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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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Single/Download Review

Hexicon
Something Strange Beneath The Stars Haircut Records

Article written by Ged M - Jan 27, 2010

Hexicon's new single promises much for The Blossom Sighs album out in March. 'Something Strange Beneath The Stars' is wistful daydreamy pop, with a spacey Super Furry Animals feel, where even the 'dark matter' in the lyrics scintillates with a melodic pop radiance. The horns and pedal steel embellishments leave you basking in their glow - and you won't regret the indulgence when you sink deep into the song. If I didn't know they were from suburban Kent, I might have located them within the literate, languorous legacy of Scottish pop, based on the extra track 'Still Life' - the rich backing and honeyed jangle reminds me of Ballboy among others. Mike and Paul of the band are also members of Allo Darlin' while Tom is a horn-tooter for hire (for Darren Hayman among others) but this single shows that they have excellent ideas of their own.

Links:
http://www.bunkeronthehill.com/
http://www.haircutrecords.co.uk
http://www.myspace.com/hexicon