Hundreds of AQA fans, customers and friends turned up for an evening of folk, rock and alternative music at the Undersolo venue on Inverness Street, Camden. Entering the club with 63336 stamped on their hands, guests helped themselves to free cocktails, books, and AQA branded tshirts, caps and hats.
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First up, soloist Emmy the Great immediately wowed the crowd with her first song 'Easter parade'.
At one point during her intense half hour set, one song's humourous lines drew laughter as well as applause from the audience, Emmy commenting: 'that's the first time anyone's ever laughed at that song - keep it up!'
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Emmy the Great |
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Listening to Emmy |
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My Albatross were up next, a four and sometimes five piece from South London who had all met at University.
Opening up with lighted joss sticks, David, Conor, Samuel and Eoin played for over an hour, rocking the crowd with their latest tracks including Valencia, Rush and She ain't my love no more.
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Everyone in the venue was on their feet when the final band, The Brent Flood, took the stage at just past 10.
Starting off with their recent hit 'Heavy Petting', their barefooted singer Jay lead the way with songs recorded for the first time last week. |
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My Albatross |
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The bands playing at the gig were taken from the 20 bands all writing tracks for the AQA 63336 greatest questions album.
Only 10 tracks will make the album, selected by an independent panel, and on 11th June you'll get a chance to vote for your favourite track, with the winning band getting £5,000 prize money.
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The crowd, rocking |
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You can listen to more of these bands over at their myspace sites. Links to these and all the other bands taking part in the AQA 63336 band competition can be found here.
The full set lists for the night were
Emmy the Great
Easter parade
Two steps forward
The City Song
The Hypnotists son
Edward is deadward
The Woods
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My Albatross
No Good to no one
Lead Pelvis
Abortoir
Valencia
Mantra
Rush
Screamer
Blame the Parents
She ain't my love no more
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The Brent Flood
Heavy Petting
Jolly Good Rant
Tree in a Hurricane
He's Bad For You
Drunken Country
Paint Our Faces Red
Superhappy
This One's For Jethro's Baby
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Some AQA 63336 music facts:
- Four albums claiming to have sold over 40 million copies include Saturday Night Fever (Bee Gees and various artists); The Dark Side of the Moon (Pink Floyd); Their Greatest Hits (Eagles) and Thriller (Michael Jackson).
- The oldest known song is over 4,000 years old, evidence of which was found in India.
- In April 2006, downloaded music was included in UK pop music charts, with Crazy by Gnarls Barkley making history as the first number one song based on downloads alone.
Next week's events
Skate through London with AQA 63336
AQA 63336 sponsored street skate is now taking place, weather permitting, on Wed 6th June. Don your wheels and come along. more
The AQA 63336 bikini
AQA is sponsoring the University of London women's volleyball team. Catch them in action at the Beach Student Cup in Brighton, Sunday 10th June. more
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