I haven't done much writing about music lately, so here's to a new Category on Skip The Budgie: REVIEWS! Anyone who's read my other site, Slave to the Music will know that I do this a lot, but I decide grudgingly to go on with just the one main web site, thank you very much. All those reviews will come over here one day, when I have Full Control over Skip. It was all fun and taught me a lot about PHP and web pages at a time when I was sad and lonely, but that's all over now. So on with the 'reviewing', heh.
As it was my birthday last Friday, I have a Birthday Week of gigs and drunkenness. Four gigs, a party and a romantic night in make for a pretty good week I think, even if it does mean I'll be pretty sleepy in the Awake Times. On Monday Geisha are stunning again. Playing to about 8 people in a tiny pub (the Junction) they give it their all and play a couple of new songs. I'm told they did five songs in the 40 minutes or so that they played, a band after my own heart. At one point, there is a Mars Volta-esque prog-psychedelic guitar solo with Geisha noise breaks and yes, it is awesome. I can't wait for the album, I just hope they manage to get it recorded well.
I avoid Hunting Lodge. I don't understand the noise they make, the bass has no bass, there is no midrange guitar, apparently (I'm told because I was outside) they don't play the noise-disco songs they used to anymore. Not that I'd like those either. It's just not metal enough for me.
Noxagt are very young and play instrumental metal, not as polished as it could but my scepticism is drowned out as I get caught up in the riffs and the music. It could be the alcohol, but they certainly have enough energy, some good hooks and narrative to keep me interested. Mostly though, I just think that they are very young.