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<\/div>\n

Thursday 23rd July 2015<\/p>\n

Pi Bar<\/h1>\n

We saw: Chasing Deer, Ladies, French Leave and Rebel Westerns.<\/p>\n

Emperor Penguin Productions<\/strong> put on the show tonight and Nile McGregor was on the sound desk. Pi Bar, in Narborough Road, is a popular venue and its free entry shows are a draw people who like good live music. It always seems to be full.<\/p>\n

Chasing Deer<\/h2>\n
\"Chasing<\/a>
Chasing Deer when they were in Leicester for the gig at Pi Bar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I saw Chasing Deer<\/strong> at The Shed in June and noted: ‘Chasing Deer played Pompeii<\/em> \u2013 Bastille\u2019s much-loved song that I have heard from many acts before. Many of you will be able to sing<\/p>\n

And the walls kept tumbling down<\/em>
\n In the city that we love<\/em>
\n Great clouds roll over the hills<\/em>
\n Bringing darkness from abov<\/em>e<\/p>\n

Even though I have heard this before \u2013 for example from the acapella group The Simpletones \u2013 I have to say that Chasing Deer gave it their own take and delivered one of the better covers of this famous song, that I have ever heard; they gave it a new interpretation in which multi-levelled instrumental orchestration enriched the tone and flavour. Rob Hodkinson provided very pleasing vocals, backed by the rest of the band in a performance that led me to add When this band comes back to Leicester, I will be first in the queue to see them.’<\/p>\n

\"Chasing<\/a>
Chasing Deer at Pi Bar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

So, I was there, as promised at tonight’s return visit of the band to Leicester. They came from their home town of Stratford-on-Avon to play for us; I asked myself ‘what is that I like about this band?’ Well, quite simply, they play good music; they play well and their songs have been selected with good taste and judgement. Their lead singer has a good voice and they have a pleasing stage presence – all dressed in grey shirts and black trousers. This is a band that goes to some trouble to be successful. Their songs have bite and resonance; what they gave us was a set of listenable melodies, vibrant tunes, scintillating stops and breaks and when you watch them perform you see a group of young men who are really enjoying what they are doing on stage; they clearly have a chemistry among them. Now, for me that all adds up to one thing: a really good band. I rate them highly.<\/p>\n

\"Chasing<\/a>
Chasing Deer on stage at Pi Bar on 23rd July<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Chasing Deer has a recently released CD – Rewriting History<\/em>; well worth getting for a good listen.
\nFollow them on Facebook<\/a>
\nChasing Deer’s website<\/a>
\nListen to them on Soundcloud<\/a><\/p>\n

Ladies<\/h2>\n
\"Ladies<\/a>
Ladies performing at Pi Bar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Leicester band Ladies<\/strong> got through to the finals of the 2015 Original Bands showcase (which was won by Dig Lazarus.) Writing about them at that show I said ‘Another trio took to the stage, a band founded in March last year, based in the Oakham\/Stamford area, they describe themselves as a \u2018guitar pop band.\u2019 Their songs had plenty of attack, lively rhythms and strongly entertaining sounds.’ Tonight, Ladies gave the Pi Bar audience a strong set lead by their lead singer Chas Moody; playing their own songs, they delivered music which had character and engaging sounds. Coming from the Oakham\/Stamford area, they were founded in March 2014 and have gone on to performance at various UK venues and, on their Facebook page they say ‘Ladies play a variety of crafted pop tunes which, whilst taking inspiration from the past, give a clear indication of music that is yet to come.’ This is clearly a band that deserves more attention; must see them again.<\/p>\n

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

[In a previous version of this page, I commented on the performances of two bands. Having received feedback on those comments I made and having read them again, I see they were not of a high standard and failed to do justice to the performances given by them.\u00a0 I have therefore withdrawn these paragraphs and apologise to both sets of artists for not having done my job properly in the first place. Editor]<\/p>\n

French Leave on Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n

Follow Rebel Westerns on Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n

All in all a very good night<\/p>\n

See also:<\/p>\n

Our coverage of the Simon Says… festival<\/a><\/p>\n

Read about our day at Enderby<\/a><\/p>\n

We sent to see Another Day Down<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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