At a recent Maccabees gig at Village Underground a couple of weeks back i happened to bump into an old friend of mine, Del, after telling him all about this blog he said i had to check out La Shark, a south London based band that he knew from his neck of the woods. Now Del boy knows his onions so when he said they were playing their last gig of the year to celebrate the launch of their latest single 'magazine cover' in Hoxton i knew i had to go along, a bit of Monday night mayhem? why not! it is the silly season after all!
SET LIST
1, Magazine cover
2, Sum it up
3, Mr modern man
4, Animals (death with popcorn)
5, Prison palace
6, Your hole my hole
7, I know what you did last summer
8, Don't be stiff
9, A weapon
Check out these ace videos:
Magazine cover: http://youtu.be/pajzNqq-BWw
I know what you did last summer: http://youtu.be/7CuqH9zMur0
A weapon: http://youtu.be/yaNhk7D88KU
What a great little venue, downstairs in the electricity shoowrooms, it's kind of a small club room, very low ceilings, very dark, the band played in the centre of the room on the dancefloor, a brilliant set of squares that lit up all different colours, very old school, the crowd surrounded the lads in a mass circle creating a really intimate affair. They burst into new single 'magazine cover' a gloriously infectious, stabbing, jerking, track that changes tempo at the chorus, this is defo gonna be a big single for them. The whole set was hyper, i was hearing these tunes live for the 1st time and i couldn't stop myself bouncing and jigging along, each member of the band were really pulling their weight, especially singer Sam, he was in the crowd, he was on the floor, he was all over the place, really interesting frontman (loving the la shark branded dungarees!) 'They ripped through great versions of fans faves 'i know what you did last summer' and 'a weapon' but all tracks were very well received by the fans with the whole room buzzing off each other, it really felt like a big celebration, it was obvious most of the room were core fans that follow the boys closely and it was a very fitting end to the year for them.
NITTY GRITTY
Venue: downstairs where the band played was great, tiny, dark, sweaty, just what a venue should be, upstairs the pub is hit and miss, i've had great nights in electricity showrooms and jank nights.
Drinks: pub prices and red stripe on tap, i was happy.
Crowd: good crowd of cool kids, not posey though, all got involved, no chin strokers.
Dan, all that matters is was the band cool???: cool lads, art school chic i would say, lairy haircuts, loving the drummers slicked mohawk and the singers bleached kurt cobain bob and i.m LOVING the band t shirts, go on their website and buy one! www.lashark.com
Bumped into a couple of famous faces in the crowd:
Felix and Sam Maccabees
You dig La Shark then boys?
Yeah we're good friends with them, they have toured with us and we're going to do a bit of djing tonight, top band starting to get the recognition they deserve.
ACE FACE
Georgia Farey, Fashion Press Manager, Sidcup
So what did you think of tonight?
loved the venue, didn't know there was a downstairs! loved that light up dancefloor! i've seen them loads and i thought tonight was one of their best performances, a great way to end their year. i'm really loving drummer nick buxton, great musician, great hair and he's from norwich, whats not to love!
Whats your fave La Shark tune?
A weapon. always.
Who else are you into right now?
Love the maccabees, new single pelican is awesome and i can't wait for the album in january.
Whats your next gig?
Also maccabees.
And finally, what was the first tune that popped up on your shuffle mix today?
'As she was' Talking heads
So that's it, great band and great gig, thanks for the tip Delboy. Next up Dan In The Front Row is attending the double whammy of Blood Orange and Das Racist, also got Spector coming up, stay tuned for the posts!
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