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Team Waterpolo : Camden Crawl, The Barfly, 19/04/08

nobody@vox.com(Mike-Columbia) — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 19:18:34 +0100

Opening the second night of the Crawl and playing to a roomfull of boys and girls still drunk from the night before. They have a sweet charm and in "Back To Square One" and Do You Wanna" undeniable hit songs. They certanily manage to keep the roo...

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Twisted Wheel : ICA, 16/04/08

nobody@vox.com(Mike-Columbia) — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 17:44:02 +0100

We head over to The ICA where Twisted Wheel are headlining. There is a good crowd down for them and it is so good to see them in a venue with such good sound after the Bloomsbury Bowling Lanes show the other week. They charge through the song...

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Jersey Budd : Oxford Academy, 27/03/08

nobody@vox.com(Mike-Columbia) — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 17:57:55 +0100

We get to The Zodiac, which is now another Academy venue just as Jersey is going on. Walk into a room packed with Fred Perry’s in anticipation of headliners The Rifles. Jersey is great live, with a real feeling of Springsteen about him. Hi...

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The Ting Tings : Wimbledon Stadium Business Centre

nobody@vox.com(Mike-Columbia) — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 17:53:48 +0100

I head over to Wimbledon Stadium Business Centre where the Ting Tings are shooting their video. It is good to see them all again after their recent trip around America. It is an all white studio, the kind of videos I love. . They seem in g...

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James Yuille : The Bush Hall 26/03/08

nobody@vox.com(Mike-Columbia) — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:18:15 +0000

I head over to The Bush Hall to catch James Yuille who is opening for Conrad Merz. He cuts an interesting figure, strikingly tall in spectacles and an oversized suit, telling us he "dressed for the occasion" refering to the imposing interior of...

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The Coral / Ian Broudie : The Cobden Club, 17/03/08

nobody@vox.com(Mike-Columbia) — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 17:44:55 +0000

I head across London to see The Coral at the Cobden Club. I get into the venue; it is a Jamesons Irish Whiskey promotion for St Patrick’s Day. The girl who is organising it takes me up the back stairs to avoid the crowds pushing up the main st...

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Julian Peretta : The Water Rats, 17/03/08

nobody@vox.com(Mike-Columbia) — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 17:41:46 +0000

Julian is playing tonight at The Water Rats. Inside Nick is chatting to a surly lad in his late twenties with a white afro, he is the keyboard player. Julian is pretty impressive, he is confident on the stage. The first and last song really ...

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The Ting Tings : Echoplex, Silverlake, Los Angeles, 11/03/08

nobody@vox.com(Mike-Columbia) — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 17:39:13 +0000

Tim and I head over to Silverlake where the Ting Tings are playing a show prior to their few days in Texas for SXSW. It is in an art gallery which Tav asked Marty Diamond to find for them. We walk in as the band are finishing “Fruit Mach...

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Heathrow Terminal 1 : 10/03/08

nobody@vox.com(Mike-Columbia) — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 17:35:59 +0000

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The Ting Tings : The Asiatic Warehouse, Harlesden, 07/03/08

nobody@vox.com(Mike-Columbia) — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 17:34:08 +0000

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