#155

Went on my own as my friend I was staying with didn’t fancy shelling out the £30, but ended up running into some Belfast folk I know a bit from bands, which was cool. Wanted to tag along for pints next door after but had to find my way back to my friend’s house at a reasonable hour.

Kelley Stoltz LPs were only a tenner at the merch stand, was gonna pick up Que Aura at the end but got distracted and forgot. Him and Flat Worms were v good, the other 2 bands I could take or leave, felt like the running order should be rejigged but I’d guess Hellman would fancy a decent break between sets.

#156

Played 2 of my favourite small venues in Ireland in 2013 apparently, missed both as I only checked them out a few months later (and only got properly into them last year). Don’t think they’ve been back since. Annoying.

#157

Fucking hell, that bloke. Don’t mind crowd surfers normally (comes with the territory doesn’t it) but he was irking. Wish security could’ve got rid of him.

See also: few sweaty blokes taking their top off at the frontt. Hardly a prude, but come on lads, bit grim.

Other than that, top gig last night, glad I found a last minute spare. Not bothered about the latter two supports but everyone else was great. Good venue, first time I’d been.

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#159

haha yes we saw that guy. We were waiting in the foyer afterwards and he was wandering around looking completely lost; no top on, bare feet - but he had found one of his shoes. No socks though :joy:

Great gig, we were slightly further back on RHS. Enjoyed KS and Flat Worms, Male Gaze were OK but hoped for better after listening to them beforehand. Once and Future Band were pretty ridiculous but fun, psychey prog noodling which I kinda enjoyed watching but doubt I’ll listen to them again!

Picked up a Kelly Stoltz LP and they chucked in a free CD of some reworked Brian Eno album, will give both a listen over the weekend. Really liked him - glad there was a decent crowd for him.

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#160

Kelley Stoltz was excellent I thought. Hadn’t listened to him much beforehand but it really hit the spot. Very glad I was there at bang on half seven for the start of the set, weren’t messing around on the timing front were they

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#163

Weirdly there were 2 interviews with them on the BBC website yesterday but in one of them he said

"We’ve been trying to play the UK more but now I’m getting more hate mail from Scotland and Ireland so I’ve gotta get my ass back over there.

“I don’t wanna piss those guys off – they can drink!”

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#164

They were…ok. enjoyable enough. Couldn’t get over the shorts

#165

They’re Californian, I reckon it’s allowed

#166

They were bloody great. Venue was too big, mind

#167

Too big once you take in to account the couple hundred people who probably couldn’t make it.

#168

Really enjoyed K Stoltz, I had a chat with one of his bandmates after and he took me to the merch stand and gave me a free copy of the Brian Eno album, which was nice.

#169

Really enjoyed this episode. Dwyer is a dude.

#170

Totally loved the Troxy show. Got down the front, really dug Kelley Stoltz, just a shame they cut their set short to allow time for Male Gaze who were late arriving. Once and Future Band surprisingly enjoyable. Oh Sees immense, just insanely great on all levels, mosh pit mayhem as per usual, head on fire finger in the socket craziness, I love them and love losing my shit to them live. Loads of cool merch on sale. One of those nights that keeps you buzzing for days. Wouldn’t have liked to have been further back in the crowd outside of the front pit though.

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#171

yeah i listened to a Male Gaze single on Spotify beforehand and thought they sounded pretty good but their set didn’t do much for me. hadn’t realised the singer is the other main Castle Face lad. was trying to work out how much irony was in his Fonzy schtick.

OAFB were a bit more enjoyable live than on record i thought but like @incandenza i was just ready for the main event by that point. the step up in quality when Oh Sees came on was massive

#172

just checking out the London setlist, a few differences but not too disimilar. was v happy with the Manc setlist.

the Contraption jam is a lot of fun but secretly i tend to wish they’d knock 5 minutes off it and squeeze another tune or two in.

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#174

I’ll have to check the setlists out then. They played one I didn’t recognise, dedicating it to Male Gaze I think. So the singer is the other Castle Face dude eh. Spotted him wearing shades and swigging a bottle of wine side stage during Kelley Stoltz, made me laugh a bit. Said to my lady, he’s like the boyfriend in Stranger Things who comes good in the end, she laughed and said yeah he is. They were alright but much preferred the other bands, even OAFB.
I may have to agree about the Contraption jam. Prefer the way they jam out and extend The Dream, plus they used to do Contraption better with the previous line up BUT it’s still very very awesome. I love it when they space out a bit, like with Sticky Hulks live and songs like The Axis on record.

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#175

You got Encrypted Bounce, love that one.

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#176

You make a good point about Contraption and the previous line-up. They are absolutely one of the best bands in the world at the moment, but I really miss the old line-up. It was never as tight as it is now but there was something a bit more magical about it. I suppose part of it was that it felt like it could fall apart at anytime. The gig at the Brudenell for the floating coffin tour is still the best gig I’ve ever been to.

#177

I saw them at the Scala in London on the Floating Coffin tour, one of my favourite gigs too. Love seeing them play and their one at the Coronet in London a year or so back with the new line up was aces too, with Magnetix and The Blind Shake in support, so good. This current line up is incredible but there was just something better about the previous one, more personality and fun.

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#178

Yeah we got a new song too. Forgot that Dwyer dedicated the Manc set to Mark E Smith right at the start <3

Yeah at one point mid-Male Gaze set the singer pulled a comb out of his pocket and combed his hair a bit, wasn’t sure if it was a joke or not. Someone also told me it wasn’t their usual lineup, instead of bringing the whole band over he just came over himself and recruited a British rhythm section?

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