12/5/2011 Eureka Machines @ The Borderline

Subject	Eureka Machines @ The Borderline
DateCreated	5/22/2011 5:24:00 PM
	Once again I find myself at the Borderline - this seems to be happening quite a lot recently as they are actually booking bands I want to see these days.  I'm rather shocked by the recent large increase in the price of a bottle of Newcastle Brown - now £4.25 and a new record!  It's still £3.50 at the nearby Intrepid Fox so I'd recommend going there for pre/after gig drinks instead of spending your hard-earned at the Borderline.  The bill tonight ensures a healthy attendance and there are loads of friends here.  First on are the band who's name nobody can pronounce - Technotitian. This is the 'pop' side project of Milena from Shush and AntiProduct. I enjoy them more than I would expect, and the Nine Inch Nails cover they throw in works really well. Next up are South London punks Dead Identities . They always turn in a strong performance, with catchy tuneful songs played at maximum speed - a band who play like they really mean it! And on to the headliners. I have said before that Eureka Machines are probably the best live band in the UK right now - even if nobody knows who they are. I stand by this. Actually, this is the third time I've seen the band at this venue this year as they previously supported Wolfsbane and the Ginger Acoustic show - but this time they are headlining. Now on tour promoting their second album, their recorded work is excellent - but live they are BRILLIANT! Seriously - you have to catch this band live to really get what they are about, but once you seen them you will never forget them. They have obviously put a great deal of work into rehearsing their stage show as well as just songwriting - and it really shows. The music is great, with a noticable Wildhearts influence among others, but this band don't look or sound like anyone else. Frontman Chris Catalyst has a great line in witty banter (hecklers beware!) and the whole band have great stage presence - even the drummer! When you leave after a Eureka Machines show you know you have been thoroughly entertained and you want to see them again. If there was any justice in the music business (which we all know there isn't) this band would be huge - they do everything off their own back and have to finance and promote everything themselves - but they do it so professionally you'd never know it. Travelling down from their home in Leeds and hoping to earn enough petrol money from merch to get home again - I can't think of any band around these days that deserves success more than Eureka Machines do.