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Monthly Archives: July 2008
Slipping out of Focus
Oh my goodness, direct from the NPR Blog comes a rave from my own personal grave. Focus, that slightly odd mix of 1970′s Dutch rock and virtuosic performance, were if I remember rightly the second band I ever saw in … Continue reading
Death Cab in Birmingham
Not an auspicious lead up to a show – trailing down the blocked motorway to Birmingham, arriving just late enough to hear the last support band song (no, don’t know who they were), and having to go on my own … Continue reading
Band of Horses at Shepherd Bush Empire
Oh I have been waiting for this! First picked up on BoH via podacst on KEXP (not surprisingly given their prior residence in Seattle) where there are a number of podcasts with BoH content. I am now rather hooked, along … Continue reading
The National in Birmingham
What a joy – The National in Birmingham. OK the Academy in Brum is not my favourite venue (and this time especially sticky underfoot) but who cares when they put on such a good show. I still find it hard … Continue reading
