
If you like your shoegaze ephemeral, occasionally post-rock explosive and fretting to a 3am beat, then Wild Dogs In Winter are for you. The five Londoners have just released debut album Homba via Gravid Hands , and to celebrate their headlining the latest Spatchcock warehouse bash in Manor House this Friday. In honour of this unusually poignant genre gracing N15, the party's been renamed Spatchcocktails . Don't worry though, ye ravers - once the kids are tucked up in bed, DJs will seize control and you can make all the shapes you want... [There is a video that cannot [...]

( Editor's Note: You know from last week about our unabashed love for the Life archive. The above image is described there as follows: "Hitchiking hippie Randy Brook playing a guitar while panhandling." Obviously, if you are Randy Brook get in touch. We'd like to post a track or two. More importantly, we want to know if the dude in the checked pants took a swing at you and/or if you scored with the lady in the skirt; we're hoping for a yes on both counts. In post related news, we're going to be slightly less lazy today. [...]