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The Detroit Cobras, The
Sign Offs, and Coffinberry
The Lime Spider
03-07-03
Coffinberry got the evening off to a good start with
their set of edgy power pop. It’s tough to put a label on them but they
sort of remind me of a harder rocking version of The Strokes. These guys
have great songs and natural stage presence, and if you haven’t seen them
yet I suggest you do so. Judging from the good response they got from the
audience, I’m not the only one who likes them.
Also rocking the house this night were The Sign Offs.
They played a set of mostly brand new material which I liked considerably
better than the set I caught last November at the Grog Shop. The songs
were fast and loud with good hooks and had as much in common with late
sixties Detroit bands and seventies hard rock as they did punk. Sort of
like The Datsuns with a decent vocalist.
Although both openers were received well, the crowd
really got into The Detroit Cobras. A fair number of people were actually
moving around and even dancing as the band delivered their reved up take on
fifties rock and roll. My understanding is the band plays mostly covers of
obscure oldies but is supposed to be making the move to original material,
but this being my first exposure to the band so I can’t say which songs were
which. Anyway, Sha Na Na they aren’t. The Cobras stayed clear of that
sort of silliness and irony. They don’t do the sort of reverb soaked
psychobilly played by The Cramps or Horton Heat, either. Their style is
more of a straight forward rock approach that still stays true to the spirit
of rock ‘n’ roll’s originators. All in all a damn fine show.
For pictures, click
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