Sine Star Project
This is another short catch up review, sorry....
I'd not been to the Dublin Castle for a long time. So here I was to see the
Sine Star Project a band I'd tried to see before but missed them after arriving late to a gig went inexplicably to schedule.
No such setbacks here. I'd wanted to see them as I'd come across their web-site and listened to several of their songs which were all very strong.
Songs with soaring melodies, multi-layered sounds and interesting instruments to boot.
The pedal steel was employed on several of the songs to great effect.
Two other similar bands that I have still to see are Hera Crush and Duplex Guage.
KT Tunstall, Shepherds Bush Empire
I was looking forward to this gig for a long time and it didn't disappoint. She did most of the songs off the album and a few news ones that also sounded good. So perhaps there will be another album that measures up to her outstanding debut.
And that is it for this review as I am catching up...
The Seen
Catching up with brief descriptions of some previous gigs...
One of the John Peel tribute gigs was held at the Purple Turtle near Mornington Crescent.
I'd never been to this venue before and
The Northern line wasn't running so I nearly didn't go. When I
arrived there were police vans outside and many people had been thrown out or taken away. I missed the cause of it all.
I'd gone to see Lily Fraser, this time she was with her full band and they
were great as usual, but I've already written about them so I'll concentrate
on the last act of the evening
The Seen.
They are a four-piece from North London. They call their sound Sonic Soul and it is an interesting sound not easy to pin down. They combine funk guitar with swirling guitars
with a solid rock rhythm section.
I was reminded of Blink (but thats probably just me).
All in all one of the best bands that I've stumbled upon.
