A one-off London gig that finally ends my twenty year wait to see Mudhoney live. As soon as I arrive I am happily surprised to count more Stooges T-shirts than Nirvana’s, a promising start.

I am in time to catch the end of an interesting immersion in the sonic explorations of Mugstar, a sort of post rock instrumental band in love with psychedelic media, including lasers and video projection.

Enjoying the first, I decide to have a listen to the second support. Big mistake. Country Teasers are at the same time the weirdest, the most irritating and the most inappropriate band that could have opened a Mudhoney gig. A bizarre ensemble with a leader who is a Tom Waits wanna-be with a nerdy look and the aspiration to be in The Fall. And this is without counting the keyboard player on the left who spent most of the set taking pictures with his mobile. I am usually attracted by radical and avant-garde approaches, as long as there is some substance behind it, but it’s sadly missing here. Continue Reading