I Like Trains

After having a lovely meal in a noodle bar in Camden and spotting Simon Amstell at a table near me I make my way to the Barfly. Tonight’s gig is hosted by Xfm DJ, John Kennedy for the station’s Exposure show. Apparently the gig is being recorded for posterity. Woo Hoo! I was very excited to see the support co

iLiKETRAiNS, as some will have it, are an enigmatic entity and insinuate themselves like burrowing, subliminal psyche-worms long after the gig.

iLiKETRAiNS @ Garage, London

iLiKETRAiNS @ Bush Hall, London

Armed with a projector which presents flashing images of burning buildings and doomed Antarctic explorers iLiKETRAiNS certainly know how to put on a cataclysmic show as they bolster the historical gravitas of their already weighty debut album.

Dingwalls London, London on March 29, 2007

But unleashing slow burning dark melodies on a crowd who are already half full on the chemical pop and electro-punk mash-ups that the Blitzkrieg Bop DJs have been throwing at them is another matter.