Monday 21 July 2008

Amplified

This Town Needs Guns

Hailing from Oxford, United Kingdom a brand new band has delighted me with a refreshing new sound. Good timing because I was getting a little bored with my current playlist and found I was skipping tracks more frequently. Signed to Big Scary Monsters, this four piece bring us unconventional, dizzying riffs and complex beats that when put together makes a stunning combination assisted by Stuart Smith's cherub like vocals that has to be heard before you make your own assumptions. If that doesn't impress you then just take a look at their impressive CD artwork. Looks like they hold the full package.

MP3 Download: Baboon

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Monday 7 July 2008

Tilly and the Wall at Richards on Richards, Vancouver 04 07 08

Tilly and the Wall

Sequined dresses, tap dancing and neon lights were the combination for Independence Day celebrations on Friday night at Richards on Richards. The Omaha five piece took to the stage with as much glitz and glamour as a half naked, burlesque dancer in a giant champagne glass and provided a rainbow of colour to shine upon the crowd. I wasn’t too familiar with Tilly and the Wall shows so was open minded and quite impressed to see a lack of drummer and Jamie providing beats through her Fred Astaire tap dancing skills.

Tattoo covered vocalist Kianna hit us with angsty chants during single ‘Pot Kettle Black’ in a monochrome dress and neon stripped tights while stomping in her delicate diamante mary-janes. Guitarist Derek shuffled and hopped around the stage during ‘Cacophony’ while Neely rung out the tambourines and maracas like a Latino lovely which made me feel like I was a cowgirl riding in the desert during a Mexican shootout.

The predominately male, tight t-shirted crowd proved to be firm Tilly followers as they sung along to every word and gyrated their hips at the foot of the stage. I shyly stood at the back trying to decide what to make of it all. Although, thoroughly enjoying it from the start, boredom gradually crept over me as every song began to sound the same as the last. After what felt like an incredibly long show, Tilly and the Wall bid us farewell to rapturous applause and thanked us for being the best crowd ever (don’t all bands say that?) I left unimpressed but continued to stomp my feet down Richards singing Pot Kettle Black. Clearly they are as infectious as their tap shoes.

Tilly and the Wall Myspace / Photos

MP3: Pot Kettle Black

Support came from The Clips Myspace / Photos