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Nearest tube: Goodge Street
This is a student venue and thus full of students. The plus side is that the bar is not over-priced. Alas, the beer is provided in flimsy plastic cups.
A fair amount of bands play here. The sound is a bit hit'n'miss.
Reviewed Events
Billy Mahonie, Seafood, Easyworld, KaitO at London ULU, Wed 18 Jul
This year it wasn’t just foot and mouth killing the herds of this country… Britain saw another epidemic, and one of apathy, boredom, lacklustre motives and despair. It is this my friend that has been killing the youthful sheep of today. In the words of Belgium Pop misters Soulwax “Something’s gotta give” »
Crackout, The Pattern, Vex Red at London ULU, Thu 01 Nov
Tonight, London's ULU is graced with three British bands all set to make a dent in the music world. First up, The Pattern. Sounding like a dodgy 60's style, NME lovin' indie band, they do have potential in their Iggy-like stature, but fail to bring originality to the forefront. Knowing the aforementioned music »
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I knew something pretty special was going to happen, on entering the ULU and realising The Mad Capsule Markets would be plying their trade here tonight. ‘Futuristic-digi-hardcore-punk-metal’ is how the sound of their new album, ‘Osc-Dis (Oscillator In Distortion)»
Hope of the States at London ULU, Fri 10 Oct
"It might not be quite as good as it always wants to, or really should be, but there is a sense of self-worth and magnitude that exudes from these men of furrowed brow that is single-handedly driving them onto bigger stages with bigger crowds who are increasingly more believing."»
Carina Round, Mew at London ULU, Tue 02 Dec
Lather, rinse, repeat as required. That seems to be Mew's motto. Having blitzed the UK earlier this year to promote their album, they're back again to plug the Xmas single that they released this time last year. Well, if it ain't broke...»
Converge at London ULU, Sat 24 Jan
A malevolent, exhilarating, unrivalled force is at work here tonight. At approximately 9pm on a cold evening in January, Converge take to the stage, and set about raising the bar for every live show that will happen in the capital for the next twelve months.»
Haven at London ULU, Mon 26 Jan
This year proper songwriters take back the charts and ‘indie’ breathes again. Lighters in the air then for the return of Haven.»
Death Cab For Cutie, Youthmovies, The Cribs at London ULU, Thu 12 Feb
Death Cab For Cutie are a revelation. If there was ever a band whose time is right now, it’s theirs.»
Patti Smith at London ULU, Wed 17 Mar
Imagine your mum rocking out at college with a Bible in her hand. New York veteran Patti Smith returns to London with a preview of her strongest and most spiritual songs in years.»
Bright Eyes at London ULU, Wed 17 Nov
Conor Oberst leaves Bright Eyes behind and goes solo at a London student union.»
...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead at London ULU, Thu 02 Dec
The naysayers can keep their false idols glamorised in the gutter press; the true believers can toss the deceivers onto the pyre and scatter their ashes over town from the peak of King’s Reach Tower – this is rock and mtherfcking roll.»
The Futureheads, Maximo Park at London ULU, Thu 09 Dec
'...Modern classics ‘A to B’ and ‘Decent Days and Nights’ run maniacally off into the London night almost as soon as they announce their arrival; crashing through alleyways and smashing together dustbin lids...' Sunderland's finest finish the year in a blaze of glory...»
Redjetson, 65daysofstatic, Youthmovies at London ULU, Mon 21 Feb
YMSS steal this show, just as they did when they supported Hood in Oxford last week… just like they did at the ICA in January… just like they always have done.»
Michael Gira, Akron/Family, Angels Of Light at London ULU, Thu 26 May
The haphazard assault on the senses sucks the viewer in with ease, the fleeting moments of unabashed beauty allowing breathing space between bouts of choke-hold chaos...»
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah! at London ULU, Tue 22 Nov
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah! could have probably could have played to another 500 ticket-buying members of the public tonight, or at least sold the tickets - whether they could have performed or not is another matter.»
The Strokes at London ULU, Tue 29 Nov
It's the Third Coming as The Strokes hit London to trail their 'difficult' third album. Twelve new songs in a row? Cheeky buggers.... Gareth Dobson spends some time with New York's coolest.»
65daysofstatic at London ULU, Tue 07 Mar
135 years ago Friedrich Nietzsche described the perfect tragedy, the highest form of art, as the convergence of two diametrically opposed forces in a ‘marvelous metaphysical act’. These two forces were the Gods; Apollo of music, drunkenness and instinct meeting in a marital bliss with Dionysus, the God of visual arts, reason and rationality. Nietzsche offered Wagner as the epitome of his theories, but I think tonight, I’ve found a better example.»
KaitO, Liars at London ULU, Thu 16 Mar
Angus Andrew’s trousers are around his ankles...»
TV On The Radio, Celebration at London ULU, Mon 15 May
What should the uninitiated expect from a TV On The Radio set? Your scribe, untouched by the TVOTR live experience, arrived with mixed expectations: a fevered party-time celebration? A self-consciously clever patchwork of sounds? The biggest surprise, given their intensely well-regarded stock of material and general reputation for being one of the best and most forward-thinking bands around, is how laid-back tonight's packed ULU excursion is.»
Howling Bells at London ULU, Tue 10 Oct
The concert was perfectly alright! Yes, that means it wasn't. Ok, it was played just fine, Juanita Stein's voice was just lovely»
¡Forward Russia!, Pull Tiger Tail at London ULU, Thu 16 Nov
Despite a less than impressive start to the show from support band Amusement Parks on Fire, Forward Russia gave their usual antici»
Subtle, Culprit One at London ULU, Sat 18 Nov
Subtle's Adam ‘Doseone’ Drucker is man full of jokes. So much so that he is determined to have a jolly good chuckle in the perfidious face of life. Surrounded on stage by an array of theatrical skulls and a torso-masked mascot, it almost sets looks like a scene from a twisted take on Hamlet...»
The Favours, The Wrens at London ULU, Sat 17 Feb
Perhaps this is a message for any band who might be looking uncertainly to the future and contemplating that new ‘easy listening’ direction: don’t do it. Instead, how about you jump higher, shout louder or maybe just look involved? To say it works for The Wrens is an understatement...»
The Blood Brothers at London ULU, Tue 03 Jul
Fuck you, hardcore, and your windmill-dancing toss-rag of an admirer: we’re here for a party and it’s what we get...»
Sparta at London ULU, Tue 14 Aug
There’s a strange mood roaming around ULU tonight. It’s a Tuesday, it’s the university holidays, and the back bar has been barricaded up. Clearly, the organisers are not expecting a huge turnout...»
Art Brut at London ULU, Wed 06 Feb
Eddie Argos is as foppish as he is mindful. Tonight, an entirely befitting brass section is accompanying Art Brut in a mid-size room filled with haircuts, androgyny and the balding in almost equal parts»
Asobi Seksu, Land Of Talk at London ULU, Fri 15 Feb
I've missed Land of Talk, but caught the last ten minutes ten of Ulrich Schnauss. His melodies wash over me, and make me think of »
Yeasayer at London ULU, Mon 12 May
At the risk of not accepting things for what they are, it’s got to be acknowledged that in a few years' time, Yeasayer are going to be boundlessly prolific»
Xiu Xiu, Chris Garneau at London ULU, Mon 19 May
Xiu Xiu’s most immediate moments take the pounding drums and guitar scree of post-punk as a starting point for something still-more unhinged»
Future Of The Left at ULU, Camden Town, Tue 26 May
For a band known for their acerbic wit, it’s surprising that it takes four songs for Future Of The Left's Falco or Kelson to utter a word to the crowd. Indeed the highly eclectic audience might possibly feel a little short changed were it not for the aural onslaught they'd just been on the receiving end of. »
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