We are now open 6 days a week
Tuesdays to Sundays
Offering Promoters, Bands and DJ's to get involved helping us out who wants to book / play at Bardens Boudoir on our Free Entry Events.
If you have an idea about an event that you would like to help and get involved with us, please email
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DAY AND BUFFALO
run, WALK
DANNY VALENTINE & THE MEDITATIONS
SIEGFRIED SASSOON
Doors: 8pm
Entry: £5
www.myspace.com/dannyvalentineampthemeditationswww.myspace.com/thesiegfriedsassoonhttp://www.myspace.com/gooniteclubhttp://www.myspace.com/dayandbuffalohttp://www.myspace.com/runwalk
SALENA GODDEN
( Rock Star of Spoken Word )
SORAYA
METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT PYEPIE
( Master of Flute )
VERONICA VALENTINE
( Burlesque )
RBECCA HOPE
( Singer / Songwriter )
STRANGE FRUIT
( As Seen in Dalston Jazz Bar )
DJs Till Late!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Doors: 8pm
Entry: FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!
Happy New Year !!!
Le Vagabond Boogaloo Club returns!!!!!
Sparkling rocksteady roots and ska from our festival favourites - No1 Station ("The UK's premiere Ska Band" Mark Lamarr, BBC Radio 2),
plus - "serving up a potent cocktail of gypsy sounds from the old country, borrowed, blagged and muddled with a twist of klezmer and a dash of rock n roll, from car crash fast to heart wrenching melodrama" - Chancery Blame & The Gadjo Club, who will be launching their new album...
and a welcome return of The Romany Diamonds - roots gypsy swing from master roma fiddle player Marek Czureja accompanied by his son Benjamin on guitar....
plus, of course, resident djs Spindrift and Nelson Dilation ripping it up into the wee hours...!
Doors:8pm
Entry: £7
myspace.com/vagabondboogaloohttp://www.myspace.com/no1stationhttp://www.myspace.com/thegadjoclub
Club Motherfucker Live! January Edition Party
'Im riding on a camel that has big eyes,
The buildings are changing into coconut trees,
Little by little...'
Bands early, Dancing and ting 'til late!
Arrive Early Motherfuckers!
Live!Live!Live!
Plugs
'Psychedelic!', 'Concrete?', 'Progressive!', Plugs come straight from the mind of Morgan Quaintance ( guitar and synthesizer bloke out of 'Does It Offend You, Yeah?') and fellow band members Boomer and Dave. Their debut single, That Number, was Zane Lowe's Hottest Record in the World and Single of the Week pretty much everywhere else. Their latest release, the Imaginary Friend EP, is further fuel for the next big thing buzz that is all over their face. Lick it off!
O Children
O Children (featuring former members of the best named band ever, 'Bono Must Die') were supposed to play a few months ago but had to pull out at the last minute when one of them fought the law and the law won. A truce has been called so they can play this date for sure and treat you to their dark, post punk brilliance. The law is so gonna get it though.
Not Cool
Straight outta Downham, Not cool were born in late 2008 and play their debut show at mofo because they're cool like that. Featuring former members of Lost Pengiun and being influenced all over the shop, their experimental noise pop nods to 'The Smell' and all who sail in it. We are sold.
Blitz and The Sheets
We love this band. They remind us of Cibo Matto and also remind us how interesting electronic pop can be. Both of those memories are good. Oh and Taco from Blitz and The Sheets designed the sleeve for club motherfucker recordeds debut release for Team Robespierre. Therefore they rule. Get in!
Super Fun Dance Party
after
with
super awesumz guest
Deejays
Kim Ann Foxman
(of Hercules and Love Affair)
DJ/Jewellery Designer/Vocalist/eyeliner wearer/Homosexual, Kim Ann first played for us when we brought her much beloved Mad Clams party over from NYC's The Hole to Infinity in Mayfair along with the other residents Andy Butler and Dirty Jean way, way back in the day. We can't remember what records she played (remember Infinity had jager on tap innit) but were impressed enough with her hair that we decided to be her friend forevs. Since then Mad Clams is no more but Kim Ann continued making a name for herself as New Yorks numero uno lesbian messenger boy DJ before joining Andy's Hercules and Love Affair music project as a vocalist and bringing the message of disco boogie to the world. For the record, she still has really fucking good hair!
w/
Elles
(WHO GOT MY ARM? (BABY YOU ATE IT!))
+
Between the band sounds
from
Club Mofo
Host/Promoters/The ones who thunk it up
Daughters of the Kaos
w/
Mark Eats
You do the dancing it up, we love you long time
FUNFUCKINTIMEZ!
Doors: 8:00 - Late
Entry: £4 before 8:30, £6 After, £5 with Flyer
http://www.myspace.com/clubmotherfuckerhttp://www.myspace.com/plugsmusichttp://www.myspace.com/ochildrenhttp://www.myspace.com/notcoolisabandhttp://www.myspace.com/blitzandthesheets
SECOND CITY EMPIRE
ADAM DONEN & THE DROUGHT
LEGION OF GLASS
Doors: 8pm
Entry: £5
http://www.myspace.com/redteammusichttp://www.myspace.com/secondcityempirehttp://www.myspace.com/adamdonenandthedroughthttp://www.myspace.com/legionofglass
Sexton Ming's RIM label showcases its eclectic mix.
Rude Mechanicals
A splat of Beefheart, a dash of the Tiger Lillies, and a formidable front woman singing of alien mice and squealing flatmates who live under beds. Petrifying, quizzical, musically refreshing: convulse at the sheer outrageousness of it all.
The Tropics of Cancer
Hi-class lo-fi, from jazz standards turned upside down to punk to be bop, all in a rich sauce of Tin Pan Ally, topped with She Rocola's playful and tumultuous purrs. The Tropics of Cancer bloody well play what they like. With nice hats.
Sexton Ming: the Medway legend himself reads his unforgiving spoken word - you laugh or cry but either way you'll spill your drink. Poetry for people don't like poetry.
The Deptford Beach Babes
Twisted surf-rockabilly, grass skirts and twangy guitars with Jane Ruby (from Naked Ruby) on vocals, and a rotating guest line-up including members of The Urban Voodoo Machine.
UZI & ARI
Uzi & Ari have awakened! In contrast to their previous effort, "Headworms" exposes a very lucid and exuberant band with a newfound urgency. I imagine Shepard standing on a chair in the center of a room, encumbered by a large coterie of instruments, dancing wildly, dipping his brush into the palette of sounds that surround him to fashion just the right rhythms and crescendos to color his canvas. RIYL: Radiohead, Múm, Sigur Ros, The National.
LONELY GHOSTS
Lonely Ghosts is the brainchild of Tom Denney (guitarist and co-vocal extraordinaire in indie noise kids Help She Can't Swim). Exploring more avant-pop, electro and acoustic influences than Help She Can't Swim, Lonely Ghosts is an eclectic amalgamation of sounds all held together by his love for a pure 'pop' tune.
MASTER & SERVANT
SPAGHETTI ANYWHERE
Doors: 8pm
Entry: £6 advance from
http://www.wegottickets.com/event/38787
http://www.myspace.com/benshepardhttp://www.myspace.com/lonelyghostshttp://www.myspace.com/masterandservantband http://www.myspace.com/spaghettianywhere
THE WAVE PICTURES
The Wave Pictures are Dave Tattersall, Franic Rozycki and Jonny ''Huddersfield'' Helm. In 1998 Franic and Dave lived in a village called Wymeswold where they started playing music together, with Hugh J. Noble on drums. The band was called Blind Summit. When Hugh decided he didn't want to play drums he went to Exeter to study Philosophy instead. The band changed it's name to The Wave Pictures. Hugh was replaced by several drummers, until Jonny "Huddersfield" Helm became the permanent replacement. For a few years Dave, Franic and Jonny lived apart, meeting up sporadically to play music. They kept on writing songs and recording, and they played shows across the UK and in France and New York. During this time highlights included playing at the Mofo Festival in Paris at the invitation of friends Herman Dune, and playing shows with The Jeffrey Lewis Band. Dave also sang The Wave Pictures song "Dust Off Your Heart" with Herman Dune on a radio session for the late great John Peel. The Wave Pictures also served as backing band and co-songwriters for John Darnielle of The Mountain Goats, the results featuring on a seven-inch single released by 4AD records. Last summer, the band finally moved together and currently share a flat in Bethnal Green, London. They are more active than ever. They have toured Spain and Sweden with the mighty Darren Hayman, formerly of Hefner, and played several times in Berlin and France.
THE SCHOOL
Press
"Perhaps I'm only revealing my own roots in C86 when I talk about how much I adore this, but it's on pink vinyl!" - Everett True, The Village Voice
"infectious, hyper-melodic pop you can simultaneously cry and dance to" - Rough Trade
"a swaying, winsome tune with some of the Phil Spector lushness of Lucky Soul, the Belle & Sebastian-style modesty of Camera Obscura, and the airy, girl-group vocals of both" - Pitchfork
"On bubblegum pink vinyl, the sixties-saturated sound of The School is indiepop par excellence. 'All I Wanna Do' conjures up the aching hearts of Mary Weiss and the Ganser sisters as Liz Hunt's little-girl-lost voice pours on the passion to describe an angelic innocent's first big crush. 'Valentine' is like a pixie-booted Eurovision entry with a stomping piano-led tune that's swept aloft by heavenly strings. Douze points pour Le Pays de Galles: c'est magnifique!" - SoundsXP
"indie pop sweetness blended with heart-lifting girl group harmonies, punchy Northern Soul beats and lush Brill Building strings" - VIDEO OF THE DAY (Let It Slip) - AllMusic
THE VOLUNTARY BUTLER SCHEME
HANDS ON HEADS
Hands On Heads are a dysfunctional pop group from London.
Hands On Heads write abrupt, non-repetitive songs about unrequited friendship, romantic potential, the supernatural everyday, righteous joy and expectation. Our songs rarely scale the dizzying heights of the two minute mark, relying on shock and awe song-writing tactics to get their message across. Hands on Heads don't believe in reiteration, they make a point with emphasis, then move on to the next fractured song of double-speed dynamics and feral abandon. The guitar lines jump from fret to fret like ten spiders on a web of chaotic noise, the organ (always pitched at a haunting seasick echo) is played like a stenograph, whilst the drums tumble and blast along with the savage bass, the songs forever pushed onwards by the fervent vocal attack.Hands On Heads have a debut record out now split with The Sticks on Upset The Rhythm . The spooked lyricism and frantic spontaneity of Hands on Heads' music perfectly complementing the heartfelt gooey blues of The Sticks. The split 10" record is released on green and red dipped vinyl, limited to 500 copies only, and housed within a screen-printed sleeve.
"After a string of uber-cool releases including No Age, Barr and Death Sentence: Panda! the 'Upset The Rhythm' crew throw-out another alternative gem featuring london-based HANDS ON HEADS and brighton duo, THE STICKS. The HANDS ON HEADS side is all high-speed spazzy indie, like the yummy fur playing tig in a haunted house, whilst THE STICKS sounds like the Coachwhips arm-wrestling the Country Teasers in a cave. Limited to 500 copies on red and green dipped 10" vinyl with a hand screen heavy-card sleeve. Do not miss this!" ROUGH TRADE
"HANDS ON HEADS seem to be interested in performing songs with a strong narrative arc, but the speed and dizziness with which they attack everything gives me a sort of motion sickness" WIRE MAGAZINE
"HANDS ON HEADS erase any erratum that dares the no wave is crashing, by successfully rewiring your brain to receive as pop, shards of short impenetrable noise" PLAN B
"Like, if you multiplied the frets on a guitar by the beats in a bar by every e-number in a gingerbread towerblock. Featuring, um (maybe) an old school seaside/cinema organ, hyperspeed dynamics and a litter of puppies yelping from the depths of a spin cycle (it's OK! They like it!) well until they drown obvs." PLAN B
"I once went to see Martin Creed's band play in the basement of some gallery. He did a song where he just counted from one to ten. Then from ten back down to one. I reckon Martin would like Hands On Heads" VICE MAGAZINE
DJs
TWEE AS F**K
GOONITE
Till Late!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HAPPY HOUR BETWEEN 8pm and 9pm
Bottles, Spirits, Shots £2.50
Doors: 8pm
Entry: £6 Adavance From
http://www.wegottickets.com/event/39385
http://www.thewavepictures.com/http://www.myspace.com/thewavepictureshttp://www.myspace.com/theschoolbandhttp://www.myspace.com/thevoluntarybutlerscheme http://www.myspace.com/handsonheadshttp://www.myspace.com/tweeasfucknight
GYPSY HOTEL
LOS PLANTRONICS (Norway)
-Return of Oslo's Mariachi Death Surf Maestros!
NIGEL BURCH AND THE FLEA-PIT ORCHESTA
-A Cross Between the Music of Ian Dury, Brecht and Weill, an Irish Pub Band and a 1950's Skiffle Group!
THE VIVID ANGEL
-In The Vaudeville Freakshow!
THE BOHEMIANAUTS
- New Standards And Squeezebox Revivalism!
THE MOJOKINGS
-Hi-Octane Rockabilly!
KINGSIZE SLIM
-One Man Blues Band!
RUBBER RITCHIE
-Flex in the City!
TRIXIE MALICIOUS
-XXX!
DJ SCRATCHY
-RESIDENT WAX-SPINNER!
DOORS 8PM (SHOW STARTS 9PM SHARP!)
DRINKIN' AND DANCIN' TILL 2AM
COVER £6.66
VICTOR TALKING MACHINE
THE KUMFORT WOMEN
Doors: 8pm
Entry: £5
http://www.myspace.com/widowswww.myspace.com/victortalkingmachinewww.myspace.com/thekumfortwomen
HOKABEN PRESENTS
Bands Playing Live:
GUM TAKES TOOTH
Drum freakout meets acid house tweakout
DETHSCALATOR
Stoke Newington retarded riff monstrosity
SCUL HAZZARDS
Australian grinding noise rock
DJs Till Late!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Doors: 8pm
Entry: £3
BANDS PLAYING LIVE!!!!
SCREAMING TEA PARTY
"A three headed beast of energy, their live shows are chaos and beauty.
THE INDEPENDENT
HOLY DISASTER 'Sounds like 'I found a reason' by the Velvets, yet - and get this- even cooler. Didn't think that was possible, did you?' -'What's on the NME stereo' November 17th
The Screaming Tea Party. What can I say? Complex in their simplicity and a nexus of electricity reminiscent of Sonic Youth having sex with a bulldozer. Their soundscape ranged from tight melodies and lo-fi whinings to punk-o-riffic noise-o-rama. The vocals ranged from Mary-chain stylemurmurings, to screaming, the only way to be heard over those guitars DROWNEDINSOUND
"they switch continually between scribbling punkabilly and utterly stripped- down lo-fi, with magical results." ROUGHTRADE
Screaming Tea Party are a band you're gonna think you discovered when you were 13. They pack in snippets of every record you've ever owned, and sound like a sloppy first kiss that precedes a punch in the teeth, without sounding dated or cliched.
DAZED AND CONFUSED
Stolen Recordings reveal this lovely 10" vinyl package from one of London's oddest and most wonderful bands. Live, they're quite unique, and on record, the many ideas are beautifully captured over a range of stylistically varied arrangements. PURE GROOVE
this six-tracker flits between brutality and sweetness like the two are intertwined - and the more I think about it, the more it makes absolute sense. Tom Howard- MAPS MAGAZINE
MALE BONDING
THROWING UP
DJs:
SEX BEAT
KILL YR IDOLS
Doors: 8pm
Entry: £5
http://www.myspace.com/screamingteapartyhttp://www.myspace.com/malebondingmyspace.com/sexbeat_london
BEYONDER
BANBURRY GROSS
ABIGAIL THOMMES
BUNNY AND THE HEART BREAKERS
MATHEW KNOWLES
METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT
DJs Till Late!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Doors: 8pm
Entry: FREE!!!!!!!!!!!
Live:
AFRICAN BOY
Afrikanboy aka YOUNG SUNNY ADE was born the 28th March 1989,
Real name Olushola Ajose, Afrikan Boy is a 19 year old Psychology and Sociology undergraduate student at Brunel University. Having grown up in South East London, Shola as he likes to be called was raised in a house of two brothers and two sisters with him being the oldest.
His naturally funny, pleasantly loud presence and free will spirit has won him fans from all types of social backgrounds. Shola talks of how "...he gives people no reason to be angry at him..." a trait which will definitely assist with his progression as an artist and entertainer.
He first discovered his entertainment skills in year 6 but admits to have formally taken up this once hidden talent seriously around the age of 16. Major influences include Nigerian superstar Sir Shina Peters and Fela while his British up bringing has drawn him to also look up to fellow peers Kano and Dizzee Rascal. Currently he is busy preparing for several releases and tours with all the pressures of university one can only wonder how he has managed to stay on top of his game, surely his work ethos should be admired. A famous face around the university circuit, to date AB has performed in front of crowds reaching their Thousands. Opening for PRINCE during his back to back shows at the o2 means he definitely has what it takes. Shola talks of how he has not categorised his music in to any one genre but rather concentrates on elevating his fellow African people whether it be through singing, rapping or MC'ing. His Collaboration is M.I.A on her album KALA was a worldwide hit! The album also featured Timberland!. Since then Afrikan Boy has been a several Tours with M.I.A and himself.
THE REAL HEAT
DJs:
FRANKMUSIK
DEXPLICIT
BUSTER BENNETT
TIC TAC
Doors: 8pm
Entry: £6
http://www.myspace.com/afrikanboyhttp://www.myspace.com/therealheathttp://www.myspace.com/frankmusikhttp://www.myspace.com/dexplicithttp://www.myspace.com/busterbennettlondonhttp://www.myspace.com/tictacoriginal
WINNERS OF BBC CLUB GLOBAL AWARD FOR 2008! CURRENT ALBUM IS 'MOONSHOUT'
with guest appearances from NATACHA ATLAS, KRUPA, BLASTED MECHANISM, AIWA, YANKA RUPKINA, NALINI PATTNI, DOREEN THOBEKILE and many more...
Transglobal Underground return with their 7th album, 'Moonshout', the follow-up to 2004's 'Impossible Broadcasting'. Released on their own label Mule Satellite Recordings, the 14-track album features founding members Tim Whelan (keyboards/ guitar) and Hamid Mantu (drums/ programming), plus the current core members of the collective, Godfrey 'Tuup' Duncan (lead vocals/ congas), Sheema Mukherjee (sitar/ bass), Gurjit Sihra (dhol/ kaos pad) Ravinder Neiyyar (dhol/ tables) and Krupa (vocals) 'Moonshout' presents Transglobal Underground's expansive musical kingdom in four distinct moods. The album commences full-on with some of the most dancefloor-friendly songs they have ever recorded. The sounds and influences are from all over the world but the source is clearly the collective's birthplace in London. Opening track 'Dancehall Operator' is a mix of Brazilian drum and bass and Indian rhythms. Title track 'Moonshout' includes the Romany roots of rap with vocals by MC Rise FM (Hungary) and Shugmonkey (UK). Vocalist Krupa features on the Bollywood pop style of 'Emotional Yoyo'.Krupa's music is an extraordinary blend of Indian tribal beats, urban funk and pop. Having performed and collaborated with TGU for several years (she was featured on their album Impossible Broadcasting) Krupa and TGU break new ground with EMOTIONAL YOYO which is a remix of OH NO, a song composed, produced and originally performed by Krupa. She continues to write and record music in her own distinct, yet varied style. Listen to more of Krupa's tracks and read more about the artist herself on her myspace 'Awal' features Iraqi rapper Naufalle from French/Arabic band Aiwa as well as Transglobal Underground's original vocalist Natacha Atlas who has of course found great success as a solo artist with material still for the most part produced by the collective (this is Natacha's first appearance on a Transglobal Underground album since her legendary period fronting the group). Transglobal Underground's collaboration with Portugal's notorious Blasted Mechanism on 'Total Rebellion' moves the album into a second section of a harder edged territory, with the collective also finally achieving their ambition of writing an angry country song in 'Swampland' (featuring Black Sifichi from France/ USA on vocals) and with 'Cape Thunder' (featuring South African vocalist Doreen Thobekile and Shimmer Baby from the UK) creating a nightmarish vision of chaos. There is real beauty to be found on the album, too, most notably on the track 'Mera Jhumka' featuring Indian ghazal singing star Nalini Pattni which introduces a series of dub-soaked soundscapes with a strong sub-continental drift, leading up to the epic 'Spice Garden' featuring the amazing voice of legendary Bulgarian traditional vocalist Yanka Rupkina. The album's final three tracks (including 'Mag ak Ndaw which features Prague-based Senegalese vocalist Burama Badji) have little to do with anything Transglobal Underground have ever done...in fact they have little to do with anything anyone has ever done - you could say that this is the closest to Elvis that Transglobal Underground have ever come!
Support From
VICTOR MENACE
The original sound of Ninja Folk! A fusion of fast paced all-original gypsy and classical melodies, laced with occasional cock-rock moments, swing and reggae grooves, and a sprinkling of tourette's induced expletives. Sporting an undeniable all-star cast, led by Fiddle and Soprano Sax, and backed by Guitars, Bass, and Drums - it's chair smashing, pint glass throwing, tipsy gyspy mayhem of the highest order! All songs written by Victor Menace!!!. Full "sing-a-long with menace" lyric sheets available on request, translated into 452 languages.
LE VAGABOND BOOGALOO CLUB DJs Till Late !!!!!!!!
Doors: 8pm
Entry: £8.50 Advance from http://www.wegottickets.com/event/39464
£10.00 On The Door
http://www.myspace.com/transglobalunderground http://www.myspace.com/victormenacehttp://www.myspace.com/vagabondboogaloo
THE LODGER
The Lodger was formed inside the mind of Ben Siddall inside an LS6 bedsit.
After 3 sold-out limited 7s and touring around the UK and Europe with bands such as The Long Blondes and The Research, the group released their debut album "Grown-Ups", produced by Alan Smyth and James Ford, in June 2007 on Angular Records in the UK, Slumberland Records in the US, Fabtone in Japan and Speak N Spell in Australia.
Critical acclaim for the album followed, particularly on the blogs; the band have featured heavily on the elbo.ws charts since the release along with heavy rotation on US college radio and other stations worldwide. The album was voted as 62nd best of 2007 on AMAZON 95th in Woxy.com's Top 97 of '07. The Lodger completed their first tour of the USA in October 2007 and then entered the studio to record their 2nd album in November. After touring Europe with The Long Blondes in early 2008, the group's second album "Life is Sweet" was released in May 2008. Over the summer The Lodger are playing a couple of festivals and embark on their first tour of Japan, alongside rehearsing new songs for their third as-yet-untitled album, which they intend to record before the year is out.
JE SUIS ANIMAL
ESIOTROT
Cat, Matt, Adey and Duncan formed Esiotrot in the late 80's when they got together to play Tortoise covers backwards. Soon Thomas Stimson joined on vibes, and they went on to perform a series of incendiary live shows, which so inspired Roald Dahl that he was moved to name his latest book after them. After the recording of their now legendary debut album "Schmesiotrot" they recruited brass section Thom punton and John Edom, to record some overdubs and play some shows, and they ended up never leaving. After releasing an EP on unpopular records, and playing a radio session for Hugh Stephens, Esiotrot went on to record their great lost album, 7 apples, which is now due to see the light of day as a series of split seven inches.
Esiotrot have had the pleasure of playing (so far) with Los Campesinos, Danielson, Johnny Foreigner, The Wave Pictures, Jens Lekman, Bill Wells, I'm From Barcelona, Clearlake, Hayman Watkins Trout and Lee, Oil Rig Catering, Lisa Li-Lund, Jeniferever, Pants Yell!, Airport Girl, Fanfarlo, Sleeping States, Sports Day Megaphone, Team B, Hexicon, Spoono, Tea and Toast Band, Airsick Antelope and Sonaura to name a few.
MEXICAN KIDS AT HOME
They are four skateboarders and a girl singer and they sing recycled songs for a happy environment.
DJs
TWEE AS F**K
GOONITE CLUB
Doors: 8pm
Entry: £6 Advance From
http://www.wegottickets.com/event/40248
http://www.myspace.com/thelodgerleedshttp://www.myspace.com/jesuisanimalhttp://www.myspace.com/esiotrotschmesiotrothttp://www.myspace.com/mexicankidsathome
IT'S A MUSICAL
Musicals depict an artificial world. "It's a Musical", however, are sincere about it. And they are great fun to listen to. "It's a Musical" means pop music in an absolute immediate sense. Two artists, their voices, their instruments. Going forward, turning somersaults
TER HAAR
An outrageously young band, promising much and dealing out plenty. Vigorously witty and playful, Ter Haar twist and shake the arthritic godfather of Post Rock heritage. Drums, bass and guitar shoo ideas across the dance floor, directly into people's hearts.
KID DAKOTA
Kid Dakota is a creature of extremes. Whisper-quiet vocals explode into searing guitar riffs and crushing drumbeats in a single breath. Loneliness and beauty go hand in hand. The two-man band from Minneapolis makes a sound big enough to fill a stadium.
Doors: 7pm
Entry: £5 Advance From We Got Tickets
http://www.wegottickets.com/event/42010
http://www.myspace.com/itsamusicalberlinhttp://www.myspace.com/terhaarhttp://www.myspace.com/kiddakota
Bands Playing Live
ACOUSTIC LADYLAND
"One of London's most consistently jaw-dropping live acts... they're on blistering, beautiful form" Evening Standard.
"You are swept up not only by the expertise but also in the sheer joyous physicality of Acoustic Ladyland" 4/5 The Times.
"Fierce intelligence meets musical fire" 4/5 The Independent.
"Absolutely thrilling... a fantastic triumph... be prepared for the ride of your life... a bewildering and scintillating album which transcends any outdated jazz traditions" Play Music.
"Acoustic Ladyland are a brilliantly refreshing rock band" Metro.
PLUGS
GROUND DUST
"GROUND DUST" are a five piece North London based band comprising of highly accomplished songwriter/musicians Nick Stephenson, Mark Stephenson, Richard Groves (and driving it all their fantastic rhythem section) Si Hadwin and Joe Brooks.
The original three piece band (just vocals and guitars) did not take them selves very seriously at first, they would jam in meadows late at night near their home town of St Albans, having fun with vocal harmony and playing off each others writting differences. One day they discovered that people actually liked their sound. With local fame came big heads and pretentious ideas, coke, death, general nudity and then finally some excellent tunes that got people dancing and using their brains as well. A few years on the band have an incredible fusion of sounds and unmissable live energy, the rhythm section have really boosted the progressive inspiration behind there well crafted pop songs, the fuzzy bass lines will make your groin vibrate with excitement. You could say they are inspired by fleet foxes due to the harmonies but actually Ground Dust did not know about the Fleets until this year and are happy that vocal harmonies are becoming more recognized as a roots instrument in making good music. "We hope that this may be the reason for a lucky break, we are certainly the British contemporaries for those Foxy Lads". Mark (vox, guitars)
The rest is.. what you hear, so enjoy!
DJs Till Late!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Doors: 8pm
Entry: £6
http://www.myspace.com/acousticladylandmusichttp://www.myspace.com/plugsmusichttp://www.myspace.com/grounddust
OXFORD COLLAPSE
Like many of the best things, Oxford Collapse started as a joke of sorts. And, thankfully that sense of spontaneous fun remained when they decided they'd become an actual band after playing shows around their hometown of Brooklyn, NY in 2002. Yes, Brooklyn. But, let's not let preconceptions about Oxford Collapse's location on a map confuse the issue. This band might be stuck in an era of mp3s and a more general cultural digitization, but they possess a vitality born of blaring tape decks, deafening basement shows and a wide-eyed, bottomless enthusiasm that makes "jaded" sound as dirty and shameful as it should. Already they've released two full-lengths (Some Wilderness in 2004 and A Good Ground in 2005), and a handful of singles and EPs. Taking cues from post-punk pioneers and genre-transcending bands like The Embarassment, Mission of Burma or fIREHOSE, Oxford Collapse construct melodic art-pop packed full of chiming guitars and shout-along vocals ("Let's Vanish," "Loser City") Remember the Night Parties is both restless/nervous and heartfelt, with time signatures that are as urgent as they are unpredictable. At once angular and redefined, detached and immediate, the new album finds Oxford Collapse testing the waters of their own inspiration.
Since the joke began, Oxford Collapse has toured extensively with the Constantines, the Joggers, and Part Chimp. Recorded in the Summer of 2006 at Headgear Studios in Brooklyn with John Agnello (Sonic Youth, The Hold Steady), Remember the Night Parties is their Sub Pop Debut.
AIRSHIP
What They Say:
"Musically, there's been some big bucks spent on the recording and the results are thankfully pretty phenomenal. This Macclesfield quartet jumped immediately onto the MM radar during this and last years In The City and I'm surprised that no-one has quite cottoned onto them as yet, apart from the City Life Social who put them on their show last week. (CLICK HERE to read more..)
Manuel Ecostos - Manchester Music
"On paper, the four spritely members of Manchester-based Airship tick all the boxes required to join the ever-increasing horde of tiresome indie-popettes. However, it soon becomes apparent that these earnest youngsters are looking far beyond the realms of mediocrity, as guitar-laden movements such as 'Call It A Science' demonstrate a highly creative approach to song structure that defies their age. Airship graced their way through an impressive half-hour set that shifted effortlessly from Pixie-esque drum and bass patterns to spacey, layered breakdowns. And the best thing about it? You could tell the boys were having the time of their lives."
James Walker - BBC Manchester, In The City 2008 Review
"Ace Modest Mouse-kind of guitar picking gets entwined with crunchy ex-Lightbody goodness. This is already their third show this weekend, and now Nine Black Alps' throne looks a whole less comfortable."
Adam Silverstein - XFM
DALLAS
Doors: 7pm
Entry: £6.50 Advance from wegottickets http://www.wegottickets.com/event/39240
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SONS OF NOEL AND ADRIAN
Closely resembling a giant centipede in motion Sons of Noel and Adrian grew up in the midlands with many like-minded musical folk. A couple of years ago they moved to Brighton to gather more legs and are now a fully formed outfit with sometimes as many as eleven members or as few as five.
The music is acoustic and falls loosely into the progressive folk niche. At the core are Jacob and Toms tumbling guitars, joined by a colourful host of other instruments to create music that ranges from Shanty to Schoenburg, from deep underground to just above the surface and muses on whether excess can make you a better person and what's to do when your credit's all used up and there's nowhere to go.
"It's all in Jacob Richardson's bowel rupturing baritone, the kind of low end that can level entire cities and bring grown men to tears." (FACT Magazine, 10th December '08)
SUPPORTS TBA
Doors:
Entry: £4
Advance From wegottickets
http://www.wegottickets.com/event/41590
PIANO MAGIC
From its conception as a bedroom-studio hobby 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 convey-belt membership also resulted in a plethora of sonic stylings, from smallbeat Kraftwerkian Meccano Pop on debut album, Popular Mechanics (1997) to the breathless, ethereal, multi-layered melancholy of Low Birth Weight (1998). Only in 1999 did Piano Magic resemble anything like a conventional format group. Smooth-talked into playing a Dutch festival which actually turned out quite well, they decided to play anywhere they were wanted and began to build something of a cult following, particularly on the European Continent. They spectacularly showcased the post-modernist baroque sound of Artists' Rifles (1999) at the Benicassim and BAM music festivals. Ironically, the band have never infiltrated the hearts of the British music press - out of time, unfashionable and kinda weird looking, its best not to stay home much. Tours of Germany, Holland, Italy, Belgium, France, Spain peppered the next few years. The band signed to 4AD Records in 2000 and delivered their most critically contentious work, Writers Without Homes and the soundtrack to Spanish director, Bigas Lunas' Son De Mar movie. Though oft-maligned, 'Writers Without Homes' was a particularly monumental milestone for the band, as it featured the first vocal recording for 33 years of lost 60's/70's folk heroine, Vashti Bunyan. Post-'Writers, Piano Magic have become closer to a more "conventional group format." Drafting in French musicians, Jerome Tcherneyan and Franck Alba alongside English bassist, Alasdair Steer, Piano Magic recorded The Troubled Sleep Of Piano Magic, for Spanish independent, Green Ufos. This album perfectly encapsulated the live sound of the group - delicate vocals, glistening guitars, insistent drums, anthemic synth washes. A new record, Saint Marie EP followed in June 2004 and featured collaborations with, again, Vashti Bunyan, Alan Sparhawk from Low and Ben Ayres from Cornershop. Piano Magic's 2005 album, Disaffected, stretched fingers into an even more melodic, near-on "pop" sound, magically without dispensing with their notorious depth of emotion. It features guest vocal contributions from John Grant of The Czars and Angle David-Guillou of Klima (the latter, now with her own debut solo album out on the Peacefrog label). In the 2 interim years between the release of Disaffected and their newest album, 'Part Monster,' the band have continued to be prolific and not only in concert (the band recently added Turkey, Poland, Italy, Greece and Portugal to their gig list). Johnson has released a debut album of experimental electronic under the name, Textile Ranch and along with keyboardist, Cedric Pin, as Future Conditional, they've put out an album of electropop on LTM, 'We Don't Just Disappear.'
To date, Piano Magic has harboured over 60 sonic orphans with nothing better to do, recorded 7 proper albums, a double CD retrospective and many, many singles. They've outlived several of the labels they've recorded for and show no signs of stopping. At this point in time (August 2007), Piano Magic is Glen Johnson, Franck Alba, Jerome Tcherneyan, Alasdair Steer and Cedric Pin.
DOLLBOY
Since a typically odd start back in 1999 where the debut show utilised a saw, a vinyl killer and live preparation and ultimate eating of pork pies (this was art in those days) Dollboy has/have been constantly mutating through pure, beatless electronica, acoustic English whimsy, Berlin-school flim-flam and pastoral nihilism. Seasoned favourites of London's Arctic Circle and The Big Chill, the live shows have followed a similarly eccentric route to the records, "Plans for a Modern City" (2004 Different Drummer) and "Casual Nudism" (2006 Arable Records); don't be surprised to see bells, whirly tubes, saws, cat toys and home-made nonsense alongside guitars, synths, glockenspiels and harmony vocals. The third album is set for release in March 2009 on Static Caravan and is considered by Dollboy to be a great leap forward into new territory. Expect an expanded band and a new set of electro-organic magnificence.
DJs Till Late!!!!!!!
Doors: 8pm
Entry: £6
Earlybird Concession Price: £4.50 From we got tickets
http://www.wegottickets.com/event/40309
http://www.piano-magic.co.ukhttp://www.myspace.com/lowbirthweighthttp://www.myspace.com/dollboycouk
NADJA
Nadja is a duo of Aidan Baker and Leah Buckareff from Toronto, Canada making music that encompasses experimental/drone, ambient, shoegazer, and doom metal. Originally formed by Baker in 2003 as a solo endeavour, Buckareff joined in 2005 to bring Nadja out of the studio and into a live setting. They have since released numerous albums with such labels as Alien8 Recordings, The End Records, and Conspiracy Records. They have toured extensively in North America and Europe, including appearances at such festivals as Roadburn, FIMAV, and SXSW.
SUPPORTS TBC
DOORS: 7pm
ENTRY: £6.50 Advance From
http://www.wegottickets.com/event/40241
http://www.nadjaluv.cahttp://www.myspace.com/nadjaluvhttp://www.alien8recordings.com/artists/nadja
