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17th December 2014<\/p>\n

Archive page\u00a0\u220f<\/p>\n

This page is part of the archive section<\/p>\n

Music diary for April 2014<\/h1>\n

See our main listing of forthcoming gigs<\/a><\/p>\n

Gigs and events this month that we were at<\/p>\n

30th April<\/p>\n

Curve: \u00a0 we went to see the new musical Water Babies<\/strong>; \u00a0see our review on Arts in Leicestershire<\/a><\/p>\n

26th April<\/p>\n

Smokin’ The Profit<\/strong> album launch at Sumo with Smokestacks, Paddywax and Blunderbuster<\/p>\n

22nd April<\/p>\n

Joel Owen and the Antoine Band<\/strong> at The Musician with The Brandy Thieves and\u00a0Johnny Kowalski and the Sexy Weirdos.<\/p>\n

Read Meri Everitt’s review<\/a>.<\/p>\n

19th April<\/p>\n

Black Mesa<\/strong> at the Soundhouse with Deep Red Thread, Headwire and FourPointOh.<\/p>\n

Deep Red Thread<\/strong><\/p>\n

A seriously good performance from lead vocalist Sophie Garner was backed by fizzingly good guitar \u00a0work by Oscar to produce rock with plenty of punch and a thrilling start to the night.<\/p>\n

A good band to watch, they performed energetically and with commitment. They drew the crowd in and got them involved in the songs \u2013 which were laced with catchy breaks and memorable song-lines.<\/p>\n

At several gigs this year, DRT has proved itself to be a band of standing and significance. The band has grown in strength and new songs have demonstrated that they really have something to offer.<\/p>\n

Matt Fraine commentred to us: DRT \u2013 overall, good. A band to watch. They could be more active. Good vocals \u00a0and sound, catchy breaks and memorable melodies.<\/p>\n

Deep Red Thread on Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n

The three members of Headwires<\/strong> included a guitarist, female bassist both of whom contributed to the vocals. Their music was not short on punch and attack. Their song ‘tarantula’ was a fastly-paced number with some scorching guitar solos and shouty vocals. Guitarist Callum Wimhurst entertained the crowd between songs with some good-humoured banter.<\/p>\n

The band’s third song was a slow ballad which had plenty of colour and mood. After a slow introduction it took off thrashing out beltin’ sounds and blistering guitar work backed by plenty of crashing work on the skins by drummer Ben Parker.<\/p>\n

For their fourth song the band played an amazing cover of Ricky Martin’s ‘La Vida Loca<\/em>‘ which they punked up into a hard-core interpretation, like nothing you have heard before. If the Clash had been able to cover it, it might have sounded something like this. In some respects a parody of the original it was nonetheless enjoyable. ‘Bounce’ fused together metal hardcore and punk sounds in a head-banging, propane fuelled song that crackled with energy. The band was great at interacting with the crowd and showed off their stage-presence.<\/p>\n

Matt Fraine commented: very energetic, interactive with the crowd, their cover song was amazing, great stage presence and they got people involved.<\/p>\n

Follow Headwires on Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n

FourPointOh<\/strong><\/p>\n

This might have been the last time we would see this band, at least in its current line-up as their star guitar player, Robert, is leaving the band. His technically brilliant work on the strings will be remembered for a long time. Lead vocalist Becky Woolman did some impressively good singing. It all hung together astonishingly well delivering a set of exhilarating songs performed with great gusto. One of the most impressive hardcore bands in the city.<\/p>\n

Follow FourPointOh on Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n

Black Mesa<\/strong> headlined the evening. The Leicester quintet’s set of songs was modern in style, even though they did not have that one killer song that is the rare asset that can make a young band more than just another young band. Overall the musicians did a good job tonight. The vocals from James Voisey were adequate though I still think he tends to strain his voice when doing live performances, compared to the band’s recorded work in which he sounds much better. They could make themselves stand out more by improving the vocal layer, by bringing in more back vocals.<\/p>\n

Follow Black Mesa on Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n

17th April<\/p>\n

Young bands<\/strong> night at The Shed with Lydia Mason, Flight 15, The Pretty Goodbyes and The World Can Wait.<\/p>\n

Read our review<\/a>.<\/p>\n

15th April<\/p>\n

Ivory Yardsale, Jason Smith, Abandon Her, The Unknown and Neon Sarcastic did Play@LMF <\/strong>heat 7 at The Shed<\/p>\n