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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 Kiara Elles
Odio EP Vandal Records 7”

Article written by Ged M - Dec 1, 2009

I’ve always thought 'Odio' was a brilliant song, ever since seeing them play it live and hearing it (in demo form) on the CD that came with Thee Humbug #5, back when they were still called The Chiara Ls. The only downside of its hyperactive, edgy dance-influenced indiepop is that it's taken so long to release that it doesn’t have the same impact as if it had come out two or three years ago. Still, a good record is a good record and this is superior to much of the current guitar pop scene. The EP is full of similar frenetic rhythms, part Le Tigre dance pop ('Supergroupie') and part Blue Orchids post-punk ('Rust') but it's 'Odio' that has the magic.

Links:
http://www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/10422/
http://www.myspace.com/thechiarals