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2010 is a big year for Ladyfest. The US-inspired DIY organisation is celebrating its 10th anniversary, and although the main Ladyfest Ten party won’t be lighting the sparklers and slicing the cake ’til October/November, there will be a number of fundraisers and mini-fests in the meantime. Most pressingly is the upcoming week-long affair at Goldsmith University’s Student Union, now in its fourth year and getting better all the time. Running from February 22–26, events include art exhibitions, discussions, cabaret, talks from female-centric activists and artists, crafternoons, performance art and the essential Ladyfest ingredient: live music.
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So, January, yeah. Rubbish, isn’t it? Dark, cold, still bloated from Christmas, the annual humiliation of failing to keep your resolutions for longer than a fortnight, nothing to do…wait! Nothing to do? The gig year doesn’t usually heat up properly until March or so but there’s plenty worth seeing. We’ve trawled the listings to pick out something to warm your cockles for every black, freezing night of the month, starting tonight!
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Wetdog
Frauhaus! ••••½
Angular
Late in the year, but following rather eagerly on the tails of their 2008 debut album Enterprise Reversal, Wetdog’s Frauhaus! is undoubtedly one the most fun, inventive and original albums of the year. The UK-based band, composed of Billy Easter on bass, Sarah Datblygu on drums and Rivka Gillieron on vocals and guitar, excel in creating atmospheric, erratic sounds with a jaunty disregard for anything mundane. They’ve enjoyed support slots for well respected bands both old and new, such as indie pin ups Vivian Girls and reggae-punk stalwarts The Slits, and their deal with Angular Recordings now sees the trio cementing their sound in a very successful second album.
Wetdog
‘Tidy Up Your Bedroom’
London-based trio Rivka Gillieron, Sarah Datblygu and Billy Easter look pure New York cool, and there is a certain sarcastic melancholia under their choppy guitar riffs. ‘Tidy Up Your Bedroom’ is taken from their second LP, Frauhaus!, out on Monday (their 21-track 2008 debut, Enterprise Reversal, will be re-released next year). The verse vocals get overshadowed by the guitar – which is angular and syncopated, bordering on discordant – but come into their own in the chorus. If you’re hankering after a mixture of Erase Errata and 1960s surf guitar, Wetdog is just the thing to start the weekend. Play it while jumping around your bedroom, layering on the eyeliner and scowling in the mirror. MP3 after the jump.
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