Foggy Notions presents PONYTAIL, Sep 10, Whelan's (1 Viewer)

[Unicron]

This was really good, glad I ran into some people on the way to the car from seeing Wildbirds and Peacedrums who convinced me to come in. I've never seen anyone look so happy to be on stage as the singer. The lot of them just lost in the joy of making a massive racket.

 

[coast to coast]

is she a lezzer? She didn't look old enough to be a lezzer. She looked 14, which is why I was shocked when she said one of the songs they played was from 2 and a half years ago - when she was 11. Some set of lungs on her - she can scream with the best of them.

Deadly though. Really enjoyed them. A little heavier than I expected them to be, but deadly.


Edit: heres a pic

It sounds terrible to say but she reminded me a little bit of yer wan from the Krankies because she was so small. That was a deadly gig.

I'd never heard of R.S.A.G. before - that was a pretty cool suprise. I'm not generally a fan of playing along to backing tracks but it worked quite a treat, especially the drumming on the metal piping. The Talking Heads comparison someone made up above is apt though I hadn't realised it til now. Also all the silhouettes in the video were wearing duffle-coats which made them look like mid-nineties Britpop band a bit.... that, I didn't like.

Ponytail were awesome I thought - like the theme song from Saved By The Bell played on a large hedron collider with loads of delay pedals. Possibly a bit of a one-trick-pony but its a deadly trick for the moment! Awesome.

Missed Vinnie Club cos of tartidity. Would like to see it/him/them some time.

 

[David Kronenbourg]

she looked like she was chanelling demons. sexy demons

 

[rettucs]

she looked like she was chanelling demons. sexy demons

'AWESOME' sexy demons

 

[David Kronenbourg]

i left my bastard jacket in whelans last night. they better not have given it to ponytail

 

[hermie]

Ponytail were incredible. Don't get the talking heads reference with regards RSAG but he was pretty good. Vinny Club was great fun aswell. Class night, thanks Foggy!

 

[rettucs]

Don't get the talking heads reference with regards RSAG but he was pretty good.

mostly the second last song

 

[coast to coast]

Ponytail were incredible. Don't get the talking heads reference with regards RSAG but he was pretty good. Vinny Club was great fun aswell. Class night, thanks Foggy!

The voice and kind of solidity of the constant rhythm and all the backing parts we made up of small simple parts put together. I didn't think it at the time (in fact I thought in parts it sounded like the second Kings Of Leon album except more shape-shifty and less straight down the line) but I do concur with the Talking Heads reference.

 

[psycho]

Don't get the talking heads reference with regards RSAG but he was pretty good.

Can't call myself a Talking Heads fan but everyone who heard R.S.A.G. has said to me there is TH elements in his music. One track in particular from the album called 'It Over' (which is in his current set list) sounds very like Mr.Byrne.

Anyhoo glad you enjoyed his set.

Keith

 

[rettucs]

From his myspace (http://www.myspace.com/rarelyseenaboveground)

Influences
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Fela Kuti
Talking Heads
The Stones (of course)
DJ Shadow
Beastie Boys
Led Zeppelin
Harry Nelson
Miles Davies
Jimi Hendrix
Neil Young
The Chemical Brothers
Orbital
No Means No
Fugazi
Radiohead
tom waits
captain beefheart
planxty

 

[nonemoreblack]

RSAG and the Vinnie Club were great.

I went along not knowing Ponytail and shouldn't think I'll miss them. Possbily the most annoying singer ever. I really don't get what they're doing. Great drummer though.

 

[spookeeeye]

They're playing Roisins tonight in Galway for free, sounds like it'll be worth a look.

 

[jimmybreeze]

They're playing Roisins tonight in Galway for free, sounds like it'll be worth a look.

Definitely!One of the finest bands fronted by a twelve year old boy on pills Iv ever seen.

 

[nialler9]

Wooooooo! Ponytail were awesome!

YouTube - Ponytail live in Whelans

 

[ilovehoovering]

the Vinny Warrior was cool.

YouTube - The Best 4 seconds EVER

 

[sparse]

Deadly gig, great lineup but I couldn't look at the singer from ponytail, I thought they were deadly and the singing was cool but those faces...gave me nightmares!

 

[Sweetie]

Deadly gig, great lineup but I couldn't look at the singer from ponytail, I thought they were deadly and the singing was cool but those faces...gave me nightmares!

it looked like she was copping a feel outside a teenage disco, not to be controversial or anything. That put me off. Wrong side of sexy (right side = suggested potential of sexual fun, wrong side = miming having sex on stage)

 

[rettucs]

it looked like she was copping a feel outside a teenage disco, not to be controversial or anything. That put me off. Wrong side of sexy (right side = suggested potential of sexual fun, wrong side = miming having sex on stage)

yep, it looked like she was doing her sex face alright. Though she won't be doing it for real til shes old enough. Another 6 or 7 years at a guess.

 

[David Kronenbourg]

yep, it looked like she was doing her sex face alright. Though she won't be doing it for real til shes old enough. Another 6 or 7 years at a guess.

she was giving socks on the dancefloor after the gig. no sex faces though

 

[sparse]

She looked like someone taking their first good solid dump after a bout of constipation!