Tag Archives: Scala

Slow Club/The Cheek/Cate Le Bon

Cate Le Bon Pretty cute set. Twangy plucked acoustic guitar and simple lyrics. The Cheek Deritive dullness. Felt like I should have been watching them reherse in their parents’ garage. If they lost a superfluous guitarist and that too-cool-for-school vocalist/keyboardist* (*if you can call someone who pushes half a dozen keys in a set one) [...]

Pinback/Phosphorescent/Prego

Prego Post-rock by numbers. Accomplished, but boring Phosphorescent Beautiful voice and keys. Shame about the bassist and his attention seeking ways. A good find, regardless. Pinback Keeping it old skool with plenty of non photo-blue vibes. Pity 95% of the audience had never heard it and it’s chums though. Pinback at Scala, 15th July 2008