Saturday, December 24th, 2011
I appear to have been to more gigs in the past couple of months than the whole year before. I am trying to get out more, which is kind of working. I am getting out of an evening and, for the most part, enjoying seeing live music, but the secondary ...
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Sunday, November 27th, 2011
More gigs! I am trying to Get Out More and seeing live music has long been an activity I've enjoyed. It seems the obvious way for me to do something away from a computer, even if I end up seeing Bo Ningen a dozen times this year. They like to ...
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Sunday, October 23rd, 2011
It looks like back in 2010 I was still endeavouring to write a review for gigs the day after I attended them, the habit tailing off towards the end of the year. I find it difficult to be thorough and timely, particularly if I don't have much to say, probably ...
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Sunday, September 25th, 2011
I have been remiss in reviewing gigs I've been to for quite a while now. I have wanted to keep them timely and accurate, jotting down notes on my tube journey home to write a review the next day, but external pressures don't always make that possible, nor do I ...
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Friday, July 30th, 2010
I honestly thought he was kidding. I recognise Part Chimp hanging around in the audience, chatting and watching the support acts, and manage to have a quick chat with their drummer. The band are really friendly and John and I chat about naming their current album Thriller, releasing ...
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Friday, June 18th, 2010
It's been a while since I saw It Hugs Back support Holy Fuck at the Scala. I buy their album on the night and it becomes one of my favourites of last year, the breezy shoegazing pop music really appealing to me. It can be hard to follow ...
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Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010
Slow Club are uncharacteristically quiet. Not in their music, which opens enthusiastically with a guest drummer and bass player, but it isn't until the end of the third song when they first interact with the audience. The venues for the folk duo are just getting bigger and bigger, ...
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Friday, May 28th, 2010
The audience seems timid about a diminutive elven figure behind a keyboard. 'You look cramped at the back', says Casey Dienel, one half of White Hinterland, 'come forward'. It seems to be typical behaviour of an uncertain audience, not wanting to push themselves to the front. I ...
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Tuesday, May 25th, 2010
A man wearing a tribal mask with a draping straw beard walks on to the stage and starts a sequencer, introducing a simple drum beat before layering other sounds and patterns over the top to create and manipulate rhythms and grooves. It is fascinating to watch Sbtrkt as he ...
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Tuesday, May 18th, 2010
The Borderline is smaller than I remember it to be. I imagine it has been remodelled, or maybe my failing memory really is because I haven't been here for ten years, but the venue looks different. I am impressed that all the members of Blitzen Trapper are able ...
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