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Post by felonious on Mar 4, 2024 18:28:46 GMT
I'm decrepit enough to have seen Jethro Tull live in the 1970s, so a few years ago I was delighted to discover Wolf People, who sounded more like JT than Tull themselves. I never got to see Wolf People, but last night their principal member Jack Sharp brought psychedelic electric folk to the Foxlowe, with his new band Large Plants. Some remarkably original material and some dazzling twin guitars were enjoyed by a typically appreciative Leek crowd. Great to see such superb musicianship in a little venue, the band seemed genuinely delighted by the gig and their reception, and said they'd be back. I saw Jethro Tull a couple of years back at the Viccy Hall with my lad. Superb but much to his disgust Life's a long song wasn't played It's a weird thing when we saw Nearly Dan at Eleven last year they played virtually everything you'd want to hear except for Dirty Work.
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Post by Eggybread on Mar 4, 2024 18:29:36 GMT
I saw the Steve Ignorant Band performing Crass classics at The Cavern Club yesterday. He’s put a good young band together, especially keyboard/vocalist Carol Hodge, who has an amazing vocal range. All in all it was a great gig for a sold out crowd of mainly old punks. Anarchy at the home of The Beatles. Who’d have thunk it 🤣 Nice one fella Carol has been in the group a while now she does a great job.
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Post by LL Cool Dave on Mar 4, 2024 20:14:10 GMT
I'm decrepit enough to have seen Jethro Tull live in the 1970s, so a few years ago I was delighted to discover Wolf People, who sounded more like JT than Tull themselves. I never got to see Wolf People, but last night their principal member Jack Sharp brought psychedelic electric folk to the Foxlowe, with his new band Large Plants. Some remarkably original material and some dazzling twin guitars were enjoyed by a typically appreciative Leek crowd. Great to see such superb musicianship in a little venue, the band seemed genuinely delighted by the gig and their reception, and said they'd be back. I saw Jethro Tull a couple of years back at the Viccy Hall with my lad. Superb but much to his disgust Life's a long song wasn't played It's a weird thing when we saw Nearly Dan at Eleven last year they played virtually everything you'd want to hear except for Dirty Work. I went to see the Strokes and they didn't play 'Last Nite'. It was...hard to explain.
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Post by ChesterStokie on Mar 4, 2024 21:38:22 GMT
I saw Jethro Tull a couple of years back at the Viccy Hall with my lad. Superb but much to his disgust Life's a long song wasn't played It's a weird thing when we saw Nearly Dan at Eleven last year they played virtually everything you'd want to hear except for Dirty Work. I went to see the Strokes and they didn't play 'Last Nite'. It was...hard to explain. I went to see Racing Cars in 1979 and they didn't play They Shoot Horses Don't They, literally the ONLY hit they ever had, and the only reason 99% of the audience were there. Bastards!!!
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Post by Vadiation_Ribe on Mar 4, 2024 23:09:32 GMT
I haven't been going to as many music gigs this year. More on the comedy (Beat the Frog in Manchester is great fun).
Sea Power - played Do You Like Rock Music? in full, which is probably my least favourite Sea Power album. Still a cracking gig. The Great Skua is one of the best live songs ever and beats any of the choral epics from Arcade Fire (the closest comparison I can think of).
Slowdive - there's no one else like them. Incredible. A couple of new tracks remind me of Collapse Under The Empire - a favourite band who've only ever done one gig. I wasn't there, so Slowdive playing said tracks is probably the closest I'll get to seeing CUTE. Syd Barrett cover Golden Hair was probably the highlight tonight. Support band Whitelands were very good too - just a bit too quiet, especially for shoegaze - I wish supports were always as loud as the headliner.
Slowdive - again! Catch the Breeze and it's massive walls of noise outro was worth the entry fee alone.
Mostly Autumn - took about 8 or 9 songs to get going, but in a 3-hour 25-song set in a pub on the highest point in the North York Moors, that was fine. The Night Sky is one of the best live tracks I've heard. Nightwish's Troy Donockley joined the band for a couple of Pink Floyd covers in the encore.
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Post by wilcopotter on Mar 4, 2024 23:43:37 GMT
Queen Extravaganza last week, superb.
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Post by Vadiation_Ribe on Mar 7, 2024 12:02:26 GMT
bdrmm - I'm not a big fan apart from 2 or 3 songs, but they made a brilliant post-rock and shoegaze noise at times. Very good. I've been intrigued to see bdrmm for a while, and it was support band Nightbus added to the bill that convinced me to go. Their sound seemed to lack punch due to the use of a drum machine at first, but that became louder and the beats simpler for the last couple of tracks and I thought that worked much better. Great dark pop. Good stuff overall with a great finish. There's so much Joy Division in this track:
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Post by UsAndThem on Mar 7, 2024 17:56:04 GMT
I went to see the Strokes and they didn't play 'Last Nite'. It was...hard to explain. I went to see Racing Cars in 1979 and they didn't play They Shoot Horses Don't They, literally the ONLY hit they ever had, and the only reason 99% of the audience were there. Bastards!!! Not sure when or where but Neil Young apparently played a small venue where he proceeded to play his new album in its entirety, start to finish. Everyone obviously expecting to hear some of his classics…… after the last song on the album he says ‘right, now I’ll play something you’ve all heard before’………. Then plays his new album again, start to finish. Not one classic was played. I’d have been fuming.
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Post by ChesterStokie on Mar 7, 2024 18:09:10 GMT
I went to see Racing Cars in 1979 and they didn't play They Shoot Horses Don't They, literally the ONLY hit they ever had, and the only reason 99% of the audience were there. Bastards!!! Not sure when or where but Neil Young apparently played a small venue where he proceeded to play his new album in its entirety, start to finish. Everyone obviously expecting to hear some of his classics…… after the last song on the album he says ‘right, now I’ll play something you’ve all heard before’………. Then plays his new album again, start to finish. Not one classic was played. I’d have been fuming. That sounds more like some sort of joke than a true story.
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Post by UsAndThem on Mar 7, 2024 18:50:11 GMT
Not sure when or where but Neil Young apparently played a small venue where he proceeded to play his new album in its entirety, start to finish. Everyone obviously expecting to hear some of his classics…… after the last song on the album he says ‘right, now I’ll play something you’ve all heard before’………. Then plays his new album again, start to finish. Not one classic was played. I’d have been fuming. That sounds more like some sort of joke than a true story. Found a link. Apparently wasn’t just one concert, it was the whole tour. Number 2 on the list www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/10-of-the-most-eccentric-gigs-of-all-time-761439
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Post by ChesterStokie on Mar 7, 2024 20:50:22 GMT
That quote from Nils Lofgren suggests to me that they played the album (which is bookended by 2 versions of the song Tonight’s The Night) and then at the end of the set just played the title track song again not the whole album. But I’m no expert on Neil Young so I don’t really know. It’s a really good line though.
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Post by UsAndThem on Mar 7, 2024 20:56:56 GMT
That quote from Nils Lofgren suggests to me that they played the album (which is bookended by 2 versions of the song Tonight’s The Night) and then at the end of the set just played the title track song again not the whole album. But I’m no expert on Neil Young so I don’t really know. It’s a really good line though. Well the album is called ‘Tonight’s the night’ which confuses things but in the NME article the description says ‘ Neil Young trolled his audiences in the 1973 tour of ‘Tonight’s The Night’ playing his album once, and then twice’. Which suggests the album was played twice. It is a good line though.
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Post by rowbeartoe on Mar 8, 2024 1:12:07 GMT
Just bought 5 day tickets for Download and got Bullet For My Valentine x Trivium tickets in Jan!
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Post by potterinleeds on Mar 8, 2024 1:39:22 GMT
Just back (in a free taxi courtesy of Northern Rail because they can't organise a f***ing train service properly ) from seeing Theo Katzman at Leeds University Union. Not my usual 'thing' but was recommended by a friend and I have to say I had a really good time. Difficult to characterise - sometimes funk, sometimes Americana, sometimes rock, sometimes hippie-ass lunacy, but quality of musicianship superb; the bassist is apparently generally ranked amongst the top 10 in the world. Great and beautiful support from May Erlewine.
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Post by wilcopotter on Mar 9, 2024 8:52:55 GMT
Last night Birmingham Symphony Hall 10cc. Still sound as good as ever. Graham Gouldman 77 y.o., incredible really.
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Post by ChesterStokie on Mar 9, 2024 10:10:20 GMT
Last night Birmingham Symphony Hall 10cc. Still sound as good as ever. Graham Gouldman 77 y.o., incredible really. Yes I’ve seen that show a couple of times over the last 5 years or so, so didn’t go this time around, but I agree it’s really good. Still love those classic 10cc singles and albums and play them regularly to this day, and that current Graham Gouldman line-up recreates them superbly. He seems like a really nice guy too.
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Post by iancransonsknees on Mar 11, 2024 7:10:29 GMT
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Post by Eggybread on Mar 11, 2024 13:00:15 GMT
Artisan Tap last Saturday .Herbie Jack, Dead Bird Lady and The Two Step Goodbyes. Good music good booze and friends..
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Post by cdf on Mar 11, 2024 14:06:48 GMT
I'm off to see Simple Minds in Manchester on Saturday and then Feeder in Liverpool on Sunday
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Post by pretzel on Mar 11, 2024 15:05:55 GMT
A short video reel of what we have coming up at Fulford this year.
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Post by JoeinOz on Mar 12, 2024 13:32:43 GMT
I've just been see The Streets
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Post by jaybee on Mar 13, 2024 22:32:05 GMT
Was anyone at 'The Christians' Unplugged tonight at The New Vic?
Most enjoyable
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Post by innocentbystander on Mar 13, 2024 22:57:20 GMT
Truckfighters . Absolutely incredible live band. Played at Factory 251, despite it's history it's a now a standard little rock venue, becoming the home of Stoner rock in Manchester . Five albums and nine drummers since 2001, but Ozo and Dango are ageless and unstoppable.This was the best of the three times I've seen them, with a large cult following rammed into a tiny space. The new practice of starting early and getting the rockers out at 10 so they can get a second dance crowd in pressurised the band into a concentrated high energy performance. Support act 1968 could have upstaged any other headliner, a really powerful exciting performance, they seem to be fairly local with publicity photos taken at Mow Cop.
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Post by LL Cool Dave on Mar 14, 2024 22:54:48 GMT
Went to watch Master Peace at Night and Day in Manchester. This lad could be massive and rightly so. Just him and a backing track plus a guitarist who to be frank, needs to take back seat. If the main man gets a tight band together he could be a staple of European festivals. Was a great gig.
Happened to be on the same night as The Pixies at Albert Hall and Mandrake Handshake at Gullivers. Turns out Master Peace finished early and MH started late so managed to see both, the girl on the door wasn't arsed so got in for free although I did give over the odds for a poster. I'd have asked them to sign it but I'd have been there for hours there was that many of them in the band.
MH were brilliant. If they were Australian they'd be massive.
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Post by Paul Spencer on Mar 15, 2024 1:55:31 GMT
Truckfighters . Absolutely incredible live band. Played at Factory 251, despite it's history it's a now a standard little rock venue, becoming the home of Stoner rock in Manchester . Five albums and nine drummers since 2001, but Ozo and Dango are ageless and unstoppable.This was the best of the three times I've seen them, with a large cult following rammed into a tiny space. The new practice of starting early and getting the rockers out at 10 so they can get a second dance crowd in pressurised the band into a concentrated high energy performance. Support act 1968 could have upstaged any other headliner, a really powerful exciting performance, they seem to be fairly local with publicity photos taken at Mow Cop.
Absolutely love Truckfighters, the spirit of Kyuss lives on ...
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Post by telfordstoke on Mar 15, 2024 19:07:29 GMT
Truckfighters . Absolutely incredible live band. Played at Factory 251, despite it's history it's a now a standard little rock venue, becoming the home of Stoner rock in Manchester . Five albums and nine drummers since 2001, but Ozo and Dango are ageless and unstoppable.This was the best of the three times I've seen them, with a large cult following rammed into a tiny space. The new practice of starting early and getting the rockers out at 10 so they can get a second dance crowd in pressurised the band into a concentrated high energy performance. Support act 1968 could have upstaged any other headliner, a really powerful exciting performance, they seem to be fairly local with publicity photos taken at Mow Cop. Never heard of these and listened to some on account of your post and they're excellent thank you
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Mar 15, 2024 19:12:14 GMT
Truckfighters . Absolutely incredible live band. Played at Factory 251, despite it's history it's a now a standard little rock venue, becoming the home of Stoner rock in Manchester . Five albums and nine drummers since 2001, but Ozo and Dango are ageless and unstoppable.This was the best of the three times I've seen them, with a large cult following rammed into a tiny space. The new practice of starting early and getting the rockers out at 10 so they can get a second dance crowd in pressurised the band into a concentrated high energy performance. Support act 1968 could have upstaged any other headliner, a really powerful exciting performance, they seem to be fairly local with publicity photos taken at Mow Cop. Never heard of these and listened to some on account of your post and they're excellent thank you Yes I listened to Truckfighters despite never having heard of them and I’d love to go and see them now. Terrific stage presence
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Post by outspaced on Mar 16, 2024 0:12:38 GMT
Just back from OMD at Wolves Civic. Joyous that was, if you get the seats dancing you've done a great job.
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Post by elystokie on Mar 16, 2024 10:03:25 GMT
Just back from OMD at Wolves Civic. Joyous that was, if you get the seats dancing you've done a great job. Saw them in Manchester a couple of weeks ago, they were excellent, Andy McCluskey has incredible energy, especially for someone not far off collecting their pension!
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Post by Vadiation_Ribe on Mar 16, 2024 20:48:49 GMT
I feel all this constant talk about the venues where musicians "learn their craft" is getting demeaning. While it's difficult, plenty of bands make an okay living without ever getting near arena level. The Sugarmill was my Wembley Stadium! Anyway, I saw Gallagher & Squire in Wolves the other night. The redone Halls is possible the most annoying gig venue I've visited, although the sound is good. Overall a half-decent gig - the album doesn't have enough quality songs, and Jumpin' Jack Flash was a boring end to the set - I could probably see that from any band doing rock covers down a local pub and it didn't sound anything special. Why not play the Squire/Gallagher co-written Seahorses track at least? That would've taken the gig up a level and not made me think perhaps I should've chosen Bill Ryder-Jones instead. I was massively excited a few days ago when I saw Rialto (who came around at the tailend of Britpop) had reformed and can't wait to see them (I've already missed two gigs).
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