7pm: in Thistle Hotel just watched
some kid called Theo Altieri (a young solo artist , trying to mix a bit of everything) Vultures all over im! Fairly amusing. Also watching The Volt (Indie Folk Pop Rock from Bath), 2 acoustic, ladybass and a box! See photo for further explanation!
Additional band, Phantom Limb (This Bristol-based five piece paint a canvas coloured with gospel, folk and soul, creating a sound that is warm embracing and easy on the ear, but without falling into the trap of merely being 'chilled out' Nothing you have heard before, but everything you love) cos of conditions, see below. 6 muso's on smallest stage ever. Big diva rocking it at the front, see photo!!Going Audio later to see Answering Machine. Lots of trendy wanna be music about. Err... Like me?! Check out www.friend-and-co.com for awesome prints. 3 gigs down, 15 to go?! Pissing it with rain out, might hinder progress! Change of venue. Now in Upstairs Audio. The Shiny Brights (A tense blast of guitar-driven energy from Australia, The Shiny Brights are flying full speed down the hedonistic road of rock'n'roll. With urgent riffs a-plenty, they're fresh and raw and full of a lot of bottled-up energy that clearly needs to be released).
Loud. Queue around the corner to get in downstairs... Cold Stripe in hand though. Hold on
they're Australian... No worries! Few Swine Flu gags. Predictable. Was that our last song? Yep. Too many waistcoats!!! Gig 4 btw, up. Aussies were actually half decent. Apparently downstairs full now. Blag question mark? Or upstairs for The Answering Machine?
Gig 5 yeh... The Lorcanos (The west-country boys are fast establishing themselves as a ferocious live act, getting high profile slots besides The Cribs, Glasvegas and playing Glastonbury. Catch them before they explode). Not sure what's going on! Massive synth vibe. Blazers. LOTP wannabe wannabe? And it's raining again. Fave of theirs, 'Dagger', but how do I get to Maccabees later is the question?!
Staying for Answering Machine and might be early one... Few fitties about mind. Shame Hans is getting on a bit!! Just met some girls from the Shire who live on the same street as me Olds, Indie Crew yeh!
Gig 6, The
Answering Machine (The Answering Machine's melodic, bouncing sound is nicely offset by lead singer Martin's raw voice with the result somewhere between the fun of Feeder and The Subways. They'll refuse to budge from your head once they're in there).
Decent decent decent! Band walking along the stage area, danger! As previously documented I fancy the ladybass (another one) and she looks lovely, as does some other Dorris I just met post gig. Get In! And so through the driving rain to The Corn Exchange.
Met up with mate Russ from work, bit of a sit down inside with Vodka and Relentless (which was nearly as abundant throughout the course of the weekend as Stripe!). Gig 7, Brooklyn based, The Hundred in The Hands (With carefully composed polyrhythms, jagged guitar lines and layered breathy vocals, The Hundred in The Hands keep the raw energy of post-punk illuminating their minds). Watch this space, photo pass comes into use, see results below, i'd some em up as fit.
Maccabees, gig 8, up up up. Atmosphere is awesome as the band hit the stage in their home town, fresh from the recent release of new album. Not alot of documenting band as was too busy actually getting involved!! (They've now notched up over 4 million plays on MySpace and are about to release they're second album, The Maccabees return more mature, more sultry and more sinister). First day, 8 gigs, Hans wins... awesome return to form from the Maccabees, mosh-pit, sweaty, tunes new and old awesome gig. Midnight Maccabees!!!!!!!
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