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Heartbreak and Little Boots @ The Other Rooms
Saturday night at The Other Rooms was sparsely populated, but more than made up for the people was the entertainment in front of us. Two-piece Heartbreak were on first, although the gig was shared equally between the two acts. As this was the first time I had heard them I was impressed with their 80s infused disco beats, spiked with the high-pitched scissor-sister sound of vocalist sebastian muravchix. The french/english keyboardist Ali Renault was slightly shouldered out the way by the Argentian lead, who manouvered about the stage with little care of the reserved etiquette english gig-goers are used to seeing from straight cut indie bands. Jazz-hands and jagged legs were the presiding characteristics of sebastian's chosen stage routine, reflecting the electronic mayhem resonating from the synthesiser. The crowd at the other rooms were equally as chaotic: it was extraordinary to step away and look on, as the whole set resembled some sort of cult ritual, with the little crowd jumping about and waving their hands like they were grouping together to re-live primary school disco madness.
Little Boots came next in her sparkly black vintage number like the belle of the party, brandishing her clever toy the Stylophone (so underused in pop music) to create a set of dance glamour galour. A little too Alphabeat for my liking, as I was always wanting a bit more bass kicking in or some more blippy electro to underlie it, but overall I couldn't complain as she knows what to make you want to dance your socks off to, and if her tracks are not some of the most remixed this month, then i'll be disheartened with those with the power to do so.
Two acts making a disco of poppy beats and 80s dance are unlikely to stray too far from giving you a good night out, especially if these are little boots and heartbreak, who obviously have been enjoying playing together so much that they have covered an italio classic together 'dancing therapy'.
Overall opinion: 3/5
Digital
After browsing the delights of the Digital website, hovering my cursor over those happy little jiggling letters, something caught my eye – Calvin. Now there are numerous reasons for the excitement that this name conjured within me. The first being the fact that I saw him at Benicassim Festival in Spain – and he was AMAZING. The second being the fact that I fancy the pants off him. So there I was getting ready to go out blasting his electro-goodness out of my stereo, reminiscing on those good ol’ times in dusky Spain. Now I knew this wouldn’t be the same sort of set, and I was right. Whereas at Beni he (and we) partied our way through the album, sang along and actually danced like d**kheads– this was different – it was a DJ set. Normally I’d be a bit suspicious, I’d think that someone like this would probably play everything other than their own tracks; however I was not to be disappointed. Anyone who went to Shindig will have witnessed just how much Calvin Harris deserves to be where he is in the music industry. He has proved himself to be a hugely talented DJ, varying between dance, electro, and indie, and jostling in a few of his own irresistible riffs in the mix. No one could stop moving. With all this going on, plus having his pretty face to ogle at, I’d say this night was a massive success, nice one Digital.
4/5
The Whip - Other Rooms Saturday 15th November
After a hyperactive Pnau opened the evening with an energetic set that gets the crowd going The Whip have a lot to live up to. The Manchester outfit are lyrically a band of very few words. Early song "Divebomb" is 5 minutes of pure laptop n’ keyboard instrumental ecstasy; whilst previous single "Sister Siam" does a good job of getting the crowd in the party mood. “It’s Saturday night Newcastle” shouts the lead singer, in a brief interaction with the crowd. The crowd, awaking to the realisation of a lie in tomorrow (at least for some) are now at the bands control. The Whip have catchy choruses and bass lines in abundance. The latter with obvious similarities to some New Order’s best work. "Blackout" is a crowd favourite amongst the energetic set and with this the pockets of dancing engulf the whole crowd. The techno and the guitar fusion works brilliantly and each song betters the previous. The majority of the songs tonight would make good singles and although mainstream success hasn’t come yet for the band on the evidence of tonight’s gig it shouldn’t be too long.
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