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Post by artvandelay on Aug 14, 2023 16:50:36 GMT
Krankenhaus always as an amazing lineup, i should really go one of these days. Would've liked to have seen The Lovely Eggs again but they've not really toured this year. I'm off to End of the Road at the end of the month/start of September which is always a good weekend. I will definitely go some year. I cannot understand the appeal of The Lovely Eggs though, despite people, and more specifically Spotify, insisting I must like them!
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Post by TallPaddy on Aug 21, 2023 18:24:13 GMT
Robbie Williams on Saturday night. Surprising mix of end of pier stand up, oversharing and classic pop bangers. Absolutely brilliant band. Also really good lights and video as you would expect but often don't get. Helped by perfectly tuned rig and warm night almost no breeze.
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Post by paulb on Sept 28, 2023 18:12:01 GMT
Recently seen the Sherlocks and 86 TV'S (Ex members of the Maccabees) at the Six Six bar in Cambridge. Enjoyed both bands and the venue (love the smaller venues). The Six Six bar seems to be really making an effort (were The Junction and Cornex seem to have been lacking for a while now).
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Post by neilmc4 on Oct 12, 2023 18:06:23 GMT
Something a bit different last night - Fascinating Aida at the Corn Exchange in King`s Lynn. How to describe them................ Three very posh middle-aged women , all classically trained singers , one piano , more swearing in two hours than you`d hear in a whole season in the NRE. Think Victoria Wood meets Frankie Boyle. Vicious satire , surreal humour and enormous musical talent made for a superb evening`s entertainment ; I haven`t laughed so much for years. Highly recommended.
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Post by imp566 on Oct 12, 2023 18:31:22 GMT
Something a bit different last night - Fascinating Aida at the Corn Exchange in King`s Lynn. How to describe them................ Three very posh middle-aged women , all classically trained singers , one piano , more swearing in two hours than you`d hear in a whole season in the NRE. Think Victoria Wood meets Frankie Boyle. Vicious satire , surreal humour and enormous musical talent made for a superb evening`s entertainment ; I haven`t laughed so much for years. Highly recommended. They are quite an experience, butter wouldn't melt when they walk on stage - but standby for the shockwaves!
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Post by neilmc4 on Oct 12, 2023 18:41:34 GMT
The only (very) slight disappointment was that they didn`t do `Try Not To Be A C*nt , It`s Christmas` Other than that , faultless.
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Post by Mark Peters’ Bonce of Power on Nov 14, 2023 20:05:00 GMT
To my shame I’ve only been to one gig so far this year (Iron Maiden in Antwerp back in July), but suddenly I’ve got two this week on consecutive nights at the Corn Exchange. I was already going to Billy Bragg on thursday, taking my old man who turned me onto him just over a decade ago, as a birthday treat. I’ve also just bagged a last minute ticket for Robert Plant on Friday, despite it having been ‘sold out’ for months. Absolutely buzzing.
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Post by headersontarget on Nov 15, 2023 10:58:00 GMT
Off to see Bdrmm next Wednesday at Mash in Cambridge, first time I'll have visited that venue. Signed to Mogwai's label and have toured with both Mogwai and Ride in the past. Very much in the shoegaze tradition, any foppish haired (or previously foppish haired and now thinning) types would do well to check them out. Excellent band. Especially like the debut: bdrmm.bandcamp.com/album/bedroomHad also hoped to go and see a new Irish six-piece, Cardinals, tonight in London but have a ten-week old newborn at home who had a poor night last night, so think I will be in on baby duty. Debut single out last week reminds me a little of The Pogues, Echo & The Bunnymen, The Waterboys etc., like it a great deal: cardinalsie.bandcamp.com/track/roseland
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Post by Sandypants on Nov 15, 2023 11:19:35 GMT
Cambridge's own Celestial Sanctuary dropped a pretty good old school death metal album this year, and are joining The Infernal Sea (black metal, new release due in January) for their Portland debut on December 17th, supported by Terra (atmosblack), Existentialist (deathcore) and The Grey (post).
Probably a bit heavier than much that's been discussed here, but might be up someone's alley!
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Post by cufcdenmark on Nov 22, 2023 9:54:33 GMT
Went to see Alestorm last night. Had three Danish bands warming up for them, Heidra who were excellent, Troll, a new band but really good live, and Vandsind who were ok.
Alestorm were great as usuall. Last time we saw them was at a festival, but they are much more fun in a small intimate club. Not sure about the dog friendly version of Wenches and mead though.
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Post by Sandypants on Nov 22, 2023 10:10:21 GMT
Went to see Alestorm last night. Had three Danish bands warming up for them, Heidra who were excellent, Troll, a new band but really good live, and Vandsind who were ok. Alestorm were great as usuall. Last time we saw them was at a festival, but they are much more fun in a small intimate club. Not sure about the dog friendly version of Wenches and mead though. Vansind just released their debut LP on Friday. It's going down quite well with friends that like the old folk metal.
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Post by cufcdenmark on Nov 22, 2023 11:33:24 GMT
Went to see Alestorm last night. Had three Danish bands warming up for them, Heidra who were excellent, Troll, a new band but really good live, and Vandsind who were ok. Alestorm were great as usuall. Last time we saw them was at a festival, but they are much more fun in a small intimate club. Not sure about the dog friendly version of Wenches and mead though. Vansind just released their debut LP on Friday. It's going down quite well with friends that like the old folk metal. The problem is that the female singer isn't that great live. Seen them a couple of times, and both times she has been poor. Shame because the band would be a lot better (live) without her. Have you seen Celestrial Sanctuary live? Are they any good? Both albums are great
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Post by Sandypants on Nov 22, 2023 12:58:25 GMT
Vansind just released their debut LP on Friday. It's going down quite well with friends that like the old folk metal. The problem is that the female singer isn't that great live. Seen them a couple of times, and both times she has been poor. Shame because the band would be a lot better (live) without her. Have you seen Celestrial Sanctuary live? Are they any good? Both albums are great No, this will be my first time. I've only been to a couple of gigs since coronavirus so I'm trying to get out more!
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Post by Mark Peters’ Bonce of Power on Nov 22, 2023 21:37:20 GMT
To my shame I’ve only been to one gig so far this year (Iron Maiden in Antwerp back in July), but suddenly I’ve got two this week on consecutive nights at the Corn Exchange. I was already going to Billy Bragg on thursday, taking my old man who turned me onto him just over a decade ago, as a birthday treat. I’ve also just bagged a last minute ticket for Robert Plant on Friday, despite it having been ‘sold out’ for months. Absolutely buzzing. Both of these were absolutely excellent. Billy Bragg was as you’d expect, a wonderful blend of tender love songs and rabble rousing politically motivated anthems. His in between song chitchat can get a bit preachy, but if that bothers you you’re at the wrong gig! His current tour is celebrating his 40 years as a solo artist, so the setlist was a proper career retrospective including all his biggest hits and deep cuts from down the years and some very recent stuff. Encore was his debut album in it’s entirety (only 17 mins long in the first place), albeit the running order slightly changed so that the show ended on ‘A New England’, including the extra verse he wrote for Kirsty MacColl’s cover version. A brilliant night and the perfect way to treat my dear old Dad for his birthday. Robert Plant & Saving Grace the following evening was obviously very different, they’ve recorded an album together that is yet to be released, so had no idea what to expect but it was fantastic. In some ways very typical latter day Plant, a set of blues, country, & americana standards, with a sprinkling of Zeppelin worked into the mix. He shared lead vocal duties with a phenomenal female singer whose name currently escapes me, but their voices combined brilliantly. All the musicians were top notch and they finished with every member of the band harmonising together on an A cappella version of ‘and we bid you goodnight’ which worked perfectly. Two very different but equally brilliant nights of live music delivered by two very different musical heroes of mine. Absolute perfection.
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Post by Sandypants on Nov 23, 2023 8:51:10 GMT
To my shame I’ve only been to one gig so far this year (Iron Maiden in Antwerp back in July), but suddenly I’ve got two this week on consecutive nights at the Corn Exchange. I was already going to Billy Bragg on thursday, taking my old man who turned me onto him just over a decade ago, as a birthday treat. I’ve also just bagged a last minute ticket for Robert Plant on Friday, despite it having been ‘sold out’ for months. Absolutely buzzing. Both of these were absolutely excellent. Billy Bragg was as you’d expect, a wonderful blend of tender love songs and rabble rousing politically motivated anthems. His in between song chitchat can get a bit preachy, but if that bothers you you’re at the wrong gig! His current tour is celebrating his 40 years as a solo artist, so the setlist was a proper career retrospective including all his biggest hits and deep cuts from down the years and some very recent stuff. Encore was his debut album in it’s entirety (only 17 mins long in the first place), albeit the running order slightly changed so that the show ended on ‘A New England’, including the extra verse he wrote for Kirsty MacColl’s cover version. A brilliant night and the perfect way to treat my dear old Dad for his birthday. Robert Plant & Saving Grace the following evening was obviously very different, they’ve recorded an album together that is yet to be released, so had no idea what to expect but it was fantastic. In some ways very typical latter day Plant, a set of blues, country, & americana standards, with a sprinkling of Zeppelin worked into the mix. He shared lead vocal duties with a phenomenal female singer whose name currently escapes me, but their voices combined brilliantly. All the musicians were top notch and they finished with every member of the band harmonising together on an A cappella version of ‘and we bid you goodnight’ which worked perfectly. Two very different but equally brilliant nights of live music delivered by two very different musical heroes of mine. Absolute perfection. That sounds wonderful. I'm glad you got to experience it.
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