Saw Point

Corker of a show today. I know I always say it's good, mostly because it almost always is, but today was a particularly good one. Our old friends Fireworks Night played a great set, with the musical saw making a very welcome appearance. Apparently the saws that are best for performing music with are generally not that great for sawing with, so musicians and carpenters don't have to fight it out in the ironmonger's over who gets the best one. Le Tetsuo's four live songs were short sharp songs of blistering energy and wit in equal measure. Their new EP on the excellent Parlour label is well worth investing in and I nearly managed to avoid mentioning that they come from Norwich, which I will no longer hold against them. All this plus a quite beautiful live song from Jason Mcniff made for a quality 90 minutes of music, and you can't say fairer than that.