Saw Buzzcocks last night, well Steve diggle and 3 mates from the pub, they were all Espiecially Diggle playing rock stars and guitar heroes exactly what they in the 70’s were not about. A 10 minute version of harmony in my head to finish, wah wah pedals and audience participation and guitar solos **** off 3 out of 10 cause I like the roundhouse. Anyway The Stranglers were much better and stuck to the script playing recognisable songs, but when I say The Stranglers I mean Jean Jacque Burnel and his three mates from the pub, though the subs did a good job, glad to hear pin up not a single but always thought it should have been. I hate tribute bands don’t see the point, and I know some of both bands have passed but felt slightly aggrieved that these almost tributes callled themselves the old names. Stranglers 6/10. I do like the roundhouse https://youtu.be/W3Zop8-2M68
I've seen what's left of the stranglers three times Once just before the last one died so there were two members playing each time The singer does a good job
Immersion at Cafe Oto:- Let’s start with the support, a Catweazle type character who looked liked he lived on foraged mushrooms for the passed 40 years. The music (noise) to him sounded like the sweet rhythms of the forests lost civilisations but to the rest of us fungi deprived audience, it didn’t. Look out for White Sage you can buy albums online?? So to Immersion, a Colin Newman (Wire) side project, Newman has been a favourite of mine since the late 70’s, bought his solo projects and other bands like Githead, immersion is his latest guise, with a member of Githead, now have their third album out. Must say can’t see what Malka Spigal brings to the table, often playing two sometime three bass note through a phase to make dreamy sounds and singing quietly and tuneless whilst Newman holds it all together and sounding very much like a Wire side project, creating a dreamy electro sound of 30 years ago. The new drummer added a lot giving a dreadzone feel. Overall I enjoyed seeing Colin Newman still going but how about a new Wire album please
Bugonia:- Lathamos’ latest offering with a similar cast, Emma Sone and Jessie Plemons. I really liked Poor things then disliked “a kind of kindness” in equal opposite measures, so not knowing what to expect went with an open mind. This is a strange and quirky movie with a twist I wasn’t expecting. I really enjoyed Plemons, always under played characters but in such a menacing way, just see him in breaking bad. Emma Stone always good and watchable, no silly but cute dancing this time but she get her head shaved in the film, neither disappoints. A strong 7
Yesterday evening saw the excellent Canadian band, "Blue Rodeo" playing in Moncton, NB. Still great after all these years. Here is them playing "Lost Together" in Halifax some years ago, their finale song last night, great concert.
Heard this talked about on the radio yesterday - great idea, and great fun too. Anybody go to gigs these days and missing having a physical ticket to add to your collection? Bored of endless QR codes snd barcodes? Well Tim Burgess of The Charlatans has come up with a great solution....as part of his Merch-Market website (which he set up for bands to sell all their merch commission free) he's added a physical ticket maker. Enter as many details as you can and create your own ticket stubs then you can download and print them out! https://merch-market.co.uk/ticket-generator I had a play earlier and made these from old gigs I've lost the stubs for.. Setlist.fm is a grest website for finding the exact dates... https://www.setlist.fm/
