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Billy Mahonie, Supercoolwater at London Upstairs at the Garage, Fri 22 Sep
A small crowd packs into the relaxed and intimate venue above the garage to watch Billy Mahonie prove the sheer idiocy of their ex label bosses in dumping them earilier this year. Support came in the form of elementary 3-piece post-rock noise, with melancholy vocals to match. The inexplicably-named Supercoolwat»
Sisters Of Mercy at Nottingham Rock City, Sun 03 Sep
THE SISTERS OF MERCY _ NOTTINGHAM ROCK CITY SEPT 3rd 2000 Set list: Anaconda / Train – Destination Boulevard / Ribbons / On The Wire – Teachers / Dominion – Mother Russia / Giving Ground / Summer / Crash N’ Burn / Will I Dream? / We Are The Same, Suzanne / Du Bist Ich mein? / Flood I / Romeo Down / War On D»
Muse at UK Reading and Leeds, Fri 25 Aug
We all love muse don’t we? Well I do, and so it appeared did the Friday night Reading crowd. Having fought our way through ‘Shed Seven’ fans to the fucking awful sound of ‘Disco Down’ we managed to find ourselves nicely situated five rows from the front. The crowd that night was always going to be ‘up for i»
Koala at London King's Head, Thu 24 Aug
Koalas are generally known for being cute cuddly little-ish marsupials that eat lots and do very little. Koala are generally known for being human, playing instruments, inhabiting pubs, jumping up and down and singing. Preferably all at the same time. “Dum-didee-dum duh-didum duh-didum dee-dee diddly-um”, better kno»
The Miles Hunt Club, Ned's Atomic Dustbin, Uncle Bulgaria at JBs, Dudley, Sat 29 Jul
Back in the late 90s’, when it was universally decided that Nu-metal was here to stay (thanks to the multiplatinum sales of Korn) and somehow metal was back in from the wilderness, deemed “cool” once again, something happened. it turned on a generation of teenagers like Iron Maiden and Metallica had a generation earlie»
Saïan Supa Crew at France Blaye Les Mines Summer Festival, Sat 22 Jul
....In days of old when knights were bold there was a show called Rapido, hosted by Eurotrashmeister Antoine de Caunes, a former music journo.....In days of old when knights were bold we were allowed to hear about Manu Negra, Les Negresses Vertes, Young Gods and other top continental bands that get ignored in »
Muse, Venus at France Les Festives de Font Robert, Wed 19 Jul
Belgium is the New York of Europe.That's my conclusion. Arty, experimental,tinged with punk rock attitude and velvet cool, I wasn't aware of Venus before today, my only windows into Belgium being the fineries of dEUS and The Evil Superstars. Tom Waits groovy, Miranda Sex Garden ethereal, sometimes verging on 'Not a Lo»
Eels at London Hammersmith Apollo, Fri 14 Jul
On stage a woman dressed up in version of the little girl’s dress on the cover of Daisies of the Galaxy and a pair of flashing devil’s horns proceeds to tune up most of the instruments. As she finishes 2 nuns and a bishop wander onstage to tune up their respective instruments, a cellist who seems to be dressed up as a »
Coldplay at London HMV Oxford Circus, Tue 11 Jul
It seems the small venue couldn't meet the huge demand for tickets to Coldplay's album launch instore at the Oxford Circus HMV. The band and staff seemed genuinely surprised at the massive turnout, as fans were being turned away at the doors. Perhaps this shows how quickly Coldplay have risen from being just an»
My Vitriol at London Highbury Garage, Mon 10 Jul
“There’s no part of my body that has not been used,” roars James Dean Bradfield as ‘Yes’ plays majestically in the background. Even though in the wake of last night’s glorious gig the lyric “There’s no part of my body that has not been BRUISED” seems somewhat more appropriate. The gig coincided w»
Sonic Youth at London Shepherds Bush Empire, Sat 01 Jul
A large turnout and high expectations were all in order for Sonic Youth's first uk appearance this year since their controversial set at all tommorow's parties. Before they began their set however, our attention was drawn to the unusal stage set-up - glasses, bowls, tins, sprawling wires... what turned out to be ins»
Coldplay at London King's Cross Scala, Mon 19 Jun
Coldplay: They’re Tasty (Sorry Chris I couldn’t resist!)
I’m hung-over, tired, with sore feet and little to no voice left, and oh did I mention, I’ve just had the GREATEST DAY OF MY LIFE. In my short
The Damage Manual at Birmingham The Foundry, Mon 05 Jun
Set list: KING MOBDAMAGE ADDICTSUNSET GUNBLAME AND DEMANDTOP TEN SEVEREDAGE OF URGESLEAVE THE GROUNDDENIALPEEPSHOW GHOSTBROADCASTINGEXPAND - CAREERING Encore: BLOODSPORTPOPTONESLOWLIFESTATELESS ”Thank you for putting»
Koala at London Putney Halfmoon, Thu 18 May
I don’t know what had been done to the Halfmoon’s stage when Koala went on. Perhaps they’d turned the central heating up too high and it was burning their feet. That or they’d all had double helpings of jumping beans for supper. Whichever it was they star–jumped, pogoed and bounced their way through their half hour set»
The Flaming Lips at London Royal Festival Hall, Fri 12 May
We’re “gong” to have a ball. Ok, ok I know it’s an excruciatingly bad pun but I’m sure the ‘Lips won’t mind in the slightest, especially as there is a very large circular bit of bronze hanging behind singer Wayne Coyne. What’s more tonight is a night to leave conventionality at the door. Whilst most bands believe that»
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