Starting off the night was Inverness band The Oxides. Even though they're a local band, I never normally get to see them because of age restrictions and all that rubbish! I really like their music and it's annoying that I can't get along to more of their gigs. They played a number of their songs including 'In One Ear and Out The Other', 'All I Do' and 'Our Writing On The Wall'. I've put a link to their soundcloud at the bottom for anyone who wants to listen!
The next band on was Be Like Pablo, another local band but this time from Forres. I saw this band for the first time a couple of months ago and they were definitely worth going to see again. Their music is really up-beat and really good to listen to if you like pop-punk kind of music! Some of the songs they played at the gig were 'Julianne', 'The Postit Song', 'Someone To Love' and their most recent single 'Without The Pain' which I've linked the video for at the end.
Finishing off the night was Fatherson. The alternative/ indie band based in Glasgow are in the middle of recording their debut album. They played their new single 'Mine For Me', and also some of their older songs including 'Gone Fission', 'Sailor's Son' and 'Hometown'. I've seen the band a couple of times before but I think this was definitely the best I've seen them play. I think smaller venues definitely have a better atmosphere and normally a lot more energetic crowd!
I think it's nice going to gigs like this one where the band playing aren't as well known and you can tell the people who go along are there to hear the music and not just because it's some mainstream chart band who they've only slightly heard of. It was pretty obvious that being a goNORTH gig it meant that it the line-up would be really good. There's really not many big Scottish bands or singers right now and I think gigs like this prove that there should be!
The Oxides - https://soundcloud.com/the-oxides
Be Like Pablo - https://soundcloud.com/belikepablo & http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAXXpwIKrf0
Fatherson - http://www.youtube.com/user/fathersonband
The Oxides - https://soundcloud.com/the-oxides
Be Like Pablo - https://soundcloud.com/belikepablo & http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAXXpwIKrf0
Fatherson - http://www.youtube.com/user/fathersonband