It'll end in tears

I got the impression from early show promotion for Dirty Beaches' Mavericks gig that Xiu Xiu was supposed to be the headliner, but by the time the show actually happened Jamie Stewart and Angela Seo were holding down the middle slot. I got the impression that the effort behind nightly emotional catharsis had done a number on Stewart's throat, but who knows.

Angela rocks the grim T.



Jamie frets!



Gong action!



Jamie sings!



Crashing action!



Lunging action!



Even his tattoos are alarming.



Extra gong!



Feedback action!



And it all closes with Suicide's Frankie Teardrop.



Fraught, as usual!

• Show reminder: W!nslow, Lost Youth, The Dead Zone and The Machetes play Cafe Dekcuf; downstairs at Mavericks you'll find The Aggrolites, The Balconies and The Sentries. Veneers, Les Sequences and Heavy Bedroom rock the basement at 443 Kent; Natural Child, MV & EE, Average Times and Organ Eyes will be fuzzy at Babylon; Sal Piamonte and The Rogues perform at Zaphod's; the Elmdale hosts After Fun and Little Stella.