Dig The Slits?
It's that post punk time again! My colleague Lars is throwing yet another concert at his house under the concept Lillely Live (he has an annex with a stage and sound studio). Last time, I experienced an amazing night in the company of David Thomas (Pere Ubu) and this time Viv Albertine from legendary postpunk/grrrlband The Slits will be giving an exclusive solo performance for an audience of 35 people tops.
As last time I am very green when it comes to Viv's solo stuff, but have recently become quite fond of The Slits. Been listening to their most popular album, Cut, and love the sound of it which has a very bratty and angry, yet fun and danceable sound. The dub influences suit the music and I say this as someone who usually despise reggae.
I remember reading an interview with Ari Up, the leading member of The Slits, who died of cancer last year, in a book I own called Tape Delay a long time ago. Back then I didn't know their music at all, but I remember the fantastic stories Ari shared. Because she and her band were flirting with many different subcultures in Britain at the same time, they got to really experience the clashes between punks, skins and the black community.
Hopefully Viv too will have exciting stories to tell when she performs in february - in her songs as well as before and after the concert (backstage is the garden of Lillely!).
I actually didn't think I would need to advertise for this event as I expected the tickets to be long gone by now, but since Lars still have some on sale, I would like to highly recommend you purchasing one!
Ticket value:
Concert
Concert
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Ceramic art piece by Viv
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Free running beer all night
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300 DKK (10% student discount)
For tickets, you can either contact me, sign up on with your profile on the Facebook event page or email Lars @ larskjelras@gmail.com
The Slits covering Marvin Gaye!
Viv Albertine live 12/2-11 @ Lillely (Brøndby Strand)
