#938

Young Fathers in Berlin. Fuck me they’re good. That’s all.

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#939

Florist were mesmerising at The Moon in Cardiff last night. Their delicate and hushed sound translated really well live. The band seemed rather humbled by the avid response they received. Quite enjoyed their in between song chatter about the area and dining at the spoons too!

#940

They were brilliant, weren’t they? Haven’t danced that much at a gig for a while. Thought the first two new songs they played were belters, big potential for the summer. The third one that they’ve released was alright.

#941

I saw Fenne Lily at The Moth Club. Good performance. She’s a cut above those in her genre.

#942

I was also at this and wrote some words about it:

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#943

Yeah I really loved ‘Tijuana’. It’s amusing how you can tell the name of their songs straight away.

@WizardLizard - a new single came out a week ago:

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#944

that is bloody lovely.

#945

Oh sweeeeet! Liking that a LOT and it’s pretty much a continuation of where they left off!

Was it just the three new tracks that they aired as @incomplete mentioned above? Remember seeing them at Brixton when they were touring Pala and their stage show was like a full blown carnival!

#946

Yeah just the three new songs and all the hits. 8 musicians on stage including a horn section.

#947

Nils Frahm at the Immanuel Church in L.A. extraordinary. he was even quite funny, although i would say he spoke a bit too much and wasn’t sure how much i really appreciated him breaking down his own songs in a humourous manner. does he do that ‘skit’ at all his gigs now?

#948

Nice! Well I’m glad that their back gigging and releasing material again. Have any other live dates been announced?

#949

Saw Issac Gracie last night at the Belgrave Music Hall in Leeds. Seems to be lots of hype around him at the moment. Now gonna check out his album, which I believe is out today. Really enjoyed his support, Matt Maltese - so he’s gone on the list to find more about.

#950

Saw Cuntroaches the other night at Wharf Chambers and you wouldn’t think people would be so on it for weird noise rock on a Monday night, but they were. The band’s sound was just so mesmerizing.

#951

…Young Fathers @ Rote Fabrik, Zurich. Deceptively simple staging of a really great performance with the whole band filling the palce with energy. Definitely preferred the first half where there was more noise than words but the whole thing flew by without any padding. Thought there’d be a bit more stage banter but at least the “Ooooh… fer fucxake” got a big laugh from me and my mate.

2018 Round up!

…The Go! Team @ QMU, Glasgow was another big ball of energy but with a lot more fun wrapped around it. An almost Polyphonic Spree scale cast of characters switching instruments and leaping around stage. New stuff (and all the albums I’ve missed) sounded great but - and I know it makes me a bad person - I came for Huddle Formation and I wasn’t disappointed.

…Alessandro Cortini @ Sudpol, Luzern. Avanti was my favourite record of last year by a country mile and I was pissed off at having missed him live in December (on account of having to go and see Kool & the Gang instead) so this was a real treat. Basically a live runthrough of the last album but a lot louder than you can get at home and with some old home movies playing in the background. There was an older couple sitting in the corner of the venue and the guy looked remarkably like Alessandro so I like to think that his mum & dad still come along to his shows when they get the chance.

#952

Caught these in Cardiff on Tuesday.

Absolutely hypnotic.

#953

Pendulum @ Reading Print Works…

Not normally my kind of thing, but a mate of mine from overseas was visiting and he loves The Pendulums so I agreed to go along with him. Was surprisingly good fun tbh tbf - their set was non-stop bangers throughout. Some fairly intense moshpit action too which was entertaining. First time at Print Works and it is certainly an atmospheric venue - walking distance from my house too, which earns it a bonus point :+1:

#954

Just watched Iron Chic at the Joiners in Southampton and they were incredible. Had goosebumps during their closing couple of songs, really great anthemic punk rock.

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#955

Love them so much, such a feel good band

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#956

I went to see Porches last night on a last minute whim and they were very good actually! Enjoyed it a lot considering I wasn’t massively into what I had heard previously.

Tonight is Grouper and I am going to weep heavily so… wish me luck!

#957

He spent some time chatting about building his organ and not liking the sounds it made at both UK shows we went to. Has always liked a bit of a chat between pieces though, whenever I’ve seen him. Glad you enjoyed it- loved the Brighton show he did here in Feb (London show was good too, just a bit quiet).