2010 ...

Sun Araw, Magic Lantern, Pocahaunted

Last autumn, after I’d placed a Sun Araw track on an Uncut psych CD called "Seeing For Miles", I fell into an occasional email correspondence with Cameron Stallones, the LA musician who records under that name.

Cornershop, Lissie, Trembling Bells, Ganglians: Club Uncut @ The Great Escape, May 16 2010

Cornershop finished Club Uncut’s final night in Brighton with a set of psychedelic mantras and gorgeous pop, topping the best bill so far.

Wild Beasts, Teenagersintokyo, Dead Confederate, The Fiery Furnaces: Club Uncut @ The Great Escape, May 14 2010

The hiccup of The Slits’ no-show on day one of Club Uncut’s residency at Brighton’s Great Escape didn’t dampen spirits for last night’s more typically full-on and varied affair.

Pavement: Brixton Academy, May 13, 2010

Searching the internet for setlists yesterday, I came across Pavement’s set from the Brixton Academy on November 20, 1999; the last time I saw them play live.

Avi Buffalo, Summer Camp, The Ruby Suns – Club Uncut @ The Great Escape, Brighton, May 13, 2010

Club Uncut has decamped to the seaside for the duration of The Great Escape, the three-day festival in which mostly new bands fill Brighton’s plentiful pubs and clubs. Our weekend starts, though, with a disappointment, when The Slits are a late cancellation, leaving a contingent of Northern Irish girls I meet here specifically to see them in a mood of gloomy resentment.
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