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| | | | | | Mon 1st | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Tue 2nd | Tapetheadio Single Release Party
*tapetheradio
*The Fades
*White Man Kamikaze
*Heath | THE FADES (London)
Covers stars of iPod User magazine and with a split single out on Cranky Girl records with GST cardinals, The Fades keep on partying.
'They seem to have melded what is a very old school sound to the new school of punk-garage, and this is what gives them the edge' - XFM
www.myspace.com/thefades
tapetheradio (London)
With more than a hint of Joy Division and the Cure, Tape the Radio look set to take London by storm this year. They've toured the country with Athlete, sold all copies of their debut EP at Rough Trade, and have been tipped by Steve Lamacq to make it big in 2009. This is bombastic pop-rock of the highest order.
www.myspace.com/tapetheradio
WHITE MAN KAMIKAZE (London)
HEATH (Los Angeles, CA) | £4 | | | | | | | | | | | | Wed 3rd | CHAMBER
*This Tawdry Affair
*The Cursors
*Mammoth
*Joy-Rides | CHAMBER...new club night for bands who offer something a little more unique....
This tawdry affair: London
www.myspace.com/thistawdryaffair
swirling organs menacingly yet seductively creep around the melodramatic twisted pop hooks whilst the male and female vocals regale dramatic stories – haunting pop at its very best.
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The cursors: London
www.myspace.com/thecursorsmusic
erratic female vocals squeal and squeak like a PJ Harvey and Karen O prodigy whilst scratchy guitar rhythms and art punk tumbling bring it all together in a jagged beauty.
“disturbingly good” Organ
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mammoth: newbury
www.myspace.com/mmthband
ethereal electronics chillingly hum over distorted and haunting vocals as repetitive synthesizers wash over at times with a gentle ease and others with aggressive intent.
'...a joke band...' - a man in Newbury with the worst mullet you have ever seen.
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Joy-rides: London
www.myspace.com/joyrides
experimental, tribal and demented post punk which incorporates lurching bass line, sinister vocals and full on explosions of noise.
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For more info:
www.myspace.com/thisischamber | £4 | | | | | | | | | | | | Thu 4th | Windmill Brixton presents:
*Wob
*Sailorette
*Lost Note Foundation | WOB (Brighton)
Ruthlessly independent (he's brought out six albums on tiny labels and just gets on with it), Wob pumps out top shelf powerpop with a rustic edge aided by quite an astonishing vocal ability and a great rhythm section in Kerri Stapleton (bass) and Jon Edon (drums).
This is the release party for his new album 'Trying to Find the Rain'.
'astonishingly bouncy talent machine' - Rock 'n' Reel
www.myspace.com/wobband
SAILORETTE
NME approved Sailorette could be Noah and The Whale without the overwrought angst or they could even be Lightspeed Champion with Joni Mitchell on lead vocals but with a heart deeply rooted in alt-folk. They’re definitely a rising five-piece with ace fiddle playing ! This is their only London date prior to their appearance at 2000 Trees festival in July.
www.myspace.com/sailorettemusic
LOST NOTE FOUNDATION (Melbourne)
...is Joe Ransom, an Aussie currently in London and playing that emotive, intricate and highly tuneful type of indie-pop you associate with his compatriots The Lucksmiths.
myspace.com/lostnotefoundation
Doors 7.30 WOB opens the evening with a solo set just after 8pm with a band set at 10pm.
Advance Tickets:
www.wegottickets.com/event/50681 | £4 | | | | | | | | | | | | Fri 5th | Windmill Brixton presents:
*Gregory & The Hawk
*Laura Hocking
*Sanjuro
*John Houx | GREGORY & THE HAWK (Hudson Valley, NY)
A very rare live band show from Fat Cat signing Meredith Godreau aka Gregory & The Hawk.
Godreau's ability to craft spellbinding, idiosyncratic pop songs, that sound at once suggestive, familiar, and yet very much of themselves had made her a Youtube sensation with lots of fans recording tributes when she was still an unsigned act. Since then , one of our favourite labels has stepped in and with the release of last year's enchanting Moenie & Kitchi, a whole new swarm of fans have come on board.
'this salubrious album is the perfect remedy for a world
saturated with, what is essentially, little more than corporate art. You will find no cleverer, no more beautiful album on shelves or in hard-drives this year. An absolute future classic.' God Is In The TV
www.myspace.com/gregoryandthehawk
LAURA HOCKING (London)
A nice take on avant folk with classical and pop undertones.
www.myspace.com/laurahocking
SANJURO (London)
Gypsy-inspired experimental art folk mash up.
www.myspace.com/musicsanjuro
JOHN HOUX (Brooklyn, NY)
U.S troubadour and multi-instrumentalist based in New York who has shared a stage with Jeffrey Lewis, Vetiver, Mountain Goats and many others brings his alt-country/anti-folk songs to the U.K for a rare appearance to promote his new Green Period CD.
www.myspace.com/johnhoux
Advance tickets:
www.wegottickets.com/event/49332 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Sat 6th | Little Stalkers fanzine presents 'New Heartbeats'
*Tired Irie
*NewIslands
*Derrick Brown
*The Electrilickers
*Tallships
+ more tbc | TIRED IRIE (Leicester)
'Somewhere between the disco death marches of Interpol and the psychedelic incarnation of q and not u, these fraught songs possess an uplifting and intangible quality coupled with an unnerving eerie intensity.' - Rough Trade Shops
'Gleaming stratospheric pop from the label that brought you Foals and Blood Red Shoes. Take Heed.' - NME
www.myspace.com/tiredirie
NEWISLANDS (Northampton)
Indie dreamscapes and exuberant electro moments from a brand new band. This will be one of their first clutch of gigs but they're already picking up radio play!
www.myspace.com/newislands
with Very Special Guest:
DERRICK BROWN (Marina Del Ray, CA)
Derrick Brown: former paratrooper for the 82nd Airborne, gondolier, magician, and fired weatherman, now travels the world and performs his written work.
www.myspace.com/brownpoetry
THE ELECTRILICKERS (Birmingham)
A cunning mix of acoustic and ravey sounds that has already been compared to an electropop Blood Red Shoes.
www.myspace.com/theelectrilickers
TALLSHIPS (Falmouth)
Dragging post-rock out of it's stand-and-stare existence into a danceable new, and fun, form!
www.myspace.com/tallshipsfromfalmouth
Info:
www.myspace.com/thelittlestalkers
£4 in before 9pm (or with advance ticket)
£5 after 9pm
Advance tickets:
www.wegottickets.com/event/49400 | £4 b4 9/£5 | | | | | | | | | | | | Sun 7th | Windmill Sunday BBQ Session
*THE ETTES
*The Snatch
*JD Smith
+ many more | THE ETTES (Los Angeles, CA)
Super cool beatpunkgarage trio from LA on Sympathy for the Record Industry.
www.myspace.com/theettes
THE SNATCH (London)
two girls. One boy. Garage-pop!
www.myspace.com/wearethesnatch
JD Smith (London)
Rockabilly punk blues in the form of one man whose louder than most bands!
'astounding, a Rockabilly and blues one man guitar wunderkind.' - Distorted magazine
www.myspace.com/stuartjamesdurdensmith
Plus full line-up tbc soon
Advance tickets:
www.wegottickets.com/event/47983 | £6adv (from5pm) | | | | | | | | | | | | Mon 8th | Windmill Brixton presents:
*Fol Chen
*Katie Stelmanis
+ Beyond Fathomability DJs | FOL CHEN (Highland Park, CA)
New electro-art-pop goodness signings to Asthmatic Kitty who describe themselves up as such:
You know that mysterious black object that the creepy family is staring at on the cover of Led Zeppelin's 'Presence' album? Fol Chen sound like that. But we don't sound like Led Zeppelin. (We actually do a little.) Instead, we sound like Prince with Amon Duul II and a children's religious revival, not to mention Hot Chip, Pink Floyd, Gwen Stefani, Pere Ubu, Danielson Famile, Scritti Politti, Boards of Canada, The Blow, and Pulp. (Mostly.) We are using secret powers and the guidance of legendary DJ Donna Donna to combat our nemesis, John Shade. We are cryptic and joyful and we would like you to dance.'
Superb!
www.myspace.com/folchen
KATIE STELMANIS (Toronto, ON)
Classically trained and a former member of post-riot grrl outfit Galaxy, Katie introduces her mix of contemporary and orchestral sounds to the Uk with a debut seven-inch single out on 22nd June via VICE/Loog.
mercurial mixes of MIDI, tumultuous waves of near-gothic synthesizers and post-apocalyptic click-and-whirr percussion, swirling around her multi-tracked vocals, closer in tone and feeling to Kate Bush and Thom Yorke’s solo work than anything coffeehouse-oriented. - EYE Weekly
www.myspace.com/katiestelmanis
DJs: Beyond Fathomability
www.myspace.com/beyondfathomability
Advance Tickets
www.wegottickets.com/event/48310
(Sorry...Django Django | £5 | | | | | | | | | | | | Tue 9th | Windmill Brixton presents:
*Batrider
*To Arms Etc
*Oliver Mann
*Olivia Chaney | BATRIDER (Wellington, NZ)
There's something special about trios that are a joy to watch and Batrider are just about one of the most exciting and inventive that we've seen. Tonight they sweep out the beauties and the demons in equal measure before they embark on a two-month trek of continental Europe.
'As brutal as they are melodic, and as abhorrent as they are beautiful, Batrider presents wonderfully destructive images, backed by guitars that will slice at your heart, then turn around and pummel the f8ck out of it.' Drum Media (Sydney)
www.myspace.com/batrider
TO ARMS ETC (London via Melbourne)
Taking their name from a reggae album by, um, Serge Gainsbourg, the To Arms Etc quintet are unsurprisingly people who like to mix things up, and indeed the recently-released 'Corner Games' (Bronze Rat Records) is a fine melting pot of chamber pop, psych, bluesy melodrama and piano-led starkness.
'welding smart lyrice to sonic adventure' - UNCUT ****
www.myspace.com/toarmsetc
OLIVER MANN (Australia)
... is by trade a professional opera singer (he sings with the Victorian Opera, based in Melbourne) but has also released two albums of very individual and lovely folk pop. Think Tindersticks with a bit of Antony & The Johnsons, but much warmer. His new album 'The Possum Wakes At Night' is quite brilliant, and with is pro training you just know he can absolutely kick it live.
www.myspace.com/olivermannsings
OLIVIA CHANEY (London)
Haunting folk with operatic undertones. Olivia is originally from Australia, making this very much an eclectic antipodean spectacular!
www.myspace.com/oliviachaney | £3 | | | | | | | | | | | | Wed 10th | WIndmill Brixton presents:
*Ora Cogan
*Laura Victoria
*John Bull & The Bandits | ORA COGAN (Vancouver, BC
Darling of the independent music scene in Vancouver, Ora has had a helping hand from none other than The Be Good Tanyas who brought her on tour and helped make her debut album, the acclaimed ‘Tatter’.
Often compared to artists such as Karen Dalton and Devendra Banhart, she has shared stages with the likes of Tanya Tagaq and Vashti Bunyan while immersing herself in the festival circuit in both North America and Europe.
’Wonderously accomplished, Miss Cogan is blessed with a beautiful sultry, jazzy and bluesy voice and wraps her songs with simple but highly effective arrangements. It’s a lovely little 7 tracker that brings to mind Rickie Lee Jones, Joanna Newsom and Jolie Holland.’ - Rough Trade Shops
’Delicate guitar and a voice that could melt butter combine to give an album that sounds like it was recorded in the middle of a cornfield.’ - Americana UK
www.oracogan.com
LAURA VICTORIA (Brixton)
Pop meets trad folk via a voice and a cello.
Intense, edgy, light hearted, melodramatic and honest songs brought to life by unusual cello playing that veers between moving melancholy airs, punchy rock riffing and slap bass. Songs tell of love affairs, shipwrecks, imaginary worlds, (and cups of tea).
A recently arrived resident of south London, Laura has played many world/folk music festivals throughout Europe attracting attention for both her pop sensibilities and unique cello playing.
www.myspace.com/lauravictoriamusic
JOHN BULL & THE BANDITS (London)
Honky-tonk road songs.
www.myspace.com/johnbullandthebandits
Advance tickets:
www.wegottickets.com/event/47301 | £5adv | | | | | | | | | | | | Thu 11th | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Fri 12th | It's Friday Night!
*12 Stone Toddler
*The Luckyband
*The Spiral | !2 STONE TODDLER (Brighton)
Very rare London club show for these extraordinary seaside band who have built up a crazed loya following over the past couple of years.
'Having bagged themselves what may prove to be the last great name for a band, 12 Stone Toddler can get on with their one-band assault on that most neglected of genres, that of lounge metal. Simultaneously magnificently louche and uncomplicatedly ROCK, Candles On The Cake takes a wry song about our culture's obsession with age or the lack thereof, and makes it sound so sleazy that it would be right at home underpinning the latest carnal exertions of Jenna Jameson. She's a porn star, as if you didn't know, and 12 Stone Toddler may end up dating her if they continue on their fine trajectory.' PETE CASHMORE - THE GUARDIAN
ONSTAGE: 10.45pm
www.myspace.com/12stonetoddler
THE LUCKYBAND (London)
Carrying over form from some previous bands that kicked ass in the London scene, this lucky quintet feature a three-guitar attack formation and sound like nothing else you've ever heard before (except, maybe for Pixies).
ONSTAGE: 9.40pm
www.myspace.com/theluckybandmusic
THE SPIRAL (London via 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 psych rock with hints of garage and 60s beat.
ONSTAGE: 8.45pm
www.myspace.com/thespiralmusic
Advance Tickets:
www.wegottickets.com/event/49335 | £4 | | | | | | | | | | | | Sat 13th | South London Rocks
*Space Heroes Of The People
*Vanilla Nightmare
*Candy Tree
*Filthy Modern Hearts | SOUTH LONDON ROCKs..the first of a summer series of the pick of new local bands. Cheap in and on til late with DJ Employee.
SPACE HEROES OF THE PEOPLE
Samples, loops, double bass and drums inspired by anything which rocks, and which makes people dance resulting in wonderfully wonky electronic symphonies.
'A deliciously retro-flavoured electronic trip to the far side of the cosmos.' (Oxford City Life)
www.myspace.com/spaceheroesofthepeople
VANILLA NIGHTMARE
..sound a bit like Blur, after they've sacked Damon Albarn and got Bryan Ferry in!
www.myspace.com/vanillanightmare
CANDY TREE
Girl-fronted five-piece, part poppy (viz. Ash, Pixies) and part moody (PJ Harvey, Mazzy Star). Sometimes gentle, sometimes brutally passionate.
www.myspace.com/cathoderain
FILTHY MODERN HEARTS
Spiky punchy guitars with an occasional spooky moment.
www.myspace.com/filthymodernhearts | £3 | | | | | | | | | | | | Sun 14th | BASKET CLUB - 1st anniversary Mega-Gig
The Cellophane Flowers
Howl Griff
Dan Raza
Sister Ray
The High Chaparrals
The Lamy Brothers
Harrisburg
The Hi And Lo
The Lorcas
Trent Miller & The Skeleton Jive
Anders Dal
The Ascendancy On Trial | THE BASKET CLUB - our free monthly night of top quality roots and acoustic sounds is one year old this month and instead of the usual Monday night slot they've switched the celebration to a Sunday to have TWO stages and about twenty acts!!!
More details on times, acts confirmed and other info to come soon.
www.myspace.com/thebasketclub
The Cellophane Flowers
Howl Griff
Dan Raza
Sister Ray
The High Chaparrals
The Lamy Brothers
Harrisburg
The Hi And Lo
The Lorcas
Trent Miller & The Skeleton Jive
Anders Dal
The Ascendancy On Trial
Jack Day
Chris Macorkindale
First act on around 4pm on the yard stage.. BBQ at 5pm. | FREE (donation) | | | | | | | | | | | | Mon 15th | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Tue 16th | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Wed 17th | Windmill Brixton presents:
*SHONEN KNIFE
*Screaming Tea Party
*Sputniko! | SHONEN KNIFE (Osaka)
Legendary and influential, this all-female pop-punk trio started life apparently way back in 1981 but it was not until the likes of Somic Youth and Nirvana started championing heavily in the early 90s that they achieved recognition in the west.
Writing happy songs about creature comforts such as cookies, sushi, jelly beans, hot chocolate and banana chips, they mix up 60s girlgroup sounds with a love of The Ramones.
It's been well over a decade since they hit Europe though throughout that time they have kept recording with their cult status fully intact.
They've a brand new album out called 'Super Group' and it sounds just as god as they always did - if you possess a classic pop sound there's no need to mess around with it!
www.myspace.com/shonenknife
www.shonenknife.net
SCREAMING TEA PARTY (London)
..are an anglo-Japanese three piece that’ll slice you open with their barbed riffs then stitch you back together and massage you with dreamy pop. One of the brightest lights on the live circuit, lauded by NME, Dazed and just about every other publication, STP are part of excellent Stolen Recordings stable.
‘they switch continually between scribbling punkabilly and utterly stripped- down lo-fi, with magical results.’ - Rough Trade
www.myspace.com/screamingteaparty
SPUTNIKO! (London/Tokyo)
...is a London-based cyber artist and a fourth generation mathematician. Thankfully she also makes the craziest pop music around.
'Hiromi Ozaki is a computer programmer who becomes Sputniko! making music with an armpit Wiimote called Wakki. Also a visual artist, her performances are masterpieces of spontaneity, fun and most importantly, technology. We guarantee you'll be singing 'The Google Song' for months. - Offset Festival programme 08
www.myspace.com/sputnikomusic
Advance tickets:
www.wegottickets.com/event/49331 | £7.50adv | | | | | | | | | | | | Thu 18th | Windmill Brixton presents:
*Maybe Myrtle Turtle
*A Polystyrene Hat
*Steve Abel | MAYBE MYRTLE TURTLE (Newcastle/London)
All singing, all-dancing skiffle, rockabilly, gypsy punk, folk rock sextet. Roots n roll madness.
www.myspace.com/maybemyrtletyrtle
A POLYSTYRENE HAT (London)
Emotive rustic charmers in the tradition of Conor Oberst, Bowerbirds etc with glockenspiel, trumpet and all the trimmings.
www.myspace.com/apolystyrenehat
STEVE ABEL (Auckland, NZ)
Solo set from an exciting Kiwi troubadour.
'a mixture of the sparseness and cut throat honesty of Will Oldham and the dark, haunting lyrics of Nick Cave. The songwriting and musicianship is outstanding'
www.myspace.com/steveabelband
Advance Tickets:
www.wegottickets.com/event/50533 | £5 | | | | | | | | | | | | Fri 19th | STILL BELIEVE presents: 'TRAMPS LIKE US' - a tribute, of kinds, to Bruce Springsteen
*The Magic Numbers
*Danny & The Champions Of The World
*Moon Music Orchestra
*The Cedars
*Alan Tyler
*The Tailors
*Trevor Moss & Hannah-Lou
*Treetop Flye | ***JUST ADDED TO THE BILL: THE MAGIC NUMBERS!
STILL BELIEVE - new monthly clubnight of psyche, folk and fun - presents TRAMPS LIKE US - attribute to Bruce Sprinsteen.
Hosted by Still Believe residents Danny & The Champions of the World and featuring many many special guests.
DANNY & THE CHAMPIONS OF THE WORLD
Your hosts and multi-handed psycheldelic pop-folk megagroup, signed to Loose Records and led most charismatically by vocalist and guitarist Danny George Wilson (of Grand Drive fame).
It's all about music and brotherhood, good times and the cosmic yee-haa.
'conjures up a giddy-making, eternally sunny and bucolic scene' - The Sunday Times
'a man in fine voice making some of the best music of his career. Champion' - The Sun
www.myspace.com/dannyandthechampionsoftheworld1
Plus a stellar line-up of guests doing some of their own material and working in a Springsteen cover or two:
THE MAGIC NUMBERS
THE CEDARS
ALAN TYLER
THE TAILORS
TREVOR MOSS & HANNAH-LOU
DUSTY & THE DREAMING SPIRES
TREETOP FLYERS
Four hours of back-to-back live music, starting at 8pm and folllowed around midnight by:
Plus
DJ JIMMY KETCHUP (Backstreets)
Advance tickets:
www.wegottickets.com/event/52123 | £5 | | | | | | | | | | | | Sat 20th | CATS ALLDAYER #3
*Maybeshewill
*Cats and Cats and Cats
*Jairus
*Kovacs
*Kid Pang
*Shield your eyes
*Russell and the wolf choir
*Deaf to Van gogh's ear
*Helsingfors | Back for a third year, Cats and Cats and Cats pick a load of their favourite bands for a most varied 10 hours of entertainment!. Get in!
MAYBESHEWILL
DIY instrumental rock from Leicester.
www.myspace.com/maybeshewont
CATS AND CATS AND CATS
The day's eclectic curators playing some loved up orchestral math rock with hooks.
'Gorgeous in a ferocious kind of way' Steve Lamacq Radio 1
www.myspace.com/catsandcatsandcats
JAIRUS (Oxford)
Sincere and forward thinking post-rock/hardcore. First gig this year!
www.myspace.com/jairus
KOVACS (Liverpool)
Classical piano, gypsy music, progressive rock, and an accordion thrown in a pot with some Tim Burton films.
Their influences range from Rachmaninov to Rufus Wainwright, from Gogol Bordello to Byork, and they are continuously expanding their musical palette.
A Kovacs live show is a sight to be seen and will often involve synths, a tuba, a banjo and all sorts of devices for the making of music, all six members pitching in their vocal chords to boot.
www.myspace.com/kovacsmusic
KID PANG
Formerly known as Lakes - Straight up DIY-core from Kent
www.myspace.com/lakeslakeslakes
SHIELD YOUR EYES
Angular, noisy super trio.
www.myspace.com/leavethetapesrunning
RUSSELL AND THE WOLF CHOIR
Pop songs sang slowly.
www.myspace.com/fadingstarsinautumn
DEAF TO VAN GOGH'S EAR
Catchy start/stop indie with kazoos.
www.myspace.com/deaftovangoghsear
HELSINGFORS
. Post rock action five piece. Ex-From The Sky.
All adds up.
www.myspace.com/helsingfors
Plus FREE BBQ around 5pm!!!!
Advance tickets (only £5 in advance; it'll be £7 on the door)
www.wegottickets.com/event/50678 | £5adv (from 2pm) | | | | | | | | | | | | Sun 21st | Sunday BBQ
*Austin Lucas
*Mike Hale
*Josh Small
*Liver And Lungs
*Wooden Bullets
*Helen Chambers
*Sam Russo
*Kelly Kemp
*El Morgan | Sunday Twangpunk BBQ – Headed by the American triumverate of Austin Lucas, Mike Hale and Josh Small, it’s a day of acoustic acts with punky energy!. Free BBq @ 5pm.
AUSTIN LUCAS (Indiana)
The indie circuit’s peppered with lots of hip young bucks flirting with the twang but this Midwesterner’s voice will put you in a spell. It’s one of the most pristine exemplars of country music’s honeyed heartbreak in ages. Making it cut even deeper are echoes of bluegrass and gospel.
Onstage 10pm
www.myspace.com/austinlucas1
www.austinlucasmusic.com
MIKE HALE (California)
Mellow acoustic musings from the guitarist from Gunmoll and In The Red.
Onstage 9.15pm
www.myspace.com/mikehalemusic
JOSH SMALL (Richmond, VA)
Quaint and quirky Americana from the mountains delivered via mandolin, banjo and lap steel.
Onstage 8.30pm
www.myspace.com/joshsmall
LIVERS & LUNGS (Portsmouth
Acoustic country folk songs inspired by drinking, good times and the bad times from this girl/boy fourpiece sounding like a punky Carter Family.
Onstage 7.45pm
www.myspace.com/liversandlungsband
WOODEN BULLETS (Isle Of Wight)
Rock/punk/powerpop fueled alternative country with some bluegrass and folk on the side.
Onstage 7pm
www.myspace.com/woodenbullets
HELEN CHAMBERS (Bromley)
Onstage 6.15pm
www.myspace.com/helenchambersmusic
SAM RUSSO (Cambridge)
'an angrier, wittier Billy Bragg is one way to approximate his style, though that’s far from exact, and he’s a lot more original than that' - Warren Ellis
Onstage 5.30pm
www.myspace.com/samrussomusic
KELLY KEMP (Portsmouth)
English folk meets American country.
Onstage 4.45pm
www.myspace.com/kellykempmusic
EL MORGAN (Southsea)
Punky acoustic country.
Onstage 4pm.
www.myspace.com/lmorganacoustic
Advance tickets:
www.wegottickets.com/event/49433 | £6 (doors 3.30pm) | | | | | | | | | | | | Mon 22nd | STAYING SOUTH
*Graf Orlock
*ghostlimb
*Fall Of Efrafa
*Battle Of Wolf 359 | Staying South...fortnightly punk rock shows does a THRASH/GRINDCORE SPECIAL!!!!!
GRAF ORLOCK (Studio City, CA)
Cinema-grind offering a barrage of thrash and incomprehensible anger, while interweaving a filthy compliment of slow and grating depression, all within a two minute framework of ill- imagined social commentary while espousing views on such time honored themes as presidential assassination, robotic domination, and the pitfalls of pre-historic survival.
www.myspace.com/graforlock
GHOSTLIMB (Buena Park, CA)
Superspeed thrashcore on Vitriol Records.
www.myspace.com/ghostlimb
FALL OF EFRAFA
Atmospheric post-hardcore.
www.myspace.com/fallofefrafa
BATTLE OF WOLF 359
Screaming hardcore.
www.myspace.com/battleofwolf359 | £5 | | | | | | | | | | | | Tue 23rd | Windmill Brixton presents
*Will Scott
*tbc
*tbc | WILL SCOTT | | | | | | | | | | | | | Wed 24th | Damnably presents:
*SHONEN KNIFE
*No Cars
*The Debutante Hour | SHONEN KNIFE (Osaka)
Legendary and influential, this all-female pop-punk trio started life apparently way back in 1981 but it was not until the likes of Somic Youth and Nirvana started championing heavily in the early 90s that they achieved recognition in the west.
Writing happy songs about creature comforts such as cookies, sushi, jelly beans, hot chocolate and banana chips, they mix up 60s girlgroup sounds with a love of The Ramones.
It's been well over a decade since they hit Europe though throughout that time they have kept recording with their cult status fully intact.
They've a brand new album out called 'Super Group' and it sounds just as god as they always did - if you possess a classic pop sound there's no need to mess around with it!
www.myspace.com/shonenknife
www.shonenknife.net
NO CARS (London)
Food obsessed London based Japanese female lofi scuzzy 50's garage-pop trio. The band share a zany sense of humour making their live shows wholesome and incredible fun. Haruna plays guitar, Sachi plays bass and new member Kyoko plays the drums and they all sing. The band have won many (mostly male) fans with their simple, catchy songs and fetching hats and are destined for ultra fame and more expensive hats.
'No Cars are a bubblegum band, and the audience is chewing....we’re happy to encourage the new Queens of Cute.' Artrocker
www.myspace.com/nocars
THE DEBUTANTE HOUR (Brooklyn, NY)
..are Susan Hwang and Maria Sonevytsky, a rather amazing female accordion duo from the NY antifolk scene playing roots-based originals with lots of quirky lyrics and genius
vocal harmonies. They sing about lost love, weird love, guitar heroes , the devil and other things that concern your untypical debutante (sometimes in Ukrainian).
We reckon they'll be your favourite new duo!
www.myspace.com/debutantehour
Advance tickets:
www.wegottickets.com/event/49971 | £7.50adv | | | | | | | | | | | | Thu 25th | Windmill Brixton presents:
*PIANO MAGIC
*Eva Eden
*Andy HankDog | PIANO MAGIC (London)
From its conception as a bedroom-studio hobby for Glen Johnson in summer 1996, Piano Magic's trajectory has never been textbook - random at best. Originally, a self-confessed revolving door operation - musicians arriving, contributing and leaving as they pleased - they harvested a catalogue of varied singles, EPs and two albums by 1998. This conveyor-belt membership also resulted in a plethora of sonic stylings, from smallbeat Kraftwerkian Meccano Pop to breathless, ethereal, multi-layered melancholy.
Only in this millennium have Piano Magic resemble anything like a conventional format group though two-thirds of their membership is French and their label is based in Spain, and although they've been able to get such highbrow figures as Vashti Bunyan, Alan Sparhawk (Low), Simon Raymonde (Cocteau Twins) and John Grant (The Czars) to guest on their albums, the band still remain more popular on the continent than in their homebase. That's London's loss, but tonight it's Brixton;s gain when Piano Magic play a rare 90-minute set.
www.piano-magic.co.uk
www.myspace.com/lowbirthweight
EVA EDEN (London)
Fairytale folktronica. Ex of Lishka.
www.myspace.com/evaeden
ANDY HANKDOG (Crystal Palace)
Singer-guitarist from legendary family-folk outfit The Hank Dogs.
Advance Tickets:
www.wegottickets.com/event/51875 | £5 | | | | | | | | | | | | Fri 26th | BEST LAID PLANS
*Hook And The Twin
*Pope Joan
*Black Daniel
*Islington Boys Club
*The Peryls
+ DJs FADE IN FADE OUT
BEST LAID PLANS DJs
BEEP STREET | Didn’t make it to Glasto this year? Fear not, we’re back with a special BLP party featuring a cracking line-up without the mud and warm beer! We’ve gone out of our way to cherry pick some of the hotly tipped bands we believe should have made it to the sacred fields of Pilton, but we’re somehow missed! With Hook and The Twin, Pope Joan and Black Daniel capable of sonically assaulting the ears.. plus support from exciting indie up starters Islington Boys Club, alongside a slice of leftfield leaning folkness from The Peryls and a full DJ line up… It’s not Glasto, but it’ll certainly do!
HOOK AND THE TWIN
With their debut single Race For The Bone becoming the sublime indie hit of the year, this London duo have fast propelled themselves as one the UK’s most original and exciting buzz bands right now. Having featured heavily on the Radio 1 evening playlists, they’ve just completed their first Radio 1 session at Maida Vale for Rob da Bank. With this kind of support it’s hard to see how they won’t fail to go far.
www.myspace.com/hookandthetwin
POPE JOAN
Brighton boys Pope Joan are a colourful explosion of post punk adorned, effects laden guitar lines, quirky synth noises, elasticated bass lines - fusing the gap between avant-garde art punk and melodic pop pleasantries. With recent rave reviews appearing in the NME & Artrocker and more, Pope Joan have gone from strength to strength to establish themselves as the current must see Brighton band.
www.myspace.com/popejoan
BLACK DANIEL
Stumbling squinting out of the underground club scenes of London and NYC, black Daniel consists of two musician/djs (brothers L + L May) and Craig Louis Higgins Jnr, a New York club promoter and part time philanthropist turned mouth piece.
Drawing influences from post-punk legends the Fall, New York hipsters the Rapture they create a fierce wall of sound with plenty of attitude with song like Gimme What You Got and Information that’s sure to go down a treat.
www.myspace.com/blackdanielspace
ISLINGTON BOYS CLUB
New Wave Post Punk that has recently gained the attention of BBC Introducing.
www.myspace.com/islingtonboysclub
THE PERYLS
Drawn out from hiding by a need to share their curious findings with the outside world, the Peryls bring you tales of deranged doctors, dancing bears and doomed experiments....
www.myspace.com/theperyls
+ DJs FADE IN FADE OUT - rocking electro duo providing the latest crossover dance belters.
BEST LAID PLANS DJs - soul, funk, indie, techno and more from your hosts!
BEEP STREET - indie beats and treats
More info:
www.myspace.com/bestlaidplanslondon | £3 b4 9pm/£4 after | | | | | | | | | | | | Sat 27th | ZONINO 4.5 BBQ
*Action Beat
*Alan MX
*Tim Ten Yen
*A Scholar & A Physician
*Pagan Wanderer Lu
*Their Hearts Were Full Of Spring
*Pennines
*The Hysterical Injury | ZONINO 4.5...The monster party returns to save you from watching Bruce Springsteen in a swamp.
ACTION BEAT
In their own words, 'Action Beat are an improv noise/no-wave band which is often made up of musicians who are available to play the gig on any particular date. We sound quite like early sonic youth, Glenn Branca, Swans and Rhys Chatham. We normally have at least 4 guitarists, a bassist and between 1 and 4 drummers.' HELL. YES.
www.myspace.com/actionbeat
ALAN MX
Smalltown America described their new signing as a 'bedroom electro-pop wonderkid'. His lo-fi laptop funk is something to behold, and a show that once seen is never forgotten.
www.myspace.com/alanmx
TIM TEN YEN
The Singing Salaryman (and his Sinister Cat) return to play songs from his first album, Everything Beautiful Reminds Me Of You. Guaranteed to get everyone dancing and singing along.
www.myspace.com/timtenyen
A SCHOLAR AND A PHYSICIAN
Having finally released their own single this year, A Scholar & A Physician bring what The Stool Pigeon described as 'sweetly comedic electro-indie that falls somewhere between Jeffrey Lewis and a riot in Dixons.' to the Zonino party.
www.myspace.com/ascholarandaphysician
PAGAN WANDERER LU
With this show, Pagan Wanderer Lu becomes the first act to properly play Zonino twice. Playing songs from his new album 'Fight My Battles For Me', Mr Lu's one-man 'indietronica' is truly engrossing. We're honoured to have him back.
www.myspace.com/paganwandererlu
THEIR HEARTS WERE FULL OF SPRING
Subbacultcha.com described the band as 'a joyous cacophony of guitars, glockenspiels, tambourines and kitchen sinks ... indie-pop is rarely this fresh, beautiful and heartfelt.' They're not too far off the truth.
www.myspace.com/theirheartswerefullofspring
THE HYSTERICAL INJURY
Bath's The Hysterical Injury use drums and bass to create an almighty racket that they say 'may or may not' sound like bands they like including Marnie Stern, Lightning Bolt, Swell Maps and Sonic Youth. You can decide for yourself.
www.myspace.com/thehystericalinjury
PENNINES
Straight out of Norwich, (despite the name), Pennines have been compared to bands like Owls and Don Caballero, playing as they do wonderfully tight stop-start technical guitar wizardry. It promises to be a great start to the day.
www.myspace.com/pennines
Plus ZONINO DJs til really quite late
Plus FREE BBQ at 5pm
Advance tickets here:
www.wegottickets.com/event/52161
| £5 (doors 5pm) | | | | | | | | | | | | Sun 28th | OXFORD CALLING BBQ
*Jonquil
*Hreda
*We Aeronauts
*Ute
*Phantom Theory
*Motion In Colour
*Clare Chapman | A Sunday afternoon BBQ with some of the finest bands from the great city of Oxford. There's quite a scene building up in that city again and we've got some of the very brightest lights.
JONQUIL (Oxford)
Super eclectic sextet and one of the best bands you'll see right now. Brainfood + tunes = win.
This is a masterclass in how to purvey experimentalism without foregoing accessibility, and for that alone, Jonquil need to become huge - Clash
www.myspace.com/jonquiluk
HREDA (Oxford)
Cinematic sonic landscapes
www.myspace.com/hreda
WE AERONAUTS (Oxford)
A band causing lots of whispers and outright big shouts with their wonderful blend of indie-folk and country. Ones to watch (closely).
www.myspace.com/weaeronauts
UTE (Oxford)
Free-wheeling textural psych folk trio with spiky guitar bravado.
www.myspace.com/utetheband
PHANTOM THEORY (Oxford)
..are currently making a buzz across the UK with their electrifying and quite frankly mystifying live shows. Not mystifying in the Paul Daniels sense but in the sense of how just two people can make such a racket.
'First the White Stripes...then Death from Above 1979...then Blood Red Shoes...and now Phantom Theory.' - Bethan Elfyn, BBC Radio One
www.myspace.com/phantomtheorymusic
MOTION IN COLOUR (Oxford)
Indie folk with cinematic qualities.
www.myspace.com/motionincolour
CLARE CHAPMAN (Oxford)
Songwriter with a world music influence
www.myspace.com/clarefarrarchapman | £5adv (from5pm) | | | | | | | | | | | | Mon 29th | THE SHIFTY DISCO TOUR
*The Race
*King Of Spain
*My Device
*Anton Barbeau | Pioneering Oxford based independent label, Shifty Disco is set to have some fun this summer as its artists embark on a Come Play With Me Tour!
KING OF SPAIN (South London)
..released their debut album ‘Battleships and Aeroplanes’ earlier this year. The album, which is full of gloriously catch indie-folk tunes, sea shanties and lullabies has received the following praise:
'Welcome King of Spain with open arms. Reeking of Hefner and The Go-Betweens, this album stands as a homage to a great school of underground indie… awesome’ – NME
‘These four blokes from South London have captured that raw Britishness of a Libertines record better than twenty other bands who were trying harder could do’ - Bearded
www.myspace.com/kingofspainmusic
MY DEVICE
Following the release of the album ‘Jumbo Fiasco’ at the end of 2007, My Device have spent the last 18 months dividing their time between the studio and trips to New York, where they are building themselves quite a fan base. Here’s what the press said about ‘Jumbo Fiasco’:
'Their second album hurtles through 14 relentlessly intricate songs in 35 minutes, evoking classic art-pop from early Eno, The Fall and XTC through to current post-punkers The Futureheads and The Young Knives, dispatched with the intensity of hardcore punk' - Q
'My Device offer 14 tracks of completely insane and extremely fun post punk... they'll definitely be a hit on the dance floor of every indie disco' - Drowned In sound
'Sounds a bit like Modest Mouse and Les Savy Fav having a penknife fight whiles Wires On Fire watch on. This is obviously brilliant' - Artrocker
‘A must-see act’ - Notion
www.myspace.com/mydevice
ANTON BARBEAU (Cambridge via California)
In recent years Anton Barbeau has been quietly but quickly building a global fan base with his esoteric and highly-original brand of psychedelic power-pop, his mind-bending stage show and his auto-neurotic humour. His 5th album ‘The Automatic Door’ was released in the Summer of 2007.
‘Anton Barbeau represents the Sacramento chapter of that nameless coterie of enduringly reliable, acid-tinged singer-songwriters’ – The Sunday Times
'Barbeau's beaming, carefree melodies belie a compendium of fears and diseases - wherein suffragettes, lepers and beauty queens co-exist in balmy, barmy harmony with billy goats, big business and psychic twins.' - Plan B
'This man sure arrived in the wrong decade and has been showing the world this since the late '80s, but his dedicated followers are happy he's here now, myself included' - Kruger Magazine
www.myspace.com/antonbarbeau
Advance Tickets:
www.wegottickets.com/event/50522 | £5adv | | | | | | | | | | | | Tue 30th | Windmill Brixton presents:
*The Muleskinners
*Yeah Sparrow
+ guest DJS | There ain't no party like a midweek and this one if free and going to be fab!
THE MULESKINNERS
Rockabilly, Western $wing and Hillyboogie from tarilblazing locals with two drummers. And those tow drummers happen to be:
Owen If (Stereo MCs)
and Sir Eddie Reel (Alabama3)
www.myspace.com/muleskinners1
YEAH SPARROW
.is an exciting local work in progress that has transformed itself from dusty porch songs to a unit that pushes the envelope of Americana by stuffing it with soul, rock and freeform goodies.
www.myspace.com/yeahsparrow
+ DJs
+ fun
+ good times | FREE | | | | | |
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