Interpol @ Corn Exchange

There's a reason why the Corn Exchange was sold out months in advance of
Interpol's gig here tonight. Anyone in attendance will testify that they're
not the most flamboyant and loquacious personalities you'll see at this
year's Fringe, but then the same folk will also tell you how damn good their
music is, and how brilliantly the band bring it to the live stage. There
isn't any one overriding factor that makes this performance as good as it is: it's a combination of the chillingly impassive vocal delivery of Paul Banks, the spasmodic thrusts of Daniel Kessler, indiscriminately eliciting each note
from his guitar with the same vigour as the last, and then there's Sam
Fogarino's drumming, difficult to appreciate how vital and innovative it is
until you've seen it. We'll forgive Interpol for making us wait an hour at
the start; just how could you stay mad at a band as good as this? [Finbarr Bermingham]