Levis’ 5 Night Revue, Metronomy + Tubelord, Friday Sept 26th
September 30, 2008
Levis’ 5 Night Revue, Metronomy + Tubelord, Macbeth September 26th
Tubelord kicked off proceedings on the final night of Levis’ five night stay at the Macbeth and did so loudly. Buoyed by plenty of local support the rock band that should have broke up and gone to university actually put on a set more than worth half an hour of anybody’s time. Post grunge it definitely isn’t and a 19 year old Thom York may welll be ashamed of that haircut but once you get passed these small details and let go 1991 doesn’t sound that bad. Not when you have had to listen to Snow Patrol on your office radio all day. As with every other night this week Levis’ had collected up two improbable team mates in a successful bid to put on an original show and open up peoples ears to new music. Their Ones to Watch brand has built up a lot of momentum in the past year, especially with the recent success of acts graduating from this stage 12 months ago and I can’t imagine that many would have arrived as fans of both bands, but the likelihood is that they would have definitely left that way.
Tonight’s headliners Metronomy have already had one album out, but singer Joseph Mount has since strengthened his line up by making former back ups the Food Groups full time members of his. This has turned out to be a masterstroke with Metronomy moving from that awkward position of timid critical acclaim to full on men of the moment. Their party of a live set still finds room for efforts from the first album, but with a new lease of life they could never go under appreciated. The funky bass riffs, light shows and dance moves have the crowd bopping away like the bar staff in some sort of funky house club. Crowd favourites such as the superb ‘My Heart Rate Rapid’, Radio Ladio’ and ‘Heartbreaker’ can’t fail to impress and by the time comes for the lights to be raised there is sweat dripping off the walls, surely everyone went home happy.