The Go! Team, Electric Ballroom, 12 September 2007

Brighton based six-piece The Go! Team really know how transform a gig into a party.

They would have needed to give out free chocolate cake and ice cream on the door to get people grinning any more at the Electric Ballroom last week.

Rapper Ninja bossed the crowd of twenty-somethings around with ease but they didn’t seem to mind. When she asked everyone to jump they bounced and when she encouraged a bit more dancing they showed they could shake some booty.

Their set mainly comprised of Ninja rapping over songs from their eclectic first album Thunder Lightening Strike, but she also had a go on the maracas, tambourine and drums for a laugh.

The other band members were nearly as lively, going wild for uplifting instrumental Junior Kickstart. Electric guitarist Kaori Tsushi took over for softer yet equally uplifting harmonica-led version of Hold Yr Terror Close.

Ninja dedicated songs from new album Proof of Youth to the ladies and had the crowd chanting ‘hell yeahs!’ by the end of the set.

Their sound was 80s-influenced as were the most of their bizarre videos played on the backing screen. But my favourite film clip had to be a black and white one showing dozens of monkey-masked men cycling really slowly. Weird.