Camden Crawl, March 2008: Having waited for over four hours in the Bullet Bar, hungover and sweating, a man who looks like an extra from Wayne’s World walks onstage to say that M83 will be delayed. Click to read more …
Archive for December, 2008
Date: Tuesday December 23, 6:50 pm
Date: Tuesday December 16, 3:52 pm
Ten Kens/ Educated Animals @ London Metro
After releasing what is one of the finest, yet largely overlooked and underrated, albums of the year with their self titled debut effort, Ten Kens have managed to squeeze in a couple of UK dates away from their homeland of Canada. Perhaps it’s a sign that the band are playing this scutty venue in the underbelly of the London music scene that saw very early shows from the likes of Bloc Party, The Libertines and Kings of Leon, or maybe it’s this kind of half empty, piss stained, so-quiet-between-songs-you-feel-scared-to-breath hell hole that Ten Kens are destined for. Hopefully not. Time shall tell. Read on.
Date: Monday December 15, 10:49 am
Underground Railroad, Deerhoof/ULU/03/12/08
Before we can be hit with some wonderfully bizarre mix of Japanese and American pop tonight ATP are presenting the ULU’s sold out crowd with Underground Railroad who are a three piece currently residing in London via Paris which suggests the effortless cool the three piece positively ooze on stage tonight. Click to read more …
Date: Sunday December 7, 5:45 pm
Lykke Li @ Koko, London, Friday 28th November
Swedish pop minx, Lykke Li, is in Camden town and is poised to play what must be one of her biggest gigs yet and, judging by the hoards of young females in imitating attire, it is the perfect setting for a triumphant gig.
As the designated stage time fades into the distance without us even catching a glimpse of Li, the crowd grows expectant and a little impatient. The mutterings around Koko are now dotted dangerously with words such as “diva”, “late” and “again”.