Last night at the UPP
So my brain really couldn’t have handled a quiz last night. After reading those celebrity rags all week and having to read tabloids all weekend my brain was maxed out and I really couldn’t have handled any ‘whose breast implant fell out when leaving a West End club last week’ questions! I instead opted for the Iambic bar at The Courtyard near Old Street in the hope of finding some gem of an unsigned band. When I walked in it was like a nostalgic slap in the face, as I walked past the bar area there was some rather erratic man doing laps of the room and shouting ‘f’ the establishment, then I realised he was a ‘poet’! All of a sudden my resentment for my university poets society came back flooding and I very almost erupted in an undergraduate rage! I didn’t!
This made me think that the bands were going to be on par with the poet and I was expecting some ranting academic telling me how messed up our Government is and that we should all stop paying taxes, I was pleasantly surprised!
Café Racer was the name of the midlands based boys and although the room wasn’t packed full of people they definitely filled it with their sound! With the token drunk fan in tow (crazy dancing, general swaying and miming ensued) they played some amazing tracks that reminded me of too many of my favourite bands to mention without sounding too cliché.
Their set included tracks such as South Town Suicide and Paid Up & Leaving which apparently have been with them since they formed. They also treated us to some recently recorded tracks such as Longest Night, 409, As Young Boys Do and Help Me Out (all of which were perfectly mimed by the token drunk fan)! The highlight of the night was their new tracks, which were apparently recorded just a couple of weeks ago in Sheffield, such as Our Demise, Coming After You and my personal favourite Horizon. They really did help me get over my usual tragic Monday at my desk and I managed to catch up with the drummer (Ritchie) and the front man afterwards and (Luke) and they told me that they will be playing at one of Soho’s best know live band venues, Madamme Jojo’s next Monday Night. They also told me that they were going to get lashed and sleep in there van tonight, rock ‘n’ roll all the way!
I’ll be seeing them again next Monday, until then check them out on myspace – http://www.myspace.com/caferacermusic.
Next Monday 6th April @ Madamme Jojo’s, Soho London
Hi there
Thanks for the recommendation on Monday night. i went along this week and had a top night. Keep me posted on when Cafe Racer are next playing!