Wednesday, May 30, 2007
The Enemy Exclusive AOL Session, London
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
The Ripps Weekend
The least said about the sound problems in Birmingham the better (not The Ripps fault!), thankfully the other acts, The Officers and The Priory were top quality and made it an entertaining night. Did I mention the rain...........................
Monday night it was all the way down south to Brighton's The Pressure Point, where The Ripps were headlining. By golly they gave a performance and a half - no sound problems this time around!
From the very first cord to the closing lyric, Rachel, Raul and Patch gave 100% effort,energy and zeal - demonstrating exactly why the sound of The Ripps is so infectious. We the crowd, could have stayed all night but alas the venue did need to shut for the night but we were spoilt with an extra song at the end ("Too Much Too Young").
The Bank Holiday weekend was eventually danced away at the Candy Bar in Brighton to a host of indie tunes with a crowd that were very much up for the party, but by 2am - this old dog had partied enough for one night and was heard moaning inside a 24 hour grocery store about the cost of Polo's (45p ................... shocking!).
Monday, May 28, 2007
Band of the Week: The Rrrs
The Rrrs - set to get your tongue rolling!
Coming Up:
The Rrrs gig dates:
June 23rd - Look Good, Feel Great! EP launch, with Carter Manouevre and tbc, Colloseum Nightclub.
July 30th - with DbMA and Paris Riots, Golden Cross, Coventry.
They are currently looking for a new drummer and a budding director to shoot a video for 'Is That Your Underwear on the Floor?' - Contact them on any of the links below.
Links:
Rrrs MySpace Page
"The Rrrs make me wanna touch myself" where you can request a tiger face in your honour.
Are you a local Coventry band and would like to be featured in a forthcoming "Band of the Week"?
Contact: Whats on in Cov or robmacca and it could be your band we are promoting.
Sunday, May 27, 2007
Drug For The Good Gig
The first half started with "Lucky Man" and ended with "Turning Japanese" - with robmacca on the tamborine, doing his Bez (Happy Mondays) impression! The second half, had the band playing four of their own tracks back to back. Then the madness kicked back in with the return of the tamborine player and a few well known covers - "500 Miles" and "Irish Rover". By this point the crowds were either coming up to the stage bowing down before the new rock legends, or throwing socks on stage for the bare footed Matty.
The night will go down as one to remember for all those who attended and it was a great opening for these Coventry lads. For me it was the first time I'd been out with so many Royal Mail workers!
Here are some pictures from the night taken by Alex:
robmacca the tamborine man!
Matty, robmacca and Pete
Malc
Matty
Andy
Pete
Pete, Malc and Andy
Matty and Pete
robmacca and Pete
Pete and andy
Saturday, May 26, 2007
Girls Aloud "Greatest Hits Tour" Pictures - Birmingham
Friday, May 25, 2007
The robmacca Music Weekend
"The robmacca Music Weekend" consists of 4 days, 4 locations with 3 different bands. The week has been non-stop with virtually no sleep, I was so tired I was able to nod off during band practice on Tuesday next to large amps that were pumping loud tunes. Lets see what is lined up:
It has become a tradition to go and see the Girls Aloud concert, it's entertaining and of course all 5 look damn hot on stage. Who knows this could be the last time they tour!
Saturday: Drug For The Good, Coventry Dog and Trumpet
New band perform their very first proper gig, selling all 340 tickets in aid of a children's charity. These 4 postal workers from Coventry will take to the stage with a mix of covers and own songs. There is a special stage appearance by robmacca - this is a first!
Sunday: The Ripps, Birmingham Barfly
Coventry's finest, The Ripps will be giving the Bank holiday Sunday crowd a good reason to party all weekend with a set featuring many songs from their acclaimed album "Long Live The Ripps" at Birmingham's Barfly venue. I'm travelling over with Alex - this will be the first time he has seen The Ripps on stage.
Monday: The Ripps, Brighton Pressure Point
It's the Bank Holiday and what could be better than a trip to the seaside? No time to paddle in the sea as we're not arriving into Brighton until about 7pm. The gig kicks off around about 8-9 pm so it will be a mad dash across town to have our second session with The Ripps. This time it will be my chance to cheer on the Coventry trio as they belt out some mighty fine tunes in Brighton.
The night will no doubt involve lots of alcohol and then it's a nice long coach journey back to Coventry on Tuesday, rounding off an exhausting 4 days of music!