dinosaur jr _08/6/2005_london, the forum **** bands like this aren't supposed to sound this heavy live, you expect them to meander and faulter at the last hurdle, or as it's the original dino line up, maybe wind each other up too much to actually pull it together. there's no getting away from the fact that macis is the sort of guitar player that will leave you in awe and that's a good job. the forum is like a set from 80's classic 'escape from new york'. the stage show is non existant save for a few spotlights that ocasionally blind audience members. this aside, if you'd wanted a stage show you would have gone to see motley crue. dinosaur have a handfull of amps and that's it. macis is the only member that moves, hair swaying like a sail in a storm while stamping on distortion and wah wah's oblivious to the masses infront of him. there's still room for dinosaur even though many would consider them a thing of the past. this date was only supposed to be a one off yet they're playing here again tomorrow. obviously there's more life in them yet. kasabian_24/6/2005_bristol carling acadamy ***** it's an early start as they're swanning off to glastonburry first thing in the morning and even rockstar's need all the sleep they can get before they rough it at a festival. having been away for the last couple of months or so, there's no time for the processed beats of a band that have gotten bored with touring. as if they were orphans of a manchester scene that died 10yrs ago, kasabian have taken all the elements that made their forefathers great and reinvented it adding a freshness that febreeze would love to patent and flog to aspiring wannabee's. none of the manc bands were ever this good live. even ian brown who still puts out clever records can't pull it off live. tom meighan may look like he's off his tit's sacfiricing his ability to sing all for the sake of having a great time but he can still deliver the goods. vocals are often the first thing to suffer in the live scenario but not here. he's having a good time and so are we. a new tune played called 'the stunt man' proves that record number one was no fluke. go see this band before the only places they're playing are soulless arena's jammed full of kev's wearing pub shoe's terror_27/6/2005_ponty muni arts centre **** the chance to see real hardcore doesn't come often. the chance to see it where people are hungry for it even rarer. so only doing 4 dates in the uk means that your privaliged to see terror. lets face it, terror aren't the abismal 'my chemical romance' so are never going to be a huge crowd puller even in most major cities. a lot of people travelled to this show, not just the band and from the outcome, everyone was happy to. 4 local(ish) support bands meant you made sure you had your monies worth but with no disrespect, they weren't needed. terror were blinding. tight, heavy and savagely brutal. 'this is your stage' announced karl vogal the moment he stept onto it. no other invitations were needed. security gaurds that were minutes before hand quite happy to make their presence known, fled like veggies at a spit roast. the arts centre was desimated. all the 'hits' were played and then some. finch_29/6/2005_bristol carling acadamy *** desperately average is tonights show. 'say hello to sunshine' isn't a bad record, it's certainly better than their first but live finch are just another emo band and they'd hate that. pint sized describes not only their size but also the enthusiasm they play with. nate barcalow should see someone about getting a stage personality, yes he runs up and down like a 5yr old who's just seen iron maidens 'live after death' video but he also alienates himself from the audience as he doesn't interact with them and by no means is he cool enough to do that. aloof or just shy, whichever it is it's not enthrawling. take that and the fact they took a meat cleaver to faith no more's 'the gentle art of making enemies' and butchered it unremoresfully makes tonight's show a missable event.   up coming tours worth checking out if you can .................................. mastodon_ raging speedhorn / winnebago deal mean fiddler london 11/08/2005 death from above 1979 _ mean fiddler london 23/08/2005 mudhoney_ koko london 16/09/2005 , 17/09/2005 motorhead_in flames 30/10/05 Bristol Colston Hall 31/10/05 Ipswich Regent Hall 1/11/05 Nottingham Rock City 3/11/05 Cardiff University 4/11/05 Sheffield City Hall 5/11/05 Manchester Apollo 7/11/05 Glasgow Academy 8/11/05 Liverpool University 10/11/05 Birmingham Academy 11/11/05 Newcastle City Hall 12/11/05 Bradford St Georges 14/11/05 Leicester De Montfort 15/11/05 Oxford New Theatre 16/11/05 Norwich UEA 18/11/05 Folkestone Leas Cliff Hall 19/11/05 London Brixton Acad 20/11/05 Cambridge Corn Ex 22/11/05 Plymouth Pavilions 23/11/05 Southampton Guildhall trivium_all that remains 10/09/05 leeds cockpit 11/09/05 oxford zodiac 12/09/05 brighton concorde 13/09/05 newport tj's 15/09/05 manchester acadamey 16/09/05 glasgow king tuts 17/09/05 stoke sugarmill 18/09/05 london mean fidler 19/09/05 wolverhampt wulfrun hall 20/09/05 colchester arts centre 22/09/05 belfast limelight 23/09/05 dublin music centre 24/09/05 liverpool acadamey2 25/09/05 notingham rock city 27/09/05 portsmouth wedgewood