In Photos: CANT + Blood Orange @ Cargo, London (14.11.11)

Two well-known artists who've both undergone recent reinventions of sorts brought the punters out in force to Shoreditch the other week for a Monday night show at Cargo.

It was Chris Taylor (of Grizzly Bear)'s first time bringing his nascent CANT project to town. If you haven't yet heard it, the band's Dreams Come True LP – released in September on Taylor's own Terrible Records imprint, in conjunction with Warp – is nothing if not intriguing.

Opening the show, meanwhile, was another man who's no stranger to London audiences, having previously performed as part of mid-noughties indie schizos Test Icicles and then under the Lightspeed Champion solo moniker. These days, Dev Hynes calls New York his home and Blood Orange his latest R&B/new wave-tinged undertaking. He also plays guitar/bass in CANT (Blood Orange's debut 7" was actually released on the aforementioned Terrible Records), which is presumably how he managed to land this support slot.

Anyway, as you can tell from Richard Gray's heart-of-the-action shots below, both artists are right at home in the live arena. Simply click on any of the thumnail images to load a full slideshow of Richard's photos.

In related news, CANT have a new single out this very week - you can watch the rather creepy video for 'Too Late, Too Far' right here. Blood Orange, meanwhile, have a trio of gigs coming up in The Southeast later this week: more info can be found here. Domino are also selling a neat little Playbutton loaded with the band's Coastal Grooves LP that's guaranteed to boost your Hipster Top Trumps rating. Go get!