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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

Various Artists
Dance To The Radio 4x12”: Volume 3 Dance To the Radio 12”)

Article written by Ged M - Nov 25, 2009

Another Dance to the Radio compilation, another set of new bands, no exciting new discoveries. Only the offering from Leeds-based Olfar stands out. A member of Bear Driver and Samsa, Olfar’s ‘Husk’ (only a demo but what promise!) is melodic, quirky indie-rock on Modest Mouse lines. The Brighton trio Esben And the Witch play spacey synthpop with ample samples in a Broadcast style but their ‘Skeleton Swoon’ is a bit too ethereal and insubstantial to take hold, although it has its moments. Chickenhawk from Leeds are a metal band of the flimsiest kind, their ‘Scorpieau’ being lightweight hardcore. Manchester’s Airship have some neat hooks but their aspiring-to-be-anthemic-indie ‘Spirit Party’ sounds just like Coldplay. The hits vs misses ration isn’t in the listener’s favour on this release.

Links:
http://www.dancetotheradio.com