The Sounds LIVE!

There were two types of people at this gig (I don't mean boys and girls): Trendies and Emo's. Trendies to the back, Emo's to the front. Me, Albert and Disco were, of course, kickin' it with the Emo kids. Quite literally actually, this underage lesbian couple in front of us were really 'sad' and kept waving their sweaty bingo wings in Albert's face so he kicked them. They seemed to like it so he stopped.

The Sounds - Song With A Mission



According to Albertpedia, The Sounds were discovered by Sven Goran Eriksson's assistant Tord Grip. They were busking outside Ikea moaning about the minimum wage and the Poll Tax. The rest is history.

The Sounds - Queen Of Apology (Fall Out Boy Mix)



Back to the gig. It was fantastic. Their music is good but not amazing. However, the performance was atsonishing. Maja Ivarsson is an incredible lady, she was a beast in the best possible way. She spat on stage in true 'Roy of The Rovers' fashion and staged dived twice. The first time she leapt into the crowd she groped Albert. Maybe it was the other way round; I couldn't tell from the yelp.

The Sounds - Painted By Numbers



So we give The Sounds 9.8 out of 11.2.

The Sounds - Hurt You

The only downside was the venue, the Carling Academy in Angel is horsesh!t. Its deafeningly loud and far too dark.



The Sounds - Night After Night

FYI The Islington Carling Academy stewards administer the most vigorous frisk that you will ever experience. Some people might like that, Albert went back 8 times. They failed to find his machete, suckers.

It Bee The Sounds of the LCD Bird System

The Bird and The Bee



Hailing from LA LA Land these animals present their self-titled debut. Its very 'sweet' but also quirky. They are like a good version of Frou Frou, who only really made one good song 'Must be Dreaming'.

The album isn't out to March but Bravo! for iTunes; its on there already. Here are the best songs

Again and Again

Fucking Boyfriend This is the re-released first single.

My Fair Lady

This is pretty special



The Sounds



Forget the music, these rocky Swedes have unleashed the best album cover in years; its super smashing Tony the Tiger Great.

Their songs are fun too. iTunes rules again, their album isn't avaliable on CD for while but is legally online

Tony the Beat

Song with a Mission

Night After Night

Cool video, its very Hoxton and has Apple Mac in it


LCD Soundsystem

The Sound of Silver is also out in March. It has leaked all over the place. Hear some of it here without the fear of the FEDs knocking down your door. The best song, not on myspace or iTunes, is 'New York I love You But Your Bringing Me Down'. It is politically charged and almost totally beautiful.

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