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Just back from a visit to one cold, filthy, hellhole of a place full of people who dress oddly and look a bit vacant, known as the North of England*, and straight to another in the form of The Old Blue Last in Hoxton.   The occasion was a Last FM-sponsored start-of-tour event featuring the hairy Japanese psych-rockers in their current incarnation as Acid Mothers Temple and the Melting Paraiso UFO. When I entered the venue the band themselves were sitting behind their merchandise stall, and a couple of them behind their massive overgrown barnets.  A quick look through the CDs on offer showed three labelled as “NEW!”, which is testament to the band’s oppressive release schedule. Read the rest of this entry »