Gigs

Couple of gigs this week and a couple more next week - must be the countdown to the festival season.

Wednesday I saw the Hours supported by Glasslights at Stealth in Nottingham. It was dark, it was £3.50 for a small can of Red Stripe and it was cranked up way too high. Last time I used earplugs was at a Motorhead gig, for which I make no apologies, but I could have done with them on Wednesday. The support band I would happily see again and actually paid out some cash for a limited track CD, not a usual occurrence. The Hours were very good but the piano was humming - some low level reverb feedback type thing - which was extremely annoying and at times it was a bit uncomfortable.

On Thursday the Musician showed how it should be done with the Screaming Lights and Nine Black Alps. Two bands that you would categorise as loud but no feedback, you could hear all the instruments and vocals and I didn't come out thinking I was living in an underwater kingdom, possibly inhabited by one Homer J Simpson. The beer I had was a bit naff though and I quickly reverted to the default Guinness option. It's one thing they have trouble getting right.

Overall though,..

Musician = good - Stealth = not so good.

WD -75 (half way there and counting!)