Post-Mascis, pre-BelFEST
I thought that J Mascis was great at Belfast Limelight last night - excellent guitar playing, some strong new material and classic Dinosaur tunes to keep everyone happy. Spotted in the crowd - Kevin Shields and Ryan Adams. Kevin was there because his brother Jimi was the support act and he didn't join in with Mascis's set as many had hoped. In fact the whole Shields family were there and were sitting right in front of me. I hadn't heard of Jimi Shields since the demise of his band Rollerskate Skinny, and now that he is back in business I'm tempted to upload an old interview I did with them (Weedbus 7 I think).
Tomorrow (or later today by the time I post this!) BelFEST kicks off. There are 16 bands playing for free at four venues on Wednesday 27. For more details check their website. It looks like we'll be doing something like this....
9pm Empire - Somedaysbetter, maybe watch a bit of Panda Kopanda
10.15 Katys - Go Commando, maybe catch a bit of Los Cabras
11.15 Auntie Annies - Kidd Dynamo
12.30 Limelight - Olympic Lifts
... and that's probably as much as I can manage!