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What a strange choice of venue! The Elbow Rooms is a pool hall/bar with the ambience of a Wetherspoons. The post-work crowd of men still wearing ties, and locals in tracksuits couldn't look more different to the sharply dressed boys and girls with complicated haircuts who have gathered here to check out two of London's most promising new acts: the Soho dolls and the Rocks. A tiny stage has been set up in the corner of the bar, awkwardly placed requiring the local pool players to squeeze though the crowd to get to the bar.
However there were few complaints from the locals at this intrusion when the Soho dolls took to the stage. Three sexy, small, girls in tight clothes dancing to loud music are most 30 something man's idea of perfect entertainment. We were soon being shoved around by sweaty men in suits trying to get a better look at bassist Patricia's knickers, which left little to the imagination under the bright stage lights.
Despite these inconveniences we did manage to enjoy their set and the dolls gripped the audience with their sexy electro-punk tunes. New single "Prince Harry" had the whole place bouncing along. Things got to fever pitch with the song "Strippa" when singer Maya and Patricia started sleazing things up stripper style, leading to a frenzy of camera flashes and men fumbling for their camera phones.
The front row for The Rocks couldn't have been more different: where there had been slightly older men with collared shirts there were now pretty, young indie girls with fashionable hair. Once the charismatic front man James emerged, you could almost smell the musk as the girls gripped their friends excitedly.
The Rocks put on a great show. James clambered over speakers and pool tables like a monkey, before ending up singing from the middle of the audience. Sarah stood statuesque and stunning, all the while plucking hard rock rhythms out from her guitar. Their vibrant, sing-a-long indie had everyone smiling. "Top of the pops!" declared James, obviously thrilled at the warm reception. Surely it is only a matter of time before either the Rocks or Soho dolls get a big hit. Both are distinctive and know how to arouse a crowd, something not many bands can get right.
However there were few complaints from the locals at this intrusion when the Soho dolls took to the stage. Three sexy, small, girls in tight clothes dancing to loud music are most 30 something man's idea of perfect entertainment. We were soon being shoved around by sweaty men in suits trying to get a better look at bassist Patricia's knickers, which left little to the imagination under the bright stage lights.
Despite these inconveniences we did manage to enjoy their set and the dolls gripped the audience with their sexy electro-punk tunes. New single "Prince Harry" had the whole place bouncing along. Things got to fever pitch with the song "Strippa" when singer Maya and Patricia started sleazing things up stripper style, leading to a frenzy of camera flashes and men fumbling for their camera phones.
The front row for The Rocks couldn't have been more different: where there had been slightly older men with collared shirts there were now pretty, young indie girls with fashionable hair. Once the charismatic front man James emerged, you could almost smell the musk as the girls gripped their friends excitedly.
The Rocks put on a great show. James clambered over speakers and pool tables like a monkey, before ending up singing from the middle of the audience. Sarah stood statuesque and stunning, all the while plucking hard rock rhythms out from her guitar. Their vibrant, sing-a-long indie had everyone smiling. "Top of the pops!" declared James, obviously thrilled at the warm reception. Surely it is only a matter of time before either the Rocks or Soho dolls get a big hit. Both are distinctive and know how to arouse a crowd, something not many bands can get right.
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