London Borderline Thursday 2nd June 2011
An eight quid gig. Eight quid for three top class bands. Right on! What's not to love? The Borderline is one of my favourite venues. It's intimate and you can be standing there with the band right in your face. Down the stairs I went and first up were Cambridge rockers The Treatment. These guys just bring a smile to your face. Rock and Roll swagger? Look no further. This band love what they do and it shines through into their music. They started the set with a new song Drink Fuck Fight which the crowd lapped up and we were all soon punching the air in delight as if we'd heard it a thousand times already. Another storming new song Way Of The World closed their set. In between the new songs, there were no fillers. The band rocked their way through tracks from their debut album This Might Hurt which came out earlier this year on Powerage Records. Find a copy and buy it! It hasn't left my CD player since I got a copy. The Treatment play hard, fast, brilliantly executed rock and roll, oh yes and the odd slower singalong anthem too. Watch out for them because they're on the way up and they'll get far. The stand out tracks tonight: Departed, The Doctor, Shake The Mountain and Nothing To Lose But Our Minds. A great start to a live show!
The Treatment are:
Matt Jones - Vocals
Swoggle - Bass
Dhani Mansworth - Drums
Tag Grey - Guitar
Ben Brookland - Guitar
The Treatment links:
The Treatment My Space
The Treatment Facebook
The Treatment images kindly provided by Emma Louise Photography
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Next up were Wandsworth's Skinny Machines who to be honest I had not heard much of before the night. They are a talented four piece band who played a short but interesting set. For most of the time they were on stage I found my eyes drawn to sultry vocalist Jay who sang with huge intensity throughout whilst attacking the microphone at every opportunity. For me, these guys would need a few more listens, but I liked their style and I loved their tight musicianship. The song Laid Out Cold particularly caught my ears with it's brilliant guitar work. Off the back of the show, I bought a copy of their first album Wrong Side Of The River [which is available at gigs] and also available for download on I-Tunes. Skinny Machines are:
Jay Marsh - Vocals
Mike Woodhouse - Bass
Rikki Glover - Guitar
Dan Roth - Drums
Skinny Machines links:
Skinny Machines My Space
Skinny Machines Facebook
Laid Out Cold guitar video tutorial by Rikki
Skinny Machines Image below kindly provided by Lucy Dixon of Shuga Management
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The last band of the night were The Crave from Brighton. Their set mainly consisted of songs from their recently released album Breaking The Silence which I had already listened to before the show. (Review to follow). On the night the band also introduced us to several new songs too, opening with a steady Set Me Free. The noticeable difference between the album [a solid, well-rounded, hook infested debut] and the live show, is the power that this band produce when they're playing in front of an audience. A huge mountain of sound. Brilliant!
The band are taking two singles from Breaking The Silence. The first, Cooking In The Kitchen and the second released later on this month, Maverick. Both songs are driven rock anthems, no doubt chosen for their fist pumping, addictive chorus qualities. The crowd went nuts for these but this was nothing compared to the reception for a cover of Ace Of Spades which came out of nowhere and surprised everyone. Nice one guys! Also in the set were new songs: Postcards From Paradise, Star Trippin' and after the Motorhead cover Paper Planes, which for a millisecond had me thinking they were going to try some Quo too. This set was a real rock treat and I really must see this band live again before I'm having to pay big bucks. The guys are playing three dates in Europe this week before hitting the UK again later in the month supporting 3 Doors Down. They headline Newbury Corn Exchange on 18th June before rounding off the summer with a slot at Sonisphere. Good Luck guys. I don't think you will really need it the way you are going!
The Crave are:
Ryan Burnett - Vox / Guitar
Carlos Garcia - Guitar
Tom Swann - Bass
C J Evans - Drums
The Crave links:
The Crave Website
The Crave Facebook
The Crave image below kindly provided by Eddie Bull of Synergy Business Management
Photograph by Sam Bond of sambondphoto.com
Rob Pope
Guitaristtv.com
The Treatment are:
Matt Jones - Vocals
Swoggle - Bass
Dhani Mansworth - Drums
Tag Grey - Guitar
Ben Brookland - Guitar
The Treatment links:
The Treatment My Space
The Treatment Facebook
The Treatment images kindly provided by Emma Louise Photography
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Next up were Wandsworth's Skinny Machines who to be honest I had not heard much of before the night. They are a talented four piece band who played a short but interesting set. For most of the time they were on stage I found my eyes drawn to sultry vocalist Jay who sang with huge intensity throughout whilst attacking the microphone at every opportunity. For me, these guys would need a few more listens, but I liked their style and I loved their tight musicianship. The song Laid Out Cold particularly caught my ears with it's brilliant guitar work. Off the back of the show, I bought a copy of their first album Wrong Side Of The River [which is available at gigs] and also available for download on I-Tunes. Skinny Machines are:
Jay Marsh - Vocals
Mike Woodhouse - Bass
Rikki Glover - Guitar
Dan Roth - Drums
Skinny Machines links:
Skinny Machines My Space
Skinny Machines Facebook
Laid Out Cold guitar video tutorial by Rikki
Skinny Machines Image below kindly provided by Lucy Dixon of Shuga Management
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The last band of the night were The Crave from Brighton. Their set mainly consisted of songs from their recently released album Breaking The Silence which I had already listened to before the show. (Review to follow). On the night the band also introduced us to several new songs too, opening with a steady Set Me Free. The noticeable difference between the album [a solid, well-rounded, hook infested debut] and the live show, is the power that this band produce when they're playing in front of an audience. A huge mountain of sound. Brilliant!
The band are taking two singles from Breaking The Silence. The first, Cooking In The Kitchen and the second released later on this month, Maverick. Both songs are driven rock anthems, no doubt chosen for their fist pumping, addictive chorus qualities. The crowd went nuts for these but this was nothing compared to the reception for a cover of Ace Of Spades which came out of nowhere and surprised everyone. Nice one guys! Also in the set were new songs: Postcards From Paradise, Star Trippin' and after the Motorhead cover Paper Planes, which for a millisecond had me thinking they were going to try some Quo too. This set was a real rock treat and I really must see this band live again before I'm having to pay big bucks. The guys are playing three dates in Europe this week before hitting the UK again later in the month supporting 3 Doors Down. They headline Newbury Corn Exchange on 18th June before rounding off the summer with a slot at Sonisphere. Good Luck guys. I don't think you will really need it the way you are going!
The Crave are:
Ryan Burnett - Vox / Guitar
Carlos Garcia - Guitar
Tom Swann - Bass
C J Evans - Drums
The Crave links:
The Crave Website
The Crave Facebook
The Crave image below kindly provided by Eddie Bull of Synergy Business Management
Photograph by Sam Bond of sambondphoto.com
Rob Pope
Guitaristtv.com
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