Fresh from a weekend in Oxford I managed to get back to London in time for Sunday evenings planned entertainment - Paradise Lost at The Astoria. I'd seen Paradise Lost back in 1994 (GIG 180) when I hadn't known them (I was at that one for the support band - Die Krupps) and wasn't really … Continue reading GIG 342: Paradise Lost / The Dawn – Astoria, 13th July 1997
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GIG 341: Sparrowman – The Bull & Gate, 4th July 1997
I hadn't been to The Bull & Gate, in Kentish Town, for a gig for a few years. It was a venue I always enjoyed when I'd been more regularly in the early 90's. Very much a "spit and sawdust" feel in the back rooms where the gigs were held. I'd seen a few good … Continue reading GIG 341: Sparrowman – The Bull & Gate, 4th July 1997
Angus’ Most Played Top 100 Bands 2023 Year Review
Whilst I started keeping track of the music I listened to each month back in 2010 I started doing a yearly overview of my Top 100 in 2013, tracking the number of tracks I listened to across each band courtesy of LastFM’s Scrobbler that pulls all my listening data from various devices and sources. Some … Continue reading Angus’ Most Played Top 100 Bands 2023 Year Review
GIG 340: Live – Brixton Academy, 1st July 1997
I'd gotten home from Glastonbury Festival (GIGS 337 - 338 - 339) on the Monday and by Wednesday was already craving my live music fix and found myself south of the river at Brixton Academy to see Live for the third time in 1997. Live had also played Glastonbury so this was the second time … Continue reading GIG 340: Live – Brixton Academy, 1st July 1997
Angus’ Most Played Top 100 Bands November 2023
Ever since 2010 I’ve kept track of the music I listen to each month. It’s fascinating to see how some bands stay with me over the years whilst others have their moment on my stereo before vanishing from my mind… well, until years later when I check out to see what I was listening to … Continue reading Angus’ Most Played Top 100 Bands November 2023
GIG 339: Glastonbury ’97 Day 3: The Bootleg Beatles / Ani DiFranco / Live / Pavement / Super Furry Animals / Sheryl Crow / Billy Bragg / The Blue Nile / Travis / Stereophonics / Perfume – Glastonbury Festival, 29th June 1997
The sun rose over Day 3 of the 1997 Glastonbury Festival. We'd managed to survive all the rain and mud of the last few days to make it to Sunday. We'd had a great time, and were lookin forward to the last day of music, but we had decided that we'd pack the tent up … Continue reading GIG 339: Glastonbury ’97 Day 3: The Bootleg Beatles / Ani DiFranco / Live / Pavement / Super Furry Animals / Sheryl Crow / Billy Bragg / The Blue Nile / Travis / Stereophonics / Perfume – Glastonbury Festival, 29th June 1997
GIG 338: Glastonbury ’97 Day 2: Radiohead / Ocean Colour Scene / Neneh Cherry / Dubstar / Stereolab / G-Love & Special Sauce / Geneva / 60ft Dolls / Dub War / Silver Sun / Republica / The Wannadies – Glastonbury Festival, 28th June 1997
Waking up to Day 2 of a very muddy Glastonbury '97. Pulling on those mud caked boots, and heading out in search of breakfast... from one of the myriad of food stands available across the festival site. Thankfully we'd pitched the tent part way up a hill so weren't in the worst of the mud, … Continue reading GIG 338: Glastonbury ’97 Day 2: Radiohead / Ocean Colour Scene / Neneh Cherry / Dubstar / Stereolab / G-Love & Special Sauce / Geneva / 60ft Dolls / Dub War / Silver Sun / Republica / The Wannadies – Glastonbury Festival, 28th June 1997
GIG 337: Glastonbury ’97 Day 1: The Prodigy / Smashing Pumpkins / Placebo / The Divine Comedy / Beck / The Levellers / Terrorvision – Glastonbury Festival, 27th June 1997
My first Glastonbury Festival. Only cost £75 back in 1997, a far cry from the £355 that the 2024 festival is costing. Mind you there were also only 90,000 tickets back in 1997 whilst next year sees 210,000 people - so it's grown a fair bit in the last 25+ years since I first went. … Continue reading GIG 337: Glastonbury ’97 Day 1: The Prodigy / Smashing Pumpkins / Placebo / The Divine Comedy / Beck / The Levellers / Terrorvision – Glastonbury Festival, 27th June 1997
GIG 336: Die Krupps – The Garage, 21st June 1997
I arrived late for this, due to being at a Camarilla meeting earlier in the evening, but made it in time before Die Krupps took to the stage. I'd seen Die Krupps three times before - but the last time had been back in 1995 when they were touring in support of their sixth album, … Continue reading GIG 336: Die Krupps – The Garage, 21st June 1997
GIG 335: Sparrowman – The Turrets, 14th June 1997
Sparrowman were a mates band. Gunther was doing a music degree at Westminster University, which had spawned a few bands such as Morcheeba which he also knew. His band was very much much in the rock category, which was fine for most of the Barnet/Finchley crowd who knew him. A bunch of us went to … Continue reading GIG 335: Sparrowman – The Turrets, 14th June 1997
Voices From The Pulpit 