Rabid Bitch Of The North – Stiff Kitten, Belfast – 1 March 2014

When is a launch not a launch?  When you don't actually have anything to launch… which is exactly what proved to be the case for Rabid Bitch Of The North, when copies of their long-awaited new cassette EP, 'Defending Two Castles', failed to make it north of the border from Dublin to Belfast in timeWhen is a launch not a launch?  When you don't actually have anything to launch… which is exactly what proved to be the case for Rabid Bitch Of The North, when copies of their long-awaited new cassette EP, 'Defending Two Castles', failed to make it north of the border from Dublin to Belfast in time for this… well, 'launch' gig… But, in the best showbiz tradition the show must go on, and so it did… Openers Cutter's brand of deep, dark, sludgy blues immediately has the heads of early comers nodding in appreciation as they deliver a solid set characterized by dense monosyllabic monoliths of bottom-ended sound interjected with periodic, psychedelic meanderings which entrance and hypnotize – or maybe everyone was just wondering if their slightly inebriated frontman would actually manage to hold it together long enough not to fall off the edge of the stage before the end of their set! http://cutter.bandcamp.com/ "We're here to play some riffs and sing songs about the Devil," proclaim Zlatanera – and that's exactly what they do, delivering a set of songs filled with riffs meatier than the butchers' counter at the nearby St George's Market and melodies which get both your feet [...]

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