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TV on the Radio, Atavist, Night Sun, Harvestman, Cardiacs, Melvins, Earth, King Crimson, Goblin, Earth, Stephen Malkmus, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Burzum, Kayo Dot, Elbow, Weidorje, Patton (Bungle, Fantomas....), Henry Cow, ASVA, Nektar, Diamanda Galas, Moss, Deep Purple, Clouddead, Swans, Queen, Om, The White Noise, Pelican, Tangerine dream, Secret Cheifs 3, Pantera, Hot Hot Heat, Lento, Taint, ISIS, Blut Aus Nord, Kansas, Roisin Murphy, Sleep, Shellac, Rapeman, Big Black etc, Meshuggah, Kate Bush, Eels, Neurosis, Wolves in the Throne Room, Gang Gang Dance, Virus, The Shins, Pantera, Van Der Graaf Generator, Kyuss, They Might Be Giants, Weedeater, 65 Days of static, Slap Happy, Dead Raven Choir, Magma, Fad Gadget, Neurosis, Sleep, The Enid, Ocean, Guapo, Devo, Unsane, Moss, Desaparecidos, Franz Ferdinand, Slint, An Emergency, Electric Wizard, The Jesus Lizard, The Birthday Party, Agophobic nosebleed, Chrome Hoof, Corrupted, Silver Apples, Egg, Old man gloom, Nomeansno, The Flock, Acid Mothers Temple, Grey Daturas, Moon Dog, Glass Jaw, Frank Zappa, Deerhoof, This Heat, Camberwell now, The Sound, Home, The Marz Volta, Oceansize, 90 Day Men, Godflesh, Burning Witch, Leonard Nimoy, Notorious Hi-Fi Killers, The A.M., Biffy Clyro, Gong, Clor, The Futureheads, Tom Waits, Grails, Wein, Thee More Shallows, High on fire, Neutral Milk Hotel, Gang of Four, Thrones, Iron Monkey,
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| Sounds Like | Here's what Sean from The Organ thought of the last gig at The Miller in London:
Two good bands and we like gigs like this where someone has taken time to put an inspired bill together and cross pollinate... Rose Kemp is why we’re really here though, tonight Rose and her band are a three piece – Joe Garcia on bass, James King on drums and Rose herself on guitar and extremely rich vocals. A heady blend of exhilarating old school heavy rock and folk-edged English prog. She has us mesmerised from the off, entranced in her musical seduction, her darkness when the day is done in her brooding riffs anchored down by that really strong and rather compelling, rather visual, rhythm section – colourful old school prog drumming, powerfully atmospheric, a drummer who’s entertaining to watch - hand over the top of neck inch-thick-strings bass playing holding it all in place. The three of them are conjuring some serious English sounding spot-hitting heavy rock alchemy tonight, this wouldn’t be lost sharing the same stage as Electric Wizard, Cathedral or even bands like Kayo Dot. Brooding riffs, slowly uncoiling, swooping grace, powerfully carrying all before them. None of the keyboard that’s to be found on the new album here tonight - she does sometimes play with a keyboard player in a five piece line up, she sometimes plays completely alone – there’s a sense of freedom within her structure, she does pretty much hold to the frame of the tracks as found on the albums, it would not surprise if she was to gallop off somewhere different though. You get the feeling no two Rose Kemp gigs will ever be quite the same – no automatic pilot here. Her British rock heritage is glowing up there on the stage tonight, heritage well documented - daughter of Steeleye Span’s Maddy Prior and Rick Kemp - brought up on the stage she now commands; swaying there, chewing her gum, hair and guitar swaying, all in black, lost in her zone, witchy, pagan – powerfully heavy songs, epic songs that pull you and her in until she can’t remember who she is or where we are. Innocence shrouds the gaze of the Dirty Glow - lost in it all until she gets to the end, rubs her eyes and politely thanks everyone before taking time to tune up, grab breath and head us out there again... out in to a wholeness of sounds. Exhilarating gig, stimulating night....
Cheers Sean :) x
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