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BLUE ON BLUE
BLUE ON BLUE

“We get along really well, we don’t argue or get drunk and call each other bastards.”

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ALBUM REVIEWS
Captain Ahab
End of Irony
(Deathbomb Arc)

Since Mika Miko split and No Age started touring the world, LA’s The Smell scene has been searching for a new, less garage-y sound, and its found it in ravesploitation.

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Kele
The Boxer
(Wichita/Polydor)
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Tokyo Police Club
Champ
(Memphis Industries)
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LIVE REVIEWS
LIARS AT SHEPHERD’S BUSH EMPIRE
Liars
Shepherd's Bush Empire , London

Liars have always been proponents of the idea of more – more bass, more fuzz, more weirdness.

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LIVE REVIEW
Castrovalva at The Cockpit, Leeds
Castrovalva
The Cockpit
Leeds
04/12/09

Tonight is the Pulled Apart By Horses Xmas bash and the Leeds scene is out in force. Castrovalva have a sturdy and vocal following and singer Leemun Smith stands happily trading insults with the crowd. Any semblance of calm is soon shattered by the rumbling thunder of the bass. Leemun screeches and attempts to violate the amp like a dog on heat, backed by the melodramatic thrash of ‘Thuglife’. Drummer Daniel gets a soaking and water flashes off his cymbals as he thrashes around, stopping to make studied poses that distract and disturb the flow and thudding intensity of ‘We Don’t Go to Ravenholm’ but provide a welcome relief. Breaking out from the confines of the stage, Anthony stretches out on the floor, oblivious to the curious crowd gathered around him. Playing around with increasingly complicated riffs, he shows the bass guitar as an instrument capable of serious mind-melting skill.
Appealing to the harder metal contingent, ‘Triceratops’ piles on layers of dirty riffs with camp kitsch falsetto screaming. Clawing at the insides of your skull with rampant intent, Castrovalva blend equal parts of the sublime and the ridiculous. Strip away the vocals to the core of the band and that’s where the magic really begins.

By Kate Parkin

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Originally published in issue 13 (vol 3) of Loud And Quiet. December 2009

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The Luminare, Kilburn
London
05/06/10
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Talk Normal
Penelopes
Sheffield
28/04/10
LCD SOUNDSYSTEM AT BRIXTON ACADEMY, LONDON
LCD SOUNDSYSTEM
Brixton Academy
London
23/04/10
THE LIKE AT OLD BLUE LAST, SHOREDITCH
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Old Blue Last, Shoreditch
London
05/05/10
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Concorde 2
Brighton
24/04/10
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Madame Jo Jo's, Soho
London
20/04/10
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Koko, Camden
London
07/05/10
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C.A.M.P., Old Street
London
30/04/10
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High Places
The Harley
Sheffield
07/05/10
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The Montague Arms
New Cross, London
23/04/10
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Bear In Heaven
Brudenell Social Club
Leeds
25/04/10
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Best Coast
Madame Jo Jo's, Soho
London
04/05/10
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Hole
O2 Academy, Brixton
London
05/05/10
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Fool's Gold
Barfly, Camden
London
26/04/10
CHEATAHS/ARIEL PINKS HAUNTED GRAFFITI
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Brudenell Social Club
Leeds
14/06/10
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Nullifier
The Freebutt
Brighton
02/04/10
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Number 46
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This week we’ve been listening to Dels [pictured], Frankie Rose & The Outs, Disclosure, Rusko and El Guincho.

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