Music Writings by CL

Gobsausage - The Bull Of St. John's, Angel London 2003. Full Review, Click Here. And so I find myself at Disastronaut’s birthday party. It’s Sunday and I’ve driven all the way to London to see Cobra Killer. Only, the Berlin duo have only gone and left their equipment on the kerb as they hailed a taxi on Brick Lane the previous night. Disaster. But what could turn the night from a disaster into a triumph? Easy. Gobsausage. They come storming from the back of The Bull at St. John’s pub, all seven of them. Five beautiful ladies and one cowboy man, dancing, gyrating, rubbing each other up to a bass-heavy sleazy electropop riot of a backing tape. But wait, there’s more. Yep, they’re also aided and abetted by a guy in a balaclava and shades. He shouts a lot and adds an air of menace to the surroundings. The sound gets cut off numerous times ads the band slams into their sound equipment. It is chaos, and it lasts for around twenty minutes. That’s all. But it’s a ...

Full Article Here. The best band you’ve probably never heard of are coming to London to play 3 dates in June. The Modey Lemon  first came to DiS’s attention when they supported the  Von Bondies  on their first ever UK tour, blowing the headliners away. Sounding like  Motorhead  as played by  The White Stripes  it’s taken The Modey Lemon a while to return to our shores, but those lucky enough to live near London can catch them over 3 dates; Artrocker  @ the Buffalo bar in Islington on Tuesday July 1st Camden Barfly  on July 2nd The Dirty Water Club  in Harpers bar @ the Boston on July 3rd. For those of you who are going to miss what promises to be a cataclysmic series of gigs, worry not……. they’re promising to do a proper UK tour soon!

Wow, the Manic Street Preachers met Fidel Castro, so fucking what. You can meet Fidel too.  In London.  Only this Fidel is more important, for where Fidel Castro is a hero to many students who go uninformed on the history of the Cuban leader and just 'like' him because he had the privilege of meeting the ever so dull Manic Street Preachers, you can meet Fidel Villeneuve, who has nothing to do with Cuban History, or Student Posing.  He merely makes LOUD NOISY RECORDS. With the debut 11 track  Kill Life firmly on the shelves of many a good 'music' lover, Fidel Villeneuve is bringing his live sounds for one night at the Kentish Bull and Gate, on Friday November 25th. Tickets are only four quid, so put away your Marks and Spencers slacks, take down your Che Guevara poster, and go and witness a proper 'event'.