New Year's Eve - Good Bye 2025!

Well I got here later than I expected, but that's only to be expected - it was a work day, after all.

I did get here in time to see Grub setting up, so not that bad an entrance time. 😀

Grub are high on my cool bands list, 'Hate' is a classic and should be as well known as 'Am I ever gonna see your face again?' They rock. Pity the stage was so dark (and/or I had the ISO turned down too low), because the song I recorded is worth a good vid.

Georga was next. She gave me at-shirt. 🤩 I am so stoked! And what a show! There were drums! And it sounds like - just as I thought - you can take Georga's pop, mess around with the backbeat and it turns into rock. I've been a fan of Georga's sound since I first heard Hard to Love, but I'm also quite liking the direction she may be taking her music. Watching in 2026 to see what happens next, and I think it could be big!

I think this is the next single ...

Ursula were the third band I saw. hmmm - checks setlist - yep, there they are, Australian critters were here too. (Grub, Ursula, and Australian Critters are almost always on the same gig.) Of the three, I think Ursula are my fav. No obviosities like Grub's Hate, or 'The spaghetti song' by the Critters, but their music!/instrumentals kick, and a band that can jam on stage and make it sound good have got to be good, by definition. I suggested they up their bandcamp game so punters can buy their new stuff. 😀

To finish the night, and the year, we had Peter Bibby & His Big Horse Band. I was meh before the gig ('who are these guys with one song from the 20xx-somethings'), but by the end of the night I was a convert; good rock, guitar solos, and a social commentary song - about Midland homeless no less - and very glad I saw em. Dunno if these guys spend any time on the circuit (never heard of em b4 tonight), if they were doing a one-off, or reuniting, but might just start looking out for them.

You know how sometimes at New Years' events, there can be so much going on around midnight that nobody notices that the time's ticked over into the next year? Well, luckily, at Mojo's some old-fart rocker was holding up his mobile showing the time countdown and was standing in the front row so the lead guitarist could see it. He tried to motion Peter Bibby but lead vox appeared lost in the music he was singling, until - mid songline - he goes from 'I love you so ' (or whatever) straight into 'and seven, six, five ...). The crowd joined in and everybody at Mojo's got to celebrate right on the stroke of midnight. Didn't mcT that one, did I? 🤣

Happy 2026. Let's hope it's as good as 2025 (for me) was.