Concrete and Glass: TV on the Radio at Cargo

Finally we went to Cargo to watch Telepathe and TV on the Radio. Getting in was really hectic and it made me really glad that I wasn't one of the people that had paid £25 because TV on the Radio were playing, only to spend half the night standing on Rivington Street before finally giving up and going to watch Selfish Cunt.

She's in Telepathe. We missed them.

Mischa Barton was there. Click on the photo - there's a terrifying woman behind her.

TV on the Radio were amazing. They played lots of songs from the excellent Dear Science and classics like Dirtywhirl, Wolf Like Me and Staring at the Sun sounded incredible.
This girl loved them so much she felt compelled to keep shouting "East London loves you". Her boyfriend had a tattoo of a heart behind his ear. I really grew to dislike them both.
Nowadays gigs are watched through the screen of the camera in front of you.
It was very hot.
Bless.

Concrete and Glass: Lykke Li at Cafe 1001

Then we went to Cafe 1001 (I know) to watch Lykke Li. She was pretty good, Sweden makes some really great pop music.
As you can imagine the crowd was VERY middle of the road with a few entry-level alts, it was like the whole of Islington had ventured away from Upper Street for the night.


I think the promoters were worried shit was going to get out of hand so the put up this security barrier to keep the mob back, it works at the Post Office after all.

Concrete and Glass: Kid Harpoon at Old Blue Last

I went to Concrete and Glass last night with my gf and we took some photos.



First we saw Kid Harpoon at the Old Blue,
This guy was crowd surfing. At an acoustic gig.
These 3 were ace, there's probably a whole 'Superbad' style back story to their night.

Bouncers.
And then...