26-11-15 - Sunday I - Cud @ Dingwalls, Camden, 6th November 2026

Is there a more indie band than Cud? And is there a more indie Venue than Dingwalls? Okay, maybe the Electric Ballroom, or the Astoria before it was knocked down... Anyway, I made my way to Dingwalls as a solo traveller to see Cud last Friday. I did catch up with an old pal on the way, but she wasn't down to watch the "mighty Cud band"  - despite her ambivalence, it was great to catch up. 

I really like Dingwalls as a venue, the fact that it is staggered over several levels makes it easy to see the bands on stage. The support band were a bit "route one", they reminded me of the Rolling Stones (not that I've seen the Rolling Stones, but they had a similar swagger). 

Cud came on stage at a reasonable time and played some brilliant tracks. Stand out for me was their new one, "Saturday", which isn't that impressive when played in the kitchen on Spotify - being honest here - but it made sense live, and I think the track I enjoyed the most, and the one that has stayed with me since last Friday, is "Oh No Won't Do" - I might have the 7" somewhere but unfortunately it's not on Spotify. Although, I did ask my "smart device" to play it from YouTube earlier and it did, so that is progress!

I missed the Cud encore, because I needed to catch the train home all the way to Worthing; so I didn't see them do "Magic" or "Van Van Van" but apparently "Push And Shove" was not on the schedule tonight - weird? There was a bit of aggressive pushing and shoving in the crowd, but that calmed down after a bit, I'm not sure what was going on but some feminine intervention calmed things down - as always.  

All told, it was a great night, I enjoyed seeing [again] one of my favourite bands, and I was amazed at their live energy. The only criticism I could possibly have is that Carl is going a bit thin on top - but that's a sign of time passing for us all.

TTFN