Had another great night at The Luminaire in Kilburn – which is fast becoming one of my favourite music venues in London. It was the second night of a three-day Fortuna Pop! Festival – but I mostly went to catch up with my old friends from Melbourne The Lucksmiths. Unfortunately we missed first band Fanfarlo – but did arrive in time to catch some low-key indie-guitar pop from Airport Girl. Apparently they hadn’t played a show in almost 3 years – but they still sounded pretty tight.
Host for the night was Darren Hayman (formerly of the band Hefner) who proved to be very entertaining – introducing bands, running an impromptu quiz on the history of Fortuna Pop!, but best of all was his one-song serenade on ukulele.
I wasn’t familiar with the Would Be Goods sounded pretty good – but I found singer Jessica Griffin’s voice a bit same-same. Still the crowd seemed to love it so they must be doing something right.
The Lucksmiths bounded onstage and burst straight into “Young and Dumb” from ‘Warmer Corners’, quickly followed by ‘Sucesslessness’ a great song from the ‘A Little Distraction’ EP. I’ve only seen The Lucksmiths a few times since the addition of second guitarist Louis Richter – and gee it fills their sound out nicely and gives them a lot more grunt.
It was also fantastic seeing them play to a clearly adoring audience – many of whom have waited over 3 years since their last UK tour to see the band live.
Viva la indie-pop!
Had another great night at The Luminaire in Kilburn – which is fast becoming one of my favourite music venues in 
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