On way back from Green Man. Letting the kids gorge on Macdonalds (cleanse all that vegan shit from their bodies) in services off the M5
Musical highlights:
Bloke from Neu! - awesome krautrock
Warpaint/Fews/Whitney/Jason Isbell
Other highlights:
Not showering for four days/drinking gallons of Growler (not a euphemism)/watching the wife shit herself on a ferris wheel/the rainbows (we counted 11)
Neu!..mmmmm.
Managed 2 days at Reading festival (not camping I hasten to add). You do feel particualry old there. Especially as lots of teens were asking me and my partner for the time or where the toilets were. I think maybe next time Iāll just be a steward and save the cost of a ticket.
Saw the Slaves twice (main stage and then bbc introducing secret set). Learnt lots about avoiding mosh pits for those two. Finally saw Bill Bailey who got a huge roar from the crowd for his views on Brexit (you can decide which way he voted). Then RHCP. I had to try and get out of the crowd as it was pretty rammed.
Sunday watched a bit of Kurupt FM (but not much) followed by Grey Worm, aka Raleigh Ritchie. Then the Vaccines who had a big crowd but not my thing really. Smidgen of Fall Out Boy and then Biffy Clyro who didnāt have a huge crowd or at least not like RHCP the day before. People were surprised at the space around them.
I missed quite a bit I wanted to see. Enjoyably it wasnāt muddy.
Next up - Matt Berry in a few weeks.
Where is matt Berry playing? Would love to see him live 
Frank Turner is coming to the Sand centre in November and I have my tickets for Biffy Clyro in December at Manchester.
He did a really small gig at Hoxton Hall (i think last week) gutted not to get tickets for that. I am going to see him at Koko.
Matt Berry was great in Heartbeat.
Originally posted by @Rallyboy
Matt Berry was great in Heartbeat.
I think his sister, Neneh, was a singer too. Talented family.
Donāt forget Halle in Catwoman. Crikey!! Phwoarr! Etc etc.
Errā¦nor his footballing brother, Shaun. Quite a rudimental player but big heart.
Off to see Seratones tonight at Lexington in London.
I know nothing about them except Choking on Your Spit is growing on me. Staying up there tonight with a mate and we just picked a random band.
Saw The Spitfires in Brighton Saturday night (or was it Friday?). Derivative but theyād grown on me by the end. Did a Housemartins cover and reminded me of the Redskins. I might buy the new albumā¦ maybe.
Most shocking thing was amount of tragic posturing by the 50 year olds in the crowd. All a bit England fan abroad. Poor.
Went to see Lucky Peterson and his band at the Discovery Centre in Winchester a few weeks ago. Took my teenage son who was the youngest there. I was the second youngest and Iām a nasty middle aged bastard.
It was very good, though. Decent journey bluesman with a terrific band. Lots of old people dancing at the end. It lifted the spirits somewhat.
Iām off to this in a few weeks: http://simplethingsfestival.co.uk/
Lots of cool stuff for only 35 pound notes.
At the Joiners currently. Just seen Natives from the New Forest area. Really enjoyed their set. Next up is Mothxr.
Thatās a great line up. Steve Mason, Suuns, Karen Gwyer, Jessy Lanzaā¦thatās great value.
Had to wait over an hour between Natives and Mothxr last night due to technical issues re sound check. During that time 2 lads decided to dance wildly about whilst banging into pretty much everyone. Lord they had pointy elbows. Didnāt mind them dancing and having a good time but did seem to be doing it on purpose as there was plenty of room to dance without touching anyone else.
I really enjoyed Mothxr. Not sure what genre youād put them under but seen Indie as one label. The lead singer was in a fairly big US teen show and some films so there were lots of young women there. One of whom did not move at all to the music and stared at the lead singer all night in a slightly creepy stalker way. He came out to the front of the bar to do the meet and greet at the end and there was a little queue of young women eagerly awaiting their selfie with the Hollywood star.
Iād definitely download the album and would see them again. Hopefully theyāll get a bit more recognition for the music.
Sweet Johnny Nomates has just bought a single ticket to see one of his fave bands āSweet Billy Pilgimā in Guildford on 3rd Decemberā¦
One of the bands I crusade for as a musical evangelist.
Anyone interested in 2 x Jean Michel Jarre tickets for Brighton on 6th October?
Row J in the front stalls.
Iāll now be up north that day.