haha i saw dillinja in LA a couple of months ago. not as good as i thought it'd be, but i dont know what i thought it'd be.

mc marsh Escribi�:

Going to see Air in Manchester tonight, yay! (just bumping the thread so I can find it tomorrow :P )

nice one! let us know how their new material works out live!

Air were very good last night. From the new album I reckon they played Space Maker (the first one they played), Once Upon a Time, Napalm Love, Mer du Japon (which sounds brilliant live) and Red Headed Girl (sounds better live but I'm still not a huge fan of the song).



Highlights for me were the brilliant Kelly Watch the Stars (went down very well with the crowd!), People in the City (the second half of the track was quite lively in places, then going calm again suddenly). There was a track they played which I didn't recognise, probably from The Virgin Suicides, which I don't have yet that worked pretty well.



There's a couple of negatives, the 'cute' vocals (like on Cherry Blossom Girl) don't always carry well live, especially when Nicolas (thats the blonde one right? :-// ) plays the familiar bass guitar. Run was a little low key for me, but I think they placed the emphasis on the tinkling baby sounds rather than the sudden 'baarrr' sounds I was hoping for would be really loud. Talisman sounded a little flat without the orchestra, but I suppose in a live show these elements can't always feature and its just a thought rather than a criticism.



The two fellas came out with the occasionally quirky comment between songs, Jean-Benoit (the black-haired one? - he played various synths during the show) said before Napalm Love "If you're with your girlfriend this evening now you should kiss her", before Run "This one has baby sound" and Nicolas said "Thank you very much" using the vocoder. He then went on to use it for KWTS, other than that he played the bass and acoustic guitars on every song. JB appeared to speak Engilsh better than Nicolas, Nic mainly said "merci beaucoup". Both of them were very humble throughout the show and appeared geniunely 'overcome' by the crowd's appreciation for the music.



The Frenchies did an awesome encore, starting with the beautiful Alone in Kyoto, then Sexy Boy and La Femme D'Argent. La Femme sounds impressive live, the build-up towards the end was a real hands-in-the air moment (no pun/sexual refernce intended!).



Good stuff, the first live show I've been to for aaaages! Really enjoyed it, even the support act, a very timid fella called Peter Van Heoit (or something similar) playing his guitar, some nice songs there.



Anyway, some pics:



Peter Van H







The French legends



















Sexy Boy (a bit blurred but you get the idea ;-) ).

Cool Marsh , thanks for that! I can imagine AIR is one of those bands that doesn't make the crowd explode but it must be beautiful to listen and look at. Cool review!

i'll be seeing air at summecase should be good.



have ed banger gig tomorrow with uffie and sebastian good way to celebrate st patricks day

Coachella coming up real quick.



Most excited to see: Red Hot Chili Peppers, RATM, Air, Soulwax

Marshy, thanks for the review bud!



Im glad to hear they're playing "Redhead Girl" on the new tour (even though i know you dont like it), its my favorite off of Pocket Symphony



Im really excited to see Air at Coachella, but I was really hopping to see them in a smaller venue. Just so happens they announced dates for an American tour last week and they're date for Chicago is at favorite venue. However, Ill be away on my trip out in Cali when they play. :'(

Bosco Escribi�:

Im really excited to see Air at Coachella, but I was really hopping to see them in a smaller venue. Just so happens they announced dates for an American tour last week and they're date for Chicago is at favorite venue. However, Ill be away on my trip out in Cali when they play. :'(

I saw them at Manchester Academy which was standing only, not sure how big (the size of a football pitch?) so yeah it worked well in a small venue. Reminded me (hoho) of seeing Royksopp in Sheffield Leadmill back in 2005. Shame you're gonna miss them in your home town! It would be interesting to hear how they sound at a large venue/open air stage though.



The new album's growing on me all the time, I think Mayfair Song's still my favourite but I really like Mer du Japon as well now :). Moon Safari is still a classic, every track they did from it got a good reaction.

Saw That1Guy earlier tonight. Fecking mad! 8)

have free tickets for plump dj's and my friend is promoting another gig tonite with kissy sell out/yuksek live. might just have a quiet nite and read over a some college exam notes

Soulwax/2manyDJs, tonight! 8)



w00t!

Bosco Escribi�:

Soulwax/2manyDJs, tonight! 8)



w00t!

Oh me, Oh My!



Soulwax (nite versions) is bloody brilliant!



I was overly impressed by their live performance. They sound better live, then on the album! They dont do any fancy visuals or lasers, just a back drop of the album art of the album "Nite Versions". It was almost like a rock show, they were jumpin on stage and everything. Tracks like "I love Techno" and "Accidents And Compliments" were NUTZ! And I really didnt care for either of those tracks when I heard them off the CD. Only down sides of the performance were, they didnt play "Compute" and the set was only an hour long.



Unfortunately, I couldnt stick around for the 2manyDj's set :( My ride was leaving at 1AM (the exact time Soulwax live set ended).



The supporting DJ's before them were alright. Twice, LCD Soundsystem's track "Get Innocuous!" was played . However, the second time round that it was played, it was mixed beatifully with a track I dont know the name of.



Other tracks played durring the night:



Justice- Phantom

Justice vs Simian- We Are Your Friends

Chemical Brothers- Let Forever Be

Daft Punk- Da Funk



O yeah, and there was this horrible australian solo supporting act called "Muscles" that was flat out terrible. All he did was sing over his trance synths on his keyboard, and had blaring beat that went nowhere.

That sounds wicked Boss!

I hope i can see them someday.

In fact , i did speak to them once in London.

I had no idea who they were , i just went to Erol Alkan to say it was a wicked set , and than they were there and we started talking in Dutch ( They are from belgium ) but i was so drunk that i had no idea.

Pretty funny. I was well excited afterwards X-D

But cool beans Bosco. Glad to see u had fun!

yeah that the thing with the soulwax support djs they overplay the same tracks in the same night i'm sure if you stuck around 2 many djs would of played do it again

Yeah indeed Thomas , good chance!

yeah all the main djs are playing it. friend was in fabric on friday heard ebw8.9 and do it again during the course of the eveing

Yeah, I bet they did play "do it again". And even though i dont like the track, it would be cool to have heard it.

Bosco Escribi�:

O yeah, and there was this horrible australian solo supporting act called "Muscles" that was flat out terrible. All he did was sing over his trance synths on his keyboard, and had blaring beat that went nowhere.

You know that catchy track feeling everyone has got for Do it Agian....well I have that for "Ice cream" from muscles, Triple j (radio station) loves it and it's over played but it's really catchy! But yeah I've visited he's myspace and everything seems too trashy or boring...Soulwax were out here recently so when they were in melbs they would have added him to the tour then. But yeah wouldn't want to see him live

Wow I'm gonna be ruined in the next few days there are 3 GREAT nights with great bands/DJs to come :



04/28 Das Glow + Modeselektor Live

04/30 Bobmo & Surkin + Sebastian + Kavinsky

05/03 Diplo + Switch + Low B + Sinden + Teki La Tex + Bobmo + Das Glow + Surkin

Ben_j Escribi�:

Wow I'm gonna be ruined in the next few days there are 3 GREAT nights with great bands/DJs to come :



04/28 Das Glow + Modeselektor Live

04/30 Bobmo & Surkin + Sebastian + Kavinsky

05/03 Diplo + Switch + Low B + Sinden + Teki La Tex + Bobmo + Das Glow + Surkin

you lucky bollox have to console myself with para one /surkin and kid koala next weekend