Post-Punk Pre-Party
Wild Paths: Day One Evening Voodoo Daddy's Showroom, London Street Headliners, The Empty Threats Definitely an evening for the ear plugs. Three post punk noise bands in a row, poses the old question of how to organise a night's entertainment when the performers are doing much the same thing. Of the three sets tonight, openers Feasts , were able to offer something substantially different with drums (Ben), guitar and a small keyboard, (Connor). If you think, White Stripes in reverse, i.e. drums taking the lead, driving the truck with the guitar providing some tonal depth, you will have some idea of the instrumental power and output of these two. Ben's drumming is quite something to behold. Essentially, this set was a series of amped up drum and percussion solos, never dull, that take the part of the planet's original. primordial musical device to the extremes of its capacity, whilst still remaining inside the boundary of what might be recognisable as music. With rhythms...