The launch of interpop saw an enthusiastic crowd enjoy the sounds that Daniel and Shaun brought to HomeClub on Wednesday night. Open ended started off the night smoothly with some heavily structured melodic rock. Their set consisted of mostly original songs apart from the cover song of 'creep' (my personal least favourite radiohead song, why do so many bands try and do radiohead cover songs, you think you can sing like thom yorke? i think not.) The music was highly musical with alot of compositions and layering and the musicians were all clearer talented. Maybe a bit of oomph and spontanaity was missing? The next band up was Caracalcaracal, not only was it a great name that kept people wondering what the hell it meant, but they were in fact a great band with alot of energy. I did not think much of the vocalist but as you can tell i don't think much of vocalists (especially when my list of top vocalists would be bjork, thom yorke, jamie lidell, robert smith, stevie wonder, louis armstrong, Horace Andy, aretha franklin... quite frankly i'm sick of the adolecent voice straining to tell us of the trials and tribulations we have all already gone through, i apologize for my cynicism, either grow up and choose some relevant themes or learn to sing.) Anyway, back to the band, the drummer was awesome, amazing changes between snares and hi-hats, and variation in rhythms.
Next up Daniel and Shaun attacked the dance floor with their arsenal of indie rock tunes. Starting off with a bang it took a while before the crowd started approaching the dancefloor like may flies to a lightbulb. Great track selection and great energy, this proves that indie rock is truly the growing trend of today get on the band wagon or attach yourself to the rails of an coming freight train.
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