“Do you go to gigs every day?” asked Lowri Evans in Chorlton
Oddbins last night. Well, I had Tuesday night off. Why was I in Oddbins? Why, a
gig of course! It was the third time this week I’d come to hear my friends
guitarist David Birchall and singer Greta Buitkute on their Trinkhallen tour
with German bass clarinet trio Die Verwechslung. On Monday I’d tried and failed
to walk all the way to posh Altrincham along Bridgewater Canal. Had I not taken
a scenic detour via Sale Water Park and Priory Gardens where there is a
fantastic high path view over green treetops, I might have made it on time. As
it was I hopped on a tram at Timperley and rode two stops to the end of the
line. It would have been well worth the walk even if they hadn’t been playing
as the Angkor Soul people had laid on delicious free food; jack fruit, rice and
peas with salad. Iko Kelly, Stuart Calton and Kate Armitage made it to two of
their performances but I was the only non-performer who wasn’t travelling in
the German entourage to film and photograph the tour who made it to all three.
I was late to the 5pm performance in Arndale Centre market Microbar as David
had mistakenly written that Microbar was in the Food Court at the other end of
the mall. Later last night I took the tram from Chorlton to Piccadilly to hear
another magical performance from Rose Niland and her five recorder tooting
ladies and Canny drumming and keyboarding men. OK two ladies played bass and
guitar rather than recorders but that sentence would have been way too clunky
if I’d included that information. One of Rose and Diamond Hand’s songs sounds
like what might have happened if Can had been asked to write a James Bond
theme. Drummer Jay Vid Duchovny was feeling very ill, but it didn’t affect his
Leibezeitisms. Jewish singer songwriter Avital Raz played afterwards and
started with a song rather reminiscent of “The Scarlet and the Gold” by the Thirteenth
Floor Elevators. She played her notorious “Edinburgh Song” about getting fucked
up the ass for peace, and her new songs sounded like her best yet. The night
before I’d walked along the canal to the Peer Hat for some Satanic starpowered
tripped out tribal invocations from Primitive Knot, a bit of abstract ambience
from Kepier Widow and a full on wild onslaught of Harry Pussy / Sonic Youth
proportions from French trio Sister Iodine. Tonight Triangle Cuts are playing
at Fuel but I’ll be heading to Islington Mill for their party (BYOB) that
starts at 6pm, then off to Night People for a late night gig headlined by great
garage blues punk band the Dee Vees. The weekend is a double all day music
feast courtesy of Astral Elevator called the Psych weekender featuring the
mighty Mugstar, a band I’ve seen almost as many times as Killing Joke, Wire and
Melt Banana. Other highlights are Lumerians, The Oscillation, Bones Shake, The
Janitors and Weird Sex, but most bands playing I’ve never heard before. If the
timings work out I might pop over to The Peer Hat on Saturday to see Paddy
Steer and on Sunday to see Ian Svenonius, but the giro is running low so paying
in to two extra gigs might become slightly problematic by Sunday. Monday is
quieter with Cult Party, Secret Admirer, Tekla and Tom Settle playing the Peer
Hat, then I have two days off as Dylan Carlson has had to cancel his gig due to
illness. The Peer Hat seems to have very much taken over the gig scene this
September. Those facebook frenz who also appeared: Dusty Burtons, Martin Warm
Widow, Alexa Kruger, Nick Alexander, Michelle Woods, Mathew Boycott Garnet,
Penfold Kowalski, Joanne Maylott, Simon Morris, Mick Kenyon, Liam Farr, Dom Jam
and a special guest appearance from James Travis who was getting on the tram to
Rochdale going home from work as I got off after travelling from Chorlton.
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