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Laura Gibson at Oslo, Hackney, 16 August 2017

Posted on August 17, 2017 by

  On Wednesday I went to see Laura Gibson at the Oslo, Hackney. A great place for a show. A good space upstairs and an excellent bar downstairs, which serves one of my favourite IPAs, Beavertown Gamma Ray. I first … Continue reading →

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Latitude 2017

Posted on July 18, 2017 by

My Latitude No 6. No 12 for the festival. An annual fixture now, for me and my friend Jon G and various members of our families and their friends. Not our wives though! The thought of four nights and days … Continue reading →

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U2 at Twickenham Stadium, 9 July 2017

Posted on July 11, 2017 by

On Sunday we went down to Twickenham to see one of the world’s greatest bands play a show that featured one of the world’s greatest albums. U2 playing the “Joshua Tree”.  An album which is 30 years old this year. … Continue reading →

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The Hanwell Hootie, 7 May 2017

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Hanwell is a West London suburb, in between Ealing centre and Southall. Like quite a lot of west and south west London, it is part of the history of the 60s blues and rock’n’roll artists who took their cue from … Continue reading →

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The Big Moon at Village Underground, Shoreditch, 2 May 2017

Posted on May 3, 2017 by

About six months on from seeing The Big Moon’s excellent gig at the Scala, I was at the Village Underground in Shoreditch – fast becoming one of my favourite venues – to see them again. This time they had their … Continue reading →

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Three concerts in a week

Posted on April 8, 2017 by

I managed to pack in three concerts this week, while work was pretty intense too. I was pretty pooped by Friday evening – it took all my energy to watch the Masters on the TV. I’m writing this on a … Continue reading →

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Car Seat Headrest at Gorilla, Manchester, 24 March 2017

Posted on March 25, 2017 by

Car Seat Headrest are a band based in Seattle, inspired by the 90s Seattle sound, though they look more like Vampire Weekend than, say, Nirvana. The main man is Will Toledo, who has been making music for a while, but … Continue reading →

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