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Bella Union 10th Birthday at RFH
1) So who is going to these? I am going to both.
2) Who are you looking forward to seeing the most? Its Howling Bells on tuesday and the dears on wednesday for me.
3) Howling Bells are supposed to have VERY special guests. Who do you reckon it'll be? I haven't got a clue.
well Simon Raymonde
of cocteau twins/bella union is gonna be playing something/with someone at some point, so maybe he's playing some stuff with them?
i predict
howling bells covering cocteau twins
that would be lovely
yeh
i'm actually really tempted to go..my girlfriend is away in brighton on business... thing is it costs me £40 to travel to london for midweek gigs so its hard to justify :-(
The tickets are so reasonable as well
great seats for £15.
Pull a sicky and stay in London on tuesday night. Sarky said you could crash at hers.
i bet she did.
hmm i'll have a think about the logistics of it, there's still lots of seats...
ah go on
i saw Kissaway Trail
at roskilde, pretty dire stuff, wimp rock
i sold my ticket for Tuesday
because I'm seeing Justin Timberlake instead. Ha.
Only wanted to see beach house anyway and they're playing their own gig now.
:O
SO JEALOUS
too right
you are
I'm almost tempted to ask brooner for my ticket back
It starts tomorrow!
i thought they said special guest?
oh ffs
how is that a fucking special guest?
couldn't find
anything on the RFH site, but this looks good:
http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/music/productions/isobel-campbell-mark-lanegan-16542
they're meant to be a bit crap live
well, obviously good, but no chemistry at all.
yeah, I heard he's good, and she sucks
yep thats correct
there was something mentioned on Editors' message board about it
plus they go way back! howling bells opened for them before they even had a single out.
I am at both
And DJing.
Yeah.
so do you know who the special guests are?
Special guests...??
There are four bands each night, all announced.
howling bells
are said to be playing with very special guests.
Oh, I see...
Dunno.
obviously everyone's definition of special differs
http://www.drownedinsound.com/articles/2169435#r2176835
I'm not having that
what a letdown. Oh well, it will be a lowpoint of an otherwise great evening.
Don't we have really good seats?
FFS
HAHAHA
*relieved*
Rather tonight than tomorrow though surely?
Magic numbers and Paul weller? They'll right royally fuck up
pulling
out
all
the
strings
(of tom's guitar)
so who is going with us tonight then?
tom
from myspace
Brilliant
the cunt can get me a pint.
good job I'm on the cokes then
i'm going tonight!
yay.
only going to see HB though.
you should see all 4!
I saw this
bunch of cunts
why didn't i see this?
i would have gone tonight too for the price of two cds :(
I assumed you knew
I should have told you last night.
well it'd be a bit late then too!
good point
Last Night
was excellent! We caught the last 4 songs of Beach House's set, and I was impressed with what I heard. My latest Novel were absoloutely fantastic, I will definitely be checking them out again. Fionn Regan kept the quality high with a good set, although I think he had to be coaxed out to do one more song as he left earlier than he was supposed to. Whilst Howling Bells were probably the least enjoyable, they were still very solid. Juanita has an amazing voice. Tome from editors came out and did 'Where the wild roses grow', whicgh was suprisingly good, and the night finished with members of all 4 bands playing a Johnny Cash song, with Raymond from the cocteau twins on piano.
My only gripe is that the place was half empty! there were only about 6 people in the balcony.
stage times
Beach house were on a bit after 7:30, played for about half an hour, MLN maybe 8:15ish, same kind of set length, then an interval before Fionn Regan and Howling Bells - whole thing ended about 10:45.
I'd say "half-full" is an overstatement - I nabbed an empty box half-way through and from there it looked like the place was only about one-third full - hardly anyone in the rear stalls or balcony. Real shame, because it was a good gig.
we were on the front row of the balcony
and it was empty. It wasn't promoted that well in my opinion, and EITS pulling out really hurt it.
It was a good night indeed
even though I was slightly dissapointed with Beach House as they became a bit dull and samey after a while (I saw the whole set). My Latest Novel were brilliant, they played a lot of new songs that sounded a bit darker than the stuff from their debut album. Fionn Regan is obviously a very talented guitarist and songwriter in a Dylan kind of way, but he does like to stretch his songs a bit too far sometimes. I really enjoyed Howling Bells, very powerful and noisy with a gothic twang here and there. The chsoen covers fitted in well with the rest of the set, even though the guy from My Latest Novel was struggling with the lyrics.
Paul Morley's intermezzos were a bit pointless and didn't really contribute anything other than unwelcome delays, and a comic genius he is not.
can I add to this?
I thoroughly enjoyed the music inbetween acts last night. Avenging angels!
so many good tunes!
i really enjoyed howling bells having heard nothing by them previously, though kinda glad it was a short set. The covers were great though.
My Latest Novel get better and better each time I see them, and the new stuff sounded as good if not better, in a huge venue as it did in the spitz a few months ago.
It was
just so wrong.
a few points as to above:
I think more people saw stephanie dosen last night than the 4 bands on tuesday.
You appear to have got the dears and midlake mixed up. Midlake were pretty damn bland last night.
Did you get one of the screen prints? I did, they are amazing.
I must say
its the first time I have seen them being done at gigs. I may frame mine, its gorgeous.
yeah
they were ready when midlake finished. £10 was fairly reasonable as well.
£20?
no
£10 is what I paid for my print.