Fighting in Built Up Areas

Having connected friends can have its perks! Lori has a friend who has her finger firmly on the pulse of everything remotely rock going on in Liverpool. She finds out which bands are coming weeks in advance, works at a number of venues, and even dated the lead singer from Hard-Fi! So when Ladytron announced they were playing two North America warm up shows in a tiny little club, we went straight to Eleanor to hook us up! And she did, for the first time in my life I was able to walk up to the ticket seller and be all like "I'm on the list" and actually have them let me in...booya!
Anyway, Ladytron are great, I'm in a bit of a Anglo-centric bubble, so I have no idea if anyone's actually heard of them - they play a similar style to Metric, electronic soundscapes backing normal guitar, drums etc. They're a little more electronic and European sounding than Metric, but still quite good - even Lori likes them, so they must be awesome ;)

The club we saw them play in was called Korova and it literally held 80 people. Lori and I were right up at the front, and if it weren't for the jackasses doing poppers right in front of us, we'd have had the perfect view! Here's a couple of pics to show how small the stage was, cause it may give you an idea of the size of the venue.








The set they played was heavy with their new album - I'm pretty sure their single is "Destroy Everything You Touch" although, not having any sort of rock radio, I could be way off! It wasn't a concert for serious rocking out, but it was well worth going. In fact, as Lori's friend is good friends with one of the guys in the band, we got talking to them afterwards - Lori got a signed set list, which made her night - They have a show in Toronto coming up April 20th, when we're both home, but unfortunately, its sold out.....to normal people! We chatted with them for quite a while, and they told us to e-mail a few days before the show when we're at home and they'll put us on the list to get in, how cool is that?
Anyway, enough of my rambling review, everyone check out Ladytron's album 'Witching Hour!'

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