Concrete and Glass will be transmitted as a two-part special on Channel 4 in three weeks time.

VENUE / ULU,
MANNING HALL, MALET STREET, LONDON, WC1

TIME / 19.30
TUBE / TOTTENHAM COURT ROAD/GOODGE ST/EUSTON
TEL / 020 7344 4444
TICKET INFO / £10

WWW.TILLYANDTHEWALL.COM
WWW.MYSPACE.COM/TILLYANDTHEWALL
WWW.MYSPACE.COM/SLOWCLUB

Midwestern band TILLY AND THE WALL consists of two dressed-down boys, two glamorous girls and one frenzied hoofer, the tutu-wearing Jamie Williams with pockets full of melodies sprang out of Nowheresville, USA, with a penchant for classic 60s pop, boy/girl harmonies and American folk records. They create jagged, elegant songs, and rejoice in tales of friendship, broken hearts, and youthful dreams and frustrations. Their sound is distinctive and classic at the same time. If you're looking for reference points somewhere between Rilo Kiley, Belle And Sebastian and Bright Eyes would be a good place to start. And the songs are as catchy as anything. Perfectly hummable after one listen. And likely to induce involuntary toe tapping. Talking of which – percussion on most tracks is provided by Julie's nimble-toed tap-dances! She's also been known to bang old leather suitcases with drumsticks…

"An optimistic celebration of self-destruction, unspoken longing and adolescent rebellion, it combines the whimsical spirit of the Polyphonic Spree with the melancholy of Kirsty MacColl." The Guardian

"One of the most wonderful things to come out of Nebraska since Kool-aid and that Bright Eyes Dude" NME

PLUS SLOW CLUB

Boy-girl vocals cast from fore to aft, rallies of skiffling beat, a delicate turn and rousing chorus; the ebullient delights of SLOW CLUB. The Sheffield duo boast a brace of acclaimed singles under their belts and an eagerly anticipated album on the way on Moshi Moshi. Live as on record, Charles and Rebecca enrapture audiences with the same involuntary joy and simplistic rush that they themselves imbue. Charles with bruised vocal, a rasping guitar and disarming lightness of touch, casts unlikely wit against Rebecca's angelic vocal and cheeky turn of phrase, amid her wild array of percussive apparatus including wooden chairs, glass bottles, and spoons. These two are more than charming anti-folk troubadours or the lo-fi acoustic end of the Sheffield scene; they are the real thing, that spontaneous intangible 'thing' that comes jumping of records and crackling off the stage, hanging crystalline for fleeting moments to confound and intrigue.

Tickets from:
www.ticketweb.co.uk
08700 600 100
www.seetickets.com
0870 264 3333

Eat Your Own Ears presents
OF MONTREAL
EUGENE MCGUINNESS
WAVE MACHINES

Thursday 16 October
Doors 7pm

Koko, 1a Camden High Street, Camden, London NW1 / 0870 432 5527

Tickets £14.50 from
www.ticketweb.co.uk 08700 600 100
www.seetickets.com 0870 264 3333

http://www.myspace.com/ofmontreal
http://www.ofmontreal.net
http://www.myspace.com/eugenemcguinness85, http://www.myspace.com/mywavemachine

Their songs soar and weave with energy and goodwill, daring anyone who hears them to walk away without a smile on their face. Listening to OF MONTREAL, you might think that singer Kevin Barnes is missing the angst gene. But the longer you listen, the more you start to realize that maybe missing the angst gene is a blessing. It allows Kevin to explore more fully his crazily creative ideas and to make wondrous music, drawing on influences from the Byrds or even the Mamas And The Papas; the group's songs are all sweet pop ditties, as suitable for campfire-singing as stage performance.

EUGENE MCGUINNESS is inspired by everyone from Dizzee Rascal to The Pogues, his songwriting features all manner of idiosyncratic inflections, making it trad troubadouring with a twist. His wry, humorous worldview, and romanticising of the everyday is apparent on his debut on Domino sister label, Double Six.

For all their immediate melody and impulsive groove, WAVE MACHINES produce a fragile kind of pop. Rhythms built of melodic ticks and bleeps; polka dots of sound drawn together beneath a distinct falsetto vocal. their occasional forays from their studio in a Liverpool dock road warehouse have revealed an enigmatic four piece. Alternate front men, a zither beating bass player, a drummer crowning beats with hooks from an electro vibraphone, Wave Machines cast spells around their apparatus in a ludicrously joyful live show.

Tickets from:
www.ticketweb.co.uk
08700 600 100
www.seetickets.com
0870 264 3333

Eat Your Own Ears presents
BORN RUFFIANS
ONE LITTLE PLANE
GALLOPS!
Plus special guests

Dingwalls, Middle Yard, Camden Lock, London, NW1 8AB
020 7267 1577

Monday 15 September
Doors 8pm

Tickets £8.50 (advance) from:
www.ticketweb.co.uk  
08700 600 100
www.seetickets.com  
0870 264 3333

www.myspace.com/bornruffians
www.myspace.com/onelittleplane

BORN RUFFIANS, Warp records’ Ontario Hills based three piece deliver their unique energetic live set of songs that will make you want to bang your head to, shake your fist to and dance along to… with its disco interlocking guitars and gorgeous vocal harmonies, Prince-like funk and pounding huge beats…

Creating an infectious slice of indie punk, drawing comparisons to The Strokes, Pixies and Pavement, their records are perfect for dancing circles with your purses in the club or staring wistfully at the ceiling before bedtime, constantly pushing the boundaries of musical arrangement.

A twist on the singer-songwriter tradition, ONE LITTLE PLANE is a musical epiphany straight from the unfaltering beat of one little heart – the captivating Kathryn Bint.

Originally from Chicago, Kathryn relocated to London in 2003, where she began recording in her flat with producer Kieran Hebden (Four Tet) in 2005. Together, they created One Little Plane's distinctive soundscape of unique instrumentation: a combination of electric and acoustic guitars, small percussion, thumb piano, melodica, keyboards, vibraphone, samples and multi-tracked vocals.

GALLOPS! A new 4 piece experimental band from Wales, a blend of galloping drums, contorted saw waves and chivalrous guitars.

http://www.myspace.com/mechanicalbride  
http://www.myspace.com/itstheblisters
http://www.myspace.com/jenscarelius

“Mechanical Bride – aka 22-year-old Lauren Doss – returns with the Black Skeleton EP on Transgressive, three songs of quite exquisite spookiness. Given time, care and attention, Black Skeleton Sea locks into the brain like a virulent disease as Doss’ lovely voice floats over the minimal backing like a jazz ghost.” – Music Week

“This multi-instrumentalist specialises in experimental, dreamy electro-folk. She has supported kindred spirit Bat for Lashes on tour, has an EP under her belt and a new one on the way.

Signed to Transgressive Records – home to Foals and the Young Knives – Doss sings ethereally on the gospel-esque “Chapel” (from her first EP) and shines in her delicate rendition of Rhianna’s “Umbrella”. Stripping it down to its bare minimum with a sprinkling of glockenspiels and theramin, she reveals new, melancholy layers to last year’s hottest R&B single.”  — Independent

If Laura Marling and Lykke Li were broken ballerinas turning in a dusty music box, they’d sound something like Brighton’s Laura Doss. ..As she sings on ‘Poor Boy’, it’s all ‘oh so sadly sweet’– Time Out

Lauren Doss – the lady behind Mechanical Bride – has been far from resting on her lo-fi folk laurels. Childhood mates with Patrick Wolf and Ed Larrikin, she inhabits a worlds which prides itself on being highly original, imaginative and just a little bit of a nut-job. … gossamer swirls of sound and tender pixie-pop moments both trickle into a stream of gorgeous feather-light harmonies … commendably simplistic and as bell-ringingly kooky as a night making special cookies with fellow Brighton-based siren Bat For Lashes – NME

PLUS BLISTERS and JENS CARELIUS

Tickets £6 advance from:
www.ticketweb.co.uk 
08700 600 100
www.seetickets.com 
0870 264 3333

FIELD DAY
VICTORIA PARK – AUGUST 9TH
www.fieldayfestivals.com
 
FIELD DAY WELCOMES ITS VERY OWN…
FULL BRASS BAND!
+ FINAL FEW TICKETS REMAINING
 
With 6 days to go, fences being hoiked up, tepee tents being erected, stages being built, tracks being laid, toilets being positioned, bunting being strung, haybales on the way, and cool, cold festival ales being hauled onsite, Victoria Park is already readying itself for the return of FIELD DAY. With remaining tickets flying out for the event on August 9th  (see below for outlet details), bands confirmed, and everything onsite coming together very nicely indeed, it promises to be a High Summer Jamboree of sizeable proportions.
 
Adding to the merriment promised for August 9th, the final addition to the festival’s already all-killer-no-filler lineup has just been confirmed – FD’s very own 25-member BRASS BAND will be on hand to entertain revellers with renditions of everything from Led Zepplin to Kylie, KLF to Stevie Wonder….Talking Heads to…OH YEAH – Beyonce. Plus the odd cult theme tune.  It’ll blow (guffaw!) you’re mind.
 
With the very best of all things alternative from the realms of dance, electro, indie and folk booked to play across the festival’s 5 individually programmed stages, plus their very own Village Fete readied to supply the masses with some countrified fun and games, organisers have gone all out to make FIELD DAY 2008 a one day festival experience like no other…
 
Foals, Simian Mobile Disco, Mystery Jets, Les Savy Fav, Richie Hawtin, Laura Marling, Lightspeed Champion and Noah & The Whale, along with DJ’s Matt Helders (Arctic Monkeys), Huw Stephens and Rob Da Bank are just some of the artists set to play FIELD DAY August 9TH. Full lineup listed here:-

Converse Century Stage w/ Eat Your Own Ears:-
Eat Your Own Ears djs
Foals
Jon Hopkins (Fence)
The Field
Les Savy Fav
Mystery Jets
Of Montreal
Huw Stephens (DJ set)
Laura Marling
Wild Beasts
Howling Bells
Noah and The Whale
 
Adventures in The Beetroot Field / NME.com stage:-
Simian Mobile Disco
The Notwist
Dan Deacon
Matt Helders (DJ)
The Mae Shi
Crispin Dior (DJ)
The Emperor Machine
White Lies
Filthy Dukes
Magistrates
Edward J Hicks
 
Homefires stage:-
Fionn Regan
Rob Da Bank
Lightspeed Champion
King Creosote
Efterklang
Alasdair Roberts
Jeffrey Lewis
Tunng
Emma Pollack
Pictish Trail
One Little Plane
 
Bugged Out stage:-
Richie Hawtin & Ali Demirel
James Holden
Brodinski
Crookers
Modeselektor
Hannah Holland and Mc Chickaboo
Matt Walsh
Disco Bloodbath DJ’s
 
Bloggers Delight stage:-
Benga (DJ)
Cormac, Peter Pixel & Jacob Hulsey (Wet Yourself)
Mikki Most & Ian Robinson (Trailer Trash)
Telepathe
Casper C (Bloggers Delight)
Heartbreak
Skull Juice (Bloggers Delight)
Primary 1
Rory Phillips & The Lovely Jonjo (Durrr)
Matt and Olly (White Heat)
 
Tickets for Field Day are available from www.seetickets.com / 0870 264 3333 and www.ticketweb.co.uk / 08700 600 100, priced £26.50. See www.fielddayfestivals.com for further details.
 
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www.myspace.com/fielddaylondon