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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

The Girls At Dawn
It’s The Only Time Captured Tracks 12"

Article written by Ged M - Jan 12, 2010

At some point we’ll get cheesed off with scratchy lo-fi indiepop from Brooklyn but it won't happen yet, not with the latest release from The Girls At Dawn. It’s pop stripped down to its constituent elements and the way they meander around a melody with a charming vagueness is breathtaking. Their simple, understated sound is really interesting; rather than an absence of production, each instrument and singer is so distinct you feel that you could reach into the speaker and touch each of the lean but tough sinews that hold their songs together: Erin's reluctant guitar, Sarah’s softly pattering drums, Ana’s gently pulsing bass and their dreamy collective voices. ‘It’s The Only Time’ is catchy minimal post-punk with surf-style guitar and a bubbling psych-pop sound while ‘Tomorrow Will Be Yesterday’ is a New York girl-group drama, voices in harmony as their hearts break in Shangri-Las style: "I can still see your face when I close my eyes". However we feel about the fruits of Brooklyn recording studios, there’ll always be a place in our hearts for fuzzy pop as good as this.

Links:
http://capturedtracks.com/
http://www.myspace.com/thegirlsatdawn