White Heat @ Cabaret Voltaire
a heady mix of frenetic chord progressions, punchy bass lines and foot stomping drums
| 12 Dec 2006
It is coming close to London based club night White Heat's one year anniversary north of the border, and with the wealth of talent on show throughout, long may it continue.
O.B.E (4/5) made a valiant attempt to split up earlier this year, but were forced to continue due to popular demand, and on this performance, it's obvious why. With a heady mix of frenetic chord progressions, punchy bass lines and foot stomping drums, the band are obviously slaves to the groove, laying down a type of ferocious funk that leaves one rubbing one's neck the following morning. The sound is topped off with an almost Morrissey-esque lazy vocal, giving the band a centre, turning what surely started as endless jams into songs. Although playing fast 4/4 funk seems to be this pony's only trick, luckily it's a good one.
Headliners come in the shape of Exeter post-punks Thousand Natural Shocks (3/5) tonight. Despite the name there aren't too many shocks from the stage with TNS providing scratchy guitar melodies, thundering drums and catchy vocals, leaving all the post-punk boxes ticked.
This particular round of White Heat is topped off nicely with smatterings of indie, new wave, alternative and a bit of cheesy dance on the stereo before, between and after the live stuff, keeping everybody's thang shakin' from 11 til 3. [Angus Ross]
O.B.E (4/5) made a valiant attempt to split up earlier this year, but were forced to continue due to popular demand, and on this performance, it's obvious why. With a heady mix of frenetic chord progressions, punchy bass lines and foot stomping drums, the band are obviously slaves to the groove, laying down a type of ferocious funk that leaves one rubbing one's neck the following morning. The sound is topped off with an almost Morrissey-esque lazy vocal, giving the band a centre, turning what surely started as endless jams into songs. Although playing fast 4/4 funk seems to be this pony's only trick, luckily it's a good one.
Headliners come in the shape of Exeter post-punks Thousand Natural Shocks (3/5) tonight. Despite the name there aren't too many shocks from the stage with TNS providing scratchy guitar melodies, thundering drums and catchy vocals, leaving all the post-punk boxes ticked.
This particular round of White Heat is topped off nicely with smatterings of indie, new wave, alternative and a bit of cheesy dance on the stereo before, between and after the live stuff, keeping everybody's thang shakin' from 11 til 3. [Angus Ross]