Yip, Liam Gallagher and his ex Oasis cohorts played their first Beady Eye gig in The Olympia on April 14th. Read my review on Goldenplec.
Tag: Beady Eye
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Cheap Freaks: Teenage Brains Review
If Liam Gallagher’s band Beady Eye ask you to open for them you must be doing something right. Cheap Freaks are a garage punk band based in Dublin and in their short existence have opened for Buzzcocks and Black Angels.Like all good garage punk, it’s dirty, brash and best played loud. The EP opens with ‘Can’t Fool Me’, upbeat, distorted guitar and vocals dropped against a background of perfect drums and subtle bass. There’s a fantastic rawness to the EP with late 60’s throw backs.
The urgency in the music is breathtaking and continues with ‘It’s a Crying Shame’. ‘Sleep With You’ is a catchy, dare I say, melodic track, with a killer guitar line and keys I wasn’t expecting. The EP ends with ‘I’m Coming Home’, a driving rock song with a hat tip to Them.
Cheap Freaks are like a bringing a bad boy home to meet your Mum. Loud, brash, in your face, she won’t like them, you’ll fall head over heels.
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Beady Eye: Bring The Light Review
So the time has come for young Liam Gallagher’s new band Beady Eye
, to unleash their wares on the world.Bring the Light is uptempo with sixties tinges. It’s actually damn catchy with clever piano hooks, hand claps, nice guitar lines and What surprised me most, Liam Gallagher’s vocals. Hand on heart, I was never an Oasis fan but this shows a side I, for one, haven’t seen before.
It’s more rock n’roll and Gallagher’s vocals have been produced with a nice old school vibe. Some nice female backing vocals are also added to the mix, making this quite a surprisingly interesting free download. I like this a hellofalot.
Download it from the band’s website .
