After the enjoyable deafening experience 2 weeks ago which was Unkle, it was nice to go a mellow gig, and what better a gig to go to than Sia Furler, a solo artist also known for her vocal talents on all the Zero 7 albums. Was a good night with good people, Skiv and John [...]
I went to see Unkle with Marc. Great show, where we were standing right next to the Subs, so now am experiencing that constant “eeeeeeeeee” sound, plus my retina’s were almost burned out with the excessive strobe use. All signs of a good night if you ask me!!!!!
Check out the full review here.
As my last couple of posts have been about bad things in the world, i thought it was a bout time i brought you something a little more cheerful.
First up, fresh from carvin’ the powder of the piste…. The powder snake himself Mr Marc Campbell has returned to our shores bringing with him tales of [...]
So my last gig of 2006 was supposed to be Michael Franti & Spearhead. Unfortunatley due to unfriendly weather conditions, the band got stuck in Dublin and were unable to play, so the gig got pulled.
Spearhead have a busy tour on the go at the moment so no re-schedule yet I was left with 2 [...]
As I mentioned in my last post, for Comic Relief I planned to make up CD’s based on the people in my office’s best and worst songs. Ok, The final CDs are done, and ready for Auction on Comic releif. I welcome comments and see if you can guess my choices (A hint is that [...]
Before telling you about this Documentary, let me first tell you of my love of The Pixies. I first got in to them around 3rd year at school when I heard the album “Doolittle”, all it took was the first bar of the song “Debasser” and I was hooked. The quiet verses, the loud chorus, [...]
I was shocked to learn from Skiv of the sudden death of Darren Brown aka Wiz lead singer of Mega City Four and laterley Iponema.
I am sure you will not read about this on the front page of any of the muisc tabloids, in fact it will be lucky if this is mentioned in [...]
So my gig season was coming to an end as I was sooooo hyped up cause the last gig was going to be Michael Franti and Spearhead. I was looking forward to it that much that I had taken today off so that I could have a few beers, relax and enjoy the night without [...]
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Wow, my Gig Marathon is nearly over. Went with Skiv to see Simple Kid last night and had an excellent time. Read the review here.
Next up, old school Hip Hop with Ugly Duckling on the 6th Nov, the mighty DJ Shadow on 29th November, the amazing Spearhead on 3rd December (it’s not too late to [...]