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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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Demo Review

Birdpen

Article written by James S - Jun 15, 2005

Oh blimey, it looks like my reputation is preceding me. Having critically mauled a succession of artists from Southampton on these very pages, Birdpen have wisely omitted any mention of their hometown on the sleeve of this three-track demo. Well, almost any mention. Sorry lads, I�m a dialling code geek and I know where 02380 is.

The thing with bands from Southampton is that they never seem to be completely awful; just awful enough in parts to warrant my disdain. Thus, the lead track Fake Kid is five and a half minutes of plodding synth-led boredom that seems to wish it was from Manchester, only to end up as close as the rest of Malcolm Glazer�s new fan base.

In fairness, the other two tracks fair slightly better. A Round Of Applause For A Great Disaster has touches of The Beta Band to it and is marginally less numbing, whilst Huron borders on the frankly pleasant, thanks to a hefty dose of Grandaddy at their most melancholic. I still don�t reckon I�d be safe going near Hampshire for a while though.

Links:
http://www.birdpen.com