This has been a bit of an odd week for gigs. First The Breeders now for the cheery Bristolians Portishead who are almost prolific as The Stone Roses. They are just about to release their third album a mere 14 years after their Mercury Music winning debut album “Dummy”. Admittedly “Dummy” was a groundbreaking album which kick started the commercialisation of the trip hop movement however I wonder what they have been doing for so long?
Well whatever they have been doing is can’t have been much fun as Beth Gibbons and her jovial pals looked rather pissed off. Even though Beth is from Devon I’ve always regarded her as a fellow Scot. She looks Scottish, doesn’t say much and looks like she’s just walked out of an Irvine Welsh novel, hell she could even be related to Bobbie Gillespie?
The gig was pretty good and whist they were not the most dynamic band that I had seen live had a great Warholesque projected back drop which was the perfect visual accompaniment to their music.
Written by John Rahim