Barrowlands 8th August - The Fusiliers, Antikythera Machina, Decoy, We The Fallen and Loose Lips Sink Ships

[Mwezzi]

I hadn't had the best day ever, so when I walked into Barrowlands 2 on Friday I needed a bit of a pick-me-up. The Fusiliers, first act of the night, did the job nicely. They were lively, they sounded good, they were a sign that all is not wrong in the Indie sector. Had I not failed as a Glaswegian and gotten lost on my way to the venue, I'd be able to say a lot more about them, but alas they were off almost immediately.

Following on their heels, something completely different. Antikythera Machina, a band for whom heckling consisted of “Pronounce yer name!” are a largely instrumental rock-metal band with a progressive streak thrown in for good measure. They weren't afraid to try different sounds and change the direction of a tune suddenly and without warning. Whilst this occasionally gave a clumsy sound akin to that of someone skipping through a long CD track in search of their favourite parts, at other times this gave their music intensity, the...

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[MarkMono]

Originally Posted by Mwezzi

I always try to be hopeful in my analysis of new groups, and allowed myself to cool off a bit before putting together my thoughts about them. If you want to see my notes containing a more accurate reflection of my initial reaction on the night, drop me a line.
As for reviewing your mates bands, that wasn't me hyperbolising, that was an honest opinion after hearing them exactly twice. I do honestly think they are very good. And I was asked to do a quick write-up. I'm willing to send you my review from another mate's gig a while back where I utterly slammed the poor guys, though. They didn't look me in the eye for a while afterwards.

For better or worse it was the impression conveyed by the piece to me, I meant no offense.

[Mwezzi]

Just read the Hitz review, THAT'S hyperbole. The audience was a row-and-a-half of people that we nicknamed 'S-Club 24'. The only group with a slightly smaller audience was AM , all the others had way more people away from the bar. Their audience was enthusiastic enough between songs but was hardly 'the whole venue'.
No offence, taken, Mark.

[MarkMono]

Theres a difference between sounding like you're reviewing your mates band and sounding like you're reviewing your own.

I didn't think for a second you were hyperbolising though. Weird, that word popped up in about a dozen threads yesterday and I only spotted it being used accurately once.

[endemoniada]

Originally Posted by Brookie

the singer of the fallen's dad happens to be tommy cunningham of wet wet wet fame. Hence the tv n magazines

Shit, I now feel old- My mum was the midwife who visited Tommy's son at home!

What age did he look?

[Girshkin]

Originally Posted by endemoniada

Shit, I now feel old- My mum was the midwife who visited Tommy's son at home!

What age did he look?

she, tootsie. lead singer's a girl. but feeling old is about right... i can't think of the last time i felt so decrepit and wrinkly

[endemoniada]

Originally Posted by Girshkin

she, tootsie. lead singer's a girl. but feeling old is about right... i can't think of the last time i felt so decrepit and wrinkly

Mmmm, maybe it was a girl, my memory is shocking It was an entire lifetime ago, lol

[Bunnylingus]

She was lovely actually, she was so nervous wee lamb.

The boys were drinking the free beer, me and the guy from Decoy drank most of it.

I was pretty fucked by the time I gt on stage btw, WELL HIDDEN BY ME.

[fallen_nemesis]

Originally Posted by Brookie

the singer of the fallen's dad happens to be tommy cunningham of wet wet wet fame. Hence the tv n magazines

I used to work for monsier cunningham a few years back, that'd be why I recognised the bands name but couldn't think why as I knew I'd never heard them before.

d'oh!

[Prof]

I can't really recall erupting to their cover of 'Naive'. Grounds for libel maybe?

It was the best Kooks cover I ever head though.