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performed a the Royal Grove Tuesday night. From left: Jimmy Hartridge,
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I Indie bands rock Royal Grove
By Glenn Antonucci
Staff Reporter
Lincoln’s Royal Grove played host to three
bands from abroad Tuesday, including A&M
recording artists and increasingly popular indie
bands Swervedriver and Therapy?
Medicine opened the show, firing forth an
impenetrable sonic wall of guitar wails, feed
back and glass-shattering screeches.
Behind it all, the band harked back vaguely
to early Jesus and Mary Chain (with the addi
tion of female vocals) and My Bloody Valentine
with even less structure and little of the melody.
Much of the crowd, though, found the noisy
five-piece hard to swallow.
Ireland’s own Therapy? brought the show to
an energetic boiling point, whizzing through a
full set of the three-piece’s user-friendly hard
core.
Therapy? borrowed much from its musical
library, including tunes from the just-released
album “Troublegum.” The band made good
use of the Grove’s impressive light show. They
captivated a somewhat meager crowd with the
popular single “Teethgrinder” and a blistering
rendition of Joy Division’s “Isolation.”
Guitarist/vocalist Andy Cairns and bassist
Michael McKeegan were in top hyper form, and
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drummer Fyfe Ewing added strong vocals to his
dizzying rhythms.
By the time Swcrvedriver took the stage, the
crowd had dwindled to a few dozen. But the
London natives put on an impressive perfor
mance. They showered the Grove’s ear-split
ting yet well-balanced sound system with their
gritty, layered harmonies.
Swervcdriver founders Adam Franklin and
Jimmy Hartridge have developed a sort of di
vine telepathy, complementing each other’s
guitar movements beautifully.
Drummer Jez and bassist Steven George,
both recently added to the lineup, complete the
package with freely structured songs but fist
tight instrumentation.
Both Cairns of Therapy? and Franklin of
Swcrvedriver said they enjoyed journeying to
such uncharted territory as Lincoln. It was both
bands’ first appearance in town.
Therapy? bassist McKcegan said playing to
an audience somewhat unfamiliar to his band’s
music was challenging.
“We still have things to prove so far here,” he
said.
The tempered but positive response from
those who chose to brave the arctic cold Tuesday
night showed that both Swervedriverand Ther
apy? proved a few things to Lincoln.
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