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For those of you unfamiliar with this band, the electro-punk duo consisting of Sue Denim and Dee Plume are regularly spotted in The Mighty Boosh as random extras, such as the Electro girls: “Neon” and “Ultra”, or as they put it: “The most unsuccessful duo the UK has never known,” from their third album, We’re in the Music Biz out next month. Not once was The Boosh mentioned at the gig by the band, but what with all the memorabilia seen sported by so many it was clearly why the crowds were there.
The opening act was Vix n the Kix, a four piece female fronted band from Birmingham. With their striking hairstyles and vintage outfits, it makes you wish that they put all that effort into the music itself rather than preening themselves to look like a band. Their music lacked all originality and is easily forgotten; I guess their first song’s title “Blah, Blah, Blah” summed them up nicely. Scanners were up next. The two-girl, two-boy London-based band have been tipped to be big this year and their single “Lowlife” set to be out next week is constantly on the airwaves, so no pressure really. Their set was short and sweet, made so by Sarah (the lead singer and also the bassist of the band); her voice cut through the air with clarity and angst, set against the tribal drumbeat and electric guitar. The audience, however, were slow to move and seemed disinterested dressed in their brightly coloured leggings and hair made stiff with dizzying amounts of hair spray. Shame.
The audience’s mood soon changed when the headliners finally came onto the stage. They got the crowd moving and even chanting “G, I, R, L, GIRL!” along to their first song of the evening. They ripped through all their well-known songs, including a little ditty sung completely in French called “La Nuit”, interspersed with songs off their new album such as the amusing “Don’t Copy Me” which seemed to be directed at the crowd of teenagers who were more or less wearing the same clothes as each other. The duo’s vocal combination is a sure winner, Plume’s Siouxie sue sound and Denim’s Gwen Stefani-like vocals give so much personality to their quirky music, something a lot of other bands seem to be lacking these days.
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