Raygun - 93 Feet East

Last night saw the end of Raygun's first headline tour as they played the hallowed turf of 93 Feet East on Brick Lane in London.

Ray bounded onto the stage in his usual manner, strutting his way around the space with the hip wiggles of Mick Jagger and dance moves of James Brown.

The crowd, consisting mostly of industry people (think hundreds of fake glasses and trilby's) seemed cold to Ray's advances for the first couple of numbers yet the ice was truly broken when the band gave a cracking performance of their 1st single 'Just Because' .

This jovial mood continued into the rest of their set as heads bopped to the addictive 'Rocket Blast', the extremely funky 'Waiting in Line', and monumental (deserves to be massive) 'Lord Forgive Me'.

For the first time, the guys also showed that they aren't all about disco by playing a slower track called 'Fools Rush In'. Heartfelt, desperate and ultimately beautiful. This track has 'music-festival-sing-along' written all over it.

Their first single 'Just Because' is due to hit national radio in the next week. Fingers crossed you'll be hearing a lot more from Raygun. We all deserve it.

Raygun's Myspace

Raygun

Looking to come from the leftfield and kick the UK music scene right up the arse are 'Raygun'.

The 4 piece hail from Brixton where their rocket ship apparently crash landed and they were forced to make sonic landscapes. In reality, two of the members come from other bands; lead guitarist Adj from the now defunct 'Kubb' and drummer Sam from '5 o'clock Heroes'. Lead singer Ray and bassist Ben have dabbled in the recording industry for the last few years.

The sound, think something along the lines of 'Scissor Sisters' meets 'Bowie' meets 'Sister Sledge' meets 'The Rolling Stones' and you're sort of heading in the right direction.

The guys are signed to RCA records and are about to embark on a European tour supporting P!nk....Now that's a pretty huge deal. I've actually seen the band live a few times in London and Brighton and have been hugely impressed, mainly with the lead singer (Ray) who has the swagger of Jagger and the funk of James Brown with dance moves and vocals to match. How this will work in 15,000 seater stadiums is anyone's guess but it's bound to be entertaining.

Album is out at some point this year, but in the meantime CLICK HERE to head to their myspace to download 'Rocketblast' which gives you a much better idea of the guys sound than I can describe. Let me know what you think....