Built To Spill (3) A very dry mellow sounding
American indie rock 5 piece band from the US.
They've got load of equipment on stage, it's loud
but it's hardly pushing their equipment. It's
all very mellow stuff, kind of like REM but without
any upbeat tunes or killer songs. The songs seem
to meander along and don't seem to go anywhere!
Some of the songs are overly long and sometimes
feel very familiar. They have the stage presence
of a wet towel and hardly say anything to the
crowd at all, part of the act perhaps? This is
the sort of music you could put this on in the
back ground and ignore, the crowd look as excited
as I do, but it looks like there's many a fan
in here tonight due to the reaction of the crowd
after each song.
Dinosaur jr (4) an Alt rock band from the US,
you may not be too familiar with these veterans,
but I’m sure you may like bands that they've
influenced over the years. The lighting again
is shoddy real low lighting. The regular drummer,
Murph had to go home apparently so instead I can
imagine the drum tech filled in, can't remember
his name, but hearing him he didn't seem to miss
a beat so all was well. The opened with Thumb
which was then followed by Budge, not too bad
of an opening as it gets the crowd warmed up nicely
for the rest of set. I enjoy the dynamics of the
sound; they have both loud and quiet parts, in
terms of volume, which is good to hear as most
bands go with a wall of sound! Other songs that
featured were Imagination Blind, The Wagon, Pieces,
Feel Pain, Over it and the excellent, Forget the
Swan, this song goes way back to the beginning
as the opening track of their first album, which
I'm sure fans new and old appreciated alike. I’m
not sure what to make of this gig as it was dry
in places in terms of sound, it was entertaining,
but not visually as the lighting sucked, but it’s
the music that counts so what the hell.
Built To Spill 3/5
Dinosaur JR 4/5
Review By Robert Lawrence |
