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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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Single/Download Review

Mothlite
Seeing In The Dark Kscope

Article written by Kev W - Jul 30, 2012

'Dark Age', the recently released album from instrumentalist and producer Daniel O'Sullivan's Mothlite project was a so-so affair, generally holding its own in the tune department but falling short when it came to retaining interest over the course of a full album. There was plenty of repetition, plenty of deviation and little variation. With a slight rule change to allow repetition, it would have been invincible on an episode of Just A Minute. So if the album was a little one-paced to generate much in the way of excitement on its own, maybe isolating tracks to be played alone would be more rewarding?

Well it could have been at least, as although it was all very mid-paced, middle of the road, mid-standard electro-pop on the whole, there were one or two highlights. Sadly new single 'Seeing In The Dark' isn't one of them, instead it perfectly encapsulates what the problem is. It plods into action in a manner that so inoffensive and anonymous that it barely registers. Stick in a chorus or anything else of interest and we could be looking at a decent single. Instead we get some nicely produced blandness. A bit like a jam sandwich, it's alright, it'll keep you satisfied for a minute or two, but you're unlikely to remember much about it the next day, and you wouldn't dream of ordering one at a restaurant.

Links:
http://www.mothlite.co.uk/
https://www.facebook.com/mothlite
http://www.kscopemusic.com/