Chapel Club and The Belle Brigade, Wednesday 16 March, Phoenix, Austin, TX (SXSW)

The Belle Brigade played non-alt country rock with sweet girl-boy harmonies. We arrived towards the end of the set by the crowd seemed pretty into it.

Chapel Club made a big opening noise which built tension and excitement effectively. They sounded more interesting live than they do on record and less gothic than we expected, very Echo and the Bunnymen.
The singer was very polite and personable. Their 'Sha-la-las' were quite U2-esque.  The last song was especially good. They created an atmosphere as if the singer was preaching or prophesising with a storm going on around him.