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<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\nFirst up tonight, though, we have another surprise. \u201cCome a little closer, we don\u2019t bite!\u201d teases Ben Perrier, frontman of London-based punk n\u2019 rollers Los Pepes. It’s midway through a set of the finest power pop ditties you’ve never heard, played at breakneck speed, and a curious Leeds audience tentatively takes a step forward. But not too close, as the singer\u2019s guitar wielding antics are getting closer to the edge of the stage with every song.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While my fellow RPM compadres recommend the Los Pepes boys, I must admit to not listening to them before tonight. My bad, as not only are these boys an energetic and exciting live band, but the tunes are top notch too. There\u2019s a familiarity on first listen, which is always a good sign for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ramones meets The Buzzcocks is a good reference point, I hear some early Manics in there too, and with more Thunders licks than you have fingers, scissor kicks aplenty and guitars pointing to the sky, there’s a lot of good stuff going on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Los Pepes are right up my street and I have been playing catch up on Spotify ever since, I love it when a support band surprises the shit outta me.<\/p>\n\n\n
<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\u2018The Fabulous Courettes\u2019 is what the logo states on the backdrop covering the iconic Brudenell stage sign tonight, and the well-dressed duo are nothing short of that for the one hour and ten minutes they light up the room tonight. Stage right is the suited & booted Martin Couri, pounding his minimalistic kit like the bastard son of Keith Moon and Ringo. Stage left, dressed 60\u2019s go-go chic in black & white is Falvia Couri, a woman who could give Jack White a run for his money in the guitar department, and commands the stage like her life depends on the ability to entertain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
From the opening \u2018You Woo Me\u2019 to the closing \u2018Hop The Twig\u2019, the duo are tight, exciting and mesmerizing to watch. Mixing up a greatest hits of their impressive back catalogue, it just goes to show how many great songs they have under their leather belts. They play off each other and deliver a high-energy set that puts them up there with their contemporaries.<\/p>\n\n\n