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[belboid]

It were a bit good, innit? I was way back up on the balcony, would've been nice to be in the crowd but think I would've died of sweat. They've still got an amazing level of energy.

I didn't go to much into their heart of the dried, cos I didnt want to be that guy. But I was still close enough to be thoroughly caught up in everything. My gig of the year so far, I am still beaming about it. Just joyous and riotously good. Also kinda interesting that twenty years ago, when those songs first came out, how trans inclusivity was just considered the norm for feminist circles.

 

[Dr. Furface]

A couple I've just got tix for...

• Deerhoof at Lafayette - Aug 21. This is a new venue to me, in the Kings Cross development, though it seems it's been going since 2021. After that they're touring the country, finishing up at EOTR festy on the 31st.
• Protomartyr at ye olde Electric Ballroom on Oct 26. They're playing Brighton, Notts, Cardiff and Leeds in August, then returning to play Manc, Bristol, Brum and London in Oct.

 

[May Kasahara]

Turns out they're playing Outbreak, which I seem to forget about every year:

Outbreak Fest | 13, 14, 15 June 2025

Outbreak Fest is a hip-hop, hardcore punk and alternative music festival located in London Victoria Park and BEC Arena, Manchester. The festival has a focus on Music, Food and Sustainability.

www.outbreak-fest.co.uk

Still don't think I'll bother going, and there's a lot of names I don't recognise, but some quality ones on there too.

My husband is taking our 14yo son to this Son is a big fan of Death Grips.

 

[hitmouse]

I didn't go to much into their heart of the dried, cos I didnt want to be that guy. But I was still close enough to be thoroughly caught up in everything. My gig of the year so far, I am still beaming about it. Just joyous and riotously good. Also kinda interesting that twenty years ago, when those songs first came out, how trans inclusivity was just considered the norm for feminist circles.

To be fair, if we are going to go down that road, Le Tigre did play Michfest. But them doing so was definitely controversial at the time, and probably an example of them falling short of their own lyrics about post-binary gender chores and so on.

A couple I've just got tix for...

• Deerhoof at Lafayette - Aug 21. This is a new venue to me, in the Kings Cross development, though it seems it's been going since 2021. After that they're touring the country, finishing up at EOTR festy on the 31st.
• Protomartyr at ye olde Electric Ballroom on Oct 26. They're playing Brighton, Notts, Cardiff and Leeds in August, then returning to play Manc, Bristol, Brum and London in Oct.

Ah, thanks for the headsup about Protomartyr!

 

[belboid]

pj Harvey tours again.

Irritatingly, I think this is the third tour neatly arranged for when I'm on a fortnights holiday

 

[what]

A couple I've just got tix for...

• Deerhoof at Lafayette - Aug 21. This is a new venue to me, in the Kings Cross development, though it seems it's been going since 2021. After that they're touring the country, finishing up at EOTR festy on the 31st.
• Protomartyr at ye olde Electric Ballroom on Oct 26. They're playing Brighton, Notts, Cardiff and Leeds in August, then returning to play Manc, Bristol, Brum and London in Oct.

Been to Lafayette a couple of times. Really liked it, good sound and lights and you're only a few feet from the stage.

 

[hitmouse]

Can't be arsed going to Hackney for it, but here's what's happening at Visions:

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(I know almost none of those names, come to think of it)

 

[kalidarkone]

Can't be arsed going to Hackney for it, but here's what's happening at Visions:

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(I know almost none of those names, come to think of it)

Just Mustard are great, although I have never seen them live.

 

[hitmouse]

Ribbon Stage are touring this month:

Ribbon Stage tour Europe June 2023!

Ribbon Stage launch their first ever tour next month, in Europe and the United Kingdom.

gb-krecs.glopalstore.com

Never heard them before, but on first listen they sound like exactly the sort of thing I like, total Shop Assistants/Dolly Mixture worship, I reckon I might well be listening to them a lot in future:

 

[rutabowa]

playing at this

 

[hitmouse]

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I'm not going to Benidorm for it, but that does look fun!

Oh, and Angelique Kidjo plays Manchester in July:

Angélique Kidjo and Guests

A world-class visionary makes a glorious return to Manchester

factoryinternational.org

 

[kalidarkone]

Screams I got a ticket for Melvins on 30th June at the Exchange in Bristol! I was on the waiting list and forgot all about it- I can't fucking wait!!!!

 

[hitmouse]

Ribbon Stage are touring this month:

Ribbon Stage tour Europe June 2023!

Ribbon Stage launch their first ever tour next month, in Europe and the United Kingdom.

gb-krecs.glopalstore.com

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Never heard them before, but on first listen they sound like exactly the sort of thing I like, total Shop Assistants/Dolly Mixture worship, I reckon I might well be listening to them a lot in future:

If you get a chance to see these in London, Brighton or Southampton for the last few days of the tour, would definitely recommend, these were mint.

 

[braindancer]

Just couple of other dates - in Southampton and Brighton- I think. Never saw them before.

Damn - didn't spot the Brighton gig. Would have been well up for that...

 

[braindancer]

Screams I got a ticket for Melvins on 30th June at the Exchange in Bristol! I was on the waiting list and forgot all about it- I can't fucking wait!!!!

Brighton on Thursday for me. Well excited!

 

[Hollis]

Off to see Richard Thompson tonight... one of my favourites.

 

[moonsi til]

Going to

Peter Hook

Little Simz

Bob Vylan

Penguin Cafe

 

[braindancer]

Screams I got a ticket for Melvins on 30th June at the Exchange in Bristol! I was on the waiting list and forgot all about it- I can't fucking wait!!!!

You're in for a treat - set was great last night, fast paced and punky to start, which was fun, but what you really want from Melvins is the sludge and the second half of the set delivered a massive dollop of oozing filth. Night Goat to finish was absolutely next level - and then Boris as the encore - fucking brilliant. What a band!

 

[Dr. Furface]

This new one day event called Rally from Bird On The Wire at Southwark Park on 5th August has a great lineup inc Loraine James, Kelly Lee Owens, Leon Vynehall, Squid, Space Afrika and lots more. Tix are still a very reasonable £45 at the moment Programme | RALLY

 

[hitmouse]

Cinder Well touring in Sep, for anyone who likes their Lankum-adjacent doomy folk.

 

[Serge Forward]

Off to see Tom Jones today at Leicestershire County Cricket Ground I saw him once before back in the 90s in Tufnell Park. Tom and the band were dead good then. Fingers crossed it's still a decent show 30 years later. Mind you, it's raining on an off here. I best take my kagool.

 

[Serge Forward]

Well, at 83 years old, Tom Jones has still got it. Great performance, great musicians, great tunes

I've never been to a stadium type gig before, and much prefer the more intimate club setting. So the number of twats with their arms permanently up holding their mobile phones and filming was really fucking annoying.

Also, I wanted to punch the guy who was wandering about in front of me chatting loudy on his phone because Tom was doing a quiet song he didn't know. Luckily Mrs Forward dragged me off to somewhere where the crowd was a bit more respectful of Tom and his music. I'm glad she did, as he'd have probably battered me.

 

[MBV]

Hell is other people...

 

[Serge Forward]

I mean, what is the fucking point of forking out £60-odd quid for a ticket then spending all night on your phone apart from a couple of his well known classics?

 

[hitmouse]

Jeanines tour starts tonight in Brighton, expecting them to be great:

 

[twistedAM]

Can't be arsed going to Hackney for it, but here's what's happening at Visions:

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(I know almost none of those names, come to think of it)

If anyone is going tomorrow, Dos Monos are a mad experimental hiphop band from Japan and brilliant live.

 

[hitmouse]

Full of Hell touring in September:


01.09 Limerick IRE - Dolan’s Warehouse
02.09 Dublin IRE - The Grand Social
04.09 Glasgow SCT - Audio
05.09 Newcastle GBR - Anarchy Brew Co
06.09 Manchester GBR - Rebellion
07.09 Leeds GBR - Boom
08.09 Bristol GBR - The Exchange
09.09 London GBR - The Garage

(In passing, I respect how whoever wrote that list recognises Scottish independence.)

 

[Hollis]

I mean, what is the fucking point of forking out £60-odd quid for a ticket then spending all night on your phone apart from a couple of his well known classics?

I know Boomers get a bad press - but at the (fantastic) Richard Thompson gig I was at recently, it was refreshing that there was not a mobile phone in sight - nor any 'chit-chat' during songs..

 

[MBV]

Very much depends on who you are seeing too. Minimal phones when I saw Kurt Vile a few weeks ago.

 

[Wilf]

I know Boomers get a bad press - but at the (fantastic) Richard Thompson gig I was at recently, it was refreshing that there was not a mobile phone in sight - nor any 'chit-chat' during songs..

I saw Thompson about 30 years ago, pre mobile phones. Trouble is there was chit chat, it came from me and my mate who were tripping and got soundly shushed.