Miles Kane LIVE @ Kasbah, Coventry 23.3.14

The 23rd of March and Mr Miles Kane takes a little trip to the small city of Coventry to take on the only club in the whole of town with the slightest bit of life. Miles filled the club with enthralling, coruscating vibes. Wake up Coventry Miles has arrived.

It was a typical Miles Kane gig. A room of excited baby Paul Weller’s, a sea of paisley and a painting of Quadrophenia that was anticipating this gig with chants of ‘Miles Miles Miles’. The room was ready. Starting with the classic ‘Inhaler’ it was inevitable his audience would become a roaring storm. Madness breaking out left, right and centre.

There’s something quite exciting about Miles. He’s a true stage man. Thrilling the mod cuts with his new trim, he had the room ecstatic with his magical riffs and electric voice. At one point he even got the room chanting football chants (Coventry ones) with the returned banter of his teams ‘when you walk’ from Miles. Total lad move, getting the crowd going. He had the room in his grasp and they weren’t slipping away.

‘Wirral Riddler’ was one to get the crowd going as it was unexpected, a pleasant surprise with joyous riffs. The crowd were going crazy with it, with screams of Kane filling the room. It was perfect. However, surprisingly the song of the night was in fact ‘Give up’ with a mix of the Stone’s ‘Sympathy for the Devil’ dropped in. A concoction of brilliant songs perfectly blended together. It was the moment of the night.

What was going to happen? Then the chorus of ‘Give up’ kicked in and the anticipation did simply give up with bodies thrown everywhere to the contagious sounds. That was it, there was no going back. The room stayed mental for songs such as ‘My Fantasy’ which must I admit was little bit magical and the brilliant set closer ‘Come Closer’ with The Verve’s ‘This Is Music’ intro. Another nice touch from Kane to appease the Indie loving crowd.

The encore of ‘Colour And The Trap’ and ‘Don’t Forget Who You Are’ ended the night in similar mental fashion to send his troops home satisfied. Miles Kane, we clearly were ‘pleased to meet you’.

Erin Brown