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St Vincent live at the ICA. Hey look, an old photo i found lying at some run down hard drive avenue (or something metaphorical and deep about run down places for digital photos to dwell in). That show was still all kinds of awesome, was looking at videos i took a few days ago and stumbled on one of her playing Paris is Burning which we didn’t get when she was supporting Grizzly Bear. I haven’t heard a full band version of this, but it sounds ace solo anyway which she did at the ICA, so yeah, enjoy the video 
Enjoy the damn thing in HD 
Fionn Regan live at the Luminaire. It’s been a while since Fionn’s released a new album so it’s nice to know that we’ll be getting one at 2010. He played a few new tracks at the show as well as gracing us with some old’uns. Really lovely night, fans were very into it, including the row of ladies at the front Got two videos which will upload at some point, in the meantime check out the photos:
Andrew Bird live at Union Chapel. This was the third time I saw Andrew Bird play, this time he was going solo with his loop pedals. I had a nice debate on whether Andrew Bird was better solo or with a band, i preferred when the band was there since it gives it more texture but after seeing him play at Union Chapel, I think the best way to put it is that it depends on the venue, for a beautiful venue like Union Chapel with amazing reverb, i think he sounds better on his own. Andrew Bird was charming as always, commenting on how the crowd in England usually love heckling (which provoked some fun heckling). Spinny and Monkey made an appearance so yay. Moar photos, will be uploading videos at some point.
I miss seeing them live 
woah woah woah woah woah
Hello there, it’s wednesday night for me and I’ve been jamming on the synths so i thought we can play a little game. The rules are simple, guess the songs I’m playing in this weird synth track. Kinda feel like adding some guitars in it but i’m lazy haha. Winners get a squishy hug Ignore the title
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Don’t think i’ll write a review for all of this, lets just say it was an epic gig, the second night was more rowdy mind!
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Amanda Fucking Palmer live at Union Fucking Chapel. Another gig where I worry about whether the chapel is a suitable venue, but turns out it was! Amanda embraces the epic reverb and storms out with an unplugged hymne recital. She chooses her songs well that fit well into the venue and delivers a enchanting performance.
Midway through the set she throws 2 “ask amanda” sessions where she would answer questions randomly drawn from a box submitted by fans (probably in the queue). She answers them with honesty and entertains the crowd with her quirky anecdotes and stories of the land that is England. Sessions like these constantly breaks the fourth wall and makes us all feel part of the community.
The highlight song were probably Puff the magic dragon which was sung by Polly (she wasn’t that bad at this mind!) and Oasis with full band and backing from Polly. Singing about abortions in a church makes perfect sense.
Nearer the end there was an auction for a painting as well as the usual signing session near the end where we’d all get to meet Amanda. Unfortunately I had to dash since the tube was mangled up this weekend meaning Highbury and Islington was a no goer. Ho hum.
