It's The Album Chaaaarrrt Shooooowwww!!!

It seems we spend a good 63% of our lives inside the hallowed halls of KOKO. Last night we ventured in to watch Channel 4's The Album Chart Show being filmed. It pretty much entailed four bands playing their latest hopeful hits.

James (who took the photo above - Creative Common licence sorted) booked us some tickets over the interweb for free. Unfortunately the line up isn't released until the night so you never know who you are going to see when you get put on the list. The show has boasted Morrissey, Goldfrapp, Snow Patrol, Franz Ferdinand and a cast of thousands.

We were served up: Paul Weller (this wiki sets out his truly legendary status), who was very good even though his last track went for almost twenty minutes.

Heavy Trash, a set of Elvis clones happily harking back to true rock and roll.

The On Offs, another decent band struck from the Franz Ferdinand/Kaiser Chiefs/Futureheads mould.

And finally, The Lost Prophets a truly terrible uber-emo band who promised a lot from their set-up but ended up drowning in the generously applied clichés.

All said and done it was a good night but, as with any production set, there was a lot of waiting around. Thankfully we were upstairs and didn't really have to "perform" for the cameras. We just hung around, chatted, and watched the show.

Hopefully next time well get a better band of bands.

Tags: music, television, KOKO