Tweet Tweet!

HOME 
REVIEWS
albums
singles/downloads
gigs
demos
NEWS
INTERVIEWS
FREE MP3s
STREAMED MUSIC
MUSIC VIDEOS
FORUM
LINKS
ABOUT US
CONTACT US
SEARCH
Follow SXP on Twitter
- RSS Feed
 
SoundsXP Presents
Next show:

BAD FRIDAY!
Peluché,
Dead Coast,
Les Sueques,
Calva Louise,
Flights of Helios,
Videocean,
Dirty Blondes
+ SoundsXP DJs

The Windmill, Brixton
Good Friday, 14th April 2017
3pm till late

Buy tickets here


On Our iPod

Latest Forum Posts
[an error occurred while processing this directive]
Gig Review

Las Kellies/ Skinny Girl Diet/ Keebo
Brixton, Windmill

Article written by Ged M - Jul 30, 2012

skinny_girl_windmill.jpg
Skinny Girl Diet
Gender in music shouldn’t be an issue and it isn’t tonight – I even wonder about mentioning it at all. The quality is generally so good that you come away thinking “I’ve seen three great bands” rather than reflecting on the novelty of all girl line-ups.

First on are Keebo; it takes a few songs to recalibrate but I then really start to enjoy what they’re doing. There’s an element of shimmery 4AD dreampop in the music but there’s also a Slits-style primal percussion which stops it being too fey and ethereal. They’re first on the bill but really stick in the memory.

Skinny Girl Diet are a trio of young women whose instruments are almost bigger than they are (especially the bass player’s Metallic-looking axe) but they’re loud, grungy and big-lunged, with some fine horror-movie screaming from said bass player. This is lo-fi punk and Riot Grrl-inspired, reminiscent of Babes in Toyland, with ‘Eyes That Paralyse’ outstanding. One of their mothers - a really striking woman with great hair, Mexican-motif tattoos and jewellery - is in the audience but ought to be on the stage with them as an original Riot Grrl.

Las_kellies_windmill.jpg
Las Kellies
Las Kellies are jaw-droppingly amazing. They’re a trio from Buenos Aires who work themselves into a sonic fever with their music, comprising equal parts tight post-punk, sensual Argentinian cumbia and primitive rock’n’roll. It’s not just singer Ceci’s hat that occasionally reminds you of Patti Smith but there are many other influences in the mix, including Devo, Liliput, Bush Tetras and of course ESG. Their fabulous funk-punk cover of ESG’s ‘Erase You’ and a smouldering ‘Beat On the Brat’ are just part of their groove-heavy set that flies by in a dynamic blur of slinky rhythms, pounding percussion and the odd cowbell.

Links:
http://www.firerecords.com/site/index.php?page=artists&artistid=00000000469
http://www.facebook.com/keeboband?sk=wall&filter=2
http://skinnygirldietband.tumblr.com/

LATEST FEATURES
Remembering the Radio Trent Rock Show
LATEST NEWS
Wedding Present headline Refugee Rock benefit
Blitzen Trappen visualise sound of new album
Extended Katsenjamming
Yuck Spit Out New Album Update, Share First Track
Need Replacements For Your Old Vinyl? Alt-Rock Pioneers' Reissues Coming Soon
Music & Booze At Old Spitafields Independent Music Market This Saturday
Micachu and The Shapes New Album Could Be Good... Or Bad
Public Image Ltd.'s New Album Can Only Mean Trouble (And Rants About Plumbers...)
Alive & On Fire: The Dead Weather Announce First Album In Five Years
A Spectre From The Past With Veruca Salt's New LP? Listen In Full!
LATEST FREE MP3s
Foxtails Brigade "Far Away and Long Ago"
North By North "Pistoletta"
Die Liga der gewöhnlichen Gentlemen "Nach dem Spiel"
Theatre Royal "The Days Grow Hotter"
Oliver Gottwald "Freunde fürs Leben"
Heart/Dancer "Outro"
Clowwns "Idiot Bouncing"
Double Denim "Wide Open"
Flout "Rainchecks"
The Scenes "City Of White Blankets"

 

© Sounds XP Design by Darren O'Connor and Adam Walker