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guitars are weighted with lead and their vocals tired and grainy. So they have that laborious ennui indigenous to the kids in the checked shirts. But Come are neither kids nor clad in checked shirts. They’re far grimmer than that — an attribute which cuts both ways. Zedek’s ennui isn’t a teenage antipathy to hard toil; it’s the i burden of grisly experience, so there’s a discernible edge that goes beyond
Dome are just too morose, posing a : challenge that isn’t worth rising to.
; ever, to stay awake longer than J
excusing shoddy playing, lack of
. Heaven’, deranged enough and no
renegade riff. ‘Start Choppin’, not that
two. However, precision and brevity
welcome, gunning down their geek ' appeal with the kind of hoary guitar
. superannuated rockers. Dinosaur
the lyrical weariness and the bluesy guitars. But, like I say, it’s a double- edged sword (man) and sometimes
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The challenge with Dinosaur Jr is, as
Mascis. How long can we go on
presence, dynamics deficiency and rampant riff-indulgence with the mitigation ‘Well, that’s just Dinosaur Jr for you, isn’t it?’ As we wait unenthusiastically for an encore that can almost be bothered to happen, a seemly epithet is writ large in the sky - hallowed reputation sucks. Dinosaur have been granted their fair share of patience. Deliver or be damned.
Dy slacker standards, tonight’s set begins in chipper fashion, steamrollering, in relative terms, through pastures old and new-but-can- you-tell-the-difference? ‘Just Like
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more, knows how far to push a d great a Dinosaur single really, is a
plaintive reminder of who taught the formative Teenage Fanclub a trick or
practically exult in outstaying their
excess that begets elephantine
Junior? Dinosaur Senior, more like. (Fiona Shepherd)
Jazz-funk, ska-funk, pop? Frog aren’t ones for classification. In their 3 present form for a year, they openly
2 said so when they supported Bad f Manners. Saying that, anyone who
defy the musical niche people have tried to put them in. At one point they were a ska band, because a reviewer
supports Bad Manners playing a funk- pop-upbeat set and gets the assembled masses of skinheads and rude boys moving must have at least a smidgeon of ska-appeal.
But back to the matter in hand: the reasoning behind their live set and sound ls . . . Fllll. ‘The whole point of a gig for us is for the audience and for us to have a good tlme.’ We’ve all heard that one before, but with an upbeat funkee-come-popee stylee, fun is certainly what comes over when they get on stage and blast into their intro, ‘Funky Paella’, a shortened version of an old Brothers song. From here, it’s lnto ‘Chlld Of Tomorrow’ and by now the assemblage of clubbers ls collectively moving to the beat and
sporadic dancing appears throughout
llo time for the usual ‘lt’s so nice to '
be here, you’re such a beautiful - j
' crowd’ banter. From ‘Chlld 0f W G H I ; Tomorrow’, we’re taken straight into
the tempo down a touch and giving a brief chance to stop grooving and get
Good’ and back into dancing mode,
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the crowd - albeit a rather small crowd, this being the first night of the club. Nevertheless, scanning the crowd for someone standing still is most definitely a waste of time.
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‘Soul Power’ then ‘Fever’, two more very danceable upbeat tracks. ‘Time To Go’ and ‘calm’ come next, bringing
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a quick pint in at the bar. Then baaaam, straight into ‘Dotta Feel
with ‘Marshmallow Kid’ bringing things to an energetic end. With a very v, j" impressive tight sound, this nlne- . piece quickly gets the crowd dancing w "a- and keeps them grooving for their ””’ shortilsh) but sweet set. Available for \ -
private bookings, weddings, bar .,
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mitzvahs, grannies’ birthday parties, etc, etc . . . (Joe Lampard)
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