family in tow, we are more at the Gin & Tonic end of the festival-going spectrum, though not £70 breakfast end - so it looks like one to think about next year. Would have loved to see Hot Chip. Aye, good shout, when I looked at the line up they stood out and get good word of mouth live. I think it was Noel Gallagher headlining on Sunday. As we were leaving crowds were funneling out of watching the David Bowie tribute act - but this aint unusual for No6 some of the crew were telling me they like a nice festival supergroup and they do promote a lot of creativity rather than just churning out stuff. The Gatehouse was really cool, sort of cinema/stand up/music venue. One of the band I was with was raving about the Ennico Morricone scores being played in there with shots form the films they were from running in the background that he had caught the night before. I noticed Shaun Ryder on the line up for that venue, think Craig Charles was doing his funk thing in there too. It being in North Wales there's obviously a few Welsh speaking bands and that and that means ceilidh punk-folk loveliness and whispy dreamy floaty stuff with flutes and violins and that with plenty of Cymru am byth. Really diverse musically. 2 dance tents. Everything there you want from a festival and with attention to detail that does put it above many of its ilk. I would definitely recommend it if there's kids in tow. With all the walkabout stuff and cabaret stage the procession through Portmeirion on the Saturday is quite the spectacle apparently, though I was a day late for that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 1 hour ago, Rugeley Villa said: I was thinking of going to see bad company in brum in October. £70 odd quid a ticket to see bad company! Sod that they are not even on my radar in terms of favourite bands. all id expect to pay is £40 and that's pushing it. Can't get enough them boys eh? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAVe80 Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 My mate's band supported Teenage Fanclub, last night in that London. Not jealous at all, honestly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 (edited) Tickets for the 40th anniversary tour of Punk / New wave greatest band going on sale tomorrow ... Going to get myself over to Belfast to see them and make a weekend of it Edited September 6, 2016 by tonyh29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 Brandy Clark in a couple of weeks is next for me, really enjoying her album at the moment so should be good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 5 hours ago, Rugeley Villa said: I was thinking of going to see bad company in brum in October. £70 odd quid a ticket to see bad company! Sod that they are not even on my radar in terms of favourite bands. all id expect to pay is £40 and that's pushing it. Didnt know they were on, thanks for the info - just got two tickets in Block 16 Orianthi and Richie Sambora as support? Bargain! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 6 hours ago, rjw63 said: Didnt know they were on, thanks for the info - just got two tickets in Block 16 Orianthi and Richie Sambora as support? Bargain! How much? Yeah sambora is supporting. Don't mind bad company but I'm not paying over the odds . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 6 hours ago, Rugeley Villa said: How much? Yeah sambora is supporting. Don't mind bad company but I'm not paying over the odds . 67 quid. Orianthi is hot...and Rodgers is one of those vocalists I need to see, already ticked off Robert Plant and Chris Cornell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 1 hour ago, rjw63 said: 67 quid. Orianthi is hot...and Rodgers is one of those vocalists I need to see, already ticked off Robert Plant and Chris Cornell. Too much for that band imo but I'd agree Rodgers still has a great voice. You not going to see sabbath in brum in Feb? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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