The fall of awesome gigs

And by fall I am referring to the season rather than the demise, as it could appear in my heading. This fall, or autumn if you wish, is going to be so blooming amazing gig-wise. Actually - can we call it fall already? It is in Edinburgh anyway, feels like friggin November just now, so I'll go ahead and call it fall already - I've just been to see Modest Mouse at the Picture House this Sunday, and it was fantastic!!! Just like I knew it would be. I saw them at the Quart Festival in Norway 2004 - this festival holds a special place in my heart as it was the first one I ever went to, was only 17 years old, saw the likes of Modest Mouse, Morrissey, Keane, Bigbang, Alicia Keys... All for the first time! - and I thought the Modest Mouse gig was the most awesome things I'd ever experienced, from that moment on I was a hard-core fan. But this gig was even better, if you can believe it. Might be because of their 2007 album We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank, which is such a great album. If you want to get like an introduction to Modest Mouse; Modest Mouse for dummies if you will; check out Good News for People Who Love Bad News And the aforementioned We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank. Anyway, I'll post some tunes under here for you to get down to - read, listen and weep!









Next weekend, the 10th of September, I am actually going with Kristin to see Muse at Wembley. Yes, I've seen them like thrice before, but this is Wembley. This is huge. I'm not crazy about their last album, but there's a couple (litterally) of amazing tracks on there. See below.





The next gig I'm going to is Grinderman - can anyone imagine how excited I am about that? I mean, I saw Nick Cave with a Bad Seed at the Picture House last year after he released the Death of Bunny Munro (hilarious book, I recommend it) and it might very well be the most breathtaking experience of my life... He was just reading from his book, talking to the audience, we were in like the second row and he was SO close - and when he sat down with his piano and sang Into My Arms, I wept like a child - it's the most beautiful song I know in the whole world, and I hadn't dared hope he'd sing it. But he did. And it was magical. Oh my god. So obviously this won't be as awsome as that, but I have a sneaky feeling it might be pretty close. I'm not as familiar with Grinderman as I am with the Bad Seeds, so am gonna spend some time getting into them before the date, which is the 28th of September if my memory serves me right. I'll post the one I know and love:




After Grinderman I am actually going to see the brilliant Sivert Høyem in Glasgow with my mum. That should be something - he's such a fantastic singer, obviously best known from Madrugada, one of my favourite Norwegian bands which unfortunately no longer exists. I'll be honest, I've not paid a lot of attention to his solo career, but I know what his voice is like and what it can do to my heart and soul, and that's enough. Also, he's like one of the sexiest men on earth, which doesn't hurt.







Finally, there's the band I retardedly missed in BODØ of all places last year - the Manic Street Preachers. They were playing in my home town in Norway, and I was just soooo drunk I went home with my friends and drank some more. Obviously the first thing I did when I got back to Edinburgh was keep a keen eye out for an MSP-gig so that I could make up for this ridiculous mistake. And finally the long awaited e-mail update from Gigsinscotland popped up in my inbox - they were playing Glasgow AND Edinburgh! However, just to flaunt my undying dedication to, well, the music, I bought tickets for the SECC in Glasgow as the Corn Exchange in Edinburgh is the SHITTEST concert venue ever. I can NOT wait, I just hope I can find someone to go with me! I bought two tickets obviously. But hey, if I have to go alone, I will:)









Ok, that's all folks... I don't blame you for feeling slightly jealous :)