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Graham Coxon 14/05/2009

Graham Coxon 14/05/2009 OK, sorry about the huge gaps here, and the missing gigs, but I am poor, and assuming there's no-one as really cares anyways I'm afraid this one is also a bit of an album review as well as gig, for a fairly obvious reason... This gig was too big a chance for me to pass on - probably my favourite famous person, and indeed musician, playing at an awesome (small) venue, playing his entire new album "The Spinning Top". The venue was the Thekla, which I'm sure I wax

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There's No Point Anymore...

Terrible news people... I recieved this email today from The Point in Cardiff bay, my favourite Cardiff venue by far (The Barfly is a nasty little hole, it just gets good bands!): "It is with deep regret that we announce the closure of the venue today. On 27th February 2009 the Director of the Point Cardiff Bay Limited signed the appropriate notices to call a meeting of creditors pursuant to S98 Insolvency Act 1986. A number of factors have contributed to this situation. Many of y

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Streetlight Manifesto 04/12/2008

Streetlight Manifesto 04/12/2008 This was another long looked forward to gig, after their blinding support slot for Reel Big Fish I couldn't wait to see them headline. They were playing at The Croft in Bristol, which I had never been to before. The Croft is a tiny venue, 170 capacity, and felt smaller (that number may be for the bar area as opposed to, or as well as the band room). I missed both support acts, as I was helping my friend find a spare ticket, as he had messed up the booking

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Flipron And Misty's Big Adventure

Flipron and Misty's Big Adventure 30/11/2008 So! Again, I find myself apologising for a tardy review, which I am, indeed, sorry for. I have no real excuse, except that my life feels more sorted now, so I don't mind 'wasting' time on this (as opposed to applying for jobs, for example). This was a gig I was looking forward to for a long while (it felt that way anyway), as I have loved Flipron since I saw them at Beautiful Days, and Misty's Big Adventure since I saw them doing support for D

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Feeder 02/11/2008

Feeder 02/11/2008 Well, Apologies for the intermission in gigs, and lack of any review for 7 Seconds Of Love (I screwed up and missed that ) and Beautiful Days (A festival review was a bit much all in one go... Go check out 12 Stone Toddler though as they were AWESOME!). There will be a few more gigs over the next month or two as there is a glut of unmissable gigs coming up... Well, let's begin with a quick word on the venue, as it's a new one to me, the gig was in The Newport Centre

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The Raconteurs 29/06/2008

The Raconteurs 29/06/2008 OK, this gig was immense. Largely helped by the venue, which was the Eden Project in Deepest Darkest Cornwall (actually, it's not too far from Devon, but you're already pretty deep 'n' dark there ). This place, for those that don't know, is a big old quarry which has been turned into a huge garden, with two massive 'bio-domes', the bigger of the two being full of 'properly' foreign plants, from the tropics and the like, that would never usually grow in Cornwall, an

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Feeder 28/05/2008

Feeder 28/05/2008 It was nice to return to The Point after all these gigs in the Carling Academy. It's a much nicer feeling venue, even if there isn't a nice cooling breeze... Sadly The Point's neighbours have been complaining about the noise (and apparently they are the new residents, moved in since it's been a gig venue) and so it was threatened with closure, luckily it seems they will just have to sound proof the building properly by a certain time (possibly August...). It would be a

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Terrorvision 23/05/2008

Terrorvision 23/05/2008 Right, this was at the Carling Academy in Bristol again (the last there for the foreseeable future) and because of the venues silly curfews (I think I might rant about that soon, maybe even at the end of this glog...) it opened at 18:30 to finish for 21:45(!). The support slot started at 19:00 and was taken care of by The Sound Explosion. These guys were great! You know all those 'how to make your band successful' advice things? They had it all down to a T! Fr

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The Bluetones 18/05/2008

The Bluetones 18/05/2008 On arrival at the (by now incredibly familiar) Carling Academy I was somewhat surprised to see the the main floor where I'm usually stood down at the front, was closed off, and everyone was being directed upstairs. So off we all went to find that the 'Star Bar' was open and that it was going to be the venue for the night's gig. The star bar turned out to be a pretty tiny venue, even smaller (although infinitely less skanky) than the Cardiff Barfly, I'm guessing arou

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The Charlatans 13/05/2008

The Charlatans 13/05/2008 Yet another gig at the Carling Academy (they really do seem to get all the great acts in the south west area, don't they?!), which is a VAST improvement on last time I attempted to see them live. Last time was at the National Adventure Sports Show (NASS) last summer, and they played in a huge barn, which didn't really fill up at all, so that the sound was god awful, I gave up about halfway through the set. Filling the support slot was a band called Hatcham So

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Spunge (and May Contain Nuts) 05/05/2008

Spunge (and May Contain Nuts) 05/05/2008 First off, I must apologise - I forgot my camera! So no pictures this time... My excuse is that I was too hungover to think straight... (I still feel hungover now, an hour after the gig, and nearly 24 hours since I finished drinking last night... ) This is my fourth or fifth gig at Cardiff's Barfly, but the first since I stated my Glog, so I guess I'll give a bit of a description, it's an, erm, special venue! It's a small (200 capacity) basemen

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Presidents Of The United States Of America 18/04/2008

Presidents of the United states of America 18/04/2008 The evening started pretty early for this gig, doors opened at 18:30, and the first act was on by about 7, which I quite like myself, I hate standing around waiting for everything to kick off. The first act was Kid Carpet who I had NEVER heard of before, although there was a few people in (mostly girls) that seemed like fans. Though the biggest (in every sense of the term) fan was right in front of me, and he was BIG with BIG hair and be

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The Hives 17/04/2008

The Hives 17/04/2008 I had been looking forward to this for a little while, having seen The Hives at the V Festival in 2005 (only doing 30 minutes there though ) I knew they would be good. First off, as usual, was a support act, Henry Fiat's Open Sore. They have something of an interesting image (especially as they list themselves on myspace as ' Christian Rap / Christian / Thrash') comprising of suits and what appear to be homemade gimp masks?! The effect was somewhat diminished by

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Gogol Bordello 01/04/2008

Gogol Bordello 01/04/2008 The sentence "Epic Gypsy-Punk" could be used to fully describe the gig. However, I get the feeling you'd like a bit more than that... The first thing I noticed when I arrived at the Carling Academy was how happy and energetic the crowd was, there were 'pratice' pits going on before the bands got going! The support act was called 'Skindred', and are a 'ragga-rock' group from Newport. If you're as clueless to that genre as me, I guess I could bets describe the s

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Dodgy 28/03/08

Dodgy 28/03/08 Pictures of this gig are available here. First off the venue - the Shepherds Bush Empire is really pretty! YAY! I think it's an old theatre, and I really enjoyed looking at all the pretty decoration in the pre-performance lull... I always appreciate a nice venue, and this was no disappointment, I look forward to going to see another band there sometime. The first act caught everyone by surprise, as the singer/songwriter (whose name I didn't catch) half snuck on sta

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The Subways 27/03/08

The Subways 27/03/08 This gig was something of a surprise extra for me, as I didn't find out about it until a couple of weeks prior to it, and didn't know I could make it until 4 days before it. I ended up being late (again ) but it didn't matter as the support act didn't start until about 9, so turning up at 8:45 was actually a good thing! The gig was in The Point again, and hopefully when I upload the pics you'll be able to seem some of the churchy goodness. The support act were pret

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Hayseed Dixie 19/03/08

Hayseed Dixie 19/03/08 Ok, I might have to mention the venue this time around... The Point is an old church down by Cardiff bay which has been converted to house a stage and bar, and they seem to do pretty well on the band front: So far I've seen the Bluetones and Whole Lotta Led, and now Hayseed Dixie of course... And they have The Subways coming up on Thursday (gig report either that night or the next day, depending on whether my girlfriends stays that night...). And the sound is always g

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Spinlords Of Spintania 25/02/08

Spinlords of Spintania 25/02/08 First of, sorry - I got my gigs in the wrong order! I forgot that Spinlords were in February... Typical... Nevermind, Correct order should be easy in future as I will (theoretically) be writing them up before the next one happens... Oh and for those that haven't heard of the Spinlords (I would guess most of you ,as they're a North Devon band that haven't really gigged away from home yet), check out their myspace - make sure you finish a song as they like to g

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Streetlight Manifesto (and Reel Big Fish) 28/02/08

Streetlight Manifesto (and Reel Big Fish) 28/02/08 So, after waiting for about 2 years for the Ska-Punk legends to return to Blighty for a tour I could go to I finally find them in the (insert disgusted tone) SUPPORT slot for Reel Big Fish... RBF are great, don't get me wrong, I saw them in Exeter a couple of years ago and had an awesome time, but Streetlight Manifesto are a whole other level, they actually have something to say (other than 'I want you girlfriend to be my girlfriend etc). A

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Kula Shaker, Anson Rooms, Bristol 05/02/08

Ok, for my first gig review post I'm not going to start at the beginning, I can't remember that far back! So instead I'm going to start with my first gig of 2008... Kula Shaker, 05/02/2008 I suppose I should point out (so you see any possible bias) that I've been a big fan of Kula Shaker for about 10 years now, and have been dying to see them ever since they reformed in 2006... That said I've been to enough gigs to know when even a much loved band is having an off night! The gig s

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