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THEY'RE ACE.
Last night's Stellastarr* gig at Caling Islington Academy was very good indeed. Not only did stellastarr* meet all the expectations of their album, but also there were two good support bands, that's my whole year's worth of gigging in one week!
The 22's were kind of cute girl punky Noo Wave from Noo Yawk, a bit too styled though, all Face hair cuts, like they were from an American version of fame academy... Then all the journo's in the room were there to see the middle band on - The Ordinary Boys. A bit ordinary indeed I thought, but everyone else seemed to like them and said they were like The Jam. I think that is the official line on them. THEY'RE LIKE THE JAM, now can I have some free stuff? Actually they burst in, nice and noisy, and the singer has a right unique way with the vocals, it's nice to see someone doing their own thing rather than doing songs in someone else's voice.
I'm very glad stellastarr* lived up to all the expectations, they have a sound that I love (a mix of Pulp, The Wedding Present, The Cure, Roxy Music, The Wannadies, loads of stuff) and again a distinctive sound from the singer (no idea of his name and http://www.stellastarr.com is down so I can't look up), some mad new york gothic barking this time though.
Some of the sound wasn't so good, we couldn't really hear the lady in the band, and for the echoey plucky intro of "In The Walls" the guitarist turned his back to us, was he really playing it? Hmm... Apart from that though, no complaints. Except...
Three pounds ruddy forty for a pint though, what's that all about? And slow service at the bar, it's not a nice venue at all, and an odd sort of crowd, didn't look quite like a London gigging crowd, especially not when all the journo's left after The Ordinary Boys, they looked a bit provincial and a bit Christian, WEIRD.
Anyway, that is my whole ration of reviewing for the rest of the year. Go and get the Stellastarr* album, and buy it for everyone you know for Christmas, they'll love it.
pauly :: 2003 :: Comment / reply
May13
Saw "Some Girls" last night, starring David Schwimmer, Catherine Tate, Sara Powell, Saffron Burrows, Lesley Manville I think... Ultimately a bit disappointing, because we'd built it up a bit.
Since starting commuting we've not really done going out in the week, but we splashed out on this, and combined it with a few drinks, and dinner at Mildred's, as it's in the same part of town. Drinks were GOOD, in some pub that I forget, but then dinner wasn't all that. I had the special burger of the day, and it was like burgers that I have made before, quite nice, but a bit too squishy in the middle. It was with apple and celery and something, so I expected a bit more of a bite. ALSO, the chips were too greasy. Mildred's is great for veges as it's all about taste and good sized portions, more than brown rice and water flavoured soup like some menus, but this seemed a bit fatty for me. Just an off day I'm sure and I wouldn't hesitate to go back there. Clare's stir fry was aces. Puds were OK, but I'm not a pudding type.
The play was only alright too, just the five characters on the stage, and a lot of Noo Yawk conversation going on. Ross, sorry, David's character "the Man" is getting married and he goes off to talk to his four most important previous relationship breakups. It's a lot like High Fidelity but without all the music that makes High Fidelity easy to realte to. The dialogue I found a bit annoying it was all "so what are you saying?" "what am *i* saying?" "that's what I said" "i can't believe you're saying that", infuriating at times, cut some of it out! Maybe that's just because I was thinking of the time, and wether or not we'd make the 10pm train. We did, it was a proper vomit comet, home not much before midnight, a bit tired today.
If you're tempted by the play (I'm sure you'll love it, if you're less of a philistine than I) you can get some cheap tickets here...
2005 :: Comment / reply
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Last night's Stellastarr* gig at Islington Academy was very good indeed, they're ace, but also there were two good support bands, that's my whole year's worth of gigging in one week! The 22's were kind of cute girl rock, from Noo Yawk, a bit too styled though, and then all the journo's were there to see the middle band on The Ordinary Boys. A bit ordinary indeed I though, but everyone else liked them and said they were like The Jam, I think that is the official line on them.
Three pounds ruddy forty for a pint though, what's that all about? And slow service at the bar. That's a very bad venue indeed, and an odd sort of crowd, didn't look quite like a London gigging crowd, especially not when all the journo's left after The Ordinary Boys, they looked a bit provincial and a bit Christian, weird.
25 Nov :: 2003 :: Comment / reply
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