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| | | | | | Mon 1st | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Tue 2nd | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Wed 3rd | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Thu 4th | Windmill Brixton presents:
*Trash Kit
*Humousexual
*Woolfe
*Bracelettes
+ upsidownia DJs | TRASH KIT
Here's three girls that sound as joyful as they are focussed - and
their self-titled debut album (coming soon through the awesome Upset The Rhythm label) is one of the freshest things we've heard in a long time.
A gang of facepainted flag-bearers with a wild feel for melody and a heartfelt kick inside each song they mix chaos, considered songcraft and overlapping harmonies in equal measure. Rachel
Aggs, Rachel Horwood and Ros Murray formed the band early 2009, and have been lighting up London ever since with a sound that's both urbane and primal, with bags of punk potential and the naturalism of an internal folk music. Trash Kit’s music is full of pauses, flips and punctuation!
Fresh from supporting Vivian Girls in January, their debut album is out CD out soon.
www.myspace.com/trashkit
HUMOUSEXUAL
Chickpea-obsessed folk punk duo. 7-inch single out on Everard in February.
www.everardrecords.com/humousexual/
WOOLFE
New band, with members of Roseanne Barrr and Corey Orbison. All-grrrl, fiery guitar 4-piece.
www.myspace.com/woolflondon
BRACELETTES
Fast, fast Japanese grrlpunk.
www.myspace.com/bracelettes
DJs: UPSIDOWNIA (upsidownia.wordpress.com)
Advance Tickets:
www.wegottickets.com/event/69760 | £4 | | | | | | | | | | | | Fri 5th | IT's PUNK NIGHT
*Tear Me Down
*Hobophobic
*Meinhof
*Ruthless
*Grind The Enemy | TEAR ME DOWN (Italy)
www.myspace.com/tearmedown
HOBOPHOBIC (Italy)
www.myspace.com/hobophobichc
MEINHOF
www.myspace.com/dhcmeinhof
RUTHLESS
www.myspace.com/thisisruthless
GRIND THE ENEMY | £5 | | | | | | | | | | | | Sat 6th | SoundsXP presents:
I, Ludicrous’ ‘We’re The Support Band’ SINGLE LAUNCH!
*I, Ludicrous
*The Nuns
*The Good Gods
*The Kooler Kings | I, LUDICROUS
I, Ludicrous have possibly been 'the most original band in the world' since they formed in 1986. The band achieved immortality in 1987 when their seminal flexi release 'Preposterous Tales' reached the dizzy heights of number 11 in John Peel's Festive 50. This was followed up by the debut album 'It's Like Everything Else' which also found its way into the top ten of the indie charts.
Several releases have followed over the years and in 2007 major label recognition was won when a retrospective of the band 20 years in showbusiness was released on Sanctuary Records.
In February 2008 the 5 track CD 'Dirty Washing' was released to rave reviews. A tour with The Fall was arranged to promote the CD. In 2008 the band finally expanded the line up to a 3 piece when long time friend & fan Martin Brett joined the band on bass guitar.
The bands latest single release 'WE'RE THE SUPPORT BAND' has already received rave reviews & worldwide radio airplay. Procter, Hung & Brett plan to carry on releasing new material forever & are particularly looking foward to releasing regular singles from the comfort of their nursing home in 25 years time.
’I, Ludicrous are like Half Man Half Biscuit with a college education’ - NME
’I, Ludicrous are wry, funny, from a delightful corner of england, off the beaten track’ - Q Magazine
’I, Ludicrous are wonderfully silly’ - London Evening Standard
No one should die before hearing this legendary outfit’ - Time Out
www.myspace.com/iludicrous
THE NUNS
This all girl six piece play the songs of the Monks in a way that makes you want to shout 'IT’S NUNS TIME!'
www.myspace.com/itsnuntime
THE GOOD GODS
Tightly knit three piece that evoke early Talking Heads.
'Tom Hatred’s voice at times nears pitch-perfection, fluttering comfortably between a very British bass and a New York hipster falsetto, and is full of passionate personality that encourages you to take note of his every word.' – You Like We Like
www.goodgods.com
THE KOOLER KINGS
...are a young new band from South West London. When the band played their first gig in Wimbledon, DJ John Kennedy saw them & immediately played them on his XFM radio show. The band were recently interviewed & filmed playing live for a docu-movie about the Reading festival due out on TV & Cinema in the next few months.
www.myspace.com/thekoolerkings
Advance Tickets:
www.wegottickets.com/event/68897 | £4.50adv/£5door | | | | | | | | | | | | Sun 7th | Twisted AM Lounge
*Errol Linton
*Harrisburg | ERROL LINTON
Brixton's very own Errol Linton returns to The Windmill with his unique brand of reggae-flavoured Memphis blues. Linton plays blues harmonica in the manner of Sonny Boy Williamson meets Augustus Pablo and is rated by the BBC's Charlie Gillett and others as one of the UK's greatest blues guys.
Onstage 9-ish
www.myspace.com/errollinton
HARRISBURG
Folk-country songs of toil that are as much as much influenced by Dostoevsky, Pesso and Keats as they are by Dylan, Van Zandt, & Richard Thompson.
Onstage 8.15pm
www.myspace.com/harrisburgsongs | FREE ENTRY!!! | | | | | | | | | | | | Mon 8th | ODD BOX records presents:
*Tap Tap
*Air Waves
*The Cavalcade
*Ace Bushy Striptease | TAP TAP
Tom Sanders, lead singer of Tap Tap, spends most of his time fronting Pete And The Pirates but he also finds time to write and record these rather wonderful lo-fi psyche-pop songs as evidenced on the album 'On My Way', available now through Stolen Recordings.
'.. sings songs of youthful innocence and elemental woes over summer pop mini-pysch arrangements reminiscent of The Shins and Elephant 6 collective. Written in tour vans and hotels while touring with Pete and Pirates, On My Way suggests that if we keep Sanders unhappy and lonesome for the near future we might have a truly great British songwriter to cherish. It really is that good.' -MOJO Magazine
These songs seem forced into the world by a buckling, overcrowded brain. The popcraft exhibited is light enough and 'now' enough to reduce the listener to booster-mush on a first listen. 'Here Cometh' is an arch offering of Kinks blues, while 'Off the Beaten Track' imagines a bizarro Belle & Sebastian preoccupied with Kinks rock. Taming psychedelia and punk into sloppy/pristine DIY pop.' - PITCHFORK
www.myspace.com/taptapmusic
AIR WAVES (Brooklyn, NY)
When Pitchfork's Guest List asked Dan Deacon what his favourite new band is, his reply may sum up Nicole Schneit's of Air Waves music best, 'The music she writes is like a favourite blanket wrapped around you.'
The Brooklyn based songwriter first found solace in her guitar, composing escapist songs with fantastical stories and catchy choruses. Not wanting to be tagged as strictly a singer-songwriter and desiring a full-band sound, in 2007 Schneit teamed up with fellow Brooklynites taking on the name Air Waves. A medley of folk, rock, pop, and country, Air Waves serves up fantastic imagery with unforgettable melodies with named influences such as Neil Young, The Clean, and the Velvet Underground.
Their début self-titled EP (Catbird Records) features five songs, without a single misstep or wasted moment.
www.myspace.com/airwavesmusic
THE CAVALCADE
Hotly tipped indiepop trio from the North West of England, whose self-released EPs 'Meet You In The Rain' and 'For You' have been winning the band many fans on top of their fine live performances.
'While The Cavalcade have many of the same influences as The Clientele –Lou Reed’s bleak romantic ballads, particularly – they have a demonstrably stronger indiepop side to their aesthetic; Voices, for example, nods to Honeybunch’s Hey Blue Sky! while the EP as a whole suggests what Johnny Marr was doing in 1983-4' - Fire Escape Talking
www.myspace.com/thecavalcadeuk
ACE BUSHY STRIPTEASE
Kicking off proceedings will be the amazing Ace Bushy Striptease from Birmingham who are due to release *something* on Odd Box in 2010. They're one of those magical bands that are poppy, fun and original. They shout (sometimes). They sing (often). They have loud bits. They have quiet bits. And that's not to mention the fast bits. An exhilarating band that'll make you smile.
www.myspace.com/acebushystriptease
Advance Tickets:
www.wegottickets.com/event/68896 | £5adv | | | | | | | | | | | | Tue 9th | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Wed 10th | LISTEN UP!
*Spectrum 7
*Alphabet Backwards
*Von Kleet | SPECTRUM 7
'an emotional and energetic blend of frenetic and cathartic bleep and blip ridden rock' - The Fly
www.myspace.com/spectrum7
ALPHABET BACKWARDS (Oxford)
..formed a couple of years ago in a country pub in the backwaters of Oxfordshire to bring to the stage the bedroom compositions of James Hitchman.
Their good-natured pop songs (in the same ballpark as the likes of Guillemots, get Cape, Noah & The Whale) have won them radio play from Huw Stephens, Steve Lamacq and Whisperin' Bob Harris and secured a deal with London-based Kittiwake Records.
This is the London leg of their tour to promote current single 'Primark (All Towns Look The Same)'.
'This guy is bloody brilliant and as for his music...sheer genius… he is definitely something special' - Room Thirteen
www.myspace.com/alphabetbackwards
VON KLEET
'The raw energy of Croydon's indie rock popsters Von Kleet nudges them ahead of the pack' - Time Out
www.myspace.com/vonkleet | £4 | | | | | | | | | | | | Thu 11th | The Real JD Sessions
*Toe Hammer
*Wheels
*Screaming Tupelo
*JD Smith | THE REAL JD SESSIONS is a new monthly night of southern-influenced spit and rockdust. Expect to hear all the genres that people south of the Mason-Dixon Line like to drink to.
TOE HAMMER
'Some may think a slightly unusual three piece line up incorporating two guitars without a bass but there is no lack of drive with this trio. Toe Hammer has a railroad blues foundation topped with heavy riffs and the second guitar grinding its way through a bass amp.' - Blues In London
www.myspace.com/toehammermusic
WHEELS
Southern-fried rock with a Brian Jonestown Massacre-style swagger.
www.myspace.com/forwheels
SCREAMING TUPELO
Raised at the altar of Elvis and The Cramps, baptised in the fire of sonic fuzz and primitive stomp, Screaming Tupelo is a one man ear-pounding, heart-thumping blues-punk evangelist, delivering his testimony of raw blood and tears, sweat-soaked rock’n’roll.
www.myspace.com/screamingtupelo
JD SMITH
Rockabilly punk blues.
'astounding, a Rockabilly and blues one man guitar wunderkind.' - Distorted magazine
www.myspace.com/stuartjamesdurdensmith | £3 | | | | | | | | | | | | Fri 12th | STILL BELIEVE
*Danny & The Champions of the World
*This Is The Kit
*The Hank Dogs
*BV acoustic
+ DJ Sputnik Monroe | STILL BELIEVE - ever-popular monthly clubnight of psyche, folk and fun hosted by Danny & The Champions of the World and featuring many many special guests. Tonight's line-up is so strong with five pukka headliners all on the one bill, so don't miss out and come down early for all the fun.
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 and new album 'Streets Of Our Time' is already racking up ace reviews.
'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
THIS IS THE KIT (Paris)
Based in France, but originally from Winchester, This Is The Kit
are an experimental folk duo comprising guitar, banjo, fiddle, drums and the singular vocals of Kate Stables.
This Is The Kit have had sessions with Radio One (Rob da Bank) and Resonance FM as well as having released records on fine labels such as Sunday Best and Tape Club. More recently they've done a split single with Soy Un Caballo and released their album
'Krülle Bol' which was was produced by John Parish.
www.myspace.com/thisisthekit
THE HANK DOGS
South London family band and all round acoustic country-folk legends.
'one of the most intriguing roots-based groups performing in the U.K. today. Effortlessly fusing folk and country elements with what can only be described as a hardened grace, this, their debut record, succeeds on many levels...The songwriting is also spectacular. Dark and soulful at the same time' All Music Guide
www.myspace.com/andyhankdog
PLUS ....BILLY VINCENT acoustic set.
Sorry..two acts originally billed to play pulled out at VERY short notice. Doh.
Resident DJ: Sputnik Munroe
Advance Tickets:
www.wegottickets.com/event/70106 | £5 | | | | | | | | | | | | Sat 13th | Windmill Brixton presents:
*The Priscillas
*The High Priest of Rap and the Brotherhood
*The Vinyl Stitches | THE PRISCILLAS
Party pop-garage at it's very best!
'Kick-ass pop for juvenile delinquents of all ages… A sleaze-pop gem' - NME
'Imagine Tim Burton’s take on the Rocky Horror Picture Show, now imagine the house band, and in your mind’s eye you are seeing The Priscillas… Much has been made of their stomping go-go sound, but 10,000 Volts has a much poppier feel.' - Mojo Magazine
www.thepriscillas.com
www.myspace.com/thepriscillas
THE HIGH PRIEST OF RAP AND THE BROTHERHOOD
This is a musical version of Chris Morris who produced the controversial program Brass eye. Rap satire at its finest.' - The Independent
'Rap taken to a new level. It’s like the pope has taken acid got on stage with the Beastie Boys. Think Weird Al Yankovich meets Eminem.' - NME
www.thehighpriestofrap.co.uk
THE VINYL STITCHES
..are a trio raised, informed and drawn together by a shared love of trash culture, grainy horror b-movies, vintage pedals, kitsch and an aural overdose of 60’s garage beat
'sound like tripped-out-beatniks recently released on-parole from a 40-plus-year incarceration inside of Lux n’ Poison Ivy’s basement' - Losing Today
www.myspace.com/thevinylstitches
Advance Tickets:
www.wegottickets.com/event/70575 | £5 | | | | | | | | | | | | Sun 14th | Valentine's Night | No bands tonight but DJ sounds from THE CHAMPAGNE TWINS...playing for the lovers and the singles | FREE | | | | | | | | | | | | Mon 15th | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Tue 16th | Windmill Brixton presents:
*Chimes & Bells
*Magic And Fur
*The Sailplanes | CHIMES & BELLS
New Danish signings on Bella Union Records!
The brainchild of 26 year old singer and cellist Cæcilie Trier, Chimes & Bells' music defies formal genre definitions, but contains elements of noise rock, art pop, shoegazer and r&b. Slow, brooding and circular song structures are seamlessly intertwined with dark, gleaming 'diamond-in-the-rough' pop melodies and climatic explosions of melodic noise rock.
Last year, Chimes & Bells had only done a handful of shows in their native Copenhagen before being invited to play Wireless festival in Hyde Park. They were snapped up by legendary UK label Bella Union (Fleet Foxes, Explosions In The Sky, Midlake etc) and have a much-anticipated album coming out later in the year.
This is the first time they've played club shows in the UK so come along and see what the fuss is about.
www.myspace.com/chimesandbells
MAGIC AND FUR
One of the best new bands in London town, this melodramatic sextet have released just one single so far, on the tasty Too Pure Singles Club, but much much more is to come.
'Debut single Christine has set the bar very high ... Epic, intimate, tumbleweed psychosongs.' - The Times
www.myspace.com/magicandfur
THE SAILPLANES
After a hiatus in Berlin, this edgy quartet are back to reclaim London with their innovative tuneage.
www.myspace.com/thesailplanes
Advance Tickets:
www.wegottickets.com/event/67445 | £6adv | | | | | | | | | | | | Wed 17th | Windmill Brixton presents:
*The Ettes
*Arrows Of Love
*The Spivs
+ DJ Greg Basket | THE ETTES (Nashville, TN)
Super cool beatpunkgarage trio originally from LA on Sympathy for the Record Industry.
They rocked the Windmill into a hot sweaty mass last summer and we're so pleased to have them back!
www.myspace.com/theettes
ARROWS OF LOVE
Arty and crafty, Arrows of Love, fronted by former Hush the Many's Nima make get driven, tuneful pop noise. One of the most highly-rated live bands on the capital circuit, it's our pleasure to welcome them to the Windmill for the first time.
'Their fine repertoire of songs and magnetic stage presence is irresistible'- Artrocker
'Great. Highly styled, brilliantly executed, yelp-a-long glam-pop' - Unpeeled
www.myspace.com/arrowsoflove
THE SPIVS
Raw and primal rock and rollers whose new single 'Its True' produced by Liam Watson (White Stripes) out now!
'They steal the best bits of 1950s rock and roll, 1960s garage and 1970s punk, but this far from a revival band.
It is a band of here and now. The Spivs are an antidote to the glut of eyeliner in todays music scene.' - Rough Trade Shops
www.myspace.com/thespivsonline
+ DJ Greg Basket
Advance tickets:
www.wegottickets.com/event/69177 | £5adv | | | | | | | | | | | | Thu 18th | Windmill Brixton presents:
*New Secret Weapon
*SENSE OF EMILIA
*Emily C Smith | NEW SECRET WEAPON
Irish power trio with a hardcore underbelly, a touch of Beefheart craziness and a proggy heart.
www.myspace.com/newsecretweapon
SENSE OF EMILIA
EMILY C SMITH
The sunnier side of death folk!
www.myspace.com/emilycsmithmusic | FREE!!! | | | | | | | | | | | | Fri 19th | IT'S FRIDAY NIGHT
*Stained Glass Heroes
*Not Squares
*Kelvox 1
*tbc | STAINED GLASS HEROES (Brixton)
Having just released their (long-awaited) excellent debut album for Fred records in february 2010, these local contemporaries of Hot Chip regroup to blast out their clever blend of dancepunk.
'Taking their lead from Magazine and Talking Heads, Stained Glass Heroes’ mission is to make pop interesting again. Their method: drill down Krautrock, post-punk and traditional Turkish music into three-minute pop diamonds.' - Wheel Me Out
www.stainedglassheroes.co.uk
www.myspace.com/stainedglassheroes
NOT SQUARES (Ireland)
...were born out of intensive improvisation in 2008 and have already played the prestigious Latitude, Leeds and Reading festivals, championed along the way by Radio 1's Huw Stephens.
Their new single 'Asylum', a right good dance-punk rumble, is out on 21st February through the Richter Collective label.
'Not Squares are currently getting local music critics' collective undercrackers in a bunch and from a quick listen to thrash-dance anthem 'Vita Sackville-West' it's easy to see why this Julie Ruin-worshipping mob are making all the right moves.' - NME
www.myspace.com/notsquares
KELVOX 1
Hybrid electro trio taking you on a trip from spooky cinematic vibes to danceable pop.
www.myspace.com/kelvox1
TBC
Advance tickets:
www.wegottickets.com/event/72604 | £4 | | | | | | | | | | | | Sat 20th | WAKEFIELD-LONDON
*Elks
*Piskie Sits
*Runaround Kids
*Chat Noir | Wakefield record labels Geek Pie Records, Louder than Bombs Records and Philophobia Music, along with Wakefields finest DIY fanzine 'The Rhubarb Bomb' have only gone and hired a coach to bring themselves and their bestest friends to capital city to play at the wonderful 'The Windmill' in Brixton. Supported by local legends 'Elks' they promise to provide a Wakey-style mash up of the highest order. The lineup is as follows:
ELKS (London)
Post-indie with a sense of atmosphere and fine melodrama. Elks have music available though The Great Outdoors and Unlabel.
With gentle giant guitars, Bonham-esque drumming and two singers with schizophrenic vocals, Elks music lulls you one minute and screams obscenities in your face the next…
www.myspace.com/elkstheband
PISKIE SITS (Wakefield)
Piskie Sits' racket is fuelled by a love of US slacker noisenik pioneers of the 80s/90s (Pavement, Sonic Youth, Dinosaur JR, Sebadoh, Breeders), their Scottish equivalents (JAMC, Teenage Fanclub, Vaselines) and classic English pop artists such as D. Bowie and Blur.
www.myspace.com/piskiesitstheband
RUNAROUND KIDS (Wakefield)
Bristling fuzz-rockers with a shoegaze slant.
'A cocktail of shuffling subtle, lowlit jazz, set against whirring, churning shoegaze, with punk-rock somewhere in the middle. Runaround Kids are the best new band in Wakefield'- Rhubarb Bomb
www.myspace.com/runaroundkids
CHAT NOIR (Wakefield)
...are a 4 piece band who like to play weird pop songs. They're not sure what genre they fall under but are happy to be filed somewhere between folk, electro and post riot grrrl pop.
www.myspace.com/chatnoir321
Advance Tickets:
www.wegottickets.com/event/70410 | ONLY £3!! | | | | | | | | | | | | Sun 21st | THE BASKET CLUB
*Bob Collum & The Welfare Mothers
*Book Of Birds
*Ruth Jacob | THE BASKET CLUB - our free monthly night of top quality roots and acoustic sounds.
The acts we get to play usually play across the city at pricey gigs but because they love the vibe of the Basket Club they come down here and basically pay for tips..so although it's a free gig, please give generously and drop some cash in the Basket. Thanks.
www.myspace.com/thebasketclub
BOB COLLUM & THE WELFARE MOTHERS
Rocking Neil Young/Replacements style country.
www.bobcollumonline.com
www.myspace.com/bobcollumthewelfaremother
BOOK OF BIRDS
New dark n moody Americana band fronted by Robert McCracken.
''...very Mark Lanegan, Queens of the Stone Age influenced, and very good...that guy's got a great voice' - Scott Ford (Twilight Singers, Gutter Twins)
www.myspace.com/robertmccrackenmusic
RUTH JACOB
www.myspace.com/ruthsongs | FREE (donation) | | | | | | | | | | | | Mon 22nd | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Tue 23rd | Windmill Brixton & Jagjaguwar Records presents:
*Wolf People
*The Johnny Parry Band
*Bert Page | WOLF PEOPLE (London)
The first British band ever to be signed up by the mega-impressive Jagjaguwar label (Bon Iver, Sunset Rubdown, Dinosaur Jr, Lightning Dust, Parts & Labor, Women etc etc) play a one-off show to celebrate the launch of their dark and frenzied album 'Tidings'.
An alchemistic compendium of English classic rock that has been doused in wine, 'Tidings' was actually recorded by their singer Jack Sharp before the band muscled up into a four-piece, so expect even more noise live on stage!
The tunes themselves are full of hissing guitars, distorted blues harmonica, acid rock, mystical flutes and crackling tape, often based on updated versions of classic blues structures and half-remembered English folk songs, reminiscent of Faust, early Mothers of Invention and, yep, Jethro Tull.
www.myspace.com/wolfpeople
THE JOHNNY PARRY BAND
Hushed swampy sounds of genius; your guide to a dark, complex yet ultimately beautiful world. Last year's 'More Love and Death' album on the Lost Toys label brought much acclaim and, on stage, Mr Parry and his highly musical band never fail to move a crowd.
'A piano led thing of beauty' - Time Out
'Parry's poems of morbid carnality and romance are framed by heavy velvet curtains of stylized theatrical gloom' - Uncut, 2009
www.johnnyparry.com
BERT PAGE
Psych-folk-blues.
Advance Tickets:
www.wegottickets.com/event/69494 | £5adv | | | | | | | | | | | | Wed 24th | Windmill Brixton presents:
*JAVELIN
*Rival Consoles
*Smallgang | JAVELIN (Brookyn, NY)
We're very pleased to say we have nabbed one of the hottest new bands in Brooklyn on their only day off from supporting the mighty Yesayer.
Debut UK headline show. We're excited..and who wouldn't be with an outfit that can seamlessly drop dropping crooked disco, schoolyard funk, abstract R&B and pitch-perfect pop in the same set (and sometimes the same song).
'(Javelin) turn their random eccentricities and dollar bin gold into first-hand art.' - Pitchfork
'Javelin approach the crate digger’s aesthetic in much the same way their formidable forebears (Avalanches, RJD2, Beck) have, adding a personal flair to well-worn classics and (more often) obscure diamonds in the rough' - Coke Machine Glow
www.myspace.com/hotjamzofjavelin
RIVAL CONSOLES
Thrilling one-man party machine on the Erased Tapes label.
'revives the schism between the commercial house music of suburban hell-holes and the perverted beats of electronica’s golden boys. A massive slice of jagged grandiosity... 'IO' is a party record even snobs can enjoy' - NME
www.myspace.com/rivalconsoles
SMALLGANG
Sounding something like Johnny Cash fronting Sonic Youth or Smog's Bill Callahan holding his own in front of Dinosaur Jr, anyone who loves exciting and intelligent rock music will find something to love in the repertoire of Smallgang.
www.myspace.com/smallgang
Advance Tickets:
www.wegottickets.com/event/72098 | £5 | | | | | | | | | | | | Thu 25th | Windmill Brixton presents:
*I Was A King
*Smile
*We Buy Gold
*Eelectricty & Lust | I WAS A KING (Oslo)
Incredibly good Norwegians on the up and up.
I Was A King create addictive melodies that hold distinctive roots to the 60’s, but delightfully distorted through a 90’s indie scene filter.
Boasting members of Serena Maneesh, Harry’s Gym and Danielson, revolving around frontman and songwriter Frode Strømstad - with the album’s supporting cast including Sufjan Stephens and Gary Olsen of Ladybug Transistor - I Was A King are a misty eyed pop-gaze of West Coast harmonies and ringing Rickenbacker. New single 'Not Like You' is out now on Too Pure.
File next to: Fountains Of Wayne, Apples In Stereo, Neutral Milk Hotel, Guided By Voices, Teenage Fanclub....
'Littered with twinkling hook-laden nuggets' - THE FLY
'A jangle-pop gem, to warm all but the most hypothermic cockles.' - THE TIMES
'It's absolutely brilliant of course.' - NME
'You'll be hard pressed to find a more upbeat rocking indie pop album in 2010.' - CLASSIC ROCK
'A beautiful wistful vocal, right in the middle of all its riff-roughage.' - ROCKSOUND
www.myspace.com/iwasaking
SMILE
Melodic popcore from Reading/south London quintet.
File next: Archers of Loaf, Polvo, Paul Westerberg
www.myspace.com/smilelikeaprick
WE BUY GOLD
..are sometimes loud, sometimes gentle and often pretty uplifting (although often a bit moody). Playful post-rock with added trumpet!
File next to: No win no fee.
www.myspace.com/wecashcheques
ELECTRICITY AND LUST
Really promising young rookie band from Brixton in the vein of Pavement and Built To Spill.
www.myspace.com/eelectricityandlust
Advance Tickets:
www.wegottickets.com/event/72605 | £4adv/£5 door | | | | | | | | | | | | Fri 26th | IT'S FRIDAY NIGHT
*dd:mm:yyy
*Codes In The Clouds
*Mice
*Mistakes In Animation | DD:MM:YYYY (Toronto, Canada)
Ah yes, it's that band with the clever name that you wish you'd thought of using.
Day Month Year, as you could also call them, are nuts on record and even more looney when they get on stage. Notable inspiration comes from the works of Frank Zappa, Melt Banana, DADA art and video games and translates into a riot of drone chaos, razor postpunk, manic prog, spazz dance with a tune always lurking around somewhere in the noise riot.
Looking forward to this one quite a bit!
'Sirens roar, guitars burn their notes, drums scatter like cockroaches in light and a breakdown hammers home their discombobulating nature before launching into a riveting climax that ends with a calming plateau.' – exclaim!
'I’d recommend seeing them on any day, in any month or year' - TIME OUT, New York
'A thrashing, cheery blend of the Unicorns and Melt Banana...' - SPIN
www.ddmmyyyy.net
CODES IN THE CLOUDS
...have been making pretty Cinematic Post-Rock Pop Music
since 07.2007. They've released records on the wonderful Erased Tapes label and are always a thrill to watch live.
'a remarkably tight ship...from soppy piano picks to lush, pounding heroism and epic rabbit-punches of distortion. It goes to confirm that, in the right hands, post-rock works like a dentist, extracting bicuspids of bloody emotion from the mouths of people with weak spots.' – COKEMACHINEGLOW
www.myspace.com/codesintheclouds
MICE
..are a two piece. One plays guitar and sings, the other mouse drums. Together they make tuneful mathy pop. their debut album is out sometime.
www.myspace.com/miceisaband
MISTAKES IN ANIMATION
New choppy four-piece from Kingston. Fine songs. Some good-tempered riffing too.
www.myspace.com/mistakesinanimation
Advance Tickets:
www.wegottickets.com/event/66815 | £5adv | | | | | | | | | | | | Sat 27th | ROCKING THE REVOLUTION
*Pop Martyr
*RagsRudi
*Rapid Fire Radio
+ DJ Lukas | POP MARTYR
A trumpet and viola-led primitive pop sextet, Pop Martyr bring a bit of everything to the party from New Orleans jazz, deep soul, funky reggae and Velvet Underground style cool. A true raggle-taggle party sound.
www.myspace.com/popmartyr
RAGSRUDI
Slow moving feel good reggae tinged punk, RagsRudi are a fresh new band influenced by the London scene that came around Rock against Racism in the early 80’s.
www.myspace.com/ragsrudi69
RAPID FIRE RADIO
London punk rock band with a slightly glam edge and a garage tone with slide guitar and freakout harmonica. Think NY, think long black hair, think whiskey, think late nights...
www.myspace.com/rapidfireradio
DJ LUKAS and friends playing Soul, Gospel and Rhythm and Blues late into the night | £5/£10 donation | | | | | | | | | | | | Sun 28th | Twisted AM Lounge
*Dawn Landes
*Ben Folke Thomas
*Laura Victoria | DAWN LANDES (New York, NY)
Reminiscent of the raw traditionalism of Woody Guthrie and the experimental alt-folk lyricism of artists like Joanna Newsome, the Louisville KY native plays a variety of instruments (8-dollar guitars! pink accordions! glockenspiels! optigons!
She's also a sometime member of the band Hem and her most recent solo record, the rather fine 'Sweetheart Rodeo' was released at the end of last year on Cooking Vinyl.
'...songs from the seat of an aimless dreamer' - PASTE 'Cool and supple song-writing... Alt-folk with an imaginative lyrical tilt.' TIME OUT
'Odd dream-like songs, thumb pianos and gorgeous boho-folk... Bewitching American folk siren' UNCUT
www.myspace.com/dawnlandes
BEN FOLKE THOMAS
Making a name for himself on the London scene, this transplanted Swede offers a broader portfolio of emotions than your average Americana guy, taking in the doom of Cohen, the blues of Johnson, Guthrie's folk and the indie flavour of contemporaries such as Josh Ritter.
Single coming soon on Danny George Wilson's Still Believe label
www.myspace.com/benjaminthomas1
LAURA VICTORIA
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.
Her debut EP 'Acting Up' is out on April 12th through Cherry Red Records.
www.myspace.com/lauravictoriamusic
Advance Tickets:
www.wegottickets.com/event/71514 | £5adv | | | | | |
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