Bitter Fingers
A blog about popular song by Mark Higgins.
Archive for the ‘Live Music’ Category
YELLE live at Electrowerkz, London 26th March 2011
In: Live Music| New Music
27 Mar 2011Last night, I ventured into the wilds of East London to take in a concert by YELLE, a band who need little introduction to regular readers of this publication.
They’re currently halfway through a tour supporting Katy Perry, and as such this tiny headline gig, technically at a club night and supported by about eight million [...]
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- Tags: Electrowerkz, London, Tiger Love, yelle
Some spurious BRIT Awards 2011 predictions
In: Awards| Live Music| New Music
14 Jan 2011Every year, those lovable scamps in the British Phonographic Industry put their heads together pick out some musicians that they think have made very good music in the previous year. That in a nutshell is what the 2011 BRIT Awards are all about. Don’t listen to anyone who says it’s more complex than that.
Because I [...]
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- Tags: Alexandra Burke, Alicia Keys, Arcade Fire, biffy clyro, Bruce Springsteen, Bruno Mars, Cee-Lo Green, Cheryl Cole, David Guetta, ellie goulding, Eminem, florence and the machine, Glee Cast, gorillaz, Justin Bieber, Kanye West, Katy Perry, Kings of Leon, Kylie Minogue, laura marling, Mark Ronson, Mat Cardle, mumford & sons, Olly Murs, Paloma Faith, Paul Weller, Pitbill, Plan B, Rihanna, Robert Plant, robyn, Rumer, Scouting For Girls, Taio Cruz, Take That, The Black Eyed Peas, The National, The Script, The Temper Trap, The Wanted, The XX, Tinie Tempah, vampire weekend
DJ Set at Solipsistic Pop 3 Launch Party
In: DJ| Live Music
20 Oct 2010It gives me great pleasure to announce that I will be playing some records and attempting to make people dance (sometimes known as “DJing”) at the Solipsistic Pop 3 launch party next month. Holler!
The event to launch the latest edition of the comics anthology will take place at The Black Heart in Camden, London on November [...]
Scissor Sisters – Any Which Way
In: Live Music| Music Video
26 Aug 2010Scissor Sisters – Any Which Way (Youtube)
If you’re anything like me (and let’s hope for a second that you’re really not, or you’ll be posting blogs about music videos every five bloody minutes too), then you’ll have found the first release from the very excellent new Scissor Sisters album Night Work a bit pedestrian. Fire [...]
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Snow Patrol live at the Royal Albert Hall, London
In: Live Music
26 Nov 2009So on Monday I popped down to the Albert Hall for a gig. Yes! The Royal Albert Hall! Me! It’s enough to get anyone excited, even if they’re going to see Snow Patrol.
Yes, admittedly they’re not the coolest band in the world, but I like them. They’ve got the same sort of label the Manic [...]
Mew live at O2 Shepherds Bush Empire, London
In: Live Music
12 Nov 2009On Tuesday 10th November, I popped down to the Shepherd’s Bush Empire (or rather, the O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire as it now is) to see Mew for the fifth time as a headlining band. my gig companion for the evening was the rather marvellous writer and friend Shreena Soomarah. As you might have guessed, I’m [...]
Everything Everything live at the ICA, London
In: Live Music
5 Nov 2009Last night I popped along to the ICA in London, one of my favourite venues, to see Everything Everything live in concert. I was rather excited, having got a ticket last minute. I’ve written about them twice before, given that they’re one of the stand-out bands of the year for me.
First on the bill however [...]
Los Campesinos! live at the Garage, London
In: Live Music
29 Oct 2009Last night I went to see Los Campesinos! at The Garage, here in London. My gig companions were the erstwhile Kieron Gillen and the awful Matthew Sheret, the latter describing the night as “a stag night for terribly awkward boys”. He wasn’t far wrong.
But first, the Garage. It’s a nice enough venue, apparently redone from [...]
The Cribs – Cheat On Me
In: Live Music| Music Video
4 Sep 2009The Cribs – Cheat On Me (Live at BBC Radio 1) (Youtube)
I can’t have been the only one somewhat surprised when Johnny Marr, formerly of The Smiths and one of my favourite guitarists not only started playing with The Cribs, but joined Wakefield’s finest as a permanent member. He appears on their upcoming album Ignore [...]
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Florence and the Machine – Drumming Song
In: Live Music
4 Aug 2009Florence and the Machine – Drumming Song (Live) (Youtube)
This post originally featured the music video for Drumming Song, but as that’s been removed from Youtube you can have this lovely live version from Glastonbury instead.
I’ve been a fan of Florence and the Machine, or “FloMac” as no-one but me calls them, for some time now. [...]
Welcome to Bitter Fingers - a blog about popular song. Written by the hand of Mark Higgins, it serves up the very finest in new music, radio shows, spurious comment and #1 jams.
- Peter: My favourite is M.A.G.I.C. by The Sound of Arrow. Makes feel like a child again. http://www.youtube. [...]
- Grace: What about Nick Drake?? [...]
- Gareth: In fact there's so much magic involved I got the title a bit wrong. [...]
- Gareth: It's a Kind of Magic is the best song about magic. [...]
- The Internet Garbage: I like this! It's really good - definitely a "Saturday morning jam" as you say. And the video is fun [...]
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