magma wrote:wub wrote:magma wrote:Klaxons are the only band I've ever heckled.
Yeah, never quite understood why failing to sign over badly played chords on detuned gee-tars and synths was so popular.
Because they called it "Nu Rave" and timed it perfectly so it could be sold to people who'd never actually been to a rave.
I was really pleased the day that I saw someone on the Tube wearing a vest that read "Klaxons Are stnuc" - only to then find it was official fucking merchandise. The crazy, ironic geniuses...
I went to a nu-rave "warehouse party" where they had a Klaxons DJ set, a Foals DJ set, some electro guuurl group playing etc etc, all dolled up as an 'authentic warehouse vibe'. It was at that warehouse that is also a paintballing site during the day (not Electrowerkz).
Anyway, had press passes through Mixmag for some reason and thought it might be a laugh. Inside it was like somone had covered the cast of Skins in PVA glue and let them run through Camden. Remember being handed a MySpace.com glowstick on my way in, then having trouble locating the only bar that actually served alcohol.
The main room was a carnage of mandy'd up snogging, with people throwing glowsticks at each other from the podiums on either side, and I saw at least four fights involving skinny boys in vests & asymmetrical haircuts.
Not a pleasant evening.
still a far cry from the planet mu stuff, or was that part of the process 
