The festivals are all in full flow. Crazy parties in over-populated fields. Losing your tent amidst a sea of others. Meditating at a tree somewhere in Suffolk. But don’t let all of these far-flung moments of excitement distract you from the incredible things happening before your eyes here in Cardiff. Over the last two months we have brought together some genuinely shit-hot talent to enthrall and entertain. We’ve seen the psych-art-pop powers of Django Django give us a full-on lip-kiss, not to mention the immensely gifted electro-drone-rock of We//Are//Animal. However, we at MMP are simply unrelenting in our desire to make going to live music as exciting as possible, so this time we have invited down R ‘n’ B, garage spanglers Thee Vicars to step into our sauna of the scintillating.
As always, we are sourcing our bands from the ripened well of musical talent across the country. Widely acknowledged as one of the finest, most filthy sounding rock acts rising through the ranks, Thee Vicars may dress like respectable gentlemen but are capable of summoning enough live energy to power the Caribbean. Recent album Psychotic Beat saw NME claim that they were ‘approaching a revelation’ giving it 8/10 in the process. MOJO and The Guardian have also acknowledged their tight but lairy garage beats. The Miniature Music Press now invites you to opens your arms and hearts to their rip-snorting, tail-sporting, leg-contorting, shuffle-courting stomps.
As always we don’t rest until we have two support acts for you to slobber on. In-keeping with the old-school R ‘n’ B sound of the headliners, we have opted for the blues-rock maniacal mayhem of Henry’s Funeral Shoe.
Having personally witnessed these chaps in swaggering action just a month or so ago, we can testify to their innate magnificence.
Plus, as an extra-special treat we have the euphoric, good-time, 60s-tinged pop-rock of Houdini Dax.
Houdini Dax
This is an avalanche of the ace. A tornado of the terrific. A whirlwind of the wonderful.
Who’d want to miss that?
Thee Vicars. Cardiff Arts Institute. 22nd July 2010. Woop bloody woop!!
x MMP
