1. Fade To Sepia - Nacht Vision (2:30)
2. The Ganders - Slipping In (3:28)
3. Black Pearl - dont do it charlie (3:14)
4. Kayla - Monkey Fingers (3:38)
5. Grand Union Revival - Never Call No Man Sir (3:25)
6. Le Retrouvailles - Wake from this sleep (4:08)
7. M.I.F - Fuck Art Lets Dance (3:45)
8. Prospect Lane - Fickle (2:02)
9. Smart Soutane - AmSOS (3:31)
10. The Brascoes - Tina do the splits (3:40)
11. The Hubble Constant - Your not the man, you the SCRAM (4:54)
12. The Racists - Racist Hisstory (2:48)
13.…

Actress & Bishop

OH EMM GEE GUYZ.

Not only did I go to a gig, but I'm actually writing about it. You could almost mistake this for a gigging blog.

*ahem*

At last, a line-up tempting enough to get me out the front door (despite the rain) and into a gigging venue. I should really have written about the ballet last week (which was very good, though the girl dancing Swanilda had slightly wobbly knees. I always got told off for that, so I don't see why she should get away with it), but I didn't, so there.

Back to…

that I'm just not going to get around to properly reviewing the last few gigs. Argh. So here's a quick summary - if I do them properly I'll stick them on the respective last.fm pages.

So… last review was… 35 Seconds & the Bourge. Bloody hell, that was April. I suck. Right…

14/04/07 - Yourcodenameis:milo, Victorian English Gentleman's Club (Barfly)

VEG: Drummer was ace. Clanged her way onto the stage with a bell that had probably been used as the lunch bell in a school. Nice touch pretending to be German at the beginning, took in most of the…

Pretty cool idea for this one - two tracks by every featured artist. Sweet! Nice choices too, I applaud the appearance of Curzon Circle, Little Dipper and SCC.

1. The Stand-Ins - Got Caught (2:03)
2. The Stand-Ins - Festival (3:53)
3. Reln - Friary Afternoon (2:25)
4. Reln - Dove (1:51)
5. Hero Machine - Johnny's First Kiss (4:17)
6. Hero Machine - Johnny's Dead (4:16)
7. Mayday - Waverly (3:27)
8. Mayday - Murder & Revenge of The Green Coat Society (2:19)
9. Curzon Circle - Slippery Slidey Way (3:51)
10. Curzon Circle - Don't Panic (3:34)
11.…

The Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham

Well, well, well. Here it goes again. After the sudden (and as yet unexplained) departure of their former bassist, Bonnie, I feared for the future for the Bourgeois Four. Yet here I was, snugly ensconced in the confines of the Sunflower Lounge, about to see them again.

YEEEEEHHAAAAAAWWWW!!!!!!

Boy oh boy was I excited. And did they let me down? Good god no. They launched into their set with fire and passion, Andy's guitar playing as sexual as usual, Tristan as sweet-voiced and snake-hipped as ever… cor blimey. Best of all they'd dropped that sappy…

Bar Academy, Birmingham

‘Fresh’ from my snooze after the return from Liverpool (if being asleep for six hours can really be classified as a snooze) I found myself staggering woozily through town to the Bar Academy. Once arrived, I perched at the back of the embarrassingly empty room, and completely failed to move any further forwards. Sorry.

Anyway. Paisley Riot were quite fun – modern indie stuff with a bit of a rocky undertone. The lead singer’s got quite a personality and they are pretty cool, but I couldn't really get into it. I would say, if you're after the…

1. Nightingales - Carry On Up The Ante (3:08)
2. Damn Dirty Apes - Egg Eating Ants (1:29)
3. P.A.I.N. - Rocking Cross De Borda (4:31)
4. Dufus - A Having Party (3:35)
5. Last Under The Sun - Bring me their Heads (2:22)
6. Citizen Fish - Sink Or Swim (3:24)
7. Pigfish - 50,000,000 Miles Away (2:35)
8. I.O.D. - Injury Or Death - Transform (1:07)
9. Rejestracja - Wokol Nas (2:43)
10. G.O.R.G.E.O.U.S - The Prodigal Scum (3:00)
11. Less - Only Users Lose Drugs (3:17)
12. toby wainwirght johns - to kill a sailor (4:01)
13.…

Korova, Liverpool

Just so you know, this is more anecdotal prose than a review proper. So if you want a serious, official review, bugger off and find someone who's actually done one. :)

Once again it came to travelling miles from my home in search of electroclash delights. And once again it found me hungover. I really have no idea how I manage it. Well, I know exactly how it happened, my work took us out for a meal and provided a free bar, after which I went for a couple of drinks in the Green Room. Whoops.

So, after…

1. Nightingales - Born in Birmingham (4:38)
2. Paisley Riot - Monkeys Here To Stay (2:05)
3. 35 Seconds - Filth (3:15)
4. The Scarlet Harlots - Write it Down (2:56)
5. Mu Cao - Touch My Ground (3:21)
6. Nomad 67 - Albino Jim (1:54)
7. The Arcadian Kicks - Strange (4:13)
8. minced beats - Minced Betamax (4:17)
9. The Carnival - The Murder Of Miss De Wise Pt. II - A Tragic Symphony (4:06)
10. Slippery Nipple - Tincap To Rosemary (2:36)
11. Mathemagicians - Ultimate Bringdown (2:37)
12. Holi Moli - What I Think Of You…

Academy, Birmingham

We started the evening with some free Holloways badges (at least the queuing outside was not done in vain) and an acoustic singer-songwriter-type by the name of John Napier. I'm not a big fan of the one-bloke-with-a-guitar-and-a-smile thang, so I can only say he was quite good. Little bit repetitive, but I suppose you're supposed to be listening to the lyrics a bit more than my usual genres. Not one to avoid, but I can't drool over him.

Next up we had Screaming Ballerinas, by whom I was not terribly impressed. Pop punk disco stuff which…