Taffy, Blindness, Haiku Salut – The Wilmington Arms, Clerkenwell
I only went to see one band, and I had a triple treat. It’s nice when things turn out like that, isn’t it.
Taffy had come into my radio station to perform a set and then undertaken a UK tour to support their debut album, Caramel Sunset, which was out on Club AC30. I was chatting before the gig with the label owner who gave me a vinyl copy of the album, which was really nice of him. Taffy were flying back to Tokyo the next day so I was determined to make sure I caught them.
First support act was all-girl instrumental trio Haiku Salut, who played a great set of baroque pop songs and glitch beats. I’m not into the glitchy stuff so much, but the songs were great. It was also a great performance watching them make their songs. So good in fact, that I invited them into the station a few weeks later (and this is what they sounded like then, with all the lights on!)
Second support Blindness were a little bit darker and almost gothlike than music I’ve been listening to recently, but there was a fair amount of Garbage in there, and even lots of Curve. No real surprise as ex-Curve guitarist Debbie Smith was in the line up. I had a good chance to watch the band close up in a fairly small venue – and her guitarwork was superb.
And of course Taffy – a great blend of Britpop and fuzzed up shoegaze. They didn’t disappoint.
Yeah, took lots of video tonight. Wish the venue had bought some lights though. And wish my camera could deal with low light just a little better. Still, my non-video camera has a flash!
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Setlist:
- Sweet Violet
- Tune In A Jar
- Candy Lane
- HaaH
- He Was …
- So Long
- Indetermination
- Boys Don’t Cry
- In The Fields I Lay
- Flower Chain
Saturday 3 November 2012, 688 views
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Gigs
- Aggrasoppar – OY Brewery, Tórshavn
- International Pop Overthrow 2025
- Gigantic Indie All Dayer – Marble Factory, Bristol
- HMS Morris, Pictish Trail – Tŷ Pawb, Wrexham
- The Others – The 100 Club, Soho
- Stray Tracks: White Gates Band, Mystery Team, Basharan, SNM, Monumental – Pink Toothbrush, Rayleigh
- Franz Ferdinand, Master Peace, Great Leslie – Empire, Shepherd’s Bush
- Melys, Yr Anghysur – Neuadd Ogwen, Bethesda
- Ynys, Sybs, Lafant – Y Cwps, Aberystwyth
- Sultans of Ping FC – Saint Luke’s & The Winged Ox, Glasgow
- Franz Ferdinand, Permanent (Joy) – Grand Central Hall, Liverpool
- Half Happy, em koko – Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff
- My Life Story – The Quarry, Liverpool
- Melys, Osgled – Y Cwps, Aberystwyth
- They Might Be Giants – The Roundhouse, Chalk Farm
- Darling Buds, Simon Love and the Loves – 229, Great Portland Street, London
- Fightmilk, Tugboat Captain – Paper Dress Vintage, Hackney
- Bugeye, Lucky Number You – The Victoria, Birmingham
- Art Brut – The Castle & Falcon, Birmingham
- Sultans of Ping FC, Meryl Streek – The Ritz, Manchester
- Chroma, Baby Brave, Lila Zing – Tŷ Pawb, Wrexham
- Melin Melyn, Ynys, Pys Melyn – Town Hall, Llangollen
- Antarctic Monkeys – The Buttermarket, Shrewsbury
- Bloc Party – The Institute, Digbeth, Birmingham
- Urdd Gobaith Cymru: Achlysurol, HMS Morris, Llareggub Brass Band – Mathrafal Field, Meifod
- Echobelly, Camens – Live 45, Kidderminster
- Futureheads, Adult Play – Shrewsbury Castle, Shrewsbury
- Adwaith – Hare & Hounds, Birmingham
- Melys, Pys Melyn, Sophie Kilburn – Neuadd Ogwen, Bethesda
- Sea Power, Callum Easter – Town Hall, Birmingham
- Dydd Miwsig Cymru: Morgan Elwy, Tew Tew Tennau, Mynadd – Y Institwt, Llanfair Caereinion
- Bikini Beach Band – The White Hart, Stoke Newington
- Pacifica, House of Women – Academy 2, Islington
- Fonda 500, Bugeye, Hurtling, Colossus – Amersham Arms, New Cross
- Snow Coats, Toodles and the Hectic Pity – Signature Brew, Haggerston
- Snow Coats – Tunbridge Wells Forum
- Darling Buds, Keeley – The Thunderbolt, Bristol
- Fightmilk, Feeble Strength – Signature Brew, Haggerston
- Thousand Yard Stare – The Lexington, Islington
- Thousand Yard Stare – Prince Albert, Brighton
- Be Your Own Pet – Rough Trade East, Whitechapel
- Brian Butterfield – Bush Hall, Shepherd’s Bush
- Pulp – Apollo, Hammersmith
- Blur, Self Esteem – Wembley Stadium, Wembley
- Blur, Wu Lu – City Hall, Newcastle
- Salad, Repetitive John – Arts Club, West Hampstead, London
- Salad – The Hope and Ruin, Brighton
- The Others – The Garage, Highbury
- Fightmilk – Signature Brew, Haggerston
- Ynys, Gillie – The Victoria, Dalston
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