Live music listings: February 2008

Doors 9.00
£6 door

Please note: this is a late show, and the headliner will play from 11.30 until 12.15. See here for details of transport options.

Bent Van Looy, Reinhard Vanbergen and Niek Meul have been making music together since high school - though not the kind of music you might expect from a band called Das Pop. ‘At sixteen, we played prog-rock,’ admits Bent. ‘Bongo-laced, violin-fuelled prog-rock, to be exact…’ It wasn’t long, however, before their sound grew into something altogether more accessible and Das Pop was born.

‘Fool For Love’ is the first single from their forthcoming eponymous album, produced by the Soulwax brothers, David & Stephen Dewaele. Imagine Franz Ferdinand in the hands of Holland & Dozier and you’re getting close to the kind of hot rhythms and classic styling this record has to offer. Bent delivers a killer vocal and the band provide entertainment on the finest level, jam-packed with timeless dancefloor nous.

They are your new favourite band.

The shimmering space-rock of Cobra Dukes has been attracting attention all over the net in recent months. no least from the mighty pop justice who described their recent single Airtight as "fairly delicious... like a bloke fronting Goldfrapp and doing 'Knock On Wood'."

http://www.myspace.com/tapedeckdjs The Tapedeck DJs' list of recent remixes sounds like a A&R who's who from the past 18 months: Klaxons, Jack Penate, Mystery Jets, Kate Nash have all been touched by the hands of Seb & Alex. Expect bassline house and indie shenanigans from two of London's rising stars.

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