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| | | | | | Sun 1st | LOST SUNDAY with BRAINLOVE RECORDS presents:
*We Are Invasion
*Munroe Effect
*Junk Planet
*Furthest Drive Home
*Alberta Cross
*Trevor Moss | WE ARE INVASION (London)
Sabbath style riffs bludgeon with power and murky melodies; drums pound ferociously and sharp female vocals pierce the skull, warping minds with their imagery. You better pay heed, they're hot!
www.myspace.com/weareinvasion
MUNROE EFFECT (Surrey)
is a dynamic and powerful five-piece band based on the south coast.
www.munroeeffect.co.uk
JUNK PLANET (London)
Slashed-up and splattering electronica that brings Kid606 let loose in a child's bedroom to mind... the one thing you can expect is to be taken by surprise.
www.myspace.com/junkplanet
FURTHEST DRIVE HOME (Farnham)
'Like Fall Out Boy. but Interesting. The UKs brightest crossover hopes.' - Metal Hammer Magazine
'A pop-punk force to be reckoned with. Digging into Fall Out Boy-esque starter to whet our appetites, they follow this up with an experimental sound backed by a distant disco beat thats terribly head-nod-worthy. Simple, Memorable, effective.' 7/10 - Rock Sound Magazine
www.myspace.com/furthestdrivehome
ALBERTA CROSS
.. play a grippping brand of folk-soul-rock that has earned them a demo session at EMI studios plus suppport slots at venues such as the ICA. Ones to watch....very closely.
www.myspace.com/albertacross
TREVOR MOSS
Lead singer from Indigo Moss witha bluesy solo set.
www.myspace.com/indigomoss | £4 (doors 5pm) | | | | | | | | | | | | Mon 2nd | Windmill Brixton presents:
*Zea
*Persil
*Through Snowy Static | ZEA (Netherlands)
OH YES!!!!! In four years of having bands on at the 'mill few, if any, have been as mad, twisted, depraved, fun, enlightening, metal, stupid as this pair of Dutch electro geeks,
This lot are a MUST-SEE. A aural irrigation of the mind. And, they manage to make it fun though clever tactics like naming songs with titles such as 'We Buried Indie Rock Years Ago' and 'My Bed Is A Monument Of Hate Against My Job' and just being the right side of sane.
new album 'Insert Parallel Universe' is also out NOW. Check it out.
it's the Dutch weird cut n paste brainfuck popular front...Kraftwerk in a death-math with Blur - UNPEELED
www.zea.dds.nl
THROUGH SNOWY STATIC (Reading)
With a single coming out in November on Big Scary Monsters (the guys that brought you Get Cape, Wear Cape, Fly), you're soon going to be hearing a lot more about this girl-boy duo. It's beautiful stuff..think gentle Rilo Kiley, Death Cab and Elliott Smith (with a chick).
Brilliant. I had to have a bit of a sit sown after listening to that! - James Jam, NME
www.throughsnowystatic.com/
www.myspace.com/throughsnowystatic
PERSIL (Netherlands)
Another set of Dutch noiseheads, this time in girl-boy format. More on the poppy side than Zea, they still have loads of spunk and were one of the late John Peel's favourites with him inviting them to do three sessions for him just before he died. They've also toured with Blondie and The Wedding Present.
www.myspace.com/persilmusic
www.persilmusic.com
ADVANCE TICKETS:
www.wegottickets.com/event/13025 | £4 | | | | | | | | | | | | Tue 3rd | Windmill Brixton presents:
*Destructo Swarmbots
*Collapse
*Men Of Unitus | DESTRUCTO SWARMBOTS (New York, NY)
Pioneering the genre of 'Anvil Rock' these industro-ambient types are on the way to acheieving underground cult status, helped in no small part by their recent score to a movie called Satanic Suicide Slumber Party. They're signed to Public Guilt Records.
'Destructo Swarmbots' brilliant, dark noise follows the lead of composures like Cabaret Voltaire in creating sinister souindscapes that are powerful enough to evoke images of insects tunneling through dirt, of the bodies decaying beneath them and the untold stories of the world's darkest corners. Essential for lovers of the new noise.'--Punk Planet
www.myspace.com/destructoswarmbots
COLLAPSE
Shouty, shouty experimental post-hardcore.
www.myspace.com/collapsecollapsecollapse
MEN OF UNITUS
Loud!
www.myspace.com/menofunitus
ADVANCE TICKETS:
www.wegottickets.com/event/12483 | £4 | | | | | | | | | | | | Wed 4th | Windmill Brixton presents:
*Frank Turner
*Zookeeper
*The Remarkable Rocket
*Through Snowy Static | FRANK TURNER (London)
In the aftermath of years of touring in Million Dead, ears still ringing, Frank decided to follow up his love of all things folk / acoustic / country. Approximately one year on and wiith a growing fanbase, he's shown it's possible to write simple acoustic music without sounding like James Blunt, and whilst retaining some passion, anger, and a sense of humour.
www.myspace.com/frankturner
ZOOKEEPER (Austin, TX)
Acoustic set from Chris Simpson who has been in not one, but two highly influential bands: Mineral AND The Gloria Record.
www.myspace.com/zookeepersworld
THE REMARKABLE ROCKET (Northampton)
www.myspace.com/theremarkablerocket
THROUGH SNOWY STATIC (Reading)
Late addition to the bill; they played on Monday, we liked them and askedf them back to open tonight. Onstage 8.15pm.
With a single coming out in November on Big Scary Monsters (the guys that brought you Get Cape, Wear Cape, Fly), you're soon going to be hearing a lot more about this girl-boy duo. It's beautiful stuff..think gentle Rilo Kiley, Death Cab and Elliott Smith (with a chick).
Brilliant. I had to have a bit of a sit down after listening to that! - James Jam, NME
www.throughsnowystatic.com/
www.myspace.com/throughsnowystatic
ADVANCE TICKETS
www.wegottickets.com/event/12973 | £4 adv | | | | | | | | | | | | Thu 5th | 'Black Daniel's Travelling Sideshow'
*Black Daniel
*Dear Thief
*Circuits | BLACK DANIEL (London/New York)
Kicking off a three-week residency at the Windmill, Black Daniel make the kind of music that advertising executives love: melodically assessable and commercially viable, whilst at the same time retaining an off-kilter sound to make it pleasantly leftfield without being completely alien to the listener.
Or maybe, on the other hand they kick butt with a mix of rock n beats...kinda like Jonathan Richman on a dancefloor.
www.myspace.com/blackdanielmusic
DEAR THIEF (London)
Quirky and clever quartet touting an eccentric sound that fuses raucous energy with unforgettable melodies but's still accessible and catchy as hell thanks to come sweet angular melodies.
www.myspace.com/dearthief
www.dearthief.com
CIRCUITS (London)
This London four pieces' frantic, twitching, spiky guitar pop, looks to the new wave sound of the late 70s and combines it with a distinctly modern twist to create something special. Citing The Police, Elvis Costello and Paul Simon as their major influences, Circuits are a new and different proposition. With their Morse code like guitar, thick rolling bass lines and powerful, driving drums, Circuits are not just another rabble of east London shoe gazers or indie-pop wannabees.
They've a single out later in the month plus an XFM session for John Kennedy booked for November.
www.myspace.com/circuitsband
www.circuitsband.com | £3 | | | | | | | | | | | | Fri 6th | Windmill Brixton presents:
*The Shanners
*The Special Relationship
*Base Battalion
*Jenner's Field | THE SHANNERS (Brixton)
Crusierweight punkbluesgarage.
www.myspace.com/theshanners
THE SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP
very poppy but also very informed by the work of Sonic Youth, Deerhoof, Trail Of Dead and other goodies.
www.myspace.com/thespecialrelationship
BASE BATTALION (London)
A fourpiece half of which is made up by moonlighting mebers of White Man kamikaze and The Fades, this guitarless combo offer up melodic, bottom-endy, grungy-grind of surprising force and pop catchiness.
www.myspace.com/basebattalion
JENNER'S FIELD
Local teen spirit.
www.myspace.com/jennersfieldmusic | £4 | | | | | | | | | | | | Sat 7th | The Windmill Of Your Mind
*They Came From The Sea
*Trick & The Heart Strings
*tbc | THEY CAME FROM THE SEA (London)
Surfy electronica!!!
www.myspace.com/theycamefromthesea
TRICK & THE HEARTSTRINGS (Brooklyn, NY)
Rugged rhythm and blues, screeching falsettos, stop-on-a-dime sidestepping, pleading, shouting, cooing, hopeless wooing. They are Trick & the Heartstrings, and theyve built a religious following in New York, Los Angeles, London and smaller pockets across the globe for their reputation of putting on a live show unrivaled in its melodramatic fervour, sounding kind of like as if Prince sang in Talking Heads instead of that other guy.
www.myspace.com/trickandtheheartstrings
TBC | £5 | | | | | | | | | | | | Sun 8th | Traficante & Friends Picnic
*Super Nashwan
*The Vitamins
*The Milk Teeth
*Rex Radio
*Naked & The Boys
*Little B | The Traficante label's adventures into the world of music have reaped some nice results in the few months it has existed. The immense Super Nashwan, the awesomely talented jade Fox and new signings The Milk Teeth make up the label that hjas spawned The Dolly Daggers who are now on XL Recordings. Today Super Nashwan and The Milk Teeth are joined by some close friends inclusing B-Unique's Rex Radio, Plus some fine DJs and food.
SUPER NASHWAN
The city needs more rockabilly sould and Super Nashwan are here to save the day with extra added gospel girls.
www.myspace.com/supernashwan
THE VITAMINS (London)
Formed in Kilburn two years ago, the Vitamins take their inspiration partly from 60s blues and partly 70s punk, throwing in a little Stevie Nicks and the Cars along the way and ending up with something beautifully unique.
www.myspace.com/thevitamins
THE MILK TEETH (London)
The Milk Teeth play surf rock to make your teeth go pop pop poppety pop and their music reflects the many happy, idle hours they spend listening to bands like the Cramps and the Pixies.
www.myspace.com/themilkteeth
REX RADIO (London)
Sharp-looking glammish rock boys who have recently signed to B-Unique (Kaiser Chiefs, The Automatic).
www.myspace.com/rexradio
NAKED & THE BOYS (London)
Giving folk and blues a powerpop treatment.
www.myspace.com/nakedandtheboys
LITTLE B
She thinks: the secret daughter of Johnny Cash and Etta James.
We think: Neko Case's punky little London cousin.
www.myspace.com/musicbylittleb
Free food at 5pm...weather permitting there will be a BBQ; if not, a full buffet.
More info on the Traficante label:
www.traficante.net | £5 (doors 5pm) | | | | | | | | | | | | Mon 9th | Windmill Brixton presents:
*Y
*Stepahnie Something | Y (Los Angeles, CA)
Folkie shoegaze from this Joseph Arthur collaborator. Think Will Oldham stumbling into a My Bloody Valentine jam or maybe actually vice-versa in the early hours of an Santa Monica morn.
www.myspace.com/yurock
www.yrocks.com
STEPHANIE SOMETHING (London)
English pop with an eccentric edge.
www.myspace.com/stephaniesomething | - | | | | | | | | | | | | Tue 10th | Windmill Brixton presents:
- | - | - | | | | | | | | | | | | Wed 11th | 'Black Daniel's Travelling Sideshow'
*Black Daniel
*Quad Throw Salchow
*Popular Tyre
*Sean Redmond | BLACK DANIEL (London/New York)
Midway through a three-week residency, Black Daniel kick butt with a mix of rock n beats...kinda like Jonathan Richman on a dancefloor. Debut 7-inch Chelsea’s Teardrops/Information available now from all good indie stores as well as i-Tunes.
An intriguing blend of Velvets-like art pop and driving electronica with a beats-fuelled take on Jonathan Richman's sweet rock 'n' roll from these seriously promising headliners - Time Out
You’ll be hearing a lot more from Black DanieL in the near future, but for now make do with this 45 which introduces their mix of scuzzy rock 'n' roll and dancefloor credibility, while ticking off the influences; Iggy & The Stooges, The Rapture, LCD Soundsystem, The Fall... Piccadilly Records
www.myspace.com/blackdanielmusic
www.blackdaniel.com
QUAD THROW SALCHOW (London)
Spooky electronica on Try Science! records.
www.myspace.com/quadthrowsalchowmusic
POPULAR TYRE (London)
Electronics n guitar acid country duo.
www.myspace.com/populartyre
www.populartyrerock.com
SEAN REDMOND (London)
Fresh acoustica with an edge.
www.myspace.com/seanredmond
www.seanredmond.co.uk | £3 | | | | | | | | | | | | Thu 12th | John Peel Day
*Lazarus Clamp
*MJ Hibbert & The Validators
*Wintergreen
*Former Utopia
*tbc | LAZARUS CLAMP
do post punk as irascible as Shellac. They do alt.folk as pretty The Go Betweens. They do one gig a year and have been at it since 94' so go see them now!
'one of the minor, undiscovered, roughcut gems of British independent music' -Drowned in Sound www.myspace.com/lazarusclamp www.lazarusclamp.co.uk
M.J HIBBERT & THE VALIDATORS
when it comes to observational pop music few do it better than MJ Hibbett & The Validators Steve Lamacq, Radio One:
(M. J. Hibbert) is shuffling somewhere in-between Half Man Half Biscuit, John Cooper Clarke, Carter USM and Billy BraggWord Magazine:
His smash web hit 'Hey Hey 16k' - has had 3,000,000 downloads and counting!
www.mjhibbett.tripod.com
www.myspace.com/mjhibbett
WINTERGREEN
'tougher than twee; their set is a barrage of C86 guitars, keyboards and toy loudhailers with a touch of Velvets drone'-Sounds XP
www.myspace.com/wintergreenband
FORMER UTOPIA
Former Utopia is East London's answer to Smog/Palace, 'anti anti-folk'. Blackest of humour and and not for the faint of heart.
'Pretty and complex, melodic and intricate, fragile and full all at the same time' -Robots and Electric Brains.
www.myspace.com/formerutopia
ADVANCE TICKETS
www.wegottickets.com/event/13003 | £4 | | | | | | | | | | | | Fri 13th | Windmill Brixton presents:
*The Early Years
*The Lea Shores
*The Left Outsides | THE EARLY YEARS (London)
The Early Years vision is to create washes of psychedelic guitar noises meshed in with feedback, drones, distortion and wah set against a strong metronomic beat.
The Early Years admire the noises of Mogwai, Spiritiualized, Can, The Teardrop Explodes, 60's Garage music and psychedelia. Debut album on Beggars Banquet is out sometime in autumn.
www.theearlyyears.org.uk
www.myspace.com/thesoundoftheearlyyears
THE LEA SHORES (Peckham City, UK)
String-laden psychedelia from south London's Paisley Underground. Down the Arch in Peckham City/ Commuter Train Interference/ Sunday
celebrate the release of their debut 'Butterfly' EP
www.myspace.com/theleashores
www.theleashores.com
THE LEFT OUTSIDES (Camberwell)
..are the sound of frost on overgrown abandoned train tracks; of sepia tinted photographs and delicious nights in by the fire with an old David Crosby song on the stereo.
They are Alison and Mark. Botrh of them are currently in The Eighteenth Day Of May. Paul used to be in Of Arrowe Hill while Alsion was formerly a member of Saloon.
www.myspace.com/theleftoutsides
www.theleftoursides.com | £4 | | | | | | | | | | | | Sat 14th | OOPS Club
*The Brighter Lights
*Blah Blah Blah
*Hatcham Social
*The Waysters | THE BRIGHTER LIGHTS (Newcastle)
No-nonsense good quality songwriting ftom this northeast quintet who've already built up a following in the capital for their live shows. Let's face iit: anyone who names Mark Knopler as an influence has got to be able to handle it!!!
www.myspace.com/thebrighterlights
BLAH BLAH BLAH (London)
Swaggering punky antifolky trio with a manifesto to cull indie discos.
www.myspace.com/blahblahblahandfriends
HATCHAM SOCIAL (New Cross/Southend)
'Romantic absurdists play post-rave swing' - VICE magazine
www.myspace.com/hatchamsocial
www.hatchamsocial.co.uk
THE WAYSTERS (Bournemouth/Southampton)
Soon-to-be superteens with great hooks. They've already supported Towers Of London, The Good Books, The Mescalitas, The White Rose Movement andThe Research
www.myspace.com/thewaysters | £4 | | | | | | | | | | | | Sun 15th | The Liveroom Presents... (www.myspace.com/liveroom)
*Blondelle
*Deaf Stereo
*Rod Thomas
*The Lawries
*Ben Griffiths
*Jimi Alexander & The Satellites | BLONDELLE
are four friends who make music that they love to hear. They are hopeful that others may grow to like their music as much as they do one day.
Based in North London, the group have been gigging in and around the capital
since 2004. They have now written and recorded two EPs: 'Too Too Much' and
'Started When You We're Young' which is set for independent release in
October 06.
www.myspace.com/blondelleband
DEAF STEREO (London)
Anthemic electro rock pop with dynamics of grandeur. Elements of Radiohead and Chemical Brothers sent the crowd crazy, cheering on this exciting and
unique band. It was so exciting you could feel it in the room, exhilarating beats, electrifying guitars and mind-blowingLive @ ULU, Ragtime.com Review
www.myspace.com/deafstereo
ROD THOMAS (London)
...is a singer/songwriter who grew up between two villages in the South Wales valleys with not much else to do but learn how to play a number of instruments and start to write his own songs. Now at the age of 23 he has recorded a few albums and found fans in London where he now lives and performs with his old Casio keyboard, guitars, a tambourine and a loop pedal.
.Makes me want to run outside in the sunshine and kiss everyone I meet in the hope that someone might write songs like these about it. More gorgeous than a peanut butter kit kat.- Wears The Trousers Magazine.
www.myspace.com/rodthomasmusic
THE LAWRIES (Cardiff)
Bright n airy piano, bass and drum trio.
www.myspace.com/thelawriesmusic
BEN GRIFFITHS (Brighton)
Charming blend of wistful Americana with a splash of coastal sunshine.
www.myspace.com/bengriffithmusic
JIMI ALEXANDER & THE SATELLITES (Cardiff/London)
Melancholic country soul and rock n roll.
www.myspace.com/jimialexander
More info @
www.myspace.com/liveroom | £3 (doors 5pm) | | | | | | | | | | | | Mon 16th | Windmill Brixton presents:
*Dexateens
*The Grease Monkeys
*Animal Maths | DEXATEENS (Tuscaloosa, AL)
Last year we did a straw poll of staff members as to what was the best show of the year and well DEXATEENS came out top of the pile on points. Maybe it was the southern-fried boozalicious licks that got us going or maybe it was the bluesy Muscle Shoals vibe shot through with a punk abandon. Whatever it was Dexateens kicked ass - a bit like Kings Of leon but a squillion times more rock'n'roll.
They've an excellent thirs album out to coincide with this tour. It's called 'Hardwire Healing'. It's on Rosa Records and was produced by Patterson Hood of Drive-By Truckers and David Barbe (Sugar).
www.myspace.com/dexateens
www.dexateens.net
THE GREASE MONKEYS (Glasgow)
www.myspace.com/thegreasemonkeysrock
ANIMAL MATHS (London)
www.myspace.com/animalmaths
ADVANCE TICKETS
www.wegottickets.com/event/13276 | - | | | | | | | | | | | | Tue 17th | Windmill brixton presents:
*The Ailerons
*Chet
*Dexy | THE AILERONS (London)
New female-fronted alt.pop quintet, ancxhored on drums by Blur's Dave Rowntree.
www.myspace.com/theailerons
www.theailerons.com
CHET (south London)
One of the foremost undiscovered gems this side of the river, Chet reckon they sound like a Strongest Ant Competition where one of the ants, single handedly picks up a dead Squirrel and tosses it seven metres towards the potting shed, easily breaking the new world record.
This band have songs, big songs that you can imagine played in arenas, with thousands singing along… Chet beef up Pavement, The Pixies, The Cars, XTC, The Motors and Squeeze for the 21st century, creating a pretty timeless result as a consequence… but I'd like to think that their time is now. John Kennedy – Xfm/Spill Magazine
www.myspace.com/chetisonfire
www.chetsonfire.com
DEXY (south London)
Acoustic indie pop.
www.myspace.com/dexyspace
ADVANCE TICKETS:
www.wegottickets.com/event/13024 | £4 adv | | | | | | | | | | | | Wed 18th | 'Black Daniel's Travelling Sideshow'
*Black Daniel
*Chopper Harris
*The Spectors | BLACK DANIEL (London/New York)
Midway through a three-week residency, Black Daniel kick butt with a mix of rock n beats...kinda like Jonathan Richman on a dancefloor. Debut 7-inch Chelsea’s Teardrops/Information available now from all good indie stores as well as i-Tunes.
An intriguing blend of Velvets-like art pop and driving electronica with a beats-fuelled take on Jonathan Richman's sweet rock 'n' roll from these seriously promising headliners - Time Out
You’ll be hearing a lot more from Black DanieL in the near future, but for now make do with this 45 which introduces their mix of scuzzy rock 'n' roll and dancefloor credibility, while ticking off the influences; Iggy & The Stooges, The Rapture, LCD Soundsystem, The Fall... Piccadilly Records
www.myspace.com/blackdanielmusic
www.blackdaniel.com
CHOPPER HARRIS (London)
...is the work of impossibly talented multi-instrumentalist Edward Treacy. He only plays guitar, bass, drums, keyboards, saxophone and sings. That wouldn't count for anything of course if the songs were shit. Good job they're 'the dog's binoculars' then straddling everything from Stephen Sondheim to J Mascis. And the added bonus of wunderkind Max from Clor on bass guitar.
www.myspace.com/chopperharris
THE SPECTORS (Brighton)
Dancey pop with a touch of psych and Northern Soul.
www.myspace.com/thespectorsuk
DJs: Barrington (ex-Clor), Black Daniel. | £3 | | | | | | | | | | | | Thu 19th | 'Two Fingers'
*The Law
*Luva-Anna
*The Getdowns | TWO FINGERS is a long-running gig night in Dundee putting on the best local bands, most notably The View. They decided it was time to show London some of the other fine bands from Dundee and they demanded the gig had to be at a venue with a dog on the roof, so here we are, then:
THE LAW (Dundee)
Having supported labelmates The View at Kings College the night before, The Law do their first headline gig in London, shwoing off their swaggering bluesy rock stylings.
www.myspace.com/upthelaw
LUVA-ANNA (Dundee)
Quirky indie from a clever band who've also been on the road supporting The View.
www.myspace.com/luvaanna
THE GETDOWNS (Dundee)
Abrasive garage rock'n'roll trio.
www.myspace.com/thegetdownsdundee
+ The Wasted Little DJs
So wasted, The View’s debut Top 20 single was written about them. Yes. Really. It also got to number 1 in the MTV2 charts. It also had our dog Brandy in the video.
www.myspace.com/wastedlittledjsrock | £3 | | | | | | | | | | | | Fri 20th | Shanks Discotheque
*Roland Shanks
*The Tender Box
*Talk Taxis
*Slim | SHANKS DISCOTHEQUE -a monthly club night hosted by local artpunkers Roland Shanks with fistfuls of great bands, DJs and visuals.
ROLAND SHANKS (Camberwell)
Your ever-evolving dance-art-punk hosts headline another choice evening of mayhem and pleasure and some damn fine guest bands, DJ teams and visuals.
www.rolandsshanks.com
www.myspace.com/rolandshanks
THE TENDER BOX (Los Angeles, CA)
One of the hottest bands on the SoCal circuit at the moment, this Britpoppy electro-pop quartet from the east side of LA have playing to sold out houses around Europe supporting The Goo Goo Dolls.
They come with ahigh quotient of catchy choruses, broody dance beats,latin rhythms and a special breed of South East LA angst that only The Tender Box can conjure. From Mister Sister, a dance cut that conjures up sentiments of Pulp and Suede to the Primal Scream-esque The Score, The Tender Box have a sound destined for very sweaty dance clubs.
www.myspace.com/tenderbox
www.thetenderbox.com
TALK TAXIS (Balham)
Dark indie with addded Stylaphone.
www.myspace.com/talktaxis
SLIM (London)
Light n dark stuff.
www.myspace.com/slimmusic | £4 | | | | | | | | | | | | Sat 21st | Akoustik Anarkhy
*Its A Buffalo
*Finlay
*Loose Canon
*Dan Raza | Seminal undergound Manchester party night returns to the Windmill after
their summer hols, fully refreshed and ready to re-run the fun and with
a stellar line up in tow.....
ITS A BUFFALO (Manchester)
Coming on the scene with only 3 songs to their name in
February
this year, Its A Buffalo impressed aA so much we signed them to the
label after their debut show at the Windmill back in April.
The
sound is Exile-era Stones partying at Bob Dylan & The Band's
'Million Dollar Bash' while John Wesley Harding doffs his hat to the
early Beatles & Animal Collective whooping harmonies in the corner.
Debut single ‘Broken Toy / Climb Climb’ is released on Monday 23rd October.
Run & hide to avoid the stampede.
www.myspace.com/itsabuffalo
FINLAY (London)
East
End noiseniks Finlay, inspired by the scratchy recordings of Eric's
Trip and Drag City, mix skewed alt.rock with achingly melodic lo-fi
meanderings. Their debut album 'I Dreams and Visions' (2003) was
followed earlier this year by a second album 'The Fall of Mary',
recorded at Soup Studios with Simon Trought (Jim Reid,
Television Personalities, Comet Gain, The Clientele).
'The
best, most hypnotic, moving, engaging, skewed, lo-fi,
glittering,colourful, concise, inventive guitar record of 2006... like
other experimental pop bands' greatest hits collections' - Robots and
Experimental Brains
www.myspace.com/finlaytherockband
LOOSE CANON (Manchester)
Wilful with a devil may care attitude!
Founders of Akoustik Anarkhy back in 1999!
The original aA band!
Loose Canon have
been
missing in action for many moons. One recent super secret warehouse
party appearance in Manchester showed there’s much to get excited
about.
New songs ‘Tell Me That I’m Evil’ & ‘The Saddle Is Too
Hard’ come with crazed-up lyrics & the sound of church bells
peeling across the west.
www.myspace.com/akoustikanarkhy
DAN RAZA (London)
Dan
Raza is a one off, a singer songwriter from East London who at the age
of twenty three sings with the wisdom and feeling of a man twice his
age. Influenced by amongst others Woody Guthrie, Creedance and Ramblin
Jack
Elliot, Raza's startling voice hits a spot reminiscent of somewhere
between Rod Stewart circa the Faces and an early Bob Dylan.
www.myspace.com/danraza
DJs Soft Priest and prob Lee Gorton
www.akoustikanarkhy.co.uk | £4 | | | | | | | | | | | | Sun 22nd | Windmill Brixton presents:
*The Nightingales
*Violet Violet
*Manic Cough
*The Bronsteins
*Butchers Boy
*Kate St.Claire (Shimura Curves) | NIGHTINGALES (West Midlands)
The Nightingales was formed by former members of Birmingham's original punk group The Prefects. With an ever fluctuating line-up, based around lyricist/singer Robert Lloyd, the band recorded a bunch of singles, three albums and many radio sessions for John Peel before splitting up in the late '80s.
Following sporadic reformations in 2004, The Nightingales re-grouped in earnest. Since then they have released five 7-inch singles, played around the UK, undertaken a small U.S tour and recorded numerous radio sessions, and made their finest album yet, 'Out Of True'.
The current line up, and best batch yet, features Lloyd, original Prefects guitarist Alan Apperley, ex Pram drummer Daren Garratt, teenage guitar sensation Matt Wood and bassist Ste Lowe.
The Nightingales in Southend on Friday (19 May 06) jetted in to my top ten gigs of all time - PHILL JUPITUS, BBC 6 MUSIC...
Still stunningly relevant - LONDON EVENING STANDARD...
The Nightingales - they're back and they're marvellous! - MARC RILEY, BBC 6 MUSIC...
www.myspace.com/nightingalesmusic
VIOLET VIOLET (Norwich)
..are a feisty three piece girl band, who since forming in 2003, have moved to develop their own special brand of shouty gossip rock that threatens to dominate your stereo and litter your letter bitch box!!
www.myspace.com/violetviolet1
MANIC COUGH
Grrly trio and a bloke on drums banging out agreeable punky artsongs.
www.myspace.com/maniccough
THE BRONSTEINS
The Bronstein had been making songs on her own in her bedroom...made entirely from analogue equipment...and then she put some on Myspace... then she was offered some gigs, which she couldn't refuse... but then she had to decide how to perform songs in a non-karaoke way!... She roped in two lovely friends... Eileen and Satti... and kept it all very simple and made a three piece band... of Drums, Bass, Guitar and Voice... so it will sound quite a bit different to the myspace tracks... but has the same energy and fun!
www.myspace.com/thebronsteins
BUTCHERS BOY (Brixton)
Local artcore punker duo.
www.myspace.com/butchersboy
KATE ST.CLAIRE (Shimura Curves)
Guitarist and controller of the beats for the amazing alt.divas Shimura Curves, opens with a solo set of megapop.
www.myspace.com/shimuracurves | £5 | | | | | | | | | | | | Mon 23rd | Windmill Brixton presents: | - | - | | | | | | | | | | | | Tue 24th | Windmill Brixton presents:
*Parts & Labor
*Infants
*Bretton | PARTS & LABOR (New York, NY)
With releases on uber-cool labels such as JagJaguwar and Narnack, New York's P&L excel in creating big walls of white noise and feedback and then temper it with
thrilling joyrides of tunes.
They kicked off big style on their last tour back in July, putting in one of the best shows we've seen all year and we're proud to have them back.
www.myspace.com/partsandlabor
www.partsandlabor.net
INFANTS (London)
Gathered from Oslo, Tokyo and London, Infants are fast gathering a following in the capital for their no-compromise big riffs and fat beats.
www.myspace.com/infancy
BRETTON (Lewisham)
They used to be a trio but the remaining pair have found that a duo can be just as loud. Yes.
www.myspace.com/brettonmusic
DJ BARRINGTON (ex-Clor)
Barry, formerly of Clor, plays tunes both old and new in between the bands and afterwards too.
ADVANCE TICKETS
www.wegottickets.com/event/13373 | £5 | | | | | | | | | | | | Wed 25th | Black Daniel's Travelling Sideshow
*Junkyard Choir
*Black Daniel
*Gloria Cycles
*Popular Tyre
*Donnie Diamonds | JUNKYARD CHOIR (Surrey)
Smoking swampy blues rock from ex-Do Me Bad Things' Mark Woods and his So-Croydon Crew.
www.myspace.com/junkyardchoir
www.junkyardchoir.co.uk
BLACK DANIEL (New York/London)
The final night of their October residency, Black Daniel kick butt with a mix of rock n beats...kinda like Jonathan Richman on a dancefloor. Debut 7-inch Chelsea’s Teardrops/Information available now from all good indie stores as well as i-Tunes.
An intriguing blend of Velvets-like art pop and driving electronica with a beats-fuelled take on Jonathan Richman's sweet rock 'n' roll from these seriously promising headliners - Time Out
You’ll be hearing a lot more from Black DanieL in the near future, but for now make do with this 45 which introduces their mix of scuzzy rock 'n' roll and dancefloor credibility, while ticking off the influences; Iggy & The Stooges, The Rapture, LCD Soundsystem, The Fall... Piccadilly Records
www.myspace.com/blackdanielmusic
www.blackdaniel.com
GLORIA CYCLES (Brighton)
Indie-poppers and heirs to a haphazard lineage of paisley-shirted, polka-dotted, suede-jacketed, Telecaster-thrashing nutter-pop, that includes Love and The Lovin Spoonful, Teardrop Explodes, Brilliant Corners and XTC.
www.myspace.com/gloriacycles
POPULAR TYRE (London)
Electronics n guitar acid country duo.
www.myspace.com/populartyre
www.populartyrerock.com | - | | | | | | | | | | | | Thu 26th | Windmill Brixton presents:
*Morton Valence
*Shady Bard
*Califone | MORTON VALENCE (Stockwell)
Masters of both pop and electro, MV recently won the national Fopp music stores; Award for New Music 2006, but as people in the indistry will tell you, bigger things are in store next year. So, catch them now.
At last: electronica with substance! - Sounds XP
Notably genius- Drowned in Sound
www.myspace.com/mortonvalence
www.mortonvalence.co.uk
SHADY BARD (Birmingham)
Drawn from all over this green and pleasant land, shady bard settled in Birmingham amidst tall buildings and city woodlands. From here come scruffily atmospheric indie folk songs, enriched by a miniature orchestra of pianos, guitars, casiotones, violin, cello, French horn and samples which burst occasionally into catastrophic scuzz.
They have released a sold out ep on Static Caravan, been played on BBC Radio 2, Radio 4 and 6music, and performed at Green Man Festival 2006.
Unsurpassable beauty...shady bard simply radiate mellow warmth. The Fly
www.myspace.com/shadybard
www.shadybard.co.uk
CALIFONE (Chicago/Los Angeles)
Over to promote their new album Root & Crowns (Thrill Jockey Records) and doing shows in an acoustic duo format, CALIFONE are simply put, a great American band.
Califone’s earliest roots lie in the band Red Red Meat, from whence came Califone’s founding members Tim Rutili and Ben Massarella and its longtime producer Brian Deck. The band’s first release was a self-titled EP on Flydaddy in 1998, followed later by the full-length debut, Roomsound, in 2001 (recently re-issued on Thrill Jockey) and eventually the band’s Thrill Jockey debut, Quicksand/Cradlesnakes in 2003. After touring for the release of Roomsound, Califone had little time off to take in the impact of the music they were creating. In three years, they recorded four albums (two instrumental, two song-based including Heron King Blues) and toured heavily in between with Wilco, Modest Mouse, Sea and Cake and others. They performed at All Tomorrow’s Parties curated by Sonic Youth and Rutili contributed to Isaac Brock’s Ugly Casanova project and Michael Krassner’s Boxhead Ensemble with Fred Lonberg-Holm and members of Smog and Dirty Three.
www.myspace.com/califonemusic
www.pastrysharp.com
ADVANCE TICKETS:
www.wegottickets.com/event/13372 | £4adv/£5door | | | | | | | | | | | | Fri 27th | Windmill Brixton presents: IT'S A ROCK NIGHT!
*The Magnificent Shimmering Beasts
*Winters
*The Shanners
*Vivachi | WINTERS (Aberdeen)
Winters are a blend of melodic funeral music mixed with a hint of Ace Frehley at half speed.Winters will be releasing a 4 track limited EP on Lee Dorrian's Rise Above label on the 16th October 2006.
www.myspace.com/winterstheband
THE MAGNIFICENT SHIMMERING BEASTS (London)
Smouldering psych-blues rock with a lead guitar that used to propel Ten Benson.
www.myspace.com/themagnificentshimmeringbeasts
THE SHANNERS (Brixton)
Garage-punking locals.
www.myspace.com/theshanners
VIVACHI (London)
A dynamic sound beyond-retro rocking sound with a hint of the Sensational Alex Harvey Band about them!
www.myspace.com/vivachi
www.vivachirocks.com | £4 | | | | | | | | | | | | Sat 28th | SADDER DAYS
*Treecreeper
*Mr David Viner
*The Wilbrahams
*Musica 77 | TREECREEPER (London)
Performing songs from their new album 'Grain'.
www.myspace.com/treecreepermusic
MR DAVID VINER (London)
Rare stripped down performance from the melifluous London based folk/blues artist. Often compared to Bert Jansch or a pre-wigout John Fahey, Viner will be showcasing material from his eagerly awaited third album.
www.myspace.com/mrdavidviner
www.mrdavidviner.com
MUSICA 77 (Sweden)
Rich multi-layered soundscapes combining electrical and acoustic instruments and haunting vocals to create surreal crescendos.
THE WILBRAHAMS (London)
Stanmore based five piece roots act perform their euphoric banjo steeped southern fried indie rock.
www.myspace.com/thewilbrahams | £4 | | | | | | | | | | | | Sun 29th | THE SOUTH LONDON CLUB XMAS PARTY!
*Stuffy & The Fuses
*Stained Glass Heroes
*James III & The Courtesan with Michael Garrad Productions
*4 Trekk
*Jesus Licks
*Shimmy Rivers And And Canal
*Bib | Seriously, the fiirst Xmas party of the year, and, no, we're not trying to be smart or whatever, it's just that the South London Club organisers are off travelling the next day and want a yuletide party before they go. Oh and thery also happen to be going to mexioc for Deadfest or whatever it's called so:
DRESS CODE: Mexican Wrestling Masks and Seasonal Knitwear.
STUFFY & THE FUSES (Brixton)
Stuffy has been described by various people with various words. Some of these words have been like: 'A loveable drumming bear' and 'Jeremy Clarkson’s cool kid brother'. As well as fronting this super scuzz-pop ensemble he drums in both Graham Co0xon's and Charlotte Hatherley's bands.
www.myspace.com/stuffythefuses
STAINED GLASS HEROES (Brixton)
Anybody up for a side order of krautrock with their hot dog? Or perhaps a swig of post punk to wash it down? Well you can have both with this locally-based four piece. Think Can, Faust, and/or Buzzcocks. Currently
recording their debut album and apparently have record labels sniffing their bums like dogs in parks.
www.myspace.com/stainedglassheroes
JAMES III AND THE COURTESAN with MICHAEL GARRAD PRODUCTIONS
A gothic nightmare or a musical marriage of sheer brilliance? J III & C team up with MGP for what is promised to be one of the most mind-challenging gigs of the year
www.myspace.com/michaelgarrad
www.myspace.com/jamesiiiandthecourtesan
4tRECk (France)
Jolly, and full of grace, 4tRECk's idiosyncrasy works around themes of waltzes, and of other dances that could be of Bohemian, Austrian, French or whatever origin.
www.myspace.com/4treck
JESUS LICKS
..are nterested in exploring the primeval urges and untamed emotions of the human experience, Jesus Licks have snakes, sharks and bandits lying at the core of their songs. They forge raw and melodious set against dark comedic lyrics.
www.myspace.com/jesuslicks
SHIMMY RIVERS AND AND CANAL
Shimmy Rivers need no introduction to Resonance FM regulars. Their music is timeless, angular and plain difficult to describe, it's nearly impossible to tell whether it was recorded last week or twenty-five years ago.
www.myspace.com/shimmyriversandandcanal
BIB
Described by many as the first intellectual boy-band, Bib are the future of music with no future. They're fresh from recording new material for the forthcoming album 'We are Superheroes'
www.myspace.com/bibspace
+ Free BBQ (weather permitting; if not there'll be a buffet) @ 5pm | £4 (doors 5pm) | | | | | | | | | | | | Mon 30th | Butterfly Records presents:
*The Lea Shores
*Petra Jean Phillipson
*The General & Duchess Collins
*Duke Garwood | THE LEA SHORES (Peckham City, UK)
South london psychedelia. Big guitars and big strings. fresh back after touring with The Brian Jonestown Massacre!
www.myspace.com/theleashores
PETRA JEAN PHILLIPSON (London)
Much acclaimed sultry songstress once of David Holmes' Free Association now doing it her own way.
www.myspace.com/petrajean
DUKE GARWOOD (Brixton Hill)
Brixton based bluesman and feed back specialist.
www.myspace.com/dukegarwood
THE GENERAL & DUCHESS COLLINS (Portsmouth)
Ex-Pusherman and Beta Band member Richard Greentree unveils new outfit.
www.myspace.com/thegeneralandduchesscollins
Butterfly Recordings is a new south London label co-run by Simon Tong (former member of the Verve, Blur stand in guitarist, Gorillaz primate and member of Damon Albarn’s new super group along with Paul Simonen, bassist formerly of The Clash).
The first single Start Over Again’/CC Rider by indigo Moss will be released on November 6th and available on 7” vinyl and as download.
MORE INFO:
www.butterflyrecordings.com
and...contrary to some listings in the press, Indigo Moss are no longer playing tonight due their tour with The Howling bells being extended. | £5 | | | | | | | | | | | | Tue 31st | Halloween Party
*Ninetynine
*Striplight
*The Errorplains
*Bianca Natasha | 3 real treats and maybe a trick or two at this Halloween Special which will probably have some skulls knocking around the joint, a few pumpkin type visuals and some horror images. But don;t be scared, come down and see the splendour of:
NINETYNINE (Melbourne, Aus)
..combine indie rock stylings with tuned percussion and layerings of Casio keyboard to create a unique kind of pop music. Ninetynine originally began as a solo project for Laura MacFarlane (the original drummer for Sleater-Kinney) in 1995 but over the course of several albums and world tours have become one great live band renowned for their involving and unconventional live show with all band members rotating instruments,
www.ninetynine.org
www.myspace.com/102569068
STRIPLIGHT (East Brixton)
Noir wave anglepunkers with their debut single out soon on Tummy Touch Records.
www.myspace.com/striplight
www.striplight.net
THE ERRORPLAINS (London)
Electro spazz-rave meets Disco Gabba.
Watch them fly, in a wonky sort of way. - Playlouder
www.myspace.com/theerrorplains
www.theerrorplains.net
BIANCA NATASHA (Melbourne, Aus)
www.myspace.com/biancanatasha
ADVANCE TICKETS:
www.wegottickets.com/event/13371 | £4 | | | | | |
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