With an ever building hype around a band, I always get nervous before I see their show. Not because I might not love it (as that is always a possibility) but rather that I might not be able to get a ticket to the show. But on this night I was lucky enough to have a mate who had secured a ticket for me and I was able just to turn up and enjoy the show.
The last time I saw Annie Clark playing in her band St. Vincent I was blown away, she was a Rock Goddess and someone who should rightly take the world by storm. A year later I would see here perform with David Byrne and she still had the guitar skills but the show had clearly taken a more “Talking Heads” esk turn with lots of dancing in unison and fantastic use of lighting to develop a real theatrical performance. So when contemplating the potential performance of St. Vincent in 2014 I had wanted a bit of both of the last performances and that’s exactly what I got.
If New Zealand teenage sensation Lorde was the queen of popular music in 2013, then Aussie band Vance Joy at least deserve a footnote in music history, with their song Riptide one of the few things to put Royals into second place anywhere in the world last year.
It’s a lovely night for Vaughan dance………..
I recently saw a formula that stated “modern art = I could do that + yeah, but you didn’t”
It made me laugh as it sounded just like numerous conversations I have had, in numerous art galleries around the world. Don’t get me wrong, I do like modern art and sometimes I think I even understand what the artist was trying to do. But more often than not, I struggle to get overly enthusiastic about the whole thing.
In contrast, I would imagine David Byrne is someone who IS overly enthusiastic about modern art. I would even go so far as to say he would be overly enthusiastic about almost all art.
This monkey didn’t quite go to heaven. But I am sure even God could have heard them, they were that bloody loud.
Not the prettiest name for a band but the way they rocked out was pure rock and roll beauty………
