rather full, and it wasn’t just single people in need for a change of mind. No wonder, after all Ra Ra Riot are an amazing, must have see band!After missing the 1st support act, I still managed to catch The Answering Machine Cliffer. This band did not blow me away, nor did they annoy me, they were a support band that you don’t mind seeing. They could file here and there to make their setting a bit more exciting, the punch was missing in there. Still, the singer looked a bit like a young Jarvis, which helped people warming up to the Answering Machine.
When Ra Ra Riot stepped on the stage there was a sudden wave of happiness going through the room. This band, having a very painful past, must be the happiest bunch I got to see in the last couple of months. They enchanted their audience
with their very melodic, string based music. You get taken on a musical voyage, a trip involving classical music and alternative rock that makes you want to drop everything and dance. Dance, most people did that, or at least they jumped around like little kids, and sang along to the songs they knew. During one song the bass and guitar players retreated to the back of the stage, letting the vocalist, cellist, and violinist have the public for themselves. It was classical music with singing.
As they have only released one album, “The Rumb Line”, their set wasn’t too long. One can only hope that next time that they’ll hit Newcastle there will be some new tunes in store.Try to catch Ra Ra Riot, as they will make you feel happy inside every single cell of your body by the time you leave the gig, the only thing that will make you sad is that the gig is over.
Review and pictures by Solveig Werner
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