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Makaya Mccraven is playing at the Islington Assembly Hall on Friday Nov 18th. He's a great jazz drummer.

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Makaya Mccraven - 18/11/22

Makaya McCraven is a beat scientist. The bleeding edge drummer, producer, and sonic collagist is one of Chicago’s savviest cultural players and a multi-talented force whose inventive process and intuitive, cinematic style defy categorisation. ⁣ This event was previously scheduled for...
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ska invita are you going to this?
 
Numbers said:
Makaya Mccraven is playing at the Islington Assembly Hall on Friday Nov 18th. He's a great jazz drummer.

islingtonassemblyhall.co.uk

Makaya Mccraven - 18/11/22

Makaya McCraven is a beat scientist. The bleeding edge drummer, producer, and sonic collagist is one of Chicago’s savviest cultural players and a multi-talented force whose inventive process and intuitive, cinematic style defy categorisation. ⁣ This event was previously scheduled for...
islingtonassemblyhall.co.uk islingtonassemblyhall.co.uk

ska invita are you going to this?
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no ive not tickets for anything ... wanted to do a London jazz fest gig but stalling . will try and make a commitment this week!
 
danski said:
Margate soul and funk weekender June 2023

Fri - Norman Jay - Huey Morgan and many more to be announced

Sat - Kool & The Gang Hot 8 Brass Band - Craig Charles - Nubiyian Twist - Norman Jay - Muva Of Earth - Eddie Piller and many more to be announced

Sun - David Rodigan - Trojan Soundsystem and many more to be announced



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Its confusing as am planning to go to the soul weekender in Margate this coming year with a friend, but I think there are now two 'competing' events, this one above put on by Soundcrash which takes place at Dreamland and is mainly DJs and this bigger one:
margatesoulfestival.co.uk

Margate Soul Festival

Margate Soul Festival
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Which takes over multiple venues around town and has a bigger live act lineup.
Unfortunately that bigger one is in August (or was last year) which can be an awkward/busy time of year.

Nubiyian Twist are brilliant btw, young big band (in their 20s) , excellent music.
 
Got tickets for this on 2 December, should be fun. Two bands from members of The Men That Will Not Be Blamed for Nothing, and Frenchy & the Punk who don't play the UK that often and are meant to be good

www.ents24.com

Flesh Tetris, Frenchy And The Punk, Before Victoria London Tickets at Our Black Heart on 2nd December 2022

Tickets, info and places to stay for Flesh Tetris, Frenchy And The Punk, Before Victoria at Our Black Heartin London on Fri 2nd December 2022. Ents24.com, the UK's biggest entertainment guide
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Cloo said:
Got tickets for this on 2 December, should be fun. Two bands from members of The Men That Will Not Be Blamed for Nothing, and Frenchy & the Punk who don't play the UK that often and are meant to be good

www.ents24.com

Flesh Tetris, Frenchy And The Punk, Before Victoria London Tickets at Our Black Heart on 2nd December 2022

Tickets, info and places to stay for Flesh Tetris, Frenchy And The Punk, Before Victoria at Our Black Heartin London on Fri 2nd December 2022. Ents24.com, the UK's biggest entertainment guide
www.ents24.com www.ents24.com
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Flesh Tetris are a lot of fun. :cool:
 
Saw Special Interest last night. They were so good but the sound was shocking.

The sound desk was at the side of the stage so that’s tricky for the sound guy but oh my god it was so bad. He kept his earplugs in the whole time during the set, only came out to check the sound once (took his earplugs out briefly for that) but didn’t check more than one spot. People were coming out of the audience to tell him it was bad, that’s how bad it was. And he was making changes based on what audience members were telling him. This is etiquette busting for sure, but it was just terrible. I caught his eye and indicated that there was no guitar in the mix and he turned it up. So by the last song we had something approaching a decent sound mix.

Mixing shouldn’t be a group endeavour ffs!




Bad sound has been an issue a lot recently and it’s spoiled a fair few nights for me. A pal who TMs for bands says it’s a nationwide problem caused by lockdown. The chain of apprenticeship has been broken. All the small and midsize venues with house soundies, they went off to make a living elsewhere and the new lot are coming in with no one to correct them or school them.
 
story said:
Saw Special Interest last night. They were so good but the sound was shocking.

The sound desk was at the side of the stage so that’s tricky for the sound guy but oh my god it was so bad. He kept his earplugs in the whole time during the set, only came out to check the sound once (took his earplugs out briefly for that) but didn’t check more than one spot. People were coming out of the audience to tell him it was bad, that’s how bad it was. And he was making changes based on what audience members were telling him. This is etiquette busting for sure, but it was just terrible. I caught his eye and indicated that there was no guitar in the mix and he turned it up. So by the last song we had something approaching a decent sound mix.

Mixing shouldn’t be a group endeavour ffs!




Bad sound has been an issue a lot recently and it’s spoiled a fair few nights for me. A pal who TMs for bands says it’s a nationwide problem caused by lockdown. The chain of apprenticeship has been broken. All the small and midsize venues with house soundies, they went off to make a living elsewhere and the new lot are coming in with no one to correct them or school them.
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Ah, think I was at that if that's the London/Hackney one? Agreed about SI being really fucking good, I think I might have been too tin-eared to pick up on the bad sound though.
 
hitmouse said:
Ah, think I was at that if that's the London/Hackney one? Agreed about SI being really fucking good, I think I might have been too tin-eared to pick up on the bad sound though.
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Hackney Wick, yes.

I thought it was me but asked several others and they all said it was bad too.

I’m quite pissed off cos it’s not like we can just nip along to their next show innit.


Container was interesting, not seen him before, but it all seemed joyless and self important.
 
story said:
Saw Special Interest last night. They were so good but the sound was shocking.

The sound desk was at the side of the stage so that’s tricky for the sound guy but oh my god it was so bad. He kept his earplugs in the whole time during the set, only came out to check the sound once (took his earplugs out briefly for that) but didn’t check more than one spot. People were coming out of the audience to tell him it was bad, that’s how bad it was. And he was making changes based on what audience members were telling him. This is etiquette busting for sure, but it was just terrible. I caught his eye and indicated that there was no guitar in the mix and he turned it up. So by the last song we had something approaching a decent sound mix.

Mixing shouldn’t be a group endeavour ffs!




Bad sound has been an issue a lot recently and it’s spoiled a fair few nights for me. A pal who TMs for bands says it’s a nationwide problem caused by lockdown. The chain of apprenticeship has been broken. All the small and midsize venues with house soundies, they went off to make a living elsewhere and the new lot are coming in with no one to correct them or school them.
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Thought I'd posted this yesterday but apparently not

Shame about that, I saw them in Manchester on Saturday they were awesome. My mate thought they were one of the best bands he's ever seen.

I came to the thread to tell people to go to Leeds/Brighton in the next few days if they get chance.

Bad sound hasn't been a problem here at any of the gigs I've seen since lockdown, even at the notoriously bad Gorilla. Bar a couple of nights, the shows I've seen over the past year have blown me away.
 
Weekend of the 18th & 19th November. Anarcho punk festival in celebration of Mark Astronaut.
Day tickets £11 both days £16. Hitchin. Finishes in time to train it back to London.

Not a bad line up for the money.

youre-all-weird-v3.jpg



More details and tickets from here You’re All Weird: A Celebration of Mark Astronaut and The Astronauts

If anyone else is going then give me the nod cos I am travelling up from Dorset for this.
 
story said:
Hackney Wick, yes.

I thought it was me but asked several others and they all said it was bad too.

I’m quite pissed off cos it’s not like we can just nip along to their next show innit.


Container was interesting, not seen him before, but it all seemed joyless and self important.
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I liked Container, thought Plastics were a bit meh though. Although I did enjoy the support combined being Plastic Container. Definitely looking forward to seeing them again next time they're back.
 
hitmouse said:
I liked Container, thought Plastics were a bit meh though. Although I did enjoy the support combined being Plastic Container. Definitely looking forward to seeing them again next time they're back.
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I missed Plastics.

I‘ve been curious to see Container for a while partly cos I hoped/expected it would be more organic and human - more rocknrolll, I suppose - in the flesh but I was disappointed in that.

Did they actually play together or was that in the big gig inside your head? (One of the best places to see live bands, I find…)

Part 2 I‘ve just bought a ticket for the Brighton show. Now waiting to hear back from various Brighton mates about crashing at their’n.
 
story said:
I missed Plastics.

I‘ve been curious to see Container for a while partly cos I hoped/expected it would be more organic and human - more rocknrolll, I suppose - in the flesh but I was disappointed in that.

Did they actually play together or was that in the big gig inside your head? (One of the best places to see live bands, I find…)

Part 2 I‘ve just bought a ticket for the Brighton show. Now waiting to hear back from various Brighton mates about crashing at their’n.
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No, played separately, I was just thinking of the names from the listings and so on. Plastics were definitely more rocknroll than Container, though.
 
I really really want to see "They hate change" on the 21st but am working a 12hour shift. Might see if I can swap my shift.
 
kalidarkone said:
I really really want to see "They hate change" on the 21st but am working a 12hour shift. Might see if I can swap my shift.
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Do it.

If you’ve typed two “really”s before the “want” there, you should really really try to see them.
 
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