Rock Your Socks - by Tenacious D

First time i heard this song i was in a Computer Science lecture at Durham University.
I was sneakily listening to this album with one earpiece in. I had gotten most of the way through the album during the lecture, managing to not laugh out loud and give away my sneaky operation, and then this song came on and i lost it. I just burst out laughing. (Probably at the word 'chest'…)

Well, it was either this song or Karate Schnitzel… "Who ate my f***ing schnitzel?"

Either way, I got singled out…

Thu 27 Oct – Scroobius Pip

Great gig!
Wasn't really a massive fan before this show but i really enjoyed it.
Unfortunately the laptop they were using for backing tracks cut out mid-show, but Pip did some spoken word pieces instead of the planned songs and tbh that's what made it a great, unique show!

B.Dolan was brilliant too, i've listened to a few more of his tracks since this gig. Great artist.

Mon 17 Oct – City and Colour

Brilliant gig, especially 'Coming Home' and 'Sleeping Sickness'.
Dring one of the slower songs, Dallas Green asked everyone to put their phones down and stop the recording the gig just for that one song to 'experience gigs like we used to'. I thought this was really nice and you could almost feel everyone experiencing the music he was playing!
I know that doesn't really make much sense, but that's what it was like!
I liked that he played a lot of the songs as a full band, a la his latest record 'Little…

Mon 10 Oct – Kids In Glass Houses, Save Your Breath, Francesqa, Blitz Kids

As i was not a massive fan of KiGH (I liked some songs, namely 'Gimme What I Want') I didn't really know what to expect from this gig.
Managed to catch the last few songs of the last support act, Francesqa, who i'd seen before. Unfortunately they had already played, or didn't play at all, the one song of theirs that i knew, 'Ghosts'.
KiGH came on and the lead singer to me looked like he could have been the identical twin of the guy from…

Thursday 22nd September 2011 – The Wonder Years, Valencia, Such Gold - Manchester Academy

Me and my mate Gaz arrived apart half way through the Valencia set (Unfortunately we missed Such Gold, shame!) and stood near the back of the venue. Valencia were really good, getting the crowd involved and even bringing Soupy from The Wonder Years on during the last song 'The Space Between' to sing with them. Great performance that made me listen to more of the band when i got home after the event!

The Wonder Years were amazing. At the point of me seeing them on…

Fri 15 Jul – Man Overboard

This was the first small-ish underground-ish Punk gig i ever went to, and it was brilliant!
I'd say there were about 30 people in the crowd, and everyone knew the words to every song. It was obvious that everyone there was part of a solid Manchester fanbase that had formed for this band on this side of the Atlantic.

The one part of the gig that stands out for me is the last song, 'Love Your Friends, Die Laughing'. The singer, Zac, managed to sing the first line of the song ("Well the night…

Wed 24 Aug – Taking Back Sunday

This was the first time i saw the band with their original (for lack of a better word) lineup, i.e. with John Nolan returning to the band on backing vocals and guitar …and it was amazing.
During the second to last song ('You're So Last Summer', i think…) Adam Lazzara jumped off the stage and ran around the whole venue, whilst singing, before standing on the Sound Engineer's desk near the back of the room to finish the song.
At this point, my friend Gary grins and says to me "If he starts…