In last month’s listings we called Tongues a night for hipsters and they, apparently, weren’t very happy. Having now been we can tell why. More than maybe any other night in Brighton it’s a night for serious music geeks – the crowd is both really cool and not cool at all, but in a good way.
Sure, the playlist of post-punk, cold wave, no wave, Italo disco and electronica is über-now (cold wave and no wave), but it’s edging out of the speakers because the DJs are digging deep for sounds. After a few homes the night that’s also known as TNGS or ? has found a great venue in the Williamsburg warehouse chic of the Green Door Store which ought to mean that the bands who frequently guest get a decent stage.
If you go often enough you might even get an invite to their secret parties in working men’s clubs and crumbling Victorian mansions.
TOP TEN
Baby’s Gang ‘Jamin”
Eleven Pond ‘Watching Trees’
Charlie ‘Spacer Woman’
Electricity In Our Homes ‘So Well’
1000 Ohm ‘A.G.N.E.S’
Liquid Liquid ‘Optimo’
D.A.F ‘Als War’s
Das Letzte Mal’
Terror Bird ‘Shadows In The Halls’
ADULT. ‘Nausea’
C.O.M.A ‘Verre’
FYI
NEXT EVENT: Fri 11th, Green Door Store
WEB: myspace.com/tonguesclub
PREVIOUS GUESTS: The Big Pink, Liars, Electricity In Our Homes, Disconcerts
DOWNLOAD PHOTOS: On Flickr
Photos by Ed Lilo
