Photos of the Underground: August 2009

Monday 10 August 2009

Invasion, Bo Ningen, Lasers From Atlantis @ The Cross Kings, 29th July 2009

I hadn't been to the Cross Kings before and it turned out to be a really cool venue. It's underground which always helps with the atmosphere and it's the kinda place where the walls are covered in a mix of graffiti/paintings and so on which is much better than the stock blackwashed better known London venues.

It was an excellent night all round and I had a good chat with Invasion's Marek (guitar) and Zel(drums) early on who were kind enough to share a beer or two. Speaking of which I did manage to drink so much I managed to leave my front door open all night long. Thinking about calling myself a drunktographer.

This was the second time I'd seen Lasers From Atlantis and they were as good as the first. The word atmospheric springs to mind with these guys as they create some cool musical spaces with use of reverb, delay and various other effects. I'd say they make pieces of music rather than songs and I'd love to hear some good quality recordings of their stuff.

Bo Ningen were pure entertainment; tripped out psychedelic rock with amazing shirts, non stop riffing, phalic guitar pumping and one frankly mental falsetto.

Invasion delivered as usual. There were no cymbals on fire this time round but everything else was there. It's a very simple formula of metal/trash/stoner riffs on a single guitar, high energy drumming and very powerful vocals and it's one that works so well.

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Invasion