Ludes + The Candidates - 12th Dec @ Free Butt
Published 9th Dec 2003 by Alex

Ludes, The Candidates and Mojo Fins play the Free Butt this Friday 12th December.

Headliners are hotly tipped South Londoners, Ludes, whose explosive live performances and eccentric mix of blues, gypsy folk, punk and ska has earned them favourable comparisons with the likes of The Coral and The Libertines. This is their first headline date in Brighton and looks set to be the last chance you?ll get to see them in a small venue. Doors open at 8 and entry is ?5/4.

Another cure for the mid-winter blues worth checking out is the next ?Shut Up & Listen? acoustic showcase night at Alley Cats on Tuesday 16th December where The Candidates will be playing a stripped-down set of some of their best tunes.

To follow are some Ludes reviews and a link to their website.

?Ludes have suddenly become exactly what the world needs right now.? NME

http://www.ludes.bravepages.com/home.htm

?As the most exciting band to come out of London since The Libertines, Ludes? first headline show in Brighton looks set to be the one must-see gig of December. A clutch of startling performances and a blazing debut single ?Just a girl? has earned Ludes glowing reviews, a support slot on the Franz Ferdinand tour and a deal with Sony off-shoot Double Dragon. Ludes (the Czech word for ?crazy girl? and a sixties drug slang-term) effortlessly blend strains from a panoply of influences and styles from Skiffle and Ska to Spaghetti Westerns and deliver their music with a timelessly cool rock and roll swagger. Most of all though, Ludes? brand of maximum rhythm and blues owes its biggest debt to the spirit of The Stones in ?63 and The Clash in ?77.? PURE

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