Dingwalls

Last night I went to a gig at Camden's Dingwalls to see Tribes headlining. There was a really great atmosphere and I got hugs and high fives from other people in the crowd which is nicer than having a bitchy 14 year old scowling at you for not letting them push in. Supporting them were The Supernovas from Holloway, London.

The Supernovas
They were awesome to be frank. Frontman Joei Silvester reminded me of the 80's mods, pretending to shoot the audience with his guitar during shot by the fuzz. I've been listening to 'Dancing in Millbank' on repeat, absolute tune (and there's a free download on their facebook!)

the supernovas

Tribes
Pretty crazy, I was shoved into a speaker within the first five minutes of them playing and everyone was dance-moshing and that's always more fun than a dead beat crowd. Tribes seem to hide a lot of their songs away, unlike other bands who put them all up on youtube/ itunes/ myspace etc. so quite a few of them were new to me (and Orlaith). Johnny having nearly fallen onto the floor leaning into the crowd had everyone helping him back onto the stage, we were right at the front pulling him up by his shirt. We came home happy, Orlaith with the set list and a free mixtape and me with a plectrum they chucked into the crowd. Go listen to 'We Were Children' and 'Girlfriend' !

orlaith with tribes setlist (lucky bitch)

Brixton Academy

I haven't posted in a while because I've supposedly been studying for exams and every time I've tried writing it ended up in one long rant. Since last time I've been to one gig, on Friday night I went to see Two Door Cinema Club at the O2 Brixton Academy. Slight mix up with the tickets so whilst most of my friends were squished in the crowd, I was sitting upstairs with two of my friends but we still had a blast. If there's music playing that I love, nothing is gonna stop me dancing the fuck out to it and that is just what we did. The two bands supporting were pretty good, Trophy Wife and The Cast of Cheers. 

Two Door Cinema Club

If you haven't heard of these guys then you must have been living under a rock for the past few months. They released their first album little over a year ago and already they have a massive following. Their song lyrics just roll of the tongue and definitely make you want to dance, especially with tracks like 'Undercover Martyn' and 'Something Good Can Work'. I would have to say my favourite song is 'Eat That Up It's Good For You' and acted like a complete fangirl jumping up and down with my friend when they started playing it. They played a few new tracks at their gig as well, including one which they wrote only two days before! I'll admit I'm a bit disappointed we were in the upper circle and not down in the crowd, my friends came out after looking like they'd been swimming in their clothes they were so drenched in sweat. Frontman Alex Trimble completely ignored the massive sign saying no crowd surfing when he asked if everyone could get on someones shoulders because it would be really cool if the crowd could build a human pyramid kinda thing. Really looking forward to their next album and to seeing them play at Reading in the summer. 

Trophy Wife

Indie-electro band from Oxford, I really liked these guys maybe because they remind me a lot of Foals (who I'm in love with at the moment) with all the percussion they used. I'd say they weren't the greatest support act because it's not the kinda music to get the crowd hyped up but after listening to their stuff some more on it's own I would go see them again. Really love the track 'White Horses' which you can listen to below.

Trophy Wife - White Horses by trophywifeband

The Cast of Cheers

At the gig I didn't quite catch the name of this band through the heavy Irish accents (accents are bloody brilliant) nonetheless I really got into their stuff. At the moment I'm really liking the track 'Glitter' which manages to be super chilled with a fairly heavy guitar line at the same time and I would reccomend checking out 'Goose' and 'Tip The Can'.