Gigs for 2024

That's the man; thank you!

No brass section but one guy on trumpet. Would have loved that ! Still and all an amazing show.

What was disappointing about it?

The guys are 70-odd. They hadn’t the energy to pull it off. Their voices were meh, overdubbed by other voices to give them more umph. Just didn’t happen unfortunately, the crowd were so up for a great night but loads left early, like ourselves.
Such a shame as the musical talent, the anonymous lady, was great.

Was at Vampire Weekend too. Actually thought the Point was the emptiest I've seen. Still busy enough for an atmosphere and made it easier nipping out for a pint and the bogs! Found the actual gig mixed. Loved them doing the own stuff, clearly talented musicians with a good back catalogue at this stage. But not keen at all on the covers or requests part, seemed a waste as still plenty of their own good tunes not played

The set of covers was absolutely horrendous. It totally killed the gig. Up until that point the gig was going so well. Some of the jams and variations of their tracks was mesmerising.

Why on earth they felt the need to start asking the crowd to shout up songs for them to cover, and to keep it going for 30 to 40 mins, is beyond me.

no mansford roof, cape cod, Walcott. These instead of covers would have been better. Own stuff was great and loved the set. Loved the ska version of ottoman

Been Stellar at the Workmans tonight. A young, enthusiastic crowd in for this one. Can't say i shared their enthusiasm. I wasn't convinced by their recorded output but figured live might be different, plus a couple of up and coming acts to boot, so why not? They were fine but just a bit middle of the road for me really. Too much 00s/Strokes and not enough SY/MBV. They weren't crap or anything i just wasn't convinced by any of it. Second half of their set was better than the first though. I'd probably give them another go at a festival but not on their own.

Cardinals were the second act of the evening and i can't figure out if i liked them or not. Saw a bit of them at ATN this year but it wasn't happening for me and when it started raining i ditched them for the tent next door where Hot Girl were playing. Tonight two songs in and i thought 'absolutely not!' as they came across like a beefed-up Frank & Walters or Lightning Seeds, far too indie-disco for my ears. The next few songs had elements that i liked (great to hear an Irish act make use of a phaser and wah, not heard enough on these shores) but at the same time they kinda reminded me of (gasp) Glasvegas. That is not a compliment. Yet there was something holding my interest. Not getting the Pogues reference at all, although there is an element to their music that i imagine could see young emigrants in the bars of America and Oz losing their **** to them. Whether i like them or not it seems clear to me that this is a band destined for bigger & better things. I genuinely wouldn't be surprised to see them filling the Olympia a year from now.

Wifeswap were first up. Do we need another post-punk band? Not at all, done to death, but they made a decent enough racket. Was going to give out about them all sporting bumfluff moustaches then remembered it was still Movember so i gave them the benefit of the doubt. Pity the guitarist though, he looked like an escapee from U2 circa 83/84; Shocking mullet, terrible 'tache and sleeves rolled up on his not-quite-paisley shirt. If anyone knows him have a word. It's for his own good. The band are worth a look though, i'll be following their progress.

Not a bad night overall, just a feeling with all three acts of 'almost but not quite'.

I don't think they would have gotten much of a sing-along to Three Lions. Probably best that they left it off the setlist. It is generally their closing song, so they must have made the choice that it may not be appropriate.

Yeah, it really wouldn't have worked.

Me first and the gimme gimmes is embarrassingly empty, this is why we can't have nice things.

Still a few more gigs to go in 24 .…

Had tickets but had to miss due to illness. Delighted to hear he put on a good show. Hopefully he'll be back soon

We got a "see yer soon!" at the end

I follow threads on here and on a few other sites and didn't even know they were playing. I'd say they're fun live?