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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)

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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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Demo Review

Plush and Plastix

Article written by Matt H - Apr 15, 2008

Plush and Plastix - Demo

I picked this up after catching a short set at a charity gig a few weeks back and it sat in the pile for a while. On finally popping it on I was quite startled. What in my (admittedly sleep-deprived and alcohol-addled) memory were a decent, interesting but basically indie band in concert, I found transformed. The nine songs here, kicking off with the Bonzos-like foolishness of Radioactive Girl, take that mannered Northern indie template down all manner of odd avenues. Odd bug-eyed wibbling, understated electronica, space-rock riffery and bleary psychedelia all add to the tunes to thoroughly grin-inducing effect. Shitstorm even goes as far as to sound like an outtake from a scatalogical detour from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

Some might find the sometimes Boosh-like quirkiness a bit much, but there's a real accomplished edge and pervading ambition to the daftness that's massively endearing. Another South Yorkshire gem.

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