Into the Pit: 040: Noizetek – Live at The Phoenix Manchester – 13-April 2007
Last night was a trip to Manchester for Noizetek. And it certainly lived up to the name – my ears are still ringing now. Next time, I’ll actually remember my earplugs.
Tag: live
Into the Pit: 039: Hypnoskull – Live at Club Phoenix, Manchester – 13-Apr 2007
It was held in the slightly pokey – and rather claustrophobic – upstairs floor of Club Phoenix, and in the main the volume was probably set about three or four notches too high – in other words it was reasonably uncomfortable. There wasn't an awful lot other than the live acts and the odd snippets […]
Into the Pit: 038: Modulate – Live at tv21 Manchester – 18-March 2007
First on was Uberbyte, which is a very different proposition indeed from Rikky’s main band Killing Miranda. Hard industrial-electro in the vein of Suicide Commando and Leætherstrip, it all seemed to work rather well. Those tracks that I had heard before on various promo CDs were far more effective live (the beats, particularly, had far […]
Into the Pit: 037: Combichrist – Live at Corporation Sheffield – 10-March 2007
For once Corp was open pretty much on-time, and even at 1915 or so, when we got there, it was already pretty busy – meaning that openers Northborne had a good crowd.
Into the Pit: 036: Agonoize – Live at Corporation Sheffield – 13-October 2006
It is never a good start for a gig when you get to the venue before the bands. But then, when their flight is delayed and they then have to get across the pennines, I guess it can’t be helped. Still, it was a little odd sitting through the soundchecks and an alternately deafening and […]
Into the Pit: 035: Whitehouse – Live at The Grapes Sheffield – 15-September 2006
First support was a strange, unassuming guy called Martin Archer, who was doing some very clever mis-playing on Clarinet and then Saxophone, followed some rather familiar Bert Jansch stuff. Unexpectedly captivating, and undoubtedly very, very accomplished.
Into the Pit: 034: Zyklon – Live at Corporation Sheffield – 08-September 2006
I only really went to the gig for 1349 and Zyklon, and as I was fucking shattered by the end of the latter I decided to leave it at that – Enslaved used to be ace, but are somewhat…different nowadays, and not all that much in a good way in my opinion.
Memory of a Festival: 003: Infest 2006
Infest has become, in the now seven years that I have attended, the one thing that gets pencilled in first for each year no matter what. It doesn’t really matter who is playing, I know that whether I like the bands or not I’ll have a blast as most of my friends made across the […]
Into the Pit: 033: The Twilight Singers – Live at The Boardwalk Sheffield – 24-August 2006
Put simply, the gig was fucking extraordinary. Well, it was once Jeff Klein, the support act, was done. Another singer-songwriter dressed in a cheap suit, with a guitar and a whole stack of stories about how he’s been hard done by. The problem is, it was almost totally soulless. Technically he’s quite good, but there […]
Into the Pit: 032: The Birthday Massacre – Live at the Cockpit Leeds – 18-July 2006
Something around 40 minutes behind time, the Screaming Banshee Aircrew appear and waste no time in getting on with it. Maybe it was just me, but it seemed that something wasn’t quite right last night. I’ve seen SBA a lot over the past year or two, and they have been much better than this. Off-nights […]
Into the Pit: 031: Apoptygma Berzerk – Live at Corporation Sheffield – 21-May 2006
This was one of those gigs that really took me by surprise. I mean, Apop are no longer the draw they once were, right?
Into the Pit: 030: The Dresden Dolls – Live at the Leadmill Sheffield – 07-May 2006
Frankly, I can’t think of a single band that sound anything like the melting pot of sound that DeVotchKa boil up. A truly unique mix of eastern-European folk music, indie rock and tinges of a mariachi feel, not to mention rather proficient with their instruments (we counted about fifteen – played by just four of […]
Into the Pit: 029: The Dresden Dolls – Live at the Leadmill Sheffield – 07-May 2006
Frankly, I can’t think of a single band that sound anything like the melting pot of sound that DeVotchKa boil up. A truly unique mix of eastern-European folk music, indie rock and tinges of a mariachi feel, not to mention rather proficient with their instruments (we counted about fifteen – played by just four of […]
Into the Pit: 028: Covenant – Live at Corporation Sheffield – 06-May 2006
We arrived to hear “Thank you, goodnight…“, confirming that we had indeed missed Revolution By Night. Oddly, I heard nothing from anyone telling me how good/whatever they were.
Into the Pit: 027: Zeitgeist All-Dayer – Live at The Shed Leicester – 30-April 2006
First off, I am going to mention the logistics and organisation, as both were seriously lacking. My girlfriend and I decided that we wouldn’t rush into town (we were staying at her dad’s in south Leicester anyway), and when we got to The Shed we were glad that we did – despite doors being 1400, […]
Into the Pit: 026: Mortiis – Live at Corporation Sheffield – 28-April 2006
I’ve been waiting to see Gothminister for a while, and they really didn’t disappoint last night. Little room, of course, for their legendary stage antics and costume changes, so the Gothminister himself stuck to just the one outfit. No real problem, as it was still a treat visually, and even better was the music.
Into the Pit: 025: 3ulogy – Live at Quarantine Sheffield – 14-March 2006
…What did surprise me first off was that the Hubs venue seems better suited to live bands than club nights – the cavernous rooms do nothing for club sound, as I have found in the past.
Into the Pit: 024: 65daysofstatic – Live at the Leadmill Sheffield – 03-March 2006
Through the ice and snow I got to the Leadmill by 1925, and was still there late enough to miss the start of The Mirimar Disaster‘s set. Which was a shame, as I really like this lot. Clearly influenced by many of the more ‘intelligent’ metal bands like Neurosis, Isis and perhaps even Tool, you […]
Into the Pit: 023: Goldfrapp – Live at the Octagon Sheffield 23-February 2006
I’ve not been to the Octagon in a long time – and like many other university “halls” that are used as larger gig venues, it is cavernous, soulless, and as a friend pointed out, the acoustics are really not good.
Into the Pit: 022: Interlock – Live at The Fenton Leeds – 09-December 2005
First up were Skinflick. I’ve gone on record in the past with opinions on them (in short: too much of a wannabe Killing Joke, too much volume and little of actual interest), so I was a little surprised to find them sounding different to what I recall. Although, it seems they have a new line-up, […]