Cor blimey guvner! T'was a merry night of Dickensian delights on Thursday when kooky Brit-rockers Art Brut played their very first LA show. You could practically taste the bangers and mash, so elevated were the Limey-ness levels in Spaceland that evening. Even supporting band Every Move A Picture, despite being from San Francisco, looked and sounded like a 21st century Blur. As an experiment, I decided to count the number of British accents in the room and was immediately drawn towards this young Oliver Twist lookalike...
I was right! Turns out his name is Jasper Future and he's from Queen's Park, London. And look, here's his Artful Dodger friend, who goes by the name Eddie Argos!
And together they're...Art Brut!
Once on stage, Eddie made himself right at home, hanging his hat on his mike stand and kicking off his boots - literally (nice socks Eddie!). The lads, who are supporting Oasis for a couple of shows on their European tour, told me they were really excited to be here. And so they should be - their most popular song is called 'Moving to LA', after all. A two-minute work of genius that I heard for the first time this summer (thanks to Brandon Fuller from Indie 103.1FM show Passport Approved), the track beautifully explains why LA is so goddamn Limey-infested... Hang around with Axl Rose / Buy myself some brand new clothes / Everything is gonna be just fine / I hear the murder rate is in decline /When I get off the plane /The first thing I'm gonna do is /Strip naked to the waist /And ride my Harley Davidson /Up and down Sunset street /I may even get a tattoo / I'm drinking Henessey /With Morrissey /On a beach /Out of reach /Somewhere very far away...
The boys told me they were staying at the Hyatt West Hollywood - "'cause that's where Led Zep drove their motorbikes up and down, right?". Their greatest ambition is to appear on Top of the Pops and charismatic Eddie, who likes to refer to the band in the third person ("are you ready Art Brut?") led the crowd in a delightful "Art Brut - TOP OF THE POPS!" chant for several minutes, occasionally throwing in names of people he likes, as in "Axl Rose - TOP OF THE POPS!" and "Morrissey - TOP OF THE POPS!".
The band already has a huge following in Germany (maybe something to do with bass player Frederica Feedback being German?) and have appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone there. Former Libertine and Baby Shambles frontman Pete Doherty is also a fan, but lead singer Eddie, who spent much of the set dangling off the front of the stage and taking questions from the audience, warned the fans to "stay AWAY from the crack, unlike Pete Doherty, stay AWAY from the crack".
All this shortly before Jasper tripped up and fell on top of the drum kit.
Makes you proud to be British...
Posted by Caroline Ryder, Certified Brit.
PS: Art Brut plays a second show at The Echo tonight (Friday) and will be performing on Passport Approved, Indie 103.1 FM tomorrow morning at 11AM.
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