[ATTENDED: April 11, 2023] Sheer Mag
I saw Sheer Mag about ten months ago. So this was my third time seeing them. It’s always funny to me how I see some bands a lot without really trying to, but bands that I really want to see I hardly get the chance.
There are bands that I love that I have now seen as many times as Sheer Mag, a band that I enjoy, but don’t need to see again.
The first time I saw them, I said
They play a terrific swagger-filled hard rock (comparisons to many riff rock bands of the 70s abound). And they are fronted by bad-ass singer Tina Halladay whose gritty voice sounds quite a bit like some of high-pitched male singers of the era.
They have a new album coming out soon. And they may have played some songs from it–there were a few that sounded different from the ones they usually play.
They are certainly an odd opening band for Sleaford Mods. Tina joked that the pairing made sense because Sleaford Mods are British and Sheer Mag are a bunch of cunts. So there ya go.
I enjoyed this set more than I did when they opened for Pup. Maybe the smaller venue worked better for them.
| 2023 | 2022 | 2017 |
| Steel Sharpens Steel ⇔ | Steel Sharpens Steel ⇔ | Meet Me in the Street ♥ |
| Just Can’t Get Enough ♥ | Just Can’t Get Enough ♥ | Fan the Flames ≈ |
| Sit and Cry ∼ | Sit and Cry ∼ | Hard Lovin’ ∼ |
| ? | Silver Line ⇔ | Expect the Bayonet ♥ |
| ? | Expect the Bayonet ♥ | Pure Desire ♥ |
| ? | Pure Desire ♥ | Button Up ≈ |
| Nobody’s Baby ≅ | Nobody’s Baby ≅ | Just Can’t Get Enough ♥ |
| Fan the Flames ≈ | Fan the Flames ≈ | (Say Goodbye to) Sophie Scholl ♥ |
| Turn It Up ♥ | Turn It Up ♥ | Nobody’s Baby ≅ |
| Turn It Up ♥ | ||
| Can’t Stop Fighting ≅ | ||
| encore | ||
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Need to Feel Your Love ♥ | |
| What You Want ∼ |
⇔ A Distant Call (2019)
♥ Need to Feel Your Love (2017)
≅ Sheer Mag (III 7″) (2016)
≈ Sheer Mag (III 7″) (2015)
∼ Sheer Mag (I 7″) (2015)
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