Mai Lai, Hiroshima, know what I mean?

Here's the quite extraordinary Iron Pirate at another superb Jlesh Munce at the Windmill last night. Actually, I think that technically the feller at the back on the drums is Iron Pirate, but they were amazing anyway, and perhaps the best band from Norwich since the mighty Higsons. Check out their midi-metal mayhem for yourself.

Jeff Lewis was also on the bill but there are no pictures of him as there were two many earnest young men in glasses in front of the stage while he was playing. He did a great trio of Crass songs - Do They Owe Us A Living/Banned From The Roxy/Big A Little A - they certainly don't write em like that any more.

Brown Ale in Brixton

Pedalled to the Windmill last night for another of James and Michael's excellent Jlesh Munce nights. This time the line up featured Yeborobo and Breakneck Static, both of whom specialise in sonic mayhem of a very pleasing nature, which went down very well with a few bottles of Newcastle Brown. Yeborobo won bonus points for painting their faces and attempting (albeit unsuccessfully) to steal shoes from the audience.

Jlesh Munce

Down to the Windmill in Brixton last night for a marvellous array of bands. Old friends of the radio show, Captain Blood Blood and the Sea Dogs have now expanded from a trio to a quintet and were in very fine fettle indeed. Chips for the Poor did an epic 9 minute set, which included the excellent 'I am warm in my coat' played twice, but the highlight of the night was Spin Spin the Dogs. Proclaimed on the interweb as 'Derby's most hated band' despite, or perhaps because of, being from Nottingham, they're in fact a fantastic blend of Beefheart, Pere Ubu and Stump. Truly fabulous stuff - hoping to get them in for a session very soon.