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satyricaI had D&D online on Monday evening and then on Tuesday N&I had an M7 meet-up with F and MW at a South Asian restaurant called Kricket in town, which was lovely. Wednesday was taken up at work my taking a very-long term guest to the council, although it went reasonably well, and then I cooked and did a crossword with N in the evening. I actually managed to join some colleagues for the Thursday post-work drink for a bit and then headed over to Omeara for a gig: first on were Tropic Gold, a heavy trio with a lot of backing track, then came Bobby Wolfgang, who I think I was seeing for the first time under his own name- it had the same set up and muscular energy as Strange Bones, although musically it didn't especially hook me. As often, he was on the bill with Calva Louise, who I was catching for the first time in a while and energised me, although it seemed to be over far too quickly.
After work on Friday I headed over to Rough Trade East, where Stone were launching their album: there was over an hour of hanging around in the hot shop before they came on; they played the album all the way through, although it seemed somehow constrained, then when they finished off with a few old favourites, the atmosphere and energy shifted to another level. I was easily able to pop from there up to the Macbeth in Hoxton for another gig: I caught the last half of Pave*, a female-fronted group from somewhere up north, who were heavy with floaty vocals. I was there for The Velvet Hands, who played next and threw in a couple of new tunes.
On Saturday N & I travelled down to Twickenham to take advantage of a rare-opening of Alexander Pope's grotto: a tunnel he built from his riverside mansion to his gardens across the road and then studded with all kinds of rocks, now the only thing that survives of the property and nestled beneath a school. We checked out the gallery in what remained of Orleans House as well, then walked along the river back to Richmond where we had some lunch. I did a shop on my way home, then headed straight back out again to Newington Green, where a little jazz festival was being help, with stalls that seemed like a mixture of bouji market and a car boot sale. We met up with T&A and Tom J and chilled out in the sun on the grass, but went home again after about an hour as I had Family Zoomtime (moved to not clash with tomorrow's Euros Final).
After dinner I headed up to Signature Brew, Blackhorse Road, where there'd been a little music all-dayer going on: the main bands were playing in the cavernous brewery building but were interspersed with more acoustic-y acts playing outside, where the tables were bustling. I saw Archways, who played an earnest and musical indie, then the ubiquitous Laurie Wright, who played at twice his usual pace to fit everything in and it sounded great, Permanent Joy (FKA Blondes) were the least-Liverpudlian sounding band from Liverpool I've heard, they played a poignant indie with impressive singing voices but I was mainly there for headliners Sweet Unrest who managed to get a real vibe going.
I worked in the morning on Sunday, then N & I went down to Victoria Park, grabbed a streetfood lunch, then walked along the canal to Haggerston and caught the bus home from there. I cooked in the evening, starting to make use of the impressive crop of rhubarb that my plant had produced, and we hung our with a crossword.
After work on Friday I headed over to Rough Trade East, where Stone were launching their album: there was over an hour of hanging around in the hot shop before they came on; they played the album all the way through, although it seemed somehow constrained, then when they finished off with a few old favourites, the atmosphere and energy shifted to another level. I was easily able to pop from there up to the Macbeth in Hoxton for another gig: I caught the last half of Pave*, a female-fronted group from somewhere up north, who were heavy with floaty vocals. I was there for The Velvet Hands, who played next and threw in a couple of new tunes.
On Saturday N & I travelled down to Twickenham to take advantage of a rare-opening of Alexander Pope's grotto: a tunnel he built from his riverside mansion to his gardens across the road and then studded with all kinds of rocks, now the only thing that survives of the property and nestled beneath a school. We checked out the gallery in what remained of Orleans House as well, then walked along the river back to Richmond where we had some lunch. I did a shop on my way home, then headed straight back out again to Newington Green, where a little jazz festival was being help, with stalls that seemed like a mixture of bouji market and a car boot sale. We met up with T&A and Tom J and chilled out in the sun on the grass, but went home again after about an hour as I had Family Zoomtime (moved to not clash with tomorrow's Euros Final).
After dinner I headed up to Signature Brew, Blackhorse Road, where there'd been a little music all-dayer going on: the main bands were playing in the cavernous brewery building but were interspersed with more acoustic-y acts playing outside, where the tables were bustling. I saw Archways, who played an earnest and musical indie, then the ubiquitous Laurie Wright, who played at twice his usual pace to fit everything in and it sounded great, Permanent Joy (FKA Blondes) were the least-Liverpudlian sounding band from Liverpool I've heard, they played a poignant indie with impressive singing voices but I was mainly there for headliners Sweet Unrest who managed to get a real vibe going.
I worked in the morning on Sunday, then N & I went down to Victoria Park, grabbed a streetfood lunch, then walked along the canal to Haggerston and caught the bus home from there. I cooked in the evening, starting to make use of the impressive crop of rhubarb that my plant had produced, and we hung our with a crossword.
