#camdenassembly

[encryptedlove]

Had a really good vibe at the #camdenassembly Got out the positive message ♡ #positivemusic #positivepeople #positivity #live #livemusic #camden #london #uk #red #matrixcoat #keytar #synths #guitar #drums #peace #love #music #xr #new #harmony #ease #happy #inspirational #rock #trap (at London Borough of Ealing) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3MV1fhJC5h/?igshid=ks9fux9jc34d

[bananasocks17]

Stand Atlantic @ Camden Assembly 25.05.18 It was a great show with TONS of energy and so many people starting crowd surfing??? Absolutely LOVED it

[shadowsoflife]

Get your early bird tickets whilst they last ⛅️⛅️ Tickets: https://goo.gl/C5zMbt #music #charity #festival #mind #camdenassembly (at London, United Kingdom)

[drum-plan-blog]

We are in Camden today supplying a kit for a music event at the Camden Assembly #drumplan #drumkithire #camden #camdenassembly #sunday (at Camden Town) https://www.instagram.com/p/B7OnHHwlwAz/?igshid=1os4f6c3tnlnq

[adamwedd-official]

What an honour to open the show for the awesome @sunnygraymusic . A true gent and divine talent. Go check out his new single lovely people. Years ago I played a Sunday afternoon downstairs at the barfly before the @camdenassembly makeover . Home to the famous @coldplay parachutes session and the day @teddysphotos invited all radio 1 playlisters down to see him sell out 4 shows back to back because they wouldn't play him on the radio. Wisdom right there Big love on a sunny day 😘🚘🚗🦄 Ad xx #radio1 #barfly #camdenassembly #support #edsheeran #coldplay #stars #sundays @bbcintrolondon #radio1 https://www.instagram.com/p/B006iQ1nVwW/?igshid=sa2hmlp00w3z

[ericthelemming]

Tessa Violet @tessaviolet played at the Camden Assembly again tonight and it was such a wonderful experience. There are so many things I want to write but they will have to wait as I have to go to sleep now so I can stand a chance of making it to the train to Brussels tomorrow morning. Must get back home to Sweden so I can presave I like (the idea of) you on Spotify (link in her bio). #TessaViolet #CamdenAssembly #music #live (at Camden Assembly) https://www.instagram.com/p/BwfrvBNh_8o/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1wyf95mhsj2g1

[equalizerj]

#marchmadness plenty of great shows this month. Hear is my recommended available and sold out shows for March ⚡⚡ #Zilo - 8th March - #camdenassembly #mickjenkins - 16th March - #electricbrixton #smino - 19th March -Electric Brixton #swindle - 23rd March - #Omerara #Mahalia / #kojeyradical / #celeste - 27th March- #oslohackney ⚡⚡ #littlesimz - 6th March - #courtyardtheatre #Saba - 12th March - #electricballroom #andersonpaak - 15th March - #alexandrapalace #noname - 29th + 30th March - #02shepherdsbushempire ⚡⚡ Tickets available at the usual spots #dice , #ticketmaster , #songkick and more. These are shows not to be missed! https://www.instagram.com/p/Budq8deBjjG/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1etxaky5faea1

[plungermusic]

Keylock kicks against the pricks…

Plunger have followed Aaron Keylock for almost ten years now: from pre-teen appearances at Charlotte Street Blues jams to touring his LA-recorded album Cut Against The Grain around the country in the company of SIMO. The smooth upward trajectory of a dream guitar-hero career hit a few potholes last year, and Plunger worried the wheels might come off… but thankfully Aaron was back, with a new band debuting all new material at Camden Assembly.

After walking on to Johnny Cash’s Ain’t No Grave, the five piece (Aaron on guitar, Jonnie Hodson vox, Jack Browning bass, Joe Major drums, Thom Carter keys) announced their presence with a jagged MkII Purple tutti-stabbing intro to Other Side, an off-kilter rocker with a splash of Iron Butterflyish psychedelic heft: punchy fluent bass and a brief squealing solo led to a crisp dead stop. Jack’s muscular Gloverish almost-solo heralded the meaty chords of Ju Ju’s swaggering cock-rock, appropriately topped by Jonnie’s Coverdalesque belt: a mellow organ-led midbreak gave space to draw breath before a skittering Skynyrdy close.

There were more obvious southern flavours in the sentimental lighters-in-the-air good ol' boy anthem Coming Home, with some nice harmony vocals added in the chorus; in the mellow Band-meets-Crowes Come On Come In with Jack’s bass mirroring Jonnie’s meoldy line and Aaron chucking in a short, lyrical Rossington-Collins burst before a storming rocking finish; and in the excellent Ways Of Saying: smoky Fender Rhodes and melodic guitar contributing to a Marshall Tucker Band vibe before picking up the pace for a beefed-up Rod-and-Ronnie barroom romp.

Jonnie alternated gutsy vocals with some tasty harp playing in the head-bobbing strut of Handful Of Nothing, and displayed an impressive impassioned vibrato in the stylish minor key middle eight of Rich Man’s Fool, which was bookended by a hard-edged denim boogie opening and a dark 70s voodoo soul coda.

The relaxed country-tinged lope of Bright Eyes showcased cracking vocals and some sweet southern-fried guitar before another Faces-style double-speed piano-led canter, and the set closed with Shine On Me, a good-time singalong finale with a Stones-meet-Dennis-Waterman-covering-Games-People-Play kind of vibe, given a pretty creditable showing from a freezing Monday night crowd. A driving (un-setlisted) encore take on Edwin Starr’s 25 Miles gave another opportunity for audience and full band to raise the roof in the chorus.

An impressive debut for a new outfit: a tight polished performance from the band; great rocking material; and a classic cheeky-chappy frontman to involve the crowd (and add the level of vocal quality that maybe provided one of those potholes…) The only slight disappointment was that Aaron largely took a supportive backseat role: still orchestrating the numbers but taking only the briefest of solos where they were taken at all. Hopefully as the band evolves he’ll get back in the spotlight a bit more again.