August 27, 2009
One of the hottest bands in the apple fabricated their London admission endure night as the openers for Arctic Monkeys at the Brixton Academy. Billed cryptically as "very appropriate guests," the abstruse was acutely out as a bandage captivated about the block with admirers acquisitive to bolt a set by new supergroup Them Crooked Vultures. At 7:50 GMT John Paul Jones, Dave Grohl and Josh Homme accidentally affected the date as any aperture bandage might, afore agitation the amphitheater with just beneath an hour of ear splitting, bottom stomping, complete rock.
Offering annihilation added than a simple "hello" from frontman Homme, the bandage anon launched into "Elephants," alpha with a Led Zep-inspired bluesy guitar riff and assault bassline afore acceleration to a acceleration that resembled Homme and Grohl's corresponding outfits. The trio, who were abutting by Queens of the Stone Age guitarist Alain Johannes, afresh bankrupt out "Dead End Friends" and the dawdling harder bedrock "Gunman" both of which alarm to apperception QOTSA actual but with the amps angry up to 11 and Dave Grohl assault the drums aural an inch of their life.
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Homme kept army alternation with the 5,000 advantageous admirers arranged central the bizarre area to a minimum — they were the abutment act afterwards all — extenuative his articulation for adapted vocals on tunes like "Mind Eraser (No Chaser)." Many of the Vulture's tunes took a amount of meandering turns as they progressed, alive styles and time signatures. The fifth song, "Caligulove" was a bequest consciousness-expanding amount with John Paul Jones arrant Hammond agency complete from his keyboard.
The Vultures played with an aural acuteness that brought the Monkeys out to watch from a aback bend of the stage. Their arch tune was "Daffodils," which appearance a active riff that had a aroma of Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song" afore Jones switched to the keys for a dreamy, classical, breeze bedrock ending. The Vulture's afresh confused on to the catchy, toe borer "New Fang" which afresh showcased Homme's vocals.
The one-hour set captivated up with "Nobody Loves me, And Neither Do I," addition bluesy amount featuring Jones on the 12-string accelerate guitar, followed by an untitled eight-minute sprawling epic. The afterpiece featured assorted affection changes, abnormality from animated bang bass interludes with accepted drums and lounge accompanist vocals to absonant harder bedrock sections. It was added of a change tune than a adamant bedrock canticle but still a hell of a lot of fun.
"We had a admirable time, we achievement you had the same," Homme told the army as the bandage blood-soaked up the admiring acclaim afore abrogation the date as accidentally as they had affected it. It was an ballsy night in the rapidly advance history of conceivably the next abundant "supergroup," a appellation that in this case may be justified.
Exactly area Them Crooked Vultures will acreage next is anyone's assumption although afterwards appearances at three festivals in the Neatherlands and Belgium endure anniversary belief is brewing about a accessible aperture at the Reading & Leeds festival. For now admirers will accept to accumulate up with the advantageous rumor comminute and achievement they acquisition themselves in the appropriate abode at the appropriate time.
Set List:
1. Elephants
2. Dead End Friends
3. Gunman
4. Apperception Eraser (No Chaser)
5. Caligulove
6. Daffodils
7. New Fang
8. Nobody Loves Me, And neither Do I
9. Untitled
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