Showing posts with label dee and cee. Show all posts
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Monday, October 31, 2011

Halloween Spooktacular

It seamed very appropriate to be at a Werewolf Promotions event on 31st October – and there was a chance of a ghostly appearance of a headless apparition at The Old Queen’s Head in Islington…

Downstairs a double bill of Ghost Busters was playing to a fairly full bar – but the best show was going on upstairs with three live acts.

From FOE, D&C and Brother Gang 2011
Opening the evening with added “Gang” and the S dropped were Brother Gang – a young all female quintet hailing from Norwich

Their drums and guitars, with everyone contributing to the vocals produced a raw sound, pleasantly balancing between punk and rock. They also have a great line in banter while the guitars are re-tuned, something many other musicians struggle with – sometimes there might even have been a little too much information!

The highlight of the set was Horses – and the recently filmed video to accompany it sounds equally entertaining…

One tip – for better pictures and fewer trip hazards you’ll need to work out a better arrangement for the forest of mic stands!
Dimbleby & Capper’s concession to the fact that it was All Hallows Eve was skeleton make up for their dancers. The audience by their set also contained a growing number of participants in the evenings fancy dress…

Yet again D&C’s well produce show brought a sound that had elements of Goldfrapp and Siouxsie and the Banshees – or maybe that was a spiritual contribution…

Anyone wishing to sample their experimental electronic pop should catch them at the Queen of Hoxton supporting Juan Maclean on Bonfires night…
 
The last act of the night, taking on board the ghostly theme whole heartedly were FOE.  They took the punk element from Brother Gang and mixed it with the electronic pop of D&C, mashing in guitar too.

Then it was out into the night to avoid the trick or treaters plying Islington’s main street….

Saturday, September 03, 2011

Smoke in the Nest – was it a bee hive?

From Dimbleby & Capper and Shake Aletti 2011
Adding another new venue to my list – I made my way to the Nest in Dalston…

On the smallest of stages and in the smokiest (theatrical smoke) venue I’ve ever experienced, Dimbleby & Capper managed to squeeze their show into the space available. Their electronic pop combined with stage performance made the three change journey worth while.

One of the highlights of the set was a cover of the Phil Spector song “Then He Kissed me” – more up beat than many of Dee and Cee’s songs on their EP – Slick Maturity – hopefully material for a future EP or Album…. You will need to sign up here to be able to get a free download of the Phil Spector number…
Next up were Sheffield’s Shake Aletti. They’d had the foresight to bring their own lighting rig – the first time I’d seen that amount of preparation to ensure a consistent image. Again the smoke intervened, at one point I couldn’t see them on stage at all, even with their enhanced lighting!

Musically their synth based pop with occasional addition of guitar and percussion was well match with Dee & Cee and they certainly had the dance floor warmed up for the DJs to follow…

The evening left me wanting more of both acts – will be great when they have more songs ready to preform.