 Ok,
I got in eventually, first up were No Americana,
they got off to a good start, defiantly can here
some classic rock coming through with a tinge
of classic brit pop/rock, having played download
this year, there still in a good year, and its
good to see a local band doing good, but to be
honest, there is something missing from there
songs at first i thought it was because i was
too close to the stage so i went further away
to the back of the room, and again something is
missing, it wasn't down to the mix, just it was
lacking a killer edge or just something that i
wasn't getting, there a good band technically,
but musically for me it wasn't cutting it.
Next up are a band Ive shot before, in fact,
there one of the first bands i shot for alternative
vision, they supported stone gods, now i loved
them last time round, but this time, about half
a year later, Im just not feeling it tonight,
sonically its possibly the same set, there still
playing there instruments well, an still giving
it there all, but tonight, Im just not feeling
them, perhaps its the atmosphere in the room,
or Im not in the mood for there heavy metal tunes
tonight, what ever it is, there just not as good
as they were when i saw them in march.
 Ok when the wild hearts make the stage, the smoke
i heavy in the room, ginger states that the set
list was chosen by the fans, there are two halves
to the set the first half is there last album
Chutzpah played in full, and the second half is
the classics, they kick off as the album does
with Jackson Whites, a fairly good track but it
doesn't grab me like the second though, Plastic
Jebus, a heavy stomper of a song and also a million
times better live than on the album, then every
song after that, just doesn't grab me like that
second song, except for the album closer and instrumental
Chutzpah, then they have a mini break on stage
before going into there encore which consists
of, I Wanna Go Where the People Go, the revolution
will be televised , fan favorite caffeine bomb
and set closer Shame on me, sounding as good as
they've ever been better live than on CD, i have
to say ginger is an entertaining guy, having great
banter with the crowd, i have to say im not much
of a fan of the Wildhearts, but after the gig,
i may well be more so now than i was at the beginning
of the gig.
No Americana 3/5
Black Spiders 3/5
Wildhearts 5/5
Review By Robert Lawrence |
