 The
xcerts are the first band up, an alt rock band,
right from the off it's all very middle of the
road stuff' they seem to have tried and made their
songs disjointed but I don't think it works very
well it's just messy and not very catchy. They
don't seem all that active on stage, they don't
exude much presence, all the songs seem to follow
the same path soft part heavy part followed by
distorted vocals at the end, its overused and
it's all bit boring if I'm honest. Song highlights
are few and very far apart. The crowd reaction
was muted to say the least they were about excited
to be here as the band are. All very life less,
a less than Steller performance.
 The New Regime are the main supports there a band
I don't know much about, I hadn't heard of them
before other than that Ilan Rubin, He was drummer
for lostprophets and NIN a few years back, he
plays all the instruments himself on the studio
albums. The opening song reminded me very much
of audioslave, and to be honest I think they sort
of continue in that vein, it's defiantly alt rock,
it's pretty good, they got a bit of synth in there,
some keys too. Surprisingly he can sing too and
it's good not just shouting. There are a fair
few decent attention holding songs in the set,
it wouldn't surprise me if he went for a more
synth/electronic sound in the future. There set
is too short for my liking, I'd say the last song
is pretty damn good and probably the best song
of the set high energy and catchy, got an really
good main riff, the song seems to want to break
out in anarchy in places before the band reels
it back in. Crowd reaction is better than the
openers which isn’t surprising as the band
are more up for it, they’re having a good
time, it's good to see after a drab xcerts set.
 Taking back Sunday is a band I've been curious
about from time to time but I've never really
listened to them, so tonight should be interesting.
They get off to a fairly good start with EL Paso,
Make Damn Sure and You know how I do but it drops
off a tad with Liar, picks back up with Faith,
but nothing so far sounds even remotely familiar.
The singer Adam spends about too much time blathering
on in between songs which they probably could
have fit in a few more songs. For all the band
members on stage I was expecting a more complex
sound, I'm sure they could make the same music
with less members, but at least there all really
feeling the music and putting on a good energetic
performance.180 by Summer, Error Operator Timberwolves
at New Jersey, Existentialism on prom night, what's
it feels like to be a ghost and A decade under
the influence are the main highs of the set for
me pretty catchy songs all-round, A decade under
the influence is a real stormer of a song plenty
to sing along too. The rest of the set was ok
but nothing really grabbed me, this included the
likes of Your so last summer You got me and set
closer, Cute without the 'E' The Encore consists
of just one song No I in team, a fine way to finish
the set. Does this make me want to go out and
buy their records, maybe a best of, but that’s
about it. It was a good performance and worth
seeing again once I get into the songs a bit more
but everyone involved had a good time, which is
the most important thing.
The Xcerts 2/5
The New Regime 4/5
Taking Back Sunday 5/5
Review By Robert Lawrence
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