Sweet n Sour 26 Feb The Glitterati and The Landaus By Michelle Dee

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Why the hell do I do these things, it's not to get my skirt pulled up by some drunken goat called Mark that's for sure. If this had been in an office and not a nightclub then I would have you up for sexual harassment make no mistake. Did I see you go around lifting up other girls' apparel? No I don't f***ing think so. Where was my hero, where was my Gladiator to rescue me? I am a girl okay. Asides from all this I'm still a human being whatever you may think of me, and I have feelings and emotions like any other person on this god-forsaken planet.

The bouncers were so lacking in coinage they, couldn't even afford their own cigarettes, perhaps they need to be paid more. This said, tonight was a better night than the last time I graced Silhouette: with my presence. I rushed like a mad thing to get there after spending all day at my P.C. and was greeted by the sound of The Landaus: playing to an enthusiastic crowd. Stood beside a guitarist from the Dreamers and a drummer from Park and Ride: I listened to the catchy What you cryin for. With the best jangly riffs you ever heard, The Landaus: looked like they were having fun.

The stage had been enlarged to good effect giving them the chance to move and create some magic. I watched them play out the end of their set, surprisingly the applause was sporadic and lacked enthusiasm. This Hull crowd really are spoilt. I first saw The Landaus: last year and they blew me away especially Danny's guitar solos. I can still picture him writhing the neck and producing glorious sounds.

They still have that same magic a year or so later. Long live The Landaus: that's all I will say.

As for the rest of the night it was to prove a mixture of the sublime and the surreal. Immediately after The Landaus: the Sleaze Queens: kicked in and stamped their authority on the night. Listening to them they joined records seamlessly and picked a few toe tapping tunes along the way. With a little positivity and support these girls could start creating a buzz in this here city.

They are good, and given a free rein I am sure they could have the crowds whooping like Red Indians. They do need to talk to their audience and say, look people right now we are your goddesses and you better listen to what we have to play. We are Sleaze! Kat's here to please you, Mel's ready to tease you, so get your funky little selves on the dance floor and show us what ya got.

The second band on tonight was The Glitterati:, I hadn't heard of them but one Darren Rogers assured me they were real rock n roll. They had opening music, Frank Sinatra possibly or may be Tony Curtis I don't know. Ready to give these guys a chance I knelt down whilst taking pictures by a P.A. :up close and personal.

They delivered a hard and fast diet of blistering guitar licks and screamingly good songs that lifted the crowd. The front man has enough poses in his repertoire to keep any paparazzi happy. He talked to the audience making them feel part of the show, and they responded in turn. With his red shoes firmly on the floor, and the mic stand spun energetically to the ceiling he controlled the crowd with expertise.

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