March and April gig round up

I went to 3 gigs in march which was barely worth a blog to itself. So I thought I'd combine it with Aprils:

Amplifier with Charlie Barnes @ Rio's, Leeds. 07/03/00
Charlie was great as always and Amplifier rocked the joint. New material sounded amazing too. The Octopus is going to sound HUUUUUUUUUGE. Notable for waiting at huddersfield station with a wall of water wailing past 4 feet to my left. A storm I'd rather forget.

Pure Reason Revolution with League Liege @ Moho Live, Manchester 08/03/09
League Liege were the reason I went to this gig and they were very very good. I even managed to convert some friends I took with me. PRR were good too, though I'm not overly enamoured with them. An entertaining night nonetheless.

Dave McPherson with League Liege @ Jabez Clegg, Manchester 12/03/09
Again League Liege were the reason I was here. This time they were acoustic and did a cover of Thom Yorke's Harrowdown Hill. It was a bit ace. Dave McPherson (InMe) was also acoustic and was entertaining at that. Maybe slightly too emo for my tastes (I might get hounded for that, oh well), but good.

Hundred Reasons with Johnny Foreigner @ Moho Live, Manchester 01/04/09
Fuck me this was a good gig. JoFo won over a crowd that was initially wary of them and Hundred Reasons just rocked the joint. I don't think I've ever seen such a huge mosh pit at any gig ever.

Dananananakroyd @ The Deaf Institute, Manchester, 03/04/09
Despite the fact I was having an awfully depressing day, Dananana were fantastic and cheered me up when I most needed it. Though a lack of a wall of cuddle meant it wasn't quite as good as when I last saw them.

...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead @ Urbis and Academy 3, Manchester, 17/04/09
Possibly the best of all the gigs I'm talking about in this post. Firstly a session for Channel M which was very entertaining, then they metaphorically destroyed Academy 3 in the evening. They broke 2(!!!!) snare drums for gods sake! The band was so amazingly energetic it was impossible to not have fun.

Das Wanderlust with Internet Forever and Ratface @ Fuel Cafe, Manchester, 18/04/09
A quieter gig this time but fun all the same. Ratface was energetic rap stuffs, Internet Forever liked to make weird noises and Das Wanderlust were supremely fun pop. Noice.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs @ Academy 1, Manchester, 22/04/09
They only paid an hour and a quarter, but YYY's were great. Karen O was mental and they sound so good live. I've waited 5 years o finally see them and I wasn't disappointed.

65daysofstatic with Amusement Parks On Fire @ The Deaf Institute, Manchester 23/04/09
Another contender for best gig I went to in this time period. APOF were absolutely dreamy and 65 were as fantastic as they've ever been. Their new stuff sounds very DnB heavy which is aceness.

League Liege @ Roadhouse, Manchester, 25/04/09
I arrived annoyingly late but League Liege did yet another lovely gig despite sound problems. Apparently the summer will be spent recording new material. I can't wait for that.

Doves @ Academy 1, Manchester, 26/04/09
And finally another fantastic gig. Doves hometown gig was received very well by the crowd (which included Badly Drawn Boy and members of Elbow) and they did a superb set playing a great mix of tracks. Missing The Cedar Room but it was so good I can forgive them for leaving it out.

And that's it. More whenever I decide to update again.