Sat 17 Mar – The Arcade Fire, Electrelane

Oh my god, that was fucking crazy amazing sick so good!

Electrelane were pretty fine as a support, had some tunes i really oughta check out.
The Arcade Fire had a mass of instruments, the entire stage was filled with amps, keyboards, and a pipe organ!
when the 10 musicians came onto the stage there was a total buzz. they opened with Keep the Car Running, which was really energetic and a good opener. Then came No Cars Go, which was just, immense, it's my favourite from the new album and live was so good. The first track from funeral then followed, Haiti, which was a lot louder and less calm than on the album, but regine was great as the singer and really put energy into it.
Then they play four tracks from Neon Bible, Black Mirror, Black Waves/Bad Vibrations,Windowsill (which i really enjoyed) and Ocean of Noise. Then came Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels), which was amazing as well. The Well and the Lighthouse was very energetic, but nothing could have prepared me for the liquid craving combination of Neighborhood #3 (Power Out), followed by Rebellion (Lies). It was so mad up front, during power out i witnessed someone standing still just screaming. it was truly spectacular. Set closer Intervention, made use of the pipe organ, and left the crowd screaming for more. When more came the encore choice was Wake Up, which had the biggest singalong of OOO's i've ever heard. Then the second encore was a cover of The Clash's The Guns of Brixton, which was very quiet and slightly haunting, but still a good closer.
as the crowd left another chorus of wake up reverberated around brixton academy.
all in all, amazing.