More shows yay! The other night I found myself stumbling across a underground show in some abandoned subway station. Well it has a name its called Club 229 (or just 229) and had a fascinating time! It was really cool to see all the various people in the show united by such a variety of bands. In the crowd I even saw a few men in business suits. The only thing that was negative about the show was the girl dancing in front of me. I believe a good friend should tell you when your a bad dancer and making a fool of yourself, but this girls friends stood there and laughed with encouragement. All while there friend jerked her body about in weird poses (it reminded me of the Seinfeld episode where Elaine shows off her terrible dance moves... in fact it looked exactly like that). Anyways I'm all for free expression and dancing to whatever just so long (if you know your a poor dancer) you dance in the back and not in the very front in center of the show. Its distracting from watching the band.
Just Handshakes (We're British)
this was a small British band that were (like me) newcomers to London. However, they played like they have been there many times before and really rocked the stage with a great energy. Their music sounds very Wolf Paradish except with a girl lead singer. I've been listening to the EP they gave me and while the studio stuff is just a tad disappointing it is only because live they sound amazing. I also was privileged to meet the whole crew after the show and they were very upstanding and cheerful people. Keep on rocking I look forward to one buying their CD. I would upload music here for your listening pleasure.... but it makes the site all laggy and obnoxious so here a LINK to their myspace instead.
Heartless BastardsThis was the band that led me to such an incredible show. I have been listening to Heartless Bastard since I stumbled across their single "The Mountain" some how made it on my ipod (I'm really not sure how it did). But I'm thankful that it was there as it led me to a great show in London. Heartless Bastard are fellow Americans and they were happy to meet us after the show. They too were very nice and played a killer set. If you have a chance to see them I strongly advise it.
http://www.myspace.com/heartlessbastards
The Woo!worths
A British electronic band to the core the Woo!worths also played a fun set (which got the rest of the crowd dancing, which made me happy because terrible dancing girl was buried in the crowd) The Woo!worths's music was very similar to what you would hear in many London pubs (techno). Not saying theres anything wrong with that, I am a fan of electronic dancey dance music and the Woo!worths definitely quenched the thirst to dance. It does not lok like they will play any shows in the States, but if you happen to be in the U.K. go listen. It will not be a disappointing show I promise.
The Last Republic
The last band of the night and unfortunately the best is not always saved for last. While they played alright music (it really wasn't my taste) they had annoying stage antics that made them seem like a Fall Out Boy wannabes. I like it when bands play for the love of their music but this group just seemed like they loved themselves (maybe it was just the lead singer). I did get to meet the band after the show and they invited me to party with them so they weren't bad guys I just wasn't a major fan of their music.
I don't know this show happened on the 13th I really need to get better about finishing these blogs right afterwards I start to forget... so I guess thats my report on the 229 adventure show all in all it was an awesome time look any one of these bands up if you want to see a good show.
Cheers
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