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Lightning Bolt/Wolf Eyes: Electric Ballroom, London

Ian Watson, Yahoo! Music, December 2004

A FULL TWENTY four hours after the fact, Yahoo Music is still feeling dizzy with nausea. A mere four hours afterwards, our ears are screaming a four-minute warning and we’re wondering if we’re ever going to get to sleep. Smack bang in the middle of it all, we have our fingers in our ears, grinning and dancing. Ten minutes before that, we feel our ears pop, as you would when caught in the rush of takeoff. Without thinking, Yahoo Music pinches its nose to neutralise the pressure – only for a sudden gale of white noise to engulf us.

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