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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)

Hard Skin - Why Do Birds Suddenly Appear (album)

Black Angels - Indigo Meadow (album)

Thee Oh Sees - Floating Coffin (album)

R Ring - Fallout and Fire 7”

Royal Headache - self-titled (album)

The Mariner’s Children - Sycamore EP

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

The Fall - Sir William Wray 7"

Lord Huron - Lonesome Dreams (album)

Kid Congo and the Pink Monkey Birds - Conjure Man 7”

Lightning Bolt - Oblivion Hunter

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

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Blitzen Trapper
Black River Killer EP Sub Pop

Article written by Ged M - Aug 28, 2009

Blitzen Trapper don’t get sufficient credit, following two great albums of powerful country/folk Americana with a psychedelic buzz. They’re a six-piece from Portland, Oregon and their new EP is a fantastic place to start if you’re a BT virgin. ‘Black River Killer’ is one of the standout tracks on the second album Furr, a dark gothic ballad told from the point of view of an amoral murderer, in tones both intensely funny and musically gripping, and reminiscent in story form to Neil Young and Bob Dylan. The other six tracks were previously only available on a tour CD-R. ‘Big Black Bird’ is noisy Southern country-rock, but the other tracks are more melancholic, with the bluesy ‘Silver Moon’ and the Super Furry psych-pop of ‘Going Down’ worth tracking down. It’s impressive stuff with a strong wow factor: Blitzen Trapper just don’t get sufficient credit…

Links:
http://www.blitzentrapper.net/
http://www.subpop.com/artists/blitzen_trapper
http://www.myspace.com/blitzentrapper