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| Sun 1st | | THE PARTY GOES ON....AND ON...AND.....
with DJ sets from Ludes, Ride Em & Booze, The Ducks, Twisted AM and more
from 5pm..or maybe earlier ;-) | FREE |
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| Mon 2nd | - | We're having a break from live music tonight.
Bar open.
Come and talk to each other. | Free |
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| Tue 3rd | Windmill Brixton presents:
*Junkyard Choir
*Lewi Lewis
*Bloutered | JUNKYARD CHOIR (Croydon)
way-hey, the first gig of the new year and it's a rocking sweaty, blues-up sound from Do Mwe Bad Things' Mark Woods and co plus a fine trio of suppport acts. A nice and noisy and no doubt busy start to 06.
www.junkyardchoir.co.uk
LEWI LEWIS (Croydon)
More DMBT action!
www.domewebthings.com
LUNAR JET MAN (London)
BLOUTERED (London) | £3 |
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| Wed 4th | Windmill Brixton presents: | Cancelled. | £3 |
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| Thu 5th | Windmill Brixton presents:
*Jade Fox
*The Dolly Daggers
*Super Nashwan | JADE FOX (London)
www.myspace.com/jadefoxmusic
THE DOLLY DAGGERS (London)
www.myspace.com/thedollydaggers
SUPER NASHWAN (London)
www.myspace.com/supernashwan | £3 |
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| Fri 6th | If You Don't Mind... in asssociation with Pure Groove Records
*The Klaxons
*Too My Boy | THE KLAXONS (London)
Heading up a superb fun Friday night are these New Cross nutjobs who offer rave-tastic guitar-based toons.
www.myspace.com/klaxons
TOO MY BOY (Liverpool)
Utopian indie-pop-electro duo causing a fuss in the correct circles following a blazing live session for Steve Lamacq. This is their first London show and certainly won't be the last not the largest venue that they play down here. Check them out. You know you need to. They're onstage at 9.30pm.
www.myspace.com/tomyboyaktion
to-my-boy.tk | £4 |
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| Sat 7th | The Windmill Of Your Mind
*The Shortwave Set
*Double G & The Traitorous 3
*I Had An Inkling | THE SHORTWAVE SET (London)
OK, so we lost the headliners due
to flu on Friday morning and cock-a-doodle-doo (see what we just did
there?) we pulled the chicken out of the basket on this one with The
Shortwave Set whose debut album 'The Debt Collection (Independiente)
got mentioned in many Best of 20005 depatches.
Bit of a coup...they play elsewhere in London for a tenner but stepped in as this is going to be an historic night.
Yes.
Historic.
We know what that means. And we're not lying.
www.theshortwaveset.com
DOUBLE G & THE TRAITOROUS 3 (Hackney)
The
first band we've given a gig to without a demo but when Double G asks,
you say yes! Featuring Richie from The Capes on keyboards!
Oh and now it's over. sold out and done and impeccably vacuumed, we can reveal that it's GREEN 'SCRITTI POLITTI' GARTSIDE...his first time onstage since 1980
I HAD AN INKLING (Manchester)
Please note: Bitter Springs have cancelled due to flu.
TICKETS (might be an idea to grab them)
www.wegottickets.com/event/8416 | SOLD OUT |
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| Sun 8th | DANCING SUNDAY
*The Favours
*Lost Sunday
*The Voxx
*Inbetween Days
*Wolventrix
+ more tba | Super new Sunday club...good vibes guaranteed!
THE FAVOURS
www.thefavours.co.uk
LOST SUNDAY
www.lostsunday.com
THE VOXX
www.thevoxx.com
THE FAIRIES BAND
www.thefairies.tk
IN BETWEEN DAYS
www.in-between-days.co.uk
WOLVENTRIX
DJ: Eclectic Aristocracy (FROG) | £4 |
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| Mon 9th | Windmill Brixton presents:
*The Lovebirds
*The Beat Poets
*Pere Lachaise
*tbc | THE LOVEBIRDS (Crystal Palace)
PERE LACHAISE (Runcorn)
www.myspace.com/perelachaise
www.perelachaise.co.uk
THE BEAT POETS (Belfast)
www.myspace.com/ | £3 |
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| Tue 10th | Windmill Brixton presents: | THE HAWKHURST ANGELS
FAKE RAY
WONK UNIT | £3 |
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| Wed 11th | *OK GO
*Envy & Other Sins
*The Bright Space | OK GO (Chicago, IL)
Powerpoppers preview forthcoming album 'Oh No' that was produced by Tore Johansson (Franz Ferdinand, the Cardigans) and is due for release in March.
They're back with a bang and are of course most famous for the transatlantic 2002 hit 'Get Over It'. they;re veterans of Reading, Leeds, and T in the Park festivals and also appeared on Top of The Pops. They have since played alongside everyone from the
Kaiser Chiefs to Spoon to The Donnas and Violent Femmes.
www.okgo.net
www.myspace.com/okgo
ENVY & OTHER SINS
www.envyandothersins.co.uk/index1.htm
THE BRIGHT SPACE
www.thebrightspace.com/biog.html
ADVANCE TICKETS
www.wegottickets.com/event/7775 | £6 adv |
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| Thu 12th | Windmill Brixton presents:
*Tanaou
*Tellison
*One Toy Soldier
*tbc | TANAOU (Northampton)
Northampton's finest. Beautifully orchestrated and easily one of the most exciting indie bands in Britain right now.
www.myspace.com/tanaoumusic
TELLISON (Hammersmith)
Disarming melodies, laptops and toe-tapping rythms from Hammersmith, where its always Hammer Time.
www.tellison.co.uk
www.myspace.com/tellison
ONE TOY SOLDIER (Northampton/Milton Keynes)
Noisy indie quartet influenced and inspired by Cursive, Mew, Mineral, Hope of the States, Weakerthans, At
The Drive-In, Idlewild, Interpol etc.
www.myspace.com/onetoysoldier
KILL KILL DISCONNECT (Kingston) | £3 |
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| Fri 13th | Duckiemusic presents; 'Lucky Ducks':
*Awful Sparks
*The View
*White Man Kamikaze
*Beanz On Toast | AWFUL SPARKS
XFM favourites Awful Sparks make fresh, instant music that combines the tender naivety of their small town past with the bright panache of capital city life.
www.awfulsparks.com
www.myspace.com/awfulsparks
THE VIEW (Dundee)
..great songs, differing styles, ability and class – drawing comparison to the Beatles 'Hamburg Days' of 1956 - have played support slots for Babyshambles and Larrikin Love.
www.myspace.com/dryburgh
www.theview.co.nr
WHITE MAN KAMIKAZE
... infamous for violent outbursts, smashed equipment and instrument swapping.
www.whitemankamikaze.com
www.myspace.com/kamikazearmy
BEANZ ON TOAST | £4 |
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| Sat 14th | ACID COUNTRY VI
*Absentee
*The Eighteenth Day Of May
*Siobhan Parr
*The Tailors
*The Epstein
+ much more tbc soon | The sixth and the best Acid Country event. If you ain't been to one of these crazy 'happednings' it's time to rectify it
ABSENTEE (London)
After a al-star performance at a recent Acid Country (we don;t remeber which one but it was last year..sometime) with the magic Numbers providing backing vocals, we thought it was high-time that this excellent swamp-groove combo headlined an AC event. having toured last year with Magic Numbers, Architecture In helsinki and others of repute, they have a new single out on Memphis Industries next month to build on the success of debut mini album 'Donkeystock' which made amny of those Best of 2005 lists.
www.absenteemusic.co.uk
www.myspace.com/donkeystock
THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF MAY (London)
Psychedelic-English folk revivalists with a splash of West Coast pop for good measure. Acclaimed around the UK gig circuit, this is their first show at the Windmill and we know you;re gonna lap them up.
www.theeighteenthdayofmay.com
www.myspace.com/theeighteenthdayofmay
SIOBHAN PARR(Crystal Palace)
One of the most popular acts to play at previous Acid Country events, sarf Londoner Siobhan is still in her teens, plays solo but has a voice that will fill the room. File under old school country with contemporary English lyrics and relax and enjoy!
www.siobhanparr.com
THE TAILORS (Brixton)
An acooustic set from these popular and poppy Americana boys.
www.thetailors.org
THE EPSTEIN (Oxford)
West coast pop meets country via Oxford.
www.theepstein.com
www.myspace.com/theepstein
SNAKE OIL RATTLERS (London)
Dynamic country-southern rawk duo that'll get the toes tapping.
www.myspace.com/snakeoilrattlers
ROBIN from Goldrush
www.goldrush.info
CAM PENNER (Canada)
WEAVER HAWKINS (Camberwell County)
and...wrapping the day up with a dance friendly country hoedown...
THE DUSTY SOUND SYSTEM (Oxford/LA)
www.myspace.com/dustysoundsystem
DJs: La Familai Estevez
And,.... at 5pm the Tex-Mex BBQ...come down early for some foood and catch the full day...it's an EVENT!!!!
ADVANCE TICKETS:
www.wegottickets.com/event/8364 | £5 adv (doors 5pm) |
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| Sun 15th | Windmill Brixton presents:
*Surfin' Lungs
*Los Fantasticos | SURFIN' LUNGS
Rare London appearance for Britain's foremost surf music legends, formed many years ago in the unlikely setting of Bracknell they now tour and play festivals in the surf strongholds of Spain, Italy and Switzerland. Effervescent hook-laden songs about cars, girls and summer fun, full of high octane guitar licks, sublime harmonies and super-charged Farfisa.
In October 2005 they released their 6th full length album 'Surf, Drags & Rock'n'roll' on Wild Punk Records, and a compilation of their more famous tracks, and rarities, called 'Tales From The Beach Vol 1' on ‘Wizzard in Vinyl Records’ from Japan.
www.surfinlungs.com
LOS FANTASTICOS (Brighton)
One of Brighton's top new instrumental bands making their London debut following a recent sold-out album launch in their home town Their first CD 'Return of the Leopard Man' has a strong surf influence but shows the full range of their eclectic style.
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jon.fagg/ Los_Fantasticos%20index.htm | £3 |
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| Mon 16th | Windmill Brixton presents:
*Roland Shanks
*The Alps
*The Darling Reds | ROLAND SHANKS (Camberwell)
A year on and a deal with Moshi Moshi, a critically acclaimed single and hundreds of gigs under their belt, ROLAND SHANKS prepare to play at Brixton's WINDMILL on JANUARY 16TH to celebrate the anniversary of
their first ever gig.
And now 2006 looks to get even better... They've
been tipped by many as one of the new acts to make it big in 2006 and done a XFM session (which will be aired on Jan 14th) for JOHN KENNEDY who said of forthcoming single CUTTING TEETH:
This amalgam of The Strokes and The Rakes is so damn catchy it gets into your bloodstream and won¹t go away. Unlike other contagions though, this is a good thing - whatever your ailment 'Cutting Teeth' will make you feel better. I¹m still trying to work out the lyrical
meaning but the vocal, bass and guitar hooks are too distracting! The 'oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh, ehh oh' chant can not be resisted and makes me think this is destined to be one of the indie dancefloor tunes of 2006.
www.rolandshanks.com
THE ALPS (London)
.....love tunes - can't get enough of 'em in fact! Similar to less fussy post-punkers The Jam, The Police and Elvis Costello, the Greenwich quartet don't muck about when it comes to knocking together the kind of thorny three-minute gems that look set to barge their way into mainstream consciousness.
www.planetofthealps.com
THE DARLING REDS (Lewisham)
Teenage quartet making a most agreeable rock noise and getting a bit of attention.
www.myspace.com/thedarlingreds | £3 |
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| Tue 17th | Windmill Brixton presents:
*The Seed
*Nightfighter
*tbc | THE SEED (London)
Powerful melodic indie sounds.
NIGHTFIGHTER (Brixton)
New, eclectic local trio sounding good.
TBC | £3 |
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| Wed 18th | | Wow..what a start to the year it has been so we might as well take a mid-month break from the live side tonight as there's some pretty spunking big things coming up in the next couple of weeks. | Free |
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| Thu 19th | Windmill Brixton presents:
*Ivich Lives
*The Lucida Console
*The 7:21s | NEW BANDS NIGHT - Check this bunch out!!!!!
IVICH LIVES
Hybrid trio who set the full house on fire at our infamous New Year's Eve party. Since then they've stormed the Barfly and return to home base for their first headline slot with two other very fine bands.
www.ivichlives.com
THE LUCIDA CONSOLE (Halifax)
Absolutely stunning band who don't play in London that much. We've heard great reports about them from promoters oop north and the good folks at Must Destroy! records are due to release a single soon.
Anyway, go listen to their track at Myspace - it's so good we're convinced we'll be seeing you down the front!
On the one hand snarling abrasive guitars, crunching riffs and machine gun drumming. On the other, plaintive solitary piano, vocals tinged with aching desolation and sublime emo dynamics…. the Leeds scene’s hottest prospects. – Yorkshire Evening Post
www.thelucidaconsole.co.uk
www.myspace.com/thelucidaconsole
THE 7:21s (Nottingham)
Barely a year old the 7:21s have earned their stripes on the Midlands circuit supporting Editors and the like. Energetic and exciting thyey mash up rock pop and punk in a most agreeable way.
www.myspace.com/the721s
www.the721s.co.uk | £3 |
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| Fri 20th | Windmill Brixton presents:
*The Rakes
*Chris Chincilla
+ more tba | THE RAKES
www.therakes.co.uk
CHRIS CHINCHILLA (ex-Art Brut)
www.chinchilla-music.co.uk/music.php
+ guests
PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS TOTALLY SOLD OUT. THERE WIL BE ABSOLUTELY NO TICKETS ON THE DOOR. | SOLD OUT |
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| Sat 21st | Rebellious Jukebox
*The Bridge Gang
*The Down & Outs
*Nebraska
*The Michelles | THE BRIDGE GANG
THE DOWN & OUTS
NEBRASKA
THE MICHELLES
More info:
www.myspace.com/rebelliousjukebox | £4 |
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| Sun 22nd | Antenna Studios present:
*Mendicant
*tbc
*tbc | MENDICANT (Crystal Palace)
www.mendicantmusic.com
TBC
TBC | £3 |
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| Mon 23rd | Butterfly Records Night
*Indigo Moss
*Duke Garwood
*Damien Katkhuda | INDIGO MOSS
South london 4 piece jug band. Keeping alive the spirit of Robert Johnson, Sandie Denny and Lonnie Donegan.
www.indigomoss.com
DUKE GARWOOD
Brixton based, gravel voiced bluesman. Playing blues the
way it should be played, true to its roots and bathed in feedback.
www.myspace.com/dukegarwood
DAMIEN KATKHUDA
Troubador in the Nick Drake mould. Heartbreaking
melodies and delicate finger picking.
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Tonight showcases a forthcoming compilation from new local label Butterfly full of original, fresh, up and coming British folk artists, from traditional to modern. Full artist releases will follow later in the year, as will www.butterflyrecordings.com | £3 |
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| Tue 24th | Windmill Brixton presents:
*The Crimea
*V//FORMATION | THE CRIMEA (London)
Some old friends popping in for a tour warm-up show! We've been banging on about The Crimea for ages and now they're a hot ticket.
Twisted melodic rock at its best.
butwww.thecrimea.net
V//FORMATION (Belfast)
DJs: The Unemployable Welsh Scum
This show is now SOLD OUT. | SOLD OUT |
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| Wed 25th | KNOM & Windmill Brixton present:
*Quack Quack
*Kyote
*Cowtown
*Songs Of My Lap | QUACK QUACK (Leeds)
'...is a minimal beast, but the economy of music (nothing too fancy, no pointless notes or sounds, every texture seemingly carefully chosen) makes the record a delight to stick on. ..It just hits a number of buttons really really well.' - DISKANT, Dec 05
www.runofthemillrecords.co.uk
KYOTE (London)
www.myspace.com/kyote
COWTOWN (Leeds)
www.myspace.com/icecreambeard
www.chinchillaweb.co.uk/cowtown
SONGS OF MY LAP
www.myspace.com/songsofmylap
More info:
www.myspace.com/knom | £4 |
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| Thu 26th | 'How Does It Feel?' presents:
*Darren Hayman
*The Tambourines
*Silver Springs | DARREN HAYMAN (London)
Former Hefner frontman Darren Hayman returns with a new two piece band (himself and drummer Amos, ex of Tompaulin), to play songs old and new.
Expect a smattering of acutely observed, gorgeously bittersweet songs from Darren's superb new solo album, 'Table For One', alongside a host of Hefner classics.
www.hefnet.com/
THE TAMBOURINES (London)
A brand new three piece comprising Veronique, Lulu and Hernz, The Tamborines play organ-driven perfect pop that blends the blissed-out harmonies of The Byrds with the fuzzed-up drive of Spacemen 3.
www.myspace.com/thetamborines
SILVER SPRINGS (London)
It's going to be a busy night for Amos. Not only will the former Tompaulin drummer be playing with Darren Hayman, he'll be opening the show with his own group, Silver Springs - a classic-sounding indie jangle band in the vein of The Orchids and The Television Personalities. Go Amos!
www.silverspringsmusic.co.uk/
More info on this super-popular monthly night of live acts @
www.howdoesitfeel.co.uk
THIS SHOW IS NOW SOLD OUT. | SOLD OUT |
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| Fri 27th | Twisted am Lounge presents:
*The Broken Family Band
*My Sad Captains
*Rich (from The Shivers) | THE BROKEN FAMILY BAND
MY SAD CAPTAINS
RICH (from The Shivers)
PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS SOLD OUT. THERE WILL BE ABSOLUTELY NO TICKETS AVAILABLE ON THE DOOR | SOLD OUT |
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| Sat 28th | SADDER DAYS
*The Bookhouse Boys
*The Customers
*Treecreeper
*Pelle Carlberg | THE BOOKHOUSE BOYS (London)
Spanking new surf guitar sounds from north london.
THE CUSTOMERS (Brighton)
Crescendos of sound and ferocity are tempered by beauty and gentleness from Brighton's lo-fi heroes.
www.thecustomers.co.uk
TREECREEPER
Rustic noise from the backwoods of Buckinghamshire.
PELLE CARLBERG (Stockholm)
Spectacular singer songwriter from Stockholm brings his own brand of confessional lyrics and warm humour.
www/pellecarlberg.se | £4 |
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| Sun 29th | Windmill Brixton presents:
*Eberg
*Billie The Vision And The Dancers
*Black Alley Screens | EBERG (Iceland)
..is Einar Tonsberg. He's not exactly your average musician. In fact he went to the bother of inventing his own instrument. He calls it an E-harp. It's made out of a coat hanger and has guitar strings and is hooked up to a laptop.
Eberg makes electro indie pop. He shifts between acoustic and disco. Q magazine called his debut album VoffVoff 'astonishing' and Music Week reckons his live show is a 'revelation'.
He returns to the Windmill after a successful show some 18 months ago to promote new single 'I'm Moving To Wales/Love Your Bum' on Instant Karma records.
www.eberg.net
BILLIE THE VISION AND THE DANCERS (Sweden)
Another bunch of nutjobs who impressed us so much the first time they played, we invited them back.
A SEVEN-piece ensemble of singers, musicians and dancers, Billie and company send out happy vibes via their mix of poweppop, 50's rock and indie sounds. Nice.
www.billiethevision.com
www.myspace.com/billiethevisionandthedancers
BLACK ALLEY SCREENS (Co. Down)
New young guitar-wielding things from the borderlands. | £3 |
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| Mon 30th | 'Jenny Hardcore's Birthday'
*Metro Riots
*Lupen Crook
*Beanz On Toast | METRO RIOTS (London)
Crashing onto the Thames like a drunk Iggy Pop lovechild, Metro Riots brash blues punk will leave you dazed and in love. You heard it here 1st [NME- yearbook Jan 05]
Metro Riots are heavily influenced by the blues although don't let that fool you. As though Leadbelly's woman ran away with his acoustic and dog replaced it with an electric fuzz machine. M Riots deliver a torrid of fuzzed up punk rock blues. These angry young men are a must for all those looking to visit Riotville. [Glasgow-King Tut's Wah Wah Hut. Nov 05]
www.metroriots.com
www.myspace.com/metroriots
LUPEN CROOK (Medway)
Hailing from the home of the delta blues – The Medway Delta, Kent, that is – young and pasty Doherty-associate Lupen Crook’s debut ‘Lucky Six’ is a compellingly malevolent little song about child abuse. ‘Matilda V’ meanwhile confirms the 23-year-old to be the progeny of a raspier Syd Barratt, a Kent Kevin Coyne and David Bowie when he used to dress up in frocks and sing about gnomes. This is all good, especially when Lupen opens his throat and screams in a manner not usually associated with wan acoustic singer-songwriter types. [NME]
www.lupencrook.co.uk
www.myspace.com/lupencrook
BEANZ ON TOAST | £4 |
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