2010-11-20 Brixton Academy, London

[Dirty Saint]

Originally Posted by vacant

I was impressed too. Few too many dickheads who'd spent the night on the lager and disco biscuits (saw one guy with a huge bag full of 'em getting chucked out the bogs) but the show was great. Would have been nice to hear Pearls Girl in the encore, but no complaints with the rest of the set list. Cowgirl and Moaner in particular fucking had it!

Exactly this

[Dirty Saint]

More detailed review

Firstly the support...Appleblim...oh dear
Silver Colums - too bloody loud...was soooo distorted could not make head or tail or most of it ;(
Underworld...we got great spot around 4 rows from front, smack in middle but once Downpipe dropped the whole area packed out with drunk/drugged out idiots who thought that pushing everyone was a cool idea...I like a could jump around but to the extent where I risk being bundled to the ground aint funny.

Moved back to around half way back where it was a bit more civilized

Great set list though...best ever versions of King of the Snake / Moaner I have heard...really enjoyed the ripped up intro to Born Slippy..& special mention to the encore of Dirty Epic

So in summary..support shocking, 'disco biscuit' brigade' ruined the start but set list more than made up for it

[jose m]

"the whole area packed out with drunk/drugged out idiots"


So in summary..support shocking, 'disco biscuit' brigade' ruined the start but set list more than made up for it[/QUOTE]



i'm proud to be one of the "disco biscuit" brigade.
without us the atmosphere would be shit.
rave on !

[froopy seal]

Originally Posted by jose m

i'm proud to be one of the "disco biscuit" brigade.
without us the atmosphere would be shit.
rave on !

All nice and well, but next time keep those half-naked, sweaty, rubbing, viking friends of yours at HMH Amsterdam in check.

Also, please do .

[wooter]

Originally Posted by jose m

i'm proud to be one of the "disco biscuit" brigade.
without us the atmosphere would be shit.
rave on !

Pushing your way through the crowd, not giving fuck or respecting other people, is no atmosphere.

The whole place was dancing. Only the drugged three fucks in the front thought they were at a mosh pit. And as far as I could see, the vibe of rest of the place was not influenced by the atmosphere created by drugfucks in the front. A lot of angry faces from people who were trying to have a good time without being pushed around, yeah...

Most fun I ever had was when one of those nuts decided to crowdsurf, and I threw him face first down the front stage. Double win, since crowdsurfers were gladly escorted outside, without reentering.

Back to the gig: the playlist is boring if you have heard it multiple times, but Downpipe-ALAF-NuTrain-Scribble is a great opener. Bird 1 is the start of what I'd call "the break", with Diamond Jigsaw having the same vibe. And the place goes mental with Cowgirl-Rez, KoS and Nuxx. Dirty Epic is then a bit mellower to end with the Moaner bang.

But if you then listen their older live work... So much better, because it is much more fluent and not just "tracks from an album" but whatever Rick cooked up in his studio. I still miss nuxx at Glasto in 1998-1999ish, where the buildup was phenomenal and new for a track that has been played to death.

[jose m]

Originally Posted by wooter

Most fun I ever had was when one of those nuts decided to crowdsurf, and I threw him face first down the front stage. Double win, since crowdsurfers were gladly escorted outside, without reentering.

listen to yourself

[wooter]

Originally Posted by jose m

listen to yourself

Getting some crowdsurfer's boots in my neck is not what I consider a great atmosphere at a concert.

But, alas, this was a long time ago, not at an Underworld gig, and not in Brixton. It was even after my pressure that we ended up seeing Underworld there after I had seen Orbital last year in Brixton and enjoyed it.

I'm ok when it comes to push and shove with my 6'1", but please think about the people who are not as tall and big. I'm also pretty sure that you're not one of the idiots who was ruining it for others in Brixton. Like I said: in the front you only had a few asses who were pushing and shoving because they wanted to be noticed by Karl. Normally these people leave after a song or two because they are tired, spilled their drinks or lost their biscuits, but for the rest of us it means we couldn't enjoy the song as much as mr. disco biscuit did.

[whatmakesustick]

Enjoyed the gig as usual, obviously very similar to the iTunes and Forum gigs in terms of setlist. Still can't get my head around the fact that I knew what was coming next....but that aside, I thought there was great energy from the stage and from the crowd.

I think some of the new stuff came across reall well (ALAF, Scribble, Between Stars), but Bird1 and Diamond Jigsaw not as well. Bird1 is a bit moody compared to the rest of the set that is more uplifting - I do love the tune but when its live, I kind of get the feeling it does not go anywhere (and those 'syth plops' hurt my ears!!). Although Stumpet came acorss great at Brixton a couple of years ago...

Was great to hear Dirty Epic but its obviously not part of the 'standard' set as the visuals (screen) were re-used from the Oblivian tour and the lights were not doing much. Great versions of the classics KoS, BS, TMO. Dark (Nu?) Train. I do love the now shortened version of TMO.

Not sure why the gig needed to be a late one (the support did not justify the 4hours of waiting!)...but maybe I am just getting old!

I have to say, I think Downpipe has been a great opening tune on this tour, really kicks the gig of at a great tempo and grabs everyones attention from the beginning.

My colelction of thoughts seems to be in a random order! Anyway, great gig, great venue, great energy

[razorpilot]

Having got in to the Academy at about 10.45pm, we managed to find a lot of space at the front just to the right hand side of centre stage. I thought Sliver Columns and Applebim weren't too bad actually.
As midnight approached, it got a bit busier around us but not mobbed and no spaced out dickheads at all, just a group of Italians who were just slightly annoying.

Anyway, I thought the gig was just simply awesome. Had lower expectations than previous gigs because knew what they were going to play next, but I was blown away, much more than at the iTunes gig.
I agree completely with whatmakesustick about Bird1, and Diamond Jigsaw is not my favourite, but others around us seemed to really enjoy it.
Had the hairs on the back of my neck stand up when Dirty Epic started, but just wished they had enough time to squeeze in Pearl's Girl as a final encore.

Really looking forward to heading up to Manchester on Thursday! Bring it on!!

[mel]

I had been looking forward to this gig since i bought the tickets - as soon as they came out. I fuckin live for underworld. Got turned away at the door. absolutely fucking gutted