Wanting to catch up Simon and I decide upon the Windmill and why not? I say hi and how are you to the regular guy on the door and he asks the same. Simon's at the bar with a gin waiting for me which levels out le Tour tour (see holidays blog) finances. The first band are on being Rockpool Dramas. They play a guitar based rock with a 70s feel. Simon suggests Dire Straits which we both agree is a bit harsh (although they were good before they became famous). We settle on Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers with a bit of hard punky grunge thrown in at times their nod to Garagebashing. So excellent riffs and tunes and a great intro to the night. We go out to the garden which is as busy as ever and which I won't mention again as taken as read. And jump around the drinks to IPA, lager and finishing in sharing Newkie Browns. Next up is Todd Modern who plays a jangly (as advertised) guitar sound backed up by an Apple Mac. A good set but difficult to get a lot of energy if just one of you and a computer. Godot are a different kettle of fish as they have a lot of people on stage indeed difficult to count them all partly as the lighting is a dark blue with dry ice drifting around the musicians. They are billed as "music of dread" and they do sound like some weird film soundtrack. We can't decide if they are not great musicians making a cacophony of sound or if they are great musicians playing a very avant garde jazz tinged wall of noise. I wonder if they are a pick up band formed of other band members.Towards the end they ease into a less avant garde noise and show their musical abilities going into a dark groove. We're wondering if their darkness is a nod to the recent last gig of Black Sabbath and the passing of Ozzy. Ringards get us back onto the classic garage vibe as they are a noisy punk band with very enthusiastic members especially the singer. They get everyone dancing more energetically for their set although to be fair there's been an enthusiastic reception for all bands including a fair bit of dancing around. Influenced by FWFB and we wouldn't be surprised if there is a definite link there. Again, there's a heavy grunge vibe for some of the songs which could well be a nod to Sabbath indeed Simon notes a War Pigs riff in one song and I can see what he means. So another great garage band. Four down one to go. I've seen Children of the Pope a few times and they seem to progress their style each time. They have a harder set tonight which is in tune with the rest of the evening. Still an undercurrent of country there but a punky garagey grungy sound with harsh vocals and I mean that in a good way. They go down very well. So an excellent end to an excellent night. Roof Dog (Son of,) sniffs us both on our way out and we say goodbye to the landlord before cycling home our separate ways.
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