2023 gigs.
A list rather than a review but there will be the odd descriptive comment when warranted. The list will include accompanying fine dining.
13.1 Harry Hill. New Theatre, 'Boro. Nuts. Funny af, but nuts.
23.1 Frank Turner, Lottery Winners, Wildwood Buoys. O2 Academy, Leicester. The Marquis Wellington.
26.1 Francis of Delirium, Sloe Noon, Collars. Bedford Esquires. McDs. Great gig. 1st support, quirky (the drummer was also the guitarist), 2nd were superb, reminded me of Slothrust and FoD are always excellent.
2.2 Sprints, Langkamer, Eades. Bedford Esquires. Herd. Amazing, just brilliant. Missed Eades (fucked off 'bout that), Langkamer got me well in the mood and Sprints nailed it. Burger at Herd was one of the best I have ever eaten. Top night.
14.2 Mogwai, Brainiac. Rock City. Horn in the Hand. Brainiac are odd, Mogwai were fucking loud. HitH always delivers when it comes to burgers.
17.2 Doors Alive. Roadmender. Oriental Garden. Great tribute act. Great Chinese meal.
18.2 Dr. Feelgood, Dois Padres. Bedford Esquires. McDs. So glad I made the effort.
22.2 Hotel Lux, Average Life Complaints, The Barratts. The Craufurd Arms, MK. 81 The Original Diner. Three good bands. ALC stood out, HL were so interesting to watch. Burger was just 'good'.
25.2 Total Stone Roses, Oaysis. Met Lounge 'Boro. The College Arms. decent tributes, decent pub-grub katsu curry.
28.2 Young Fathers, Callum Easter. O2 Academy Leeds. Almost Famous. Wow. What a midweek trek, what a gig! YF did not disappoint and CE was intriguing - he played with YF also. And, the best burger I have EVER eaten. EVER.
3.3 Emily Breeze, Andrea Kenny. The Donkey, Leicester. Heritage India. EB was fabulous. The restaurant front of house thought I was a food critic, I am sure of it.
5.3 Grade 2, Clobber, Kings of Pigs. Voodoo Lounge, Stamford. McDs. Sunday gig, G2 were really good.
10.3 Suede, Desperate Journalists. Rock City. Horn in the Hand. DJ were fucking excellent. Also, saw great singer in the Lilly Langtrees pub after the gig....see 06.07 entry.
13.3 Self Esteem, Campbell King, Tom Rasmussen. Cambridge Corn Exchange. Honest Burger. SE was wonderful - great show, great songs, great voice, great live.
14.3 Slow Readers Club, Andrew Cushin. Lafayette, King's Cross. Cut and Grind. I loved this gig. SRC in a small venue - place was bouncing. Katsu chicken burger was good.
16.3 Mike Wozniak. The Core at Corby Cube. Nando's. Wonderful, laugh out loud ramblings.
21.3 Death Cab for Cutie, Slow Pulp. O2 Institute, Brum. Manzils. SP stole the show, DCFC were 'alright'. Great veg madras but with fucking mushrooms.
22.3 The Orielles, Pale Blue Eyes. MASH, Cambridge. Butch Annie's. Brilliant gig. TO were a different band live and PBE will play arenas one day, I'm sure of it. Marvellous burger, marvellous gaff.
24.3 Black Honey, The Howlers. Bedford Esquires. Herd. Bloody excellent night for food and music.
28.3 Anna B. Savage. Village Underground. McDs.
30.3 Jadu Heart, Gglum. Assembly Rooms, Islington. MEATLiquor, GDK. Gglum stole the show. She rocked, actually. I had a balcony ticket but snuck downstairs during a technical hitch with JH's kit; the upstairs bar ran out of beer (wtf?) so I went in search of booze only to find I could walk into the main hall unchallenged! Great burger followed by a really great kebab.
04.04 Gretel Hänlyn, Mary in the Junkyard. The Moth Club. McDs. Great little venue and MitJ were excellent (brilliant drumming and drummer) and GH was fantastic. No overground afterwards but jumped in an Uber to Finsbury Park with two fellas who'd been to the gig #lifesavers
11.04 Big Thief. Hammersmith Apollo. Chicago Grill. I found BT disjointed and out of tune at first, came good toward the end. Burger was fucking huge and beat me. Plus I had to use cutlery to eat it.
14.04 Joe Rooney., A Celebration of Father Ted. The Key Theatre, Peterborough. Interesting evening with the chap that was in one episode of Father Ted as Father Damo.
18.04 Waxahatchee, Indigo Sparks. Earth. GDK. No overground, walked there and back and still made GDK and caught the 23.00 train.
20.04 Fenne Lily, Naima Bock. Islington Assembly hall. GDK. Last minute gig (thanks to ReTickin') and I am glad I made the effort FL and her band (esp. the guitarist) was most impressive - great live sound.
21.04 Lemondaze, Treeboy & Arc. Portland Arms, Cambridge. Butch Annie's. Brilliant live sets from both and a flipping excellent burger.
04.05 Yard Act. Troxy.
05.05 Big Country, Spear of Destiny. Islington Assembly hall.
08.05 Haley Blais, Katie Tupper, Georgia Harmer. Bush Hall. Tiger's Diner. Three great artists and HB's voice is one of the best I have ever heard. Burger was a treat...I shovelled it down!
11.05 Foals. Pryzm Kingston. The first of two shows for the band on the night presented by Banquet Records and they were on top form.
16.05 Lael Neale, Guy Blakeslea. Lexington, Islington. McDs, GDK. LN was simply wonderful. 2-4-1 GDK is always a treat!
08.06 Crawlers. Omeara, Borough. The Kebab Shop. Last minute ReTickin' gig and I am very glad I made the effort. Lamb Shawarma was amazing.
10.06 Diane Cluck, Johanna Warren. Cafe OTO, Dalston. Only went to see JH and it was a performance workshop, so no singing. Not what I expected.
16.06 Arctic Monkeys, The Hives, The Mysterines. Emirates Stadium.
22.06 The Sherlocks. Bedford Esquires. Herd. Last minute gig 'cos Dara O Briain was cancelled due to flooding. TS were cracking.
26.06 Indigo de Souza, Rosie Alena. Village Underground. Fat Hippo, Shoreditch. IdS, and her band, flippin' rocked. I like it when the live performance is a real step up from studio. FH was also cracking.
06.07 Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly, Girl Band. Craufurd Arms. GB were excellent - saw the guitarist/lead singer, Georgie, after the Suede gig 10.03 - chatting after their set, she remembered me! GCWCF lost the plot with the chatting, rowdy audience...it was embarrassing.
07.07 Breanna Barbara, Memory of Speke. Moth Club. Burke's Warehouse. BB was so good, fantastic. MoS were very good. Burger & chips were excellent.
19.09 My Baby. MK11 MB were really good value - rock enthused dance music and the lead singer's voice is exemplary.
22.08 Boygenius, Ethal Cain. Piece Hall, Halifax. 242 mile round trip was just about worth it. Both acts were OK. Venue is special, though.
28.08 Karen Jonas. Great Easton Village Hall.
29/08 Future Islands. Cambridge Corn Exchange. Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen. FI are so good live. Cajun chicken burger was fine.
05.09 Samia, Art School Girlfriend. Kentish Town Forum. One of the best gigs this year.
23.09 Flock of Seagulls, Enjoyable Listens. Bedford Esquires. Brewhouse & Kitchen. FoS were good value, EL were excellent as always and the burger was fine.
26.09 The National. Ally Pally. Views from the venue were spectacular.
04.10 Sprints. Scala. Ballache getting to the gig 'cos of the train strike, but well worth it. Aftershow gathering at The Lexington warranted an overnight stay!
05.10 Hard-Fi, Tom A. Smith. The Junction. Impressed with HF, even more impressed with TAS and his band.
06.10 The Undertones, Tom Robinson Band. The Junction. TRB were amazing. He is a great entertainer and his guitarist was superb.
18.10 Treeboy & Arc, Bo Gritz. The Moth Club. T&A are seriously good live.
23.10 Lande Hekt, Charley Stone's Actual Band. The Lexington.
26.10 Yumi and the Weather, Sunny Gym. The Craufurd Arms. Only caught the final song from SG but it was excellent. YatW were banging.
30.10 Cash Savage and the Last Drinks, James P. Honey. The Lexington. CSatLD were amazing. The violinist pulled out one of the best live solos of any instrument I have even witnessed.
08.11 Deadletter, The Joy Hotel. The Craufurd Arms. TJH were bloody good...including bass, 5 guitars! D were superb - great front man.
09.11 Nothing But Thieves. World Resorts Arena, Brum (old NEC). £7.50 a fucking pint. NBT is about right.
12.11 This Is The Kit, Gina Birch. The Glee Club, Brum.
15.11 The Murder Capital. Electric Ballroom. Mental gig. Haven't seena mosh pit like it since the 80s. Thoroughly enjoyed this gig.
16.11 Bleach Lab, Wings of Desire. Scala. WoD were right down my street and delivered - a nice surprise as I'd not heard of them before. One of those gigs where support > headliner.
23.11 Bdrmm, Damefrisor. Bedford Esquires. I flipping enjoyed this. B drummer cracked open a bottle of beer with the end of his drumstick which was the coolest thing I have ever seen.
03.12 The Rural Alberta Advantage, Zoon. Lafayette. I was not in the mood for travelling down to this on a Monday night. However, it was well worth it. RAA were every bit as 9, or so, years ago when I first saw them.
04.12 Coach Party, Bedroom High Club, House of Women. O'Meara. A free gig put on by Beavertown brewery and I'd have gladly paid. Each band were great. BHC were brand new to me and were the pick of a fantastic bunch. I will definitely catch all 3 live again.
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Chief One projects indigenous African sounds in "Here I Come" EP
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Chief One projects indigenous African sounds in "Here I Come" EP
The fast-rising new Ghanaian artiste receiving all the mileage has outlived himself among his counterparts. In recent times, dropping an entire body of work as a buzzing act is a major deal – an underscoring feat that defines how promising new talent is in pushing their craft beyond their jurisdiction.
Ghana’s new sensation burst onto the scene in January 2022 through the power of social media with dozens of endorsements from Grammys-winning/nominated Musicians to other heavyweights in showbiz like Gramps Morgan, Rocky Dawuni, Samini, Bullgod, Andy Dosty, Reggy Zippy, Benedicta Gafah, GH Kwaku, Elorm Beenie, Giovani Caleb, Kwame Dadzie, just to name a few.
About his “Here I Come” EP:
It’s a 6-tracked EP, all produced by Hairlergbe.
It’s a fine blend of Brekete, Afrobeats, Afro Fusion and Hiplife.
Song titles are “Young Boy”, “O2 Arena” (Me Lor), “Du Agbe”, “Mekamo”, “Nyemedzio” and “Novayi” (with DD Don).
Songs on the EP was released available on Monday, February 21, 2022 on Major Digital Platforms like Apple Music, Spotify, Boomplay, Audiomack, YouTube, TIDAL, and others.
Editor’s Notes – About Chief One:
Chief One – real name, Ivan Michael Nyagamagu – is a Ghanaian Afrobeats Artiste who has evolved with his strong and powerful songwriting skills. Out of the rocks sprouts a budding new music sensation who would hit mainstream recognition in January 2022. His stage name, “Chief One”, is fast becoming a household name on the lips of many from social media, on the airwaves and on the streets.
Poised for success, Chief One began fanning his professional career in music in early 2015 when he fully decided it was time to take his craft to the world after discovering his ideals in creating music. 6 years down memory lane, he boasts of a mixtape and a few singles that propelled him to be recognized in his home region (Volta Region), as one of the big home acts with a promising career that’d be recognized nationally and globally.
A ‘never-ashamed’ Chief One who pays homage to his strong heritage holds a deep vocal signature that accentuates his roots from Southern Volta (Ziope and Keta); this indigenous vocal signature adds to the originality of his recordings which openly identifies him as an artiste from Volta Region. Not to spew tribal bigotry, Chief One prefers to be recognized as a ‘Ghanaian Artiste’ or an ‘African Artiste’ working his way to the top, thus, reach global prominence.
Chief One, who now co-produces his (recent) songs and always puts a heavy fusion of Brekete in his productions – a folklore genre emanating from Volta Region – which many have aligned with the recent South African craze, Amapiano. Chief One who also acknowledges the touch of Amapiano however maintains and defends his roots genre Brekete, as well as Kinka (which he wants to project on a national level, through Africa and the world beyond). Brekete and Kinka are known traditional genres within the Southern Volta Sects, among the Anlo Community. These musical signatures are very visible in his latest works “Nyemedzio”, “Mekamo” and “Novayi”.
Chief One refuses to be boxed in any single genre. In his own words, “I love to surprise my fans. I don’t want to be predictable. When my inspiration comes and the lyrics come to me, that decides which genre I should fall on”. Chief One who self-manages himself currently (at his level) has been able to shoot some music videos to push his visibility; below are 3 of his music videos that are doing well:
“Mekamo” — https://youtu.be/Ev2wKXNQEuk
“Nyemedzio” — https://youtu.be/Wd_zQjEwXPg
“Novayi” — https://youtu.be/V6Ryyob0i58
He has played many big shows across Volta Region; one of those notable big stages was Zylofon Activation Concert played in Aflao in 2018. Chief One’s small Team he has built is called “Lawada Republiq”.
Follow Chief One on his Social Media Connects below:
Facebook: www.Facebook.com/ChiefOne
Instagram: www.Instagram.com/Chief__One
Twitter: www.Twitter.com/Chief__One
TikTok: www.TikTok.com/ChiefOneLive
Snapchat: www.Snapchat.com/ChiefOneLive
YouTube Channel: https://youtube.com/c/ChiefOneLawada
(Source: Elorm Beenie)
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