It could be because they occupy a stylistic no-man's land that's too electronic for the average Kooks fan, but too rock for the club crowd, though anyone who lets their musical prejudices prevent them from discovering Ladytron is missing out on an intriguing band.

Fronted by glacially-cool vocalists Mira and Helen, they sound a bit like Stereolab might if their reference points had been early Depeche Mode and Soft Cell, rather than Krautrock and 1960s French pop.

That's not to say they don't rock, of course. The noises they coax out of their old-school keyboards would have the current crop of anaemic 'indie' boys cowering in fear.

Kicking off with Black Cat, and recent single Ghosts, their set was heavy with songs from soon-to-be-released album Velocifero.

Despite a lot of this material being unfamiliar to most of the crowd, it didn't dampen the enthusiasm with which it was greeted, with the new tunes getting the same sort of response as older favorites like Seventeen.

Closing with an epic Destroy Everything You Touch – the closest they have to a hit single – you can't help but think that in a just world Ladytron would be a lot more well-known.

But you also get the feeling that they don't care, and will continue to create great music for whoever wants to listen.

Earlier in the evening we got to see Kinevil, who, judging by their accents, are from around this neck of the woods.

A quick Google search reveals that there are more than a few acts doing the rounds using some variation or other of stunt legend Evel Knievel's name, so it came as no surprise to find out originality wasn't a strong point.

Visually they're straight out of Madchester, and musically they owe a debt to the mid-90s dance/rock crossover fad that spewed forth the likes of Campag Velocet.

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