As you can probably guess this post may be slightly Cage the elephant related! Last Wednesday I made the trip to Northampton Roadmender (which has become something of a ritual over the past few weeks!) to see what I can only describe as one of the best alternative bands of today. My friends who had been to see them last year were regaling me with stories of lead singer Matt Shultz's crazy stage antics, I could only hope for the same kind of action this time!Luckily it was just as, if not better, than I had anticipated! From the first song every member of Cage the elephant was in perfect form, mixing perfectly executed tracks with an amazing amount of energy. Highlights of the set had to be 'Ain't no rest for the wicked' every single person singing along, the atmosphere was amazing and definitely worth getting crushed by everyone behind me. 'Tiny robots' bought about the same amount of energy by now the audience was in full swing with crowd surfers making their way overhead. The finale of the night was anthem 'Free love' which had not one person in the room standing still and finished with Matt Schultz jumping off stage and into an adoring audience which nearly swallowed him up. Cage the elephant are an act full of energy and genuine musical talent, something which is so rare in a band of their age in today's music scene. Check out the video of them playing 'In one ear' on Later live and let me know if you agree!
Now on to the not so brilliant. I know I'm probably going to get some hatred for this but can someone tell me what the deal is with The horrors? Seriously I have friends that adore them and I can't see t
he pull with them? Their debut album 'Strange house' sounded like a mishmash of unorganized synths and screeched vocals. I have to admit I never quite made it through 'Strange house' because of this. Just something about them didn't click with me, they seemed like they were trying way too hard to have that air of Camden coolness about them. They seemed more interested in crazy hair and ridiculously skinny jeans, than making good music. I mean for fucks sake one of them dated Peaches Geldof! Anyway their new offering 'Primary Colours' is verging towards actual music so I'll give them some credit there. They've ditched the ridiculous goth names (lead singer used to be Faris Rotter....nice) and have changed directions musically. I still can't say I like it but it's definitely listenable, so for the sake of my Horrors loving friends I will give them a go!
he pull with them? Their debut album 'Strange house' sounded like a mishmash of unorganized synths and screeched vocals. I have to admit I never quite made it through 'Strange house' because of this. Just something about them didn't click with me, they seemed like they were trying way too hard to have that air of Camden coolness about them. They seemed more interested in crazy hair and ridiculously skinny jeans, than making good music. I mean for fucks sake one of them dated Peaches Geldof! Anyway their new offering 'Primary Colours' is verging towards actual music so I'll give them some credit there. They've ditched the ridiculous goth names (lead singer used to be Faris Rotter....nice) and have changed directions musically. I still can't say I like it but it's definitely listenable, so for the sake of my Horrors loving friends I will give them a go!Other Stuff I've been listening to:
Nine inch nails (recently rediscovered my love for 'With teeth' and 'The Downward Spiral)
Alex Dunn Trio (Check out Milton Keynes based Alex Dunn at http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fpages%2FAlex-Dunn-Trio%2F56253893112%3Fsid%3Dbd61ba142f12dcb58f760872e62800fb%26ref%3Dsearch&h=3b12f199beb508932469d63e7ece2d4f for his acoustic tracks influenced by John Mayer and REM amongst others.)
Friendly Fires (resisted them for years writing them off as 'modern indie trash' however new offering 'Skeleton Boy' is just too catchy to resist!)
That's all for now, I apologise now for any spelling errors my computer seems to be doing odd things every time I type....how very irritating!
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