A Wednesday night in Bristol, Johnny Marr with Gaz Coombes in support. A 2 hour drive followed by queuing in light rain, thanks O2 priority for putting their priority queue out in the elements, it wasn’t even a light mist really by that point really. The setlist The Encore I almost feel that I need…
I remember returning back to my student digs and my flatmate was playing this album, I hadn’t heard it at that time, somehow the radio play had passed me by but this sound didn’t! The track playing was ‘The day we caught the train’ and I was an instant fan. The band was Ocean Colour…
“I think that people just want to turn the faucet on and have music come in. They’re not really concerned about all the romantic shit I thought mattered.” – Trent Reznor https://www.loudersound.com/news/nine-inch-nails-trent-reznor-streaming-mortally-wounded This is a quote I picked out of an interview with Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross on Loudersound.com, there is a longer conversation…
The battle against Tik Tok takes another step forward, I would hazard a guess that UMG (Universal Music Group) are tracking all those ‘Ban Tik Tok in the west’ news stories. So far …… Why is UMG taking their music off TikTok? FEB 27 2024 – ‘Universal’s music was licensed to TikTok until earlier this…
Headline act tonight, from there own website described as electro-punk renegades with elements of punk, electronica and heavy pop. Exactly as i’d describe it. Heavy drums guitar and electro alchemy coming from the other side of the stage and beautiful yet powerful voice centre stage. A great live act! I have seen CLT DRP before,…
No idea what to expect here from the second support of the night. The stage was cleared from the previous support act, a guitar band, a guitarist walked on stage followed by the folding stands and three boards full of from what I could see equalisers? samplers? There was definitely a MacBook front and centre…
Virtuoso – A person highly skilled in music or another artistic pursuit. I’ve been looking forward to this one for a long time. The last time Gaz Coombes played local-ish it clashed with a birthday so I couldn’t attend. This didn’t clash, the venue was perfect, Papillon in Southampton, the stars had aligned. Ralfe band,…
Biffy Clyro are going to play their first three albums in their entirety at special London and Glasgow shows. Biffy Clyro have announced details of a string of shows in London and Glasgow, dubbed ‘A Celebration Of Beginnings’ and featuring performances of their first three albums in full. The special shows will be taking place across…
Ruled by Raptors + Under the Sky + Dead Mans Pistol (I’m using a featured pick of Dead Mans Pistol, just because Stig is a mate) Headed up to The Railway inn last night in Winchester, a great independent music venue. It was a rescheduled night from last year which felt long overdue as the…
Playing to a sold out crowd at The Joiners, a small independent venue with a capacity of 200, with this style of music, means literally shaking the foundations of the buildings either side with every song. A setlist of structural threat! Seriously though the audience literally made the ground move, that sprung floor, well I…
