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Friday 6th April 2012
All Day BBQ Festival

Sparrow and the Workshop
6 Day Riot
The Nuns
Singing Adams
Y Niwl
Colours
Dignan Porch
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The Windmill
Brixton
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On Our iPod

Golden Grrrls - New Pop 7”

Chris Devotion & The Expectations - Amalgamation & Capital (album)

Trailer Trash Tracys - Ester (album)

Throwing Up - Mother Knows Best 7”

Howling Wolf - Complete Chess Masters 1951-60

The Ketamines - A Rotten Bond/1 Yr (from Oddbox Singles Club Pt 2)

Cardinal - Hymns (album)

Proper Ornaments - Taking the Gamble Out of Buying 12”

Darren Hayman - January Songs (album)

Various: Marshall Teller EP 12”

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Album Review

Cha-Cha
We are... Pop Noodle

Article written by Paul M - Jun 21, 2010

Cha Cha - We are

The cha cha is a form of ballroom dancing but the boys in the band of that name won’t be troubling Brucie Forsythe or Tess Daly any time soon with their very-noughties ‘We are…’ debut. That’s not to say that there are not plenty of opportunities to throw some shapes. Apparently all these tracks started as acoustic numbers but with layers of instrumentation added, including crucially synth percussion, the outcome is a disco friendly collection of indie numbers. Despite their London origins, it all definitely owes more to Brooklyn and Las Vegas than Brixton and Leyton. With the afrobeat nods to Vampire Weekend and camp pop rock winks towards the Killers, what it lacks in originality it makes up for in fun and catchy hooks with Juicy Lucy and the Fellowship even getting these tired old limbs shuffling in an ungainly manner.

Links:
http://www.myspace.com/wearechacha