Just for general wonderings…
‘The Bug Club’
Norwich Arts Centre.
Fourth gig of the year. A visit to the lovely Norwich Arts Centre for the fabulous The Bug Club.
Really good evening – they don’t mess around – it was song after song after song.
The Bug Club go in at number 2 in the gig chart:
The Bug Club at Norwich Arts Centre. Great gig.
‘Los Campesinos!’
Epic Studios
The 11th evening of entertainment, but surprisingly, only the third gig of the year. I’m not a mega Los Campesinos! fan, but I have a friend who definitely is! So we were treated to a night out in Norwich to watch the band.
It was an entertaining evening, although I must admit it is strange going to see a gig when you don’t really know the words to any songs.
Having said that, album has been purchased and will be investing some time having a listen.
It makes number two in the ‘gig chart’:
Today’s picture is a record: Noah and the Whale. It was what I was listening to this afternoon.
I was inspired to get it spinning thanks to BBC Sounds and ‘Tracks of my Years’. They had Marcus Mumford on it and he was talking about the music scene he was involved with, including Laura Marling, Florence and the Machine, and Noah and the Whale.
Noah and the Whale made it to the turntable first.
Frank Turner.
The Gliderdrome, Boston.
Incredibly, only our second gig of the year.
The Gliderdrome in Boston is an icon venue, began life as an ice rink in 1930s, went through various incarnations to become what it is today. The greatest names in music have played The Starlight Room over the years. Tonight it was the turn of Frank Turner.
It’s the 20 year anniversary of Frank’s first EP ‘Campfire Punkrock’ and he was playing a short run of dates across the country. Boston was the closest. Although it was a 2 hour drive away!
The gig was fantastic, solo show, Frank on top form. Great to hear the tunes without the band.
Of course, having only been to two gigs, Frank goes top.
The RnR Show @ Norwich Arts Centre
This was one of those gigs that you find when scrolling through the ‘What’s On’ of your favourite venue website: Romeo and Ren.
Romeo is Romeo Stodart, him of The Magic Numbers fame. Ren is Ren Harvieu a singer/songwriter from Salford.
There are a bit of a weird duo. But it was an entertaining enough evening.
It goes in at number 4:
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