Archive for November, 2009
Monday, November 30th, 2009
Tickley Feather live at Cafe OTO. Really enjoyed seeing them live, the atmosphere was chillaxing and the music was soothing and quirky. Singer Annie Sachs was lovely throughout the show, giving away free DIY instruments to the crowd, telling us funny anecdotes and evening singing about my socks halfway through a song ^_^. The audience were in giggles during the intervals with Annie’s crazy sense of humour and eeir vocals. Was definitely a great show. More photos..
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Sunday, November 29th, 2009
When Patrick Wolf announced that there would be a special one off gig that would feature a full on string section, we were all expecting a full on no holds barred cage match submission only fight gig where everything goes, and that’s pretty much what happened. With a setlist spanning to several pages (3 on the sound desk guy’s setlist) we were expecting loads of guest appearances and old songs to pop up, afterall, it is a one off.
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Sunday, November 29th, 2009
The 13th show was definitely better than the 12th, even Matt notices that and tells the crowd just that. Things were a lot tighter and the choice of songs were definitely more geared towards the fans and pushing the momentum the right way. Most likely won’t be writing a full on review on this night but it’s still worth noting a few things. Read on and whatnot…
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Sunday, November 15th, 2009
Muse were the first band i saw when I was growing up, back in the days when they were playing at Brixton Academy for two nights. Now they’ve headlined all the major festivals and played at Wembley Stadium, it seems like their growth is limitless (they’re playing Wembley Stadium again, looks like there’s no other venue more suitable for their fanbase in London). Anyway, enough mindless banter… bring on the review and photos for the 12th night.
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Friday, November 13th, 2009
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Man it’s been a while since i sat down and recorded some music. Today I just felt like playing the upright bass on garage band (because i dont have a real upright bass, neither can i play one hahah) and felt like doing a song most unsuiting for it. Unnatural Selection. So yeah… did some more layers over it, everything except the damn classical guitar took one take (keeping it lo-fi baby). I should really learn the melody before launching into a recording! It’s pretty hilarious how I guess most of the notes. But yeah… cover ahoy, thought I’d add a pretty photo of Muse live at o2 too.
Thursday, November 12th, 2009
St Vincent live at the ICA. Hey look, an old photo i found lying at some run down hard drive avenue (or something metaphorical and deep about run down places for digital photos to dwell in). That show was still all kinds of awesome, was looking at videos i took a few days ago and stumbled on one of her playing Paris is Burning which we didn’t get when she was supporting Grizzly Bear. I haven’t heard a full band version of this, but it sounds ace solo anyway which she did at the ICA, so yeah, enjoy the video 
Enjoy the damn thing in HD 
Thursday, November 12th, 2009
Fionn Regan live at the Luminaire. It’s been a while since Fionn’s released a new album so it’s nice to know that we’ll be getting one at 2010. He played a few new tracks at the show as well as gracing us with some old’uns. Really lovely night, fans were very into it, including the row of ladies at the front Got two videos which will upload at some point, in the meantime check out the photos:
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Wednesday, November 11th, 2009
Andrew Bird live at Union Chapel. This was the third time I saw Andrew Bird play, this time he was going solo with his loop pedals. I had a nice debate on whether Andrew Bird was better solo or with a band, i preferred when the band was there since it gives it more texture but after seeing him play at Union Chapel, I think the best way to put it is that it depends on the venue, for a beautiful venue like Union Chapel with amazing reverb, i think he sounds better on his own. Andrew Bird was charming as always, commenting on how the crowd in England usually love heckling (which provoked some fun heckling). Spinny and Monkey made an appearance so yay. Moar photos, will be uploading videos at some point.
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