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| | | | | | Mon 1st | Windmill Brixton presents:
*Horse Shoes
*Panama Kings
*Something Beginning With L | HORSE SHOES (Brooklyn, NY)
...are Jacob from The Drums, plus another guy called Drew, and they play synthpop with strong melodies and pure pop hooks influenced by bands like The Wake, New Order, The Field Mice, Air France…
Great stuff.
www.myspace.com/horseshoesmusic
PANAMA KINGS (Belfast)
Fresh and fun indie foursome follow up some radio 1 airplay and recent supports slots to the likes of Young Knives, British Sea Power and The undertones with a quickfire visit to London.
'drawing comparisons with indie luminaries such as Modest Mouse, Pixies, and the Walkmen, Panama Kings employ razor-sharp Gang Of Four guitars over dance-rock rhythms, frenetic keyboards and just enough Sonic Youth noise to stay this side of melodic, with Niall Kennedy’s Superchunk/ Flaming Lips-esque vocal style perhaps being the bands strongest suit.' - Strummerville
www.myspace.com/panamakings
SOMETHING BEGINNING WITH L
...are a girl-boy-girl trio from South London and Suffolk.
Taking inspiration from 4AD's alt rock era of the Nineties, SBL create melodies as sweet as any chart buster, but with a desire to make the arrangements twist and turn at tangents to the mainstream. 'wonderfully woozy, synth-laden pastoralia.' - The Sunday Times
www.myspace.com/somethingbeginningwithl
Advance Tickets:
www.wegottickets.com/event/69186 | £5adv | | | | | | | | | | | | Tue 2nd | The REAL JD Sessions
*Skinny Love
*JD Smith
*Jonnygonehome
*Dominic Jaeckle | 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.
SKINNY LOVE
A pure power-house two piece that are currently rattling their wears around London, Skinny Love prove that with a world class drummer and amps the size of tower blocks they can match any band for talent and loudness (without need for a myspace or website, so you'll have to trust us n their brilliance)
JD SMITH
Rockabilly punk blues.
'astounding, a Rockabilly and blues one man guitar wunderkind.' - Distorted magazine
www.myspace.com/stuartjamesdurdensmith
JONNYGONEHOME
Assured alt.blues; as if Danny Elfman goes on a country rock trip ... in the Balkans.
www.myspace.com/jonnygonehome
DOMINIC JAECKLE
Dark spooky country blues americana. Quite moving, atmospheric stuff; check it out here:
www.myspace.com/dominicjaeckle | £3 | | | | | | | | | | | | Wed 3rd | THE RUMOR MILL
*Clinker
*Eugene Machine
*Dora Brilliant
*Funny Face
*The A Train | THE RUMOR MILL happens every month or so when there’s something good to be spread around. It's meeting of new bands, new art, new ideas, new things.
CLINKER
..are a Psychedelic Shoegazey Dance Pop hybrid that sounds refreshing and vital.
www.myspace.com/clinkerandoperadog
EUGENE MACHINE
Exciting new synth-laden electro dubfunk groove pop machine.
'After a stunning remix for White Rose Movement, Eugene Machine now step out with a killer two track release on Robotnik Records. 'Scent of Money' is a throbbing dance monster with a definite nod to the 80's, especially it's big, big chorus... hot stuff.' - Rough Trade shops
www.myspace.com/eugenemachineuk
DORA BRILLIANT
..describe their sound as the 'chop chop sound' and we don't quite know what that means but we'd have a guess that this funky pop trio have listened and learned form Clor and possibly even Steely dan. We approve on both counts.
www.myspace.com/dorabrilliantuk
FUNNY FACE
Soulful psychy indie quartet, heavy on tight harmonies with a nice n dirty rockabilly underbelly.
www.myspace.com/funnyfacemusic
THE A TRAIN
..are a London based alt.folk-rock pysch-indie calypso-soul group.
'Deceptive simplicity ... a shimmering shade of pop' - God Is In The TV
www.myspace.com/theatrainmusic | £4 | | | | | | | | | | | | Thu 4th | Windmill Brixton presents:
*Friends
*Costeau Triplets
*The Welcome Committee | THE WELCOME COMMITTEE (London/Southend)
We love a bit of experimental pop and with tunes like these, there aren't much better outfits around than TWC. Already much rotated by XFM DJ John Kennedy, we're pleased to host their first London show of 2010.
'create a kind of indietronica full of emotive vocals and anthemic builds that has garnered a lot of radio interest.' - Dazed & Confused, Oct '09
'They're a blustery two piece from Southend, one of those slightly alt' folky kind of punky indie things, positive kind of Frank Turner style' - Organ Magazine
www.myspace.com/thewelcomecommittee
COSTEAU TRIPLETS
Are NEW.
FRIENDS (London)
..are a trio of high musicality melting all sorts of influences into a tuneful polite indie-hardcore whole with load of unexpected chords and twists. They're just starting out but all three have been in other polvotastic bands in the past.
www.myspace.com/friendstunes | £4 | | | | | | | | | | | | Fri 5th | BACKSTREETS
*The Bridport Dagger
*The Winter Olympics
*Motel Tijuana
*Jukebox Leans
+ more tba | Now onto it's 16th outing, BACKSTREETS is a semi-regular night of music featuring some of London's best bands and DJs spinning classics. Great music to get drunk to on a Friday night!
THE BRIDPORT DAGGER
Fresh off tour from supporting our old friends The Rumble Strips, the up-and-coming Dagger are rather tasty and rather unique: a bassless flamencobilly/garage-folk trio, specializing in short, echoey blasts of glorious noise.
'brothel-creepin blues with awesome atmospherics' - NME
'Swinging beats tinged with twangy rockabilly riffs and moody Orbison esque vocals. Haunting and seriously melodic, the drama the Bridport Dagger expels is somehow extremely alluring.' i-D Magazine
www.myspace.com/thebridportdagger
THE WINTER OLYMPICS
This is the big one for this now infamous party-rock band from London. They’ll be celebrating the release of their new single ‘Attention All Departments’ on the Office Rocks label and the end of Vancouver 2010 with this very special show for Backstreets. Live, the Olympics are still an unlikely riot: all loose loud guitars, warehouse sized rave keys and lion-lunged love songs about girls, work and spaceships. They play like five IT guys who happen to be hiding The Stooges inside, they sound like a bomb going off inside a tiny radio.
www.myspace.com/winterolympics
www.thewinterolympicsband.com
MOTEL TIJUANA
Sounding like a Harley running on Tequila, Motel Tijuana are classic southern rawk and roll with a line-up from around the world and their debauched songs that are the soundtrack to too much tequila and too much late night antics. Expect to be dancing with our cousin and drinking heavily by the end of this set.
www.myspace.com/moteltijuana
JUKEBOX LEANS
Garage/punk/blues from this new London based band; a great way to get a Friday night party started.
www.myspace.com/thejukeboxleans
Plus The Drunken DJs
Advance Tickets:
www.wegottickets.com/event/73465 | £4adv/£5door | | | | | | | | | | | | Sat 6th | SLWC Acoustic Punk All-Dayer | Acoustic Punk All-Dayer - Don't be fooled by the lack of loud Marshall stacks and rumbling drums, it will still be an awesome day of music.
ED ACHE (I.C.H)
www.myspace.com/ichcolchesterpunx
LIAM O'KANE (Jimmy The Squirrel)
www.myspace.com/liamokanemusic
JD SMITH
www.myspace.com/stuartjamesdurdensmith
ALEX 'THE MIGHTY COUGAR JOHNSON (Wonk Unit)
www.myspace.com/wonkunitband
PAUL 'CAPTAIN OF THE RANY' CASE
www.myspace.com/captainoftherantpoetry
NICH LEHRAIN (The Ghost Notes)
www.myspace.com/therealghostnotes
HELEN CHAMBERS
www.myspace.com/helenchambersmusic
SAM RUSSO
www.myspace.com/samrussomusic
ADAM STONE (The Apostates)
www.myspace.com/theapostates
CRAIG TEMPLE (Moral Dilema)
www.myspace.com/3chordcraig
GILES BIDDER (F-BATS)
www.myspace.com/ihatecynics
KELLY KEMP (ex- No Comply/ Livers and Lungs)
www.myspace.com/kellykempmusic
DARREN JOHNS (Crazy Arm)
www.myspace.com/crazyarm
On the day No Sweat will have a stall at the show. Anybody not familiar with No Sweat make sure you check out their website and get up to speed.
www.nosweat.org.uk
RUNNING ORDER:
Running times below
11.40 - onwards - Sam Russo
11.00 - 11.30 - Kelly Kemp
10.20 - 10.50 - Darren Johns
9.40 - 10.10 - Alex Johnson
9.00 - 9.30 - Craig Temple
8.20 - 8.50 - Ed Ache
7.40 - 8.10 - JD Smith
7.00 - 7.30 - Nick Lehrain
6.20 - 6.50 - Adam Stone
5.40 - 6.10 - Laim O'Kane
5.00 - 5.30 - Giles Bidder
4.20 - 4.50 - Captain Of The Rant
3.40 - 4.10 - Helen Chambers
3.15 - 3.35 - The Hostiles | £5 (doors 3pm) | | | | | | | | | | | | Sun 7th | WIndmill Brixton presents:
*Empress
*Sherika Sherard
*Sandy Considine | EMPRESS
..are a fun sampledelic 5-piece band fronted by Janee Bennett and mash up pop, R&B and dance into anthemic wholefulness.
They've only done a handful of discreet gigs to date but have already attracted interest from major labels.
www.myspace.com/helloempress
SHERIKA SHERARD
Streatham girl Sherika is still just 18-years old, but don’t let such youth fool you. She's been writing & playing live for over 4 years and has already been crowned 'London’s Best Solo Act' by Live & Unsigned and walked away with the main award of £5,000 at the Musicians Benevolent Fund’s annual Songwriting Awards Final last November.
Her rhymes speak with the authority of a seasoned wordsmith within tunes that are destined to become hugely familiar to anyone with an ear for melody and an emotional core….
www.myspace.com/sherikasherard
SANDY CONSIDINE
Sweet Rustic sounds from Ireland. | £5 | | | | | | | | | | | | Mon 8th | INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY GIG
*Dawn Kinnard
*Catherine Paver
*Katie Malco
*Gwennie | DAWN KINNARD (USA)
Dawn Kinnard who now spends much of her time in the U.K grew up in Pennsylvania, as the wayward daughter of a Baptist preacher. She was inspired by early blues, country and gospel and learned to play guitar at 16, when she became obsessed with Elvis. Her husky singing voice has been compared to Cat Power, Shelby Lynne, Billie Holiday, Lucinda Williams and Nina Persson of The Cardigans.
By her early twenties she was riding her beloved Harley-Davidson cross-country under big skies until she sold it to finance her very first recording, an eponymous eight-tracker released on her own Rusted Rose label, followed in 2008 she released ‘The Courtesy Fall’ which is full of expansive-yet-intimate, beautiful songs about freedom, insomnia and paranoia. At the centre of it all, there's Kinnard's smoke and honey voice which wraiths around and then cuts through the piano and strings and Dusty In Memphis percussion. Dawn has toured with Ron Sexsmith and collaborated with Ed Harcourt and Cerys Matthews as well as appearing on Later With Jools Holland.
www.myspace.com/dawnkinnard
CATHERINE PAVER
...writes and sings folk-and-country influenced songs that tell stories, which are inspired by her travels and from English folk tales. She accompanies herself in inimitable finger-picking style on acoustic guitar and has supported great storytelling songwriters such as Bob Cheevers, James Keelaghan and Clive Gregson. Her recently released second CD ‘Thunder Gold’ is about the gold mines of America featuring 12 songs of the Old West, and features beautiful vocals, haunting lyrics and glittering guitars.
www.paversongs.com
KATIE MALCO
Scottish, London-based singer songwriter Katie Malco has a penchant for melodic and catchy pop/indie/folk music, counting Bon Iver, Jenny Lewis, Andrew Bird, and Joni Mitchell amongst her many influences. Enjoying a successful release of her debut EP ‘Four Goodbyes’, Katie has been hailed as 'A spine-chillingly beautiful songwriter blessed with intimate honey-drenched vocals accompanied by swells of indie folk guitar, breaking your heart with a verse and then mending it by the chorus.'
www.myspace.com/katiemalcomusic
GWENNIE
Slow-burning folk with a Scottish lilt.
www.myspace.com/agirlcalledgwennie
Advance Tickets:
www.wegottickets.com/event/73375 | £6adv | | | | | | | | | | | | Tue 9th | Windmill Brixton presents:
*The Tenebrous Liar
*TODD
*Lynch Rider Lulu | THE TENEBROUS LIAR
Dark and demented roots-flavoured avant rock, tour their third album 'JACKKNIFED & SLAUGHTERED ' described as 'fine grunge-pop, borne by basslines borrowed from Joy Division, while the epic title track builds adroitly from Birthday Party blues into a thing of thunderous ferocity’ by UNCUT magazine.
'Tenebrous Liar make a stand for mavericks everywhere. The rotating members, centred around mouthpiece Steve Gullick, tailor their exquisite avant-garde Americana to suit the occasion, with a living music that fills every corner of the room' - NME
' recalls Shellac, Liars and Nirvana at their most bloody-minded and amusical.' - The Quietus
www.myspace.com/tenebrousliar
TODD
....the much-loved Anglo-American noisemakers, are back with the aptly-named 'Big Ripper' album out now on Riot Season Records.
'Their balance of riffs, noise and magic is now even more astonishing while keeping the same intensity and beauty as they've always had. An album that is an embarrassment of filth-ridden sonic riches, and is surely one of the most exhilarating and truculent albums of the year.' Rock-A-Rolla
www.myspace.com/toddranch
LYNCH RIDER LULU
..love dirty great rifs, off-kilter rhythms, twisted stories and their collections of car steering wheels. Their influences take in a broad spectrum of the weird and wonderful - from Slint to Tom Waits, Why? to Deerhoof & Menomena - all delivered with spooky chanteuse vocals.
www.myspace.com/lynchriderlulu
Advance Tickets:
www.wegottickets.com/event/70403 | £5adv | | | | | | | | | | | | Wed 10th | LISTEN Up!
*Jumping Ships
*The Foxes
*The Worldonfire | LISTEN Up! - monthly club night of new, breaking bands and good times.
JUMPING SHIPS
Hotly-tipped Brighton band that pumps out a dark pop sound with shades of ATDI and Biffy.
'Ted Leo meets Karate melodic punk-rock ... Jumping Ships? Time to get on board people!' NME
www.myspace.com/jumpingships
THE FOXES
Catchy, handclappy vintage indie foursome, both of whose previous singles 'Trauma Town' and Bill Hicks entered the UK Indie Top 10. New song 'Lover Killer' is expected to go the same way.
www.myspace.com/thefoxesband
THE WORLDONFIRE
Rising alt.rock quintet with new album '...Sail The Rough Sea' (mixed by Chris Sheldon of Foo Fighters, Biffy Clyro, Hell Is For Heroes, Radiohead fame) out now on the Dead Planet label.
'Convulsive dynamics and intelligent approach to song writing.' - Rocksound 8/10
www.myspace.com/theworldonfire | £4 | | | | | | | | | | | | Thu 11th | Windmill Brixton presents:
*Black Daniel
*Urban Foxes
*tbc | BLACK DANIEL
Nu Yawk-Sarf London dirty disco, fuzzy blues sensations and
Windmill live favourites with a growing legion of bizarre dancers and celebrity fans (Eddie Argos of Art Brut, Lauren Laverne, Colin Murray), Black Daniel have played th scummiest clubs in New York as well as toured with Kasabian and Bryan Adams (yes you read that right). This is electro-scuzz-garage-rock with dirty bass lines that will get you dancing.
‘My new favourite band’ – Eddie Argos (Art Brut)
‘Like a Cross between The Velvet Underground & The Pogues’ – Colin Murray
www.myspace.com/blackdanielspace
URBAN FOXES
All action hiphop-influenced rocking times.
www.myspace.com/urbanfoxesmusic
TBC | £4 | | | | | | | | | | | | Fri 12th | Windmill Brixton presents:
*PETE & THE PIRATES
*Hjaltalin
*Eelectricity & Lust | PETE & THE PIRATES (Reading)
Currently in the studio putting the finishing touches to the follow up to their massively-acclaimed debut 'Little Death' (Stolen Recordings), Pete and The Pirates pop out for a Friday night of fun.
These bright, young commanders of a brand of unique Englishness blend smooth edged punk and pop to produce music which is sweet, raw, joyous, melancholic, raucous and tender. The Pirates idiosyncratic and endearing song writing puts them somewhere between the Flying Nun band Tall Dwarfs and the wistful reflection of On The Beach-era Neil Young.
'Brashly romantic punk pop' - Time Out 5*****
'Perfect pop without the pretence' NME 8/10
'At their best, Pete and the Pirates sound like The Undertones stumbling into English psychedelia' - The Observer
'a welcome respite for anyone weary of the tabloid exploits of that other Pete, Doherty (which is everyone, right?).' - Pitchfork (8.0)
www.myspace.com/peteandthepirates
HJALTALIN (Iceland)
It's out pleasure to announce as main support for this sure-to-sell-out night, this great orchestral pop seven piece from Reykjavik.
'swirling operatic sound....snuggly blissful shuffle.' – NME
'A touch Arcade fire but more interesting, vocals are stunning, instrumentation is awesome. Joyous and gentle. Big colourful band to fall in love with. Soul, classical. Classoul.' – Huw Stephens, BBC Radio 1
www.myspace.com/hjaltalinband
Or get free download by signing up at www.hjaltalin.fanbridge.com/
EELECTRICITY & LUST (Brixton)
Really promising young locals in the vein of Pavement and Built To Spill.
www.myspace.com/eelectricityandlust
Advance Tickets: Sold Out
Very limited number on the door @ £8.50. | SOLD OUT! | | | | | | | | | | | | Sat 13th | THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF DISCO 8th BIRTHDAY PARTY | THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF DISCO 8th BIRTHDAY PARTY
www.prodnews.wordpress.com/
8 long and successful years have passed since the People's Republic of Disco launched its campaign at The Windmill, and to celebrate this auspicious event they're back where it all started.
Not only that, but they've got THE SPIVS doing a special live slot.
So come on down - bring your two fave party tunes on vinyl or CD and and the comrades from PROD will drop them into the mix. They can be any tunes you like – it’s your night, comrades – tunes you never thought you’d hear played in a club, or never fail to make you dance, or that you’d simply like to share with the other members of the collective, in the spirit of solidarity and discocracy.
Live set from:
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 | £4.50 | | | | | | | | | | | | Sun 14th | BASKET CLUB
*Trent Miller & The Skeleton Jive
*Dan Raza
*Benjamin Folke Thomas
*Harrisburg
*Pepe Belmonte
*Marcia Mello
*Emily C Smith
*Jack Day
*tbc
*tbc | 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.
This month we've gpt a special one going on with eight acts playing from 6pm to 11pm.
www.myspace.com/thebasketclub
TRENT MILLER & THE SKETON JIVE
Acid-bite lyrics, chilling melodies and outlaw, renegade attitude.
Full band gig!
www.myspace.com/skeletonjive
DAN RAZA
...is a one off, a singer songwriter from East London who although still in his early Twenties sings with the wisdom and feeling of a man twice his age. Influenced by amongst others Woody Guthrie, Creedance and Ramblin Jack Elliot, Raza's startling voice hits a spot reminiscent of somewhere
between Rod Stewart circa the Faces and an early Bob Dylan.
www.myspace.com/danraza
BENJAMIN 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
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.
www.myspace.com/harrisburgsongs
PEPE BELMONTE
Acoustic folk-blues with a trad Irish tinge.
www.myspace.com/pepebelmonte
MARCIA MELLO (Provincetown, MA))
Deep deep blues mixed with trad folk.
www.myspace.com/marciamelloragtime
EMILY C SMITH
The sunnier side of death folk!
www.myspace.com/emilycsmithmusic
JACK DAY
Folk, old time blues and a touch of Faulkner.
www.myspace.com/jackdaymusic | FREE (donation) 6pm | | | | | | | | | | | | Mon 15th | Windmill Brixton presents:
*Bipolar Empire
*Fairmount Hotel | BIPOLAR EMPIRE
Hot new band from Ireland! Their last gig was in Trafalgar Square!
www.myspace.com/bipolarempire
FAIRMOUNT HOTEL
Debut gig from new six-piece Brixton band, taking their name from a nearby street where they all reside.
www.myspace.com/fairmounthotel
THE HONEYS
Local goodness.
www.myspace.com/honeysthe | £3 | | | | | | | | | | | | Tue 16th | Windmill Brixton presents:,
*Franz Nicolay
*Rook & The Ravens
*Dexy & The Hand Me Downs
+ DJ Jimmy Ketchup (Backstreets) | FRANZ NICOLAY (Brooklyn, NY)
That mustachioed man-about-town you've seen with The Hold Steady, World/Inferno Friendship Society, Anti-Social Music, and more, steps up to the spotlight and salutes.
'Yes, Nicolay is a man of distinctive appearance - half-cocked beret, Dali moustache, occasional goatee - and his first solo album exudes a suitably exuberant self-confidence. Few side projects have as much character as the witty and full-hearted Major General.' UNCUT
'Eclectic and ambitious but unshowy, Major General is about as satisfying as any solo effort from a member of an established band still killing it themselves as I can think of...Major General hits some massive highs and nary a single crushing low. Nicolay's skill at playing punk sage on one song and slightly troubled troubadour on the next is really something special.' - Pitchfork
'Recasting the windswept folk artist as someone with piratical swagger, he comes over like Nick Cave leading an American Pogues, and every see-saw rhythm is shot through with a potent, whisky-drenched drama. In other words, the man's a ham, but a terrific one.' - Q Magazine
www.myspace.com/franznicolay
ROOK & THE RAVENS (Manchester)
Classic Americana inspired bluesy rock that will remind you of Neil Young, the Band and CCR. They are currently recording their debut album and have been played on BBC Radio 6 and appeared at several cool festivals last year.
'Classic Americana inspired bluesy rock that will remind you of Neil Young, the Band and CCR.' - The Independent
www.myspace.com/rookandtheravens
DEXY & THE HAND ME DOWNS (London)
Sweetness and light in spades from Lewisham's finest Country Punk and his fine-tuned band.
'Joyous...should see him rise to ascendancy' Drowned In Sound
www.myspace.com/dexyspace
OH (Portland, OR)
Onstage 8pm; cool twisted electro alt.pop.
www.myspace.com/ohsound
+ DJ Jimmy Ketchup (Backstreets)
Advance Tickets:
www.wegottickets.com/event/69201 | £6adv | | | | | | | | | | | | Wed 17th | The Windmill's St Patrick's Night Massacre
*Rum Shebeen
*The Lovebirds
*Yngve & the Innocent
*Russell Joslin
*JD Smith | After last year's totally rammed out festival of indulgence, we decided to bring back four of the bands from last year. We'll more than likely add another band who'll be god to dance to when you're drunk!
RUM SHEBEEN
Salsa punk-gypsy soundtracks with added booty funk, soul, rock, a bit more punk and a whole lot of this and that.
www.myspace.com/rumshebeen
THE LOVEBIRDS
Dirty guitar and charming boy-girl harmonies.
A little bit country, a whole lotta rock n roll from these south London stalarts.
www.myspace.com/thelovebirdsuk
YNGVE & THE INNOCENT
Born in Kaiserslautern, West Germany, Yngve (pronounced Ing-vuh) moved to Ireland in the eighties as a kid. After a few years on the Irish circuit, he's moved to London and assembled a fine band to flesh out his folk-acana soul sounds.
'..shades of early Bright Eyes and David Kitt...manages to draw the listener in with his wistful vocals and stripped back guitar hooks.' Hot Press magazine
www.myspace.com/yngve
RUSSELL JOSLIN
Upbeat acoustic folk from one of the rising stars of the London scene. New album 'Jet Black And White' is released on 4th March.
'...an album of eloquent beauty...' - ThisisfakeDIY
'...a much needed gust of fresh air into the British folk scene...' - Subba-cultcha
www.myspace.com/russelljoslinesquire
JD SMITH
Rockabilly punk blues.
'astounding, a Rockabilly and blues one man guitar wunderkind.' - Distorted magazine
www.myspace.com/stuartjamesdurdensmith
Advance Tickets:
www.wegottickets.com/event/64296 | £4.50adv/£5door | | | | | | | | | | | | Thu 18th | Windmill Brixton presents:
*Heliopause
*The Lost Cavalry
*Twin Falls | THE LOST CAVALRY (London)
New project from ex-Fanfarlo guitarist Mark West that employs concertina, melodica and glockenspeil alongside guitar, bass and drums to sculpt of slow-burning folk-pop gems.
'It’s hard not to like The Lost Cavalry, especially if you enjoy a little accordion, maybe some ukulele and the odd catchy whimsical lyric in your indie tune' Uppror Magazine
www.thelostcavalry.com
HELIOPAUSE (Belfast)
The music and lyrics of Heliopause reflect the ebb and flow of the tides, as layer upon layer combines to make a perfect sound forever.
The Irish press has compared Heliopause to the likes of American Analog Set and Mice Parade and the trio have entertained audiences across Ireland, supporting Wintersleep, Frightened Rabbit, Uzi & Ari, Quasi and Jeffrey Lewis. It's a rare London show so come see what the fuss is about over the Irish Sea.
www.heliopause.co.uk
TWIN FALLS
West Country sextet last seen here in summer 09 on that epic Frontier Ruckus bill. Twin Falls is twangy folk-pop that nods in the direction of Magnetic Fields, Daniel Johnston and Elliott Smith,their arrangements are awash with misfit instruments including bouzoukis, cellos, violins, glockenspiels, banjo, mandolins, hand claps and thigh slaps.
www.myspace.com/twinfallspop | £4 | | | | | | | | | | | | Fri 19th | STILL BELIEVE
*Petit Vodo
*Billy Vincent
*Rivers Presley Set
*The Henry Brothers | STILL BELIEVE - ever-popular monthly clubnight of psyche, folk and fun hosted by Danny & The Champions of the World.
This month however, Danny is away in Texas so we'll have some special guests curating the night. More about who that is, and the others acts they are picking to play will be posted here soon.
PETIT VODO (France)
Petit Vodo, one man band, has been making noise for over a decade, simultaneously playing drums, guitar, harmonica and vocals as well as adding dashes of radio interference and triggering samples when playing live.
On stage Petit Vodo falls somewhere between the eclectic rule-breaking of Beck Hanson, the trash-rock asthetic of Hasil Adkins and the frantic delivery of Jon Spencer. He counts old time blues men (Slim Harpo, Skip James, Dan Pickett, Lighting Hopkins) and current blues (G-Love, Beck, Morphine) as influences, and at the same time draws on the rock 'n roll experimantalism of Doo Rag, 20 Miles and The Lonesome Organist.
Renowned in his native France, he's also picked up a solid UK following due to previous tours with Gallon Drunk and Penthouse as well as support from the likes of Steve Lamacq, NME and Kerrang!
A must-see-to-be-believed act.
www.myspace.com/petitvodo
BILLY VINCENT
Outlaw folk rock quintet with a cinematic quality set midway between old school spaghetti and Cormac McCarthyesque gore.
Chanelling the spirit of Strummer through the likes of Cohen & Cave, and taking influence from the very streets they inhabit to dreams of far off lands, Billy Vincent bring tales of love, lust, ambition & murder. Dark as they are bright, grand & restrained in equal measure, it's a heady & gripping cocktail they christen 'Dirty Folk'.
'An extremely impressive debut single…a brilliantly unique piece of folky pop…. pure indie pop joy…they will find themselves on everyone’s Ipods in 2010.' - Altsounds
www.myspace.com/billyvincent
THE RIVERS PRESLEY SET
Hailing from Birmingham, England (as opposed to their spiritual home of Alabama) and channeling bluesmen infinitely older than his years, Rivers Presley's music echoes the demons of Son House & Model T Ford if they were bought up on a diet of Mark Lanegan and The Black Keys.
Joined on stage by drummer Thomas Henry their live presence switches between swollen slide guitar licks and pin drop silences which leave crowds staggered. Recent devotees Black Diamond Heavies, after catching The Rivers Presley Set live on a trip to the UK, were so impressed that they asked the guys to join them on the US leg of their tour.
The band are all set to release their debut album 'The Death Of Elegance' this year and are currently playing a string of dates around the UK.
www.myspace.com/riverspresley
THE HENRY BROTHERS
.are sharp and professionall, and now perennial favourites at Bestival festival.
They're an olde time act singing songs about death and murder by such stroried folk as the Louvins, Stanley Bros and Bill Monroe.
www.myspace.com/thehenrybrothers
Plus Still Believe DJs
Advance Tickets:
www.wegottickets.com/event/75863 | £5 | | | | | | | | | | | | Sat 20th | Love Music Hate Racism Fundraiser
*The Tunics
*Patch William
*Northern Quarter
*Four Days In May | THE TUNICS
Celebrated Croydon 3-piece, signed to Manta Ray Music. Their sound is their own, so the inevitable comparisons that try to label them lie all over the rock spectrum from Oasis to The Reverend to Wombats to The Libertines, but are unable to pin them down. But on one thing all agree: the sound is thrilling.
'Fiery, urgent tunes with a brutal honesty and earnestness.' - NME (Pick of the Week)
'Utterly thrilling, anthemic rock 'n' roll... The most culturally vital music I've heard all year.' - Bridging The Atlantic
www.myspace.com/thetunics
PATCH WILLIAM
London based 4-piece signed to Steve Levine's label Hubris records mixing up great guitar licks, NYC minimalism and ska-hop.
'Might Patch William be the next big thing? They seem rather wonderful to me' STEPHEN FRY !
www.myspace.com/patchwilliam
NORTHERN QUARTER
Manchester rocknroll band with a powerful and unique sound - heavy guitar riffs combined with a strutting vocal reminiscent of early Iggy or Jagger. Influences from The Stooges to The Stone Roses and we even hear a bit of Sabbath in there!
www.myspace.com/northernquartermcr
FOUR DAYS IN MAY
Acoustic-spangled dreampop newcomers.
www.myspace.com/fourdaysinmay | £5 | | | | | | | | | | | | Sun 21st | St Patrick's Aftermath
*New Secret Weapon (Ire)
*Absolutely Curtains (Ire)
*I Saw Dinosaur
*History of Harry (Ire)
*Mescalito (Ire) | NEW SECRET WEAPON (London/Dublin)
Irish power trio with a hardcore underbelly, a touch of Beefheart craziness and a proggy heart.
www.myspace.com/newsecretweapon
ABSOLUTELY CURTAINS (Dublin)
King Crimson-esque progressive rawk.
www.myspace.com/absolutelycurtains1
I SAW DINOSAUR (London)
Grungey , garagey, punky and, as the name suggests, a bit of Dinosaur Jr.
www.myspace.com/isawdinosaur
HISTORY OF HARRY
New Orleans-inspired blues rock experimental railroad funk.
www.myspace.com/historyofharry
MESCALITO (Dublin)
Funky psych trio with African rhythms.
www.myspace.com/mescalitoband | £4 (doors 7pm) | | | | | | | | | | | | Mon 22nd | Got Got Need Records presents:
*Jose Vanders
*Luke Leighfield
*Sam Little
*Dirty Sky Jones | JOSE VANDERS
....was quietly producing Regina Spektor-influenced piano-pop gold nuggets in her bedroom, before celebrity blogger Perez Hilton recognised her talents and raved about her in his blog. Since then, nineteen-year-old Vanders has released a succession of sold-out EPs, recorded a Radio 1 session for Rob Da Bank, racked up well over one million plays on MySpace and recently been picked up by the managers of chart sensations The Feeling.
www.myspace.com/vandersmusic
LUKE LEIGHFIELD
... has released three albums in the past four years, entered the top five of the UK indie singles chart, played over 500 shows in twelve countries including Russia and China, recorded a Radio 1 session for Huw Stephens and released a Greatest Hits album in Japan. For this tour, he will be using a four-piece band to bring his Ben Folds-inspired piano pop to life.
www.myspace.com/simplylukeleighfield
SAM LITTLE (formerly Eat.Sleep.Attack)
is about as pop as pop gets. His debut single ‘Fallin' made teen hearts across the world melt upon its release in autumn 2009, thanks to the unlikely fusion of Craig David-esque sultry songwriting with a guitar solo worthy of the finest Bon Jovi song. Big things are in store for this emo-pop gem in 2010.
www.myspace.com/iamsamlittle
DIRTY SKY JONES
Acoustic country pop with a little punkpop sentiment to make it even more catchy.
www.myspace.com/dirtyskyjones
Advance Tickets:
www.wegottickets.com/event/71127 | £4.50adv | | | | | | | | | | | | Tue 23rd | NO BORDERS FOLK
*The Insole Band
*Curly Hair
*Little B
*Lora Linhares-Marx | NO BORDERS FOLK: Fundraiser for Yarl's Wood hunger strikers.
Featuring:
THE INSOLE BAND
-county skiffle jumparound folk
www.myspace.com/insolemusic
CURLY HAIR
- folk/lo-fi
'I love it, I absolutely love it...an absolute delight!' - Marc Riley, BBC 6Music
www.myspace.com/wearecurlyhair
LITTLE B
- folk/country
www.myspace.com/musicbylittleb
LORA LINHARES-MARX
- acoustic/folk
www.myspace.com/loralinharesmarc#x
Suggested donation: £3
More info:
www.london.noborders.org.uk | £3 donation | | | | | | | | | | | | Wed 24th | Windmill Brixton presents:
*Couple
*No Cars
*Junkyard Choir | COUPLE (Malaysia)
..describe their music as 'happy, clappy and not crappy' but, even so, the quality and exuberance of this took us completely by surprise and we booked them in rightaway.
One of the few true blue power pop bands in the region, Couple have pumped out delightfully-entitled albums such as Top Of The Pop (sic) and Teenage Disc Fantastic, both of which were released in the USA and Japan but not over here.
While the band tend to drop kudos to the likes of the The Beach Boys, Big Star, The Who, The Raspberries, The Beat, The Rooks, and Weezer, we can also hear bits of such legendary bands like The Smoking Popes and Superchunk in there.
'… terrifically tuneful and wonderfully endearing…
- Amplifier Magazine (USA)
'One of Rolling Stone's 25 Best Bands On Myspace'
- Rolling Stone (USA)
www.myspace.com/couple
NO CARS
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
JUNKYARD CHOIR
formed in south Croydon and soon began to play songs about monkeys, saving the world, Santiago & smoking without fire! The band has been described as 'Contorted, energetic waltzy Polka-blues rock'.
www.myspace.com/junkyardchoir
Advance Tickets:
www.wegottickets.com/event/75750 | £4 | | | | | | | | | | | | Thu 25th | Windmill Brixton presents:
*Stanley Brinks
*Benni Hemm Hemm
*Triple Rosie | STANLEY BRINKS (Stockholm/Paris/NYC/Berlin)
...is the current identity of André Herman Düne, original member of the Herman Düne trio. He has recorded and played shows in Europe, the UK and the US under various other names: Ben Dope, Ben Haschish, Klaus Bong, John Trawling, Lord Stanislas...
He's been championed by the likes of Jeff Lewis (who even wrote a song about how Herman Dune were better when Andre was still in them) and in January of this year he teamed up with much-loved UK indie-folkers The Wave Pictures to release the album 'Stanley Brinks and The Wave Pictures' (Ciao Ketchup).
'ten songs of a quality as high as this represents another pleasant and worthy outing from Brinks in his post Herman Düne world' - DrownedInSound
www.myspace.com/therealstanleybrinks
BENNI HEMM HEMM (Reykjavik/Edinburgh)
...is the band of Benedikt H. Hermannsson. He writes the band´s songs and produces the band´s recordings. Benni Hemm Hemm is an organism that is hard to explain. Its members are in total around 300. At shows the size of the band is usually somewhere from 3 to 40 (we'll be having the tour-friendly trio version tonight - brass and electricity included!)
New trumpet-laced EP 'Retaliate' is out in April on Kimi Records
'if Sufjan Stevens moved to Iceland and joined Sigur Ros, the resulting supergroup would make orchestral pop as
majestic and playful as this.' - ROLLING STONE
www.bennihemmhemm.com
TRIPLE ROSIE
Progressive fusion of slacker Pavementish sounds, antifolk, chanson, Calexiconic soul and more...
www.myspace.com/triplerosie
Advance Tickets:
www.wegottickets.com/event/71198 | £6adv/£7 door | | | | | | | | | | | | Fri 26th | Shot By Both Sides
*The Helmholtz Resonators
*Speak & The Spells
*Filthy Boy
*The Boycott Coca-Cola Experience | SHOT BY BOTH SIDES
'Essentially an evil indie disco…a darn sight darker than most' - Guardian Guide
www.myspace.com/shotbybothsidesclub
Shot By Both Sides – London's premier purveyors of arcane, outlandish and fantastical musical delights - have risen from the grave. This reanimated corpse shambles into life once more, on Friday 26th March, at the ever-splendid Brixton Windmill.
Expect a thrilling soundtrack of wonky psych, gritty '60s garage, gnarled folk, freakout jazz, C86 indie and Northern Soul, poetry, stories, free ‘zines, various handouts, literature/tape exchange, some peculiar visual treats, cakes, a few out-of-the-hat surprises and some sensational live sets from the following …
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THE HELMHOLTZ RESONATORS
A fantastically madcap group of sonic scientists, Helmholtz Resonators' brand of retro-futurism, psychedelic whimsy and electronic organ grinding is a stunning spectacle. Taking their moniker from Hermann von Helmholtz's device, expect oscillators, stylophones and other extraordinary contraptions as they tackle their debut album, 'The Crystal Submarine'.
'An electronic riot from start to finish. The Crystal Submarine is sure to leave you with a tune in your head and a smile on your face. 5/5' - Artrocker Magazine
HR take us to a mystical place where lab coats and velvet capes collide! Think Mangus Pike meets Keith Emerson! Very clever, yet equally stupid! I love 'em!'- Mark Riley (BBC 6 Music)
'…Imagine a freaky electro jazz kraut boogie woven out of the grooves of Tubeway Army's 'Replicas' by those impish mites Add N to X. Has to be heard to be believed - I'm thinking we need more and sharpish' - Losingtoday
'Mad as a box of frogs, and we love them dearly for this fact…our favourite album of the year' - Maps Magazine
www.myspace.com/thehelmholtzresonators
SPEAK & THE SPELLS
Fresh from releasing their debut 7-inch in conjunction with God Don't Like It, Speak & The Spells unleash their totally wired, gloriously shambolic live set at Shot By Both Sides. A riot of '60s Addams Family garage punk and reverb-heavy sinister surf, this will be deliciously deranged.
'A kind of magic' - Loud & Quiet Magazine
'The Fly is hooked and a little bit in love' - The Fly
'Something that John Peel would definitely play - XFM
They possess a freshness that sets them apart from the retro brigade and they offer an edge of authentic power that is utterly lacking in about 90%-plus, of the current crop of sleek and satisfied chart pop - Alt Sounds
www.myspace.com/speakandthespells
FILTHY BOY
Young Peckham upstarts let loose their ostentatious and striking dram-rock. With elements of Nick Cave's fire-and-brimstone preaching and gritty, hot-blooded melodies, Filthy Boy pay no mind to anaemic waif-indie; catch them now.
www.myspace.com/filthyboymusic
THE BOYCOTT COCA COLA EXPERIENCE
Folk-based entertainment and dry wit.
www.myspace.com/bcce
DJs: UPTIGHT TONIGHT
Advance Tickets:
www.wegottickets.com/event/75505 | £3.50adv/£5 door | | | | | | | | | | | | Sat 27th | THE 5 YEARS PARTY
*Video Club
*The Jim Rhesus all-stars
*The Rock'n'roll Idiots/ Fallingovers
*Ciccone
*The Indelicates
*The Fades
*Bidgie Reef & the Gas | THE 5 YEARS PARTY...celebrates the London indie scene of 2004/5, a time when people were buying records, ramming out gigs and delighting in seeing the likes of Art Brut, The Rakes and Long Blondes climb up the charts.
Today is a mix of bands reforming for the occasion and others still pursuing the DIY spirit.
And there'll be some VERY SPECIAL GUESTS on the day!
THE FADES
Regrouped for parties and special occasions only these days, The Fades punk-flavoured rock'n'roll has provided the soundtrack to many sweaty nights in London, but they're back and more pumped up than ever before!
'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
VIDEO CLUB
Electro-powerpop-kraut faves of a few years ago.
www.myspace.com/thevideoclub
CICCONE
...were the original kings of indie DIY. Ciccone died on the 13th June 2007 at the Astoria, London Town.
Before that they released an album, various no-budget videos, supported Art Brut and the like and scooped airplay and praise from everyone from Steve Lamacq and Kerrang! to Chris Moyles.
'In Rebekah Delgado, they possess a 24-carat goddess of infectious vocal melody and have-your-eye-out lyrical phrasing
BIDGIE REEF & THE GAS
Back in the day Bidgie were a mass-arnked band who could outrock any kid bands that were unfortunate enough to be on the same bill. Nowadays they slimmed down to a piano and vox duo purveying loungey bitterness. And, by the way, the singer is Roger Winslet, Kate's dad.
an arty hybrid of early English punk and R+B... alterno-pop' - Time Out
The Blockheads rucking with the Happy Mondays' NME
www.myspace.com/bidgiereefandthegas
THE INDELICATES
'Agit-pop of the highest order, The Indelicates pump out crafted, ambitious, pop songs, such as....'Waiting For Pete Doherty To Die'. Stunning' - NME
www.myspace.com/theindelicates
ROCK N ROLL IDIOTS/FALLINGOVERS
THE JIM RHESUS All-STARS
Subliminal Girls singer with some very special guests.
OLIVER LEVY
Plus DJs after the bands until late
Plus VERY special guests tba!!!!!! | £4 (doors 3pm) | | | | | | | | | | | | Sun 28th | Twisted AM Lounge
*No Frills Band
*Emily C Smith | NO FRILLS BAND (Brixton)
Good time folk with the added power of TUBA!!!
www.myspace.com/thenofrillsband
CHRIS BROKAW (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
....is one of the hardest working musicians in America; a great guitarist, blessed with a deep soulful songwriting skill and dry smokey voice.
He’s over here to promote his latest album “The Angel’s Message To Me” (Damnably Records), a collaboration with Karate’s Geoff Farina that brings their unique picking style to a collection of pre-WW2 country-blues-folk songs
Chris was a founding member of Codeine; the band that started the Slowcore scene in the late '80s, then he formed Come with Thalia Zedek, and now drums in The New Year , plays guitar for Thurston Moore and Evan Dando and with a wealth of other high achieving acts. Chris Brokaw is a rare humble genius and one of the finest solo artists of our times.
’One of the best performers in the country’ Time Out New York
’Ravaged but beautiful beyond belief, reflecting both the dark, blues-strung grief of Come, and the lean-lined, horizon-fixed heft of Codeine.’ - Time Out London
’Brokaw proves himself as an intriguing, highly singular lyricist and vocalist as well as the most mesmerising indie guitarist since The Durutti Column's Vini Reilly.” (4/5 Stars) London Evening Standard
ONSTAGE 8.45pm
www.chrisbrokaw.com
EMILY C SMITH
The sunnier side of death folk!
www.myspace.com/emilycsmithmusic
Free music from 8pm-11pm | FREE!!! | | | | | | | | | | | | Mon 29th | Windmill Brixton presents:
*FREE ENERGY
*Singing Adams
*Eelectricity & Lust | FREE ENERGY (Phialdelphia, PA)
Newly signed to DFA Records and produced by James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem, FREE ENERGY rose out of the ashes of much-loved Minneapolis slacker indie band Hockey Night. The result of these forces merging is a one tight hi-fi band with head-throbbing bass lines, epic guitar solos and a nod to classic artists like the Allman Brothers, Thin Lizzy and, oh yes, T Rex, as well as keeping some indie playfulness on tap.
FREE ENERGY are a band to sweep away the cobwebs of the 'noughties and a pointer toward the exciting new sounds of the teen decade with the message of 'Have a Good Time, All Of The Time', evoked on their debut album 'Stuck On Nothing'. It's been getting rave reviews in the US and earned them the accolade of SPIN magazine's #1 band to watch out for in 2010 (www.spin.com/node/57826).
'a total car radio summer jam, a chugging singalong that could make a hell of a sitcom theme (a good thing!).' - Pitchfork
'hang on... this is on DFA? It'd seem the NYC kings of cool are flip-reversing their turntables for guitars and, frankly, about a minute and a half into this video you'll start smiling and understand why.' Drownedinsound
www.myspace.com/freeenergymusic
SINGING ADAMS
..is a new quartet fronted by Steven Adams, late of the Brpken Family Band. No recordings are available yet but think noisy pop more than the BFB's americana.
www.singingadams.com
EELECTRICITY & LUST
Really promising young Brixtonians in the vein of Pavement and Built To Spill.
www.myspace.com/eelectricityandlust
Advance Tickets:
www.wegottickets.com/event/75028 | £5adv | | | | | | | | | | | | Tue 30th | Windmill Brixton presents:
*Scene of Irony
*the Hart Foundation | SCENE OF IRONY (St Lousi, MO)
Midwest punkers who've supported pened up for Rancid, Voodoo Glowskulls, GBH, The Business, and Street Dogs to name a few
www.myspace.com/sceneofirony
THE HART FOUNDATION
safe punk hands.
www.myspace.com/t | £4 | | | | | | | | | | | | Wed 31st | The 405 presents:
*Stagecoach
*Hold Your Horse Is
*Crooked Mountain, Crooked Sea
+ 405 DJs | The 405, one of the nation's very best websites for promoting new sounds, presents a night of mayhem featuring:
STAGECOACH
Scuzzy pop on record and rawkus fun live. Superb tunesmithery from the depths of Surrey. Probably the loudest electro acoustic band in the world.
www.myspace.com/stagecoachuk
HOLD YOUR HORSE IS
..take a heavy influence from 90's American Indie and 00's British Post-Hardcore. Their unusual name is taken from the title of a seminal album by 2 piece Californian noise merchants Hella; whom they don't sound much like.
Completing their line up in 2008, they have been played on Radio 1 by Steve Lamacq and Huw Stephens, had numerous plays on 6Music and XFM by Tom Robinson and John Kennedy respectively and have featured on compilations for indie labels such as ‘Big Scary Monsters’ and ‘Stressed Sumo Records’.
Included in several 'ones to watch' list for 2010, these guys are destructive mayhem at it's finest.
www.myspace.com/hyhi
CROOKED MOUNTAIN CROOKED SEA
..were described by The Devil Has the Best Tuna Blog as '...a raw, atonal blast of alt-rock that's more refreshing than a stroll along Brighton pier in the middle of a British winter'. What a perfect way to sum them up!
www.myspace.com/crookedmountaincrookedsea
+ 405 DJs
More info:
www.thefourohfive.com
Advance Tickets:
www.wegottickets.com/event/75426 | £4adv/£5 door | | | | | |
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