Blood, Filth & Suicide

A deXter Bentley triple this week - out for Ric's birthday and a spot of shoegazing at Acoustic Suicide on Thursday, with a special guest appearance from bon viveur par excellence Monsieur Brodie. Then the Half Moon on Friday, with another great set from Captain Blood Blood and the Sea Dogs (pictured) as well as Le Shark and Le Tetsuo (is 'le' the new 'thee' I wonder?). Ex-XX Teen Seb's new project Gypsy Girl Filth were live on Saturday's show and very good too.

Saw Point

Corker of a show today. I know I always say it's good, mostly because it almost always is, but today was a particularly good one. Our old friends Fireworks Night played a great set, with the musical saw making a very welcome appearance. Apparently the saws that are best for performing music with are generally not that great for sawing with, so musicians and carpenters don't have to fight it out in the ironmonger's over who gets the best one. Le Tetsuo's four live songs were short sharp songs of blistering energy and wit in equal measure. Their new EP on the excellent Parlour label is well worth investing in and I nearly managed to avoid mentioning that they come from Norwich, which I will no longer hold against them. All this plus a quite beautiful live song from Jason Mcniff made for a quality 90 minutes of music, and you can't say fairer than that.