Camden seems to be slowing coming back to life. So I find my self again at The Dublin Castle to see Pussycat & The Dirty Johnsons. But before the headliners I see a band who are new to me.
This is
The Electric Shakes - and they are very good! They are what I call a
proper rock 'n' roll band, and they even have a saxophone player - something you don't see very often these days.
How come I haven't discovered these guys until now? Pounding driving riffs, and actual tunes - this is the real deal.
The Electric Shakes are definitely a band I want to see again - this is the best new band I've seen in ages! OK, so I haven't seen many bands in the last year or so - especially new ones, but this is a band with a 100% rock 'n' roll attitude and there aren't many of them around now.
This band have more of a 50's throwback sound - apart from drummer Filfy Antz throwing in the odd disco beat to shake things up a bit. Dirty Jake on guitar keeps the rockabilly flame alive. Puss Johnson seems to have partly re-invented herself with a slightly more Glam Rock look compared to her earlier Catwoman channeling Tank Girl image, but she still spits and snarls with punky attitude.
After the show Puss is on the merch stall and I buy the band's third album as I already have the first two, but when I get home I find I've already got it - so I really should have bought the fourth one instead! I am an idiot. At least that £10 goes towards the band's fuel money for the trip from their home in Basingstoke.
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