The Burglar’s Dog gig guide

We Tonto folk do like our music. Only last week I bumped into Short Stories scribe Roz Wyllie at a Kate Walsh gig, and last night I saw Mark Jones, AKA The Burglar’s Dog, at a show by Arcade Fire – the 10-strong Canadian ‘baroque indie’ outfit (no, I have no idea what ‘baroque indie’ means either).

The general consensus as we left, after an astonishing encore performance of Wake Up, was that it was something approaching the gig of the year. Mark’s verdict? ‘Mediocre. 6 out of 10.’ To be fair, he blamed this on the rubbish venue – the soulless Metro Radio Arena Newcastle – rather than the band, stating he would never go there again, even if they ‘dug up Hendrix’. The Burglar’s Dog Gig Guide will be on a bookshelf near you somewhere around the year 2099.

Paul