February has been a long month with many excellent bands playing. More and more I go to a gig and find 2 bands I know on the bill (obviously I do some planning so it’s not a surprise). Tonight I am definitely here to see Ghostcat who are playing first. Sometime ago, perhaps a year, someone recommended the RGBs to me. At the time they either weren’t playing anywhere or were playing gigs that clashed with friends, so I lost interest. But I remember their name and plan to see them tonight. There are several bands in between who vary between ‘tending to tedium’ and interesting, but to me they all have flaws.; I am not photographing bands just because they are there. I run into Doll’s House who co-incidentally have earlier today left me a myspace comment about the photos from when I saw them two weeks ago. They are with Daniel Miller who is cameraless tonight.
Ghostcat are good and the lights adequate although still heavily backlit, tonight there is also something from the front. Fortunately the evening is running more-or-less to time, otherwise I might have run off to catch the last tube. As it is I have time to catch the beginning of the RGBs and decide they are worth catching the night bus. They are 3 girls playing keyboards/synths; but 2 of them wear the yeyboards like guitars and the lead singer is very energetic. Well worth seeing and quite an extreme challenge to photograph. Night buses aren’t too bad for a Saturday and I am home at 3.30 am