So, Angular hits the road for the first time, emerging bleary eyed from the newly fashionable streets of New Cross and heading to Shoreditch. There's a small but enthusiastic crowd, made up of Angular associates and newcomers curious to see what all the fuss is about.

First to quell this curiosity is Sweetie, who looks a little isolated standing solo on the copious stage. She's soon into her stride though, living up to her name by plying our ears with sugar voiced indie pop trinkets, backed only by her own guitar, a tiny keyboard and a blue plastic windmill in the shape of a flower. It's a disarming performance, carried by her nervous charm and the lilting tunefulness of her innocent low-key jingles.

Craig Gell, also of Games for May) creating a frenetic, rattling pace, and Tycie's vocals, at turns deadpanning, sneering and sympathetic to the plight of the protagonists of their tales of South London life (The Swear are one of the few New Cross bands to actually come from the area).

Compared with previous performances, this is a fairly sedate outing from The Swear, lacking in their usual fervent energy, and it does leave the set a little lacking in spark; fortunately the likes of 'High Rise', 'Japanese Pop Song' and 'Lucky Charm' are packed to the hilt with great big pogo punk riffs and shouty choruses, which are good enough to carry them through tonight.

Finally, we get The Vichy Government, whose tinny electro backing and cutting spoken word diatribes, combined with the disdainful, sarcasting banter of their keyboardist between songs, is grippingly different. Or at least it is for the first couple of songs, after which the one paced vindictiveness starts to wear thin.

This is music made to offend readers of the Daily Mail (check out 'Reichstag Burning' a ditty about September 11th to the tune of 'London's Burning', with the line 'Pour on Water' changed to 'Pour on Petrol'), which will doubtless be enjoyed by those who found Selfish Cunt to be witty observers of modern society, but will raise little more than the occasional smile from the rest of us.

For more pictures of tonight's gig, click here

Read Joyzine's reviews of The Swear at The Bull & Gate and Brixton Windmill

Find The Vichy Government at vichy.verot.net

Visit The Swear at www.the-swear.co.uk

Say hi to the folks at Angular at www.angularrecords.co.uk