Sunday, January 29, 2006
Nixey - Live at Islington Academy 25th January 2006
The Islington Academy's polished floor and minimalist furniture - crash barrier and wall-hugging perimeter shelf is the sum of it - suits Nixey's cut-glass electro-precision style. With ex-Auteurs man James Banbury - now of Infantjoy - controlling things from behind a bank of keyboards and gizmos, Sarah was joined by a backing vocalist and drummer.
Centre stage and looking stylish, Nixey looked as beautiful as, but less contrived than, Alison Goldfrapp - whose pronounciation she takes after. The set opened with Love And Exile, a sedate, atmospheric number that would characterise the set. Nixey's songs are melodic but cold, not things to jump about to but to listen to and savour. Amongst the most memorable was Masquerade, one of the set's more upbeat numbers, while closer and recent download single The Collector displayed her knack for literary allusion in lyric writing.
written by Michael Hubbard for Music OMH.
Centre stage and looking stylish, Nixey looked as beautiful as, but less contrived than, Alison Goldfrapp - whose pronounciation she takes after. The set opened with Love And Exile, a sedate, atmospheric number that would characterise the set. Nixey's songs are melodic but cold, not things to jump about to but to listen to and savour. Amongst the most memorable was Masquerade, one of the set's more upbeat numbers, while closer and recent download single The Collector displayed her knack for literary allusion in lyric writing.
written by Michael Hubbard for Music OMH.
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