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Let's see...tonight we've got two bands who seem to have been stuck on the minor label/toilet circuit for longer than most people care to remember. Journalistic credibility rating about two out of ten. Yup, should be a good night.
And indeed it is. I was actually genuinely surprised to find out that Magoo are still going considering the last record I can remember of theirs was about four years ago but they're still out there peddling their own slightly skewed brand of Seafoodesque Husker Du indebted indie and, surprisingly, it sounds quite good tonight, veering from snotty art-punk thrash one minute to more considered psychedelia the next.
Now reduced to a four-piece (but with the two drummers still intact), Beachbuggy comprehensively steal the show tonight though (even though, at a mere 30 minutes, their set was disappointingly short). Coming on to a backdrop showing the old Stallone film "Deathwish 2000" (which they take the odd break between songs to comment on - sample quote, "Yup, this guy's gonna die any second...(cue bloke being squished underneath the wheels of a speedster)...see, told ya...right, this next one's called "From The South"..."), they make for an excellent evening's entertainment with the Frank Blackisms of "Kickin' Back", "Bad Guys Wear Black" et al rocking like the proverbial caveman's house. They may be short on journalistic credibility but really, in both these bands' cases, that's the music press' loss and the fans' gain. Good stuff.
Reviewed by Andy James
