The Bookhouse Boys. One of these people may in fact not be a boy.
I first caught The Bookhouse Boys supporting The Raveonettes last year. I had never heard of them, but they piped my interest quickly. (And let's face it, when a band takes its inspirations from David Lynch films, it's hard not to like them) The band are a massive nine-piece of brass sections, percussion and dirty guitars. The also have a ridiculously hot female singer, so naturally I liked them.
The two main singers of the band; Catherine Turner and Paul Van Oestren.
After the support gig I tracked down their album, cunningly titled "The Bookhouse Boys" and soon became an admirer of their stuff. So when I heard of them headlining their own gig, I thought I'd pop along.
The gig was at Bush Hall, which is this bizarre little Jazz Club, yes, Jazz.. but it wasn't as horrific as you'd think. Bush Hall itself is this tiny tiny venue lit by HUGE chandeliers. The stage is about the size of a matchbox, so fitting nine people plus instruments was quite the challenge I'm sure. I would show you some photos of the venue, but sadly the Official Watchmen Photographer had the worst camera in the world and didn't take anything remotely worth showing.
The band were I'm pleased to say good on the night, playing most of their back catalogue, opening with Luca The Brave (a spaghetti Western style instrumental, sounding a lot like "The demise of Barbara and the return of Joe" from Kill Bill 2) and closing with my favourite song of theirs; I Believe. The band describe themselves as "Cowboy Noir", but I think they're closer to Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds with surf guitar influences. But what the hell do I know.
Anyway, they are good and you should listen to them, for that would make them happy. As seen here;
Marvellous
You can listen to their music at their MySpace if you're interested.
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