Midnight Juggernauts

Although I had had my first actual UK gig at the end of September, Midnight Juggernauts on October 5th was more my first in that it was a band I really wanted to see- versus getting invited to see a band play. I had gone to the Cockpit at the end of September since I made some friends that were in a band and they invited me to the show. The show was really good but the type of music wasn't exactly my taste- they were a sort of pop-punk/Warped Tour style band. Really nice guys though.

So, I saw Midnight Juggernauts at The Mission which ended up being pretty close to where I live. I had seen them before at Coachella and they were really good. They're more of an electronic/indie/alternative band, hailing from Australia. The show was really good- the crowd was pretty into them and at the end of the set- I was able to get a setlist.

I ended up making a couple friends at the gig while Erol did a dj set.

Then the headliner, Late of the Pier, took the stage. I had only heard of them but I wanted to check them out since they're gaining a lot of popularity in the UK. They looked to be a relatively young band but their stage presence was incredible. The crowd went crazy for them. I had anticipated insane crowds as I've heard that crowds in the UK are worse than those in the States, but I didn't expect anything like that. There was a double barricade that had been in place at the beginning of the show. Granted, I could tell right away that it wouldn't be very good. But when Late of the Pier came on, the barricade basically came down and so all of the security personnel ended up holding the crowd back. It ended up being 10-15 personnel holding up the barricades.

Then last Monday, there was a media social for everyone involved in the student newspaper, tv station, and radio station so I went to that with a few of my friends. It started off at a pub on campus and then progressed to another one where they had a band do a set for us. The band was called, I Call Shotgun. They were a little dancey but nothing special necessarily. It ended up being a really fun night though. Since Leeds is so student oriented, there's always something to do, and there's always a lot of gigs. I ended up going to four gigs in five days last week. But I'll write more on the others later.

Perhaps since I've been to so many, and since all my friends have been sick for a while, I woke up with a cough on Sunday which just progressed to get worse. So, I'd like to get rid of it before it gets too bad as I'm starting to have some assignments and things due soon.

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