Tiscali Showcase - The Slides

Triggerbox opened the sixth Tiscali Showcase at the Carling Bar Academy Islington on Friday February 18th 2005 - and you can check out audio and video from the night below.

Originally from the outskirts of Copenhagen, Denmark Jacob Q (voc/guitar) & Jacob S (drums/voc/samples) were scholarshipped into the jazz course at London's Royal Academy of Music at the turn of the millennium. They soon found out though - through working on a project for Sony Music - that what they really wanted was to get back to their roots and form a rock n' roll act that would mean something in the real world. Initially cutting their teeth as a 4-piece band, JQ and JS decided to strip down to the 2-piece format in late 2004 as they went on one of their numerous tours of the UK. This - their first as a duo - was easily their most successful tour to date, with absolutely raving responses every night. As their first London shows similarly provoked silly passion from their audiences they realised they'd found something special.

Recently described as 'White Stripes and Hives in one' - although also at times sounding towards Elliott Smith or even early Beck - Triggerbox make rough, catchy tunes with beatlesque harmonies and driving beats - spiced by their homemade samples, played live on an octapad 'triggerbox'.

Triggerbox are currently working on their debut album as a duo, whilst the single 'On/On' from their last EP as a 4-piece (on F-Slip Records) has debuted on London's XFM, PuLSE Radio and Danish Radio's Main Station P3 %u2013 and currently is making its way to the airwaves around the UK and Denmark.

This two-piece is going to go very, very far. Just watch them live and you will know why and how!