The most shambolic gig of the year so far. Californians The Mae Shi put on a gloriously shambolic, bodged-together wreck of a show, amplifying HLLLYH’s mentalist electro-punk sensibilities with a performance held together far more by enthusiasm that any actual musical qualities (though to be fair, the sped up Lamb and The Lion was maximally ace). But they were overshadowed and outclassed by Glaswegian “fight-pop” sixpiece Dananananaykroyd- taut, energetic, chockfull of driven guitar lines, impassioned yelping and catchy riffs they combined the chaos of the headliners with far more substantial songcraft. Getting the audience to form an archway with their hands to one end of the venue to the other song their lead singer could shuttle back and forth through it was easily one the best bits of crowd participation I’ve ever seen at a show, and I can’t imagine there were many there who weren’t blown away by their star quality. Utter madness- in the best possible sense.(Photo: Lucy Johnston (Flickr/DrownedInSound))
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