On Holiday

There was lots of snow in the mountains on 31st March in Karpacz. Having taken the photo I rescued my friend, Aldona.

Animal Collective

23rd March saw people heading for the Forum to experience what seemed impossible. Dear readers know Animal Collective, even I, in my homeland, had a chance to see them live a few years back and oh how my friend loved them, we were dancing and raving, dancing and raving. Energy on the stage. Transient. Now that I think of it, transient. What was experienced on the above mentioned day was different, the three men were focussed, terribly focussed on the delivery and deliver they did. I liked the gig a lot, I even enjoyed the audience who got a chocolate bunny from Animal Collective. Which means I also got a chocolate bunny. The story with Animal Collective is they recorded a great album and they are great live but, the way I see it, had to sacrifice interaction with audience. She is rambling you must be thinking. And she did not even explain the break. If I say I was on holiday and felt so lazy, would my readers forgive me?

A Mummy - British Museum

Golden Filter

First of all, this one man epitomizes the audience, focused. On a Friday night 13th March in Pure Groove, the cafe, Golden Filter were not bad, it was good electronic music live. And I remember very well the times, dear readers, when I was dancing all nights to music that sounded pretty much like Golden Filter. And I would not mind doing so on that Friday night but it was a cafe, just a cafe, so I gave up.

Hatcham Social

Please do not ask me, dear readers, what magnet the word social has but one could consider rebranding the blog you have the pleasure or not reading. So what have we got here apart from another social name, we have Rough Trade East on 16th March 2009, Monday to be precise. So, dearest readers, there is every reason for many people to enjoy bands like Hatcham Social but for me, there was 'nothing new' and 'I have heard it before' as well as 'they look weird' standing in the way of enjoying the gig fully. Anyway, it was worth it, lovely, but, dearest readers, no, I would not listen to bands like this on my stereo. Or pay for that matter. But I am moaning, it was a great evening. And the picture, I had better ones but chose this, matches the weirdness.

Dead Social Club

This is a story of a band of people who sound so professional with a great drummer and a live sound from heaven. At Barfly in a sparkling clean Islington. So, dear readers must know a million and one bands like Dead Social Club and wonder why Wavves and not them. And I have broken one of my rules not to be bitter about bands I do not really like but it just came to me and I will not go as low as to delete it. But because I can be bitter about bands I like, I will mention one thing, dear readers, the name. And that is it, if you happen to enjoy quality live music, you will not be disappointed. But I will not bet on it as I do not trust my judgement.

Peter Bjorn & John

Peter Bjorn & John at Pure Groove on 5th March practiced some of their new songs in front of a lunchbreaking audience. Yes, dear readers, lunchbreaking. Short sharp and sweet, utterly cute and funny. And, unbelievably, they made me forget it is just a tiny lunchbreak, which is, as discussed, unbelievable. They played a couple of songs whose titles I do not know or if I knew them I would not have recognised and remembered but they managed to evoke my curiosity about the new album and now high hopes, high hopes. Bitter, bitter experience. But why, bitter you may ask, I regretted that I would not be able to see them live at Scala. The tiny Pure Groove was packed I like to think not because of Young Folks.