In my last post I said that it would be pathetic if I didn’t catch my first live show before my next post, and I’m a woman of my word, so I checked out Wolfette at the pub in the Islington area of London, Monto Water Rats And to further the WVAU-relevancy of said gig, I went will fellow AUer-in-London and DJ Eric Lynch, former host of WVAU‰’s British Invasion.

With only about a 20 person crowd in easily the smallest venue I’ve ever been to, Wolfette worked the pub’s backroom-stage with her fiery, deep voice and fierce gold jeans, accompanied by her band.

My knowledge of Wolfette prior to the gig was minimal, as Eric only sent me a link to one of her videos when he asked me to go with him, but that didn‰’t stop me from dancing to her catchy electo-pop with a but of a harder, more alternative edge.

Only a short set of 7 songs, as Wolfette kicked off the string of acts for a night of live music at Monto’s, the British band created the edgy and sassy, but upbeat vibe to set the tone for the rest of the night.

The venue itself has a very similar atmosphere to my pub-crush the Lexington that I last posted about — rustic, uber hip, open and dark, but still welcoming, (I‰’m beginning to realize that “welcoming‰” is part of the vibe for almost all London pubs. Makes sense, no?), and also regularly hosts live music events.

The past two weekends I‰’ve been living the super glamourous lifestyle and jet-setting off to Paris and Munich for Oktoberfest, so time to catch another live show has been few and far between because I‰’ve also had to focus on the pesky “studying‰” part of the “study abroad‰” experience (what a downer). But I‰’m forcing myself to make another promise to y‰’all to check out another live act for my next post. Until then, Cheerio!