I like the albums a lot but they fall a bit flat live IMO.
Yeah and Ally Pally is the worst.
I was there at the break up gig with hot chip (? 2011) and recently at the last Maccabees gig. No tokens is good now but the bar and organisation was a shit show. Marginal improvement.
Saw The XX there in August and it was actually excellent, though the nice weather definitely helped. Not too big but big enough in a nice area of the city etc. Was very impressed