8 posts tagged “live”
This weekend had been pretty much non-eventful. I averted the train crash that sounds like the night I nearly went out on with beev and his p-town cru. Having opted for a 'quiet one' I stayed in and caught up on some much needed zzzzz's. Saturday I full on wrecked myself by trying to make up for a week of not exercising and doing it all in one go. This was not the best decision I have made to be honest. I spent 2 hours working on my 'gunz' in the gym, came home and went for a bitchin run to the beach and back (30 mins), then spent the rest of the evening unable to move.
I finally managed to watch Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas for the first time ever. Fuckin A! Obviously, being of the demographic which I fall under, I have read the book..... but i have not seen the film (like so many other films I have not seen. I am not a film head. Music is my medium of choice... is music a medium? I rekon its a large...)
Anyway. Ace film. Laughed. Alot. LOL, LMAO etc. etc.
So, tonight, I had made plans with 3 people to hook up and go to a gig in town. But unfortunately, had to blow them all out.
Why?
Well.
Ash phones me at 7ish going... 'mate, what day is it?' and i'm like.... (in my head) no, your birthday has been... umm... she goes 'fuckin Atmosphere in Brizzle tonight innit!'...... double 'Doh!'. Brought tickets about a month ago and totally forgot it was 'appenin.
So, I gets my shit together, blow all 3 people out that I was supposed to hook up with (sorry Grace, Ellie and Gar). Razz round 'hers' and head off to Brizzle.
Atmosphere was ace. He has Flow, rhymz and sincerity in what he is spittin..... and he is hot..... loved it.
Mid way through the gig, I notice Ash getting chatted up by a blatant gay girl (facial piercings (many)... was in a camo tshirt with 'ladykiller' written on it.... short of wearing a flashing helmet of lights with 'I AM A GAY' on it, it was pretty obvious). So this girl quizzes Ash on where she hangs out (amongst many other inappropriate questions for an 'ummm i watchin a fuckin show here' chat). Ash tells her at gigs and that, and the girl goes 'with her?' gesturing in my general direction. So ash goes 'yeah'. So from that point on, me and ash were a couple. Turns out these girls (there was another, Chey and Tasha. Nice girls. Tasha was quite umm 'vocal', but generally quiet pleasant) were in need of a lift back to Newport. So me, being the nice girl that I am, said 'yeah why not'. So me and my girlfriend Ash gave them a lift home. How we laughed.
Nice to be gay for the evening. Nice to be accepted by other gays.
It was all ash's fault, but she said that it was my fault for looking like a gay with my haircut. This is either a diss or a compliment. I can't work out which.
I must be one hot gay to pull smash. I'll take it as a compliment :)
Anyway. its gone 2am. I need to go to bed. Not a great start to my working week. But tonight will keep me amused til atleast Wednesday I rekon.
t'is never dull i tell thee.....
Last night I saw, what is really just my best mates' boyfriends' band. A band consisting of a man I have seen in his pants and some other assorted people I know pretty well. :)
But, regardless of the over familiarities, I can honestly say that Vito are one of my most favourite bands to see live. Breathtaking. They make you forget where you are. They were so good that I was frozen for some parts of their set and at one point my eyes actually got a bit damp. Absolutely awesome! Blew me away.
Every band should aspire to be this good.
If your remotely into the likes of Mogwai, Sigur Ros and Godspeed You! Black Emporer...... or if you just like good music in general.....you need to see this band.
I think last night took over from Efterklang as the best gig of the year for me so far.
Get over to their myspace, their new recorded stuff sounds pretty fine! Can't wait for their new album.
http://www.myspace.com/vitotheband
I am writing this, horizontally, on my laptop in bed. All is dark except for the comforting glow of the screen. All is quiet except for the beautiful album that i am not giving justice to by playing out through the shitty, tinny speakers that are located on my lap(top).
The album i currently have playing, which I am absolutely blown away by, is Neil Youngs 'Zuma'.
Wow. I have not given Neil Young the attention he deserves up until now. smAsh insisted I invested in some yesterday and recommended Zuma. Honestly has blown me away from the first listen. Its all ace. If your not familiar, try listening to Cortez The Killer here
Melodies and lyrics that turn your stomach inside out... and his vocals....well... no one needs an oik like me to confirm his ability on that score :-)
So, why am I in bed? Well, I have a raging cold. A cold which has, in no way, been helped by a marathon, and some might say a bit of a 'mental' trip to Oxford last night to see Saul Williams. Although, the pain I am suffering today has been totally outweighed by the fun levels reached last night. I would do it all again in a second.
Saul Williams is like some kinda messiah. His stage pressence is absolutley captivating. It was hard to take my eyes off him. When he 'rapped' to the tunes off his albums, he was immense, but when he just went solo with his poetry, it was almost spiritual :)
Although......... nothing tops the mosh pit insighted by Beev and Ben when they played his epic tune 'List of demands'. Me and smAsh launched ourselves in to it, failing around and ramming into people. Loved it. Then the crowd surfing followed... first Ben went up and over THREE TIMES in a row. I thought this was the funniest thing ever... until Ash decides to have a go... and that took over the mantel as the funneist thing EVER.... Legend!
The journey home was nearly as fun as the gig. Driving home via a not all together logical A road route, sitting behind a lorry for what seemed like hours in the rain. This didn't matter though, cos we had Ben DJing via his Zune, though my car stereo.
Singing along to Loves Forever Changes and dancing to the likes of The Rapture, LCD Soundsystem, Underworld and Orbital I am sure will forever remain a happy memory. As will the endless laughing in the service station.
Fun times, but boy was I glad to get back to cardiff in one piece. I had absolutely driven as much as was physically possible.
Big shout outs to smAsh, Beev and Ben. In the words of the late and fuckin awesome Arthur Lee - "I think people are the greatest fun"*
*currently half way thought Arthur Lees biog, it would appear that he didn't really think people were the greatest fun. He was more partial to heroin.
Andrew Hockey, Silver Spurs and The Ash and the Oak in 10ft Tall.
The Ash and the Oak = good. 2nd time I have seen them. Much improved. :)
Silver Spurs = good. Despite being without the use of Eli's arm. Its broken. They played a new song Ellie wrote. It was ace. http://www.myspace.com/silverspursmusic
Andrew Hockey = Good. Despite people talking during his set. Idiots. Would like to see him in a different venue. I liked his song Bunny Boiler Blues. Listen to it on his myspace http://www.myspace.com/andrewhockey
Last night, after loads of whoring herself around town promoting this night, it finally came. smAsh's gig of Sarabeth Tucek, Jacob Golden and The Gentle Good in Clwb. A beautiful sunday evening of music. The quietest gig I have been to for time (as in volume, not as in turn out... there was actually quite alot of people - well done smAsh!)!
SBT's album is ace, and her live set did it justice. I enjoyed Jacob Golden, even if some people thought he was lame. The Gentle Good (Gareth who plays with Ellie in Silver Spurs) was pretty fine. Really lovely songs and astounding guitar skills.
I took these photos. They need some Photoshopping to get to take the redness offa them, but I aint got time for that today.
Finally managed to see handsome Dan play with his band Lone Pine, worth the wait, they were ace! They supported Danny and the champions of the World in Clwb, who were quite pleasant. A man played a Sitar while another one wore a poncho. Can you only sit down to play a sitar? Is that why they are called SITar? We then legged it over to 10 Feet Tall to catch Zumbar who were rockin....... before embarking on a very slick and professional DJ set.
Saw Future of the Left play at Clwb tonight. They were fuckin 'pumpin' as beev would say :)
Really, really rate them. I stood on a chair and danced like a mental throughout. I have been trained up well at the school of Ash in this. I learnt from the master. I am glad I have reached the point in my life where I really don't care about what people that I don't know think. I know i'm cool. I'm having a better time than they are. That's all that matters!
They sang Manchasm. Here is Mark Foley being right whilst watching them sing about him being right. He is always right. Quite possibly one of the wisest men I know. And he looks like on of the wise men with his beard 'n all. If you ever have a problem with any kinda stuff, go see Mark. He'll will make sense of it.
A dance downstairs to a plethora of indie hits with ash then pints in Dempseys. Met a mental man who sung me a song about unicorns only being horses with nice hats. Good times.
Bed now. I like this post night out blogging. Its good to do before bed and less calories than horlicks.
This gig was by far the best thing I have seen this year. It is one of the best things I have probably seen ever. Pretty special.
I had only heard Efterklang over Ash's house and online a bit before watching them tonight, so I had no idea how good they were going to be. A 7 piece band where all but 1 sings and plays more than one instrument! There was electronic beats, recorders, piano, one of those keyboard things that you blow into with your mouth.... and thats not all.... so much going on. So exceptionally mind blowing. I literally had my mouth open in amazement for a lot of the time. They were so good, I even joined in with everyone clapping rhythmically and I NEVER do that EVER especially not smiling like some mental, like I was.
Definitely buying their latest album next time i'm in Spillers. I woulda brought it tonight, but I spent all my money on a beautiful t-shirt (£15 - yes I did love them that much).
Its the best thing when your watching a band and they are so good that you smile. This has happened a few times recently. Errors, Dead Meadow, Right Hand Left Hand, Unkle, Hot Chip. Man I have been to see some bands this year already. I fuckin love music. I was trying to work out what percentage of my waking day I spend listening to music on average. I dunno, its high. Today has got to be at least 90% possibly 95%... Honestly... Just look at my last.fm charts. And thats not including vinyl and gigs..... I'm an addict fo'sure. Music = natures drugs!
A jaunt to Bristol tomorrow to see Holy Fuck! I cannot wait! I love their album so bad!
