This was a very good night. However, there isn't really much to say about these artists that are reasonably established and will be going around the country. There is enough for a small ramble, although you will soon see where my focus lies...
First of all, Azealia Banks was excessively exuberant. It made it impossible not to enjoy her and, although she seemed to be spouting mostly gibberish, the performance was fun and her command of the crowd was commendable. Even when nothing worked she was able to carry on with only her voice and lost no momentum whatsoever.
Tribes were standard. There are a lot of bands like them at the moment but they played well enough. Catchy rock stuff that everyone seemed to enjoy.
Metronomy were fucking incredible. Excuse my language but it is hard to get across to you just how brilliant their performance was. There is absolutely no justification for NME putting Two Door Cinema Club as headliners over them. No justification at all. First of all, Metronomy came out with what is probably the album of the year last year. Two Door Cinema Club did not come out with an album last year. AND NME themselves called 'The English Riviera' "brilliant", "expansive" and "visionary" - awarding it two more points (out of ten) than 'Tourist History'.
As for the actual performance - Metronomy propelled each song into a divinely sublime version of the album track. Even the slower or subdued examples like 'She Wants' and 'Loving Arm' were catapulted into overwhelmingly electric dance tracks. The crowd exploded with the introduction of material from 'Nights Out' halfway through the set. All the while Gbenga Adelekan put in a performance on the bass guitar that was so unerringly astounding I honestly do not think that there is a better bass player in the world
Two Door Cinema Club were solid performers - as ever. Their music is extremely adequate and easy to enjoy live. New stuff coming out this year sounds pretty much the same as the other stuff. It was, however, quite funny to hear people realising that chanting their name for an encore was quite awkward.
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