ON THE UP: The Shortwave Set + Theoretical Girl + Golden Silvers
Thu Mar 27
Recommended
FREE
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Bar Academy, 16 Parkfield St, in the NI Centre, N1 0PS
By Kim Taylor Bennett
Posted: Tue Mar 25
Just in case you’d applied for tickets and then spaced on your dates, we’d like to remind you that this week is the latest of our sensational On The Up shows. Kicking off the proceedings are Heavenly’s latest signing, The Golden Silvers. With their Kings Road threads, Moog riffs and glorious three-part harmonies, you’d be forgiven for thinking they were pure retro copyists. But this south London troupe add some modern zing to the musical melange by way of lolloping loops and unexpected beats among the occasional prog-funk wigouts. Plus the drummer and his electrified, fraggle hair is a dead ringer for a member of The Mars Volta.
Theoretical Girl is a tailor-made stagefellow. Hailing from Southend, like The Horrors and her one-time backing band Ipso Facto, TG creates music that veers from delicious bolts of sunshine via ’60s girl groups, to kohl-lined pop like her eerie single ‘The Hypocrite’. The latter tune is fittingly dark for a woman who used to be an occupational therapist in a psych ward.
Time Out faves the Shortwave Set head up this stellar show in support of their new, Danger Mouse-produced record ‘Replica Sun Machine’, (featuring guest slots from John Cale and Beach Boys collaborator Van Dyke Parks). Looks like the Paradise Bar in Deptford is a fast-fading memory.
2 comments
Are the tickets all gone, or is there some problem with the link? Still not able to get tickets. Disappointing.
How can one get SHORTWAVE SET free tickets when link always states "Page cannot be found" ???