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| Sun 1st | LOST SUNDAY BBQ
*Q Without U
*Oneyesblue
*data.select.party
*LR Rockets
*Letters
*You And The Atom Bomb
*Bug Girl | ...the first non-smoking gig at the Windmill!!
Q WITHOUT U (Glasgow)
They say 'We make new-wavey noises with the occasional burp of electronica', Losingtoday.com say - 'An unnerving bruised beauty that radiates, fizzes and hurts in equal measures, this star crossed gem pulls and picks at your defences harnessed in a subtle 70's prog / kraut rock chassis and comes armed with its control settings set for stun. An absolute gem of a release' - and hell we agree! So here's to Glasgow's finest!
www.myspace.com/qwithoutu
ONEYESBLUE (Midlands)
....are a band at the fore-front of the Midlands music scene, spearheading the revival of grass roots Blues and Americana. The band who were recently described as 'The Sweethearts of the Rodeo', deliver a raw 1960s Basement Blues sound, with fuzzed out guitars, pounding drums and 3 harmonised vocal melody lines. Although still only under 2 years old Oneyesblue have supported the likes of The Thrills, The Zutons & Maximo Park.
www.myspace.com/oneyesblueuk
DATA.SELECT.PARTY (London)
Handclaps? Check. Intertwining, spiky clean guitars? Check. Group shouting? Check. Disco party? You bet!
A live session on Radio 1 in the bag and a support with New Young Pony Club, these guys are not to be missed!
www.myspace.com/dataselectparty
LR ROCKETS (London)
brilliantly catchy - This is Fake DIY
a short sharp burst of wonderfully chaotic punk - ARTROCKER magazine
www.myspace.com/lrrockets
LETTERS (London)
....are 1 girl and 3 boys from SE London. They play guitars, bass, loud drums and some of them sing. They formed in the summer of 2005 and have been intensively writing, pontificating and rehearsing ever since.
Letters describe themselves as 'chippy choppy' but hope to add clappy to that after some serious hand work. Letters are also teaching themselves to be lefthanded. Letters like a lot of music.
www.myspace.com/lettersband
YOU AND THE ATOM BOMB (Bristol)
Cataclysmic skronk pop - at once explosive and joyously bright, weaving savvy post-punk dynamics and math-rock time changes with gleeful 60's bubblegum melodies and boy-girl dual vocals.
There are a million and one reference points if you listen for them, so how about we summarise this as succinctly as possible? Righto… Like music? You’ll like this. - Drowned in Sound.
www.myspace.com/youandtheatombomb
BUG GIRL (Sydney, Australia)
Flying in all the way from Oz Bug Girl will being opening the show with their own brand of pummelling bass driven retro rock!
www.myspace.com/thebuggers | £5 (5pm) |
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| Tue 3rd | Antenna Nightz
*Norse
*Salt & Blue
*Zora | ANTENNA NIGHTZ is a monthly session of south London underground sounds and a bit of dancing. Run by the good folks from Antenna Studios in Crystal Palace.
NORSE
Acoustic-tinted rock of a Pettyesque nature.
www.myspace.com/norsemusic
SALT & BLUE
....play the folk music of England, Europe and their own twisted imaginations via cello, hurdy gurdy and crystalline female vocals.
Very different from the norm and very good to boot.
www.myspace.com/saltandblue
ZORA
Fusion-folk poppy singer songwriter.
www.myspace.com/zorasings
DJs: Howard and Paul
www.myspace.com/djsthebeatgoeson
MORE INFO:
www.myspace.com/antennastudios | £3 |
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| Wed 4th | Windmill 4th of July Special
*The Felice Brothers
*Duke Garwood
+ DJ Jim Jones | THE FELICE BROTHERS (The Catskills, NY)
Music that slowly ferments until morning, by which time you are ashen and weary and your thoughts grown fuzzy with whiskey. - The Guardian
Scruffy and scratched Americana that recalls Townes Van Zandt, Guy Clark and early Springsteen. - Time Out
Evoking The Band and Dylan holed up at Big Pink - this is a gripping intro for these shores - Uncut
Simone, Ian and James Felice are the oldest boys of seven children born along the Hudson River of Olde New York.
Unschooled illegal street/subway musicians from the start, their distinct brand of songwriting and the lawless sound they've forged has earned them comparisons to Woodie Guthrie, Neil Young, Walt Whitman, Bob Dylan and James Brown, and for some ungodly reason they now find their homemade recordings played on a growing list of FM radio dials across the USA.
The Felice Brothers have adopted a runaway dice-thrower called Christmas and now they all live, tour, sing, write and gamble together in a 1987 special education bus in which they slave like a team of dark horses through the hungry night and dawn.
Their excellent and addictive debut album 'Tonight At the Arizona' has just been released on the trusty Loose Records label.
ONSTAGE: 10pm
www.myspace.com/thefelicebrothers
www.loosemusic.com/artists/thefelicebrothers.php
DUKE GARWOOD (Brixton)
Whenever we have special guests in town we always like to treat them with a blast of Duke's dusty, feedback blues from the underbelly of life making a guitar moan, groan and explode like you've never heard before.
ONSTAGE 9pm
www.myspace.com/dukegarwood | FREE |
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| Thu 5th | Charity Gigs Yeah present:
*Seven Ball
*Volcanoes
*Bags Down Get Out | SEVEN BALL
ground-breaking rock with sky-scraping vocals - The Guardian
www.myspace.com/sevenballmusic
VOLCANOES (Sheffield/Leeds)
Blues-flavoured indie four-piece.
www.myspace.com/volcanoes
BAGS DOWN GET OUT (London)
Twisted psychy indie with a nod to Talking Heads.
www.myspace.com/bagsdowngetout
More info @
www.myspace.com/charitygigsyeah
The gig is raising funds for VSO:
VSO is a leading development charity with almost 1,500 skilled professionals currently working in over 34 countries. VSO's unique approach to international development is founded on volunteers, working together and with local communities to fight poverty and achieve lasting change.
ADVANCE TICKETS (ONLY £3!!!!)
www.wegottickets.com/event/19388 | £4/£3 flyer |
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| Fri 6th | Farm Fest launch London
*The Matadors
*The Late Greats
*Pinstripe
*TheRunaway Brigade | FARM FEST...now in its, second year Farm Fest takes place in deepest rustic Somerset on the last weekend of July and is a non-profit concern that raises money for charity
THE MATADORS (London)
Fast and furious, party-friendly indie from aband that's been tipped for big things by Radio 1 and MTV 2.
'Art rockers, The Matadors create painfully catchy songs destined to get indie kids dancing' -NME
'I am going to whore your name around to everyone I meet'
-Murph from The Wombats (now that's what we call an endorsement)
www.myspace.com/thematadorsuk
THE LATE GREATS (Eastbourne)
Eastbourne is a sleepy town full of pensioners and The Late Greats is it's full-frontal wake-up call: bright guitars, incessant melodies, stuttering jerky rhythms and shouty harmonies are all wrapped into three minute bursts of RAW energy. It's a joyously dynamic transatlantic sound that recalls the likes of The Fall and Pixies in their most catchy moments.
www.myspace.com/thelategreatsuk
PINSTRIPE (Shepton Mallet)
One of the brightest your bands from the increasingly lively scene in the southwest, Pinstripe play the brooding kind of indie rock that's both atmospheric and muscular at the same time.
On Southwest Records, run by the guy who first put out Muse records, they've already got a Glastonbury Festival gig under their belts and things look well on the up.
www.myspace.com/pinstriperock
THE RUNAWAY BRIGADE
Where Pop meets Skiffle, Ska meets Swing, Dance meets a Smile..with a little help from ukelele, melodica, sax and upright bass.
www.myspace.com/therunawaybrigade
+++++On The Decks: TRUE GRIT
www.myspace.com/thetruegrit
MORE INFO:
www.myspace.com/farmfestival
www.farmfestival.co.uk
ADVANCE TICKETS:
www.wegottickets.com/event/19387 | £4 |
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| Sat 7th | STELLAR
*The Runners
*The Grams
*My Psychoanalyst
*Optimists | STELLAR prersents:
Tonight at the Windmill Brixton is the first in a series of nights across London to raise money for the Anthony Nolan Trust via the medium of partying.
THE RUNNERS (Hertford)
Having recently scooped the inaugural Red Stripe Music Prize there's an understandable buzz about this four-piece in the build-up to the release of their debut single 'Get In Line' which is out on 16 July on Weekender records and preceded by a live session on Steve Lamacq's Radio 1 show on 2nd July.
The Rummers tore the Scale a new backstage bar with their pogo-inducing indie pop - NME
www.myspace.com/therunnersband
THE GRAMS (Brighton)
Chiming guitars, a snaring vocal and once heard, impossible to shake off. For The Grams, the Premier League beckons. - Q Magazine
www.myspace.com/thegramsuk
MY PSYCHOANALYST (Derby)
Like Kevin Shields and Thurston Moore throttling Morrissey and Marr. :-)
Have had the radio 1 thumbs-up from Zane Lowe and Huw Stephens.
www.myspace.com/mypsych
OPTIMISTS (London)
Indie rock that's at times jubilant, at times introspective, but always engaging
www.myspace.com/optimiststheband
Dj‚s: Saul Bliss and Adam Nyquist (Jambasha).
www.jambasha.co.uk
More info:
www.myspace.com/stellarlondon
ADVANCE TICKETS:
www.wegottickets.com/event/19322 | £5 |
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| Sun 8th | Soundsxp.com BBQ
*Sunny Day Sets Fire
*Rosemary
*The Loves
*Manic Cough
*Subliminal Girls
*Daddy Long Legs | SUNNY DAY SETS FIRE (London)
.... are the Ronseal of indie-pop. Their songs shine brightly and their intensity burns stronger than a forest fire. XFM have described them as 'an upbeat Postal Service with added trumpets and drums with the volume turned high'. Sweet.
www.myspace.com/officialsunnydaysetsfire
ROSEMARY
Artrocker favourites Rosemary have that classic Kinksy British guitar pop sound with some snaggy tunes to boot..
'the perfect mix of modern indie and 60s pop' - NME
www.myspace.com/rosemarymusic
THE LOVES
...are an ace 60‚s tinged pop band whose recent LP 'Techicolour'‚ was album of the week in the Sunday Times. They also had the pleasure of performing live in a broadcast from Peel Acres on Valentine's Day 2002.
www.myspace.com/lovetheloves
MANIC COUGH
...play fun scuzzy pop-punk and have recieved airplay on Radio One and BBC6 Music. They've had singles out on Purr and appeared on comps from Stolen, Artrocker and Purr. They also played the first session of Marc Riley's new Radio 6 series Brain Surgery‚.
www.myspace.com/maniccoughh
SUBLIMINAL GIRLS
..were formed from the remnants of various bands including Rhesus and Ciccone. As soon as they hit the London gig circuit they caused a stir with their satirical lyrics and infectious beats. Debut single Burn Koko‚ is out soon on Weekender Records.
www.myspace.com/subliminalgirls
DADDY LONG LEGS
...are a London three-piece who make wonky and joyfully noisy pop music and an engagingly clever mix of mathrock, quirky blues and post-punk.
www.myspace.com/daddylonglegsuk
More info:
www.soundsexperience.com
www.soundsxp.com
FREE BBQ at 5pm!!!!!!
ADVANCE TICKETS: www.wegottickets.com/event/19375 | £5 (doors 5pm) |
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| Tue 10th | Windmill Brixton presents:
*Miss Pain
*Two Dollar Hooker | MISS PAIN (Brighton)
Seaside synth-abusers but with a heart of pop.
Mentally ill. - NME
www.myspace.com/vivamisspain
TWO DOLLAR HOOKER (Brixton)
Prince of The Hill.
www.myspace.com/twodollarhooker
SORRY....MOTHER & THE ADDICTS (Glasgow)...have had to cancel. Their van died in Carlisle. | £3 |
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| Wed 11th | SPOON OF MUSIC presents:
*The Priory
*LR Rockets
*Baseball
*Ahead Of Time Crew | THE PRIORY (Wolverhampton)
Careering electronic grooves pulsates around the almost epic guitars. The Priory have a dark sensibility to their sound that has seen comparisons to Oceansize and Six By Seven with hints of Interpol. Big and Brooding. With their debut EP 'Human Make-Up' out soon, they are sure to shoot upwards.
'My favourite new band' - Martin Saunders (The Twang)
www.myspace.com/thepriory
LR ROCKETS (London)
Easily the most fun you can have with a guitar, LR RocKeTs spin you around in the most mermerising way known to rawk-punk. With 2 amazing singles 'London Girls' & 'Prank Caller' already under their belt they are 100mph awesomeness.
'LR Rockets are in your face bonkers rock, making riff-heavy, bollock shattering, funny bone, errr, tickling faux-metal that makes its way in your earhole' - THE FLY
'A perfect 3-minute slice of artrock pop heaven.'
- ARTROCKER
www.myspace.com/lrrockets
BASEBALL (Melbourne)
...will only be in the UK for 2 dates and we're very happy to have them at the Windmill. Their blend of eccentric gypsy-punk psycho-rock is impossible to pigeonhole; brutal, relentless and frenzied.
Jon Chapple (formerly of McClusky) declared them 'easily my new favouritest band' and that's more than good enough for us.
www.myspace.com/baseballtheband
AHEAD OF TIME CREW (Herts)
Comedy rap from the same territory as Goldie Lookin' Chain with a thirst for fun, an eye for the ironic with the goal to liven up the absurdity of life.
www.myspace.com/aheadoftimecrew
Advance Tickets:
www.wegottickets.com/event/19279 | £4 |
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| Thu 12th | Windmill Brixton presents:
*4 or 5 Magicians
*Winners
*The Milk Teeth
*Beeches | 4 OR 5 MAGICIANS (Brighton)
www.myspace.com/4or5magicians
WINNERS (Croydon)
Are you a winner? Yes! Then you can't afford to miss this euphoria tinged powerpop from these four...think ELO without the cheese, Guillemots with a bit of Pixies injected into them...
www.myspace.com/winnerswinnerswinners
THE MILK TEETH (London)
www.myspace.com/themilkteeth
BEECHES (London)
www.myspace.com/beechesrock | - |
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| Fri 13th | Windmill Brixton presents:
*Daniel Johnston
*Jake Bellows (of Neva Dinova)
*Jeremy Warmsley | THIS GIG IS TOTALLY SOLD OUT. THERE WILL BE ABSOLUTELY NO TICKETS ON THE DOOR
DANIEL JOHNSTON (Waller, TX)
...has spent the last 20 or so years exposing his heartrending tales of unrequited love, cosmic mishaps, and existential torment to an ever-growing international cult audience. He started out in Austin playing tiny clubs and handing out cassettes with original artwork for free. TheButthole Surfers, Mike Watt and the others covered some of his songs and a niche in the underground was achieved. Then in 1992 Kurt Cobain became a cheerleader when he wore a Daniel Johnston T-shirt at the MTV Awards and namedropped him in more or less every interview.
Johnston became known throughout the US and Europe but soon the stream of homemade tapes started to dry up as he coped with a long-term bi-polar condition.
This centruy ahs seen Johnston's profile rise with a collaborative album with Sparklehorse's Mark Linkhous, a tribute album called 'Discovered Covered - The Late Great Daniel Johnston' featuring contributions from Beck, Eels and Tom Waits, and then there was the release of the feature-length documentary 'The Devil and Daniel Johnston' which got a UK airing last year.
www.hihowareyou.com
www.rejectedunknown.com
Jake Bellows of NEVA DINOVA (Omaha, NE)
One of the Omaha scene's treasures, Jake provides the poetic lyrics for Nedva Dinova who are soon to release a new album through hometown label Saddle Creek
In the past Neva Dinova have recorded a split-release with Bright Eyes on crank! a record company. Jake has remained a key associate with Bright Eyes, touring with the band and recently contributing to the album, Cassadaga. Tonight he'll be accompanied by some other musicians who are not in ND.
www.myspace.com/nevadinova
JEREMY WARMSLEY (London)
...is a 24-year old singer, songwriter and producer from London, England. His debut album, 'The Art Of Fiction' was released in in October 2006 on Transgressive Records. He is half-French, which is nice, but totally irrelevant.
www.myspace.com/jeremywarmsley | SOLD OUT |
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| Sat 14th | ACID COUNTRY #5
*The Redlands Palomino Company
*Lone Pine
*Milk Kan
*Southern Tenant Folk Union
*Battle of Balaclava
*Seth Kallen
+ more | ACID COUNTRY 7….it’s that time of the year when we gather together some of our very favourite roots-tinged acts and dress the venue up with swing doors, sawdust and other western effects. Plus a free Tex-Mex flavoured BBQ for earlycomers!
THE REDLANDS PALOMINO COMPANY (London)
Headlining this year’s acid country, in between prestigious festival slots at Cardiff and Guildford, the RPC have established themselves as one of the best ever twang rock bands in the UK with harmonies of a Gram n Emmylou quality having a lot to do with it.
'Composed of equal parts of Gram, Poco, Burritos and Byrds...these guys do country rock better than anyone else in the land' - 8/10 AMERICANA-UK
'this lot are the Best British Countrypolitans since The Rockingbirds' ... 4/5 UNCUT Magazine
www.myspace.com/theredlandspalominoco
LONE PINE (Cardiff)
Veering from harmony drenched, acoustic led tales of hope and heartbreak to all out swinging rock at the drop of a chord, Lone Pine are a Welsh quartet taking the best bits of the Americana and nu-folk and dashing them liberally across a sound steeped in the traditions of classic rock.
They're currently finishing off their debut album which features guest vocals from none other than Victoria Williams (from The Creekdippers) on a couple of tracks.
www.myspace.com/lonepine
MILK KAN (sarf London)
The mighty Kan is one hell of a party band, dishing out a mix of acoustic punk, hiphop and bluegrass with a side-helping of Chas n Dave.
New single 'Here Ya Come Again and Again' features a sample from none other than Dolly Parton and it's getting lapped up by radio.
www.myspace.com/milkthekan
SOUTHERN TENANT FOLK UNION (London)
Gleefully uplifting bluegrass melancholy. Don't miss - they'll raise the roof.
'bar-hopping ballads stuffed with fiddles and banjos' - UNCUT Magazine
www.myspace.com/southerntenantfolkunion
PETRA JEAN PHILLIPSON
having cut her teeth as a guest vocalist for such varied acts as The Free Association, Grand Drive, The Beta Band, Marc Almond, and the Mad Professor, south London's Petra Jean has recently released her own album and continues to amaze crowds with her heartfelt and gutsy rustic blues soul.
'She purrs like Billie Holliday back from the grave' - NME
www.myspace.com/petrajean
SETH KALLEN (Philadelphia, PA)
Edgy pop-rock with a touch of American roots music and experimental Britpop in the tradition of Wilco, Gin Blossoms and Matthew Sweet.
www.myspace.com/sethkallen | £6 |
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| Sun 15th | The Annual TRUCK FESTIVAL London Launch Party & BBQ
*Fanfarlo
*Thomas Truax
*Goldrush
*Luke Smith
*Under The Igloo
*Y | This year's Truck Festival is already sold out but over the coming week we'll be picking some of the best new bands playing the best litle festie in Britain, so even if you don't have ticket for Truck you'll still be able to check out the tunes!
As always we kick off the run-up to Truck with some of our favourite friends and some knockout acts.
FANFARLO (London)
Championed by Steve Lamacq, David Bowie (see below) and a legion of journalists and DJs, Fanfarlo are, simply put, perhaps the most inventive pop band we have on these shores.
.....a very English sounding record. Imaginative instrumentation here too. It's great to see so many new bands moving away from the standard rock line-up...not that that doesn't still work, it's just nice to hear the sonic depth expanded a bit...
I've heard four or five of Fanfarlo's songs now, and, like a few of my other favourites, they have that particular knack of being able to create uplifting music that's blessed with a delicious melancholia at the same time. If you get a chance, check out the animated video for You Are One of the Few Outsiders Who Really Understands Us, made by the Fanfarlo's guitarist, Mark West. Now, why didn't I think of getting band members to do other stuff...could have saved a fortune. I'm sure you'll be hearing a lot more of Fanfarlo. David Bowie, writing about Fanfarlo's 'You Are One of the Few Outsiders Who Really Understands Us'
www.myspace.com/fanfarlo
www.fanfarlo.com
THOMAS TRUAX (New York, NY)
A true one-off, there is no one else like him as no one else in the world has home-made instruments like The Hornincator, Sister Spinster and The Cadillac Beatspinner Wheel which all look like contraptions found in a zany inventor's workshop. However Truax is no gimmick, he writes mesmerising songs and the noises these weird machines make set them off rather nicely.
In short, a must-see act.
a bewildering melange of garage rock songs, avant garde sounds and cabaret showtunes, full of whistles, toy piano, ice cream chimes and invented instruments... with shades of Tom Waits' storytelling, Nick Cave's theatricality and Lux Interior's howling-at-the-moon madness. - SoundsXp
www.myspace.com/thomastruax
GOLDRUSH (Oxford)
Founders of the Truck record label and the Truck festival, Goldrush have carved themsleves a place in DIY rock history and the bonus bit is they're a great, great band.
These days they're more likely to be caught live in the US (where their music comes out on Better Looking Records) or mainland Europe (the City Slang label), but they're still fresh-faced twentysomethings who concoct a heady mix of folk noir and fuzz in the tradition of the likes of Grandaddy or Wilco.
www.myspace.com/goldrushmusic
LUKE SMITH (Canterbury)
A Truck Festival perennial Luke Smith has built up a cult following over the years for his anxious anthems of small-town splendour & sadness. He is accompanied today by his dad, Dave the Drummer.
'Truck without Luke Smith would be like Christmas without It’s A Wonderful Life. As ever, he’s heartwarming, hilarious and cosy, even with his new rock (ahem) trio, but the best part is watching the joyous faces of Smith neophytes. You can almost see them thinking, 'a cross between Richard Stillgoe and Eddie Izzard with his Dad on drums.. who’d have thought that would work?' - Oxfordbands.com
www.lukesmithmusic.com
www.myspace.com/lukesmithandthefeelings
UNDER THE IGLOO (Brixton/Oxford)
An indie band steering well away from the bland with laptop, trumpet and various electronica adding to the brightness.
www.myspace.com/undertheigloo
Y (Los Angeles, CA)
Unpredictable lo-fi shoegaze psychadelic rock, Y will be kicking off the launch party backed by a handpicked array of guest musicians. It'll be a lively beginning to the day!
www.myspace.com/yurock
and...with a free BBQ at 5pm, it's a true mini festival | £5 adv |
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| Mon 16th | TRUCK FESTIVAL WEEK
*The Rock Of Travolta
*Winchell Riots
*Sleepercurve | THE ROCK OF TRAVOLTA (Oxford)
True legends of the contemporary Oxford music scene, these heavyweight instrumentalists have in the past headlined Truck and played at the bequest of Radiohead. After a hiatus they're back to well and truly blow away the Monday cobwebs.
www.myspace.com/therockoftravolta
WINCHELL RIOTS (Oxford)
Ghost-laden pop-rock with an electro touch.
www.myspace.com/thewinchellriots
GME (Brixton)
Bring the noise!
www.myspace.com/thegreenmonkeyexperiments | £4 |
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| Tue 17th | TRUCK FESTIVAL WEEK
*Jacob's Stories
*Sam Isaac
*House of Brothers | JACOB'S STORIES
Beautifully melancholic blend of acoustic guitar, haunting vocals and electronic beats from this one man band-come-genius. Album out ages ago on Gravity DIP Records. Part of UK tour with House of Brothers.
www.myspace.com/jacobsstoriesband
SAM ISAAC
Fantastically catchy acoustic pop song from one of the best up and coming singer-songwriters around. He's probably played a gig at your house before. Split 10-inch with Luke Leighfield out now on Mannequin Republic Records.
www.myspace.com/samisaac
HOUSE OF BROTHERS
Acoustic/electronic solo project from ex-The Murder Of man, sounding something like Owen or Elliott Smith, but with a superb sleepy catchiness. Debut CD, 'Deadman EP', coming in September via Big Scary Monsters Records.
www.myspace.com/houseofbrothers
Plus..special guest DJ!!! - Sam Duckworth (Get Cape Wear Cape Fly)
ADVANCE TICKETS:
www.wegottickets.com/event/19555 | - |
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| Wed 18th | TRUCK FESTIVAL WEEK
*The Lea Shores
*Hopewell
*Co Pilgrim | THE LEA SHORES (Peckham City)
Plying a layered and distortd yet harmonious string-laden psychedelia, The Lea Shores are a band on the tip of many people's tongues right now. In fact they're so busy doing festivals this summer (they've already done Wireless and Glastonbury and got a clutch of others incl,uding Truck, Tapestry and Summer Sundae to come) that this is their only club show of the season!
The Lea Shores are my favourite new band... I saw them supporting the Brian Jonestown Massacre in Stockholm and was hooked straight away. They should be big... they're already fucking epic! - Andy Bell (Ride/Oasis)
www.myspace.com/theleashores
HOPEWELL (New York, NY)
Led by former Mercury Rev guitarist Jason Russo, Hopewell's
third album 'Beautiful Targets' is released in the UK this week via TeePee/Cargo.
Hopewell's devastating live shows - unveiling a performance that supplements rock instrumentation with additional percussion, orchestral arrangements and bellowing horns - have left packed houses across the US clamouring for more and drawn drop-jawed reviews from the most stoic of journos.
'Hopewell play that sweet-dream psych-pop, you know the kind that starts off slow and melodic, then gradually builds to something of epic proportions. Makes you wonder how they get from point A to point B so well while maintaining those high soothing vocals. This band rewards those of us who like to pay attention.' - THE VILLAGE VOICE
'Uplifting, soulful, psychedelic rock. Welcome to Hopewell, the home of beautiful music.' - TIME OUT LONDON
www.myspace.com/hopewell
CO PILGRIM (Southampton)
Co Pilgrim is the solo project of Mike Gale, former frontman of the group Black Nielson. This being his first solo outing, it's a treat to hear the hushed waltzes and down-tempo melodies present here. Effortlessly tugging on heartstrings here and there, the result is reminiscent of a more subdued Richard Swift or a torch-singer gone porch-singer. Pretty stuff with a heart full of promise, can't wait to hear more- MC cheeseontoast.co.nz
www.myspace.com/copilgrim
ADVANCE TICKETS:
www.wegotickets.com/event/19671 | £5 |
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| Thu 19th | TRUCK FESTIVAL WEEK
*The Piney Gir Country Roadshow
*The Night Time
*Betty & The Werewolves | THE PINEY GIR COUNTRY ROADSHOW (London)
Kansas' loss is London's gain with the maverick Ms Piney and her boys serving up an unrivalled old school country hoedown with a big city edge. It's quirky, it's humorous and it's a little bit noir but most of all it'll get you moving.
'The stomp and twang of these songs of love and life is quite unmissable.' - Phill Jupitus (BBC6 Music)
www.myspace.com/pineygir
THE NIGHT TIME (Brooklyn, NY)
Comprised of one artist, one reporter, one poet, one actor, New York City's The Night Time are an arty-indie bunch fronted by the smooth vocals of Rebecca Roulette.
They recently got featured on salon.com after recording a song based on the music made by the fictional band in Jonathan Lethem's latest novel. It's called 'Monster Eyes' and you can hear it at:
www.myspace.com/nytmusic
BETTY & THE WEREWOLVES (London)
Indie showtunes made by three girls and one boy, who whoop and howl through the night, sound like Stereototal having a fight with Lush over who gets to kiss the Buzzcocks first.
www.myspace.com/bettyandthewerewolves
ADVANCE TICKETS:
www.wegottickets.com/event/19606 | £5 |
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| Fri 20th | TRUCK FESTIVAL WEEK
*The Early Years
*House & Parish
*Oxygen Ponies
*Randi Russo | THE EARLY YEARS (London)
What do Brian Eno and the Windmill have in common? Well we both reckon that The Early Years are quite simply one of the best bands around right now. They put on one hell of a live show (with great lights too!) and their debut album from last year picked up rave reviews including these ones:
'A brilliant album' - ROCKSOUND
'Fantastic drone-rock debut with moments of great beauty' - UNCUT
'Psychedelic swirls of noise...with tunes!' - NME
'A debut album of wickedly ambitious invention that belies it's makers' tender years. Truly wonderous.' - THE FLY
www.myspace.com/thesoundoftheearlyyears
HOUSE & PARISH (Brooklyn, NY)
..are a brand new supergroup featuring Jason Gnewikow (guitarist from Promise Ring), Brian Malone (drummer from The Gloria Record), John Herguth (singer/guitarist from the Love Scene), and Scott Winegard (bassist from Texas is the Reason).
This is their only scheduled gig in the UK apart from Truck Festival; check out their songs on myspace for some great psychie indie pop.
www.myspace.com/houseandparish
OXYGEN PONIES (New York, NY)
The vehicle of songwriter Paul Megna, the OP is the master of the happy-sad song.
A Modern Classic... - Americana UK
Paul Megna's debut has quite a back-story to live up to: He was taught guitar by Jeff Buckley and played Kurt Cobain in an off-broadway show. As leader of Oxygen Ponies, Megna makes minor-chord folk/pop for the end credits, a dozen songs delivered in a raspy voice that sounds broken beyond repair.
- MAGNET Magazine
www.myspace.com/theoxygenponies
RANDI RUSSO (Brooklyn, NY)
...mixes emotionally drenched indie-rock with psychedelic, punk, art-rock, garage, and folk influences. Her velvety singing style is as equally raw and beautiful as her guitar playing is edgy and unusual. Randi's a southpaw who plays her guitar upside-down and backwards which creates interesting chords and sounds.
www.myspace.com/randirusso
Plus...DJ set from THE LEA SHORES!!!!
ADVANCE TICKETS:
www.wegotickets.com/event/19672 | £5 |
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| Sat 21st | Windmill Brixton presents:
*BRITISH SEA POWER
*Oli n Clive
*The Magnificent Shimmering Beasts | Sorry, this gig is totally SOLD OUT and there is no point travelling down to try and pay at the door. If you didn;t hear about the gig, it's because you are not on either the Windmill or BSP mailing list, and anyway it was always going to be a bit of a lottery to get a ticket for this event. Better luck next time
BRITISH SEA POWER (Brighton)
OLI n CLIVE (London)
THE MAGNIFICENT SHIMMERING BEASTS (London)
+ guest DJ set from The Rumble Strips and the Unemployable Welsh Scum | SOLD OUT |
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| Sun 22nd | Night of the Long Swords presents: a Medeival BBQ
*The Laughing Windows
*Horses Brawl
*Rosie Meres
*Telling The Bees
*The Rural Tradition | Night of the Long Swords presents: a Medeival BBQ
All the fun of ye olde fayre!!!
THE LAUGHING WINDOWS
Hackney's finest purveyors of eerie psychedelia, krautrock grooves, and twilight atmospherics....
www.myspace.com/thelaughingwindows
HORSES BRAWL
Contemporary instrumental duo from East Anglia with roots in renaissance, medieval, baroque and folk traditions.
www.myspace.com/horsesbrawl
ROSIE MERES
Medieval belly dancer with a twist...
TELLING THE BEES
Eccentric mandolin-led darkly crafted acid folk.
www.myspace.com/tellingthebees
THE RURAL TRADITION
Rustic wicker man-esque pastoral folk
www.myspace.com/theruraltradition
+++++++BBQ at 5pm!!!!
More info:
www.myspace.com/longswords | £5 (doors 5pm) |
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| Mon 23rd | Windmill Brixton presents:
*Daniel Peterson
*Jim Protector
*tbc | DANIEL PETERSON (London/Sydney)
ww.myspace.com/danielpeterson
JIM PROTECTOR (Norway)
www.myspace.com/jimprotector
TBC | - |
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| Tue 24th | Windmill Brixton presents: | - | - |
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| Wed 25th | Windmill Brixton presents:
*The Attika State
*Swound
*Day Of Rising | THE ATTIKA STATE
Summery pop-prog-rock genius on Signature Tune.
www.myspace.com/theattikastate
SWOUND (Nottingham/Isle Of Man)
Catchy as hell hook heavy pop-rock on Stressed Records.
www.myspace.com/swound
DAY OF RISING (London?Spain)
London based spaniards playing blistering pop punk on Punktastic Recordings.
www.myspace.com/dayofrising | £3 |
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| Thu 26th | How Does It Feel To Be Loved? presents:
*Cats On Fire
*The Sunny Street
*The Brights
*Brontosaurus Chorus
| CATS ON FIRE (Finland)
Following their stunning set at HDIF Presents in February, we're overjoyed to welcome back Finland's Cats On Fire. If you haven't fallen for these charming men yet, you will - imagine the lyrical flair and melodic swagger of The Smiths tied to a sweet garage pop influence. We can't wait to see what a mess they make of a packed Windmill - this will definitely be a show to remember.
www.myspace.com/catsonfiremusic
THE SUNNY STREET (London)
Featuring Remi and Delphine from French popsters Electrophönvintage, The Sunny Street sketch gorgeous love letters in the atmospheric hinterland between indiepop and dreampop. Fans of Northern Picture Library take note - your favourite new band just wandered into your life. And their loveliest moment's called 'Greasy Crisps'. Classy.
www.myspace.com/thesunnystreet
THE BRIGHTS (Essex)
Classic indiepop played by four boys who know how to jangle and croon their way into your affections. What you get when you lock fresh-faced young men in a basement during Fresher's Week with nothing but a pile of Orange Juice and Housemartins albums for company - a whole load of sexual frustration and
some glorious tunes.
www.myspace.com/thebrights
BRONTOSAURUS CHORUS
How can you not adore a group called Brontosaurus Chorus? Featuring HDIF regular and Pop-Art mastermind Scooby Dom, t'Chorus have a host of instantly lovable songs - traces of B&S, Hidden Cameras, the runaway day-glo pop of Tullycraft, and the sense that here's a band that knows how to leave you smiling. www.myspace.com/brontosauruschorus
ADVANCE TICKETS:
www.wegottickets.com/event/18002 | £5 |
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| Fri 27th | TOTAL LOSS FARM WEEKENDER - Day 1
*The Colonies
*Wet Paint
*The Tailors
*Napoleon IIIrd
*The Old House
*Julian Donkey Boy | THE COLONIES (London)
Well-crafted fun expedition from decorated southern hemisphere sailors.
(Indie rock)
www.myspace.com/thecolonies
WET PAINT (London)
Urgent slacker bulletins and dry stylings from absent renaissance people.
(Indie rock)
www.myspace.com/wetpaintwetpaint
THE TAILORS (London)
Your authentic steam powered hosts. 'Them it will break also but that is of later care'.
(Indie rock)
www.myspace.com/thetailors
www.thetailors.org
NAPOLEON IIIrd (Wakefield)
Sing-song mesh of thrift store grandeur – delicious
(Indie rock)
www.napoleoniiird.com
www.myspace.com/boney3
THE OLD HOUSE (Wakefield)
Power postcards from these lovable cubs and frisky patriarchs
(Indie rock)
www.myspace.com/theoldhouse
JULIAN DONKEY BOY (Manchester)
Breathtaking talent giving ass-named-bands a good rep .
(Indie rock)
www.myspace.com/juliandonkeyboy
PLUS......Free BBQ @ 6pm!!!!!
Tickets are £6 or why not get a weekend pass for £15 which includes a shiny compilation CD of the artsists playing Total Loss farm. Day passes and weekend tickets are here: www.wegottickets.com/f/176 | £6 (doors 6pm) |
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| Sat 28th | TOTAL LOSS FARM WEEKENDER - Day 2
*Notorious HiFi Killers
*Avida Dollars
*Radio LXMBRG
*Joeyfat
*Red Fishes
*Oli n Clive
*Will Burns | AVIDA DOLLARS (Sheffield/York)
Loosely arranged dead flowers kick away the ladder with surprising results.
(Indie rock)
www.myspace.com/avidadollars
THE NOTORIOUS HI-FI KILLERS (London)
The sound of adults dropping paving slabs off motorway bridges
(Psych-rock)
www.myspace.com/hifikillers
RADIO LXMBRG (Stockholm, Sweden)
Boys and girls of the summertime channel crisp prismic transmissions.
(Pop)
www.myspace.com/radiolxmbrgband
JOEYFAT (Tunbridge Wells)
The legendary crab-scuttlers – genre defying crowd multipliers / dividers.
(Unclassifiable)
www.myspace.com/joeyfat
RED FISHES (London)
OLI n CLIVE (London)
WILL BURNS (Wendover)
Suitably Redwood. Creeping memories of last Fall
(Americana)
www.myspace.com/treecreepermusic
PLUS......Free BBQ @ 5pm!!!!!
Tickets are £6 or why not get a weekend pass for £15 which includes a shiny compilation CD of the artsists playing Total Loss farm. Day passes and weekend tickets are here: www.wegottickets.com/f/176 | £6 (6pm) |
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| Sun 29th | TOTAL LOSS WEEKENDER - Day 3
*Lawrence Arabia
*It Hugs Back
*Mi Mye
*The Rosie Taylor Project
*Fireworks Night
*John George Cooper | LAWRENCE ARABIA (Auckland, NZ)
New Zealands finest raise the ghost of Brian Jones via the Seven Pillars of Wisdom.
(Psychedlic Pop)
www.myspace.com/lawrencearabia
IT HUGS BACK (Kent)
Twighlight whisperers utilise sattelite technology with devastating results.
(Indie Pop)
www.myspace.com/ithugsback
MI MYE (Wakefield)
Brokenhearted folk lullabies from the shoebox under your bed
(Lofi Indie)
www.myspace.com/mimye
THE ROSIE TAYLOR PROJECT (Leeds)
Sunday morning pillow talk; Cup-of-tea and crumpets darling?
(Folk Pop)
www.myspace.com/therosietaylorproject
FIREWORKS NIGHT (London/Cambridge)
Eerie ghostship shanties that'll make the Windmill's timbers creak.
(Gothic Americana)
www.myspace.com/fireworksnight
JOHN GEORGE COOPER (Wendover)
Curtain call for narcotic, Social pin-up boy; we’re hooked!
(Indie singer/songwriter)
www.myspace.com/johngeorgecooper
PLUS....Free BBQ @ 5pm!!!!!
Tickets are £6 or why not get a weekend pass for £15 which includes a shiny compilation CD of the artsists playing Total Loss farm. Day passes and weekend tickets are here: www.wegottickets.com/f/176 | £6 (5pm) |
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| Mon 30th | The Evening Surgery | | Free |
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| Tue 31st | | | Free |
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