GIG: The Ace – Plastic Pop
Records Showcase
DATE: Saturday 19th October 2013
VENUE: The Dublin
Castle, 94 Parkway, Camden
COST: £5.50 in advance
OUR VERDICT: Just ACE!
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| The Ace rock The Dublin Castle |
Not that we need much of
an excuse to visit Camden, but one thing was for sure…we weren’t going to miss
professional Northerners, The Ace when they came to town to play the Dublin
Castle.
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| Jonny |
The Ace is a
terrific three piece mod/beat/psyche band that we’ve seen many times at the
Liverpool IPO. There was a definite air of Paisley Pattern shirts amongst the bands tonight, and The Ace, duly attired, were second on the bill. They always put on a high octane performance and this gig was
sure to be a cracker. If you like your 60's mod beat sound, then this is a band you should not miss. The guys drove down from Leeds and were going to make
sure it was worth it.
Jonny does an
excellent job as front man and main singer, ably assisted by Nige on vocals from
time to time. Daz on drums has to be seen to be believed. It never LOOKS as if
what he’s playing actually is in time with what the others are playing, but it
is! You’ll never see a more energetic man behind the drums and he would give Animal a run for his money. Crazy but good!
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| A rare shot of Daz being still! |
It was a
short set, as they all are in this venue when you have multiple bands on the
bill, but they put a fantastic amount of energy into what they did play. It was
a pity they had to drive straight home afterwards. The band hit the heights with one of our favourites, “Oh Yeah” which has a real authentic 60’s mod beat to it with a hint of My Sharona. Blasting through their 30 minutes (which went by way too quickly in our opinion), they included tracks from their new EP Sonic Snapshots. We particularly liked “The Poet”. This is such a good song and the audience appreciated this one too.
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| Nige on bass |
The guys put a lot of effort
into doing this gig, and they made it worthwhile for the audience as well as
themselves. They got a great reception and there was a decent sized crowd tonight as well.
Can’t wait to
see them in Liverpool next year already!
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