Wednesday, January 23, 2008
The Bleep Test
As I mentioned a little while back, I was really looking forward to last weekend's Bleep Test with Six Nation State, it ended up being as good as I hoped. When I arrived Sid Velocity was spinning a great if eclectic mix of tunes, most of the Reading band scene seemed to be in attendance already. Marcus from the MidiMidis was already dancing enthusiastically.
The live music kicked off with a very promising (if brief) debut from the West Reading Galaxy house band, or Nu-Rebus as some people were calling them. They don't have a name for the band, any of the songs, or any idea when they might play again, but if I find out I'll let you know. If you knew the name to look out for, it'd be worth looking out for.
They were followed by Union Street Runners who contained members who were previously in The Souls, a band that was much loved round these parts. Still very solid, tight etc. they somehow lacked the slight edge of greatness that The Souls had, maybe a bit picky, still a very good band.
Six Nation State were last and they were brilliant. They are a great live band anyway but this was possibly the best I've ever seen them. Gerry had been telling me earlier that they were looking forward to touring some of their newer material as they'd been playing this stuff for 18 months or so, but it still does sound really great live.
In between bands and after they finished the West Reading Galaxy DJs and JoeyRemote played some great tunes. The night closed at 2am with an emotional rendition of Tiny Dancer by Elton John. The best regular club night in Reading? I think it probably is.
Check out Adam Reading's photo blog and website for some great pictures of the night.
The live music kicked off with a very promising (if brief) debut from the West Reading Galaxy house band, or Nu-Rebus as some people were calling them. They don't have a name for the band, any of the songs, or any idea when they might play again, but if I find out I'll let you know. If you knew the name to look out for, it'd be worth looking out for.
They were followed by Union Street Runners who contained members who were previously in The Souls, a band that was much loved round these parts. Still very solid, tight etc. they somehow lacked the slight edge of greatness that The Souls had, maybe a bit picky, still a very good band.
Six Nation State were last and they were brilliant. They are a great live band anyway but this was possibly the best I've ever seen them. Gerry had been telling me earlier that they were looking forward to touring some of their newer material as they'd been playing this stuff for 18 months or so, but it still does sound really great live.
In between bands and after they finished the West Reading Galaxy DJs and JoeyRemote played some great tunes. The night closed at 2am with an emotional rendition of Tiny Dancer by Elton John. The best regular club night in Reading? I think it probably is.
Check out Adam Reading's photo blog and website for some great pictures of the night.
# posted by Mike @ 09:07 
