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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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Haunted Stereo
Cross The Sea EP Sotones Records

Article written by Ged M - Dec 20, 2009

This is an EP that’s almost an album – 8 tracks in 31 minutes. The title track is the best thing here; it’s the best thing they’ve done, in fact, an epic indie-folk tale of loneliness with something of the gravitas of Arcade Fire: full of mournful piano, elegant violin, guitar and kalimba. The other tracks show off their multi-instrumental versatility, playing their very individual take on folk, country and indie. ‘Santy Anno’ is a rousing version of a traditional sea shanty, ‘Ivory’ absorbs folkier influences in the style of Beirut while ‘There’s No-one Colder Than A Good Drunk, Benjamin’ I can only describe as sophisticated art-folk. It’s a rich mix from a band I’m pleased to have stumbled across this year.

Links:
http://www.hauntedstereo.co.uk
http://www.sotones.co.uk
http://www.myspace.com/hauntedstereomusic