go see Gogol Bordello. The best New York gypsy-punk band I've seen all week. Their tunes aren't so hot but the live show is so much fun I moshed for the first time since Mano Negra.
Even better , to my mind , were the support act The Scotch Greens. A cross between a beefed up The Men They Could't Hang and a banjoised Clash. Their version of Janie Jones was worth paying 3 quid a beer for alone.
The other support , on a night of US roots punk , was Throw Rag. Not dissimilar to Th' Legendary Shack Shakers in a skinny punkabilly kind of way but a little less confrontational.
While I'm about it, tips for next year are Hot Puppies and The Cyclones (and The Scotch Greens obviously).
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Hot puppies. Is that one of my surprise Christmas presents?
And 3 quid a pint! Is that the real reason why you were dancing?
the ScotchGreens site has some downloads that are excellent. I like "Rumspringa," a word I thought only I knew this side of Pennsylvania.
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