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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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Lost Idol
A Sorrowful Thing Cookshop Records

Article written by Ged M - Jan 27, 2010

This is from the forthcoming second album by James Dean, who's also behind the Cookshop label, and it’s emotive electronic pop. His hushed voice and the ebb and flow of the machines creates an ambient, opiated feel but every so often there is a big melodic rush that sweeps away the melancholy tones. The folkatronic remix (or "IQ Two-Plum Re-jig" to give it its full name), with its elements of dub and tropicalia, is a captivating take on the original. 'A Sorrowful Thing' ends up being a charming mix of electronic pulses and acoustic twangs.

Links:
http://www.cookshopmusic.co.uk
http://www.myspace.com/lostidol