Recent activity

1. chongy5 might go to Slow Club at Pure Groove (15 Dec 09). 13 days ago
2. chongy5 is no longer going to Yeah Yeah Yeahs at O2 Academy Brixton (30 Nov 09). 17 days ago
3. chongy5 started tracking Laura Hocking. 18 days ago
4. chongy5 commented on Treetop Flyers with Laura Hocking and Six Toes at Tamesis Dock (24 Nov 09). 18 days ago

   "Sounds interesting, Laura Hocking certainly got my attention!"

5. chongy5 commented on a photo of Noah & The Whale at Criminal Records (31 Oct 09). 22 days ago

   "I quite like this, nice and vibrant. Nice work, and keep up the blog as well :]"

6. chongy5 reviewed Passion Pit with Max Tundra and The Joy Formidable at KOKO (27 Oct 09) and gave it . 24 days ago

   "A rather mixed bag for me, TL;DR version of the explanation of 3 stars is that it was OK but nothing special.

   First off, Max Tundra. Hadn't heard any of his (one person) music before, so it was going to be entirely new to me. I was a bit dumbstruck by it - it's just him, using a lot of pre-recorded samples, with the aid of several instruments on the stage. Some of the songs did have a rather light hearted poppy atmosphere to them, but some were just far too fast for anyone to really take in - the sight of his rather interesting dancing (bordering on violent!) was strange to watch, especially in front of the historically wooden London crowd.

   Secondly, the Joy Formidable. I already am deeply familiar with their music - their album, 'A Balloon Called Moaning', is one of my favourite records of the year, and they (to use a so often abused cliché) did not disappoint. Brought out the very best in their songs, with massive amounts of energy and really brought to life (I'll stop with the clichés, I promise). Seemed to go down well with the audience as well.

   Then, the main acts, Passion Pit. By now I was so impressed both on record and live by The Joy Formidable that it was a hard act to follow. I must say, for the first few songs I wasn't moved by the performance; the main singer, Michael Angelakos, seemed to struggle to reach some of the higher notes for quite a few of the early songs, and it felt like it lacked the 'oomph' that a band with such a ferociously energetic LP and EP should have. As the performance went on, the songs and quality of performance did improve, but it certainly falls into the 'OK' category rather than anything beyond. The crowd responded better to some of the songs further down the set list, such as 'Better Things' and 'Sleepyhead', and the encore choices went down well.

   Apologies for the uber long review, but I hope I painted a reasonably accurate picture of this gig to anyone who couldn't make it."

7. A link to Flickr was added. about 1 month ago
8. chongy5 might go to Alessi's Ark with The Momeraths, The Dufflefolks, Brooke Parrott, and 1 more... at Betsey Trotwood (04 Nov 09). about 1 month ago
9. chongy5 is going to The Antlers with I Was A King at Bush Hall (25 Nov 09). about 1 month ago