Paul Carroll
@supertrain
Deliberative and qualitative social researcher. Northerner in London. Gigs, Liverpool FC, Dulwich Hamlet, some other stuff
Sugar are back together, so of course I went to see them. Fucking loud. Opening with the first three off Copper Blue - an album-opening trio to rival The Stone Roses and Nevermind - was so good. Also, loud. Loud enough to drown out the ever-growing plague of gig-chatterers
After the sad show at Union Chapel earlier this year, tonight’s show was as good as I’ve ever seen Shack
Radiohead can get in the bin. If your approach to fairness and being good to fans results in this, you’re saying this stuff as window dressing, lads
They may be given some temporary accommodation in some of our crappest hotels while they get themselves on their feet in a new country, but they’ll never take our zebra crossings!
Kim Deal was, as so often, tremendous at the Roundhouse tonight. The new album works brilliantly live and the old classics stand the test of time. Lovely touch having Dave Grohl turn up for Gigantic
Let’s see if Folkestone Invicta can do it on a chilly Tuesday night under the lights at the Hill
characters most susceptible to the One Ring who would be destroyed and twisted beyond recognition the most quickly
Not exactly breaking news but the Quayside remains one of England’s great city views…
Real Estate still got that jangle. Still a bit tune-deficient. Lovely venue
I’ll take this score, but reject the comparison. Although will happily start inventing new words
The Third Sound. A bit shoegaze, a bit motorik. Like a delay pedal or two. Very very good