Passenger 28/10/2013

Passenger- Concorde 2, Brighton
Thursday 17th October 2013

Photo: Jon-Southcoasting

 To start off, what a LAD. Yes, lad. A lot of interaction with the audience, stories were told, laughs all around, tears were shed; what a beautiful performance given by Passenger AKA Mike Rosenberg. After hearing 'Let Her Go' months before, I could not let go (you should be used to my punniness) of Mr Rosenberg's sold out homecoming gig. Most songs created a pin drop silence, captivating every single person in the room. No backing track used, no backing track required honestly; him and his guitar was enough. Incredible voice and extremely talented musician.

Support Acts
Stu Larsen - Talented man, Passenger's friend and an Aussie!

Bonus: Passenger covered my all-time favourite song: Sound of Silence- Simon & Garfunkel and it was mesmerising.

Two Door Cinema Club 08/02/2013

Two Door Cinema Club - O2 Academy, Brixton,
Saturday 8th February 2013 

Photo: Tom Griffiths

The crowd already pumped from the support acts, on came the Irish trio. Opening with the first (and fave) song from their latest album 'Sleep Alone' surely kept the crowd ready for the rest of the night. The indie band Two Door Cinema Club kept a constant 90 minute dancy and purely energetic set.

Around half way through the act, Alex Trimble (the ginger lead) came onto stage with a cuppa claiming he was losing his voice - later found out this was due to a throat infection- however, we could not tell. Trimble' voice was on pitch through out the whole gig. 

It was perfect. In this sense, I was dissapointed overall with their performance as it was a complete replicate of their two albums. Very little improvisation.  

I'm writing this in a hurry. I will get back to it when I have the time sorry

King Charles 27/09/2012

King Charles - Koko, London
Thursday 27th September 2012

Photo: http://www.clashmusic.com

I first heard about Charles Costa - King Charles- in the summer when Mumford & Sons had featured in his first chart single 'The Brightest Lights' . I immediately became obsessed with his odd eccentric ways and when I found out he was doing a headlining gig relatively close to me, I did not hesitate to purchase the bargain tickets. (£15!!!)

 

The small venue, KoKo, sure was packed to its fullest capacity- being a sold out gig was no joke with the heat slowly becoming too much. The audience consisted of hardcore fans wearing the King’s infamous moustache (like me), silent spectators,stumbling late teens/early 20’s and hipster boys all pumped for the royal arrival of King Charles.

Lights glaring on to him, fog and the outline of his turban of dreadlocks is all I could see before he picked up his guitar (one the many instruments he can play). Being a huge fan of the King, I was not disappointed by the intensity of the set-list.  “Mr Flick” - a funky yet unexpected song to start with set the tone of the entire night- creating a fun, psychedelic atmosphere. He appeared humbled by the audience with quite a few praises thrown towards us. Tremendous guitar solos, incredible stage presence and songs that I adore; Needless to say, it was a fabulous gig.

Support Acts
We Were Evergreen http://www.musicwwe.com/

Set list:

1. Bam Bam
2. Lady Percy
3. LoveBlood
4. The Brightest Lights
5. Polar Bear
6. Mood Mind
7. Mississippi Isabel
8. Beating Hearts
9. Love Lust
10. Ivory Road
11. Love Is The Cure
12. Coco Chitty
13. Wilde Love
14. We Didn't Start The Fire