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Post by sona on May 8, 2011 18:42:27 GMT
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Post by Duncan on May 8, 2011 22:28:07 GMT
This is true. Mucus will also be playing at the gig with their own peculiar brand of heavy metal.
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Post by whales on May 9, 2011 11:52:59 GMT
Bugger. How did I not hear about this sooner? On tour that week as well, would have been ace to play it.
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Post by sona on May 9, 2011 20:06:46 GMT
Not sure Whales! Lhotse Sounds is organising it, should be a good one.
Everyone else, no excuses not to be there!
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Post by Duncan on May 10, 2011 0:05:53 GMT
Even if you live in Zimbabwe?
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Post by sona on May 10, 2011 0:12:05 GMT
Especially if you live in Zimbabwe...
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Post by sona on May 21, 2011 12:05:02 GMT
THIS IS TODAY!!!
Everyone with an interest in the local music scene should be there- no better chance to see so many local bands in one place.
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Post by Duncan on May 22, 2011 1:50:45 GMT
Just got back from Bangor Aid. It's 2.30AM. Knackered.
I am Austin were great and managed to steal the audience from every other room. I would recommend going to see them for a good night out. The mysterious inventive bass player was a bit of a star.
Me and Dan from Mucus were interviewed on Storm FM Radio (or something). Apparently it's quite funny but we haven't heard it. We played a good set to a dwindling crowd but then it was 1 o'clock in the morning - To be fair there was a lot of headbanging going on. The highlight was probably when we played John Murphy's theme from '28 Days Later'. The room filled up a bit in that one.
Something Personal suffered the same fate as Mucus. It was too late and the audience were tending to drift towards the DJs due to lager frenzy. Despite that they put in a good effort and didn't let the side down.
Math Bolton Band were high quality if you like Placebo-ish stuff. I quite enjoyed their set. Very polished.
Mr Phormula the rapper/beatboxer was on the main stage after I am Austin. He sounded a bit like Goldie Looking Chain with more technical skill. Lots of humour. Proved popular with the audience.
The weather was really awful. I felt a bit sorry for the bands on the outdoor stage. It was pissing down.
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Post by sona on May 24, 2011 21:11:43 GMT
Yes. Yes it did piss it down. We were playing outdoors..! Agreed about Math Bolton Band, excellent set. A few highlights for me were: the really young band Pretty Places (indie pop songs but they've got something about them) Fennel Seeds (slightly heavier with a bit of a grungey feel to them - check out their awesome song 'Strike Me Down' on soundcloud, you won't get it out of your head) soundcloud.com/fennelseeds/strike-me-downand of course We//Are//Animal on the mainstage. Great weekend. Oh and here's a live video of us... www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0bm-esOtDQ
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Post by sona on May 24, 2011 21:27:21 GMT
Lowlights-
No Lights At Lockdown
Sickening.
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Post by neilcrud on May 25, 2011 6:19:38 GMT
Are they bands or a comment?
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Post by Duncan on May 25, 2011 6:42:30 GMT
Unfortunately they weren't bands. Hendre Hall really need some outside lights.
I remember playing a gig sometime around 2005 and local drumming hero Stevie G slipped on the cobbles and had to have his neck put in a brace. He was lucky he didn't end up in a wheelchair.
I hadn't been there for some time and was surprised to find Hendre still hadn't got any external lighting. With the extreme rain and wind that weekend, it was a bit hazardous outdoors. People were using mobile phones as torches.
Mind you, the weekend did raise a lot of money for charidee and thankfully no-one was injured so I suppose all's well that ends well.
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Post by sona on May 26, 2011 19:39:53 GMT
Haha, actually No Lights At Lockdown are a band..!
Although I use the term 'band' loosely...
Sickening was my comment in respect of said "band"...
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Post by neilcrud on May 26, 2011 21:22:24 GMT
please elaborate..
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Post by sona on May 26, 2011 23:15:44 GMT
Lead singer wore a waistcoat and had two earpieces in. Well groomed, Top Man window, style-over-substance nonsense. Poor songs, all blending into one. There was something very unlikeable about the lead singer too- I think it was the way he was leering over the audience with his ear pieces and waistcoat, and misplaced egotistic lechery. They clearly thought they were above this gig and they just annoyed the hell out of me. Just the antithesis of every band or artist that I'm into.
To illustrate, a mate of mine went to shake his hand after the set and said in his most serious voice "Wow, that set was amazing. A life changing experience for me." To which top shop prince replied, "Cool. Cheers man." Like, I get that all the time. Knob.
Anyway, rant over.
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