Sarcasm – Down At The Front

January 2017

Paul Hudson — Mon, 01 Jan 2018 17:14:25 +0000

Okay catchup time. I fell behind early in January and never caught up.

This month’s bands

Bands I liked

The Wharves, Ultimate Painting, Sarcasm, Iceage, OAE Experience Ensemble, Menace Beach, Half Waif, Rose Elinor Dougall, Echobelly, Asylums, Freak, Cabbage, Black Honey, Sacred Paws, Pixx

Bands that were okay

Girl Ray, Shards and Strange Boy, Love Buzz, Alice Barlow, James Canty, Little Cub,

Bands I won’t be going out of my way to see again

Josh Vine, 924s, Throwing Snow,

Best Gig

January was a really strong month. But the highlight was Black Honey, Cabbage and Freak. Although my view of Cabbage has since changed, at the time, I thought they were the real deal. Black Honey, were excellent as always.

Best new band

At the time, it was Cabbage. But due to the issues later in the year, I’ve no plans to see them again.

Albums of the Month

Terrorist Synthesiser (EP) – Cabbage
Young, Dumb and Full of… – Cabbage
Lemon Memory – Menace Beach
Stellular – Rose Elinor Dougall

Best photo

Iceage

Paul Hudson — Mon, 19 Jun 2017 22:36:21 +0000

As I was in London, I thought I’d pop along to the Lexington for an afternoon gig by Iceage. They’re not a band I know much about. But I enjoyed this gig. Despite the early hour, they out on a full on show.

Opening the afternoon and no less effective were a band who expressed me last year, Sarcasm.

Sauna Youth

Paul Hudson — Sun, 21 Feb 2016 22:45:28 +0000

First band of the evening were an excellent Sarcasm.

Not Sorry were up next and frankly they should be. Absolutely tosh. I would suspect that at the end of the year they’ll be on my list of worst bands.

Sauna Youth were the reason I was here. I’ve seen them once before several years ago and I’ve been trying unsuccessfully to see them again. Their last album was one of my favourites of last year. So it was good to catch up with them.