The Graveltones – Down At The Front

Graveltones

Paul Hudson — Sun, 01 Jan 2017 14:51:55 +0000

A decent evening of music at the Horn. I’ve seen the he Graveltones a few times. They’re a great simple garage rock band. Tonight they blasted through their set to a small but appreciative audience. Their support bands were also pretty decent. So overall, a pretty good evening.

The Graveltones

Paul Hudson — Sun, 01 Nov 2015 23:00:11 +0000

I’m one of those miserable sods who don’t like Halloween and the whole ‘Americanisation’ of the evening. I don’t know why the whole fancy dress thing has taken off in the last decade. I blame the amount of US teen tv shown in the UK. So I usually try and avoid gigs around this time. But I’d seen that the Gravestones were playing for free downstairs at the Lexington and as I was going to be in London anyway, I decided to drop by.

It’s the first time I’d seen a band downstairs at the Lexington. But the Gravestones are only a drummer and guitarist. So they managed to fit them into the space where they usually have their table football. It wasn’t an ideal space. They hadn’t moved out any of the tables and chairs, plus they were live-streaming the event so had camera people taking up space in front of the performance, so there really was no space. But it was a free event, so shouldn’t grumble.

The Gravestones, were on form. Playing for about an hour. Their form of garage rock is hard not to enjoy. It’s all in the performance with great expressive drumming and top performance from the singer.

Camden Rocks

Paul Hudson — Wed, 03 Sep 2014 23:25:45 +0000

A new one day festival spread across a dozen or so venues across Camden. I much prefer Camden to Shoreditch, so I thought I’d give it a go. The line-up wasn’t the strongest. But I still managed to find some interesting music during the day. Highlights were Dogbones and The Graveltones. Along with some decent entertainment from Strangefruit and Love Zombies. The only real disappointment was the Struts. I’d been told to see them by a friend but found them to be so cheesy (think the Darkness) I only managed to stick out two songs.

In all honesty, it wasn’t the strongest festival. But it wasn’t expensive and it was the first year. Hopefully, if they can widen the parameter of ‘Rocks’ to include a wider range of indie bands, then I think this has potential to be a decent low-key festival

Strangefruit

Love Zombies

Blitz Kids

Struts

Max Raptor

Dogbones

Dinosaur Pile-Up

The Graveltones