The Louisiana, Feb 28th 2022
Review – AlienBlaze
On Monday afternoon I threw a post up imploring people to arrive at The Louie early so they could catch AlienBlaze. I’m glad to see so many heed the warning & make the effort.
The queue extended all the way down the stairs at doors. Guaranteeing AB a sea of bodies as she quietly took to the stage. The quiet demeanour didn’t last long as she broke into her set with vim & vigour.
Quietly self assured, AB cuts a somewhat nonchalant, melancholy figure on the stage. A presence and persona that fits very well with the angst driven lyrics of many of the songs. Dealing with issues of relationships, trust and apathy.
Alienblaze has garnered some great reviews and attention from the likes of Oli Sykes (Bring Me The Horizon), Rou Reynolds (Enter Shikari), Grimes, Ellie Rowsell (Wolf Alice). And it’s easy to see why.
The crowd quickly picking up on the vibes and injecting motion as we are treated to great live performances of “Hate Me” & “Broken Hearted or What”.
The set jumps around with a performer and catalogue of songs that flips between tempos and genres. Goth, rock, Emo, electro, grunge … it’s all in there. Mixed up with a subtle 80s retro club vibes and some great use of distortion. It all works really well. You can easily pick out influences from The Cure, Lorde, Billie Eilish and more, but that would be lazy as AB is blazing her own trail in her own way.
In keeping with the set, we get no farewell. Rather a mic drop and stage departure, pulled off well by a very exciting talent.
The trajectory is set for this young singer/lead guitarist to go as far as they want.
Review – Bambie Thug
Rumour has it if you look in the mirror and say Bambie Thug five times they will appear on stage..
A jam packed Louisiana must have been practicing their incantations Monday night as the witch bitch duly appeared.
Contorting onto stage out of the dark. Bambie lays it down heavy on the Bristol crowd with a mesmerising performance that the bewitched mob lapped up.
Far more than a singer, Bambie is an all round performance artist. Art is art and Bambie is accomplished at many forms.
Donning one of their trade mark stage outfits that cross the line between Max Max and a sex Museum, Bambie catapults the crowd at pace through a set that left no fan wanting. Silver tongued, barbed lyrics layer over deep beats. “Necromancy”, “Ritual”, “Hierophant” are all here. And the party atmosphere really gets started with superb renditions of “P.M.P” and “Birthday”, both bellowed back by those in attendance.
Playful in nature, overtly sexual, open lyrics, multi talented and most importantly very now in attitude. The Bambie Thug coven is growing, standing at 8k monthly Spotify listeners. And with performances such as Mondays it’ll continue growing at a rapid rate.
Review – Cassyette
Cassyette threatened to bring Mayhem to Bristol on a wet n windy Monday night. And we’re pleased to report that’s exactly what happened.
The upstairs at the iconic Louisiana was bursting at the seems as Cassyette bounced up on stage. No big superstar entrance, just a performer totally at ease with their surroundings. Acknowledging the crowd with a simple, husky “alright” Cassyette set about delivering our favourite gig of 2022 so far.
The atmosphere was electric, boisterous & matched the final night of the tour party vibe. The show becoming so boisterous at times that Cassyette was forced to stop performing & pull those at the front up on stage with them to avoid injury. All this was accomplished with a huge grin that didn’t leave the face all evening.
The crowd were totally in synch as they loudly roared verse after verse, chorus after chorus back at the future of UK Alt Rock.
The performance of “Petrichor”, blending the stripped back start into the full throated version was spine tingling. Room thumping performances of “Dear Goth” & “Behind Closed Doors” served up as appetisers to new single and instant anthem “Mayhem”. Quite possibly sang louder than any song I’ve heard at The Louie.
By the time “Prison Purse” was hitting the speakers, any semblance of control was gone with as many people dancing & singing on stage as off.
What a night… Cassyette you are a STAR. And if you’re not filling large arenas in the next 18 months, well..we might as well all give up on reviewing.
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