{"id":997,"date":"2011-02-20T21:36:33","date_gmt":"2011-02-20T21:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sleigh-munoz.co.uk\/quims\/gruff-rhys-y-niwl-kazimier-liverpool-180211\/"},"modified":"2011-10-30T21:07:19","modified_gmt":"2011-10-30T21:07:19","slug":"gruff-rhys-y-niwl-kazimier-liverpool-180211","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sleigh-munoz.co.uk\/quims\/2011\/02\/20\/gruff-rhys-y-niwl-kazimier-liverpool-180211\/","title":{"rendered":"Gruff Rhys & Y Niwl – Kazimier, Liverpool 18\/02\/11"},"content":{"rendered":"

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After 3 weeks of being indoors post eye surgery for a detached retina (It happens with age “Cheers!”) I was getting a little stir-crazy. Ive been in contact with Alun from ‘Y Niwl’ after meeting them at their 6Music session<\/a>. They play surf music so well, I thought they must be aficionados: “I’ve only got 2 Albums….” said Alun “..a Dick Dale one and The best of surf volume 2, I haven’t even got volume 1!” So I’ve acquainted him with The Treble Spankers<\/a>, The Phantom Surfers<\/a> and The Halibuts<\/a> as well as some more recent Dick Dale..hoping of course, that it wont taint their style.<\/p>\n

He kindly put me on the guest list ‘Plus 1’ for their Liverpool gig supporting and backing the Super Furry Animal that is Gruff Rhys<\/a>. My Niece and Nephew Hannah and Tom both went to Uni in Liverpool and have stayed on there post degree. Hannah’s man Dave has been on the Liverpool music scene for a while and was in charge of looking after me til gig time. We went to the Cavern<\/a> and walked around the Dock. Met up with Hannah and tried to get up to the top of the Anglican cathedral but we couldnt – the lift was out. Hannah headed for work and we had food gabbing about music all the time. His old band The Black Velvets<\/a> supported Motley Crew on a Japanese tour “we were treated like royalty”. Fingers crossed for his new band Seville<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Next stop Parr Street Studios<\/a> where Tom works producing bands. A sad state of affairs but they had to convert the downstairs into a bar to make it pay..a great bar with tonnes of atmosphere but when you see whats been recorded there (Bunnymen, Coldplay, Inspiral Carpets, Mighty Lemon Drops…etc.) it seems a shame. Tom was hard at work with an artist that was new to me but quite well know apparently<\/a>. He invited us in and we got to see the piano used on Coldplays Scientist<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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“They’re \u00a340,000 a piece” says Tom of the speakers mounted in the wall. I was more impressed by the old tape decks “It looks like the start of Joe 90”.<\/p>\n

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Hannah arrived and we went off to the gig. I used to take her to the Leeds Festival (first time in 2000<\/a> when she was 13 at which by coincidence, we saw the Super Furry Animals!) until she got too old\/cool to go with Uncle Bob. Tonight, I felt like a cool uncle again! The Kazimier <\/a>is a fantastic venue and only about 3 mins walk from her city centre pad. As we entered they were playing the theme from ‘Joe 90<\/a>‘ on the PA – wierd! We met Alun as we got in there but he was soon off to open up with Y Niwl.<\/p>\n

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What a band!\u00a0 I just love their sound. If you havent got their LP yet then do yourself a favour<\/a>. Their set was over far too quickly, but as they were also Gruffs backing band, I guess they’d be pretty tired by the end of the night.<\/p>\n

Gruff was in great form, a natural joker he just radiates good vibes. The crowd were all up for dancing and even had a Mexican wave going at one point. There was a surf board signed<\/a> as he’d promised on his website and lifejackets were donned and emergency exits pointed too at the end.<\/p>\n

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Hes been involved with so much of the music Ive loved over the last 15 years (I don’t think my SFA<\/a>‘s top ten would be the same on subsequent days) it felt so nice to be in an intimately small crowd of like-minded souls. His new stuff<\/a> came across really well.<\/p>\n

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We had a quick look round at the venue before saying bye to Al as he was packing up. Top bloke. Top gig. Top venue. Top company. Wonderful evening!<\/p>\n

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