Louis le Prince and the Projectors
+ March of Dimes
+ Samuel Foxton Welles
+ Nick John Henry

www.hopehouserecords.co.uk

7.30pm. SOLD OUT!

HOPE HOUSE RECORDS PRESENTS

TBC -3pm

TBC - 7.30pm

WORLD CUP 2010 - QUARTER FINAL

TBC - 3pm

TBC - 7.30pm

WORLD CUP 2010 - QUARTER FINAL

TBC - 7.30pm

WORLD CUP 2010 - SEMI FINAL

TBC - 7.30pm

WORLD CUP 2010 - SEMI FINAL

Souther Still plus support

8pm. £3

Souther Still launch their third album 'Great Wild Street'expect more lo-fi London blues and Americana.

SOUTHER STILL ALBUM LAUNCH

TBC - 7.30pm

WORLD CUP 2010 - MATCH FOR 3RD PLACE

TBC - 7.30pm

WORLD CUP 2010 - FINAL!

Daniel Rigby and Mike Wozniak - Previewing their Edinburgh bound stand-up shows

£4/ £3 concessions

Doors from 7.30pm. Start time 8pm.

Daniel Rigby - Laughing Horse New Act Winner 2007

Mike Wozniak - Time Out New Act of the Year 2008

MIKE WOZNIACK + DANIEL RIGBY EDINBURGH PREVIEWS

FEED YOUR HEAD presents 4 up-and-coming cutting-edge new bands!

PAUL COOK AND THE CHRONICLES + URUSEN + BLEEDING HEART NARRATIVE + ALPHABET BACKWARDS

JULY 14th - £6 or £4 flyer……….. Bands start @ 8.15pm!

There’s a FREE shot of Jagermeister on the door to the first 25 people in the door!

FEED YOUR HEAD

Doping Panda + Grow Claws

8.30PM. FREE!

Doping Panda head to London as part of their European tour. Hailing from Tokyo the band are intent on bringing their infectious fast paced Electronic Pop music to the streets of London.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDt2UHQODRc&feature=related

This is a one off live show that is absolutely not to be missed. Venue capacity is only 100 so make sure you are there early.

Also on the bill are Brighton based Grow Claws fresh from a year supporting Wild Beasts, the Noisettes and more http://www.myspace.com/growclaws

for more info please contact us .

BIG IN JAPAN

Sly paws (headline) + Dukes mixtures + Casino zone + The fleas

8pm. £5

MUSICBORN

SOPHIE BLACK - A Sketch Show
If.comedy and Chortle nominee Sophie Black (Fat Tongue) previews her highly anticipated first solo Edinburgh show.  Meet the only art teacher in the country who can make Leonardo di Caprio look like an ageing triad and the movie director who almost cast ET in 8 Mile. Plus find out what happened to Sadaam Hussein at the Splash and Fun Water Park in Malta. “The most original sketch act around” The Times, “Quality simply shines through” Chortle ****, “Wrenchingly funny” Fest ****

BRIDGET CHRISTIE - A ANT
Bridget Christie used to dress up as Charles II, talk about the English Civil War and pretend to be The Great Plague.  But this had no commercial value, so she gave up on that pointless nonsense.  This year she’s talking about cat-shit, priests and rude mothers. Bridget is supported by the first ever and so far the finest Ant comedian on the circuit, A Ant (Winner Nivea Funny Ant Competition 1993).  “Cheerful surrealist” (Guardian). “Utterly entertaining” (Times).   "Brilliantly, uniquely funny…what truly alternative fringe comedy should be" (Chortle).  “Like watching a young Frances De La Tour” (Barry Cryer).

8pm. £5 each or £7 for both.

SOPHIE BLACK + BRIDGET CHRISTIE EDINBURGH PREVIEWS

The Blanche Hudson Weekend
Boy Genius
Insect Guide
Micktravis

8pm. £5

Odd Box is warming up for Indietracks by putting on this amazing pop show.

THE BLANCHE HUDSON WEEKEND (Leeds)
Top of the bill are The Blanche Hudson Weekend (featuring ex Manhattan Love Suicides, Darren and Caroline). The band are set to cause a stir with their first ever live appearance.

"Noise And Fury is a sugar laced melodic buzz bomb cemented by windswept effervescent skrees of MBV feedback albeit informed by a Ramones mindset" - Losing Today

BOY GENIUS (Brooklyn)
Boy Genius are doing a small UK tour before their appearance at Indietracks and I am delighted they're playing their only London show for Odd Box. The band have been firm favourites here since their 'Eureka' EP came out back in 2007. Three years on the band have released their 2nd full length 'Staggering' on Greenpop Recordings.

""Brooklyn quartet Boy Genius has the same no-fuss charm that characterized a lot of 80s college rock: simple hooks, harmonies and melodies, ringing guitars - reliable stuff" - Time Out New York

INSECT GUIDE (Leeds)
Formed in Leeds in late 2005, Insect Guide ? Su Sutton and Stan Howells ? have been sending ripples through the musical underground ever since thanks to their distinctive brand of DARK, CINEMATIC POP. Now expanded to a three piece by the addition of drummer Chris Cooper (Pale Saints) the band have recently recorded a session for Marc Riley on BBC 6 Music. Their 2nd LP" DARK DAYS & NIGHTS" is set to be released in July 2010 on Squirrel Records.

The band have picked up a lot of praise over the past few years:

?accessible and joyously barbed pop songs? - UNCUT (debut of the month)
"an irresistible pop masterpiece" - DROWNED IN SOUND
?a beautiful and idiosyncratic pop album? - SUBBA-CULTCHA

MICKTRAVIS (Blackburn)
Micktravis is the continuing alias of ex tompaulin songwriter Jamie Holman. Tompaulin enjoyed a three LP and seven single career, mostly with the fantastic Track And Field label; notching up two John Peel Sessions and shows all over Europe along the way. Jamie is now releasing records on the winterbird label and continues to write confessional songs about girls and fighting.

Also giving away a free 7" single by The Fischers (featuring Micktravis) for the first 50 people through the door!

ODD BOX PRESENTS

Join us for July's Bright Club, back at the Wilmington Arms, but on a
Wednesday for once (for all those people who can never make Tuesdays).
This month our crew of comedians, lecturers, researchers and
intellectuals, many of them on-stage for the first time ever, will be
talking about Books. Come and get your reading list (just watch out
because a lot of it will be FILTH!).

Sarah Bennetto, Comedian (http://www.myspace.com/sarahbennetto) who
tells some of the funniest stories in the world.

Jane Gilbert, French Manuscript expert, who has translated some very
strange and hilarious stories.

Nicholas Canty, Publishing Guru.

Nic Fleming, Master wordsmith.

Myles MacDonald, young sociologist and Youtube star.

Steve Cross, the coach of Bright Club, putting himself into the game
to reveal his diet book addiction.

8pm. £5.

BRIGHT CLUB

FEED YOUR HEAD presents 4 up-and-coming cutting-edge new bands!

GHOST OF THE GULLY…. plus support from… VELVET VELVET SPICE RACK + THE GULLIVERS + OLD SCHOOL TIE

JULY 22nd - £6 or £4 flyer……….. Bands start @ 8.15pm!

There’s a FREE shot of Jagermeister on the door to the first 25 people in the door!

FEED YOUR HEAD

TBC

GOONITE

DJs Gary, John and Andy plus special guests

7:30pm. £3

Playing the best in 60s soul ska and R&B plus mod beats - all on original vinyl. 

http://www.facebook.com/CrawdaddySoulClub

CRAWDADDY!

SOPHIE BLACK - A Sketch Show
If.comedy and Chortle nominee Sophie Black (Fat Tongue) previews her highly anticipated first solo Edinburgh show.  Meet the only art teacher in the country who can make Leonardo di Caprio look like an ageing triad and the movie director who almost cast ET in 8 Mile. Plus find out what happened to Sadaam Hussein at the Splash and Fun Water Park in Malta. “The most original sketch act around” The Times, “Quality simply shines through” Chortle ****, “Wrenchingly funny” Fest ****

RUFUS JONES & ALEX KIRK - NO SON OF MINE
Join Dennis Hazeley (Actor, Delusional) and his father Don (Excruciating, Grimsby-Based) for an hour of fun and dysfunction. Look on as the family skeletons topple out of the closet: Don’s Magic Hand Trick, Dennis’s letter from Rudolf Nureyev and a treasured, albeit Nazi, heirloom.
For anyone who looked at their father and yearned for adoption. Starring Perrier Nominee Rufus Jones (Dutch Elm Conservatoire, Lead Balloon, Peep Show, Mongrela) and Alex Kirk (Peep Show, Jam & Jerusalem).
“Hilarious…One of the most amusing shows on the Fringe.” (Scotsman, for Dutch Elm)
“A good head above the rest…” (Sunday Times, for Dutch Elm)

8pm. £5 each or £7 for both.

SOPHIE BLACK + NO SON OF MINE EDINBURGH PREVIEW

Mike Wozniack + Henry Paker.

Who is Floyd Vernon? Behold a clutch of bizarre characters, bogus science and
scrambled mystery.

Director Matt Peover

Best New Show Winner, Leicester Festival

‘A Gem’ The Sun.

Henry Paker was Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2008. His cartoon ‘Why
Steve Was Late’ appears weekly in the Times.

Mike Wozniak was Time Out’s Best New Act 2008.
Their last collaboration was as part of the sketch group Superclump (4* Chortle)

Doors 7.30. Show 8.00pm

£4/ £3 concessiona

THE GOLDEN LIZARD

EDINBURGH PREVIEW
What gig? We don't know what you're talking about? But we'd love you to come and see it before we go to Edinburgh.
 
7.30pm doors, 8pm start
Tickets £5 on door
 
LADY GARDEN

As heard on BBC Radio 4 and seen at the Hackney Empire, Glastonbury, The Comedy Store, and BBC Comedy Presents.
Winner of the Guardian's Best Sketch at the Edinburgh Fringe 2009
'One of the most exciting and laugh out loud funny young sketch groups' TIME OUT
'Naturally funny and cleverly subversive' METRO

LADY GARDEN: TOP SECRET GIG

FEED YOUR HEAD presents 4 up-and-coming cutting-edge new bands!

THE GAVELS…. plus support from… BORDEAUXXX / PAPERWAITS / KYLA LA GRANGEJULY 

 £6 or £4 flyer

Bands start @ 8.15pm!

There’s a FREE shot of Jagermeister on the door to the first 25 people in the door!

FEED YOUR HEAD

CRUELLA RIBBONS + NATURE SET + MARY AT MIDNIGHT + CANVEY ISLAND

Doors @ 7.30pm, First band on at 8.30pm.

£3.

CRUELLA RIBBONS (www.myspace.com/cruellaribbons)

Cruella was an Equation once. For those of you that knew Theoretical Girl then that will make sense. For the rest of you it’s a mathematical nightmare born from 101 Dalmations. But I digress. Cruella is actually an Aussie settled in London who goes by the name of Kelly White and writes damn fine grungey-pop songs.  P.I.X. Zine have described her as “Appealing, sultry and insightful” but the best description comes from the lady herseld; “If Liza Minelli had a baby with Courtney Love and saturated the child’s life with post punk girl bands and Dusty Springfield...this is what would come out”.  Tempted? You should be.

NATURE SET (www.myspace.com/natureset)

Sheffield’s Nature Set are still fairly young in band years but the experience and talent of their parts far outweigh this infantile state. With former members of the Long Blondes, Bon Bon Club and the Millipedes, Nature Set are something of a Sheffield super group and their first clutch of tunes is nothing to be sniffed at. If You Lived Here You’d Be Home By Now is already a brooding, and insanely catchy favourite at Ravenous towers. This will be their first London show so come on down and check out a bit of history in the making.

MARY AT MIDNIGHT (www.myspace.com/maryatmidnight)

CANVEY ISLAND (www.myspace.com/canveyisland)

DEATH & GLORY

FIREBUG 

http://www.firebugmusic.com 
Los Angeles-based alt rock band (playing 2010 Sonisphere Festival).

THE BOICOTTS
http://www.myspace.com/boicotts
Insane Japanese surf Garage launch their new single 'I don't wanna be your boy'

THE DASH
http://www.myspace.com/the_dash
Anthemic Garage punk from East London's finest

THE FIELD PEOPLE

THE CURSORS

7.30pm.

GOLDMINE

THE MARINER'S CHILDREN + TRISTRAM + PAPERPLAIN

8pm - 11pm

Back after our World Cup break, we return to the Wilmington for our monthly shindig with a cracking line-up.
The Mariner's Children are back after playing at Kick The Plug a year ago now, this time headlining the show with support from Tristram and one of The Times' top ten acts to look out for in 2010, Paperplain. Look out!

The Mariner's Children http://myspace.com/benedictdaniel
+
Tristram
+
Paperplain http://myspace.com/helenpaperplain

Tickets available here:
http://www.wegottickets.com/event/83748

more info on the bands:

Mariner's Children http://myspace.com/benedictdaniel
The Mariner's Children are a 7 piece alt. folk band that play densely textured, upbeat, heartfelt and intense folk music. Meshing the intricate guitar interplay of Pentangle with the barnstorming raucousness of Arcade Fire. They toured with Peggy Sue last WInter and are releasing their debut EP later this year.

Paperplain http://myspace.com/helenpaperplain
Paperplain is the alias of analogue-loving Helen Page. The delicately sweet and dreamy lo-fi folk single ‘11:30’ was released as part of the Too Pure Singles Club and a video containing the track clocked up over a million views on Youtube. In January she was listed as one of The Times' top ten acts to look out for in 2010.

‘Helen has one of those voices that feels like she’s singing to you personally, and she employs the eight-track to great effect. Her hushed tones and raw talent, hidden behind the hiss and clicks, results in endearingly honest music.’ - Vinyl Junky

KICK THE PLUG

7.30pm

£3.00 - £5.00

MUSICBORN

The Tender Hips + Small Engine Repair + TBC

Doors: 8pm
Price: £6 / £5 with flyer

The Tender Hips are a London-based four piece with influences ranging from 60s garage to 90s alt-rock, via girl-groups and an array of dead and broken-hearted country singers. Their genre-bending approach to classic songwriting combines growling guitars with driving beats, soaring vocals and ghostly harmonies, and will make you tap your feet and examine your conscience.

Small Engine Repair play their own style of alternative lo-fi pop music and are currently appearing alongside Emmy the Great and Peter Bjorn & John on the Chris Coco compiled album 'Acoustic Chill.' They have recently worked with John Bundrick (The Who) and have been played on radio shows in the UK and Ibiza-ooooh!

CLUB FANDANGO

FEED YOUR HEAD presents 4 up-and-coming cutting-edge new bands!

COLD IN BERLIN…. plus support from… UNION JACKALS | SEED OF CHANGE | THE SUPER SEVENS

AUGUST 7th - £6 or £4 flyer……….. Bands start @ 8.15pm!

There’s a FREE shot of Jagermeister on the door to the first 25 people in the door!

FEED YOUR HEAD

Anthea Neads + Ross Wilson (Blue Rose Code) + Zwah + Avenge Vulture Attack

6:00pm - 10:30pm

£5

Escape into a world of sweet entertainment - bands, cakes, games and more. Leave sweaty palms and racing hearts at the door. All in aid of Maytree.

www.maytree.org.uk

RESCUE REMEDY

Edinburgh Preview: Stand-ups Charlie Partridge and Clara Electra give it some stand-up shebang.

Doors: 8pm. £2.

EAST END BOY WEST END GIRL

FEED YOUR HEAD presents 4 up-and-coming cutting-edge new bands!

THE MEAT AND ONIONS GANG…. plus support from… B FOR BUTTERFLY | SWANSEA RECREATION CENTRE | guests

AUGUST 11TH - £6 or £4 flyer……….. Bands start @ 8.15pm!

There’s a FREE shot of Jagermeister on the door to the first 25 people in the door!

FEED YOUR HEAD

10.30 THE SUNNY STREET

09.45 CINEPLEXX

09.05 ZANIN'S MAGIC CRAYON

08.25 IN CASES

First 20 people through the door get a FREE CD from O Bosque/Woodland. Get down early!

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Woodland European Tour 2010 was conceived during Zanin's Magic Crayon North American Tour 2009.
The idea is basically unite a road trip to a musical tour, avidly questing - both musically and more, and strictly following a DIY ethos.

Zanin's Magic Crayon and In Cases (both from the UK) will play all the shows of the tour.
Cineplexx (from Argentina/Spain) and The Sunny Street will join in for the London show!

http://woodland.blogspot.com/2010/05/woodland-european-tour-2010.html


Read more: http://events.myspace.com/Event/5755762/WET2010-w-Zanins-Magic-Crayon-In-Cases-Cineplexx-and-The-Sunny-Street#ixzz0vQaX7gZG

8pm. £5.

GOONITE

The Lovely Eggs + Hexicon + Moustache Of Insanity + The Queens Head

8pm. £5. 

Headliners The Lovely Eggs are a 2 piece band from Lancaster, United Kingdom. They consist of married couple Holly Ross and David Blackwell. Ross was formerly the lead singer and guitarist in the popular all girl band Angelica(now split). David Blackwell was guitarist in Lancaster drone band 3D Tanx, who performed at Tate Britain with artist Linder Sterling and also with Damo Suzuki (ex Can)

Hexicon Mike, Paul and Tom started Hexicon in 2004, beginning life as a lo-fi voice/guitar/french horn combo and have since grown into a five-headed monster with Greg and Andy as a drumming tag team, and Giles on bass.

Moustache of Insanity are a London based indiepop duo who make funny, dance-able pop tunes about whatever they like - from postcards to old cassette mix tapes. Committed to DIY ethic they began with, all their records are made by hand and self recorded.

The Queen's Head started as a whim of Mr.Speaker's, unhappy with his self-imposed 'ideas' of what was 'good'. But it quickly became much more than a mere giggle on the side of his other successful sonic behemoth - SubAudible Hum - and took on an earth-shattering importance second to none.

ALMOST LIKE A SONG

Baaneex + Human Wave Attack + We Walk On Ice + Bastard Sword

8pm. £6.

GOONITE

Talented new comer Lauren O' Rourke takes to the stage with her first one woman show.

£4/3 concessions.

Doors 7.30pm. Show starts 8.00pm.

LAUREN O' ROURKE WORKS IN THE KERRYMAN

Talented new comer Lauren O' Rourke takes to the stage with her first one woman show.

£4/3 concessions.

Doors 7.30pm. Show starts 8.00pm.

LAUREN O' ROURKE WORKS IN THE KERRYMAN

More details soon!

BRIGHT CLUB: POWER

WILLIAM OWEN & THE LINE UP with special guests THE TOY BAND

Following a few years in singer/songwriter wilderness, William Owen started the year with a dream. To form a band. The dream quickly became a reality after recruiting Michael Lovatt (Drums/Trumpet) Hannah Trett (Bass/Vocals) and Natalie Smith (Vocals) They go by the name The Line-Up. The Wilmington gig will give them an opportunity to celebrate their coming together and put on a night to remember. There will be guests of the special variety and pigs wrapped in blankets.
The night will also see the triumphant return of The Toy Band to the east london live scene. Not content with one Lovatt banging the drums? Fear not, as Michael's younger brother Peter will be sharing the same skins for The Toy Band.
One night. One vision. Two Brothers. 
 
www.myspace.com/thetoyband 
 
www.myspace.com/williamowenmusic  
 
Price £5
 
Start time 20.00

WILLIAM OWEN & THE LINE UP

The Fancy Dress Party + more TBC
 
Doors – 8.30pm
 
Price - £5 (includes a 7’’ copy of Fancy Dress Party debut release) limited hand numbered copies.

The Fancy Dress Party has stood out from their local Essex music scene since their inception.
 
On stage violins, Ukuleles and balalaika sit together with contemporary instruments to create a sound that falls on the right side sincerity.
 
Their first single ‘Grandfather’ begins sparsely and delicately and slowly creeps into lush tenderness that can be held close to the heart.
 
3 members are currently at University and the band reconvenes in the holidays to play a handful of packed shows around Essex and London.
 
There youngest member Tom is only just dong his GCSE’s.
 
 
Sweet Release Records is a brand new singles label that releases 200 hand numbered limited 7’’ vinyl with each offering (also available digitally).
 
The song ‘Grandfather’ was recorded at Abbey Road Studios (where Christian, ½ of Sweet Release, works) and was completed in the labels Essex studio.
 
 
This is one of ‘The Fancy Dress Party’s’ quieter moments in their live set and we recommend you experience there more energetic moments live where layers of glocks and drums from the six members creates a cacophony of loveliness.
 
The Fancy Dress Party prove beauty can come from Essex.

THE FANCY DRESS PARTY/ SWEET RELEASE RECORDS RELEASE PARTY

The Unfortunate Incident + Kites + Montage Populaire

Doors 8.00pm. £3 on door.

'SeeSound Live' showcases some of the best bands from the website SeeSound.co.uk:
 
Montage Populaire; "Sounding like the result of ingesting a huge record collection in one sitting, Montage Populaire are ambitious songwriters whose sharp verse/chorus constructions are littered with arty twists that offer snatches of Bowie, Los Campensinos and early Blur high on Syd Barrett." Q Magazine/Glastonbury, Feb 2010
 
Kites.. "bridge the gap between Joy Division and Donna Summer, existing in curious space between Manchester's Hacienda and New York's Studio 54.” Medina Music
 
The Unfortunate Incident.. "play a unique rock/country/punk/folk hybrid. Formed in 2008, thet have garnered a reputation as a formidable live act."

SEESOUND LIVE

IN LIKE FLYNN www.myspace.com/inlikeflynntheband
PAUL MOSLEY  WWW.MYSPACE.COM/PAULMOSLEY
EDD GARRATT myspace.com/eddgarratt

Doors 7.30pm. 

SUBSTANCE @ THE WILMINGTON ARMS

FEED YOUR HEAD presents 4 up-and-coming cutting-edge new bands!

LOCOMOTIVES…. plus support from… TESKNOTA | THE UNDERSTUDIES | OUT OF THE AFTERNOON

AUGUST 26TH - £6 or £4 flyer……….. Bands start @ 8.15pm!

There’s a FREE shot of Jagermeister on the door to the first 25 people in the door!

FEED YOUR HEAD

TIGERCATS is "a brand new band featuring members of Esiotrot and Hexicon, east London’s Tigercats reimagine The Wave Pictures and Violent Femmes as spiky, infectious post-punk anti-heroes. We haven’t heard a new band sound this perfectly-formed for quite some time"
howdoesitfeel.co.uk
http://www.myspace.com/tigercatswearinghats

THE GIVE IT UPS are two girls and two boys from South London, who play short, fuzzy pop songs.
Part of Cloudberry and Oddbox, they've just played Indietracks, and already played with Horowitz, Milky Wimpshake, Hotpants Romance, Stars of Aviation, Mexican Kids at Home, Even As We Speak, The Loves, Standard Fare, Betty & The Werewolves, the Wendy Darlings (nearly), Pocketbooks and The School; and for promoters including Spiral Scratch, HDIF Presents, Fortuna Pop!.
"Beat Happening having a fight with Huggy Bear in Mothercare".
http://www.myspace.com/theegiveitups

DJ: Camila / WeePOP!
http://www.myspace.com/weepoprecords
Camila is the mind behind WeePOP! records, a lo-fi indiepop diy record label out of london, dedicated to limited run, lovingly hand crafted, assembled and numbered, wee tactile packets of lo-fi POP!
So expect really nice popsongs between the bands - fell free to dance as well!

8pm. £3.99 adv, £5 door.

Buy tickets:
http://www.wegottickets.com/event/90912

GOONITE

7.30pm. £5

MUSICBORN

The Cavalcade + Socialist Leisure Party + Tracey's Love

£5.  8-11pm

PEBBLES RECORDS PRESENTS THE CALVACADE MANY MOONS ALBUM LAUNCH PARTY

This Is the Kit (single launch) + Ichi + The Hand performing live with additional music from the Need No Water DJs + guest DJ Chris Lucraft (Broken Sound)

Kick The Plug hereby presents to you the launch of This Is The Kit's new single Moon. Already getting radio support from Cerys Matthews, Tom Ravenscroft, Gideon Coe and John Kennedy, anticipation is riding high for This Is The Kit's return, so this should be a cracking gig.
With support all the way from Japan in the shape of one man band Ichi and from Bristolian duo The Hand (Wig Smith and Rachael Dadd). Expect musical brilliance..., culinary treats and badges give-aways, with additional music from guest DJ, Chris Lucraft (Broken Sound).

This Is The Kit
http://www.myspace.com/thisisthekit

Ichi
http://www.myspace.com/ichijapan

The Hand
http://www.myspace.com/thehandand

Price: £5.00 on the door / £4 advance

Advance tickets:
http://www.wegottickets.com/event/87656

KICK THE PLUG

Sam Sallon + Jack Harris + Betty Frances + Craig Storrod

7.30pm. £3-4.

MUSICBORN

Kentish Fire + Audiopeel + The Producers

8pm. £5.

MUSICBORN

Healer/Monster
The Barefoot Smile
Outlaws Kept the View
Saturday 4th September
 
Doors – 7.30pm
 
£4

There will a steady progression in volume & vibes on the 4th. Starting with two man acoustic folk blues of Outlaws Kept The View and moving through the indy, folky harmonied sound of The Barefoot Smile whose edgier tunes will get your hearts and ears ready for the full on cathartic release that is Healer/Monster. it's gonna be emotional and amazing in equal measures!

HEALER/MONSTER

Anna and Katy try out some new material for their channel 4 show.

ANNA & KATY

10:15
Vox Von Braun: "One of the things we love about Vox Von Braun is the playful approach they take in recognizing their varied and semi-retro influences while maintaining a unique, strong sound that stands more than well enough on its own."
Milk Milk Lemonade
http://www.myspace.com/voxvonbraun

9:20
Waifs & Strays: the feeling a blind boy gets reading Die Hard in braille whilst a dog licks his feet but he thinks it's his Nan wanting money again.
http://www.myspace.com/waifsandstraysuk

8:30
last days of KWAN: The Odies + Because + Fixative + Mr Jaw + Present Black + Team Bear + Silent Archives + Siege the Besieged = last days of KWAN.
http://www.myspace.com/lastdaysofkwan

£3.99 adv / £5 door

GOONITE

The Blanche Hudson Weekend + The Sunday Reeds (Australia) + Evans The Death

Doors 8pm. £4 door (£3 advance).

The Blanche Hudson Weekend
A return to the Wilmington Arms for The Blanche Hudson Weekend (featuring former Manhattan Love Suicidues duo Caroline and Darren and other assorted weekenders) after the storming set at the Indietracks festival. Bringing to you all kinds of noise, fuzz, melody, dissonance, rawness, killer tunes and buzzsaw pop. Take a bit of 1960s girl group sounds, mix with Girls In The Garage type ramshackle production, add some gun slugging guitars and sugar sweet vocals with a keen ear for a great hook.

"The beauty lies in the simplicity (of the song). It tries not to do much and because of it, achieves more" - Drowned In Sound on recent single 'Let Me Go'.

The Sunday Reeds (Australia)
The Sunday Reeds are a female-fronted noise pop/rock band named after Melbourne patron of the arts Sunday Reed. The love-child of some kind of rock 'n' roll orgy between The Jesus and Mary Chain, Joy Division, The Ramones and The Velvet Underground. Driving bass lines, plenty of guitar feedback, primitive pounding rock beats and alto, sex-laden female vocals. If Nico had joined The Ramones, strapped on a bass guitar, and a whole lot more noise was added, this is how it might have sounded. After spending much time songwriting and recording in a hell-hole apartment, founding members Romana Ashton and Drew Jones were joined in early 2009 by drummer Andy Dawson. And then there were three... The Sunday Reeds' debut album 'Drowning in History' is out now through Squirrel Records

Evans The Death
A conjoining of the unlikely twin towns of Chelmsford and Clapham, Evans The Death is, in truth, the creation of five like minds temporarily parted by the A10. Drawing inspiration from the independently minded guitar bands of the 80’s and with a healthy disdain for the concept of stardom, Evans The Death songs put high stock on the intelligence of lyrics and the primacy of melody. Despite actively avoiding the well trodden route of hype gigs and fervent web activity to gain a name, their ‘Sleeping Song’ has already been a fixture of the more forward thinking blogs.

ODD BOX

FEED YOUR HEAD presents 4 up-and-coming cutting-edge new bands!

SMALL HORSES…. plus support from… THE RECUSANTS | BELAKISS | PARKING OFFENCE

£6 or £4 flyer……….. Bands start @ 8.15pm!

There’s a FREE shot of Jagermeister on the door to the first 25 people in the door!

FEED YOUR HEAD

Louis le Prince & the Projectors + Jimmy Gnecco

HOPEHOUSE RECORDS PRESENT

The second installment of the mighty Death & Glory and the quality acts
just keep on coming. Without further ado, I give you....

DORA BRILLIANT (www.myspace.com/dorabrilliantuk)
London trio Dora Brilliant are infectious. Seriously, don’t touch them –
they’ll give you a disease and until an antidote is discovered we can’t be
sure you’ll survive. I jest, of course, it is their tunes that are
infectious and tracks like ‘Not My Face ...Please’ and ‘Human Being’ will
have you twitching and jittering all night long. A Dora Brilliant live
show is a rare beast so you don’t want to miss this chance to see one of
the scene’s most intriguing and exciting bands. I wasn’t joking though,
don’t touch them...

STAGES OF DAN (www.myspace.com/stagesofdan)
Three men named Chris in a band named after a Dan playing songs that will
make you dance like an agitated Llama. Three statements, only one of them
is true. Fear not though, the bit about the songs is all true and their
brand of rock’n’pop’n’folk’n’blues is really starting to turn some heads
these days. Steve Lamacq described their feel-good track ‘Gary’ as “the
catchiest song I have heard in a long time” and they just keep churning
them out. There is no fat on these boys, just three lean men playing meaty
songs hung on shiny pop hooks. Hmmm, abattoir rock anyone?

THE B OF THE BANG (www.myspace.com/thebofthebang)
Southsea’s finest, The B Of The Bang, return for their third Ravenous show
because we simply love them that much! Using everything from Mandolins to
Moogs, Wit and his merry troupe make 21st century music for 21st century
minds with a 19th century touch of class. The Fly called them “An
unpredictable concoction of anti-folk, malice-laden vocals, psychedelic
big-top clown breakdowns and smatterings of B-movie horror soundtracks”
and we think that sums them up nicely. Certainly the kind of band that
should be gracing your ipod at 3.00am on the nightbus to give you that
sense of wonder at the world!

A.J. DUNNE (www.myspace.com/alexjdunne25)
London based Texan Alex J. Dunne is more frequently seen as part of the
fantabulous Winterhours but is an outstanding artist in his own right.
Drawing on the likes of Jeff Buckley, the mellower moments of Beck, Bon
Iver and the National, Dunne creates sparse yet filmic tunes that could be
the soundtrack to many a break up. Perfect for to start a show that
heralds the start of Autumn then! Come get your folk on...

It all kicks of at 7.30pm and will cost you £3 for the pleasure. And we'll
throw in some Recharged Radio DJs to keep things fun!

DEATH AND GLORY

Wilmington Film Club presents:

Up In The Air

Show times - 3pm, 5pm, 7pm.

FREE!

WILMINGTON FILM CLUB

William Andrews returns with a collection of the best live comedy around.

LINE UP TBC

JOKE PARTY

This month we've flipped Bright Club upside-down, with six regular
audience members taking to the stage for the first time to find the
funny in their jobs, hobbies and expertise. They've listened for too
long - now THEY'RE in charge!

With:

Kent Valentine - Bright Club's best mate will be the Pied Piper to
this crowd of comedy newcomer
Colin Hazel - Tinkling the ivories
Alex Nightingale - Hard as nails urban librarian
Hugh Harvey - Melanin-challenged musician
Mark Ewins - Knows the secrets of your dinner
Rob Davis - The most playful guy in town
Elise Bramich - Obsessed by size. Sorry boys.
Benji Fox - Sound (man) as a pound (er, man).

8pm. £5

BRIGHT CLUB: REVOLUTION

FEED YOUR HEAD presents 4 up-and-coming cutting-edge new bands!

GUNS TO CAVIAR…. plus support from… THE NAKED POLAROIDS | THE FURBELOWS | guests

£6 or £4 flyer……….. Bands start @ 8.15pm!

There’s a FREE shot of Jagermeister on the door to the first 25 people in the door!

FEED YOUR HEAD

Shmekla - http://www.myspace.com/shmekla

K.U.R.V.A. - http://www.myspace.com/kaunasunitedrapvariuosartists

Shiaure -  http://www.myspace.com/shiaure

Gathor & Krapshtukas (Mirazh Squad)

Def One - http://www.myspace.com/defoneition (beatboxer)

MUSICBORN

10:15
Scream Tupelo: Raised at the altar of Elvis and The Cramps, baptised in the fire of sonic fuzz and primitive stomp, Screaming Tupelo is a one man ear-pounding, heart-thumping blues-punk evangelist, delivering his testimony of raw blood and tears, sweat-soaked rock’n’roll.
http://www.myspace.com/screamingtupelo

9:20
Richie Phillips: electric or acoustic guitar, instrumentals from rhythmic to experimental, great music!
http://www.myspace.com/richiekickoutthejam

£3.99 adv / £5 door

GOONITE

HELMHOLTZ RESONATORS SOUNDSYSTEM + THE EMPTY GESTURES + CLIP STAMP FOLD + KING ROBOT

A top notch evening of leftfield alt-rock with foot-tapping electronic quirks liberally scattered amidst the guitars and caterwauling... not a shaky half-baked bunch of jangly indie wannabes insight, just great, impressive thought provoking good-time daftness/earnestness/nessness...

8pm. £5 / £3 members (www.tinyurl.com/spoonface)

 The Empty Gestures - Recently described as “the drunk British Tom Waits” (indiefolkforever), Paul Hawkins is one of the most compelling, unusual and imaginative new songwriters in Britain today. His songs evoke the emotional primacy of Nick Cave, the imaginative storytelling of Jonathan Richman and the wit of Jarvis Cocker to produce dark fantastical narratives on subjects ranging from teenage boys who throw themselves into nuclear reactors in the hope of gaining superpowers to lonely outsiders who don medical coats and operate on unsuspecting bystanders. The Empty Gestures are the guitarless & drumless Euro-sinister electro-pop distillation of his regualar ant-folk kraut-rock backing band The Awkward Silences.
 
Paul is a key figure in the contemporary UK antifolk scene.

THE MONKEYBALL EXPERIMENT

3pm-10.30pm
£4 in advance, £5 otd
http://www.wegottickets.com/event/80355
Free CD of live Recluse recordings available to the first 25 people
 
 
Recluse events, run in association with FBox Records, aim to host divergent live performers who traverse the musical tightropes between the analogue and the digital, the past and the present.
Specialising in showcasing performers too idiosyncratic to fit into any one genre, Recluse events offer performers and the audience with an open-minded event characterised by stylistic variation and live vitality.

Live acts:
Hybernation - sublime electronically manipulated found sounds and objects
Tom White - floating surround sound textures from the Smallfish/Hibernate artist
Vlk - textural noise using Max MSP processed cello, found objects and electronics
Katzgraben - delicate electronica tinged post rock textures
Rome Pays Off - two basses and treated laptop steel guitar flowing effortlessly between static textures and intense swathes of sound
Ten - laptop treated guitar, percussion and field recordings
Burning Zoo - guitar loops and primordial electronics
P Jorgensen - atmospheric minimalism and crystalline tones

DJ sets from Coldstream

Visuals from FBox Records

www.recluse01.com
www.myspace.com.reclusenight
 
 

RECLUSE EXPERIMENTAL ALL- DAYER

Circulus + Three Beards

7.30pm to 11pm

£8

Rout of the Blues - an evening of folkish sounds old and new with special guests mushroom pixie folk rockers Circulus ably supported by Three Beards. Plus The Fox and The Blacksmith play their favourite folky tracks ranging from Midlake & Tunng to The Albion Band & Caravan. Rout of the Blues - a future folk tradition.

ROUT OF THE BLUES

My Sad Captains + 5 Cent Theatre + Jess Sheehan

£7 on door. 7pm.

All proceeds to L'Arche Uganda (school bus) & and child refugees on the Thai Burmese border.

SOCIAL 4 SOCIAL PRESENTS

Crawdaddy! is a 60s soul, ska and R&B night in Central London, run by resident OUR DJs.

We play Tamla Motown, Stax, Trojan, Bluebeat and more, all on original vinyl.

FREE the FIRST FRIDAY of every month!

7.30pm

CRAWDADDY

Butterflies On Strings  Butterflies On Strings

 22:45

Mad Moon Sea 

22:00

Paul Child Band 

21:15

Singer/songwriter Paul Child and his band playing a (con!)fusion of rock/folk/jazz. The band's debut EP is free to download at http://www.paulchildmusic.com

 £5.00. 8pm.

MUSICBORN

The party of joke returns with Tom Bell + Marc Burrows + Ben Target Stubbings & Thom tuck

7.30pm.

£5

JOKE PARTY

ALARAXIS VIBRATION www.myspace.com/ataraxisvibration

THE INFINATE NUMBER OF MONKEYS   www.myspace.com/infinitenumberofmonkeys 

 CHARLIE KHAN  MYSPACE.COM/CHARLIEKHAN

Doors at 7.30pm - £5 Entry

SUBSTANCE @ THE WILMINGTON ARMS

RUE ROYALE
http://www.myspace.com/rueroyale
+
ROZI PLAIN
http://www.myspace.com/roziplain
+
CATRIONA IRVING
http://www.myspace.com/catrionairvingmusic

£4 in advance, or £5 on the door
Tickets available from here:
http://www.wegottickets.com/event/94119

KICK THE PLUG

The Trippers

Jahgo's Odessy

John Blood 

MUSICBORN

Spring Offensive + Our Lost Infantry + Olympians

A charity gig for Oxfam, this night will see Spring Offensive, Our Lost Infantry and Olympians take the stage at The Wilmington Arms, bringing their skewed pop songs to an appreciative audience.

7.30pm. £4 in advance

http://www.wegottickets.com/event/90661

GREENELK & OXJAM PRESENT

The Raphaelites + The State Arcades + Double Denim

3 HOT new bands for your taste buds!!!!!

8pm start! £6 doors, or £4 w/flyer.

FREE SHOT of Jagermeister on the door to the first 25 people!

FEED YOUR HEAD

Time Out Critics' Choice, as recommended by Chortle and londonisfunny.com, this friendly club brings you the best headliners and the hottest rising talent for little more than the price of a pint!

Tickets are £5/£4 NUS and available here; http://www.wegottickets.com/event/94117 or on the door.

featuring;
DAN ANTOPOLSKI
Triple Perrier Nominee, Winner of Dave TV's "Best Joke of the Fringe" Award, and star of BBC3's Hyperdrive.
"Intelligent, thoughtful stand-up ... hilarious, imaginative.." (The Independent)

NAZ OSMANOGLU 
As seen on BBC3. Winner Amused Moose Laugh Off 2009 and Runner Up So You Think You're Funny? 2009.
THE GENTLEMEN OF LEISURE
***** "Gloriously entertaining...utterly brilliant...smart, funny" (The Scotsman)
LIAM WILLIAMS
So you Think You're Funny AND Amused Moose Laugh Up Runner up 2010 
and MC BEN VAN DER VELDE "whip-sharp" (Chortle)

Doors open 7.30pm, show starts 8pm. Seating is unassigned. 
We reserve the right to change the line up in unforeseen circumstances.
Please show NUS card for concs. price.

Actual comedians may not be lovely.

www.reallylovelycomedy.co.uk

THE REALLY LOVELY COMEDY SHOW!

 MAYBESHEWILL
"They’ve the potential to become a domestic instrumental act that truly matters over the next twelve months." — Drowned In Sound
http://www.myspace.com/maybeshewont

 &U&I
http://www.myspace.com/andyouandimusic

Doors 8pm

Buy tickets:
http://www.wegottickets.com/event/86902

GOONITE

Bam Thwok is a new night at The Wilmington, on the third Saturday of each month from 16th October.

featuring live sets from:

younghusband
"A fantastic band - don't miss them!" - Tim Wheeler of Ash
http://www.myspace.com/younghusbandmusic

Moon Visionaries
"Unashamed, feel-good, glossy groove-pop that scores of 'defiantly lo-fi' bands
probably wish they could muster." NME.com
http://www.myspace.com/moonvisionaries

and a special DJ set from Colin Newman of Wire, alongside the usual Bam Thwok DJs.

Tickets£4.50 in advance or £5 on the door.
http://www.wegottickets.com/event/91678

BAM THWOCK LAUNCH PARTY

More of your favourite comedians push you to the edge of hilarity and beyond!

MC Tom Bell

Ed Gamble

Robert White

George Ryegold

Tommy And The Weeks

 7.30pm

£5

JOKE PARTY

Tickets at http://www.wegottickets.com/event/94694

8pm -11pm

Now approaching its third year, the MCA has rapidly become one of the highlights of the comedy calendar year and the best opportunity to witness the stars of today and tomorrow in the musical comedy world. With the resurgence of the genre through superstar acts such as Flight of the Conchords, Bill Bailey, David O'Doherty and Tim Minchin, musical comedy is very much back in the limelight. The MCA is a celebration of the UK's finest emerging and established comedians, providing audiences with the chance to sample the incredible diversity and talent that this genre of comedy has to offer.

Come and celebrate the beginning of another incredible celebration of musical comedy as we gear up for the 2011 MCA!

Hosted by the 2010 MCA Runners Up, the brilliant Horse and Louis, we have a stellar line up set up for the Launch.

Featuring 2010 finalists Jay Foreman and Rob Carter and the 2010 Best Newcomer, Sooz Kempner, plus performances from Semi-Finalist Tom McDonnell, 2011 entrant, Richard Fox, a very special guest performance from DJ Danny (as seen on BBC3's 'Mischief', Newsnight's 'Party Anthems', 6Music and Radio 4's 'The Museum of Everything' and 'Danny Robins' Music Therapy) and headlined by Sarah-Louise Young, winner of both the Three Weeks Editors' Award and Mervyn Stutter's Pick of the Fringe.

Book cheap tickets in advance here for £4 or £6 on the door.

2011 MUSICAL COMEDY AWARDS LAUNCH PARTY

7.30pm doors - £3 entry

The third instalment of the mighty Death & Glory and the beasts of new
music just keep on coming. Without further ado, I give you....


PHILADELPHIA MAINLINE (www.myspace.com/philadelphiamainline)
Scuzz Blues duo Philadelphia Mainline are awesome – in the truest sense of
the word. They contain raw Blues power and have literally rattled the
bones of everyone they play in front of, which is doubly impressive as
there are only two of them! Christian Muncey and Matt Veal (for they are
Philadelphia Mainline) have the swagger of the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
and the tightness of the White Stripes along with the style of Hives.
Stool Pigeon said they had “Holy Golightly-ish R & B menace with a 13th
Floor Elevators spin” and that’s a pretty good description but it doesn’t
even come close to the real thing. Maybe you should come close to the real
thing...but not too close.


THE DASH (www.myspace.com/the_dash)
London rockers The Dash seem to have it all sussed out. They’ve supported
the likes of Gossip, Editors and Biffy Clyro. They’ve recorded their
second single with Mik Whitnall of Babyshambles. They’re lined up to
record their album with Strokes producer Gordon Raphael. Plus they have
their own radio show on Recharged Radio. But are they actually any good?
Oh hell yeah. The Dash play Rock’n’roll smothered in attitude and dripping
with desire. Great hooks, ear-worm lyrics and live performances that will
leave you breathless are all part of the package as well. Be prepared to
fall in lust and be prepared to get sweaty. You have been warned.


BOBBY PETROV (www.myspace.com/bobbypetrov)
We like to bring you new music at Death & Glory and they don’t come much
newer than Bobby Petrov. Formed in the Summer of 2010 they have quickly
amassed a reputation as a mental live act with two singers adding extra
bite to the performance. Talking their lead from the likes of the
Maccabees, Mystery Jets, and Arctic Monkeys, Bobby Petrov mix up a
refreshingly summery sound which will help smooth over the pain of the
onslaught of Autumn! This will be their first London show so come get
yourself a slice of History in the making.

THE LONE GROOVER (www.myspace.com/thelonegrooveruk)
The Lone Groover (or Brian Caulfield to his mum) is named after a comic
strip anti-hero from the 1970s and that will give you the best indication
of his musical leanings. He is a one man punk band with a message that he
has to get heard playing his Folk music for the city. 

DEATH & GLORY

"Next in line were a British band called The Ambience who were definitely the highlight of both festival days. Musically they were somewhere between Modest Mouse and The Verve - indie with pure euphoria that doesn't leave your ears and you can't forget it easily; the stage was full of butterflies..." - Review of the Te Mikka festival
http://www.myspace.com/theambienceband

-

"Jeff T. Smith (a.k.a. Juffage) is changing the face of experimental music as we know it." - Emily Rippe, Toledo City Paper
Read more: http://www.myspace.com/juffage

-

GiT: if you dig post-punk you'll most probably dig GiT!
http://www.myspace.com/wearegit

Tickets £3.99 (advance) / £5 (door)

Buy tickets:
http://www.wegottickets.com/event/

GOONITE

Radio Silence  Radio Silence

22:45 

Black Tooth  Black Tooth

Jay Ackley And The Retford Tea Party 

20:30

Jay and Erik play a unique blend of punk and folk and have a lot of fun in the process!

£5.00. 8pm.

MUSICBORN  

The Complete Short Stories + Nova's Basement + Extradition Order

3 HOT new bands for your taste buds!!!!!

8pm start! £6 doors, or £4 w/flyer.

FREE SHOT of Jagermeister on the door to the first 25 people!

FEED YOUR HEAD

Standard Fare
http://www.standardfare.co.uk/

Standard Fare are one of those bands. One of those bands you can't help falling in love with after you first hear them. They have wowed audience at home and abroad, including playing at SXSW during the past 12 months. The band have also performed at this years Latitude and Indietracks festivals to great acclaim.

Their debut LP "The Noyelle Beat" (released on Thee SPC) has picked rave reviews:

"A riot of hormones, cut-to-the-chase lyrics, bolshie girl-boy vocals and jingle-jangle propusion...The best and most loveable aspects of indie guitar music."
The Sunday Times

"An album that is as close to perfection as you could hope for."
Artrocker

"Is it one of the best albums I've heard so far this year? Hell yeah."
The Line Of Best Fit

Kid Canaveral
http://www.kidcanaveral.co.uk/ 

A quartet from Scotland that over the past couple of years have released a string of irristeable 7" singles. With punchy songs about dancing, drinking and love, Kid Canaveral are one of the best new bands doing the rounds.

The band have just released their debut LP 'Shouting At Wildlife' to widespread praise:

BBC Radio 1 Introducing...In Scotland ALBUM OF THE MONTH July 2010

"Once in a while a band comes along that just makes your heart sing - Abba, The B-52s, The Housemartins. All created gloriously melodic pop that filled you to bursting with happiness. Kid Canaveral do the same. If there's one album you buy this year by a band you don't know, then this should be the one." DAILY RECORD

"Like the old adage that you're never further than six feet from a rat in a major city, the feeling with this debut from the St Andrews-formed act is that you are never more than 30 seconds from a hook. Taking the best principles of pop-punk - pogo-friendly rhythms, catchy choruses and at-times frantic instrumental interplay - the four-piece put singalong, instantly memorable tunes at the core of their sound." IS THIS MUSIC? **** (four stars)

The Understudies
http://www.myspace.com/wearetheunderstudies

The Understudies are Brian, Graeme, Bree and Kris. They've been gaining a reputation on the London indiepop scene as something of a hidden treasure during the past 12-18 months. With a sharp guitar and heartfelt songs that, at their best, recall Belle and Sebastian, The Smiths and Butcher Boy.

"...with a natural warmth and almost super human honesty, The Understudies are truly a band to fall for. [They] are one of those bands that charm you from the heart outward as soon as you hear them. Its probably down to the mixture of the authenticity of the shy, frail vocals and the raw honesty in the songs - songs of real proper love.... Live favourite 'Chip pan glam' comes across like The Smiths 'Hand in glove' via a 50's edition of Coronation Street. With nourishment for the heart and for the hips...Fabulous" - BRILL DREAM

Guest DJ: Rocker (Dandelion Radio)

ODD BOX PRESENTS

Port-Royal + Kontakte + Winterlight

CLUB AC30 PRESENT

Tom Bell/ Ben Target

Gerry Howel

Marc Burrows

Bridget Christie

Tom Basden

£5. 7.30pm.

JOKE PARTY

Francis Neeve
Charlie Khan

£5 Entry

8pm

SUBSTANCE PRESENTS

Shady Bard + Lisbonne + TBC

Doors: 8.00pm
Price: £5.00 on the door / £4 advance
Advance tickets:
http://www.wegottickets.com/event/97318

Aside from being able to access chocolate apples a whole TWO days before fireworks night, we'll also be putting on some musical fireworks of our own (geddit it's a theme!):

Tickets available from here:
http://www.wegottickets.com/event/97318

SHADY BARD
http://www.myspace.com/shadybard
http://bit.ly/facebook-shadybard

We've been after these guys for a while and frankly we're very excited especially as they've just released their wonderful new album 'Trials'

Trials’ is the second album by shady bard, released on October 11th and preceded by the double download release of ‘Trials (Part III)’/’Daphne’. With tracks from their debut having already featured in US TV dramas such as Grey’s Anatomy, the band return with a new record filled with cinematic instrumentation and symphonic pop songs.

If you don't want to just take my word for it here's what some other people have to say:

“A band it would be easy to fall in love with...dazzling.” The Sunday Times

“Delicate songs...cracked hope...a marvel” Channel 4

“The spoken word symphonies of iLiKETRAiNS and the evocative harmonies of Low...A record that becomes more engaging with every listen.” 9/10 Drowned in Sound

LISBONNE
http://www.myspace.com/lisbonne

Ever wondered what music tigers dance to? Look no further! Lisbonne is the musical alias of singer/songwriter marie m, a french girl exiled in London, who when not on tour with her band Monade, writes dreamy pop songs in her bedroom. The perfect soundtrack for sunny afternoons laying in the sun.

All that and with one more act to be announced, there's only one question left to ask....

Are you ready?

KICK THE PLUG

Moss 

The Daylight Faded 

Niteflights 

Alfa-D 

7.30pm

£5

MUSICBORN

Resident DJs Gary, John and Andy will be spinning the best in 60s soul, R&B and ska, northern nuggets, mod beats and funk.

Special guest DJ is Rob Milton, of seminal 80s club The Dirt Box.

FREE! 8PM

CRAWDADDY!

A night to raise money for Kids Company; an organisation who works with vulnerable children and young people.
 
Tickets £6 in advance wegottickets
Tickets on door £7
 
 
bands in order of performance:
 
Hannah Matthews
SPORTSDAY
Telegrams
Planet Earth
Elliott Morris
Young & Lost Club DJ set
 
and ClubAC30 DJ sets throughout the evening!

DOING IT FOR THE KIDS

Simply, 50:50 alternative comedy nights bring you bring you special evenings where the bill is split 50:50 between best guest acts the comedy circuit has to offer and the downright brilliant house 50:50 comedy group.

50:50 ODDS - Our tastes lean towards the arty, the clever, the surreal, the odd but above all, the HEARTILY funny.

Our group often incorporates live folk music, projected video art and a heavy dose of audience interaction.

8pm.

50:50

Time Out Critics' Choice, Chortle and Londonisfunny recommended
Tickets are £5/£4 NUS available here; http://www.wegottickets.com/event/97222Nov

IDIOTS OF ANTS
Edinburgh Comedy Award Nominees and Chortle Award Winners, as seen on BBC1, BBC2. BBC3, e4.
"Rock n roll hysteria meets sharp and brilliant comedy" ***** TIME OUT

JOE LYCETT
Winner of "Best Newcomer" at the Chortle Awards, 2010
Joe Lycett is one of the strongest emerging comedy talents we've seen in a long time. This young man has a huge future.' (TimeOut)
'...complete package of innate comic charm and warm wit.'
(Chortle)

ROB BECKETT
Amused Moose Winner 2010, So You Think You're Funny? Runner Up 2010
'alluring mix of well-made observations, imaginative metaphors...whip-sharp writing' (Chortle)

ALISON BICE
Australian comic as seen on ABC.
“Deadpan, absurd and black.” (The Age)

ANDREW MCWHIRTER and

MC BEN VAN DER VELDE "an air of mischievous mayhem." (Chortle)

Doors, 7.30pm, show 8pm-10.15pm.
 

THE REALLY LOVELY COMEDY SHOW!

Gilbert: 10:00
Codename Sparrow: 9:10
Nick Byrne: 8:20

Doors 8 pm
Tickets £3.99 (advance) / £5 (door)

 Gilbert: a London-born drummer/keyboard player who studied classical music and composition at Oxford University and Goldsmith's College. In 2010 a new album - 'Wahoola!' - was finished, he also plays drums in Engineers.
"Music of amazing breadth and depth...bursting with energy and enthusiasm"
- Robert Sandall, BBC Radio 3.
http://www.myspace.com/gilbertlinley

Codename Sparrow: Singer/guitarist/songwriter, with a full array of the talents. Used to be in a bunch of beat combos you've never heard of with names too awful to mention in public. Lo-fi indie rock and sadcore masterpieces since 2005!
http://www.myspace.com/codenamesparrow

Nick Byrne: Sweeping through areas of folk and rock music, 'Self-titled EP' is a captivating listen; include a lot more textures, dynamics and instruments than the average solo project, and there is surely much more to come from the twenty one year old musician.
http://www.myspace.com/nickbyrneuk

http://www.wegottickets.com/event/94835
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=129276057124361
http://events.myspace.com/Event/View/7710346

GOONITE

Profits from the evening go to Mind, the UK charity dedicated to promoting mental health (http://www.Mind.org.uk).

An evening of covers and music in honour of the late Mark Linkous, the creative force behind Sparklehorse who sadly passed away in March of this year.

Ticket info.
 Entry will be a charity donation of £3 (or more if you’re feeling flush) and you can buy them on the night or in advance online now by donating here: http://www.justgiving.com/Sparklehorsenight (If you’re a UK tax payer and choose gift aid, you’re donation will cost you the same but the government will contribute a bit extra to Mind through a charity tax incentive). Email us once you've donated at . to confirm your ticket/s.

Facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=116299485098675

Acts include - Mark McCabe, Fuzzystar, Hexicon, Nick Fraenkel, Original Fireplace, Rodney Fisher, Fire Stations, Kat Flint, The Croshaw Family, Jess Bryant, Pollyanna Valentine.

The poster was designed by the talented Paul Rains of Hexicon. More info/updates nearer the time at http://www.fuzzystar.co.uk .

IT'S A WONDERFUL NIGHT - A TRIBUTE TO SPARKLEHORSE

The Good Suns + Torino Sound Project + The Darvaza Hole

FREE SHOT OF JAGERMEISTER to first 25 people in!

Bands 8pm, Doors £6 or £4 w/flyer

FEED YOUR HEAD

Library Tapes: 10:10
Clem Leek: 9:30
Isnaj Dui: 8:50
Wild Dogs in Winter: 8:10

Doors 8 pm
Tickets £3.99 (advance) / £5 (door)

Library Tapes: "More than any other instrument, the piano sounds like a leap of faith, something impossibly bulky lifting off arduously, but feather-light in the air, spanning the chasm between silences as if suspended by its own purling tones" (pitchfork.com)
http://www.myspace.com/librarytapes

Clem Leek is from the South East. He has just completed his MA in Music Composition an is now releasing his first E.P. Clem draws his influence from the minimalist composers Steve Riech & Philip Glass and also such musicians as Keith Kennif, Max Richter, Matt Hales, creating a beautiful mix of piano melodies and subtle instrumentation, all set to the crackle of a 78rpm record.
http://www.myspace.com/clemleekofficial

Standing somewhere between modern classical and electronica, Isnaj Dui conveys a minimal yet capturing sound using electronically manipulated flutes and homemade instruments.
'Deeply inspiring music from a very, very special place' - Nils Frahm
http://www.myspace.com/isnajdui

"...it is hard to label Wild Dogs in Winter's sound, as they seem to take something from every genre. Electronica, Folk, and of course post-rock are all ingredients that they use wisely to create a fresh and interesting combination".
http://www.myspace.com/wilddogsinwinter

http://www.wegottickets.com/event/94842
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=162170970463362
http://events.myspace.com/Event/View/7620248

GOONITE

The Memory Band + Marthas & Arthurs

Festive folk frolics hosted by The Fox and The Blacksmith featuring classy folk rock from The Memory Band and supported by the folk tinged pop Marthas & Arthurs.

7.30pm- 11pm. £8 on the door.

ROUT OF BLUES

We're Back!

 After our total sell-out of the Bloomsbury Theatre last month (that's 550 people!) Bright Club returns to the Wilmington Arms for some ink-based action.

This month's compere is Jim Smallman, who has seen a little bit of ink in his time, and music comes from Banjo-playing wisecracker Sleepy Ed Hicks.

On the expert side, we've got John Troyer, looking at tattoos, Natasha McEnroe, who knows all about fingerprints, Danish printing expert Jakob Stougaard-Nielsen and many many more.

 Doors are 8pm and it'll cost you a fiver.

 See you there!

BRIGHT CLUB: INK

"I have had an extraordinary life. From Wellington to Delaware, from Nantwich to Montpellier, from Kazakhstan to Idaho, from Bondi Beach to Mexico, I’ve seen it all. And I’d like to share it with you."
 
A hilarious new monologue by Fred Gordon, ‘Life Story’ is the alarming tale of one man’s struggle against his questionable instincts. Written entirely in rhyming couplets, it is the epic retelling of an unlikely existence.

8pm.

£5

LIFE STORY

Death & Glory 4 is upon us and we have yet another amazing line up for you – we just don’t quit!
This month we’ve gone a little folky and mellow in honour of Autumn so come along and enjoy some
music with depth, humour and poignancy. In November we bring you....

MARMADUKE DANDO (www.myspace.com/marmadukedando)
As a refreshing change to the norm at Ravenous towers it was actually Marmaduke Dando that
found us rather than the other way around. A collective formed around the charismatic Dando, this
8 piece play carefully crafted tunes the deal with the lowest feelings of loneliness and the soaring
moments of pure joy. Songs like ‘Life Can’t Get Any Better’ and ‘If This Is Civilization’ will take you
through a range of complex emotions through the lyrics alone. Musically, Marmaduke Dando sound
like a light night, Absinth session between the Divine Comedy, Gogol Bordello, Matt Bellamy and the
Flaming Lips - which should be enough to raise the staunchest of eyebrows!

LAURA HOCKING & THE LONG GOODBYE (www.myspace.com/laurahocking)
Laura has been around the London scene for a while but now she has beefed up her sound with a
full band her beautiful songs have taken on a luscious and fully formed shape. From ditties about
Autism to tales of female wrestlers, Ms Hocking has amassed a set of songs that will take you from
tears of genuine sadness to tears of laughter within the space of an evening but always with a great
tune and smoothly seductive voice. Whatever your reaction is to her music, you should probably
bring some tissues with you...

ELEPHANT (www.myspace.com/belindagillett)
Imagine Florence kicking it with Elbow while Radiohead work on the production and the ghost of
Edith Piaf floats around the studio. Imagine how good that would sound. Then stop imagining and
enjoy the delights of Elephant. From the far-flung reaches of Felixstowe and Norwich, Elephant
are lead by the enchanting Belinda Gillett who has a voice so powerful you could put tusks on it
and....well, you see where I’m going with that one. Lazy journalism aside, Elephant are marvellous
and this will be a rare appearance in London town so just be sure not to get crushed in the
stampede. Sorry.

LOFTY HEIGHTS (www.myspace.com/theloftyheights)
Lofty Heights are essentially one man but oh my what a man!? A yank in Manor House, a sound
engineer extraordinaire and a purveyor of the best handshakes known to mankind. Then there’s
the music which is some of the best folk-pop tinged with sunshine that you are every likely to hear.
Every instrument sounds dangerously close to being out of tune and every lyric is almost mumbled
through shyness but that is exactly how it should sound. Lofty Heights indeed.

£3 on the door. 8pm.

DEATH AND GLORY

Pubs cost a fortune, there's nothing good on and the music is terrible.

Not any more.

"Further down towards Exmouth Market, the Wilmington Arms is setting itself up as pretender to its crown. At the monthly night run by the sketch troupe Ladygarden, it's not unusual to see stars from Peep Show's Isy Suttie to Lenny Henry performing to a 40-strong crowd, spot Jennifer Saunders at the bar or bump into Ash Atalla, the producer of The Office, scouting for new talent."

See below for context.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2011/feb/19/this-weeks-new-comedy

http://www.wegottickets.com/event/103658

http://www.wegottickets.com/event/103661

The Really Lovely Comedy Show:

http://www.spoonfed.co.uk/spooners/evolmike-871/the-really-lovely-comedy-show-the-wilmington-arms-4170/ 

Bam Thwock:

http://vlstatic.com/assets/maps/guides/lp_nov_2010.pdf

Crawdaddy! is a 60s soul, ska and R&B night who will blow your goddamm socks off. They play Tamla Motown, Stax, Trojan, Bluebeat and more, all on original vinyl and if you ain't dancing we will no longer consider you a mortal being.