I just came back from the Punters Club where I saw Ninetynine. They were
great; equal parts spiky guitar riffs, groovy rhythms, xylophones and
yummy Casiotone goodness. They played mostly short, intense pop songs, with
frantic amounts of energy, yet tight, funky grooves like a visitation from
Grudnuk. One highlight was a punk-pop song they did in Arabic, with the
drummer (a guy who looked somewhere between Robert Smith and
Michael Hutchence's character in
Dogs In Space) getting up and singing,
with his manic energy. All in all, an intense performance.
(I didn't see the support bands, as I went to the Empress before that to
see Sir and The Dumb Earth.)
(I saw Ninetynine before, many years ago (when they were supporting The Paradise Motel; that's how long ago), but not for some time until now.)
Speaking of live bands, Prop are
playing tomorrow night at Pony; they should be very much worth seeing.