East End Live

Paul Hudson — Sat, 19 Oct 2013 22:56:02 +0000

East End Live was a new mini-festival spread over a number of venues in Shoreditch. On the day timings didn’t go to plan. But it’s a new festival so you have to expect teething problems. The line-up was pretty good. But the better known bands were in the larger venues. But I’ve learned from SXSW you’ve got a better chance of seeing bands if you stick to the smaller venues. Unfortunately, with the poor timings, I missed some of the bands I wanted to see, but it was still a good day. Skinny Girl Riot and Shopping were the highlight. But most bands were pretty good.

Beat Mark

Neil’s Children

Skinny Girl’s Riot

Perspex Flesh

Bo Ningen and the Savages ‘sound poem’ followed by Sin Fang

Paul Hudson — Mon, 14 Oct 2013 20:00:25 +0000

Two of my favourite bands on the same stage. What could be better? Actually, very little. Tonight’s performance wasn’t the bands playing their own album music but a piece where both bands created a tonal poem using each of their own styles and vocals to reflect back and forth tonal ideas. Although it started slowly, once the piece got going, it was amazing to watch. Especially as I was lucky enough to get in the centre between the two vocalists as they spared across the ‘u-shaped’ stage. I really hope they do this thing again. But then, maybe the strength of the piece is that it was a one off.

After the gig, I dropped by Hoxton Square and caught the tail end of Sin Fang.

Red Gallery – Down At The Front

East End Live

Bo Ningen and the Savages ‘sound poem’ followed by Sin Fang