{"id":3003,"date":"2013-12-09T13:38:45","date_gmt":"2013-12-09T13:38:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/?p=3003"},"modified":"2013-12-09T13:38:45","modified_gmt":"2013-12-09T13:38:45","slug":"the-vinyls-at-the-shed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/the-vinyls-at-the-shed\/","title":{"rendered":"The Vinyls at The Shed"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sunday 8th December<\/p>\n

The Vinyls’ night at The Shed<\/h1>\n

Another good night at The Shed. Three bands and a singer entertained a goodly-sized\u00a0crowd (for a Sunday night.)<\/p>\n

Young Blaby band Casino Empire<\/strong> provided an extremely good start to the evening. After being together for only 18 months, Casino Empire has become an extraordinarily good group.<\/p>\n

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Casino Empire’s Tommy Cobley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tommy Cobley’s role, as lead vocalist, delivered a strong voice and a theatrical level of stage presence that combined the swagger of Jagger with the mannerisms of Mercury.<\/p>\n

What stood out about this band was the way that the instrumentalists provided a tightly controlled but scintillating set of sounds, the Casino Empire performance being full of vigor, energy and pizzaz. Well orchestrated guitar work blended with a good vocal layer.<\/p>\n

\"Casino<\/a>
Casino Empire at The Shed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Backing the lead of Cobley were the vocals of Matt Gore on guitar and Jack Hall on Bass, giving the room fervently infectious rhythms, beltin’ beats and blistering guitar flourishes – \u00a0they had it all.<\/p>\n

Sounding like The Arctic Monkeys crossed with Oasis, they brought us all that was best in contemporary indie rock.\u00a0Casino Empire is a band that most live music fans would want to see. Yes they did some well-known covers but they also played their own songs and, I have to say, they know how to write a good tune. Casino Empire’s cover version of the Oasis classic Rock ‘n’ Roll<\/em>\u00a0was particularly good – they smashed it with this.<\/p>\n

They ended their set with one of their own songs, their signature tune Iguana<\/em>, one that was punchy, ballsy and well written.<\/p>\n

Casino Empire ticked all the boxes.<\/p>\n

Superb.<\/p>\n

Follow Casino Empire on Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Dirty Fair,<\/strong> from Northampton, a four piece \u00a0band mixing indie with post-punk and garage rock delivered plenty of on-stage action. They had played with Midnight Wire this summer and were pleased to see some of the ‘Wire’s band members in the audience.<\/p>\n

\"Dirty<\/a>
Dirty Fair<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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With three good vocalists at the front, Dirty Fair provided an agreeable selection of songs\u00a0that had engaging melodic lines, foot-stomping beats and ear-pleasing guitar lines – they kept the show on the move.\u00a0Dirty Fair’s development of driving rhythms, rapturous melodies and playful harmonies have seen them share the stage with the likes of ‘Peace’ and fill a slot at Beach Break Live! \u00a0<\/em>Copy that.<\/p>\n

Excellent.<\/p>\n

Follow Dirty Fair on Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n

Liverpool’s Thomas McConnell<\/strong> provided the solo acoustic slot of the evening, also on his 2013 UK Tour.<\/p>\n

In 2012, McConnell was hand-chosen by China Crisis to support them on their anniversary tour and more recently, he has been supporting Ian McNabb on his<\/em> recent tour. He also provided backing vocals to Ian Prowse\u2019s version of Bruce Springsteen\u2019s, \u201cRosilita\u201d for a charity-single.<\/p>\n

\"Thomas<\/a>
Thomas McConnell<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Thomas McConnell has a new EP out now, on CD or download, \u00a0called, Worried About Thomas McConnell,<\/em>\u00a0which features four tracks and is getting great reviews.<\/p>\n

Blessed with a good voice, which he used with clear articulation, his songs were vibrant and enjoyable. An artist with character, his voice had a definite Mersey twang, Thomas provided us with a set full of variety, sometimes playing on guitar and sometimes on keyboard.<\/p>\n

Splendid<\/p>\n

Follow Tomas McConnell on Facebook.<\/a><\/p>\n

On their first UK tour, The Vinyls<\/strong>, from Brighton, had stopped off in Leicester (their first time here) to share with us their remarkable brand of quirky, fun-loving and engaging songs.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The Vinyls, Matt MacNeill<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

With Hal Cleverdon, Lead guitar, Matt MacNeill, lead vocals, Barney Guy on the drums and Marcus Gilham on bass they were a sound and likeable bunch of guys.<\/p>\n

In a set full of pace and motion, The Vinyls delivered a resounding finale to this night of enjoyable music. Their songs got the room dancing like crazy. \u00a0These bouncy Brighton boys set the room alight with a festival of foot-tapping, get-up-and-dance tunes.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The Vinyls at The Shed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Armed with three good front singers and a gold medal drummer they partied with a passion.<\/p>\n

What a great band!<\/p>\n

Follow the Vinyls on Facebook<\/a> | On their web site<\/a><\/p>\n

Listen to their songs: On YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n

See also:<\/h3>\n

Live music diary for December<\/a><\/p>\n

Live Music diary for November<\/a><\/p>\n

Live music \u00a0diary for October<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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