Video: Gaggle - I Hear Flies

... in their protest against "valueless" music, UK's all-girl alternative choir the Gaggle, have released their new single for £3,000 - $3,968. Hard to believe but the choir said, the single cost will cover "the... [[ This is a content summary only. Click on the titles for full stories... ]]

What happens when 20 girls get together and decide to form a band? One word: Gaggle. Made up of Alibi, Bennett, Coughlin, Culwick, D, Dana, Green, Gusset, Honey, Kiki, Kumari, Launette, Lipstick, Luddite, McClean, Missmiss, Namsoo, Polydorou, Strick, Wunderla who all go by pseudonym since they hold down normal day jobs. Considered "beyond description" by the Time in the UK, the band calls themselves an all girl alt-choir that make music about booze, drugs and things you always wish women had the guts to sing about more often. To get the true experience, check out [...]

Choirs conjure up a tirade of stereotypes, usually involving grey hair and cups of 50p tea served in polystyrene.  As a member of London Philharmonic Choir my liver can certainly prove we drink more Stella than PG Tips. Gaggle , the female alternative choir from London, are legions apart from crusty old veneer of group singing. They've won praise from NME and were awarded Best New Band at this year's [...]

I don’t care who your daddy knows, or how you got here. Just because you can afford a table doesn’t license you to talk over the music. . I’m at the Sanderson Hotel, ready for Gaggle as part of the venue’s Sanderson Predicts gig series. It’s a beautiful place complete with obnoxious clientele and similar staff. Exclusive, guestlist-only an... Read more..

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We know we're a bit late to this particular party, but how brilliant are Gaggle . For one they look like this: Kind of like a school photo at an all girls school for technicolour druids. They sound a bit like this. In fact they sound a lot like that seeing as that's their new video for single, 'I Hear Flies'. Immense. "Drink gin, get thin, win, win"