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Joey Cohen Riot, Martell, Kids At Play, Starla
By Mark Howlette
The Tithe Barn, Carlisle. Friday 6th December 2002
The Tithe Barn isn't much of an established venue and raised a few eyebrows when proposed as Skiddle's new home for the All Ages. It has a stage, has lots of space, does the job.
The doors opened and we saw maybe 50 or so people sit down or stand up for the first band of the night, Starla. The indie-rock 4 piece from Carlisle took to the stage playing songs from new and old ep's including 'Riff Song' and 'Kamikaze'.
I'm not sure if the all ages crowd welcome Starla as much as they could as Starla have an indie-rock sound which is fairly mellow, and yet you have the all ages crowd who wear Papa Roach or Greenday hoodies.
I enjoyed their set having not seen them play in a while but problems with the keyboard not working over the PA or some technical something or cut Starla's set short, a bit of a shame as they had yet to play 'Silversky of the Last Prayer' (an amazing song).
These guys are getting way better, writing new tunes which I am liking a lot, their stage presence may not be shit hot, but its a bit hard when you got a high stage and nobody in-front of you for 20ft.
Next up were Kids At Play. A bit of a big following from the all ages crowd this young 4 piece pop punk band were probably more suited for this crowd. Fast beats and some punk singing with catchy lyrics. Definite influences of GreenDay and early Blink 182. Kids At Play could be a lot better if they put more in, their stage presence needs a lot of work especially on the part of the lead singer, but it was his first gig so...nerves? But because of this they easily lost my interest, and probably many other people's. Still I think Kids At Play would have been best suited to open the night.
Ketamine's side project, 'Martell' took to the stage next. This band were the best of the night and were truly amazing. 40 minutes of noise, silence, distortion and excellent musicianship. They gave it everything and then some more. Martell were powerful and intense on stage with amazing drumming from Simon Papaleo and guitarists Greg Wynn and Alex Macarte going all out on their guitars even though some of the time they weren't plugged in.
If 'Mogwai' and 'Godspeed You Black Emporer' were in a car crash, it would sound something like Martell. Those 40 minutes or so went too fast, if this 'project' decides to grace us with their presence again you have got to go see them even if your not a fan of the music, after seeing them you either, will be, or you will hate it even more, one of THE best bands, or projects in this case, these borders have and ever will see.
Headlining were Joey Cohen Riot, and after seeing Martell it was probably impossible to pull off a better set than Martell just did, but they came close. With The Riot providing us with their usual hardcore 'art rock' as they call it.
Again Simon Papaleo was behind the drums and was still shit hot even after a set of 40 minutes with Martell, and with Carter Black's lovely new Fender Jaguar guitar the Riot sound and look as tight as they have ever done, especially for such songs as "A Rose In The Wasteland" and the song with no name.
Although Joey Cohen Riot played a good set and looked as tight as ever, after seeing them so many times I thought that their set maybe lacked something.
But when you see/hear 'Imperial Soldier' and 'JFK' you forget about that as they go all out and put the 'Riot' in Joey Cohen Riot, another amazing band you will love or hate, but still HAVE to see.
Joey Cohen Riot, Martell, Kids At Play, Starla
By Mark Howlette
The Tithe Barn, Carlisle. Friday 6th December 2002
The Tithe Barn isn't much of an established venue and raised a few eyebrows when proposed as Skiddle's new home for the All Ages. It has a stage, has lots of space, does the job.
The doors opened and we saw maybe 50 or so people sit down or stand up for the first band of the night, Starla. The indie-rock 4 piece from Carlisle took to the stage playing songs from new and old ep's including 'Riff Song' and 'Kamikaze'.
I'm not sure if the all ages crowd welcome Starla as much as they could as Starla have an indie-rock sound which is fairly mellow, and yet you have the all ages crowd who wear Papa Roach or Greenday hoodies.
I enjoyed their set having not seen them play in a while but problems with the keyboard not working over the PA or some technical something or cut Starla's set short, a bit of a shame as they had yet to play 'Silversky of the Last Prayer' (an amazing song).
These guys are getting way better, writing new tunes which I am liking a lot, their stage presence may not be shit hot, but its a bit hard when you got a high stage and nobody in-front of you for 20ft.
Next up were Kids At Play. A bit of a big following from the all ages crowd this young 4 piece pop punk band were probably more suited for this crowd. Fast beats and some punk singing with catchy lyrics. Definite influences of GreenDay and early Blink 182. Kids At Play could be a lot better if they put more in, their stage presence needs a lot of work especially on the part of the lead singer, but it was his first gig so...nerves? But because of this they easily lost my interest, and probably many other people's. Still I think Kids At Play would have been best suited to open the night.
Ketamine's side project, 'Martell' took to the stage next. This band were the best of the night and were truly amazing. 40 minutes of noise, silence, distortion and excellent musicianship. They gave it everything and then some more. Martell were powerful and intense on stage with amazing drumming from Simon Papaleo and guitarists Greg Wynn and Alex Macarte going all out on their guitars even though some of the time they weren't plugged in.
If 'Mogwai' and 'Godspeed You Black Emporer' were in a car crash, it would sound something like Martell. Those 40 minutes or so went too fast, if this 'project' decides to grace us with their presence again you have got to go see them even if your not a fan of the music, after seeing them you either, will be, or you will hate it even more, one of THE best bands, or projects in this case, these borders have and ever will see.
Headlining were Joey Cohen Riot, and after seeing Martell it was probably impossible to pull off a better set than Martell just did, but they came close. With The Riot providing us with their usual hardcore 'art rock' as they call it.
Again Simon Papaleo was behind the drums and was still shit hot even after a set of 40 minutes with Martell, and with Carter Black's lovely new Fender Jaguar guitar the Riot sound and look as tight as they have ever done, especially for such songs as "A Rose In The Wasteland" and the song with no name.
Although Joey Cohen Riot played a good set and looked as tight as ever, after seeing them so many times I thought that their set maybe lacked something.
But when you see/hear 'Imperial Soldier' and 'JFK' you forget about that as they go all out and put the 'Riot' in Joey Cohen Riot, another amazing band you will love or hate, but still HAVE to see.