Friday 9 December 2005

Urban Jr @ Bar Bloc


Ok, so everyone knows all about Urban Jr eh? No need to fill you in. What? You don’t? Ok then.

Signed to Fistfucker Records (he he), Jr is Swiss and sounds sort of like a cross between The White Stripes and Beck. His set up is a mini bass and snare drum which he plays with his feet, an acoustic guitar fuzzed up through an amp and a megaphone instead of a mike.

He sounds…..pretty terrific actually. His performance last night was fully of raw enthusiasm, spiky, throw-away riffing and infantile open mouthed rawking the likes of which I hadn’t seen for some considerable time.

He was aided by a small but vigorous crowd several of whom chanted “fist fuck” until Jr himself joined in.

Some nights the amount you have drunk and what is happening around you doesn’t correlate. It makes you feel woozy.

But sometimes what is happening meshes perfectly with exactly how drunk you are and then, you hardly feel drunk at all, you just feel good. Last night was one of the good nights. Jr provided an ass-kicking soundtrack to a fun evening.

Speaking to him after the show I asked him where he was playing next.

“Somewhere in Edinburgh.” He said

“Edinburgh? Pah, they won’t rock like we rocked tonight.” I said.

No shit they won’t.

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