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BAT FOR LASHES

The Spitz
Tuesday 12 September 2006
Sold Out
109 Commercial Street London E1 6BG

£7.50 ADV

BAT FOR LASHES create an intimate, cinematic world, reminiscent of the nocturnal wanderings of Kate Bush and the heartfelt prayers of Cat Power. Natasha composes songs that rise out of a dark, heartbreak wilderness and take you on a journey in to the light. Taking influence from 70’s film soundtracks, weather phenomena, childhood Halloween parties and a David Lynchian vision of suburbia, they occupy the tenebrous space between innocence and a loss of innocence and come
straight from the storyteller’s heart.


BAT FOR LASHES

JAMES YORKSTON and The Athletes

ABSENTEE + FIONN REGAN
Borderline
Tuesday 12 September 2006
Orange Yard off Manette Street London W1D 4JB

£10.50 ADV

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 full band show to promote his brand new album ‘The Year Of The Leopard’ was produced by former Talk Talk member Paul Webb and out on Domino Records in late September.


DUELS

GRIZZLY BEAR

EMMA POLLOCK + FRIGHTENED RABBIT
Cargo
Wednesday 6 September 2006
83 Rivington Street London EC2A 3AY

£8.50 ADV

New York’s GRIZZLY BEAR play a show at Cargo, London on Wednesday 6th September to promote their Warp Records release “Yellow House”.


GRIZZLY BEAR

Jack Penate

FOUR TET DJ SET
KELE OKEREKE (BLOC PARTY) DJ SET
BORN RUFFIANS
LIGHTSPEED CHAMPION
JUNIOR BOYS (DJ SET)
ARCHIE BRONSON OUTFIT (DJ SET) DOMINO DJS
The Lock Tavern
Sunday 13 August 2006
35 Chalk Farm Road London NW1 8AJ

FREE

An Eat Your Own Ears party with live
guests and djs over 3 rooms check out:
http://www.adventuresinthebeetrootfield.com for details and news


Jack Penate

SILVER JEWS

SPECIAL GUESTS CHOSEN BY THE BAND
Mean Fiddler
Saturday 15 July 2006
165 Charing Cross Road London WC2 0EN

£16 ADV

After selling out two dates at the Scala in April skewed rock idols Silver Jews will play their 3rd ever London show at the Mean Fiddler on Saturday July 15th.


SILVER JEWS

ANIMAL COLLECTIVE

BATTLES + KRIA BREKKAN (OF MUM)
Astoria
Thursday 13 July 2006
157 Charing Cross Road London WC2H OEN

£14.50 ADV

After their sold out show at the Scala last November Brooklyn-based
group ANIMAL COLLECTIVE bring their psychedelic melodic insanity to the
Astoria on Thursday July 13th to promote their album “Feels” out now on
Fat cat.


ANIMAL COLLECTIVE

JAMIE T

SPECIAL GUESTS
Bush Hall
Thursday 29 June 2006
Sold Out
310 Uxbridge Road London W12 7LJ

£7.50 ADV

Causing quite a stir in his hometown and counting the Mystery Jets and Larrikin Love among his buddies, Wimbledon born JAMIE T plays a live set of new songs at Bush Hall on Thursday June 29th. With riffs excavated from 70s punk, yet strummed on an acoustic bass as if Dylan’s electric revolution never happened, this backdrop provides a refreshing
blueprint upon which his half-sung raps can be laid… His music is heart-felt, danceable and different


SEMIFINALISTS

HOT CHIP

GROSVENOR
The Luminaire
Wednesday 7 June 2006
Sold Out
311 High Road London NW6 7JR

£10 ADV
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HOT CHIP promote their new album with a live set that sees them combine subtle pop melodies with R’n’B style production, post-punk disco and primals esque guitar riffs to create a perfect electro-pop sound. Think Prince, Stevie Wonder, Devo…

“A rhapsodic, DFA-sized slice of smart pop… with a James Murphy strut and addictive hooks…” NME


HOT CHIP

THE RESEARCH

THE SHORTWAVE SET + DARTZ!
Bush Hall
Tuesday 6 June 2006
310 Uxbridge Road London W12 7LJ

£8.50 ADV
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THE RESEARCH a three piece from Wakefield with a gift for sunshine melodies play a tight live set of art-rock-pop as they mix minimalist guitars, punchy bass lines, swelling keyboards and pounding rhythms… Marrying memorable choruses with fuzzy casio keyboard riffs they have created a distinctive woozy sound that works as an eminently recognisable backdrop to their tales of love, both lost and gained.


THE RESEARCH

BAT FOR LASHES

RALFE BAND + FINDLAY BROWN
The Luminaire
Tuesday 6 June 2006
Sold Out
311 High Road London NW6 7JR

£7 ADV
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BAT FOR LASHES create an intimate, cinematic world, reminiscent of the nocturnal wanderings of Kate Bush and the
heartfelt prayers of Cat Power. Natasha composes songs that rise out of a dark, heartbreak wilderness and take you on a journey in to the light. Taking influence from 70’s film soundtracks, weather phenomena, childhood Halloween parties and a David Lynchian vision of suburbia, they occupy the tenebrous space between innocence and a loss of innocence and come straight from the storyteller’s heart.


BAT FOR LASHES

HOMEFIRES III

VASHTI BUNYAN + FINAL FANTASY
EMMA POLLOCK + PIERRE BASTIEN
EL PERRO DEL MAR + GUESTS
Conway Hall
Sunday 4 June 2006
25 Red Lion Square London WC1R 4RL

£20 IN ADVANCE

Vashti Bunyan – legendary English female vocalist with possibly the longest hiatus in history. 35 years elapsed between the pure beauty of ‘Just Another Diamond Day’ and it’s 2005 follow up, ‘Lookaftering’. Selling only a few hundred records first time round, Vashti is a true hero of the information age, with her debut passed around as a cherished secret for half a decade of burgeoning rediscovery. Here she will play songs with a variety of performers including Homefires host, Adem.


HOMEFIRES III

HOMEFIRES III

ISOBEL CAMPBELL + THE ALIENS
GRIZZLY BEAR + U.N.P.O.C
PICTISH TRAIL
Conway Hall
Saturday 3 June 2006
25 Red Lion Square London WC1R 4RL

£20 IN ADVANCE

 

Isobel Campbell – late of Belle & Sebastian, Isobel recently released ‘Ballad of the Broken Seas’, her debut album of duets made with Seattle superstar Mark Lanegan. For this show Lanegan’s place will be taken by Eugene Kelly, Glasgow superstar late of The Vaselines and Eugenius.