To say this Summer uni break has stretched... well, that's an understatement. Being unemployed and nowhere to go is a bit of a misery, BUT had some gigs lined up for all of January.
Lyrics Born was the first show in early January- my friends and I have happened upon him at quite a few different festivals over the past few years, Parklife, Splendour etc. Some of the only hip-hop I can say that I'm into, and he has the hottest band supporting him. I was interested to see him in a non-festival environment, at Oxford Art.
Little bit of a let down. He was good, but I don't think he read the crowd very well. It was clear that him and his band have a fairly set routine that they do at every show, and the audience just wasn't buying it tonight. He kept trying to rile the audience up to scream and shout but everyone seemed to just want them to stop talking and play the music. There were choreographed freezes - a' la Justin Timberlake. Then there was booing. Although, I think that is unfair - judging from the people in the audience, I can't see them getting up on a stage in front of a few hundred people and putting on a show.
It was a shame that he wasn't as good as I remembered, but maybe he is just suited more to the big crowd/big festival.
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