19/09/2008
Yet again I’ve been really slow on the uptake. Sorry…
I should have informed you about the next Be@Proud event at the beginning of the week or something, so that you could ALL go out and treat yourself to new pants or swanky deodarant and stuff. The fact of the matter is that I was so blown away by this Saturday’s Be@Proud line-up that I fainted, fell into the road, hit my head on a discarded can of energy drink, got spat on by a hoodie and had my leg squashed by a flat-bed truck.
I’ve been in A&E all week and I think I’ve got MRSA because my cheeks have turned blue and my tongue has swollen to the size of a horse’s schlong!
Anyway, the show must go on…
Headliners at Be@Proud will be extremely attractive all girl posse, Ipso Facto. The London four-piece are kind of like a throw-back to a by-gone age of yore or something. Thing is, I can’t really place what era they fit into. I mean, there’s the occasional twinge of 50s doo-wop, 60s psychedelica, good old fashioned rock and everything in between… This can only be a good thing; it means that they’re completely different to any other girl band out there.
And they have a thing about burlesque…
And they shit all over the Spice Girls.
Next-up: Bearsuit. John Peel was a big fan of the boy/girl six-piece from Norwich. This means that even if you haven’t heard their Artsy-Rock grooves, you’ll probably appreciate them. I mean, when did John Peel ever pull a wrong’n? Exactly! NEVER! Bearsuit have picked up accolade after recurring accolade this year, merging synth-laden beats with any instrument they can get their dirty mitts on, to create a kind of post-punk K-Hole experience. And you should see their live shows…
Man, they dress-up as robots and everything. It’s well phat!
Finally, Padded Cell will be making the trip to ye ol’ stables in Camden for a DJ set. Anyone who can use House music (albeit in small snippets) and still make me shake my rump like a Bangladeshi Belly-dancer, get a thumbs-up in my book. Padded Cell’s beats are smack-den dark-and-brooding, with everything from Brazilian samba vibes to 80s cop shows mixed in! They’ll make you feel like you’re wigging out and being attacked by giant puffer-fish, whilst simultaneously giving you an uncontrollable urge to do the robot.
What more could you ask for? Screw the MRSA; I’m definitely heading down to Be@Proud. And anyway, I can see this over-sized tongue coming in very handy…
Be@Proud
September 20th
Proud Galleries, Horse Hospital,
Stables Market, Camden, NW18AH,
8pm – 2.30am
Tickets: £5 (before9) £8 (adv) £10 (otd)
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