(review n pix by neil crud)
I could swear your father’s alive when you spit on the floor and screw up your eyes. I read it in a science book that you and me have chemistry. The Keys are a wonderful band, and should be a staple part on your rock ‘n’ roll 5-a-day intake. You need to seek them out and discover them along with other new life and new civilisations, you need to boldly go where no average boring-humans have gone before. Those average boring-humans (ABH) don’t support live music at this level; on the toilet-circuit (no disrespect to Telfords, it’s a synonymous term for describing venues of a certain size), no, ABH’ers get excited about seeing Muse, Coldplay, Razorlight and will happily pay £45 to see them, but can’t afford to see The Keys in Chester.
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Hello, & at last! The first gig of 2006 after a particularly barren January…… The Loose club @ Howard Gardens, Cardiff is a new one for me. Basically it’s a scruffy little University bar room on the UWIC, Newport road campus in Cardiff. Now, of course, with it being a uni bar the beer prices are….. acceptable, which makes it a fun night! Now, as I said, it’s a scruffy bar room, but this doesn’t detract from the ability of it to be a good gig venue, sometimes these places are the best! The “Shy Magnolias” are playing their last couple of songs as we walk in. Non offensive, enjoyable guitar pop in the main. Didn’t see enough of them to really comment, nothing ground-breaking but, seemed OK to me on first hearing.
