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| Sun 1st | SUNDAY BBQ
*Public Service Announcers
*Educated Animals
*Two Dollar Hooker
*Docksud
*tbc
*tbc | TWO DOLLAR HOOKER (London)
Soul. Electro. Sleazesational.
www.myspace.com/twodollarhooker
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCERS (London)
...are a fresh new sound. Inspired by the intelligent pop of Prince and Talking Heads, the tempo and manifestos of bands like Minor Threat and Refused and fuzzed out blissful synths of M83; the first PSA rehearsal took place in March 07. Since then a lot of people have been paying attention. Remember the name.
www.myspace.com/publicserviceannouncers
EDUCATED ANIMALS (Brighton)
Big things destined for the band we think.
One of the most relentlessly energetic guitar bands of the moment
www.myspace.com/educatedanimals
DOCKSUD (London)
..are great! Complex but tuneful stuff that's hard to describe but let's try The Hold Steady in a K-hole. Yep, that good.
www.myspace.com/docksud
Another two fine musical acts to be announced!
Plus free BBQ @ 5pm | £5 (doors 5pm) |
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| Mon 2nd | MONDAYS. WE SALUTE YOU!
*Adam Bomb
*Rum Shebeen
*Luva Anna | ADAM BOMB (New York, NY)
For those of you not already into the Bomb cult, you'll never see anything, anything quite like this. Well, you might do if you go to a stadium or a festival and see Guns N' Roses and the like but what the Bomb and his band does is pretty similar - except - it's in a much, much. much smaller space: there's lights, there's action, there's groupies there's even a pink Gibson guitar on fire.
He's gonna rock out like 1983 never happened!
www.myspace.com/adambombonline
RUM SHEBEEN (London)
Psychelicious, gyspy soul, rocking rebels. Party-hardened. Debut single released on 1965 Records.
www.myspace.com/rumshebeen
LUVA ANNA (Dundee)
The pick of the new bands on the smaller stages at Connect festival......their salty sea-shanties have more in common with The Coral. Definitely ones to watch....... - NME
www.myspace.com/luvaaana
ADVANCE TICKETS:
www.wegottickets.com/event/27631 | £5 |
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| Tue 3rd | STAYING SOUTH
*Hot Damn
*The Defeat
*Oxygen Thief
*tbc
*tbc
| STAYING SOUTH - fortnightly Punk Rock Shows. We're only going to put on stuff that we like. Don't call us we'll call you!
HOT DAMN (Brighton)
'a joy – featuring all manner of Tortoise-esque post-rock twiddlings and oddball grooves.' - Puregroove Records
www.myspace.com/hotdamnband
THE DEFEAT (Reading)
Weaned on the likes of Fugazi & Sigur Ros they belt Out tunes with the formers energy and maintain the glacial Beauty of the latter. - The Fly
www.myspace.com/thedefeatuk
OXYGEN THIEF (Bristol)
..s Barry Dolan - a 24 year Bristol resident, guitar abuser, and unrepentant rock addict, who, faced with the possibility of a total drought following the gradual demise of previous bands, has decided to branch out into solo acoustic warfare.
It's acoustic Jim, but not as we know it... Whisperin n Hollerin
www.myspace.com/oxygenthief
+ more tbc
More info:
www.myspace.com/stayingsouth
www.myspace.com/householdname | £5/£4 flyer |
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| Wed 4th | SPOON OF MUSIC
*The Chapman Family
*The Slow Blade
*Thee Vicars - PULLED OUT
*Elfred & The Uber Peas | THE SPOON OF MUSIC - A Monthly dose of artrocking medicine.
THE CHAPMAN FAMILY (Stockton On Tees)
The Spoon is a big fan of these fiery teesiders so we’ve got them coming back to London for some dark new wave punk. Jittery riffs, big fuck off drum explosions and electrifying performances. Imagine if The Futureheads had a penchant for metal…..
Swaggering new-wave call to arms, proving to be absorbing, alluring and completely contagious.' & “destined for greatness - NME
It's a brutally hard noise...what strikes is the sheer momentum that the Chapman’s generate. They motor along in a blur of anger. - Artrocker
www.myspace.com/thechapmanfamily
THE SLOW BLADE (London)
Formally Kalev, they have now returned as the slow blade and engulf you in a cloak of frenetic guitar work, dark pulsating electronics and bass grooves so deep and dirty it’s got the devil head banging.
Nick Cave meets Depeche Mode with the menace of Nine Inch Nails.
www.myspace.com/slowblademusic
ELFRED & THE UBER PEAS (Colechester)
The Spoon has had them once and can’t wait to have them back. Spunky sax playing, sweet punchy rhythms and tumbling vocals all collide in a ramshackle frenzy of Twisted Charm punk. Irresistible.
www.myspace.com/uberpeas
More info: www.myspace.com/spoonofmusic
Spoon Playlist includes:
Pixies - Is She Wierd:
The Cramps - Mad Daddy:
These New Puritans - Numbers:
Popular Workshop - Channels:
The Stooges - Gimmie Danger:
Battles - Atlas:
Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster - Team Meat:
Jakobinarina - Jesus:
The Modern Lovers - Pablo Picasso:
The Mutts - Dog On Dog:
The Official Secrets Act - The Art of Being Sure:
Siouxsie & The Banshees - Carcass:
The Termits - Set Yourself On Fire:
APOLOGIES - THEE VICARS told us - with 24 hours notice - that one of them has an exam on thursday morning and won;t play. Durr. | £4 |
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| Fri 6th | Total Loss Farm
*Eugene MCGuinness
*The Tailors
*Treecreeper | EUGENE McGUINNESS (Fulwell Cross)
Barely into his Twenties, Eugene McGuinness came from literally nowhere last year to break the stereotype of young UK troubadours (you know, the ones that affect accents and sing about texting).
His homemade mini-album 'The Early Learnings of Eugene McGuinness' got rush-released on Double Six/Domino garnering rave reviews for its razor sharp lyrics and heartfelt vocals.
With a full debut album in the works, now is the time to catch an artist who breaks convention ...and the volume levels you'd expect from a solo artist.
His songs are disconcerting in every way imaginable, like watching the guys from A Clockwork Orange have tea with your nan - The Guardian
www.myspace.com/eugenemcguinness85
THE TAILORS (London)
...are a London based collective who spin joyous golden webs around the songs of Adam Killip that draw from elements of folk, garage-rock and the soulful pop of 70's AM country radio whilst mixing the outsider weirdness of bands like the Silver Jews with the country-tinged powerpop of early Wilco. Their debut album 'Wakey Wakey' got great reviews across the board from Q magazine to Adam's local paper.
the best country-tinged indie-pop since the Lemonheads - Maverick magazine
www.myspace.com/thetailors
www.myspace.com/thetailors
TREECREEPER (Wendover)
Acoustic set from your favourite grainbelt rockers.
www.myspace.com/treecreepermusic
ADVANCE TICKETS
www.wegottickets.com/event/31161 | £5 |
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| Sat 7th | Sergeant's Tour of Brixton - Night#2
*Sergeant
*Stornoway
*Sonicflyer
*tbc | SERGEANT (Glenrothes)
Described as 'officially the most exciting band in Scotland' by the NME, the masters of pop that are Sergeant have decided to do a min-tour of Brixton - the previous night they're supporting The Pigeon Detectives at the C***ling Brixton Academy!
With support comeing from everyone from Zane Lowe to Alan McGee and loads of plays on XFM and MTV2, it looks like Sergeant are going places fast by using the best trick in the book - writing brilliantly memorable pop-indie tunes.
.like summer bursting out of a fruit and barley bottle, 'K Ok' is the most perfect jingle-jangle pop anthem we can imagine being penned - NME
www.myspace.com/sergeantmusic
STORNOWAY (Oxford)
Indie-pop with a bit of muscle and - we kid you not - a trumpet playing horse that drums as well. Yes really (well it might be a guy in a horse's head but...). They'll have their new 'On The Rocks' EP on sale so bring a few extra quid as you'll be charmed.
conjour up the innocent coziness of early Belle and Sebastian...Indie pop fans will melt in the brains - ARTROCKER
...like the Byrds gone psychotic...Oxford’s best-kept secret. I have a feeling they won’t be for much longer - OXFORDBANDS
www.myspace.com/stornoway
SONICFLYER (Siberia/London)
were formed in Barnaul, a remote town in Southern Siberia, by brother and sister duo Yulia (vocals, lead guitar) and Dima (drums). Quickly after moving to London the band recruited Chris (rhythm guitar, backing vocals) and Rob (bass, backing vocals), the band developed Yulia's yearning pop songs of hope and escapism, coupling their Britpop influences with an intense, layered sound that recalls My Bloody Valentine, Chapterhouse or Mew.
They've recently signed a deal with Xtra Mile Recordings and starred live in session on Steve Lamcq's show.
www.myspace.com/sonicflyer
TBC
ADVANCE TICKETS
www.wegottickets.com/event/31015 | £5adv |
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| Tue 10th | STEREOLAB!!!! | STEREOLAB
Specila low key show as a warm-up for the band's festival appearances and forthcoming tour of the USA.
www.myspace.com/stereolab
THIS SHOW WENT ON SALE TO MEMBERS OF THE BAND'S AND THE VENUE'S MAILING LISTS.
IT IS TOTALLY SOLD OUT.
PLEASE DO NOT CALL OR EMAIL AS THERE IS NOTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT IT. | SOLD OUT |
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| Wed 11th | Twisted am Lounge
*The Henry Brothers
*Erland & The Carnival
*Yeah Sparrow | THE HENRY BROTHERS (London//Norwich)
..are sharp and professional. They're an olde time act singing songs about death and murder by such stroried folk as the Louvins, Stanley Bros and Bill Monroe.
Warm-up gig for Camp Bestival.
www.myspace.com/thehenrybrothers
ERLAND And The CARNIVAL (Orkney/London)
Fresh dynamic songs with a nod to the likes of Jackson C Frank, Bert Janch, Davy Graham and early Fairport. Records out soon on Butterfly Recordings.
www.myspace.com/erlandandthecarnival
YEAH SPARROW (Brixton)
High lonesome acoustica quality.
www.myspace.com/yeahsparrow
+ one more tbc | £4/£3 flyer |
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| Thu 12th | Windie Miller's Music Club
*Elle Milano
*Maths Class
*Rotary Ten
*Pretty Bricks | ELLE MILANO
...is no willowy ravenhaired songstress, nor someone gracing the pages of Vogue, Tatler and Hello. 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. ELLE MILANO is not what you expect at all.
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
ROTARY TEN (Sheffield/Lincoln)
This tale begins with four young men who like to spend their time somewhere in the middle of England, making music in the remnants of an old milking shed. It may not seem like the ideal catalyst to rock ‘n’ roll stardom, but recent support slots with The Killers, British Sea Power and Lightspeed Champion would suggest otherwise. Their debut LP 'These Are Our Hands is out on 2nd June.
If the Smiths had gone to college in the US this might have been their sound. Complex, melodic guitar entwines with an 'anthemic' chorus. Possible classic. - The Observer
www.myspace.com/rotaryten
PRETTY BRICKS
www.myspace.com/prettybricks
More info on Windie Miller's Music Club:
www.myspace.com/windiemiller
Advance Tickets:
www.wegottickets.com/event/31704 | £5 |
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| Fri 13th | ROCKFORT
*Genjini
*Lena Deluxe
*Les Bicycletes Blanches
*Jonaz | ROCKFORT, Resonance FM’s French music show presented by Ludovic Merle and David McKenna, invites you to a special club night featuring bands from Lille and music from all around France. This special summer show follows an amazing Noel boum in December; come along and the French will show you how to party!
GENJINI (Lille)
...are a dance collective on a quest for, in their own words, the ‘ultimate beat’, and whose party-starting, distorted electro pop manages to be both experimental and insanely catchy.
www.myspace.com/genjiniii
LENA DELUXE (Lille)
...give an hypnotic and intensely personal twist on influences such as 60s garage and Jefferson Airplane.
www.myspace.com/lenadeluxe
LES BICYCLETTES BLANCHES (Paris)
Create inspired junkyard psychedelia that recalls Royal Trux, Fiery Furnaces, Tom Waits and even Cypress Hill.
www.myspace.com/lesbicyclettesblanches
JONAZ (Lille)
Maverick rapper whose impassioned social critique is matched by his sardonic humour and sense of mischief.
www.myspace.com/personnekiffe
PLUS.....
ON THE DECKS: Rockfort’s Ludo & David will be spinning 50s-contemporary French pop, and Vanessa (Vanessa and the Os/Allez Pop) will be doing her Ye-Ye thing.
More Info:
www.myspace.com/rockfortshow
Advance tickets:
www.wegottickets.com/event/31706 | £4 |
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| Sat 14th | BANDS FOR BURMA Day #1
*Duke Garwood
*Dead Singer
*Tenebrous Liar
*Scul Hazzards
*Olympians
*Kevin Tuffy
*Superman Revenge Squad
*Severed Limb
*Marcus Corbett
*Junkyard Choir
*Neil Cousin | Guests tbc
Them again!
DEAD SINGER
Robed trombone-metal 4-piece.
www.myspace.com/deadsingerofficial
TENEBROUS LIAR (London)
Imagine Lift To Experience stuck in the eternal damnation their songs tried to escape from, but with a result more ashcan reality than spiritually vivid. - Drowned in Sound
it’s not pretty, it’s largely devoid of hope and direction, yet – crucially - it still has the power to uplift. It’s really good. - MOJO magazine
www.myspace.com/thehumanraceisaplague
SCUL HAZZARDS
Thunderous!
www.myspace.com/sculhazzards
OLYMPIANS
...were formed from the charred remnants of The Bridge Gang (Brille Records) and they bristle with punk energy and charged pop hooks.
‘They ratchet out a sharp short set of scritchy voiced, knock-knee-ed raw garage scrapings’ - Kitten Painting
www.myspace.com/olympians1
KEVIN TUFFY
www.myspace.com/kevintuffy
Acoustic Stage:
Superman Revenge Squad
The Severed Limb
Marcus Corbett
Mark Woods from Junkyard Choir.
Neil Cousin
DJS
Johnny Nothing
Foxy (Real Live Wires)
BBQ
We're donating the food. You donate some money, please.
All proceeds to the aid effort. | £5 (doors 5pm) |
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| Sun 15th | BANDS FOR BURMA Day #2
*Killerwaves
*Graverobbers
*Black Daniel
*(((oh dear
*Copy Haho
*Responsible Adults
*Jack Jack Daw
*The My Mys | KILLERWAVES
Post-punk Fallesque artrock
www.myspace.com/wearekillerwaves
THE GRAVEROBBERS
After giving up their jobs at the meat-packing factory, The Graverobbers embarked on a journey to the dark heart of psychedelia... a mission to disseminate the decaying corpse of garage punk.
www.myspace.com/theegraverobbers
BLACK DANIEL
Formed by brothers Liam and Luke May (Medicine8) and New Yorker Craig Louis Higgins Jnr (pioneer of New York’s infamous Con-fu-sion nights), Black Daniel play dangerous electro-rock the likes of which LCD Soundsystem and Primal Scream can only dream of.
Their debut album was released last year to critical acclaim and they toured the arenas of Europe supporting Kasabian’s similar brand of dancy, bass heavy rock and roll. You can expect them to kick some serious arse as they mix their rock’n’beats on stage tonight.
www.myspace.com/blackdanielspace
RESPONSIBLE ADULTS
www.myspace.com/responsibleadults
THE MY MYS
www.myspace.com/themymysband
VON KLEET
www.myspace.com/vonkleet
Plus
Acoustic Stage
Plus
DJs
King Sara
+ more
BBQ
We're donating the food. You donate some money, please.
All proceeds to the aid effort. | £5 (doors 5pm) |
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| Tue 17th | STAYING SOUTH
*Dead City Stereo
*The Cut Ups
*Hearts Under Fire | STAYING SOUTH - fortnightly Punk Rock Shows. We're only going to put on stuff that we like. Don't call us we'll call you!
DEAD CITY STEREO (Exeter)
Singalong streetpunk influenced by The Clash and Social Distortion. EP available on Freakscene Records.
www.myspace.com/thedeadcitystereo
THE CUT UPS (Exeter)
Ex SHOE! Anthemic, melodic punk rock from the southwest. Newly signed to Household Name - album out soon. s
Simple, honest and engaging, they're an all too rare example of melodic punk rock played from the heart. With an approach to politics that's more Billy Bragg than Billie Joe Armstrong, frontman Jon explains the ideas expressed in each song without ever resorting to empty sloganeering. - RockSound magazine
www.myspace.com/thecutupsfromexeter
HEARTS UNDER FIRE (Woking)
All-girl four-piece from Surrey playing passionate melodic punk rock taking influences from Alkaline Trio, Rise Against and The Distillers.
www.myspace.com/heartsunderfire
More info:
www.myspace.com/stayingsouth
www.myspace.com/householdname | £5/£4 flyer |
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| Wed 18th | Continental Wednesdays
*Mendicant
*Ingi
*Laura Barrett | 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
INGI (Iceland)
Upbeat poppy folk-rocker sounding a bit like how you'd imagine Dylan covering Bowie songs after a bottle of magic geyser juice.
www.myspace.com/ingiorngislason
LAURA BARRETT (Canada)
Trancey minimalist songs about robot ponies and such things delivered via vox and kalimba. Fans of the Cocteaus and Bjork will find something of interest here.
www.myspace.com/laurabarrett | £3 |
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| Thu 19th | JLESH MUNCE
*Now
*ZunZunEgui
*another act | 'JLESH MUNCE': a monthly musical circus run by crazed death clowns. Oh lordy!
www.myspace.com/jleshmunce
NOW
Krautpop!
There are grooves here so deep that bathospheres have been lost exploring them, so repetitive that they're being considered as a cure for autism. Plan B magazine
www.nowtheband.com
ZUNZUNEGUI
Tropical thrash!
www.myspace.com/zunzunegui
+ very special mystery star www.nwlink.com/~scotlass/jamesiii.htm
DJ: Datashat
Listen to the bands at
www.myspace.com/jleshmunce | £3 |
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| Fri 20th | CHAMPIONS OF THE WORLD
*Danny George Wilson & The Champions of the World
*Neil Halstead
*The Loose Salute
*The Moon Music Orchestra
*Trevor Moss & Hannah Lou | CHAMPIONS OF THE WORLD - A CELEBRATION OF COLLECTIVE YESNESS!!
With:
DANCING AND SINGING
MOVING LIGHTS AND PICTURES
THE LEGENDARY CHAMPS CHEESE AUCTION
FACE PAINTING
GOOD TIMES
....AND THE COSMIC YEEHAA!!
Also featuring:
HEALTH AND HAPPINESS DJ'S
DANNY GEORGE WILSON & THE CHAMPIONS OF THE WORLD (London)
'Wistful, elegaic, summery and all round gorgeous' AMERICANA-UK
www.myspace.com/dannyandthechampionsoftheworld1
NEIL HALSTEAD (Newquay)
www.myspace.com/neilhalsteadofficial
THE LOOSE SALUTE (London/Cornwall)
New album Tuned To Love (Heavenly Recordings) out June 16.
www.myspace.com/therealloosesalute
THE MOON MUSIC ORCHESTRA (London)
www.myspace.com/theholymoonmusicorchestra
TREVOR MOSS & HANNAH LOU (Peckham)
www.myspace.com/trevormossandhannahlou
www.myspace.com/indigomoss
ADVANCE TICKETS
www.wegottickets.com/event/31862 | £5 |
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| Sat 21st | THE GIN PALACE PARTY
*The Gin Riots
*Koogaphone
Junkyard Choir | THE GIN PALACE PARTY...
..a big old knees-up hosted by the Gin Riots and featuring special guests, some dazzling burlesque ladies, and a swirling mix of different musical acts.
THE GIN RIOTS (London)
Dirty indie.
www.myspace.com/theginriots
KOOGAPHONE (London)
Hot bitch dirty girl rock band: Janis Joplin meets the Buzzcocks.
www.myspace.com/koogaphone
JUNKYARD CHOIR (Croydon)
Dirty swampy blues.
www.myspace.com/junkyardchoir
+ Burlesque Ladies (LOLA LOVE)
+ Guest Compere (BEN COTTAM) | £4 |
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| Sun 22nd | Sunday BBQ/ILX Festival
*The Chemistry Experiment
*A Nation Mourns
*Gooblar
*Red Bull Dozers
*Vietgrove
*Autorotation | THE CHEMISTRY EXPERIMENT
www.myspace.com/thechemistryexperiment
A NATION MOURNS
www.myspace.com/anationmournsmusic
GOOBLAR
www.myspace.com/gooblar
RED BULL DOZERS
www.myspace.com/theredbulldozers
VIETGROVE
www.myspace.com/vietgrove
AUTOROTATION
www.myspace.com/autorotor
JOE BROOKER
...of The Pines | £5 (doors 5pm) |
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| Tue 24th | The Helmholtz Resonators - Single Release Party
*The Helmholtz Resonators
*Keith TOTP and his Minor Indie Celebrity All-Stars Backing Band
*Bo Ningen | THE HELMHOLTZ RESONATORS (London)
Mysterious musical mathematicians who celebrate the successful experiment of capturing sound on a black plastic disc which is issued today 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
KEITH TOTPs AND HIS MINOR INDIE CELEBRITY ALL-STAR BACKING BAND (London)
Keith TOTPs (who hates your band) has herded together 7 guitarists from different indie bands to play his sardonic, jaunty, indie-pop music.
www.myspace.com/itskeithtotp
BO NINGEN (London)
Mad Japanese psych!
www.myspace.com/boningen | £3 |
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| Wed 25th | MILK KAN & FRIENDS
*Milk Kan
*Larry Pickleman
*Corporal Machine & The Bombers
*tbc | MILK KAN (London)
Our favourite hiphop bluegrass punkers return to kick off a three month residency with some of their fave artists to be announced soon.
www.myspace.com/milkthekan
LARRY PICKLEMAN (Brighton)
The PC-bating overlord of the anti-folk movement (which he also detests).
www.myspace.com/larrypickleman
CORPORAL MACHINE & THE BOMBERS (London)
..are a bit like Chas n Dave on acid.
www.myspace.com/euanscorporalmachine | £tba |
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| Thu 26th | Windmill Brixton presents:
*The School
*The Spencer McGarry Season
*Silence At Sea
*The Foster Kids | THE SCHOOL (Cardiff)
Genuine homegrrown indiepop contenders to rival the American and Swedish leaders of that genre, The School waltz through the best bits of Belle & Sebastian, Camera Obscura, and 60s girl groups. Recently snapped up by the Elefant label, they are rapidly turning into many people's favourite new band of the year and make a welcome return to the Windmill after supporting The Brunettes a few months back.
a swaying, winsome tune with some of the Phil Spector lushness of Lucky Soul, the Belle & Sebastian-style modesty of Camera Obscura, and the airy, girl-group vocals of both - Pitchfork
www.myspace.com/theschoolband
SPENCER McGARRY SEASON (Cardiff)
One of south Wales' best kept secrets (to date), the SMS offer up splendid rock with soul.
www.myspace.com/spencermcgarry
SILENCE AT SEA (Cardiff)
Folk music with sweet lady-singing, plinky plonky guitar and robot drums.
www.myspace.com/silenceatsea
THE FOSTER KIDS (Norwich)
God-humoured indiepoppers who list The Archies, bay City Rollers and Betty Boo as their influences (as well as Mike Nesmith, Ells and Teenage Fanclub). A nice mix!
www.myspace.com/meetthefosterkids
+++ Special Guest DJ: Chris of legendary Sheffield indie club Offbeat!!!!
www.offbeat.group.shef.ac.uk
ADVANCED TICKETS:
www.wegottickets.com/event/32777 | £5/£4 |
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| Fri 27th | Night of the Long Swords
*Teeth of The Sea
*Elks
*Gravanzia
*Masonic Boom | A welcome return to the Windmill for the mightiest drone-psych night in London!
TEETH OF THE SEA
Cosmically-aligned avant-drone from London's most wayward avatats of dark transcendence.
www.myspace.com/thewrongjaws
ELKS
Elks music lulls you one minute and screams obscenities in your face the next.
www.myspace.com/elkstheband
GRAVANZIA
Bold, Magick-tinged contemporary psychedelic rock.
www.myspace.com/gravanzia
MASONIC BOOM
Electro drone-pop with 12-string guitar.
www.myspace.com/masonicboomk8
More info:
www.myspace.com/longswords | £4 |
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| Sat 28th | ZONINO 3.5
*Maths Class
*Calories
*Tesselators
*Screaming Tea Party
*Minnaars
*4 or 5 Magicians
*Horsebox
*Pagan Wanderer Lu | ZONINO 3.5...The monster party returns to save you from watching The Verve in a swamp.
MATHS CLASS
Steve Lamacq called them 'one of the most exciting bands to come out of Brighton'. I call them 'the last band to make me dance so hard that I headbutted a pillar'. Driving bass-lines and irresistable disco indie pop.
www.myspace.com/mathsclass
CALORIES
Three-quarters of much-missed Brummie noisniks Distophia ready to rule your ears.
www.myspace.com/caloriesband
TESSELATORS
Wonderful musical shapes fit together to make one complex pattern. Their beautiful EP artwork reflects the truly mesmerising live experience.
www.myspace.com/tessellators
SCREAMING TEA PARTY
Fresh off tour with cage The Elephant, STP marry pop and noise like no other. Drownedinsound compared their electrifying live performance as being 'reminiscent of Sonic Youth having sex with a bulldozer'.
www.myspace.com/screamingteaparty
MINNAARS
Synth-led dancing rhythms make you want to grab your dance partner by the grubby cheeks and plant a kiss on their smiling lips. Still, stupid name mind.
www.myspace.com/minnaars
4 OR 5 MAGICIANS
Clattering, clanking, weaving pop noise in the vein of Guided By Voices and Pavement. Sounds wholly unoriginal, right? Wrong. Some of the catchiest lo-fi pop around at the moment. Special. www.myspace.com/4or5magicians
HORSEBOX
'You go to a Horsebox gig and it's summer again...swooped me up gently like a soft cloud floating somewhere above the tobacco and fumes and dirty baby blue sky' said Rockfeedback. So there.
www.myspace.com/horsebox
PAGAN WANDERER LU
Lennon, Morrissey, Cocker, Regan - the newest in a distinguished line of world-wise, witty English lyricists plies his unique indietronica - his new EP is on eMusic now.
www.myspace.com/paganwandererlu
Bamos and guests on the decks.
ADVANCE TICKETS:
www.wegottickets.com/event/32557 | £6 (doors 4pm) |
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| Sun 29th | EURO 2008 BBQ
*Canned Laughter
*KTD
*The My Mys
*tbc | Well, it's the climax to a great tourny so as well as bands we'll have the match on and if you're wearing some outlandish football outfit it's only £3 in. If your name is Lahm you get in free.
CANNED LAUGHTER (Sweden/Brixton)
Much to the chagrin of those guys who painstakingly make vids of female fans on Youtube, Sweden didn't make it past the group stages but they're represented here today in the form of this fine dancey pop ensemble.
www.myspace.com/cannedlaughterlondon
THE MY MYS
Jangly indie-country-blues.
www.myspace.com/themymysband
KTD
Good-humoured surfy punk sleaze from a duo that like to hamonise and make the noise!
www.myspace.com/kikitalkdirty
+ 1 more tbc
EURO 2008 BBQ @ 6pm!!!! | £4/£3 (5pm) |
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| Mon 30th | BUTTERFLY RECORDINGS presents WHAT THE FOLK:
*Trevor Moss & Hannah-Lou
*Erland & The Carnival
*T.O.M F.A.R.R.E.R
*Marciamello | South London folk label Butterfly Recordings was formed three years ago by producer and renowned musician YOUTH and SIMON TONG (ex Verve; The Good, The Bad And The Queen).
The two shared a common interest in folk and acoustic music from the early traditions to the folk revivals of the 60s through to the contemporary post folk movements of the 21st century, and gave themselves a few loose, breakable rules.:
To be:
1. Predominantly acoustic
2. Predominantly English in origin.
3. Recorded in the artists’ own intimate environment as much as possible.
With no rules broken, What The Folk was born.
'Post-folk, psychedelia, electronica, bluegrass? It’s all just a flutter away.'
TREVOR MOSS & HANNAH-LOU (London)
...are the partnership who front south London's accalimed INDIGO MOSS, whose hypnotic live show and simmering chemistry on stage is both warming and haunting. Coupling desperate adoration of an era gone by, with incisive observation of our times, Indigo Moss offer a unique sound that has been lovingly captured on their critically-acclaimed debut album on Butterfly Recordings.
The masters of New Folk - London Lite
www.myspace.com/trevormossandhannahlou
www.myspace.com/indigomoss
ERLAND And The CARNIVAL (Orkney/London)
Fresh dynamic songs with a nod to the likes of Jackson C Frank, Bert Janch, Davy Graham and early Fairport.
www.myspace.com/erlandandthecarnival
T.O.M F.A.R.R.E.R
Urgent bluesy pop trio wrapped in a love of folk, rock n roll and indie vibes.
www.myspace.com/tomfarrerband
MARCIAMELLO (Provincetown, MA)
Pre-war blues in a finger-plucked style.
ww.myspace.com/marciamelloragtime
More info:
www.butterflyrecordings.com | £5 |
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