O2 Shepherds Bush Empire
Thursday 3 May 2007
American troubadour BENJY FERREE plays his first London show since signing to Domino with a live show at The Spitz on Wednesday 2 May.
His tunes that are full of infectious melodic hooks, airy spaces and swinging moments, there are tons of folk elements – fiddle, banjo – country and even the blues, evoking Beatles circa ‘Revolver’ and early Bob Dylan.
Plus special guests
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.
BOOM BIP aka Bryan Hollon has been locked away in his home studio in LA writing and producing new material which he will present at Cargo, London on Wednesday 25th April, his first London appearance for well over a year…
Tonight Boom Bip and band will deliver their unique mix of rich electronics and precision avant-rock that recalls Can, Cornelius and the pastoral melodic electronica of Boards of Canada.
After the acclaimed release of The Golden Age BOBBY CONN is back this time with a vengeance to promote his new album King for a Day out on Thrill Jockey on February 20th.
BOBBY CONN and his band play an 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 guitar wah, Prince like funk, pounding huge beats and driving strings over Bobby Conn’s T-Rex esq vocals and sexually-charged Iggy Pop like stage presence. BOBBY CONN ?filters the maddest excesses of ?70?s rock, glam and disco through the mind of a natural punk.? – NME
plus special guests
FIELDS promote their new album with a live set as they deliver a heady mix of clever, weirdly melodic soaring west coast harmonies, electronics and a rhythm section on a runaway train to the place where Pink Floyd saw ‘Emily Play’ and the Flaming Lips Raced For The Prize…
When Southend’s immaculately attired garage rock quintet stalked onto the East End pub circuit in late 2005, it was immediately clear they were going to make waves in the indie fashion world, if nowhere else. But their debut album ‘On Strange House,’ proves that they have the substance to back-up their Dickensian undertaker image.
THE HORRORS, who bonded over a shared obsession with obscure Sixties garage vinyl, channel their wildest crate-digging fantasies into venomous tales from the crypt. As they play a live set of swamp drenched reverb laden, country blues, rockabilly, retard punk action that sounds like the birthday party playing tav falco and panther burns while being devoured by vampires…
“One of the most inventive, exciting and downright amazing guitar
records in ages ******” Time Out
“Thrilling *****” The Guardian
“Sadistic glee – Debut Album Of The Month” ****” Uncut
“This album is all instant wins and winning instances – Album of the
fortnight *****” Artrocker
“High-excitement psycho-rock ****” Mojo
“Impassioned *****” The Independent
“Thank goodness for The Horrors…a life-affirming debut ****” The
Observer
“A nigh-on perfect example of timeless, uncommercial garage-psychedelia”
The Times
“One of Britain’s best young bands ****” Daily Mail
“11 venomous tales from the crypt ****” Observer Music Monthly
“An instant classic 10/10” Vice
“A strong debut…psyched garage rock runs through this like blood down
a knife” NME
“If John Peel broadcast from beyond the grave, this would be on his
playlist” The Times
“Strange House is a riot of psych organs and fuzzed up guitars,
resulting in one of the most startling debuts in quite some time” Music
Week
Tonight KIERAN HEBDEN (FOUR TET) and veteran jazz drummer STEVE REID promote their 3rd release Tongues on Domino Records.
19 year old north Harrow’s KATE NASH plays a headline show at the Spitz on Monday March 26th. In the vein of friend and fan Lily Allen, KATE NASH sings about people weird and wonderful as she mixes her wistful London accent, an acoustic guitar and sparse minimal youth electro pop with a fair dose of humour.
Chicago-born ANDREW BIRD plays a rare London show to support his recent album ‘Andrew Bird & the Mysterious Production of Eggs’ as well as play a wealth of new material from forthcoming 2007 release.
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.