Rival Joustas / The Marble Index / Fleeing New York / Dive Dive
Bands: Rival Joustas / The Marble Index / Fleeing New York / Dive Dive
Date: February 16th 2006
Venue: Southampton Joiners
Admission Fee: £5
Last minute shows are a riot. When invited to a show when spare cash is batting about (albeit in its sparse quantity), these ones always tend to pull up a few triumphs. My main agenda was to checkout the Oxford rock band Dive Dive, who headlined the show with a familiar aesthetic: sprawling moderate rock with a touch of quirkiness. Unlike most bands in this field (Feeder anyone?), they succeed at energising and touching the audience with heartfelt tunes like 'Good Show'. Frank Turner's endorsement of the band, nodding along to every word is a sign of the respect the lads from the Shire earn from their talented peers. On another note, checkout Frank Turner's folk-country debut just around the corner.
While The Marble Index provided professional support, pulling out jagged staccato guitar riffs and some much needed enthusiasm, they need something a little more unique to make a name for themselves. As for Fleeing New York, no. I won't be seeing them again soon, my friend and I took the opportunity halfway to buy another pint at the bar. The true surprise of the evening were local supports known as Rival Joustas, a beguiling band who's association with Rival Schools (in t-shirt font and name) is where the similarities end. The opening bars of the introduction promise much, spazzy guitar sounds suggest the singer, Tom Henley, will sprout into a Jordan Billie (aka. Blood Brothers) style squawl. Instead he slips into a deeper voiced discordance seen on slower tracks like 'First Mater Responds' by Your Code Name Is: Milo. My friend and I concluded that they need to embrace the spazz more. Some synth reverbs underscore a genuinely exciting cacophony of guitar and bass bursts. While their influences range from new wave, post-hardcore and the experimental leftfield, they are more promising than most local bands and turn out as the champions of tonight's lineup. I never heard of them before tonight, so this isn't a biased hype. How bizarre the best band tonight was the smallest!
Date: February 16th 2006
Venue: Southampton Joiners
Admission Fee: £5
Last minute shows are a riot. When invited to a show when spare cash is batting about (albeit in its sparse quantity), these ones always tend to pull up a few triumphs. My main agenda was to checkout the Oxford rock band Dive Dive, who headlined the show with a familiar aesthetic: sprawling moderate rock with a touch of quirkiness. Unlike most bands in this field (Feeder anyone?), they succeed at energising and touching the audience with heartfelt tunes like 'Good Show'. Frank Turner's endorsement of the band, nodding along to every word is a sign of the respect the lads from the Shire earn from their talented peers. On another note, checkout Frank Turner's folk-country debut just around the corner.
While The Marble Index provided professional support, pulling out jagged staccato guitar riffs and some much needed enthusiasm, they need something a little more unique to make a name for themselves. As for Fleeing New York, no. I won't be seeing them again soon, my friend and I took the opportunity halfway to buy another pint at the bar. The true surprise of the evening were local supports known as Rival Joustas, a beguiling band who's association with Rival Schools (in t-shirt font and name) is where the similarities end. The opening bars of the introduction promise much, spazzy guitar sounds suggest the singer, Tom Henley, will sprout into a Jordan Billie (aka. Blood Brothers) style squawl. Instead he slips into a deeper voiced discordance seen on slower tracks like 'First Mater Responds' by Your Code Name Is: Milo. My friend and I concluded that they need to embrace the spazz more. Some synth reverbs underscore a genuinely exciting cacophony of guitar and bass bursts. While their influences range from new wave, post-hardcore and the experimental leftfield, they are more promising than most local bands and turn out as the champions of tonight's lineup. I never heard of them before tonight, so this isn't a biased hype. How bizarre the best band tonight was the smallest!