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It's Valentine's night in the sweaty box of rock that is the Dragon Bar, and for a few worrying moments it promised to be a pretty lonely one for me in the audience. Luckily my fears were unfounded, as moments later, Birmingham's dedicated gig-goers started shuffling in from the cold and straight for the bar... |
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After legging-it up the stairs and bursting through the door to catch the end of the first song of the Kids in Cars set, 'Lord of the Land', the first thing that struck me was just how young these guys look. The second thing that struck me was just how warm the Dragon Bar was – after braving the sleet and snow that seems never-ending at the moment I couldn't decide whether I was glad to see the electric bar heater on full-blast at the back of the room or not... |
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Here’s what I was expecting - the room filled with 14-year-old Foo Fighters fans trying to get close to their second favourite axe man. Here’s what I got - a small room, three-quarters filled by everyone but 14-year-old Foo Fighters fans. Well... That’s cool... |
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The Archives hail from the Black Country, and the vocalist looked much like he wished he hadn't left the area as he spent the entire set looking either at the ceiling or his bandmates. Whilst the guitars were strong, each song merged into the next with barely a breath to differentiate between their largely generic indie-rock. The only real breaks in formation came with Never Gonna Be and, more notably, Rehabilitation, which instigated the first, barest ripple of movement in the crowd. |
