The burg for The National tonight. Fcking worse than Disneyland on the royal mile.
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Deacon Brodie’s now 
Not even festival time though.
I’m going to have to stop buying tickets for October.
Desertfest Antwerp 18th → 20th
Benefits in darkest Whitechapel 25th
Scientist at the Jazz Café 29th
A very pleasant football-free evening with Wayward Jane at Cafe#9, so I feel happy and contented 
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For any that followed the rebuild of Tally-Ho, their music featured a lot in the backing. Leo offered them a playing spot at the launch, but they couldn’t make it. The boat is now on its shakedown first cruise.
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After a shit week of ‘deathmin’ and feeling low, wife persuaded me to go out and see Travis at Prism in Kingston. Really enjoyed it, he’s a humorous, thoughtful guy and some of their new stuff is quite good. Yes and he took the piss out if himself about his red hair.
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Didn’t go to Ally Pally. Many did, apparently despite the best efforts of TfL.
What I want to know is where they keep the Dorian Gray style portraits.
Probably the worse gig I’ve been to, got given 20 or so free tickets ( an ex worked in a marketing below Radiohead’s office) to see them at the O2 years ago sold a few and took a load of pals walked out after 4 songs and hit soho
Utter fucking drivel
Sold Out
with @coco
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A brief review would be good, I’m going in Leeds on Monday.
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Waxahatchee is Katie Crutchfield
A Lo-folk singer songwriter from Alabama who drank a lot and did a lot if drugs
Waxahatchee is now a six piece band who rock (in a very southern style)
Multi instrmentalists, there are acoustic and electric guitars, bass guitars pedal steel guitars, National guitars, Banjos Keys etc and pulling it all together is that distinctive voice. A lot of the songs are about discovery of self and the discussion with yourself that comes with getting clean.
From the first line of the first song you are off on a journey
I pick you up inside a hopeless prayer
I see you beholden to nothing
The venue was packed and bouncing it looks like a sold out tour in the UK.
If you have a ticket go, you will have a great time.
Not much chat, song after song with fantastic energy, recommended.
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Did you see Oasis in the tent ?
What did you think?
No, we only went on the Saturday. It does look really incongruous now - in a tent in the middle of the afternoon, miles before D:Ream 
I’ve been digging back through Wikipedia and it looks like that poster isn’t accurate. I’m guessing that Elastica pulled out and were replaced by The Grid, who were bloody brilliant. We also saw the Manics and Pulp (which I really didn’t understand - there’s a guy in a suit waving his hands and looning about) in the tent.
My fondest memories are of the following year with Skunk Anansie opening, and surging forward at the end of the Black Grape set to be right up the farking front for The Prodigy in the sundown slot.
Keith came on in one of those Zorb balls. Of course.
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Absolutely superb, all the band were spot-on and Katie looked like she was enjoying herself. The sound guys did a great job as well. I’m going to see Hurray For The Riff Raff in a couple of weeks who seem quite similar, I’ve only listened to this one song
