Strung Out and a few reviews...

Bring all your friends! It's happening tomorrow night!
Line Up:
Veil Cassini
The Piccadillys
The Gooners
Dempsey and the DC9's

Reviews:

Panic At The Disco
Pretty. Odd.



Panic At The Disco had been the butt of numerous emo jokes. Very few saw the pure musicality behind thier ostentatious costumes and videos. These boys are serious musicians at heart.
Thier first album opened an operatic theme in thier style. They expanded on this for thier second attempt but after realising the tracks would be impossible to play live, the tracks were shelved. The band then wrote an album that wears its influences on its sleeve. Blatantly so.
But this doesn't detract from the fact that this is a great album with catchy hooks and great lyrics. highlights include leading single 'Nine in the Afternoon', 'She's a Handsome Woman', 'Northern Downpour' and 'Mad as Rabbits'.

The Raconteurs
Consolers of the Lonely



The great thing about a Jack White project, whether its The White Stripes or The Raconteurs, you are always guarenteed a pleasant surprise with the first listen to any new tracks.
Unlike its predecessor, Broken Boy Soldier, with its blues undertones, Consolers of the Lonely is a fast paced album, spitting the tracks out at the listener with as much venom as they contain. Kick off with the wham! of the title track 'Consolers of the Lonely'. 'Many Shades of Black' brings the bam! And thank you ma'm! with Carolina Drama.
Now, it might just be me, but I'm sure I hear traces of early Bon Jovi in a track or two.
Long live Jack White and his guitar!


We Are Scientists
Brain Thrust Mastery



A lot of fans of 'In Love and Squalor' (the band's first album) find themselves kind of let down. An anti climax of the foreplay promised, really.
In 'Brain Thrust Mastery', We Are Scientists veer away from the indie disco sound they made thier own and embraced a more mellow, relaxed sound. With a nod to the 80's, 'Lethal Enforcer' wears it's Hawaii 5-0 'tache with pride, while 'Ghouls' and 'Altered Beast' have snuck out of The Magnetic Fields B-side folder and graced our ears with it's self deprecating lyrics. Lead single 'After Hours' is, behind the happy go lucky tune, a sad, sorry song. The video, however is awesome!
The songs, while still very much tongue in cheek, take us to the dark side of indie.
Not as infectious as 'In Love and Squalor', this is still one of the better sophomore albums released so far.