{"id":2612,"date":"2018-12-10T05:00:24","date_gmt":"2018-12-10T05:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=2612"},"modified":"2018-11-29T16:35:29","modified_gmt":"2018-11-29T16:35:29","slug":"the-luke-haines-power-trio-the-100-club-28th-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=2612","title":{"rendered":"The Luke Haines Power Trio, The 100 Club, 28th November"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Whether you\u2019re familiar with The Auteurs or his vast body of solo material, Luke Haines is certainly a challenge to categorise. The 90s enfant terrible\/arsehole (according to his two autobiographies, \u2018Bad Vibes\u2019 and \u2018Post Everything\u2019); an accidental pop star with Black Box Recorder; a more laid back broadcaster on his current Tuesday slot on Boogaloo Radio, spinning \u2018righteous\u2019 tunes.<\/p>\n

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One thing\u2019s for sure, though; he commits fully to his own peculiar vision. With tonight being a rare live performance, promising \u2018After Murder Park\u2019 and \u2018Baader Meinhof\u2019 in full, it\u2019s pleasing to find The 100 Club full. In black, velvet jacket, fedora and violet shirt, he takes to the stage with a rhythm section apparently poached from Gaz Coombes. And it needs to be a fine rhythm section when undertaking the grooves of \u2018Baader Meinhof\u2019. As a trio, shorn of the tablas, the album as a live spectacle is sleazier, Haines clearly relishing a return to electric guitar. \u201cThe feedback I don\u2019t mind, but I\u2019ve gotta be slightly in tune\u201d. For what is, essentially, a cult album to a fictional film, there are a lot of people here who know all the words. \u2018Meet Me At The Airport\u2019 and \u2018There\u2019s Gonna Be An Accident\u2019 are stand-out songs tonight.<\/p>\n

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And so, to The Auteurs\u2019 darkest moment. For me, \u2018After Murder Park\u2019 is the album that \u2018Dog, Man, Star\u2019 threatened to be; bleak, haunting and beautiful. I love them both, but when heard live, these songs have the edge. The only major change being when Haines forgets the running order, so \u2018Married To A Lazy Lover\u2019 is a song late. But, what a song. The three-piece brings out the garage rock elements of some songs; obviously, minus the cello, it\u2019s going to sound different. And it highlights what a strong set of songs these are.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Haines is in a jovial mood, recounting how Steve Albini disliked \u2018Land Lovers\u2019; \u201cit sounds like The Police!\u201d. He introduces \u2018Unsolved Child Murder\u2019 as akin to if Bowie were playing \u2018Low\u2019, and was announcing the \u201chit single\u201d. As Haines has said before, to make music expecting success would be to miss the point. He is rightly proud of these songs.<\/p>\n

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Obligatory encore time brings \u2018Lou Reed, Lou Reed\u2019 and \u2018Cerne Abbas Man\u2019 from \u2018New York In The 70s\u2019, before a clattering run through \u2018Lenny Valentino\u2019. Given that it\u2019s about five years since Haines\u2019 last electric gig, he may not be in a rush to return, but I hope it\u2019s reminded him of how good it can feel. Righteous indeed.<\/p>\n

Author: Martin\u00a0Chamarette<\/p>\n

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Whether you\u2019re familiar with The Auteurs or his vast body of solo material, Luke Haines is certainly a challenge to categorise. The 90s enfant terrible\/arsehole (according to his two autobiographies, \u2018Bad Vibes\u2019 and \u2018Post Everything\u2019); an accidental pop star with Black Box Recorder; a more laid back broadcaster on his current Tuesday slot on Boogaloo […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2613,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[845,844,842,843,841],"class_list":["post-2612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-live-review","tag-100-club","tag-black-box-recorder","tag-boogaloo-radio","tag-luke-haines","tag-the-auteurs","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2612"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2612\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2616,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2612\/revisions\/2616"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}