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Very much this.

Too much safe 4/4-time plodding for me. Tramhaus are way better

Saw them in Utrecht on the Monday night. Impressed how Brett Anderson still has the energy to keep doing that night after night. And they played The 2 of Us for - I think (because Brett said it was) - the first time in a few years. Which nice, as it's my favourite Suede song. Mogwai next up...

Never been a big fan of the endless set, no matter who's playing. I tend to lose the will to live when it goes much beyond two hours. But they were pretty good last Saturday cramming a mere 20 songs into a one-hour festival slot.

Best Kept Secret festival this weekend. Lots of good things to look forward to, but none more so than the welcome return of Stereolab.

Saw them last week. Excellent.

Saw Deerhunter last weekend and also enjoyed them a lot. I did think the lead singer/guitarist looked like the oddly lanky lovechild of Ric Ocasek and Vini Reilly.

Tell me about it - I'm talking about 1979...

Last time I saw The Cure, Robert Smith was thin and had short hair... And 30 minutes after they went off, he came back on and played guitar with the Banshees... (Yes I know... *old*... But so is Bob Smith.)

Saw Newmoon a couple of months ago and thought they were excellent.

We had a local band called Nouveau Vélo. They weren't bad - a little bit like Diiv - but are extremely unlikely to be playing any of the other dates.

They've flipped the set over since 10 days ago. They now play the album first +1, then an extended encore that is in effect a second set. Works better that way around in my opinion.

I guess it was more straight out rock than I was hoping for, with fewer of the Zappa-esque twiddly flourishes that I hear on his records. But it was probably also partly to do with it being late at night after a long day on the beer, and me coming down off a PJ Harvey high. She was, quite...

Last week we only got two other songs but that was a festival, so time restricted to a one-hour set. Looking at their theatre setlists they start with four or five 'greatest hits', then play the album, then more in the encore(s).

As in the previous post, saw Interpol play TOTBL last week, and I'm seeing them do it again tomorrow night in Tilburg. Hearing it all played live in a row just reminded me of what a great album it really is. Not a duff tune on there. Talking of great albums, I'll be seeing Leftfield playing all...

Was a little disappointed by Ty Segall when I saw him at Pukkelpop last week. But then I was coming off a triple high of having seen PJ Harvey, Strand of Oaks, and Interpol (playing TOTBL) immediately beforehand.

Seeing them in August (for the third time). Very pleased that they seem to have reinstated Race for the Prize as their opening song after messing about for the previous four years. Always a mistake to change a winning formula in my opinion.

I also saw these guys at BKS last weekend. They were blooming excellent.

Saw Thurston Moore Group last weekend at Best Kept Secret and I was really impressed how they've come on as a band. Admittedly the previous time I saw them 2 years ago was only their second-ever gig as a foursome, but I thnk they've tightened up brilliantly since then. That and their second...

Bugger. Poor timing on BSP's part there. I already have a ticket to see Föllakzoid, TRAAMS and The Lucid Dream that same night.