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Pictures from some recent gigs we've hosted:

29 March 2013 - Brixton, London

Viv Albertine, VuVuVultures, Left Leg, Mickey Gloss, Big Wave, No Cars, Arthur Gunn, Simon Love (Pictures)

8 March 2013 - Lexington, London

R.Ring, Golden Grrrls, Slushy Guts and Equinox (Pictures)

On Our iPod

Parquet Courts - Light Up Gold (album)

Antony Harding - Why Do Birds Suddenly Appear (album)

Black Angels - Indigo Meadow (album)

Thee Oh Sees - Floating Coffin (album)

Still Corners - Strange Pleasures (album)

Savages - Silence Yourself (album)

Mikal Cronin - MC II (album)

Can’s Ege Bamyasi played by Stephen Malkmus and Friends(album)

Victoria and Jacob - Festival 7"

Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City (album)

Sauna Youth - False Jesii Part II 7”

Lightning Bolt - Oblivion Hunter

Robyn Hitchcock - There Goes The Ice (2x 12")

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Album Review

Ace Bushy Striptease
Outside It’s Cold Just Like The Inside Of Your Body And Odd Box Records

Article written by Ged M - Jan 8, 2013

Ace Bushy Striptease formed at university five years ago and are your typical student band, their enthusiasm way ahead of their talent, but they're clearly having a good time. Passion and a sense of fun have taken them to this, their fifth album, which crams 13 tracks into 25 minutes of hooting, handclaps and footballing metaphors in a style that brings to mind bands like Bearsuit, Tigercats and Los Campesinos.

Sometimes the songs are a little indulgent (the song titles certainly are) but there are some good, giddy moments here. ‘Death By Autofill’ has Marr-esque guitar before it evolves into an anarchic, voices-in-chorus chant, while ‘Little Eiffel’ is a grumbling Pavement tune and ‘The Words That You Said Are Still Wet In My Head’ is like classic Bearsuit with its mix of shouty voices, dashing rhythms and trumpet parps. A mention, too, for the teasing title ‘My Hand Could Be Your Wife’ though the ukulele is as dated a sound as the psaltery these days. They’re a fun-time band of archetypal indiepoppers who sound head-clearingly fine if you don’t take ‘em too seriously (as they clearly don’t take themselves).

Links:
http://acebushystriptease.com/
http://oddboxrecords.com/
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ace-Bushy-Striptease/6401922748