22/11/2006 Backyard Babies & Towers Of London @ the Mean Fiddler

Subject	Backyard Babies & Towers Of London @ the Mean Fiddler
PostedDate	11/22/2006
	This is a great bill in a smallish venue - a gig I'd been looking forward to for a while. It was one of those nights when as Jonni from Pretty Suspects observed "everyone was there" - including Ginger looking down from the balcony as Backyard Babies played a song he had helped write. Towers Of London put on a great show as usual, although I've seen them do better. They are always entertaining and put plenty into giving people a show to remember. Even though they were supporting, they looked to have drawn a pretty good crowd in their own right and the place was already quite full when they were playing. Backyard Babies are one of those bands I have to see when they come to town as I know they are always great live.  Tonight was no exception, although like Towers I have seen them play more exciting shows. There was a good mix of songs from all their albums - not just concentrating on their latest one - even though it's one of their best. Still no 'Bombed...' though.  I feel lucky to have seen this band twice in London in only a few months as normally they only appear once when they release a new album.