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Post by cdf on Sept 23, 2023 12:41:03 GMT
Off to see John Lydon & Public Image Ltd tonight at the Picturedrome in Holmfirth tonight. Never been to either the place or the venue Be interested to know what you think of the venue, it's my favourite. If you're driving the co-op car park is your best spot to park up. It's a cracking little town. We try and stop in the Mill Inn next door if we go, you have to be up early to manage to book a room though. Thank you for the car park tip. I'm lucky that some woman I know that lives in Holmfirth offered to let me stay at hers for the night. I will let you know tomorrow what I think of it all.
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Post by felonious on Sept 23, 2023 13:05:29 GMT
Saw Stoke's very own Formal Sppeedwear at New Headingly Club in Leeds last night. As ever, they were fucking mint. For the uninitiated, said band are a bunch of young herberts from this fair city who, despite their tender years, inexplicably sound like an amalgamation of all the best off-kilter 80s bands you can think of (Talking Heads/Devo/Onigo Boingo/Blancmange with a bit of Japan & XTC thrown in for good measure). They've recently signed to a small independent label in Manchester and are currently recording their debut album. Getting a lot of interest from the taste-makers too and have been played regularly on BBC6 Music/Absolute Radio. In my humble opinion, they're the best band I've seen come out of Stoke for 20 odd years and are destined for big things should they play their cards right. If you're a fan of esoteric, jerky pop stylings, weird electronics and syncopated rhythms thenheck 'em out and go see them live at your earliest opportunity 👍 I caught Formal Sppeedwear at the Backyard last year supporting Onyda they were excellent and I can happily back up the heavy recommendation. I saw Onyda a few months back at the same venue and was asking one of the band members how they were doing and heard about the record contract and he said that he thought they would be playing again at the Backyard in the coming months.
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Post by innocentbystander on Sept 23, 2023 20:19:13 GMT
The Underground, 23 September 2023: Death + Taxes/ Foul Play / Mothkeeper / Return to Solace.
I don't know what you call this type of rock with beefy guitars and screamed lyrics- grindcore? death metal? I've always found it unlistenable in a domestic context, but had my perceptions changed when I saw the incredible Kings Abyss at m2tm. Who knew Uttoxeter has a world class death metal band? So I've done further research by subjecting myself to a full evening of sonic assault.
Return to Solace: template set for the evening with doomy guitars and vocals growled by a frontman unrestricted by self awareness. Splendid abstract drummer. In my young day the presentation of a song about Alzheimer's would have been greeted with a storm of spontaneously bottled urine. Nowadays it gets concerned nodding. Very earnest.
Mothkeeper- extraordinary. Where's the guitarist? Another great drummer, energetic geography teacher vocalist, but the walrus like bass guitarist- 2 lead strings and two bass strings? belts out a great sound and he really goes at it. Almost rap but v heavy.
Foul Play- despite the lame name they grew on me with a good thick two guitar sound - no bass - which occasionally approached the Stooges , comicly tiny singer with a squeaky voice and thin beard easy to dislike. Occasionally chaotic.
Death & Taxes, from Sheffield I think. Very polished and professional, one of the best guitar sounds I've heard live. They're taking it very seriously and treated the handful of remaining punters as if it was Wembley Arena.
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Post by supersimonstainrod on Sept 23, 2023 22:26:21 GMT
Spiritualized at the New Century Hall.
A great venue,and for all the talk of arenas,something like it in Stoke would be superb.
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Post by whatsashig on Sept 24, 2023 0:20:08 GMT
Spiritualized at the New Century Hall. A great venue,and for all the talk of arenas,something like it in Stoke would be superb. Just got back, brilliant concert, blarted to shine a light and the best thing was so well done , awesome
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Post by danceswithclams on Sept 24, 2023 5:37:35 GMT
Saw Stoke's very own Formal Sppeedwear at New Headingly Club in Leeds last night. As ever, they were fucking mint. For the uninitiated, said band are a bunch of young herberts from this fair city who, despite their tender years, inexplicably sound like an amalgamation of all the best off-kilter 80s bands you can think of (Talking Heads/Devo/Onigo Boingo/Blancmange with a bit of Japan & XTC thrown in for good measure). They've recently signed to a small independent label in Manchester and are currently recording their debut album. Getting a lot of interest from the taste-makers too and have been played regularly on BBC6 Music/Absolute Radio. In my humble opinion, they're the best band I've seen come out of Stoke for 20 odd years and are destined for big things should they play their cards right. If you're a fan of esoteric, jerky pop stylings, weird electronics and syncopated rhythms thenheck 'em out and go see them live at your earliest opportunity 👍 I caught Formal Sppeedwear at the Backyard last year supporting Onyda they were excellent and I can happily back up the heavy recommendation. I saw Onyda a few months back at the same venue and was asking one of the band members how they were doing and heard about the record contract and he said that he thought they would be playing again at the Backyard in the coming months. They did play The Backyard again after that (about a month or so ago) but it was really poorly attended unfortunately. Since then however they've played YES in Mcr' twice - once as headliner and most recently supporting Fur in a sold out room. Sppeedwear will potentially be doing a short UK tour towards the end of the year depending on how they're getting on recording the album (which they're doing in Leeds for some reason). Onyda are playing at my mate's wedding later today 👍
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Post by Orbs on Sept 24, 2023 7:19:34 GMT
Be interested to know what you think of the venue, it's my favourite. If you're driving the co-op car park is your best spot to park up. It's a cracking little town. We try and stop in the Mill Inn next door if we go, you have to be up early to manage to book a room though. Thank you for the car park tip. I'm lucky that some woman I know that lives in Holmfirth offered to let me stay at hers for the night. I will let you know tomorrow what I think of it all. Just let us know about the only bit of your post that we are really interested in 😉
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Post by felonious on Sept 24, 2023 7:27:00 GMT
Thank you for the car park tip. I'm lucky that some woman I know that lives in Holmfirth offered to let me stay at hers for the night. I will let you know tomorrow what I think of it all. Just let us know about the only bit of your post that we are really interested in 😉 I had the very same thought yesterday when I read the post but decided not to lower the tone of the thread
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Post by felonious on Sept 24, 2023 7:31:59 GMT
I caught Formal Sppeedwear at the Backyard last year supporting Onyda they were excellent and I can happily back up the heavy recommendation. I saw Onyda a few months back at the same venue and was asking one of the band members how they were doing and heard about the record contract and he said that he thought they would be playing again at the Backyard in the coming months. They did play The Backyard again after that (about a month or so ago) but it was really poorly attended unfortunately. Since then however they've played YES in Mcr' twice - once as headliner and most recently supporting Fur in a sold out room. Sppeedwear will potentially be doing a short UK tour towards the end of the year depending on how they're getting on recording the album (which they're doing in Leeds for some reason). Onyda are playing at my mate's wedding later today 👍 Enjoy they were superb. A singer with talent and a voice to go with it with a thoroughly decent band it's so frustrating that these people don't get the breaks.
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Post by silsdenstokie on Sept 24, 2023 14:04:32 GMT
PIL at the Picturedome, Holmfirth last night
Top gig in a top venue, John Lydon looked in much better health than he did the last time I saw them
Get far more pleasure outbof watching live music than football these days
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Post by cdf on Sept 24, 2023 17:07:29 GMT
Thank you for the car park tip. I'm lucky that some woman I know that lives in Holmfirth offered to let me stay at hers for the night. I will let you know tomorrow what I think of it all. Just let us know about the only bit of your post that we are really interested in 😉 John Lydon was great, thanks for asking
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Post by cdf on Sept 24, 2023 17:11:42 GMT
Off to see John Lydon & Public Image Ltd tonight at the Picturedrome in Holmfirth tonight. Never been to either the place or the venue Be interested to know what you think of the venue, it's my favourite. If you're driving the co-op car park is your best spot to park up. It's a cracking little town. We try and stop in the Mill Inn next door if we go, you have to be up early to manage to book a room though. The venue, wow, what a venue. Loved it. Already looking to see what gig I can see next at it. Did not get into Holmfirth until about 8pm but what an ace place. Planning on going back and doing a bit of a pub/bar crawl
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Post by cdf on Sept 24, 2023 17:16:09 GMT
PIL at the Picturedome, Holmfirth last night Top gig in a top venue, John Lydon looked in much better health than he did the last time I saw them Get far more pleasure outbof watching live music than football these days totally loved the encore. The best part of the night for me & it was making me smile all night was I think it was John Lydon personal security guard on the stage to your left. He was an oldish type of fella & it was one of the most bizarre things that I ever seen. He was dancing away on the spot - a bit like Bez but static and then every time someone looks like they were going to get naughty at the front of the audience, he would go over to them and sort it out.
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Post by silsdenstokie on Sept 24, 2023 18:35:24 GMT
PIL at the Picturedome, Holmfirth last night Top gig in a top venue, John Lydon looked in much better health than he did the last time I saw them Get far more pleasure outbof watching live music than football these days totally loved the encore. The best part of the night for me & it was making me smile all night was I think it was John Lydon personal security guard on the stage to your left. He was an oldish type of fella & it was one of the most bizarre things that I ever seen. He was dancing away on the spot - a bit like Bez but static and then every time someone looks like they were going to get naughty at the front of the audience, he would go over to them and sort it out. The guy with red tank top at the edge of the stage? Yeah he was brilliant! We were very near the front to the right and at one point he came over and bollocked someone in front of us, presumably for putting her glass to far on the stage. Re: the encore, as soon as that bassline for Public Image started, that was the highlight of the gig for me. And followed by Rise! We had an air bnb nearby so ended up having a fair old sess in Holmfirth. Cracking little spot 👌
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Post by pretzel on Sept 24, 2023 19:24:07 GMT
Did my first 'Pipefest' this weekend, an annual one day festival in the halls of Lancaster University, hosted by Pipe Records and the wonderful Martyn Joseph. Supporting Martyn this year was American singer songwriter Ellis Paul, Bristolian Americana artist Lady Nade and a fine pedal steel player and singer Holly Carter. What made it special for me was getting to meet guest speaker and compere Bob Harris... what a really interesting bloke he is.. I just wanted to cuddle him:)
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Post by cdf on Sept 24, 2023 21:27:25 GMT
totally loved the encore. The best part of the night for me & it was making me smile all night was I think it was John Lydon personal security guard on the stage to your left. He was an oldish type of fella & it was one of the most bizarre things that I ever seen. He was dancing away on the spot - a bit like Bez but static and then every time someone looks like they were going to get naughty at the front of the audience, he would go over to them and sort it out. The guy with red tank top at the edge of the stage? Yeah he was brilliant! We were very near the front to the right and at one point he came over and bollocked someone in front of us, presumably for putting her glass to far on the stage. Re: the encore, as soon as that bassline for Public Image started, that was the highlight of the gig for me. And followed by Rise! We had an air bnb nearby so ended up having a fair old sess in Holmfirth. Cracking little spot 👌 Just doing a little bit of research on the guy in the red tank top on the edge of the stage is called John Rambo Stevens. Hes John Lydon's manager, personal security guard and oldest friend
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Post by ChesterStokie on Sept 24, 2023 21:30:50 GMT
Be interested to know what you think of the venue, it's my favourite. If you're driving the co-op car park is your best spot to park up. It's a cracking little town. We try and stop in the Mill Inn next door if we go, you have to be up early to manage to book a room though. The venue, wow, what a venue. Loved it. Already looking to see what gig I can see next at it. Did not get into Holmfirth until about 8pm but what an ace place. Planning on going back and doing a bit of a pub/bar crawl Sounds great. Not been to a gig there before and just booked to see Lucinda Williams there next March. Bit of a dash from the Boro home game but doable.
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Post by Paul Spencer on Sept 24, 2023 22:24:02 GMT
Spiritualized at the New Century Hall. A great venue,and for all the talk of arenas,something like it in Stoke would be superb.
My new favourite venue in Manchester, possibly even in the entire UK ...
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Post by danceswithclams on Sept 24, 2023 23:08:09 GMT
They did play The Backyard again after that (about a month or so ago) but it was really poorly attended unfortunately. Since then however they've played YES in Mcr' twice - once as headliner and most recently supporting Fur in a sold out room. Sppeedwear will potentially be doing a short UK tour towards the end of the year depending on how they're getting on recording the album (which they're doing in Leeds for some reason). Onyda are playing at my mate's wedding later today 👍 Enjoy they were superb. A singer with talent and a voice to go with it with a thoroughly decent band it's so frustrating that these people don't get the breaks. I must point out that they played my mates wedding because they're mates of my mate (and me). They haven't resorted to doing weddings and barmitzvahs because they can't get a gig anywhere else 😅 In fact, the opposite is true and SJM have been doing a bit of promoting of 'em recently (sticking them on some fairly decent support slots). Shae (the singer) has also previously played Glastonbury, albeit with a different incarnation of the band, and has also recorded material with Ben Hillier (producer of Depeche Mode/Blur/Doves etc)
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Post by JoeinOz on Sept 25, 2023 1:30:20 GMT
Nick Mason's saucerful of secrets last week. It was jolly good fun. Very civilised.
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Post by iancransonsknees on Sept 25, 2023 5:17:29 GMT
The venue, wow, what a venue. Loved it. Already looking to see what gig I can see next at it. Did not get into Holmfirth until about 8pm but what an ace place. Planning on going back and doing a bit of a pub/bar crawl Sounds great. Not been to a gig there before and just booked to see Lucinda Williams there next March. Bit of a dash from the Boro home game but doable. I'd miss the match personally.
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Post by Orbs on Sept 25, 2023 5:52:09 GMT
Just let us know about the only bit of your post that we are really interested in 😉 John Lydon was great, thanks for asking That’ll be a ‘no’ then.
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Post by telfordstoke on Sept 28, 2023 21:04:08 GMT
As I may have mentioned before, I love Rush and while they are defunct, occasionally Geddy Lee does spoken word events. Well he's here in December, a short tour and while it ain't cheap, an evening with Ged at Wolves Civic is on and just treated myself to a great seat for £121. Can't wait for this one
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Post by danceswithclams on Oct 5, 2023 0:37:56 GMT
Not long back from Mcr' having seen Brooklyn's very own new-wave 80s synthy types Nation of Language at New Century Hall.
Band very much on form throughout this UK leg of their European tour (some mates who saw them in that London a couple of nights ago told me I was in for a treat and they weren't wrong).
For those unfamiliar, they sound like a mélange of OMD, TalkTalk, Fad Gadget, early Depeche Mode/anything that Vince Clarke has waved an arpeggiator at in anger. Crowd was a an eclectic mix of 'kicked through a charity shop' hipsters and middle aged blokes reliving their 1980s post-punk youth (with me somewhere in between).
As an aside, New Century Hall is fast becoming one of (if not the) favourite venue of mine. Quite an accolade considering it's pretty much brand new.
Top gig, great night 👍
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Post by jimmygscfc1234 on Oct 5, 2023 9:40:53 GMT
As I may have mentioned before, I love Rush and while they are defunct, occasionally Geddy Lee does spoken word events. Well he's here in December, a short tour and while it ain't cheap, an evening with Ged at Wolves Civic is on and just treated myself to a great seat for £121. Can't wait for this one Crumbs, that's a lot of wedge for a chat, although if you love Rush as much as you seem to, I'm sure it's worth every penny.
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Post by felonious on Oct 5, 2023 10:52:21 GMT
As I may have mentioned before, I love Rush and while they are defunct, occasionally Geddy Lee does spoken word events. Well he's here in December, a short tour and while it ain't cheap, an evening with Ged at Wolves Civic is on and just treated myself to a great seat for £121. Can't wait for this one Crumbs, that's a lot of wedge for a chat, although if you love Rush as much as you seem to, I'm sure it's worth every penny. Dionysis thinks he's mad
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Post by cdf on Oct 5, 2023 11:29:23 GMT
I'm off to watch Andy Bells Glok tonight and New Order in Leeds on Saturday.
I have been invited to see Level 42 in Wolverhampton on Sunday which I'm in two minds on.
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Post by telfordstoke on Oct 5, 2023 20:16:29 GMT
Crumbs, that's a lot of wedge for a chat, although if you love Rush as much as you seem to, I'm sure it's worth every penny. Dionysis thinks he's mad It's a dilemma,well it was for about 5 mins and then I thought well I bloody love the band and the man and it's not something that'll come round more than once so frankly I'm in ! I'll give you a fanboy-esque review in December lol
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Post by alsagerstokie on Oct 5, 2023 21:06:12 GMT
MUSE AO Arena last friday simply superb
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Post by slash on Oct 5, 2023 22:07:56 GMT
i've quite the weekend this weekend; tomorrow i'm seeing Iron Maiden open for Guns N' Roses, on saturday i'm seeing Judas Priest open for AC/DC, and on sunday i'm seeing Tool open for Metallica.
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