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| | | | | | Fri 1st | Let’s go baboon presents David Cronenberg’s Wife album launch evening with guests
*Thomas Truax
*David Cronenberg's Wife
*Dan Fishback
*Emily Barker & The Red Clay Halo
*tbc | Let’s go baboon presents David Cronenberg’s Wife album launch evening with guests
THOMAS TRUAX (New York, NY)
Thomas Truax is a troubadour, inventor and player of strange self-made instruments. His now legendary 'Hornicator' is constructed out of the shell of an old gramophone horn and resembles something dreamt up by Dr. Seuss. His songs are well-crafted vignettes, often witty and touching.
Inventive and Romantic –TimeOut
Beguilingly Bizarre -Uncut
Genius. – NME
www.myspace.com/thomastruax
DAVID CRONENBERG'S WIFE (London)
.The band will be launching their debut album ‘Bluebeard’s Rooms’ at this show. Expect to see heaps more glowing reviews to follow Everrit True of Plan B magazine who said, 'David Cronenberg's Wife sound like a mid-Eighties independent band -- sarcastic, sardonic and articulate, with dark gothic undertones, a little bit of shambling, some David Lynch surf guitar... the focus is on the songwriting.'
A superb name for a superb 'antifolk' band led by the seemingly mild-mannered but ferocious lyricist Tom Mayne —London Lite
www.myspace.com/davidcronenbergswife
DAN FISHBACK (New York, NY)
From the gloriously catchy New York pop act Cheese On Bread, Dan Fishback performs a rare London show. An acclaimed writer/songwriter/performer/ playwright and permanent fixture alongside Jeffrey Lewis in the East Village's notorious anti-folk scene, he is about to release his second solo album 'Mammal' - a joyous mix of slick radio pop and lo-fi anti-folk.
Dan Fishback is a funny, bouncy pop upstart - Time Out New York
www.myspace.com/danfishback
EMILY BARKER & THE RED CLAY HALO (Australia)
A welcome return to the Windmill for Barker who is a remarkable singer, songwriter and performer joined by her backing band the Red Clay Halo. Emily is one to watch and should be far better known in the UK. She has performed at Cambridge Folk Festival, Glastonbury and Shepherds Bush Empire. Beautifully melodic Americana, her voice has been described as willowy and plaintive with more than a touch of Gillian Welch and Neko Case (UNCUT).
She is one of those talents that comes along once in a lifetime, if you're lucky Maverick magazine
www.myspace.com/emilybarker
Plus DJs...
The Young Offenders Institute
Since November 2007, The Young Offenders Institute have created inspired evenings in Bethnal Green mixing rock and roll, ping-pong & beer. The roster of YOI DJs have been invited to the Windmill to serve up their marvellous mixture of music to ping-pong to, from rock to hip-hop via funk, soul and pop with only one rule - every tune will have a bit of bounce to it...
www.theyoi.co.uk
More info:
www.myspace.com/letsgobaboon
Advance tickets:
www.wegottickets.com/event/32903 | £5 | | | | | | | | | | | | Sat 2nd | THE COLOUR RIDE ALLDAYER
*DJ Scotch Egg
*The Rebel
*Chops
*Bromancer
*Please
*Chora
*Pseudo Nippon
*Part Wild Horses Mane On Both Sides
*Helhesten
*Sly & The Family Drone
*John C-Judd(son) | DJ SCOTCH EGG
Pumped up attack of electro/gabba from Shige, aka DJ Scotch Egg.
Drowned in Sound says: 'one-man Nintendo Gameboy 'n' megaphone gabba-punk explosion with added breadcrumbed snack throwing and an obsession with KFC', and we agree.
www.myspace.com/djscotchegg
THE REBEL
Core component of Country Teasers. Nakedly aggressive Americana specialising in hate & split songs. www.myspace.com/pleasebanmusic
CHOPS
Colourful trio spawned from the awesome Leeds-based Chinchilla movement creating an almighty blast from drums, keyboards, guitars, a saxophone and electronical devices.
www.myspace.com/mightychops
BROMANCER
Members of Men of Unitus/Collapse combine to make a freaked out racket.
www.myspace.com/bromancer
PLEASE
London-based clatter and twang rocknroll jumbled order brilliance featuring bits of Cleckhuddersfax.
www.myspace.com/pleees
CHORA
Peckham-based semi-improvised electronic noise with occasional tribalistic acoustic breakdowns.
www.myspace.com/chora
PSEUDO NIPPON
Pseudo Nippon lives for Japanese stereotypes. The result is short bursts of violent electricity and hints of pop.
www.myspace.com/pseudonippon1984
PART WILD HORSES MANE ON BOTH SIDES
Spooky flute and percussion duo from Lyon, France.
www.myspace.com/partwildhorsesmaneonbothsides
HELHESTEN
Clarinet,sax, violin and percussion in experimental interweave. Split 12-inch with Chora out on Upset The Rhythm.
www.myspace.com/wearehelhesten
SLY & THE FAMILY DRONE
Sinister drone swelling up from tape manipulation.
www.myspace.com/slythefamilydrone
JOHN C-JUDD(SON)
One man electropop straight outta Berlin, Germany
www.myspace.com/johncejudd
Plus...
FREE BBQ in the afternoon
Special people DJing between/after bands
FREE CDR TO FIRST PEOPLE TO ARRIVE, CONTAINING TRACKS BY SOME/MOST/ALL BANDS ON DISPLAY.
More info:
www.myspace.com/powreviews
ADVANCE TICKETS:
www.wegottickets.com/event/32481 | £6adv (2pm doors) | | | | | | | | | | | | Sun 3rd | THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH COVERS
*Special Guests as The Modern Lovers
*Stuffy & The Fuses as Pixies
*4 or 5 Magicians as Guided By Voices
*Giant Robot & The City of Tokyo as ARCHERS OF LOAF
*Pale Man Made as Sonic Youth
*Favours For Sailor | THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH COVERS
A half-day spectacular showcasing the cream of the current crop of British alt-rock, and paying tribute to the American greats of the late 80's and early 90's that influenced them. Bands will play a minimum of two covers each by their chosen band, interwoven with their own lesser known indie rock masterpieces.
SPECIAL GUEST HEADLINER as JONATHAN RICHMAN AND THE MODERN LOVERS!
No lies - it's only 50/50 at this stage whether he can do it or not, but we could well have a very special guest along to perform with an assembly of friends as the last of three Massachusetts bands on the bill, seminal talky-art-rock troupe The Modern Lovers. NB. It's not actually Jonathan Richman.
www.myspace.com/theoriginalmodernlovers
STUFFY AND THE FUSES are PIXIES
Britain's premier drummer / lead vocalist (since the sad retirement from music of Phil Collins) Stuffy, and his band The Fuses, make the mammoth trek from ... round the corner, to take on Boston's finest The Pixies. Expect crashing drums, angular guitars, pounding bass, whirring keyboard, plenty of alt-rock related banter. And some Pixies songs!
www.myspace.com/stuffythefuses
www.myspace.com/pixies
4 OR 5 MAGICIANS are GUIDED BY VOICES
Fresh from gaining a Lamacq single of the week for recent 7-inch 'Change The Record' and an interview as his 'New Favourite Band', Brighton's 4 or 5 Magicians return to the Windmill Brixton to become Dayton, Ohio lo-fi rock giants for the night. Expect a full 40 minute Guided By Voices set comprising songs from the classic 1987 - 1995 period!
www.myspace.com/4or5magicians
www.myspace.com/guidedbyvoices
GIANT ROBOT AND THE CITY OF TOKYO as ARCHERS OF LOAF
Norwich has produced some great bands over the past few years, but sadly, due to the A11 being such a shit road, they haven't got out enough. Well rejoice then, as we bring you probably the best of the lot, Giant Robot and the City Of Tokyo, for a rare London gig (and last before vocalist/guitarist Mikey relocates indefinitely to America).
Giant Robot are so good that it is they and only they who have been given the accolade of doing some blistering indiepunk anthems from Chapel Hill, North Carolina's ARCHERS OF LOAF - the Greatest Of All Time. Fact.
www.myspace.com/giantrobotiii
www.myspace.com/archersofloaf
PALE MAN MADE as SONIC YOUTH
Pale Man Made are from Newcastle but are making the arduous 5 (or 6, or 7) hour journey to London to play for us. They recently gained a Huw Stephens album of the week for their debut record 'Oh My Treasured Things', and have a drummer who is the double of Steve Shelley. Fittingly, they will perform a couple of the hits of New York alt-rock pinoeers Sonic Youth for us, amongst their own melody-laden pop gems.
www.myspace.com/palemanmade
www.myspace.com/sonicyouth
FAVOURS FOR SAILORS as WEEZER
Adopted Londoners Favours For Sailors always sounded great as a three piece, but since recruiting ex-4 or 5 Magicians guitarist Matt Hayward (now known as Maltese Falcon) to the fold they have opened up a veritable pandora's box of guitar possibilites. One of which being that they can take on replicating the famous duelling guitar assualt of Californian geek-rock legends Weezer.
www.myspace.com/favours4sailors
www.myspace.com/weezer
DUTCH HUSBAND as SEBADOH
Bournemouth is the last place you'd expect to find the best band in the UK, but if you venture down to the Dorset coast and catch Dutch Husband on the right night, then you may well come away thinking you had! But thanks to us you don't have to (though I would recommend going, it has a lovely beach!) as we've brought them here to The Windmill for an ultra-rare London outing. A member down as their bass player is off travelling the world, the band take on classic Massachusetts slacker 3-piece Sebadoh.
www.myspace.com/dutchhusband1
www.myspace.com/sehbahdough
HOUR HANDS as BUILT TO SPILL
Hour Hands are from Brighton and always have been - a refreshing, organic, homegrown talent, and a shining beacon in a music scene flooded by well dressed, but ultimately souless, mediocre, production line bands churned out by the music college. If there was any band in the UK to take on the jaunty pop (i'm guessing we'll be looking at Distopian Dream Girl rather than Randy Described Eternity here!) of Boise, Idaho's Built To Spill, then it is Hour Hands. See if you can tell which are covers and which aren't! As the seminal Built To Spill Record is titled 'there's nothing wrong with love'. There's also nothing wrong with covers!
www.myspace.com/hourhandsmusic
www.myspace.com/builttospill
Doors at 4:00pm ... Free BBQ at 4:15pm ... First band on at 5:00pm ... Last band finish at 11:15pm ... Entry : £6.
Advance tickets (only £5!)
www.wegottickets.com/event/33409 | £6 (doors 4pm) | | | | | | | | | | | | Tue 5th | Windmill Brixton presents:
*The Nuns
*The Snatch
*The F8cking Prostitutes | THE NUNS
THE SNATCH
THE F8CKING PROSTITUES | | | | | | | | | | | | | Wed 6th | SPOON OF MUSIC
*I Am The Arm
*The Vinyl Stitches
*The Sans Pareil
*Blue Condition
*tbc | I AM THE ARM ( London )
Thundering drums, spiralling keyboard led juggernaught riffs all combine for spine tingling and sinister post punk combination of Goth and menacing punk
www.myspace.com/iamthearmmusic .
THE VINYL STITCHES ( London )
Ragged and dirty psychedelic garage rock that’s straight from New York 1977. Rasping vocals entangled in a collision of angry melodies and careering rhythms.
www.myspace.com/thevinylstitches
THE SANS PAREIL (London)
Frantic violin led punk rock. Part Gogol Bordello part gothic nightmare. Hip shaking, ale guzzling, strumpet cavorting, buzz-saw minstrels.
Dark-edged slightly confrontational musically rich English garage-folk that bites from the off. No, don't watch this space, go find out for yourself, why wait for us to tell you more Organ Magazine
www.myspace.com/pariahcabal
BLUE CONDITION (London)
Swamping psychedelic blues that echo Cream and Hendrix. Finger tangling leads and dirty bass lines come together to create something both retro and fresh, dig out the whisky and wait for that purple haze.
www.myspace.com/blueconditionmusic
For More info visit:
www.myspace.com/spoonofmusic | £4 | | | | | | | | | | | | Thu 7th | *Peggy Sue & The Pictures
*Slow Club
*Scroobius Pip
*Dockers MC | PEGGY SUE & THE PICTURES
..is Rosa Rex and Katy Klaw from Brighton via London. Their friendship was originally based on a mutual appreciation of teen film 'Empire Records' and an unspoken rivalry about their collections of Regina Spektor bootlegs. Then in January 2006, Katy was offered a gig and asked Rosa along to keep her company on stage. The duo played 3 songs one of which they wrote that night and Peggy Sue was born.
Peggy Sue neé Peggy Sue & The Pirates release their brand new EP, Body Parts, on August 4th 2008 and to celebrate throw a party with some of their favourite artists.
www.myspace.com/peggysueandthepirates
SLOW CLUB
www.myspace.com/slowclub
SCROOBIUS PIP
www.myspace.com/scroobiuspip
DOCKERS MC
www.myspace.com/dockersmc
ADVANCE TICKETS:
www.wegottickets.com/event/33043 | £5 | | | | | | | | | | | | Fri 8th | IT'S FRIDAY NIGHT
*Feathers of Seduction
*Gentle Friendly
*Bearcub
*Beacons | FEATHERS OF SEDUCTION (Morden)
Two-thirds of GOOD SHOES on an experimental tip!
GENTLE FRIENDLY (London)
...grab you in the slipstream of their exalted assault, smiling as the rhythms crash around you like thunder, and bristling shards of distortion illuminate the night, accelerating towards a place you might have visited before by the hand of like-minded explorers such as the Animal Collective, Silver Apples or Dan Deacon.
www.myspace.com/gentlefriendly
BEARCUB (Peterborough/London)
Five-piece instrumental unit, pump out a fine variety of instrumental joy. There really is a bit of everything in here, well a bit of everything that's good from the lo-fi tradition of Pavement and Yo La Tengo to the noise build-up of Mogwai and the kajesty and pop of Arcade Fire.
www.myspace.com/bearcubden
BEACONS
www.myspace.com/beaconsuk
DJ Sheen | £5 | | | | | | | | | | | | Sat 9th | The Windmill of Your Mind
*Rum Shebeen
*Lucky Elephant
*Jamie & The Lionhearts
*Young Hearts
+ The 65 Soundsystem | RUM SHEBEEN
Circus dub'n'rollers whose debut single 'Lock A Monkey Up' arrived recently via 1965 Records.
www.myspace.com/rumshebeen
LUCKY ELEPHANT
English country folk with soul and samples!
Warm, inviting and melodic yet challenging and super fresh, this Brixton-reared quartet recently made an impact at Bestival and have an album due soon on Rob Da Bank's Sunday Best label.
www.myspace.com/luckyelephantmusic
JAMIE & THE LIONHEARTS
New spaghetti-indie sounds straight out of south Wales.
www.myspace.com/jamieandthelionhearts
YOUNG HEARTS
Heavily-touted bohemian indie newcomers.
www.myspace.com/youngheartsmyspace
+ THE 65 SOUNDSYSTEM: Raf Daddy, Woodstock, Fred Tectonic | £5 | | | | | | | | | | | | Sun 10th | COOL FOR CATS Birthday BBQ
*Keith TOTP (And His Minor UK Indie Celebrity Allstar Backing Band)
*Popular Workshop
*Elle Milano
*Maths Class
*Thomas Tantrum
*Official Secrets Act
*The Kabeedies
*Applicants
*The Pepys
| KEITH TOTP (AND HIS MINOR UK INDIE CELEBRITY ALLSTAR BACKING BAND
Keith TOTPs (who hates your band) has herded together 7 guitarists from different indie bands to play his sardonic, jaunty, indie-pop music as a finale to this fine evening.
www.myspace.com/itskeithtotp
POPULAR WORKSHOP (London)
..create their own world of art-disco and discordant chaos inspired by and compared to a spazzed-out danced up Sonic Youth, Bloc Party, Shellac and Elastica.
'PopSong', the first single from their Steve Albini-produced album was released on 7th July on This Is Fake DIY Recordings.
Three-pronged indie-pop masterminds. Sounds like Graham Coxon armed with fresh socks and power-tools- NME
www.myspace.com/popularworkshop
ELLE MILANO (Leicester)
Get ready for guitars to slam ribcages, bass to pound groins and drums to rattle cranial walls. Get ready for shiny keyboards and melodic ingenuity to seduce you with revitalized, rewired synth pop. Get ready to be soothed by heartfelt tales of late night loneliness, adolescent confusion and twenty-something disgust.
Bursting with melodies, hooks and sing along choruses - Clash Magazine
www.myspace.com/ellemilano
MATHS CLASS (Brighton)
Less than two years in and Maths Class’ quest for world domination has already seen them gain support slots with the likes of Foals and Battles. With a plethora of UK Festivals lying in their wake and the impending release of their debut EP ‘Now This Will Take Two Hands’, Maths Class are quickly building up a reputation for being what the NME call 'the sort that cause impromptu nosebleeds'.
It’ll be loud, it’ll be chaotic, and for those of you who try to hide at the back – don’t expect them to stand still!!!
www.myspace.com/mathsclass
THOMAS TANTRUM (Brighton)
The south coast's answer to Regina Spektor.
www.myspace.com/thomastantrumband
OFFICIAL SECRETS ACT (London)
Sometimes you come across a band and are immediately taken by their freshness, their exuberance and most importantly their musical spunk. The Official Secrets Act do this, imagine British Sea Power hooked up on sugar and playing with Maximo Park, this isn’t what this trio sounds like it, but you’d be getting close.
Foot-stomping bass lines, enigmatic performances, and songs so catchy, frankly it’s sickening. And it’s EXACTLY what we love to hear. ‘The Art of Being Sure’ recently featured on an Artrocker compilation, and is nothing sort of brilliant. If there’s a musical war going on, then these are the snipers, short, sharp and deadly....
www.myspace.com/officialsecretsact
THE KABEEDIES (Norwich)
This is clever artrock, like a female fronted Goodshoes , delivering both musically and lyrically. Any song with the lyric 'Silly little rich kids could'nt take their drugs' is genius in my book. This song is insanely catchy and deserves to be a hit. - ArtRocker
www.myspace.com/thekabeedies
APPLICANTS (London)
Two boys and one girl armed with guitars and a synth with a hectic live show. Don't stand too close if you want to keep your pint in your hand rather than on the floor. Debut mini album out this summer on Tigertrap/Brainlove.
www.myspace.com/applicants
THE PEPYS (London)
Cheeky indie four piece big on melody and funkin bass.
www.myspace.com/thepepys
DJs:
Tarts on Decks
Wednesday's Wild Bunch
Batteries In My Camera
Advance Tickets:
www.wegottickets.com/event/34498 | £6 (doors 4pm) | | | | | | | | | | | | Mon 11th | Windmill Brixton presents
*Embrasserie
*Red Star 11
*Funny Face | EMBRASSERIE
...come from Germany, met up in London, ignited in Barcelona, have a French name, sing in all of those languages, swap instruments and one style is not an option, but expect rock n reggae, bits of funk and lots lots more.
www.embrasserie.com
RED STAR 11
Indie rock with atmosphere.
FUNNY FACE
Disfigured pop. We like.
www.myspace.com/funnyfacemusic
www.redstar11.com | £3 | | | | | | | | | | | | Thu 14th | Windie Miller's Music Club
*The Sequins
*2 Hot 2 Sweat
*Bricolotheque | THE SEQUINS
Post punk indie pop mavericks smitten with a belief in the power of pop and songs that boast melodic hooks in abundance, brittle rhythms and a twisted heart. Debut album, 'The Death Of Style' is out now on the much-loved Tough Love label.
Wide eyed melodies and breakneck energy - Rough Trade
www.myspace.com/thesequinsspace
2 HOT 2 SWEAT
Electro pop from London.
www.myspace.com/2hot2sweat
BRICOLOTHEQUE
Electro punkers from Cambridge
www.myspace.com/bricolotheque
DJ: Windie Miller, MP3Fergus
More info on Windie Miller's Music Club:
www.myspace.com/windiemiller | £tba | | | | | | | | | | | | Fri 15th | IT'S FRIDAY NIGHT
*The Naughties
*The Spiral
*Y | THE NAUGHTIES (London)
Nice and tight trio playing spiky rock with a hint of grunge and fronted by Chris Morris who spent years in the drum seat for local faves before Ludes, before taking the mic and showing what a little star he is!
www.myspace.com/theenaughties
THE SPIRAL (Melbourne)
Soon to be well-known faces on the London circuit, this affable trio have abandoned south Aus for south London and bring with them a dynamic, high energy brand of rock with hints of garage and 60s beat.
www.myspace.com/thespiralmusic
Y (Los Angeles, CA)
Inspired and unpredictable lo-fi shoegaze psychedelic rock, Y is a mainstay at Truck Festival and collaborates regulalrly with Juliette Lewis
www.myspace.com/yurock
+ DJ: Billy The Kid!!!! | £3 | | | | | | | | | | | | Sat 16th | MILK KAN'S SATURDAY SESSION
*Vic Godard & Subway Sect
*Milk Kan
*The Ghost Notes
*Siobhan Parr
*tbc
*tbc | VIC GODARD & SUBWAY SECT (London)
It' may well be over three decades since a very young Vic debuted with his band supporting the Sex Pistols at the 100 Club, but Godard was always that bit more sophisticated than his punk peers and throughout his career there's always been a mix of soul, chanson pop and New York alternative sounds.
The current line-up of the Sect features new drummer Gary Ainge (ex Gokart Mozart and Felt).
www.myspace.com/vicgodard
MILK KAN (London)
Our favourite hiphop bluegrass punkers finish off a three month residency with some of their fave artists that seen them play with soul mates and like-minded boozers.
www.myspace.com/milkthekan
THE GHOST NOTES (London)
South London popp ska sing along goodness.
www.myspace.com/therealghostnotes
SIOBHAN PARR (London)
Gifted country-folk-blues vocalist.
www.myspace.com/siobhanparr
Advance Tickets:
www.wegottickets.com/event/34496 | £5 | | | | | | | | | | | | Sun 17th | Sunday BBQ
*The Week That Was
*Exlovers
*Les Cox (Sportifs)
*The Penny Serenade
*Mendicant | THE WEEK THAT WAS (Sunderland/Newcastle)
...emerged from an imagined crime thriller dreamt up by Field Music's Peter Brewis and inspired by Paul Auster's labyrinthine storytelling.
Musically TWTW's cinematic pop pays direct (and indirect) homage to the wildly ambitious Linn Drum and Fairlight experiments of Kate Bush, Peter Gabriel and Tin Drum-era Japan.
The self-titled album, released by Memphis Industries on 18 August has already received much love from Radios 1 and 6 and this full band show features other well-known Field Music collaborators.
in these crop-to-fit times, omnivorous visionary pop is at a premium, and there's all the more reason to prize an omnivorous, visionary pop record like The Week That Was MOJO Magazine - Album of the Month
pop at its most outrageously ambitious. Executed with serious flair, it manages the rare feat of being both mentally
stimulating and musically satisfying. It is, in every regard, one of the most daring albums you'll hear this year. 9/10 Drownedinsound
www.myspace.com/theweekthatwas
EXLOVERS (London)
..have toured with I Was A Cub Scout and played the second stage at Latitude Festival but their only hometown gigs to date have been exclusively at the Windmill. Next month they go on a nationwide, month-long tour with Golden Silvers and their debut limited run EP, dynamically produced by Tim Holmes of Death In Vegas has been winning them fans all over the place.
This is splendid pop with a bit that everyone will be eating up in a few months.
www.myspace.com/weareexlovers
LES COX (Sportifs) (Sunderland)
www.myspace.comlescoxsportifs
THE PENNY SERENADE (London)
Superfresh seven-piece bedning pop into new forms.
www.myspace.com/thepennyserenade
MENDICANT (Crystal Palace)
A south London seven-piece gem, Mendicant stick exclusively to acoustic instruments with cello, banjo, guitar, violin, flute and brass illustrating songwriter Barnaby Cole's late night narratives. Comparisons to the likes of Tom Waits and Nick Drake are a welcome branding that is dispelled almost as immediately as it is cast. A wider sphere of influence is clearly audible, with vibes such as Mogwai and conscious hiphop also present in the music.
They've recently toured with Rumble Strips and for now remain (rather headscratchingly) one of the south's best secrets.
www.myspace.com/mendicantmusic
+ Free BBQ when doors open
Advance Tickets
www.wegottickets.com/event/33448 | £5 adv (doors 5pm) | | | | | | | | | | | | Mon 18th | THE BASKET CLUB
*This Is The Kit
*The Lorcas
*Trent Miller & The Skeleton Jive
*Robin Grey | THIS IS THE KIT (Paris)
Originally from Winchester and now based in France, TITK provides some of the most beautiful, mesmerising and twisted folk you;re likely to hear on either side of the channel.
www.myspace.com/thisisthekit
THE LORCAS (London)
Sisterly folk be-bop-a-lula acid country affair.
www.myspace.com/thelorcas
TRENT MILLER & THE SKELTON JIVE (London)
Wistful acid-bite lyrics, mournful, chilling melodies and outlaw, renegade attitude.
www.myspace.com/skeletonjive
ROBIN GREY (London)
Exceptionally talented... a voice you could easily listen to for hours. - The Hackney Post
www.myspace.com/robingrey | FREE (Donation) | | | | | | | | | | | | Tue 19th | Windmill Brixton presents:
*Who Is Jonny Wright?
*Haze
*Lyla Foy
*Laura Sings Liver | A night featuring four of our favourite young singer-songwriters on the London scene.
WHO IS JONNY WRIGHT?
Transplanted Mancunian whose just won an award from BBC New Talent and The British Academy of Songwriters & Composers for a song he wrote called ‘Emily’. Better still, he kicks it live.
www.myspace.com/whoisjonnywright
HAZE
Happy soulful indie. Haze also sings in a funtimes band called Stanley.
www.myspace.com/haze2727
LYLA FOY
Debut album 'Insects & Apples' out 4th August on Iffy Records.
www.myspace.com/lylafoy
LAURA SINGS LIVER
Folk pop noir; once aptly described as 'like biting into a creak cake and finding a razor blade'.
www.myspace.com/laurahocking | £3 | | | | | | | | | | | | Wed 20th | Windmill Brixton presents:
*THE WAR ON DRUGS
*BOWERBIRDS
*KURT VILE | THE WAR ON DRUGS (Philadelphia, PA)
The War On Drugs are a fresh face that already sounds like an old friend. Bringing a dose of the West Coast to the hard streets of Philadelphia, their songs recall the ‘80s guitar army of Sonic Youth, the captivating lyrics and vocal stylings of Tom Petty and the sheer inventiveness of Neutral Milk Hotel.
The War On Drugs point toward a tireless horizon in the distance that you will never reach but are compelled to chase. Guitars soar and colourful clouds roll past whatever sun or moon you are cruising under, through whatever old bar you are reveling within.
The War On Drugs debut album Wagonwheel Blues, released to across-the-board acclaim, is the best thing we’ve heard all year. Fact.
The War On Drugs push the boundaries of American music.
www.myspace.com/thewarondrugs
BOWERBIRDS (Raleigh, NC)
All three members of Bowerbirds share intertwined vocal harmonies, and paired with the acoustic instrumentation, have conjured a mystical, gorgeous debut album ‘Hymns for a Dark Horse’, that’s due out mid-August and is sure to set the critics reeling.
Predominantly acoustic and flecked with accordion and piano, their touching songs reflect the organic, rural, simple way of life that they live way, in the backwaters of the North Carolina state capital, on a quiet plot of land that is completely off the grid. You can just imagine songs as beautiful as these having been written underneath a moonlit sky, joyously sung around a campfire.
Only once every ten years or so does one hear a new band this good, this bursting with ideas, this audibly in love with music... It is beyond stunning. This band is the complete package. - John Darnielle of the Mountain Goats
www.myspace.com/bowerbirds
KURT VILE (Philadelphia, PA)
Guitarist from The War On Drugs and recording artiste in his own right, opens the show.
www.myspace.com/kurtvileofphilly
ADVANCE TICKETS (strongly recommended; this will sell out):
www.wegottickets.com/event/31716 | £6adv | | | | | | | | | | | | Thu 21st | Windmill Brixton presents:
*Bop Social
*tbc
*tbc | BOP SOCIAL (London)
Another new band on the block but one with past form in other bands and tight tunes that remind us a bit of The Killers (and come on, you might want to hate The Killers but they can shit out tunes faster than your favourite band. Good. Got that off my chest)
www.myspace.com/bopsocial
+ special guests to be announced soon | £tba | | | | | | | | | | | | Fri 22nd | IT'S FRIDAY NIGHT
*Me My Head
*To Be Rhudes
*tbc | THE HELMHOLTZ RESONATORS (London)
Mysterious musical mathematicians who celebrate the successful experiment of capturing sound on a black plastic disc which is issued by Death Records.
Not much is known about the quartet of Carlton Breezy, Garland Vanderbilt, Chladni Plates with Vandamme Laudenkleer, though Marc Riley recently lured them into the studio for an out-there BBC 6 Music session.
www.myspace.com/thehelmholtzresonators
TO BE RHUDES (Florence, Italy)
Indie rock stalwarts of Italy, To Be Rhudes bring their power-indie with an electronica drive to sarf London for the first time.
www.myspace.com/toberhudes
+ more tbc | £4 | | | | | | | | | | | | Sat 23rd | Saturday Night Blast Out
*Eat Lights Become Lights
* fbcfabric & reindeer
*Flies Are Spies From Hell
*Monsters Build Mean Robots | An evening of Krautrock - Psychedelics - Noise - Experimental Sounds.
With Full Light Show and Stroboscopic Excitement!!!!!!
EAT LIGHTS BECOME LIGHTS (London)
....take everything that is thrilling about the music they love and create the most exciting instrumental Krautrock/Pyschedelic sound possible, think Spacemen 3, Sounic Youth and Neu and you’re getting close.
The band’s debut single was released recently on Enraptured Records and features a remix by Chris Olley of Six By Seven.
www.myspace.com/eatlightsbecomelights
fbcFABRIC & REINDEER (London)
A brilliant coming together of widescreen psychedelia, cinematic shoegaze and grimey rap.
Music which falls somewhere between reality and a darkly distorted version of it.
www.myspace.com/fbcfabricandreindeer
FLIES ARE SPIES FROM HELL (Chichester)
Epic piano-led experimental rock.
A delicious genteel and moving sound that pricks up your ears and divides these boys from the crowd with ease - Rocksound magazine
www.myspace.com/fliesarespiesfromhell
MONSTERS BUILD MEAN ROBOTS (Brighton)
With echoes of Sigur Ros and Explosions In The Sky, create a rare beauty
www.myspace.com/monstersbuildmeanrobots | £4 | | | | | | | | | | | | Sun 24th | Bank Holiday Sunday BBQ
*Brent Newman
*Jason McNiff
*Yeah Sparrow
*Russell & The Wolf Choir
*Henrik | BRENT NEWMAN
Born in the Great Plains, raised in the Great Lakes, living in Great Britain, ex-Koreans singer Brent and his band rumble along nicely like Tom Petty sharing a beer with The Spinto Band.
www.myspace.com/brentnewman
JASON McNIFF
None other than MOJO magazine hail him as one of Britain's best-kept secrets and tonight he performs a rare solo set of his sky blue rustic tunes. Anyone who knows Jason will treat this news with some excited anticipation.
www.myspace.com/jasonmcniff
YEAH SPARROW (Brixton)
High lonesome acoustica quality with unpredictable bits!
www.myspace.com/yeahsparrow
RUSSELL & THE WOLF CHOIR (Romford)
..brings to mind shit we really like such as Jason Molina, Geoff Farina and Kevin Devine.
www.myspace.com/fadingstarsinautumn
HENRIK (London)
..pushes acoustic boundaries. His ull surround sound album Faction is out in October on vehement London indie label LoJinx.
www.myspace.com/henrikmyspace | £5 (doors 5pm) | | | | | | | | | | | | Mon 25th | Chilled Out Bank Holiday Monday
Mendicant
+ friends | MENDICANT (Crystal Palace)
A south London seven-piece gem, Mendicant stick exclusively to acoustic instruments with cello, banjo, guitar, violin, flute and brass illustrating songwriter Barnaby Cole's late night narratives. Comparisons to the likes of Tom Waits and Nick Drake are a welcome branding that is dispelled almost as immediately as it is cast. A wider sphere of influence is clearly audible, with vibes such as Mogwai and conscious hiphop also present in the music.
They've recently toured with Rumble Strips and for now remain (rather headscratchingly) one of the south's best secrets.
www.myspace.com/mendicantmusic
+ some floorspots available...just turn up as soon after seven as you can | FREE!!!!! | | | | | | | | | | | | Tue 26th | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Wed 27th | Spoon of Music
*The Kingsize Five
*The Bridge
*Kinzli | THE KINGSIZE FIVE
The Kingsize Five are one of the most refreshing bands in London at the moment. They bring 1920s good time swing up to date with a healthy dose of Rock n Roll. You’re feet wont know what’s hit them.
Amazing: I predict this will spread through the country like a virus - Shaun Keaveney, BBC 6 Music Breakfast Show
A manic mix of rocking blues and jazzy, dirty swing delivered with riffed up panache Molloy Woodcraft, The Observer
www.myspace.com/thekingsizefive
THE BRIDGE (London)
Groovy floor shaking soul and strutting funk. Swaggering bass line, shimmering percussion, sexy horns and Sly and the Family Stone bluster. Party music for party people. A little bit of funk is all you need.
The Bridge goes off like a bass line in a ballet class...Funk is alive and well and living in London BASE ROCK
www.myspace.com/bridgeuk
KINZLI (London)
Hypnotically beautiful jazz and lounge that is full of laid back charm an elegance. From the hushed drums, through to the sultry Saxophone which is all topped off by Kinzli’s heartfelt and honest vocals.
Kinzli is a musical magpie picking up the shiny bits everyone loves from an impressive range of genres. So much so, Going Just To Be Going is more like a great compilation tape than an album from one artist. The Fly
www.myspace.com/kinzli
For more info please visit:
www.myspace.com/spoonofmusic
Advance tickets:
www.wegottickets.com/event/35227 | £4 | | | | | | | | | | | | Thu 28th | Windmill Brixton presents
*The Spiral
*Telegrams
*The My Mys
*tbc | THE SPIRAL (Melbourne/Crystal Palace)
Soon to be well-known faces on the London circuit, this affable trio have abandoned south Aus for south London and bring with them a dynamic, high energy brand of rock with hints of garage and 60s beat.
www.myspace.com/thespiralmusic
THE TELEGRAMS (London)
Coming on like a fusion of Blind Willie McTell and The Sonics, this trio play the best swampy garage around right now and warm up for a set at the prestigious End of the Road festival with an anticipated show tonight.
www.myspace.com/thetelegrams
THE MY MYS (London)
Protagonists of country, rock, folk, pop and a few jingly-jangly things of their own devising.
www.myspace.com/themymysband
TBC | £3 | | | | | | | | | | | | Fri 29th | It's Friday Night
*The Original Sinners
*Whitestar
*The Snatch
*The Erratic Man | THE ORIGINAL SINNERS (London)
..make their sound from the grimey depths of southern rock and blues fused with sweet country melodies and classic organ breaks. Fronted by the charming Charlotte and propelled by the drums of Billy Pleasant who is one of 3,147 who have to date played drums for the Brian Jonestown Massacre.
www.myspace.com/theoriginalsinners
WHITESTAR
Fire and brimstone psych blues.
www.myspace.com/whitestartheband
THE SNATCH
South London newcomers with girls at front and back, playing some fine postpunk poppy artrock.
www.myspace.com/wearethesnatch
THE ERRATIC MAN (London)
aka BNANN from THE INFADELS in solo format!!!
www.myspace.com/theerraticman | £4 | | | | | | | | | | | | Sat 30th | | Saturday Night Session
THE LUCKYBAND - Live
WIndie Miller on the wheels of wheat. | FREE!!!!! | | | | | | | | | | | | Sun 31st | Sunday BBQ
*Abigail Hopkins
*Emily Barker
*Kathleen Haskard
*Catherine Paver
*Aitch!
*Smiling Knife | ABIGAIL HOPKINS
Having an early love for reading/writing and listening to classical music, she showcases these influences in her albums using her strong lyrics, infused with the ability to evoke emotion, and an at times cacophonous sound. Abigail has released three albums, the acclaimed debut album Smile Road was followed with Blue Satin Alley which displays a mesmerizing gritty sound, reminiscent of PJ Harvey. This year, Abigail released The Memoirs of an Outlaw on Basilica Music, her finest work to date.
If you are looking for music that takes it to the edge, lyrics that you are not going to hear on mainstream radio and vocals that will leave you on the edge of your seat for all the right reasons then make ‘The Memoirs Of An Outlaw’ the next CD you buy. It’s scary, it’s beautiful…it’s real - PENNY BLACK Magazine
www.myspace.com/abigailhopkins
www.possessedrecords.com
EMILY BARKER
A rare solo performance for this remarkable singer, whose recent appearances have included the Cambridge Folk Festival, Glastonbury and Shepherds Bush Empire. A beautiful melodic mix of alt-folk and Americana, her voice has been described by UNCUT magazine as willowy and plaintive with more than a touch of Gillian Welch and Neko Case.
She is one of those talents who comes along once in a lifetime if you’re lucky - MAVERICK Magazine
www.myspace.com/emilybarker
KATHLEEN HASKARD
A 4th generation native Californian who divides her time between the rooftops of South East London and a tipi in a canyon on the Pacific Coast in the Santa Monica Mountains above Ventura County Line. Kathleen released her acclaimed CD Don’t Tell on her own label Howlin’ Hound in 2007. The CD is full of folk-rock/noir and secretive ballads with a hint of blues brought to life on stage with intense renditions of her literate songs
Smart and aware songwriter, both politically and emotionally… a record of rare quality - BUCKETFULL OF BRAINS
www.myspace.com/shedoes
www.kathleenhaskard.com
CATHERINE PAVER
writes folk-and-country influenced songs that tell stories, taking the listener from the Wild Coast of Africa to the goldmines of the American West. With a powerful, melodic voice, accompanied by an inimitable finger-picking style on acoustic guitar, Catherine has supported many prominent songwriters such as Bob Cheevers, James Keelaghan, Clive Gregson and Nick Kelly.
www.myspace.com/catherinepaver
AITCH!
After many years playing guitar to herself and the dog, in January 2008 Aitch started writing, singing and playing her own original material. Mainly encouraged by friends, local promoters and a healthy sprinkling of alcohol she is a rising talent on the new acoustic scene. Her eclectic sound is mellow alt-folk with shades of country and pop with a voice midway between Kate Rusby and Lisa Loeb
www.myspace.com/redaitch
SMILING KNIFE (Brighton)
Born in a skanky rehearsal room in 2005, Smiling Knife are an all female trio busily recording their debut album 'Mummy Provides'. They mix up melodic indie, folk and pop and they tell dark tales in pretty, harmonic tunes. Their quirky story songs take you from the mean streets of the city to the banks of the River Seine.
www.myspace.com/smilingknife
Advance tickets:
www.wegottickets.com/event/35631 | £4/£5 doors 4.30 | | | | | |
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