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[Music] The Live Music thread
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Pogue Mahone
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- Apr 30, 2011
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Gruff Rhys at St George's this Thursday. I am so looking forward to this. If you haven't got a ticket, burst a lung to get one. Or something.
CorgiRegisteredFriend
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Not strictly live but is anyone else going to see The Nick Cave premier 20,000 days. It is on at a number of cinemas locally incl Komedia, Duke Of Yorks and Worthing Connaught this Wednesday. Screening is followed by a live satellite link to Cave playing some songs!
spring hall convert
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The Mississippi Records night at the West Hill should be a bit different.
Preview here - http://www.brightonnoise.co.uk/preview?p=90003&t=p
Preview here - http://www.brightonnoise.co.uk/preview?p=90003&t=p
Trufflehound
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Double-header for me next Sunday. Thee Silver Mt Zion Memorial Orchestra (as they are currently known) and God is an Astronaut.
Machiavelli
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Where are SMZO playing?
I'll add my two-penneth to the Royal Blood discussion. Thought I'd stick it here as opposed to the other 2 dedicated threads. Well, I saw them last night in the Privat Club in Kreuzberg. It was a hastily arranged live airing for a radio station in front of around 100-150 people. They played for 40 minutes and quite early, no encore and no prisoners. Their live sound in a small space is quite something and the bass-as-guitar thing makes more sense in a live situation; they're loud and they're brutal...especially the drummer who is from the John Bonham school of tubthumping. I can certainly see what all the fuss is about. They tick a lot of boxes plus they have a little bit of that indefinable magic ingredient you sometimes need in the music business.
I read Springal's critique. I totally see where he is coming from and I'm sure they have had a helping hand from their management company ....like most bands have. And the well-placed t-shirt certainly helped them but IMHO they still stand on their feet and I'm certain they would have still got to this stage without the help....only slower. As for airbrushing their past no big deal; I could list quite a few credible musicians who have removed crappy covers bands and the like from their CV. I am also way too old to worry about trends and hype in music and feel I can objectively see what it is that people, especially young people, are loving about this band. They might sound a bit like QOTSA but I wonder how many of the kids at the gig last night know this reference..RB might even prove to be a gateway. It's very easy for us to make these references but to a new and younger audience they are pointless markers - a bit like complaining the first Bloc Party album (or maybe Interpol
) sounds like Joy Division.
My only question is how will their sound and act translate onto bigger stages. In a small sweaty basement where you could directly hear the back-line and feel the drummer's pain it worked wonderfully. In a bigger venue with some distance between you and them I wonder.
I wish them all the best.
PS Mellotron, I refrained from shouting seagulls for two reasons. The first is they were both wearing ear-pieces so might not hear me. Second I worried it might get mistaken for Sieg Heil.
I read Springal's critique. I totally see where he is coming from and I'm sure they have had a helping hand from their management company ....like most bands have. And the well-placed t-shirt certainly helped them but IMHO they still stand on their feet and I'm certain they would have still got to this stage without the help....only slower. As for airbrushing their past no big deal; I could list quite a few credible musicians who have removed crappy covers bands and the like from their CV. I am also way too old to worry about trends and hype in music and feel I can objectively see what it is that people, especially young people, are loving about this band. They might sound a bit like QOTSA but I wonder how many of the kids at the gig last night know this reference..RB might even prove to be a gateway. It's very easy for us to make these references but to a new and younger audience they are pointless markers - a bit like complaining the first Bloc Party album (or maybe Interpol
) sounds like Joy Division. My only question is how will their sound and act translate onto bigger stages. In a small sweaty basement where you could directly hear the back-line and feel the drummer's pain it worked wonderfully. In a bigger venue with some distance between you and them I wonder.
I wish them all the best.
PS Mellotron, I refrained from shouting seagulls for two reasons. The first is they were both wearing ear-pieces so might not hear me. Second I worried it might get mistaken for Sieg Heil.
Trufflehound
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Tilburg, NL.
Machiavelli
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Will give that one a miss then ... we have Orlandi to acknowledge round these parts this weekend.
spring hall convert
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One inch badge announcing a festival tomorrow at mid-day. It isn't a return for Sea Monsters, it does appear to have The Quietus excited.
spring hall convert
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If you are anything like me you might want to make sure you have the waterproof pants on before clicking this link. Prepare to be amazed.
http://drillfestival.com/
Hotchilidog
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- Jan 24, 2009
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Wallet prepared for another battering. Sometimes we are really spoiled down here, we really are.
Machiavelli
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If you get down to Resident today or tomorrow, your wallet will take less of a battering, as they're offering 'Super Early Bird' tickets at £55, before going on general release on Friday.
Hotchilidog
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- Jan 24, 2009
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Hoping to get down there before the close tonight. Need the trains to be on time though.
tinycowboy
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That's a lot of "NSC" bands. Designed especially for you, seemingly, SHC....
spring hall convert
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That's a lot of "NSC" bands. Designed especially for you, seemingly, SHC....
Wire and Swans collaborating is like some sort of wet dream. 2 of my favourite bands ever.
Roll on December.
Trufflehound
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Is Michael Gyra curating that? He's curating a similar Swans/Wire/Savages triple bill in Utrecht at the end of November (which sadly I shall miss as I have other commitments).