I’m gonna grow up to be yours till the end
So I'm up this morning waiting for Sufjan Stevens tickets to go on sale, now that is an exciting show! I had to choose between that and PJ Harvey cause I'm too poor for both but really there was no competition, there's no way I'm missing Sufjan Stevens. I notice that PJ isn't selling all that quickly so if I get rich sometime soon, I might do both.
So gigs....
I went to Josh Pyke at the QPAC Concert Hall at the beginning of the month. He was doing more of a special theatre show and the concert hall was great! It's so different going to a gig there. Whitley was first support and he played a really short set but he was great, I wanted him to keep playing. I bought his cd at the show but I haven't had a chance to listen to it much yet (more on that later). 78 Saab were second support and well...I wish Whitley had kept playing. We were front row centre for the show and it was so strange being up so close with nothing in your way and a crowd not closing in behind you. Also, no matter what the show is I don't like sitting. I prefer to up dancing and singing in the crowd, I felt very exposed sitting in the front row singing along. Anyway, apart from all that the show was phenomenal. Josh had all these cute set decorations and a massive backdrop that changed with the sets. It was so great. He played all my fave songs, the sound was great and he played some new ones I hadn't heard before. Yeah great show. Oh and tour snow globes - cutest merch idea!
Last weekend was The Vasco Era with The Fumes at The Zoo. I hadn't seen Vasco Era before and let's be honest we were there for The Fumes, man I love them and they were soooooo great. Although they played mainly new stuff, it was just as great and they played the main ones off Guns. Loved, loved, loved it, oh except maybe Steve's mo ... wtf is going on there! The first support The Novocaines (or Howlin' Novocaines on their cd?) weren't bad either, some stuff was meh but some of it was good. I bought their cd. The Vasco Era were incredible, I have their cd but there are some bands that are so much better live. They killed it! I loved their set and will definitely be going to their shows from now on. The only shite thing was the crowd going nuts (bad way not good way) towards the end, I thought for a second I was gonna get pushed down the stairs. I have a much greater appreciation for The Vasco Era's album now. Also, thanks to the recommendations of
gumbuoy, I bought the live cd they were selling at the show and I absolutely cannot stop listening to it. It's the best thing ever! Which is the reason that I haven't been listening to any other new cd's I have including Whitley and The Novocaines.
CDs I can tell you about is the No Man's Woman compilation which I love! Such a good mix, my faves are Josh Pyke doing Kate Bush, Whitley doing Bjork and Powderfinger's Portishead. I downloaded a charity cd put together by Natalie Portman off Itunes and it's pretty great. Most of it's new music which is good and I was suprised to find an Angus & Julia Stone song on there (The Beast) so that's pretty cool.
Gigs coming up ... I have Andrew Morris with Tom Cooney down the coast tonight which should be fab, Muse next week and there is some festival down the coast next weekend that The Fumes are playing at. I don't know much about it and I don't think there is anyone else of note playing but hell The Fumes is well worth going for.
What else has been happening, my flatmate bought me singstar for my b'day, heh she is the best but she (and the neighbours) might be regreting it after keeping everyone awake for hours the other night after a friendly pub visit (not so bad apart from the fact it was a Tues night). Man I love singstar. We have 3 discs so far and my fave is 90's. Suprising to noone my best songs are Silverchair and Nirvana.
Alright, I have my Sufjan Stevens ticket now (f**k that's exciting) so I'm off to work.
