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'TURGID' was the word used by a friend of mine to
describe the Raveonettes' performance at the Soundhaus
in Northampton.
 I
still don't know if it's the right word, but it certainly
conveys the disappointment felt by myself, at least,
after the much-anticipated gig. First we had Nylon
Pylon to contend with, and what a surprise that
was.
As they swaggered on stage, four Mancunians, one wearing
a camouflage anorak, one sporting dungarees and another
shouting 'let's 'ave it!,' my heart sank. Another Oasis
replacement, for sure.
But then they launched into a set of searing guitars,
strangled vocals and surging techno beats which was,
satisfyingly, very, very loud. Like the dungaree-wearing
baby stepbrothers of Primal Scream circa-XTRMNTR and
New Order's trashier moments, Nylon Pylon are on to
a good thing. New single 'Push It' is a Radio 1 playlist
cert, and as soon as they tighten up the less convincing
parts of their set, the will be well on their way to
techno-punk stardom.
The Raveonettes, on the other hand, won't have
to try so hard. They already have half the garage-rock-loving
music community drooling over their Danish origins,
their penchant for playing in one 'glorious' chord (Bb
minor for their latest mini-EP), and their sassy vocalist
Sharin Foo.
The other half wisely noted that despite toe-tapping
Wanna Dance and a couple of other vocal-dominated songs,
what the Raveonettes' have to offer is guitars, fuzz
and more fuzz.
Disappointing, uninspiring and frankly not worthy of
the Velvet Underground/Jesus Mary Chain comparisons.
Maybe I caught them on a bad day, or maybe I'm missing
something. Whatever, my humble opinion is unlikely to
stop the great garage-rock hype machine wheels from
turning. Not this time, anyway.
Relevant sites:
Richard
Gottehrer
Crunchy
Frog Records
The
Ravonettes
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