The Secret Sisters – turning harmony up to 11.
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We Were Promised Jetpacks
Not really everything I would have hoped it would be but still, a worthwhile trip to a chilly Glasgow.
When WWPJ get going with the older faster stuff its really 10 times better than most of the stuff off the new album. I guess their still learning their trade somewhat but they could benefit from some lessons in showmanship and crowd interaction.
Also what happened? I remember when bands used to be older than me.
Flogging Molly
Quick trip to Wales to catch FM on the last night of their tour in the good company of Gareth & Aoife. Always nervous when taking friends along to see bands that I love when they don’t know. Very well received by all accounts, shouldn’t have worried.
The set-list wasn’t the best, I think the new stuff has to grow on me more, or I actually need to buy the album. All the usual banter from Mr King and a tribute to Gary Speed with the following ‘Float’ dedication being fairly apt.
No ticket stub 
Elbow
So throw those curtains wide! One day like this a year’d see me right!
Flogging Molly
This is the sixth time I seen Flogging Molly which puts them well out in the lead in relation to other bands I’ve witness in person. While I would never claim they are the best band ever or the finest song writers, I will say that they put on an absolute belter of a show, full of energy, from the band and the crowd, and that more than makes up for any other short-comings.
Got stuck in my first ever northern Irish traffic jam before hand, stand-still for an hour, really had me worried i was going to miss everything. Who ever heard of traffic jams in NI?!
Sonisphere 2011
Including in no particular order…
- Bill Bailey
- Killing Joke
- Weezer
- Metallica
- Slayer
- Steve-O
- Jared Christmas
- The Answer
- Airbourne
- Biffy Clyro
- Megadeth
- Diamond Head
- In Flames
- Anthrax
- Gallows
- Mastodon
- Motorhead
- Hayseed Dixie
- Opeth
- Orange Goblin
- The Mars Volta
…and a very funny American comedian I cant remember the name of, or was he Canadian.
…Trail Of The Dead
Really sparse crowd in the Limelight, but good atmosphere and the band seem to be in good form.
Everything that seemed to be missing for me the last time I heard them in the Koko, in London, was here in bucket loads. The intimacy of the situation just seems to feed the energy and enjoyment.
Cold War Kids
Not terribly impressed with this one really. Sound in the S&A seemed a bit off and I’m feeling a general apathy to most of their tunes. It was all just a little bit boring.
Been to 3 gigs recently that I’ve not really known much, if any, of the bands material. After the massive enjoyment of A Hawk and a Hacksaw and Secret Sisters this was hopefully just a minor blip.
Secret Sisters
Firstly, support act.. I did not care for, and wish he would have just sang one song in his native tongue. I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone from Greenland and would have been more interested in hearing 5 seconds of his own language than the countless, pointless stories he did tell.
Venue is sold out for Secret Sisters from the looks of things by a majority of senior citizens. This did make me wonder what I might have got myself into.
Secret Sisters are from the deep south, they sing country standards and original material with delightful vocals that perfectly complement each other to the backing of a single guitar. It was simply a pleasure to hear, and easy to be won over by there charm and that little bit of southern sass.
Willy Mason
The last time I saw Willy Mason in Belfast he had a full band backing him up and about half way through the show the audience gifted him a bottle of Buckfast, which he quite impressively/amusingly drank and managed to stay on his feet for the full concert, despite looking more than slightly battle worn.
Tonight as he cracks into his songs, there’s a hint of some history in the room, and after a couple he pics up a glass from the stage of what I guess is whiskey, swigs it back and starts into some reminiscing about the previous…
“They told me it was wine!”
The atmosphere of the night had a nice sense of a singer pouring out the songs from the depths of his soul and a crowd willing to help him get through it as best they can.
Bar the occasional drunk fool making their way onstage.. Mr Mason has the patience of a saint.
Got to hear every song I think I wanted to hear and was left whistling Fear No Pain all the way up the M2.