Aaaah music, sweet music. Does it get much better than this? Probably not. The Displacements are a fine chirpy pop band from Leicester with a distinctly '60's vibe, not unlike scouse pop pirates Coral in some ways or the Arctic Monkeys in other ways. Anyways...they played a thumpin' set that points to a group with more talent than most 'first on the billers' that I've seen for a while. Not unique, but cracking fun.
The Little Ones were up next. I'd heard a couple of their tracks recently and they've got a fair bit of press from the En Em Ee...do they deserve the hype? Oh yes. Oozing with California sunshine (but with a surprisingly harder live edge and slightly dark underbelly) they've got touches of Arcade Fire and the Beach Boys about them but with a style of of their own. Drummer Greg had just split up with his girlfriend so the rest of the band spent the entire set ripping the piss out of him...which was a lot funnier than it sounds (Heartless? Me? You betcha!). One of the musical highlights of the year so far...
They were closely followed by an even greater musical highlight of this or any year for that matter - the truly unique (yes UNIQUE) Tilly & the Wall. I'll be brief (that makes a change eh?) but basically they're a kind of tap (as in tap dance) punky, folky, country...indie...dancey...oh to hell with it just take a listen (and a look) and you might get some idea of what I blabbering on about. Reckless is one of my favourite tracks ever...that's ever...I don't know why it's so great...it just sort of makes you feel oooohhh. With a dab of ahhhh and a touch of hmmmmm. I'm aware that this is digenerating in into the worst review of a fabulous gig ever so I'll just say this. Tilly & the Wall are one of the finest live bands in the world. Jamie W almost literally danced herself to death and the whole band kept a sold out audience baying for more like few other acts I've ever witnessed. If Tilly and the Wall were a religion I'd become a Tilly monk in a flash. A tap dancing monk with blonde hair and frilly skirts. So there.
Fin.
PS: God they were great.
The Little Ones were up next. I'd heard a couple of their tracks recently and they've got a fair bit of press from the En Em Ee...do they deserve the hype? Oh yes. Oozing with California sunshine (but with a surprisingly harder live edge and slightly dark underbelly) they've got touches of Arcade Fire and the Beach Boys about them but with a style of of their own. Drummer Greg had just split up with his girlfriend so the rest of the band spent the entire set ripping the piss out of him...which was a lot funnier than it sounds (Heartless? Me? You betcha!). One of the musical highlights of the year so far...
They were closely followed by an even greater musical highlight of this or any year for that matter - the truly unique (yes UNIQUE) Tilly & the Wall. I'll be brief (that makes a change eh?) but basically they're a kind of tap (as in tap dance) punky, folky, country...indie...dancey...oh to hell with it just take a listen (and a look) and you might get some idea of what I blabbering on about. Reckless is one of my favourite tracks ever...that's ever...I don't know why it's so great...it just sort of makes you feel oooohhh. With a dab of ahhhh and a touch of hmmmmm. I'm aware that this is digenerating in into the worst review of a fabulous gig ever so I'll just say this. Tilly & the Wall are one of the finest live bands in the world. Jamie W almost literally danced herself to death and the whole band kept a sold out audience baying for more like few other acts I've ever witnessed. If Tilly and the Wall were a religion I'd become a Tilly monk in a flash. A tap dancing monk with blonde hair and frilly skirts. So there.
Fin.
PS: God they were great.
PPS: No, really...
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