Lambrini Girls at Variety Playhouse
CRITIC'S PICK:
Tues., April 21
Lambrini Girls, Big Girl, Big Special, Variety Playhouse - Take the snottiest parts of Chrissie Hynde, add Sex Pistols/Gang of Four punk aggression, a shot of caffeinated early Patti Smith, some scuzzy Iggy Pop snarl and you're close to the Lambrini Girls' relentless attack. With dry, spoken/shouted/rapped vocals delivering socio-political song titles like "Filthy Rich Nepo Baby," "Big Dick Energy" and the wince-worthy "Cuntlogy 101," you know what you're getting into. If there was a male equivalent, that would be opener's Big Special, who will soon return to town for Shaky Knees. Their more subtle (less shouting) but just as potent civically charged poetry over electronic beats is starting to pick up alt-rock steam. An intense and powerful bill. - Hal Horowitz
From the venue:
In January 2025 Lambrini Girls have released their long-awaited debut album ‘Who Let The Dogs Out’ via City Slang. They sold out shows all over the world and left craters in towns and cities and festival sites across the UK, Europe, South Korea and North America. The album cracked the Top 20 of the UK album chart. It’s good, you see. They graced the covers of publications such as DIY, NME, Kerrang! Magazine, NOTION, and features with the likes of Variety, The Line Of Best Fit, BBC Radio 1, tons of playlisting on BBC Radio 6 Music, a KEXP session, coverage from Pitchfork and The Needle Drop etc etc, the Brighton-based duo of Phoebe Lunny (vocals/guitar) and Selin Macieira (bass) have spent the last few years on a tear in more ways than one. ‘Who Let The Dogs Out’ bottles everything wrong with the modern world and shakes it up. If peppering political songs with humour is like sticking a sparkler in some bread, then their debut is like a fireworks display in the factory itself: strange, dangerous, exciting, and it rips through a laundry list of social ills. It’s so good in fact that the legend Peaches herself did the one and only remix for the record. Is this basically band in the world? Yes. Quite obviously. Get involved you stupid idiot.Lambrini Girls at Variety Playhouse | 04/21/2026 8:00 PM