Bands, Bands, Bands

Had a pretty big music weekend, starting off on Friday just down the road from our place in Nottingham for the 'Eat Your Own Ears' Warehouse Party. The Foals were the second band on and they were incredible, think Battles that you can dance to. They were so tight yet played so crazy at the same time. New Young Pony Club were on after them and performed quite well but seemed flat in comparison to Foals.
After that was a 3hour back to back DJ set featuring members from Hot Chip and Four Tet. The stuff played by Hot Chip was pretty similar to their DJ kicks album, which i'm not a big fan of so that was a bit of a dissapointment but I loved the weird stuff that Four Tet are known for.


The next day was up to Leeds to wander round the town during the day before heading off to Leeds Uni to see Simian Mobile Disco and the Klaxons. The gig was held in the Leeds Uni Refec, which put UQ to shame as this place was huge (the whole uni looked pretty impressive). It seemed to be the weekend for support bands because Simian Mobile Disco blew me away with a well constructed live set that sounded amazingly clear and looked really impressive, as they work around a circular table, surrounded by bars of light. I finally remembered to bring my camera to a gig so you some videos will be up soon and the pics are on the other site.

The Klaxons came on (after a 45minute break in between acts) to a massive reception, as apparantly Leeds is their hometown show. Dressed in black, they looked a lot more like Trent Reznor than the leaders of the fluro new rave scene they supposedly are (they have even banned glow sticks from all their UK shows). Before the gig I was a bit unsure how their vocals would come across live but was suitably impressed of their ability to hit the high notes. However, SMD were really never going to be out performed in my opinion and the Klaxons ran through pretty much all their songs off their debut album, with the set only lasting about 50mins.