• Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan, Brighton - 11 June 2008

    15 Jun 2008, 05:55 by nigeyb

    Wed 11 Jun – Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan

    I saw them last night at St Georges Church in Brighton - I was in the front row about five feet from the musicians. A really great gig in a fab venue. I have some top pics that I will upload to Flickr when I have a spare moment.

    Both their albums are good. The first is best but the new one is well worth a few quid of yer money.

    They're no Sonny and Cher, very little (if any) banter between them, and if anyone knows a man less at home at the front of a stage than Mark Lanegan, I'd like to see them.

    I am in danger of becoming a Lanegan obsessive. I will be getting along to the Gutter Twins gig in a few weeks. I think - for a bloke that stands very still and doesn't say a word - he has an amazing presence.

    There's some great music around with an Americana feel...

    in addition to the new Campbell/Lanegan album...

    there's the wonderful Bon Iver record...

    ...the Fleet Foxes album which is superb and every bit as good as I hoped...
  • Amazing Voice, Zero Charisma

    13 Jun 2008, 11:36 by Rowstar

    Mark Lanegan can come and read me bedtime stories any time he likes. Gravelly doesn't quite cut it as a description of his vocal talents - imagine a fist punching through warm treacle into broken glass and you will be close...

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