To fill up the weekend, I picked up some tickets to go to a gig while D and I were in Bristol – Teeth Mountain performing at the Cube Microplex. It took us ages to find this strange little venue – half lecture theatre-half garden shed, we finally discovered it halfway up the hill towards […]

No, not another Star Trek post – I want to tell you about a fantastic band I saw last night at the historic 100 Club on Oxford St – Dark Captain Light Captain. To use a metaphor to describe their sound, imagine two trains hurtling towards each other on a single track, on one side […]

Well last night I went to the Indigo2 (the smaller more intimate venue inside the O2 complex at North Greenwich) to see Aimee Mann in concert. You probably know Aimee Mann from the soundtrack to Magnolia, but shes actually a really prolific artist. Counting the soundtrack and her Christmas album, One More Drifter in the […]

Last night I went to see the last date on Miracle Fortress’s tour, at 93 Feet East, a tiny little venue next to the Pink Bar on Brick Lane in London’s east end. The night started with support from the Swanton Bombs – just a guitarist and drummer who are obviously just at the start […]

Friday saw another visit to Massive Attack’s Meltdown, this time to see Tom Tom Club and the Gang of Four at the Royal Festival Hall. Tom Tom Club were on top form, performing their big hit, ‘Wordy Rappinghood’ and also in their set was a version of Hot Chocolate’s ‘Sexy Thing’. They were very energetic […]