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Gig Review: Asobi Seksu + Scanners + Econoline

By John Skibeat ⋅ November 30, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

Venue: The Portland, Cambridge
Date: 29 November 2007

Sounding like a cheap rail company, Econoline kick proceedings off energetically with their geeky brand of upbeat pop-rock. They revel in the full house and set the tone for the excellent Scanners who delight with their angelic harmonising and thudding rhythms. They play us their debut UK single Raw […]

Gig Review: Foo Fighters

By John Skibeat ⋅ November 29, 2007 ⋅ 3 comments

Venue: Ice Arena, Nottingham
Date: 14 November 2007

A visual and sonic assault, this is the Foo Fighters in full flow. Even from my lofty viewpoint I am literally being dazzled by the vigour and verve that each band member puts into their performance. The crowd are bouncing, sucked into the whirlwind that is Dave Grohl: the […]

Gig Review: Food Fighters + The Mono Effect

By John Skibeat ⋅ November 26, 2007 ⋅ 3 comments

Venue: The Junction, Cambridge
Date: 22 November 2007

Dave Grohl, the jewel in the Foo Fighters crown. Vocalist, guitarist, drummer, songwriter and all round legend. However is tonight’s tribute act even going to come close to such an icon? Well, as the band launch into In Your Honour, a peculiar choice of opening track, it becomes apparent […]

Album Review: Ray Davies

By John Skibeat ⋅ November 19, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

Album: Working Man’s Café
Label: V2

Ray Davies, the proverbial London bus. We wait forty years for an album by one of our greatest singer-songwriters and then two come along at once. This is the second of his solo albums and he’s adopted the trend of giving it away free with the Sunday broadsheet – some may […]

Gig Review: Red Mock Chili Peppers + Ramshackle

By John Skibeat ⋅ November 16, 2007 ⋅ 2 comments

Venue: The Junction, Cambridge
Date: 15 November 2007

It’s eight o’clock, the support is due on, and there are a handful of us watching. In a venue that holds 850 bodies on gig nights it’s, well, empty. I suspect it’s going to be a quiet one. After twenty minutes the stage fills and we’re treated to some […]

Gig Review: MC Lars

By John Skibeat ⋅ November 1, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

Venue: Barfly, Cambridge
Date: 30 October 2007

MC Lars is already talking and high-fiving with the audience and his band hasn’t even finished setting up - the man is a verbal dynamo. The constantly-smiling Californian, who describes his material as “post-punk laptop rap”, has brought his whole crew with him – last time I saw him he […]

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