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Graham Coxon @ Islington

added 14 October 2004 at 15.00

Graham Coxon Live @ Islington [Dial-Up] [Broadband]

In July Graham Coxon played an exclusive gig for Xfm at the Carling Academy Islington. Now for the first time, you can watch the gig in full, on-demand.

Already five albums into his solo career – and currently working on the follow up to the watershed that was 'Happiness In Magazines' - Graham Coxon, founder member of Blur and now fully-fledged solo artist, does raucous, angular punk-pop the only way it should be done: fast and furious.

Hit the links above to watch the whole thing or use the interactive setlist below to cherry pick your favourite tracks.

'Escape Song' [Dial-Up] [Broadband]
Disjointed snappy power chords devolve into hushed psychedelia.

'Spectacular' [Dial-Up] [Broadband]
Coxon runs riot as the new single explodes into a refreshing and ferocious beast.

'No Good Time' [Dial-Up] [Broadband]
Bounds boisterously out, full of energy and passion.

'Ain't No Lie' [Dial-Up] [Broadband]
Can't you just picture him 'Wandering around Camden Town feeling like a fishy in a can' ? Taken from 2002's ‘The Kiss of Morning’.

'I Wish' [Dial-Up] [Broadband]
Going back even further, to 1998 and Coxon’s first solo single release. Featuring the timeless lyric 'Live for ever in world of leather'

'That's All I Wanna Do' [Dial-Up] [Broadband]
Lovely love song about love. Lovely.

'Bottom Bunk' [Dial-Up] [Broadband]
An h onest and entertaining account of boy meets girl, boy and girl have an argument, boy and girl express dissatisfaction through mutually unfulfilling sleeping arrangements.

'Bittersweet Bundle of Misery' [Dial-Up] [Broadband]
A seductive slice of folky pop that rivals anything Blur have ever done. Fact.

'Girl Done Gone' [Dial-Up] [Broadband]
Epic effort reminiscent of Pavement's 'Half A Canyon'.

'Hopeless Friend' [Dial-Up] [Broadband]
Fuzzy bass driven funky blues with sparkling, '60s style strings - ‘I was free, swimming in light’.

'All Over Me' [Dial-Up] [Broadband]
Distrustful, but sweet, romantic hearbreaker.

'Life It Sucks' [Dial-Up] [Broadband]
Preceded by a telling announcement that 'Right, that's the serious stuff over with'.

'Right To Pop' [Dial-Up] [Broadband]
Crucial, critical attack on corporate manufactured rubbish.

'That's When I Reach For My Revolver' [Dial-Up] [Broadband]
A rare example of Coxon in full-on attack mode on this heavy, fierce Mission Of Burma cover.
 
'Fags & Failure' [Dial-Up] [Broadband]
Ear-splitting, screechy and furiously fast paced.

'People Of The Earth' [Dial-Up] [Broadband]
Adopting the role of intergalactic judge and jury, Coxon releases an angry outburst -‘People of Earth your world is crap, you ain’t even on the universe map’.

'Latte' [Dial-Up] [Broadband]
The Camden crooner admits he's going to 'Do something really stupid as he's already a stupidly nervous type of person'. Watch out - here comes the acoustic...

'Live Line' [Dial-Up] [Broadband]
Contemplatively starry-eyed and supported by a straightforward folk blues riff.

'Baby, You're Out of Your Mind' [Dial-Up] [Broadband]
Sweet, c harming and thoughtful lyrics of death ‘I ain't gonna leave you behind/alone in this life so unkind/if you think I'll let you lay down and die’ Bless.

'All Has Gone' [Dial-Up] [Broadband]
A seasonal story taken from his third solo album 'Crow Sit On Blood Tree'.

'Bitter Tears' [Dial-Up] [Broadband]
Acoustic Graham is done and the band are back to soar from deep thought to hazily harmonisation.

'All I Wanna Do Is Listen To You' [Dial-Up] [Broadband]
Originally an extra track on the Japanese version of 'The Kiss Of Morning'.

'Freakin' Out' [Dial-Up] [Broadband]
The song we've all been waiting to hear, this storming breakthrough track is a frenzied punk-rock jaunt built around a painfully catchy riff.

'Who The Fuck You Looking At?' [Dial-Up] [Broadband]
After promising the audience he’ll play until he dies, Coxon actually only falls down after performing this shrieking number and then exits the stage amid the buzz of the last chords.

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