Radio 4

I have a love/hate relationship with this band.

On first contact with their album, Gotham, I was in two minds about their loose punk funk sound, similarity to The Rapture and with the "Made In New York" tag.

I lived with the album for a long time before suddenly I realised that I should let the preconceptions go, and just give in to the political groove, shake my head and viibbbee.....

As venues go, I would not necessarily choose to visit this one to witness a full on disco punk party, but tonight the juice is flowing. Percussion is provided by the people, as feet are stamping and the cowbells are handed out off stage by the (presumably part-time dairy farmer) percussionist onstage. Old classics sound like they are just that, and they rub shoulders with soon to be dancefloor favourites like Party Crashers.

It's true Radio 4 beam out from their own little scene alongside !!! and the aformentioned Rapture, but each has their own little aside to add. These guys plough a little political furrow alongside their Giuliani-checking townspeople, and to me that says New York is a funky town nowadays, and where better to spread the love than in the secret heart of Islington...?

Let's Partycrash with them, and let loose to the vibe like the heaving and grooving audience in the Carling Academy.