Comments on: Noah and the Whale – Glasgow Arches

By: extremelisteningmode

extremelisteningmode — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:03:10 +0000

ABC2 gets my vote too.

By: bertrand d'oyle carte

bertrand d'oyle carte — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:42:38 +0000

Best venue = ABC2.

By: extremelisteningmode

extremelisteningmode — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 00:05:05 +0000

You go on your own experiences. Maybe if I’d seen RFTC I could have forgave it (ONAROPEONAROPGOTMEHANGINGONAROPE!)

God, I miss them!

But yeah, my time in Glasgow, shithole.

By: Adrian Mole

Adrian Mole — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:35:25 +0000

I think NATW are a charming band live and I like about half the songs on the album, the rest being a bit uninspired in my humble opinion. 5 years is a fabulous little song, but is a bit on a league of its own compared to their other material.

As far as the Arches debate is concerned, I’ve read the comments with interest. I’ve only been to 2 gigs there and I don’t mind it. It’s far from being my fav glasgow venue but then we are spoilt for choice now. I’m going to a gig in the PrintWorks soon so it will be interesting to see what that is like as well.

and with that I will remove the piece of fence from my arse and go and get on with some work

By: Good god, man!

Good god, man! — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 10:00:44 +0000

I like them – they write lovely songs with squeeze box in them. Five year’s time was the ubiquitous song of summer 2008, if you listen to popular radio.

The arches sound has been up and down for me – Josh Rouse was awful, but Brendan Benson was pretty good, and the sound for Telelvision was not too shabby either. Each gig had a different set up in a different Arch. Maybe they are finally getting their act together, and figuring out what works and what doesn’t?

By: 2 Atoms

2 Atoms — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:05:11 +0000

#4 – why talk about a band you dont know anything about then?

they are a great band

By: bertrand d'oyle carte

bertrand d'oyle carte — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 08:40:13 +0000

Mostly had bad experiences sound wise, with the Josh Rouse gig mentioned being a real low: sh*** sound for that level of venue, awful. Best was Low when they palyed in the other Arch and the stage was side on…sounded wonderful.

As for the band no idea but the single was unmemorable.

By: Ronnie

Ronnie — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 21:58:09 +0000

The Arches can be both a great venue, and a terrible one. A few of my favourite gigs have been there: Rocket From The Crypt (featuring a fire-breathing Speedo, something he’d be unlikely to be allowed to do at King Tut’s), The Blackbyrds, and an embarrasingly empty Hamell On Trial gig.

I’ve also seen Placebo there, so it’s not all good.

By: extremelisteningmode

extremelisteningmode — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:45:28 +0000

I like them. They are unpretentious and they have delivered a good album. Not their fault they get airplay and others don’t.

By: Longman Oz

Longman Oz — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 12:38:46 +0000

I would be lukewarm at best towards these guys. Both Canada and the northern United States are pumping out much better alt folk bands by the barrelful…