Part Chimp

Part Chimp, Todd, Hey Colossus, Lords, DJ Das Gink at The Luminaire, London, South East England, Sun 29 Jan

Review by Chris Knight

With a bill only rivalled by Lewis versus Holyfield circa ’99 for heaviness, combined with a palpable air of the impending arrival of The Noise, tonight’s punch-in-the-ear feast boasts a veritable banquet unrivalled in months for all fans of the bludgeon-end of rock...»

The Luminaire

Since the demise of The National, Kilburn NW6 and surrounding locales have long been known as something of a musical desert, but now, The Luminaire, a 250 capacity, comfortable, slightly decadent and much-needed addition to London's small venue circuit, is promoting whatever alternative music can throw at it.

The venue is serviced by two tube lines [Jubilee + Bakerloo], two Silverlink rail lines [Brondesbury + Kilburn High Road stations] and a slew of buses [16, 32, 189, 316].

For directions, go here.»

Part Chimp

Timbo - Ex beach chimp rescued in 1999.This adult chimp has had a tragic past,severely mistreated as a youngster on the beaches of Naples,he was left for dead by his "owner".Now you can adopt him!

Jonny - Ex NASA.Famously "missing" on splash down during Apollo tests in 1960's.In actuality Jonny was picked up by Phillipino pirates and sold into slavery in Bangkok where he was found by a British business man looking for a wife who returned him to our sanctuary.Please adopt him!

Nick - After being cruely addicted to drugs by his "master",this young chimp was badly neglected and left tied up and tap dancing for four days raising an unprecedented £7.50 (an organ grinding record).Before he broke free and went on a withdrawl fuelled rampage through the streets of Lisbon.Now fully rehabiliated you can adopt him.

Iain - Ex circus chimp,kidnapped as a baby from Edinburgh petting zoo,he made the headlines in the zoo when his budding modelling career with PG Tips came to an abrupt end when an ex from his circus past exposed him to be a gorilla.Ensuing bouts of schizophrenia and depression led him to be abandoned at our sanctuary.Please give this gorilla a home! »

Todd

Massive fuck-off HUGE-sounding Suicide electric keybass, monster metal riff guitars fighting for aural headspace, and a singer who slides from Cookie Monster growl to demented Texan mountain man howl at the roll of a psychotic eye.

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Hey Colossus

Hey Colossus are as big as their name suggests. Musically that is, not in terms of waistline. Comprising two ex members of Stanton, one former member of I'm Being Good, a former member of Yeast and a current member of econoline, they play stoner rock with a dark, metallic edge. Or something; basically they play loud rock music with plenty of shouting in it, and they play it well. Nice.»

Lords

Crazy blues-fuelled riffage!

Take some Beefheart, liberally splash some contemporary DC punk spunk about the place and voila: Lords. Kinda. Suffice to say this band is both odd and very rocking.

DJ Das Gink

Mixmaster Mike, whatcha got to say?

"LMAO?"

Playlist:
Les Savy Fav, Enon, The Faint, DFA1979, Cable, Blood Brothers, Hot Snakes, AC/DC, Queen, Early Man, Beastie Boys, Panthers, The Chalets, Watchers, Wolf Parade, China Drum covering 'Wuthering Heights', et cetera.

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