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On Thursday night we went to see Maximo Park play at the Birmingham Academy 2. I have never seen a gig at the academy 2 before. It wasn't bad. It was just the upstairs room of the main academy - nothing special about it but it did have a closer environment than a normal academy gig. This was the secondMaximo Park gig I have seen after seeing them play at the Jug of Ale earlier this year (see this). They were excellent before and they did not disappoint. They even played a few songs that I haven't heard before. I think one was about the A19 but I am not quite sure. The crowd were most boisterous for Apply Some Pressure and Graffiti - there most recent singles and probably two of their more 'bouncy' songs - if that makes sense. I enjoyed their whole set and at one point I was getting nervous that they wouldn't play "The Night I Lost My Head" which is probably my favourite Maximo Park song but not by much. I really like lots of their songs. The gig was sold out so looks like they might be on the way of making it big.

Also playing was The Blood Arm - a very interesting American band. The lead singer has the charisma and style of a Swedish band called the Hives. Apart from that there aren't many similarities. I think I shall be looking out for this band in the future as they were very good. The other band, I think, was called the Research but I am not entirely sure. They were ok but I think suffered from not being the most confident. Worth a listen...