Snowfight in the CD Player
Chris Chinchilla throws something cold and wet at some wannabe popstars
Larrikin Love, Kings College 6/6/6
Somewhere in the recent months of the live music explosion, Indie music
seems to have separated into two camps, thoughtful, clever, rocking
music and music to bounce around to. Larrikin Love fall squarely into
the later category, the kids love them, bounding and shouting around
like idiots to pretty much every song, the band can do no wrong with
their odd Indie-Ska-Gipsy crossover. However hooks and structure seem
hard to find in their songs, everything rumbles along in the same vein
with no real clarity or memorable moments, great fun but not built to
last.
www.larrikinlove.co.uk
At The Lake - Promo
Thanks to bands like The Editors and the Departure there seems to an
ever increasing amount of bands making effects laden, sound-like-they're-playing-in-a-cave
albums, full of big guitars and echoing vocals. So whilst At the Lake
may not be particularly original they have a damn good go at the sound,
with some excellent guitar riffs, great choruses and oodles of reverb
of course!
www.atthelake.co.uk
Roland Shanks - Tarantula
Sorry Roland Shanks, you've been around a while, maybe you were one
of the first to do it, but if I hear another disco-beat-rumbling-bass-line-shouty-singer
band, I'm going to scream very loudly. Maybe Roland Shanks have got
more interesting songs, in fact the B-side even hints at that fact,
and I know you're a bunch of down to earth guys, but don't just jump
on the band wagon to try and get into the singles chart, or (possibly)
to be more precise, don't let your label push you onto the band wagon
www.rolandshanks.com
The Scare, The Buffalo Bar, 8/6/6
The Scare look out of it tonight, perhaps they would be a tighter band
if they weren't off their heads, but they wouldn't be the Scare if they
were sober. A big, loud, sometimes wonderful mess of heavy rock, new
wave and egotistical posturing, riffs that fly around like there's no
tomorrow and a seething mass of sweaty bodies. This is pure rock and
roll, it may not always be pretty, but who ever said it should be.
www.thescare.net
Snowfight in the City Centre
Snowfight in the City Centre are yet another band who of late seem to
be wearing the 'big sound' shoes. Slow burning anthemic numbers, lots
of instruments, probably a string section if they could afford one.
A little outdated and not to everyone's taste, but not too overindulgent,
which is a good thing.
www.snowfight.net
Chris Chinchilla
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