Thursday, 16 November 2023

Dinosaur Jr. at The Garage

Dinosaur Jr. 
Man On Man
The Garage, 15 November 2023 
Felt quite emotional seeing Dinosaur Jr. performing all of Where You Been to celebrate its 30th anniversary, an album that meant so much to me in my teen years. It was also amazing to see them in the intimate setting of The Garage again, as I saw them in this same venue on the Without A Sound tour back in the mid 90s and stood in the exact same spot in front of J.

Saturday, 11 November 2023

Sleater-Kinney at the Roundhouse

Sleater-Kinney
U.S. Girls
Black Belt Eagle Scout 
Roundhouse, 10 November 2023
A few months ago I decided to listen to Sleater-Kinney's back catalogue chronologically and, maybe as I hadn't listened to them in quite a while, was blown away at how good it was. I had fallen out of love with them a little when they changed direction on The Center Won't Hold and the beloved Janet Weiss left the band, but hearing just how fantastic those albums sounded convinced me I needed to go give them another chance and a last-minute ticket was purchased, and it turned out to be a very good decision indeed.