First
up tonight is local band Dakota Beats, they are
a 5 piece indie rock band. Opening up with a middle
of the road pace which pretty much stays the same
throughout the whole set, they certainly have
just above catchy songs, with some good singable
choruses. The sound is pretty easy to listen to,
and the vocalist has a very good voice on him,
you could easily slot him into any number of indie
bands. While the songs are certainly catchy and
listenable, there really isn't one stand above
song in their half hour set, it's either all the
songs are just that good or they haven't quite
got to that level yet where they have those few
killer songs. Overall they are a very good band,
that will have some success but could do with
trying to break out of the Indie mould.
Main
support tonight are The Virginmarys, they are
a 3 piece dirty rock band. They open with the
superb 'Bang bang bang', incorporating a superb
stomping drum beat with a catchy guitar riff,
it's loud and dirty, one of the best opening songs
I've heard in a long time. They take things down
a notch or two,with a slightly calmer sound for
the following two songs then kicking it back up
into that catchy, dirty 3 chord rock out. The
drumming is simple but brilliantly catchy, whilst
the vocalist and guitarist has got some decent
riffs in his arsenal, his voice is definitely
British rock. Most of their set is made up of
really catchy rock songs, its superb, there's
certainly enough to keep you well entertained
for pretty much all of their set, great live band,
I highly recommend you check you them out.
Feeder
are a band that for me have certainly disappeared
off the radar for a while, but tonight they are
in pretty good form. They open the set with 'Oh
My', it's an indifferent start I'll be honest,
it's not exactly electrifying, but a good song
none the less. This is followed by 'Insomnia'
and 'Sentimental', that closes out the opening
of the set, good songs but an indifferent start.
They play a song off the new album 'Tiny Minds',
which certainly has that classic feeder sound
from when they were more popular, but judging
from the pretty packed room, they still
have a very good following. 'Renegades' is up
next taking things up to more my liking, it's
a pretty damn good song, nice and catchy. The
set picks up in terms of being interesting, with
the likes of ' Pushing the senses', 'Tender',
'Yesterday went too soon', and the pretty awesome
'Just the way I'm feeling' a great catchy song,
with a good chorus too, it's very singable.
'Buck Rogers' continues the set, with Grant (Vox)
joking that he didn't want to play the song, the
crowd sing along to it pretty much word for word,
and it sounds a tad heavier than the album version
too. 'Idaho' is up next which is about their travels
across the States Grant explains, while a notch
down from Buck Rogers, it's still an entertaining
song.
The
set by this point has flown by, which is always
a sign of a very good gig and we are now entering
the final few songs before the encore, 'High',
'Boarders' and 'Generation Freakshow' close out
the main set in fine style.
After a short break they come back on to great
cheer as Feeder open back up with 'Children of
the sun', not a bad way to kick start the show
again, this is followed by the excellent 'Sweet
16' and 'Descend', then to top off the night,
'Just a Day', a fine way to close an excellent
night of music.
Dakota Beats 3/5
The Virginmarys 4/5
Feeder 4.5/5
Review By Robert Lawrence
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