The Windmill presents:
#IVW18 Day 2 - Madonnatron, The Rebel, Peeping Drexels
Madonnatron + The Rebel + Peeping Drexels
Entry Requirements: 18+
Independent Venue Week, now in its fifth year, is a nationwide celebration of the spirit of independence & culture of live music and venues.
We're super pleased to be a part of it and have put together a week long programme of bands the venue holds dear.
More info: follow #IVW18 or visit the website: https://www.independentvenueweek.com
MADONNATRON
"Viciously audacious novices to electric noise we have crafted a merciless assemblage of leering disdain, Erotomania, Genocidal Lament, infanticide, calculated Matricide, funeral dodgers, dystopian angst and surreptitious worshipping at the altar of Bastet to flavour this record. We won't be making you a sandwich motherfuckers" - Madonnatron
Much in the manner a devotional feline will proudly massacre vermin, leaving it's sacrificial remains to fetter your hallway carpet, we bring you Madonnatron.
From humble yet auspicious beginnings, arising unabashed from the mists of the Thames, they have thwarted reasonable doubt with limited knowledge of their instruments and two fingers at convention.
Escapades so far include: touring with The Moonlandingz, PINS and The Black Lips, featuring on the line up at UK festivals, two live sessions for Marc Riley on BBC6Music and one for John Kennedy on Radio X; touring with Trashmouth Records and label mates Meatraffle across the UK and releasing their eponymously-titled first record in July 2017.
They are currently enjoying a number of favourable reviews for the LP, featuring in Mojo, Q and The Quietus - appearing on tQ’s top 100 albums of the year and in the top 50 singles of 2017 - as well as gaining top album status in many independent music blogs across the world.
Their atmospheric, raw, and confrontational live shows deliver a sound reminiscent of early Joy Division, The Gun Club and The Stooges- these sirens will mercilessly lure you onto the rocks…….
"Songs that will make you dance and sing along while you feel the seedy, swirling force" – 4/5 Mojo
"They are funny and deadly serious, chaotic and fully focused, and making ace records" – ‘The Lead Review’, The Quietus
"The songs of the sirens, ready to pull you to your doom whilst having an absolute ball on the way. A testament to their current strength and future potential" – Loud er Than War
"If Madonnatron was an amplifier, it would be a mutha of a Krell beater, a class A with plenty of power in reserve. Better than Led Zeppelin" - Zsa Zsa Sapien of Meatraffle
https://www.facebook.com/Madonnatronband
Video for "Headless Children":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ef4PfXiTJAQ&feature=youtu.be
Very Special Guest: THE REBEL
The alter ego of Country Teasers’ Ben Wallers, The Rebel dates back to the tail-end of the 80s—having existed side-by-side throughout Country Teasers’ prolific career—often releasing records at a steadier clip than Waller’s main project with songs too madcap to fit into even their William-Burroughs-by-way-of-The-Residents take on country music.
https://therebelband.bandcamp.com
https://www.facebook.com/The-rebel-124977657592658/
PEEPING DREXELS
Sloppy beats and sleazy melodies from South London scum.
They released two hot singles - 'Kiss Me In My Greasy Bed' and 'The Goof' last year which helped make them one of the brightest prospects for 2018.
Line Up
Madonnatron
"Songs that will make you dance and sing along while you feel the seedy, swirling force" – ★★★★☆ Mojo
"It's rough magic, but it works like a charm" – ★★★☆ Q Magazine
"They are funny and deadly serious, chaotic and fully focused, and making ace records" – ‘The Lead Review’, The Quietus
MADONNATRON, by their own admission, started out with pretty low expectations (given that none of them could actually play their instruments). But, like label-mates Fat White Family & Meatraffle, it hasn’t stopped them rapidly becoming one of the standout bands of this so-called “South London scene” that some people are talking about.
They performed a live session on Marc Riley’s 6 Music show, toured with The Moonlandingz & played at many festivals.
Madonnatron's self-titled debut album was released in July 2017 on Trashmouth records.
https://www.facebook.com/Madonnatronband
Video for "Headless Children":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ef4PfXiTJAQ&feature=youtu.be
The Rebel
The alter ego of Country Teasers’ Ben Wallers, The Rebel dates back to the tail-end of the 80s—having existed side-by-side throughout Country Teasers’ prolific career—often releasing records at a steadier clip than Waller’s main project with songs too madcap to fit into even their William-Burroughs-by-way-of-The-Residents take on country music.
Peeping Drexels
Sloppy beats and sleazy melodies from South London scum.
They released two hot singles - 'Kiss Me In My Greasy Bed' and 'The Goof' last year which helped make them one of the brightest prospects for 2018.