Friday Gig Guide: London 5th September 2008
Aye aye sailors, welcome to the Friday Gig Guide, a quick round-up of what you could be doing if you were cool enough to be in London and wealthy enough to drop everything and score tickets to some gigs. I shall be at home watching Big Bro and eating potato salad as firstly I have flu (poor me) and secondly I have massive studenty type finance situations. Bring on that next loan installment!
Koko has Scottish lads Sergeant supported by the lovely and equally Scottish Attic Lights and you can score tickets here for just a fiver!
The Roundhouse has Ash would you believe, yep, that same band that did tracks Shining Light and that one filmed in a basketball court... aah nostalgia. Indeed, if you're into nostalgia then this is the gig for you as the boys are playing '96 release 1977 all the way through as a one off trip through Britpop's heydays. It looks like they're playing minus the rather talented Charlotte Heatherly though, boos all round. Tickets for this one are sold out, but why not pull out your old CD and reminisce?
If you're after one that hasn't sold out (and let's face it, that does rather make more sense), Barfly has the experimental psychedelic rock trio Modey Lemon. No, I hadn't heard of them either, but over at The Line of Best Fit they've been raved about, and apparently this is the first time they've toured since 2005 so if you missed out the first time, catch them now!
Kentish Town's Forum has bugger all, but the same town's excellent Bull & Gate has female-fronted indie scenesters Glue (gotta love a singer called Flavia!) backed by the high octane alternative kids City Plan from Northern Ireland.
Grab some tunage here so you can shout along with the lyrics:
Attic Lights - 5 Weeks Behind
Modey Lemon - Become a Monk This track is actually pretty awesome. Look at those boys! Crazy!
As always, as ever; please be supportive and if you like what you hear, well, you know where they're playing now so there's no excuses to not get out there and get to a gig!
