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Gigs I'm going to + been to Where and when
Maximo Park/Blood Red Shoes 28th May 2008 - Forum Ladytron 15th May 2008 - Astoria Pin Me Down 8th May 2008 - The Fly Performance 29th April 2008 - Hoxton B&G Death Cigarettes 22nd April 2008 - OBL - Maya maelstrom was muted by illness but still damn fine Ting Tings 15th April 2008 - ULU - Tingtastic - much better than expected if a bit short Blood Red Shoes 8th April - KCLSU - Good fun but very busy & album is cracking - buy it now! Shitdisco 3rd April 2008 - Vienna - don't remember it Von Bondies 26th February 2008 - Scala - Good old groove and support (Fight Like Apes) fun too Gay Against You 9th February 2008 - OBL Blood Red Shoes 1st February 2008 - 229 New Young Pony Club 24th January 2008 - St Aloysius Centre - Cool grooves but would be nice if they developed a new set after 11 months Young Knives/Foals 21st January 2008 - Koko - But also Hoosiers and Joe Lean too - Joe Lean were too scene, Foals were franctic and fantastic, but Young Knives should have done Terra Firma, then again refrain for night should be Hang the Hoosiers and I don't even believe in capital punishment! Away in Kiev - again 28th December 2007 - 6th January 2008 - fun with Masha Patrick Wolf 21st December 2007 - Empire - down in stalls - fun and livesome The Horrors 5th December 2007 - Electrowerkz - gave ticket away Away in Ukraine 1st-9th December 2007 - Kiev Bonde Do Role 22nd November 2007 - Scala - Loud, garish and fun, just the right side of debauched and devilry, and stage invasion to boot! Performance 21st November 2007 - Barfly Young Knives 13th November 2007 - Dingwalls - Good stage banter, but could've been a bit tighter !!! 7th November 2007 - Koko Level Load/The Total Drop 2nd November 2007 - Fly - Level Load ok/TTD dropped Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster 31st October 2007 - 229 Soho Dolls 23rd October 2007 -Hoxton Bar and Grill Away in Russia and it's fun 12th - 22nd October 2007 - Moscow/St Petersberg Blood Red Shoes 10th October 2007 - Bush Hall - Getting better and better - see them soon! CSS 3rd October 2007 - Koko - CSS cool and intimate if short Foals 2nd October 2007 - Scala - Underwhelmed Shuffle/Violet Violet 26th September 2007 - Purple Turtle - Shuffle shook the room - Violet Violet light amongst the gloom Death Cigarettes 18th September 2007 - Cargo - Cool, creative and well worth catching The Raveonettes 17th September 2007 - Bush Hall - Luscious licks and Scandinavian tricks The Emporer Jones 6th September 2007 - National - dull Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster 4th September 2007 - Nambucca - Only average amongst power cuts Ladytron 31st August 2007 - ULU - Utterly luscious Soho Dolls 13th August 2007 - Barfly - Bit of an odd event - off early and away... Dead Disco 11th August 2007 - Barfly - Gone elsewhere... Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster 7th August 2007 - Scala - Glorious as usual! Shrag 24th July 2007 - Old Blue Last - Good groove but lead singer gone all shy - why?Drummer was fine! Soho Dolls 13th July 2007 - 93 Feet East - Not bad, but seemed like were going thru motions Holy Fuck 26th June 2007 - White Heat - Good grooves, even with no vocals, but crowd aloof as usual (We are) Performance 15th June 2007 - 333 - Sound/mixing poor - but band wired - see them, soon and add to top friends! Indian/Jewelry/Gay Against You 11th June 2007 - Old Blue Last - Gay against You have to be seen to be believed and headliners were dark and moody in a very good sense Dead Disco 7th June 2007 - Proud - On very early, melodic and moody, but need more songs - keep an eye out! Left before Dizzee Rascal appeared and met lovely Monika New Young Pony Club 6th June 2007 - Koko - Much better, good groovesome licks with dance and decadence, shame it ended so early Gays vs You 1st June 2007 - Old Blue Last - Power cut means cancelled! Ghost Cat 28th May 2007 - Barfly
Friends of the Bride/Alice Music 23rd May 2007 - Old Blue Last - Little Alice was lovely, Modish moves from Friends of the Bride lead singer Shit Disco 22nd May 2007 - KCLSU - They were good, very very good, bad in a decadent sense, you must see this band...
1990s 14th May 2007 - Borderline - Edge missing, album worth buying but gig a bit dull overall - they've been better
Maximo Park/Art Brut 11th May 2007 - Empire - Sound a bit muffled, but good all the same Blood Red Shoes 8th May 2007 - Scala - Buzzsawingly groovesome
Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster 30th April 2007 - Underworld - Good, but they've been better
Glitz birthday party - Mechanical Cabaret 26th April 2007 - Madame Jo Jos - Dull as fvCk! CSS 23rd April 2007 - Astoria - As good as ever but ended really early!
Camden Crawl 19th-20th April 2007 - Camden
The Bee Bee See 20th April 2007 - Underworld - Rocky rampages and a sweet smile
Blood Red Shoes 20th April 2007 - Purple Turtle - Mixed up fun
Bondo de Role 20th April 2007 - Cuban Bar -Sound cut short - suspect!
BRMC 20th April 2007 - Electric Ballroom -Loud and on fire, but missing some crackle
Vincent Vincent & the Villains 20th April 2007 - Dingwalls - Drowsy lackabilly
Statik 20th April 2007 - Bullet - Indistinct edges
Cherry Ghost 20th April 2007 - Barfly - deathly dull
Blood Red Shoes 20th April 2007 - Earl - hot Hot HOT!!
Hafdis Huld 20th April 2007 - NW1 - Quirky, comical and FAB
Kate Nash 20th April 2007 - Ballroom - Quick, Quirky + Fun
The Damned 19th April 2007 - Koko – Still kicking despite sludgy sound
Blood Red Shoes 19th April 2007 - Purple Turtle – Good good grooves
Air Traffic 19th April 2007 - Electric Ballroom – Stones/Ash lite
Bonde De Role 19th April 2007 - Bullet – Mini members and big boogie
Ox Eagle Lion Man 19th April 2007 - NW1 – Sharp and good shock
Simple Kid 19th April 2007 - Dublin Castle – Slightly sleepy
Cajun Dance Party 19th April 2007 - Electric Ballroom – Dismal kooksalike
Procession.. 19th April 2007 - Fopp – Twee and free Researchalikes
The Priscillas 19th April 2007 - Worlds’ End – Luscious licks – and that’s just the music
The Horrors 13th April 2007 - Coronet - Better than expected and setover 30 minutes! Result!
Being Boiled: Phenol/The Mekano Set 10th April 2007 - Notting Hill Arts Club - Was a fun night even if I got lost in the mists of time
Arcade Fire 27th March 2007 - Berlin Postbahnhof - Cancelled at last minute b&%t4rds
!!!/Blood Red Shoes 22nd March 2007 - Shepherds Bush Empire - Good groovy fun - New BRS stuff cool, !!! mighty fools Being Boiled: The Violets/Incite 13th March 2007 - Notting Hill Arts Club - Incite cool/Violets untoward/headliners dull/venue&people cool
Soho Dolls 9th March 2007 - Underworld - Salacious, sexy & cut short
New Young Pony Club 7th March 2007 - 100 Club - Could have been better - something missing
1990s 1st March 2007 - Water Rats
The Bishops 27th Feb 2007 - 100 Club - Fun 60s tinged frolics
Klaxons/CSS 22nd February 2007 - Hammersmith Palais - New Young Pony Club grooved, Sunshine Underground too shouty, CSS did their thang but Klaxons underwhelmed
Maximo Park/Blood Red Shoes 21st February 2007 - Astoria - Cracking gig, BRS were brill and Maximo Park set stage alight
Ghostcat 7th February 2007 - Comedy - Well worth seeing - one to watch!
The Rakes 6th February 2007 - KCLSU - Ended@10pm - Not bad, but bit predictable
The Noisettes/Foals 29th January 2007 - ICA - Foals were fun/Noisettes bit too metal
Soho Dolls 26th January 2007 - Bar Monsta -Doll still gone! but good set to go! Support tops too!
The Victorian English Gentlemens Club 17th January 2007 - Buffalo Bar - Nice intimate venue, band not as good as expected...
Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster 28th December 2006 – Purple Turtle - Dead good!
Shit Disco/Gay vs You 12th December 2006 - Madame Jo Jos - Glorious!
The Horrors 5th December 2006 - London - not great but not bad! Insomniacs Ball 25th November 2006 - SE1
The Violets 15th November 2006 - Tescodisco CSS 14th November 2006 - Scala - Another stonking set!
You Say Party! We Say Die! 13th November 2006 - Cargo - Maybe?
Soho Dolls 9th November 2006 - Barfly - Good fun but missing a doll
Mumm Ra 8th November 2006 - 100 Club - Maybe?
The Like 2nd November 2006 - 100 Club
Metric/Blood Red Shoes 31st October 2006 – Hammersmith Palais - Blood Red Shoes rocked/Metric sucked
The Grates 25th October 2006 – Kings College - Second best gig of the year!
The Long Blondes 25th October 2006 – Virgin Megastore
The Long Blondes 17th October 2006 - Mean Fiddler
The Violets/The Perfect Drop 6th October 2006 - Cafe de Paris - Perfect Drop were tops
Dolls House 15th September 2006 - Peel Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster 14th September 2006 - Camden - Missed CSS 11th September 2006 - Dingwalls - Best gig of the year! You Say Party! We Say Die! & Performance 23rd August 2006 - 100 Club The Violets/Headless 21st August 2006 - St Moritz
Young Knives 15th August 2006 - Proud Galleries
Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster 1st August 2006 - Madam Jo Jos
The Horrors 25th July 2006 - 100 Club
The Pipettes 17th July 2006 - HMV
The Pipettes 3rd July 2006 - Kings College The Research 3rd June 2006 - Bush Hall - Hot, shambolic fun
Check out my thoughts in more detail on DEGENERATION .
80s Matchbox B-Line Disaster; Long Blondes; The Like, Gaye Bykers; Mudhoney; My Bloody Valentine; MC5; Funkadelic; Stooges; Depthcharge; PTV; Performance; CSS; S-Express; Spacemen 3... plus many more
Future past, think Blade Runner crossed with Hero... Asian cinema is tops, Wong Kar Wai is wondrous, just watch...
Is a cathode ray nipple or a plasma pacifier
Bulgakov, Burroughs, Bierce, Ballard, hmmm, too many starting with B, try Bukowski, dang there we go again, howsabout Murakami (Haruki), Venedict Yerofeev, Lenin, me...
All of the above