Soulwax, Zutons and LCD at Brixton

Fringey met up in the 'Living' Bar and ordered a couple of double vodkas, forgot about the non-happy hour prices and the extra large measures, so was £18 for a two person round!! Which we did twice! We were quite merry when we finally got to the Academy.

Soulwax were brilliant, just as we thought they might be! Properly intense angry dancy rock. The stage lighting was minimal, so the Academy actually felt quite intimate and club like, and was a very friendly (pilled up) crowd. Wasn’t sold out, so plenty of room to dance, and we wandered right up to the barrier at one point - just because we could!!

The Zutons were surprisingly good, far better than their album lets on and looked like they were having a ball on stage. We did wonder how LCD Soundsystem would top them, but James Murphy did not let us down. He is fantastic. We do love him, even tho he looks like a roadie, he is a dance rock genius. He even broke of from the vocals to bash away at some drums himself. Fantastic. Danced all night. Finished at 3am.

Very good thank you.