As promised I have more photos of Pet Shop Boys and the link to a fuller gallery. What a cool show this was – complete with dancers dressed as buildings. As extraordinary as the entire production was, the most important parts to me though were, naturally, the Pet Shop Boys themselves. Favorite songs of the set? Pandemonium/Can You Forgive Her?, New York City Boy, Why Don’t We Live Together? and Left to My Own Devices.
all photos by Dagmar
Manic Street Preachers is one of the best bands ever to exist or ever will exist and I finally got to see them perform live on Monday. All their albums have been brilliant and I am constantly in awe of this band’s prowess. They fulfilled every massively high expectation I had them for their live performance and then some. I took photos of their set and never ever thought I would be so near these Welsh icons:
all photos by Dagmar
I’ve now gathered my photos and made a photo gallery of some of my shots from Keane‘s glorious show last week! I’ve seen this band in so many different venues and they always reach out to everyone. They’re moving and sensational.
photos by Dagmar
Keane is one of my favorite groups ever. I place their songs right up there with a few of my other all-time favorites, the Beatles, a-ha and early Bee Gees. This is high praise from me as the music from these artists, and Keane, is just holy in its very existence and melody. I took some photos tonight at Keane’s show – as always more photos on their way with a full gallery but I wanted to get some out as fast as I could!
all photos by Dagmar
Ireland’s Fight Like Apes have released a few EPs and now one full length CD. I’ve got one of their EPs, You Filled His Head With Fluffy Clouds And Jolly Ranchers, What Did You Think Was Going To Happen? Besides making me want Jolly Ranchers, cinnamon Jolly Ranchers perhaps, it makes me feel really great. I normally don’t like high register voices but singer MayKay’s vocals are raunchy and gnarled. She gets that shriek right up there.
Lend Me Your Face starts out straight away with: Lend me your face/I’ll bust it up and I’ll replace it. It’s a rant for sure, but it’s aggressive and mighty. Their cover of Mclusky’s Lightsabre Cocksucking Blues is fabulous. I say this as a Mclusky fan and one that often freaks out in negative way over cover versions. Knucklehead is a hilarious romantic duet. They sing about just hanging out and watching TV: You’re spending teatime with Fran Drescher/ . . . Robot sluts and fucked up pets/You’re such a mess. The squeakiness of Can Head just floors me: goodness me it’s fish and chips . . . It’s so happy. And then in Snore Bore they show again that they can make more than one type of music. MayKay’s voice goes gentle and sweet. She can do it all.
You Filled His Head With Fluffy Clouds And Jolly Ranchers, What Did You Think Was Going to Happen? (Model Citizen Records)
And here’s the video for Lend Me Your Face, directed by Briin Bernstein
