Saturday 4th June 05 - SideWinder, Mr Mojo, The Vultures, The Cardinals at the New Adelphi By Julia Grant (2/2)

(1/2), (2/2).

Photograph Gallery   The Cardinals Gallery,    The Vultures Gallery,    Mr Mojo Gallery,    SideWinder Gallery 1,    Gallery 2.

He was quite a contrast to his fellow band members who appeared more serious and sedate, which tended to make Kristian stand out even more as being the later addition to the band's line up. It was as if they'd decided that winning Raw Talent competitions and such wasn't enough and that they needed a fresh face to make them stand out that bit more. When ex-front man Joe, stepped forward to take a turn at singing, it was like the band went from Boyzone to Ronan Keating gone solo; more mature sounding, yet still rather cheesy. However, the audience clearly lost interest and began chatting amongst themselves, up until Kris returned to the stage.

Then came a ballad, which admittedly did make me cringe a bit. At this point it would have been fitting for the band to have had a gaggle of teeny boppers swaying and swooning away in the front row. However, all the Adelphi could offer that night was a group of rather lost looking men as they stood looking confused and unsure how to react to the song. Previous to this they had been unashamedly dancing away to the more rocky numbers. I came to the conclusion that if you accept Mr Mojo for what they now appear to be; a serious yet cheesy rock/pop band with some good catchy tunes, you might just enjoy it. Don't judge them too quickly or take them too seriously and, although you'll more than likely be ashamed to admit it, you may just find yourself liking them.

The final band to take to the stage was the evening's headliners, SideWinder. Although their tunes are very much in the same vein as Mr Mojo, and the two bands sounding rather similar to each other on CD, SideWinder appear to have a great deal more credibility than the previous band and come across completely differently live. Perhaps, this is due to the fact that the lyrics aren't nearly as cheesy, or that they look a lot more natural and genuine in the type of music they're producing, but whatever it is, I get the impression it's never going to be frowned upon if you admit to liking this band.

In fact, it seems like just about everyone likes SideWinder for their fantastic collection of feel-good pop songs. Each and every song in this evening's set is as catchy as hell and has the potential to get stuck on a loop in your head. Live, SideWinder are without fault and sound a lot more rockier than on record which came as a welcome surprise.

There's not really a huge amount you can say about SideWinder which hasn't already been said. Tonight they were on form and sounded great, but then that could probably be said for every gig they play. So, all in all, a good night at The Adelphi courtesy of some fantastic local bands.

For whatever reason, the music managed to keep me grinning throughout the evening and even though it may have looked like I was crying, I can assure you that would just have been the cigarette smoke and nothing whatsoever to do with Kris' (Mr Mojo) uncanny likeness to a Backstreet Boy. Now, off to get myself one of those Vultures CDs...

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Photograph Gallery   The Cardinals Gallery,    The Vultures Gallery,    Mr Mojo Gallery,    SideWinder Gallery 1,    Gallery 2.

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