Blog: Sound Bites

Friendly Fires , playing their second U.S. date (first being Saturday at Santos Party House) to a half-full Mercury Lounge crowd, knows how to translate the percussion-heavy sound of their records. Bassist Jack Savidge also manned a second drum kit; Edd Gibson thrashed around with his guitar like a young Andy Gill; and singer Ed Macfarlane is the most awesomely spazzy dancer to come from the UK since The Rakes' Alan Donahoe. And a hired gun drummer kept things tight and moving forward. I just wish they had more quality songs. Apart from "Jump in the [...]