Stop the Clock - Anyone remember Treasure Hunt?
Too many gigs last night, made it to two in the end. Was a little ambitious in my planning of my evening of gigs n such.
The plan was to see Mumford and Sons at the Wilmington, then Freerun at Dingwalls and the Chap at Hoxton B&G. I've realised that without a car, more than two gigs in an evening is probably a but much and you end up running around a bit. Anyone remember Treasure Hunt?
Mumford and Sons were great, I really love the guys voice and they translate what's recorded in their show really well. Blank White Page is still my favourite tune by far. I met a friend of mine at The Agricultural in Angel around 8ish. I know some of the staff their so I wanted to say hi before heading out. Had a couple of bevvies and a whinge about random things. Mainly the problems of working with friends/family and the problems is creates. It's difficult to sack mates I guess.
On leaving the pub I realised I didn't actually know where the venue was, I knew it was nearby but that's not much use in London. Luckily my street-wise gig buddy had a good sense of direction. I reckon she's part Aborigine or something.
The Wilmington is a really nice venue, never been there before, it was packed aswell. I'll be heading down there again soon on a random outing I think. Low ceilings, small stage limited capacity. My favourite kinda venue. :-)
As soon as their set fininshed it was out into the street and running around looking for some form of the highly efficient and not-unpleasant-at-all-or-smelling-of-sick London public transport. A combination of bus and tube got us to Dingwalls in Camden.
I wasn't too crazy about Freerun. Turns out I went to Uni with the bassist and he recognised me after. So it was nice to chat. Live they are increably tight, really clever vocal harmonies and really energetic on stage. The crowd went crazy after each song too and I was left feeling that I was missing something. There wasn't a really strong song there plus I didn't find the overall package appealing, my gut wasn't going for it. Of course I'm sure I could easily be proven wrong and known as "That guy who passed on Freerun, what a nobhead". I will certainly keep an eye on them and see how it develops as I haven't experienced that much of the band.
After some schmoozing outside with some lawyer types I was too late to make it over to Hoxton which I'm gutted about as I really really wanted to see The Chap. According to a recent post I read my interest in The Chap proves how woefully narrow my tastes are. :-)
Anyhow, might update this post later if I have time. Hope all is well with you.
IB
On leaving the pub I realised I didn't actually know where the venue was, I knew it was nearby but that's not much use in London. Luckily my street-wise gig buddy had a good sense of direction. I reckon she's part Aborigine or something.
The Wilmington is a really nice venue, never been there before, it was packed aswell. I'll be heading down there again soon on a random outing I think. Low ceilings, small stage limited capacity. My favourite kinda venue. :-)
As soon as their set fininshed it was out into the street and running around looking for some form of the highly efficient and not-unpleasant-at-all-or-smelling-of-sick London public transport. A combination of bus and tube got us to Dingwalls in Camden.
I wasn't too crazy about Freerun. Turns out I went to Uni with the bassist and he recognised me after. So it was nice to chat. Live they are increably tight, really clever vocal harmonies and really energetic on stage. The crowd went crazy after each song too and I was left feeling that I was missing something. There wasn't a really strong song there plus I didn't find the overall package appealing, my gut wasn't going for it. Of course I'm sure I could easily be proven wrong and known as "That guy who passed on Freerun, what a nobhead". I will certainly keep an eye on them and see how it develops as I haven't experienced that much of the band.
After some schmoozing outside with some lawyer types I was too late to make it over to Hoxton which I'm gutted about as I really really wanted to see The Chap. According to a recent post I read my interest in The Chap proves how woefully narrow my tastes are. :-)
Anyhow, might update this post later if I have time. Hope all is well with you.
IB
Comments
You are not the only sufferrer of the WNT. I must admit though that when I first saw them on the list I thought it was The Chap magazine
This festival is specifically for people with WNT, its the bands people want not hyped names.
List due out June 1st.
I remeber being in Camden Town last year before and after seeing Prince at the O2 (that man is performance personfied). It was a real shock to the system for me to see (Saturday night) EVERY music venue I passed or went in was rammed or at least well attended... I've heard some horror stories of how London can be shit, but in my experience there is definitely more in the way of numbers than Manchester, given they were similar bills....