Today is my birthday, so I'm treating myself to a gig, featuring some bands I have never seen and know nothing about. This could go horribly wrong.
VENUE: LEGENDS
Line-up:
REVELATION 23: A very new young band from Edinburgh. I have the impression they've played very few gigs, and they seem to be missing their bass player tonight. Maybe that accounts for the somewhat nervous performance. Still, promising - if slightly dark - alt rock. Worth watching out for.
Incidentally, in that last photograph, he is NOT poking her in the back with a stick.
KUBO KOBI: Totally not what I was expecting, just from their name, which is all I knew of them. Although I can't actually say what it was that I WAS expecting. Just not this. Sort of post-metallic alt-rock kinda thing. Vocals reminded me in an odd way of Jefferson Airplane without actually sounding like them. From Glasgow, if that helps, and playing with a new guitarist. The one with the nice hair.
Pronounced KOO-bo ko-BYE, by the way.
EL MOONO: From Brighton, let's call it 'alt-rock', although that seems a weak way to describe El Moono. Post-hardcore mixed with a bit of grunge and some metal and other stuff, but all very excellent. They're out on tour promoting their new album 'The Waking Sun' which you should all go out and buy immediately. Singer Zac Jackson looks like he's escaped from an asylum, with his manky gown and mad eyes.
They have, apparently, played Edinburgh a couple of times before, but tonight is their biggest crowd so far. Which is a bit sad, because there's only about 20 people left in the venue. Maybe it's because it's a Monday night. Hopefully, they'll be back to play to a much bigger crowd very soon.
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