Dirtbombs VS Jay Reatard

Again this is from an older journal, that I thought I would share.

Fri 7 March 2008 – The Dirtbombs, Jay Reatard, Ooga Boogas

Sorry I just missed the Ooga Boogas. I got in about 15 minutes B4 Jay Reatard played. While I was waiting there was DJ playing Soul Classics, now don't get me wrong that would be appropriate for the Dirtbombs, but before Jay Reatard? When Jay and the boys were ready Jay said "turn that shit off, this is Blood Visions" They seemed to play most of the songs off the album at double pace, plus a few off the 7-inches including the fantastic Hammer, I Miss You (which my 4 year old sings along to!) They were alotted an hour to play but I guess they might of played for 40 minutes, but I was totally satisfied, very little talk between songs except for songs titles and white noise. But they absolutely slaughtered that night. I was a Reatards fan from the debut "Teenage Hate" but when they sort of disappeared I didn't know what Jay was up to till Blood Visions came out last year. Now I have all these other bands to check out like Angry Angles, Bad Times etc from 2000-2006.

The Dirtbombs however I was very disappointed. I have been a fan of the Dirtbombs and Mick Collins for years (never thought much of the Gories though, but Blacktop, King Sound Quartet wow!) I had a listen to their new album a few times before the gig and I just can't get into it, there are some great songs on it but some filler too, such as the covers Sherlock Holmes and the Dead moon cover. The show had some old stuff but I felt they played too much from the new LP, I didn't get into it, and if I didn't run into my mate Ollie I probably would have went home early. I'm not saying they shouldn't play new songs but ditch the filler. Maybe they should of went on before Jay Reatard as how can anyone follow on from him? But look I'm not going to ditch the the Dirtbombs altogether, but maybe they were just off that night.

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