Citizensheep » gigs http://citizensheep.com/blog Michael Grimes lives in Birmingham (UK). This is his blog about anything that he fancies. Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:40:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Vetiver at the Hare and Hounds http://citizensheep.com/blog/2009/03/11/vetiver-at-the-hare-and-hounds/ http://citizensheep.com/blog/2009/03/11/vetiver-at-the-hare-and-hounds/#comments Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:05:35 +0000 Michael http://citizensheep.com/blog/?p=1014

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    • ]]>     I rarely go to gigs these days, but a couple of Fridays ago – on a whim – I joined Pete Ashton at the Hare and Hounds in Kings Heath to see a band I’d never heard of. It was a good whim.

    I’m not going to try and write a piece of music journalism because it would be disingenuous of me to pretend that I know anything about live music, and therefore unfair on the bands.

    I will say that the support act (who may have been The Winter League, but I’m not sure) were enjoyable; melodic, whimsical and a little melancholic, which fitted my mood at that moment.

    And I will also say that Vetiver – the main act – were, in my book, bloody great. :-)

    Vetiver at the Hare and Hounds in Kings Heath, Birmingham

    Vetiver at the Hare and Hounds in Kings Heath, Birmingham (photo by Pete Ashton)

    They have a distinctive country edge to their largely acoustic repertoire, and reminded me a little of The Shins (which, I now see, is probably not a coincidence).

    I notice that they’re playing at the SXSW music festival, so if you’re lucky enough to be going do check them out.

    If you’re a Spotify user you can listen to Vetiver here.

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