Lincoln Live Scene post 1

This is my first blog post for Lincoln Live Scene a new online guide to local Lincoln bands which I am developing along with a group of journalism students. Two weeks ago (Friday 22nd of February to be precise) I attended the Bivouac gig night at the Duke of Wellington Pub, Lincoln. This was actually the second time I had been to the night but the week before's event featured only one halfway decent metal band playing to a small largely un-responsive and un-interested crowd whom it seemed were there simply beacuse they were the family of the headline indie act who as it turned out were awful. So awful in fact that they failed to notice that the PA wasn't working until halfway through their first song. Should anybody feel inclined to find out more the indie band were called Esteem. I'm told the metal band were called def-nation. However it was a case of second time lucky as the 22nd saw two rather good and two rather less good bands playing to a larger and conisderably more inspired crowd. The band of the night were without doubt Drive By Theory whose blend of indie and pop punk rock was well recieved by the crowd. Set highlights were the songs 'Paris' and 'Fistfights in the front room'. I am due to be meeting the band for a chat in a few weeks so keep an eye out for that as DBT are definitely a band to watch. The band before, 'This Day Remains' from Grantham, were pretty impresive too. They were another pop-rock band and their singer had a lot of charisma and stage presence for such a young band. The band also gave out free copies of their E.P at the end of their set. To find out more about the Bivouac night and the bands mentioned above see the full reviews on the Lincoln Live Scene website when it is up and running.