Last Saturday, the East End Social held an event where I managed to see The Wedding Present, James Holden, Fuck Buttons and Mogwai. It was in a large tent in a field in a lesser known corner off the empires second city, as a 1st attempt at a bigger event.. well they fucked up the food and drink situ. queues that lasted the length of Twilight Sads set for a drink? not good, but the weather and fellow gig goer`s made for a good day,
James Holden was superb , I won`t say he performed The Inheritors, he might have played most of it but no Blackpool Late Eighties, for me was a black mark, the live drummer was fantastic,
Fuck Buttons, missed the start in a food queue I had already put 25 mins. into, but the 1\2 hour I did see, thumping selections from the recent Slow Motion album, a lot of thought put into the visuals - for 2dudes that just stand pressing and turning buttons and dials this really should be a given - and the way they build tension, then release it really is something, not your normal, run off the mill, wait for the drop, go mental pish, they can spend 10 mins. slowly building, sucking you in, before unleashing a storm, cursing the organisers for making me miss the start,
Mogwai, must admit by the time they started, I was a bit pissed, not totally, but I had a good day, started with an amazing version of White Noise, followed by Re-Murdered, then ... ... they sounded great , but no loud quiet stuff, until New Paths To Helicon in the encore, which as my fav. Mogwai tune was amazing
Thursday night, Moon Duo, Edinburgh, The Caves , not exactly a cave, apparently hundreds off underground tunnels/caverns under Edinburgh , but ti made for a hugely atmospheric setting for Moon Duo, who are basically a trio now, very confusing. The Live drummer, Jim something, is fucking astonishing, two maracas in one hand and leathering the shit out the kit with the other hand, plus a fantastic light show, 3rd and best time seeing Moon Duo.