1120th
May

Not much has been happening this week, as I have mostly been recovering from all the gigs and parties from the last two weeks. I went to see Atari Teenage Riot last Thursday at the Islington Academy, and it was great fun as I expected. Kap Bambino were supporting so I made sure I got myself there nice and early and was on the barrier for them. They got a surprisingly long set (I think it was about 50 minutes) which meant they could pack in a ton of new songs as well as some old favourites. The new tracks sounded awesome with a slightly more mature sound, and obvious influences from a much wider spread of dance music. There were a few other fans in the audience so I didn’t feel too out of place rocking out hard to a support act! After they finished I moved off to the side as I was anticipating quite a crush for ATR. Turns out I was pretty correct, although it was more of a happy pit of dancing people than an aggressive one. Atari Teenage Riot played tracks that spanned their career and also showcased some material from their new album. It was extremely infectious and I soon found myself dancing along without abandon after a few minutes. The crowd kept yelling for more and they ended up going over their curfew, but it was all worth it as they played two encores and ended the night on the anthemic Revolution Action.

Activate
The Only Slight Glimmer Of Hope
Black Flags
Shadow Identity
No Remorse (I Wanna Die)
Into The Death
Too Dead For Me
Atari Teenage Riot
Destroy 2000 Years Of Culture
Sick To Death
Ghostchase
Re-Arrange Your Synapses
Midijunkies
Is This Hyperreal
Codebreaker
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Blood In My Eyes
Speed
Start The Riot
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Collapse Of History
Revolution Action

Next week I have the whole week off work, and I’m going to France for a holiday to visit a friend. I’m going to see Queens of the Stone Age at a ridiculously tiny venue in Strasbourg as I couldn’t get tickets for the Roundhouse gig, and then when I fly back I have to immediately make my way to the Excel Centre for the MCM Expo. It should be busy!

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1117th
Jan

200th Gig

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I’ve been tracking my gig numbers carefully since I entered the 190’s, and now I have finally booked what is currently my 200th gig! It’s Micachu and the Shapes at the Royal Festival Hall in May, although no doubt I will book more for before that date so my 200th will change. It’s a nice milestone though.

It’s been an exciting week for gig bookings, as Atari Teenage Riot announced a show at the HMV Forum supported by none other than Kap Bambino! That’s two awesome bands in one night, I literally cannot wait!

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106th
Sep

I was originally going to go to Offset Festival, as a few of my favourite bands were playing (like Kap Bambino and Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster) but I decided against it in the end due to money and having been to two festivals the month previously.
So imagine my joy when I got an email from GigJunkie asking if I wanted to photograph and review it! I said yes straight away, and on the Saturday morning I got a bus with a friend to Hainault Forest Country Park.

Offset is a wonderful small festival, with a main stage set in the middle and a number of smaller tent stages around in a circle. The bands are mostly up and coming acts, with a few bigger name headliners, and there are other activities going on including a vintage market and sports day races.

We had a great time drinking cider in the sunshine, wandering from stage to stage, dancing in the Trailer Trash tent and watching a drunken space hopper race!

I saw far too many bands to go through them all, but favourites were:

Athens Polytechnic – Not so great punk music, but a very enigmatic frontman who ran around in the audience and had his own dance routines.
Kap Bambino – 35 minutes of non-stop bouncing on the barrier, with Caroline pulling grotesque faces and sitting on photographers shoulders.
Art Brut – Singing along to songs I felt I had known forever.
Monotonix – They play in the audience, and after each song they pick the drumkit up and move forwards a bit. So chaotic and brilliant.
Atari Teenage Riot – Eighties Matchbox were a bit of a disappointment, but ATR made up for it with their infectious digital hardcore and political screechings.

See the rest of my photos at Flickr

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