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a selection of top brit bands shot from the hip in the pit
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the very best of
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fHonest. Hardworking. Talented. Obsessed. Committed. Passionate. Just some of the values and qualities you’ll find running as a DNA strand or reinforced weft,
through the next few dozen pages of schonky, off-beam images and rambling, flabby word wind. Over the last 9 months or so, among the 100 or so bands and
artists I’ve hauled my ageing, feckless arse in front of, the following few British acts have especially struck many a power chord in me. They’ve touched me.
Abused me. Violated and seduced me. And, as a fairly onanistic and pointless exercise, I wanted to document and share these highlights with whoever can be
arsed to flick through my personal musical wank mag. As always, the shots are not super slick, hi rez, beautifully lit works of documentary art, merely a personal
collection of shaky, pissed, sometime out-of-focus, dodgy-arsed quality snaps from the hip and the pit. More often than not fuelled by exotic alcoholic tinctures.
light on words, for once - this issue of pitshots is really all about capturing the moment visually. Or some shit like that. Have a look.
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the xcerts - dingwalls, camden
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the
xcer
ts -
din
gw
alls
, ca
md
en
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On an
evening curated an
d prom
oted b
y the ha
iry god
of new alt and rock m
usic, Mr Alex Baker, the caledonian
(ish) fiery trio pile through a sim
ply firecracking set of pop
rock w
ith the balls of a bull elephant. Such a huge sound
from such a huge-hearted and honest bunch of loveable
troubadours transfixes a sweaty and swaying throng in
the stygian gloom of deep within Camden’s dank colon.
Intelligent, ca
tchy, melodic and gutsy spiced up with
moments of genuine vulnerability, pathos an
d emotion.
The Xcerts are plainly a band who should be filling stadium
s
and the nation’s dig
ital m
usic libraries alike, why it’s
taking longer tha
n it took 4million Eg
yptian blokes to
build an enorm
ous brick sandcastle is totally beyond m
e.
And the assem
bled adoring acolytes appear to agree too.
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don broco - hoxton square bar and kitchen
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don broco - hoxton square bar and kitchen
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don broco - hoxton square bar and kitchen
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To celebrate the launch of their super schmoove and
slinky 80’s-infused 2nd long player, ‘Automatic’, the
Beds Broco boys throw a party. Of course. But not in
a Spoons, nope, in a tiny venue in Hoxton. And what
a right old bollocks-out, knees and tits up it proves
to be. The slightly ‘watered down’ and funk-laced
sound of the record is given a deca durabolin shot
directly into the blue vein and the result is a massive
priapic throbber that nudges every pair of kidneys
in the room in an orgy of fun, filthy riffs, boner-inducing
bass and more Brownian motion than a wet tshirt
competition on a bouncy castle. Smiles, sweat,
singalongs, stage invasions, slick, sexy ladcore. Yup.
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don broco - hoxton square bar and kitchen
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don broco
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n broco - hoxton square bar and kitchen
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nothing but thieves - tooting tram and social
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noth
ing
but
thie
ves
- too
ting
tra
m a
nd s
ocia
l
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delta sleep
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delta sleep - birthdays, dalston
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delta sleep - birthdays, dalston
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delta sleep - the lexington, islington
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best band in britain?
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arcane roots
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arca
ne roots - ding
wa
lls, cam
den
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arca
ne roots - ding
wa
lls, cam
den
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arcane roots - dingwalls, camden
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arcane roots - dingwalls, camden
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r o o
a r c
a
n
e
s
t
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enter of ex
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xcellenceenter shikari - alexandra palace
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enter shikari - alexandra palace
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max raptor
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max raptor - the borderline, soho
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ma
x ra
pto
r - s
ub 6
9, r
ead
ing
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ma
x ra
pto
r - s
ub 6
9, r
ead
ing
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scuzz
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tour
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allusond
rugs - the b
orderline, soho
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allusond
rugs - the b
orderline, soho
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max raptor - the borderline, soho
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press to meco - th
e borderline, so
ho
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venn
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n vennart - bush hall shepherds bush
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lower
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than atlantis
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lta, t
he r
ound
hous
e, c
am
den
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lta, the roundhouse, camden
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architects - hatfield
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architects - hatfield
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arc
hite
cts
- ha
tfie
ld
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cleft
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dave mcpherson
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yearbook
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yearbook
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nervus attention thieves
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indynamics lonely the brave
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the motherfucking hell - you dick
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tellison
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palm reader
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palm reader
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black peaks
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bla
ck p
ea
ks
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65daysofstatic
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grumble bee
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Gone. But never forgotten. I rarely struggle for words.
But I can’t find any adequate verbiage to describe
how much of a huge hole Maybeshewill will leave in
my life. Of course, emotion and music are linked like
conjoined twins, but these Leicester darlings delivered
more emotion than it’s possible to imagine from what
was predominantly an instrumental ouevre. They
constantly reduced me to a blubbering wreck at
their wonderful, heart-melting shows. I just want to
sign off this rag-bag collection of images by thanking
them for everything and wishing them all the best in
their future endeavours. Thanks chaps. All the best.
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maybeshewill - final ever show - koko, camden
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maybeshewill - final ever show - koko, camden
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catch up with my rambling word farts about loud music (although there’snot much new on there these days I’m afraid - this has kind of taken over)http://bwoooartunes.blogspot.co.uk
As a couple of footnotes
This whole thing is for fun only. No money changes hands. No industry types are involved (even my mates). It’s not official, endorsed or licensed. This is meant to be nothing more
than the view of live loud music through the very pissed eyes of one individual. No payment, payola, favours, corporate or record company money is involved. It’s a hobby. So if
you disagree with some of my (or all of my opinions) then that’s cool. The pictures are all shot from my iPhone and then tinkered and tidied up a bit in photoshop. They’re not
clean, anodyne, perfectly focused, framed or metered. You can get plenty of those elsewhere. Most of them are taken while moshing, usually pissed and often with one hand
while trying to avoid spiling my pint. They’re not hi-resolution as you can tell, but feel free to nick any of them you want and re-use or repurpose. As I say, they’re shit quality but
they are copyleft (copyright free). I obviously have no image rights ownership or an image rights lawyer. If I have goofed up and broken any laws, then sorry. Don’t send me to
jail where I’ll get anally fisted by a big bloke called Jeremy in E wing. That would be bad. Just let me know and I’ll do my best to delete or credit the artists etc. As I say, this is all
for fun. It’s all for free. feel free to share, quote, steal or re-use anything from here. I won’t hassle you. Promise. And that’s about it. I bloody love British live music. Cheers, Bwoooar.
O All shots are my own and are copyleft. Feel free to nick ‘em. Go on. It’s ok.c
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