JAMES YORKSTON is a singer / songwriter in the best folksy tradition,
weaving together a seemingly effortless mix of sweet melodies, haunting
lyrics, irrelevant humour and the odd blast of harmonica. Tonight sees
James play a solo set bringing on various guests throughout the evening.
Dublin born FIONN REGAN is an extraordinarily talented young artist perhaps destined to be regarded as one of most unique voices of his generation. A few listens to his debut album The End of History out now on Bella Union should be enough to affirm this proclamation, for he has mapped out an artistic vision that is distinctly his own. Anyone who hears this record or has witnessed one of Fionn’s impassioned live performances will know that he is a truly magical presence and a vocal talent with incredible versatility and range.
After selling out the forthcoming October 31st Bush Hall show over a month in advance BAT FOR LASHES plays her biggest show to date at the Scala on December 6th 2006.
ESPERS started just a few short years ago as a trio
from Philadelphia featuring singer/songwriter Greg Weeks, Meg Baird and
Brooke Sietinsons. Their infectious sound quickly brought them
increased attention and stints performing with legends like Brigitte
St. John, The Incredible String Band and Michael Hurley.
After sell-out/packed showcases in Austin, Texas for SxSW, Brighton’s The Great Escape Festival, Fabric London, and numerous sweatboxes the nation over, the first spate of TRANSGRESSIVE ROADSHOW dates kick off with two huge capacity northern legs in November 2006.
After sell-out/packed showcases in Austin, Texas for SxSW, Brighton’s The Great Escape Festival, Fabric London, and numerous sweatboxes the nation over, the first spate of TRANSGRESSIVE ROADSHOW dates kick off with two huge capacity northern legs in November 2006.
MAPS play their first ever London show as they deliver
their catchy floating space rock with its majestic layered elegance and
uplifting melodic hooks… think Spacemen 3/Spiritualized, My Bloody
Valentine and The Flaming Lips…
Despite the incredible creativity of hip hop, its ability to throw up
new styles, to morph and reinvent itself, it’s not every day that
something genuinely fresh drops in front of you. Welcome, then, to
Baltimore trio SPANK ROCK. Drawing on the music
of their hometown, Spank Rock make something genuinely unlike anything
you’ve heard before, of course there are antecedents – Missy’s first
album, 2live Crew, The Beastie Boys and Dizzee Rascal all spring to
mind.
Unique Canadian electronic pop digital disco outfit JUNIOR BOYS
promote their new album ‘so this goodbye’ out at the end of September
on Domino with a live set that sees them pay homage to kraftwerk,
scritti politti, and ‘violator’-era depeche mode as they blend
synth-pop with a melodic slice of electro and live drums.
BEIRUT is the work of the 20 year old Zach Condon. His
music is inspired by a love of European folk music, as filtered by a
fertile imagination raised in New Mexico and currently resident in
Brooklyn.
Brooklyn’s TV on the Radio play a live set of new material from the recently released critically acclaimed 4AD album ‘Return To Cookie Mountain” that sees them deliver an addictive and unique blend of new york noise, amped-up electronica, twitchy, danceable beats, gospel-esq vocals and swathes of treated guitar into rich and endlessly surprising folds of sound.
THE ALIENS have history – between them they have been
behind some of the most enthralling british music of the last decade.
John Maclean and Robin Jones were members of the Beta Band. Gordon
Anderson was a founding Beta Band member who went on to record two
albums under the Lone Pigeon moniker. You could make parallels between
Anderson and Syd Barrett, both geniuses blighted by psychiatric
problems. The difference, of course, is that Anderson has come back –
albeit as an Alien.