Gig Review: The Cribs

This would be unfair to call this a review because:
1. Me and Halley arrived late missing the first two support acts.
2. We left before the Cribs Encore.
3. Due to the below mentioned study taking priority lately i was
wrecked and in no way "Gig Worthy"which i would define as: "Excited, Energetic, Open-minded and/or Drunk."

So anyways now that i've established the bad vibes to flow along with this post, it will be no suprise that i rated the Gig, (Which is not to be confused with the Cribs performance which i rate as efficient!) as a M'eh.

This is not the Cribs fault as it seemed everyone around us and up the front had a great time. Maybe the fact that it was sponsored by NME effected the way i was to perceive the show and audience? After all i am an avid Morrissey fan and perhaps i was bitter at the way NME attempted to down their former Prized Poster Boy?

Upon entry into the Ambassador the new poster boys (and girls for that matter) that adorned every conceivable space where a poster could be put were:

The Enemy (Shite)
The Gossip (Shite, Im sorry Halley!!)
The Klaxons (I cant listen to them!)
CSS (Undeniably Great!)

The support act that were on when we arrived, 'Joe Lean and The Jing Jang Jong', were so terrible that i was almost praying for Superskin (the terrible token Irish band that supported every Metal Act to come through Dublin between 1999-2002) to launch a comeback, on the very stage, as irony would have it, i had booed them off of when they supported Machine Head in July 2002.

Arriving late i missed 'Does it Offend You, Yeah?', which judging from their myspace page seems to have been regrettable.

Anyway, as the Cribs came on, the show certainly picked up. They went through enough songs from "Mens Needs, Womens Needs, Whatever" that as a new fan i would enjoy the set and played some great unknown (to me) tracks to ensure that i will have to check out their back catalogue at a convenient time in the future.

Whilst i have never condoned leaving a gig early and really didn't have a decent reason, except that i wanted to catch Match of the Day, i didn't feel any big loss in skipping out onto a freezing O'Connell St 15 minutes early.