COLD TEA AND PRACTICE
Dodgy have reformed and that is good enough for me to venture out on a Wednesday night in January to see them play live in, of all places, the Arlington Arts Centre, just outside of Newbury. This seemed like an odd venue given that it is the arts block of the Mary Hare school for …
HERE IT GOES AGAIN
Had a lads night out with a trip to see OK GO at KOKO, London on Wednesday night. This is the first time that I have been to a concert with both boys which was great. It is also the first time that I have been to a pub with them, which was a bit …
ALL YOU NEED IS… LOVE AND MONEY
One of the first bands I went to see during my student days at Portsmouth Polytechnic was Love and Money for which it seems I paid the princely sum of £2. From memory it wasn’t particularly well attended and the low numbering on the ticket on the left would seem to bear that out, or …
STEVE HACKETT AND A MAN IN A DRESS
I don’t know about you but the last thing one tends to expect at a Steve Hackett concert is a man in a dress playing the bass. Ok, so in the end it wasn’t a dress but more of a frock coat but even so it came as a bit of a surprise. What was …
THE VIEW FROM HAMMERSMITH
And this is what Crowded House look like when at Hammersmith last night. Yes I was back to see them once again and for the last time on this tour (probably). Once again they were great, playing some unusual tracks (“Recurring Dream” anyone?), as well as plenty of crowd pleasers. However, unlike Oxford, there was …
CROWDED HOUSE AT THE OXFORD APOLLO
Crowded House are always good for a laugh when live and last night at the Oxford Apollo was no different. They (eventually) played a good mix of new, unreleased until Monday, songs and older stuff. I was a little concerned as the first 2/3rds were from the last few albums but as time went on …
NEIL FINN – BUSH HALL
Having been at Bush Hall only a few weeks previously to see Liam Finn Mat and I were back again last night to see Liam’s Dad and he was just superb. The venue is tiny and there were only 350 tickets available to the public and all of them were snapped up by members of …
OK GO – SHEPHERD’S BUSH EMPIRE
Spent last night at my first concert of the year at a chilly Shepherd’s Bush Empire seeing OK GO. I had been in two minds as to whether to go as the weather was grotty still but Mat was keen to go and so we went and I am glad that I did. For a …
APPLE’S GENIUS IS GENIUS
With iTunes 8 comes Genius – a system to help you find similar music in your collection or a cynical attempt to sell more downloads by Apple, depending on your view. It also works on both the iPhone and the iPod Touch. You simply select a track and press the genius icon and a new …