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The bar upstairs at the Iguana in St Mary's
Butts had been converted to sauna for this regular gig organised
by Laz of Obiat/ReadiRockRevolution.
Did you know one body radiates about 1kw of
heat? That's like one bar on an electric fire. We had about 30kw
of heat on during the first act, Lindsey. She was a
diminutive, confident performer of the age and appearance where
she probably needs to show her ID to get a drink. She was
accompanied by guitarist playing a very nice Martin. Her voice
warmed through her four-song set and she oddly ended, rather
abruptly, on a slowey. A nice variety of songs though.
What did he say his name was? Dave? Anyway, he was the
second on for the evening. Twenty something, beard and ponytail.
A nice voice that reminded me of some of Paul Weller's smoother
stuff (I'll bet no one else thought that!). He was playing a
Fender acoustic...not the same silky sustain and tones as the
aforementioned Martin but he played it well. He performed four
songs (three of his own and one cover). 'I Don't Like It (When
You Cry)' was my favourite and it closed out a well constructed
set.
The Falling Idols are a trio: Shane Daunt - guitar
(tonight on acoustic guitar), Tim Potter - drums and backing
vocals and Andy Russell - electric bass and backing vocals. Most
often seen as a fully-electric, Indie punk pop band, tonight was
a bit of an acoustic experiment for them. They kicked off with a
freshly penned song which was introduced with the line, "It
sounds like a love song but it's actually a sex song." Their
second song was 'Drift Away' which was complete with good, well
arranged backing vocals. Then another new one, 'Suzy Brown'.
But oh no! Zaránd Schuller and entourage appeared adding
another 10kw to the already ridiculous, and rising, temperature.
Back to The Falling Idols...and all change for 'Follow
Me'. Hell, even their drummer, Tim, can knock out a fair tune on
an acoustic guitar. Tim played a couple of songs and then it was
back to the original format for some genuinely foot tapping
re-arranged songs. The Falling Idols are now on my list of bands
to see fully-electric.
Zaránd Schuller had arrived with his hurdy gurdy. This is
a kind of barrel organ and is a development of the violin with
strings vibrated by a wheel snf keys topping the strings.
Aurally a bit like a hybrid of bagpipes and violin. Zaránd
treated us to and unscheduled twenty minutes of Hungarian music
that built in tempo to a level that the staff were performing
some frantic dance behind the bar. Rarely heard, Zaránd's music
is very well played and great entertainment.
Review by Kevin Harrington
Copyright Josaka
22 July 2006
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