This marked the 5th time I saw Foals live and the 3rd time headlining a show. Second time this year.

This was part of their tour for their new album, Total Life Forever, which is absolutely brilliant by the way. The other two times were when they supported Bloc Party and Blur whom you may have heard of at some point in your life.

Brixton Academy was the venue this time and as it was Foals, I expected one hell of an evening which is exactly what I got.

When I arrived, the first support band was already starting. I didn’t catch their name at all and didn’t bother real since they didn’t catch my interest.

Second support for the evening was Crystal Fighters which to be clear, is different from Crystal Castles but just a few notches down the scale when it comes to insanity and intensity.

I’ve seen their name thrown around online but I never tried listening to them. I like to be surprised by support bands now. Their set was a bit of a disappointment though for one not familiar with their music. It was too crazy and you could hardly understand what was going on stage. It wasn’t terrible though, just a bit of a mess.

I’m listening to their music now on MySpace and it is very much cleaner and you can really appreciate their music this way so I am giving them another chance. Pretty sure they could only get better live.

And then it was time for Foals yet again. Foals at The Roundhouse for the iTunes festival was the best Foals gig I’ve ever been to and set a bar for this one. Considering this was an album tour and not a co-headlining show as iTunes (performed with Two Door Cinema Club), I had huge expectations for this one.

The first few songs were good but lacked the extra intensity normally expected in their shows. Then they played Cassius and things just got better from that point on.

Here’s the full setlist.

• Blue Blood
• Olympic Airways
• Total Life Forever
• Cassius
• Balloons
• Miami
• What Remains
• After Glow
• 2 Trees
• Spanish Sahara
• Red Socks Pugie
• Electric Bloom
• The French Open (encore)
• Hummer (encore)
• Two Steps, Twice (encore)

The new songs are starting to sound more and more polished live and where simply great. I’m out of words on how to describe the old songs as they were just perfect and everyone in the crowd went absolutely crazy for them.

The encore of The French Open, Hummer, and Two Steps, Twice was just incredible. It was an excellent way to end the fun-filled night on a high.

The atmosphere for this show was also quite brilliant despite the size of the venue being much bigger than Heaven and The Roundhouse which were the two other headlining shows I’ve seen them perform. Of course, Brixton is much smaller compared to London Olympia with Bloc Party and Hyde Park with Blur but they were only supporting a bigger band back then.

All in all, I would have to say this was the best Foals gig I’ve ever been too. Of course, I can’t wait to see them again.

Foals is a band I doubt I’ll ever tire of watching ever especially without Bloc Party around. The intensity of their shows is simply astounding. The guitar riffs, drum beats, and the math which goes into each song will keep me hooked for years to come.