MIA/Sleigh Bells – review

Brixton Academy, LondonFrom outside the venue, Sleigh Bells – the Brooklyn boy-girl duo who support their label-owner MIA tonight – sound terrific. Their debut album, Treats, earned near-universal praise earlier this year for combining ear-boxing rhythms, aggressive riffs and the candy-floss vocals of former primary school teacher Alexis Krauss. You can make out the pugnacious "Tell 'Em" quite clearly, despite the thick fire doors, and the biff-pow of heavy metal-riffing "Infinity Guitars".O...

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