On a night that saw Exeter play host to two of pop world's biggest, funniest and cleverest groups at the moment (Franz Ferdinand were at the Great Hall just over the road) the city's comedy hip hop massive turn up in fine old skool/wreaked leisure wear style to give a big hands in the air for Newport's biggest sellers since Ritchie Manic's car turned up at auction.

Support came from Skinnyman who put on a great mind flipping show of white B.boy social conscience from his 'Council Estate of Mind' album. Recent single and show highlight 'I'd be surprised' causing visible shivers down the spines of the assembled. Highly recommended.

Where skinnyman keeps it all too real GLC appear like the sur-real b****rd extended family relatives of The Beastie Boys circa 1987. The eight piece core of the crew consists of: Eggsie (Mr. Love Eggs), Xain (Dwayne Xain Xedong), Adam Hussein, Two-Hats, Mike Balls (Hardest Man in Soccer Violence), Billy Webb, Mystikal and Maggot all fighting for their right to paarrrrdy on the, at times, bit cramped stage.

Of course, GLC are to hip hop what The Darkness are to rock; a lovingly constructed retro send up all that's great and wack about their given genres and whilst you have to wonder how long the joke can last (The Darkness' time seems up at the moment) tonight we're still definitely laughing, if not at the punchline...then certainly towards it...as Homer Simpson might say.

With a rib-crunching sound system, the 'Greatest hits' are delivered almost without inter- song banter - which was particularly amusing when the DAT machine started playing the encore of current single 'Your mother's got a penis' while the whole crew were trying to leave the stage. All Very Spinal Tap and very apt.

Comparisons have been made with 'The Streets' tales of everyday shopping mall-contents but where Mike Skinner mainly documents the personal and urban dis-topia of his adopted London, GLC inhabit a more provincial own-label brand of urban concrete jungle-ism, where Argus, Zanzibar and Iceland are celebrated as the true lands of dope and glory.

Of course the assembled Clarts lapped it up and girls breasts were duly exposed in appreciation as 'Half man half machine' and hit 'Guns don't kill people, rappers do' created a blocked up community workshop that had the Exeter splews under maximum pressure with the sweeping step. Being on the drivers choice after a quick visit to the Shirley bassey, I avoided the shanks and bigfoot but the Newport Sunday Lunch rounded off a totally safe raz. You knows it.*

KEV WINSER

* See GLC dictionary and reference guide on their website youknowsit.co.uk (for broad-minded adults only!) for translation of last paragraph if you need it.

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