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Tag Archives: Gig
Judie Tzuke – Bristol St Georges
I have fallen back in love with @judietzuke. That’s not to say I was ever out of love just that all the new and shiny singers, bands and songs tug you away and sometimes a little jolt is needed to … Continue reading
Jonsi at Colston Hall
The tickets for Jonsi at the Colston Hall were bought months ago on the basis of an album Ihad then yet to hear and which I still don’t know very well. As it turned out the show was the night … Continue reading
Shearwater – St Bonaventure’s Bristol
It seems an age since I first heard Shearwater on an NPR podcast (what would I do without NPR and the other US public service stations – where’s the UK equivalent?) and tried to get hold of Rook, their second … Continue reading
Broken Social Scene – Birmingham
Conceivably the hottest day of the year; England at its June best. Young Binmouth and the Fair Nicola cruised by for a spot of lunch and a quick look around the HC ‘manor’ before affording me a rare luxury of … Continue reading
Band of Horses – Roundhouse and Wolverhampton
Two years ago the Lad and I saw band of Horses deliver a roaring set at the Shepherds Bush Empire and here we are in 2010 and I get to see them twice within a couple of days: first off … Continue reading
BravoBraveBats at The Louie
BravoBraveBats (henceforth the Bats) make me smile. There is something about a new band (or at least a new band that feels like it might go somewhere) that is fundamentally smile-making. There’s something irrepressible, something so hopeful and full of … Continue reading
Pavement and Broken Social Scene at Brixton Academy
Having missed the boat for the Broken Social Scene show at Heaven and only thinking too late for the Pavement reunion shows in London @binmouth rode to the rescue with a spare ticket for this show at the Brixton Academy, … Continue reading
The National – Royal Albert Hall
@binmouth and I sat high up in the hallowed surroundings of the Royal Albert Hall, now the prestige venue of choice for many top acts. It is a remarkable venue that affords the great majority of the audience an excellent, … Continue reading
Eric Bibb – Cheltenham Jazz Festival
I have to say that I suffered some weird kind of cultural guilt trip at times watching the frankly astonishing Eric Bibb play at the Cheltenham Jazz Festival. Here we all were, say about 5-600 people genteelly crammed into a … Continue reading
Rufus Wainwright – Bristol Colston Hall
Just twenty four short hours from a rollicking Idlewild show in Wolverhampton I found myself sat down in Colston Hall for a show that was a polar opposite, Rufus delivering his All Days are Nights: Songs for Lulu album, a … Continue reading
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