A man of my rapidly advancing years will, on his fourth consecutive night out (following on from, in order, Laura Veirs, football, stupid beer drinking), find himself feeling somewhat jaded. What better way of keeping awake than going to watch two of the finest purveyors of awfully loud Scottish post-indie-rock, Mogwai and The Twilight Sad? [...]
All posts for the month February, 2011
Mogwai and The Twilight Sad Live
Posted by loftandlost on February 28, 2011
http://loftandlost.com/2011/02/28/mogwai-and-the-twilight-sad-live/
Laura Veirs Live
Going to see an artist live that’s got a hefty back catalogue – you know, four or five highly acclaimed albums which are, as far as these things are worth these days, sort of commercially successful, and with a rabid, loving fanbase that sells out a thousand seater venue in the blink of an eye [...]
Posted by loftandlost on February 23, 2011
http://loftandlost.com/2011/02/23/laura-veirs-live/
PJ And Yorke
Coincidences, eh? Just last night I was listening to PJ Harvey’s duet with uber-miserabalist multimillionaire Thom Yorke1 “This Mess We’re In” and wondering firstly what a great voice she’s got, and secondly wondering when those moany wonders Radiohead will get round to releasing another record2. And lo! On Valentine’s Day, they’ve only gone and told [...]
Posted by loftandlost on February 14, 2011
http://loftandlost.com/2011/02/14/pj-and-yorke/
We’re New Here
If you’d said to me, a while ago, that grizzled old soul poet Gil Scott-Heron would cover a Bill “Smog” Callahan song on an album of covers, named after said Smogsong, I’d have likely assumed you were pulling my plonker. If you’d followed that up by saying that Jamie Whatsisface – the beats component of [...]
Posted by loftandlost on February 10, 2011
http://loftandlost.com/2011/02/10/were-new-here/
The John Peel Moment
Music fans of a certain age will fondly remember listening to the John Peel show at 11 o’clock at night, either under the duvet, or with headphones, or were lucky enough to live in a house where they could listen to the radio at a decent enough volume to hear the music properly. And they [...]
Posted by loftandlost on February 6, 2011
http://loftandlost.com/2011/02/06/the-john-peel-moment/
I Guess This Is Goodbye (For Now)
So whilst I’ve been off dealing with Shitfest 2011, The White Stripes decided to call it a day, and according to The Grauniad, there’s been much wailing and gnashing of teeth. Which, I have to say, surprises me a little bit. First off, whilst the whole idea of White Stripes – the stripped down alt-blues-swamp-rock, [...]
Posted by loftandlost on February 5, 2011
http://loftandlost.com/2011/02/05/i-guess-this-is-goodbye-for-now/
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