I went to the Concrete & Glass music festival in Shoreditch last week. As well as Kid Harpoon, Lykke Li, Telepathe and TV On The Radio, we also saw these guys. There's probably a whole Superbad-style backstory to their night. Here's what happened during mine…First we saw Kid Harpoon at the Old Blue.
This guy was crowd surfing. At an acoustic gig.
Then we went to Cafe 1001 (I know) to watch Lykke Li. She was pretty good. Sweden makes some really great pop music.
As you can imagine the crowd was VERY middle-of-the-road with a few entry-level alts. It was like the whole of Islington had ventured away from Upper Street for the night.

I think the promoters were worried shit was going to get out of hand so they put up this security barrier to keep the mob back. It works at the Post Office after all.
Finally we went to Cargo to watch Telepathe and TV on the Radio. Getting in was really hectic. I was really glad I wasn't one of the people who paid £25 only to spend half the night standing on Rivington Street before finally giving up and going to watch Selfish Cunt.

She's in Telepathe. We missed them.
Mischa Barton was there. Click on the photo - there's a terrifying woman behind her.
TV on the Radio were amazing. They played lots of songs from Dear Science and some old ones too. "Staring At The Sun" sounded incredible.
This girl loved them so much she felt compelled to keep shouting "East London loves you!" Her boyfriend had a tattoo of a heart behind his ear. I really grew to dislike them both.
Nowadays gigs are watched through the screen of the camera in front of you.

It was very hot.
Bless.
And finally…
BARTHOLOMEW ROQUEFORT

This guy was crowd surfing. At an acoustic gig.

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I think the promoters were worried shit was going to get out of hand so they put up this security barrier to keep the mob back. It works at the Post Office after all.



She's in Telepathe. We missed them.

Mischa Barton was there. Click on the photo - there's a terrifying woman behind her.

TV on the Radio were amazing. They played lots of songs from Dear Science and some old ones too. "Staring At The Sun" sounded incredible.






Bless.
And finally…
