Earworm

 The last band we saw was in April and it was Half Man Half Biscuit. They were great, although obviously I still haven't got "Joy Division Oven Gloves" out of my head. I hadn't seen the band since the early 90s despite owning several items of Dukla Prague! It was on the same day as we were at Cambridge's famous victory over Peterborough, so I wasn't that sober and we even sat through the first few songs in Junction 2 instead of Junction 1. Luckily the venues are next door to each other. The gig came off the back of them playing the John Peel Centre in Stowmarket the night before, which shows the type of cult rather than mainstream appeal that they enjoy. The band were formed in Birkenhead in 1984, and despite a short hiatus in the 1990s,  have remained active ever since with a core line up of Nigel Blackwell (guitar and vocals); Neil Crossley (bass); Ken Hancock (drums) and Carl Henry (guitar). The band are pretty unique and most of their lyrics are typically ...

Let's kick the blog off with Fontaines DC. When I first heard Fontaines, I was taken with them from the off, especially 'Boys in the Better Land'. I was probably a bit late to the party as I really only got into them last year when Skinty Fia came out. It was also one of the sound tracks to our trip to Dublin, which included our usual trip to a Bohs game. A team that they had the names on the kit of the season before. Needless to say the music on the tannoy was one of the highlights of trip as Bohs lost to Derry. Still it was a good game. We followed up by going to see them in concert in London in November. It was the first time I'd been to a gig in years and it was great fun, so I can really say that they have become one of my favourite bands of all time. Fontaines D.C. (stylized as Fontaines DC) is a post-punk/indie rock band from Dublin, Ireland. The band consists of Grian Chatten on vocals, Conor Deegan III on bass guitar, Carlos O'Connell on guitar, Conor Curle...