Cool evening
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Many thanks to
scy11a and crew for putting together a great gig at the Boat Race!
Was late because of much work at work, had to go home because I forgot to take my camera so when I got there about 7:40,
skelliga were already playing. I liked.
The audience consisted, not surprisingly, of mostly Camgoths so I knew quite a few people and even more faces.
Next were the Scary Bitches and they rocked mightily. Fun, silly and wonderous costumes. Had to buy a CD, got their autograph and had to take a photo of them with
andrewdavies. Great stage presence, funny lyrics and nice people. My main reason to go to the Boat Race and definitely worth the cover price alone.
Last were Swarf. Their stuff ranged from electro goth to almost decent EBM, so I pretty much danced through the second half of the gig, As
andrewdavies put it, they're pleasant and OK but nothing special. Also, the beat and sound structure seems a bit odd, you're often thrown off balance a bit. The vocals don't quite fit in, either, strangely.
Curiously, I thought they sounded a bit like Evanescence, similar vocals that are sort of away from the structure of the music. What works with Evanescence doesn't quite work with Swarf.
Almost also bought two Cryonica CD samplers but I'm trying to cut back a bit on electro stuff and expand other areas of my music collection more and I'm also trying to save money.
I took quite a few pictures but only a couple turned out well. The lighting wasn't too good so most of the pics I took without flash are far too fuzzy.
I'll upload what I've got sometime tomorrow.
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Was late because of much work at work, had to go home because I forgot to take my camera so when I got there about 7:40,
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The audience consisted, not surprisingly, of mostly Camgoths so I knew quite a few people and even more faces.
Next were the Scary Bitches and they rocked mightily. Fun, silly and wonderous costumes. Had to buy a CD, got their autograph and had to take a photo of them with
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Last were Swarf. Their stuff ranged from electro goth to almost decent EBM, so I pretty much danced through the second half of the gig, As
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Curiously, I thought they sounded a bit like Evanescence, similar vocals that are sort of away from the structure of the music. What works with Evanescence doesn't quite work with Swarf.
Almost also bought two Cryonica CD samplers but I'm trying to cut back a bit on electro stuff and expand other areas of my music collection more and I'm also trying to save money.
I took quite a few pictures but only a couple turned out well. The lighting wasn't too good so most of the pics I took without flash are far too fuzzy.
I'll upload what I've got sometime tomorrow.
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Date: 10/1/04 01:22 am (UTC)It'll never happen with me around offering suggestions ;)
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I think my electro collection is short of overtaking my rock collection which is scary.
I'll be concentrating more on classic Funk/Soul/Blues as I have far too little of that, main reason being it's music that works a lot better live as opposed to electro.
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Date: 10/1/04 05:11 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 10/1/04 07:40 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 10/1/04 06:16 am (UTC)The fact that Swarf leave you slightly off balance should be viewed as a plus. They are different, honest, new and exciting. They are not another Apoppity/VNV Nation clone, pretension is absent from their performance and I was absorbed immediately into it. All in all it was a fantastic show with an amazing lineup.
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