Carter USM, Ned’s Atomic Dustbin, Cud – Academy, Brixton

Another November, another Carter USM “reunion” gig at Brixton Academy. This was a little better as I got to see Ned’s Atomic Dustbin for the first time since the Four 4 Wiz show five and a half years ago – and I got to see Cud for the first time EVER.
Except I didn’t see as much as I’d hoped, as I’d gone into Brixton Road to get a burger before the start of the gig, which inexplicably took about 20 minutes to be cooked. I ended up missing the start of the Cud set, which was a shame, as I thought they were really good.
I was upstairs for this one and managed to get a reasonable view right at the front, even if my camera wasn’t playing ball tonight. The Carter setlist was oldies-packed and it was good to hear Alternative Alf Garnett, which never gets much of an airing – it was on the original Rubbish CDS which was the first Carter product I ever bought, in the summer of 1990.
There were a few covers played and Tom Hingley was wheeled out to join them on This Is How It Feels.

GI Blues would have been played at the end of that set. (Just as I’m making my way out – it’s a fans’ favourite but I just don’t like that song!)
Always good to see Ned’s Atomic Dustbin too. All in all, a worthwhile night out!
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Carter USM setlist:
- Surfin’ USM
- My Second to Last Will and Testament
- Midnight on the Murder Mile
- Bedsitter (Soft Cell cover)
- Rubbish
- Do Re Me, So Far So Good
- Lean on Me I Won’t Fall Over
- Good Grief Charlie Brown
- Say It With Flowers
- Rent (Pet Shop Boys cover)
- Anytime Anyplace Anywhere
- The Music That Nobody Likes
- Falling on a Bruise
- While You Were Out
- Shoppers’ Paradise
- The Only Living Boy in New Cross
- A Prince in a Pauper’s Grave
- Glam Rock Cops
- After the Watershed (Early Learning the Hard Way)
- England
- Bloodsport for All
- The Impossible Dream (Mitch Leigh cover)
- An All American National Sport
- A Perfect Day to Drop the Bomb
Encore:
- Alternative Alf Garnett
- Let’s Get Tattoos
- This Is How It Feels (Inspiral Carpets cover) (with Tom Hingley)
- Sheriff Fatman
- G.I. Blues
Ned’s Atomic Dustbin setlist:
- Kill Your Television
- Until You Find Out
- Not Sleeping Around
- Walking Through Syrup
- Cut Up
- Trust
- Nothing Like
- Intact
- Stuck
- Happy
- Grey Cell Green
- Selfish
And good to see the Cud video was the most popular of all the ones I posted!
Saturday 10 November 2012, 756 views
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Gigs
- Aggrasoppar – OY Brewery, Tórshavn
- International Pop Overthrow 2025
- Gigantic Indie All Dayer – Marble Factory, Bristol
- HMS Morris, Pictish Trail – Tŷ Pawb, Wrexham
- The Others – The 100 Club, Soho
- Stray Tracks: White Gates Band, Mystery Team, Basharan, SNM, Monumental – Pink Toothbrush, Rayleigh
- Franz Ferdinand, Master Peace, Great Leslie – Empire, Shepherd’s Bush
- Melys, Yr Anghysur – Neuadd Ogwen, Bethesda
- Ynys, Sybs, Lafant – Y Cwps, Aberystwyth
- Sultans of Ping FC – Saint Luke’s & The Winged Ox, Glasgow
- Franz Ferdinand, Permanent (Joy) – Grand Central Hall, Liverpool
- Half Happy, em koko – Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff
- My Life Story – The Quarry, Liverpool
- Melys, Osgled – Y Cwps, Aberystwyth
- They Might Be Giants – The Roundhouse, Chalk Farm
- Darling Buds, Simon Love and the Loves – 229, Great Portland Street, London
- Fightmilk, Tugboat Captain – Paper Dress Vintage, Hackney
- Bugeye, Lucky Number You – The Victoria, Birmingham
- Art Brut – The Castle & Falcon, Birmingham
- Sultans of Ping FC, Meryl Streek – The Ritz, Manchester
- Chroma, Baby Brave, Lila Zing – Tŷ Pawb, Wrexham
- Melin Melyn, Ynys, Pys Melyn – Town Hall, Llangollen
- Antarctic Monkeys – The Buttermarket, Shrewsbury
- Bloc Party – The Institute, Digbeth, Birmingham
- Urdd Gobaith Cymru: Achlysurol, HMS Morris, Llareggub Brass Band – Mathrafal Field, Meifod
- Echobelly, Camens – Live 45, Kidderminster
- Futureheads, Adult Play – Shrewsbury Castle, Shrewsbury
- Adwaith – Hare & Hounds, Birmingham
- Melys, Pys Melyn, Sophie Kilburn – Neuadd Ogwen, Bethesda
- Sea Power, Callum Easter – Town Hall, Birmingham
- Dydd Miwsig Cymru: Morgan Elwy, Tew Tew Tennau, Mynadd – Y Institwt, Llanfair Caereinion
- Bikini Beach Band – The White Hart, Stoke Newington
- Pacifica, House of Women – Academy 2, Islington
- Fonda 500, Bugeye, Hurtling, Colossus – Amersham Arms, New Cross
- Snow Coats, Toodles and the Hectic Pity – Signature Brew, Haggerston
- Snow Coats – Tunbridge Wells Forum
- Darling Buds, Keeley – The Thunderbolt, Bristol
- Fightmilk, Feeble Strength – Signature Brew, Haggerston
- Thousand Yard Stare – The Lexington, Islington
- Thousand Yard Stare – Prince Albert, Brighton
- Be Your Own Pet – Rough Trade East, Whitechapel
- Brian Butterfield – Bush Hall, Shepherd’s Bush
- Pulp – Apollo, Hammersmith
- Blur, Self Esteem – Wembley Stadium, Wembley
- Blur, Wu Lu – City Hall, Newcastle
- Salad, Repetitive John – Arts Club, West Hampstead, London
- Salad – The Hope and Ruin, Brighton
- The Others – The Garage, Highbury
- Fightmilk – Signature Brew, Haggerston
- Ynys, Gillie – The Victoria, Dalston
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