It’s for helping you reach your musical climax safely
Hot Club de Paris @ Bodega Social 18/5/08
Tonight, The Bodega is empty. Walking into the bar, you suddenly feel a bit self conscious about how much noise you might be making. It’s pretty bad. Luckily, the reason for this seems to be that everyone is up stairs for the gig.
Arcade Fire - Nottingham Ice Arena- 31/10/2007
If the summer festivals in the UK were among Arcade Fire’s most triumphant gigs (with Glastonbury being the crowning moment) then tonight at the Nottingham Arena, it suddenly becomes clear just how much this band has grown- even since the start of the year. Here are thousands of people, many of whom are, naturally for an Arena gig, the sort who buy a couple of Best Ofs a year and believe cutting edge music to come from the Joe Whiley show, who have forked out £23 to see a Canadian collective of misfits slightly out of sync with modern popular culture.
The Bodega Ball
Tonight The Social are celebrating a change into The Bodega Social Club- a change which, incidentally, actually changes nothing but the sign outside the venue. No matter; any excuse for an all night party with a quality line up is a good enough one.
