Well, that’s m4music over and out for 2103! I was a bit bleary-eyed yesterday after the weekend’s revels, but it was a fun couple of days, as always. Some highlights: Australian indie rockers The Jezabels played a intense and electric set at Moods on Saturday night which left the audience screaming and begging for more – … Continue reading »
Belgian band Oscar and the Wolf delivered a sublime semi-acoustic (although slightly shortened) set at Royal, Baden on Saturday, the second night of the third instalment of the One Of A Million Festival, Baden, despite being down two members (one fell ill + one stayed behind to keep him company). Through a thick cloud of … Continue reading »
Shortly before his gig at Kaserne, Basel last night, Patrick Wolf tweeted a link to a Guardian article questioning the merits of re-recording one’s own songs. ‘It’s bonkers how much I’ve been made to justify why I made this album’, he tweeted, referring to his latest release Sundark and Riverlight, a two-disc acoustic re-working of … Continue reading »
Folk yeah! I finally went and did it – popped my Paléo Festival cherry. Woohoo! Well, I guess I’m not the only one – 230 000 people (! it is the second biggest festival in Europe, after Sziget in Hungary) will pass through the big purple Paléo Festival gates this week, and I’m sure I’m … Continue reading »
Oh, if only all my concert experiences were like the Placebo gig on Thursday night – the third in a series of short-notice Mercedes A-Class promo shindigs where tix could only be won, not purchased (there was a super secret squirrel identification process involving giving away all your personal details, the life of your first-born child, … Continue reading »
It was with more of a sense of obligation than excitement that I headed out last night to see Chairlift at the Abart. I was feeling blue after a difficult weekend, and it was tough to leave the house (so warm, so cosy, and with a glass of wine beckoning…), but I made myself head … Continue reading »
Last week I trekked out to Baden for the last three nights of the One Of A Million Festival, Baden 2012, wherein I had the very great pleasure of seeing a host of wonderfully surprising, exciting and new (to me, at least) musicians in an endearingly casual, unpretentious and relaxed atmosphere. And wow, that was … Continue reading »
Feast your eyes on this, fans: Placebo have just released We Come In Pieces, their second ever live DVD, after their much-loved 2003 live DVD Soulmates Never Die: Live in Paris. Filmed over two nights at London’s O2 Brixton Academy in September 2010, We Come In Pieces records for posterity the very last shows of the … Continue reading »
Over the years of my gig-going experience I’ve long since come to realise that being in the front row carries with it certain responsibilities, as well as privileges. Like looking like you are enjoying yourself, even if you aren’t (I think it’s a little disrespectful and off-putting to the musicians if you are in the … Continue reading »
There comes a time in every young BOTM’s (Band Of The Moment) life when they have to break on through all the hype and really come up with the goods if they are going to have any chance to sticking it out in a biz where fame is fleeting and fickle. I’m getting the feeling … Continue reading »
