Drunken Balordi + Magic Polar Bears + The Mighty Low + Black Tooth

7pm. £5

MUSICBORN

Girls girls girls + Quiet night + Stew simpson

7pm. £5

MUSICBORN

Galley Beggar and Ellen Mary McGee plus support

7.45pm. £7.00

See www.folkonmonday.co.uk for more details of the night.
Taking inspiration from the likes of Fairport Convention, Pentangle and Led Zeppelin's acoustic explorations our music sets out to imagine the next phase of English Folk Rock. Our live performances bring the intensity of a rock band to electric folk and include plenty of instrument changes as we move from music found within the collections of Cecil Sharp and Francis Child through to electrified psychedelic freakouts. Harmony vocals, electric and acoustic guitars, mandolin, violin, recorder, bouzouki, keyboards, bass and drums make up the sound of Galley Beggar."
]http://www.myspace.com/galleybeggar
 
London-based Ellen Mary McGee, a multi-instrumentalist who specializes in stringed things like guitar, dulcimer, and zither, belongs to a small class of exquisite weirdos that also claims the great Kendra Smith, Faun Fables, and Spires That in the Sunset Rise—in other words, artists who don’t see why folk music should necessarily sound earthly. Though her music is undeniably pretty, McGee is no fragile flower; the proud resignation in her voice evokes a young Stevie Nicks." Monica Kendrick, Chicago Reader"
http://www.myspace.com/thecrescentsun

MONDAYMONDAY

Invite only!

JIM BOB - STORAGE STORIES BOOK LAUNCH

Kick The Plug returns to the Wilmington Arms for more folk-based revelry. This time around we present a solo show from Stateless' Chris James, electronic folk from Jasmina Machina and Kim Janssen all the way from the Netherlands.

Expect musical brilliance, culinary treats and badges aplenty, with musical interludes provided by Mark and Tom of Neednowater. 

Chris James (of Stateless)

http://www.myspace.com/statelessonline

Jasmina Machina

http://www.myspace.com/jasminemaschine

Kim Janssen

http://www.myspace.com/kimjanssen

Tickets:

http://www.wegottickets.com/event/79245

KICK THE PLUG

Yes we will be screening the election on a 1.5 m screen in our venue!

Watch all the action in what is possibly one of the most exciting elections in years.

Pie, booze with a healthy dollop of intense political debate. Free!

THE ELECTION

A GENUINE FREAKSHOW are a 7-piece pop-infused post-rock cannonade with mass appeal. Songs born of their broad range of influences from Elbow and Radiohead to Mogwai and Explosions In The Sky are accompanied by lush orchestral arrangements and the sincere falsetto vocals of Timothy Sutcliffe. This gives the music they create a blend of classic pop with unpredictable structures and epic climaxes reminiscent of Arcade Fire, Mew, and Sigur Ros.
Onstage: 10pm

THE WOE BETIDES described by NME as "deft puppet-masters of indie", other plaudits include "Four ramshackle tidbits of skronky guitar pop. Resolutely lo-fi, DIY, rough around the edges and all the better for it" (Artrocker). "Agreeably grungey and off-kilter folk-pop duo... suggesting both Simon & Garfunkel and Josh Homme's Desert Sessions." (Time Out).
Onstage: 9.15pm

THE LATE CALL are proof that you don’t need much more than some acoustic instruments and good songs to create a staggeringly brilliant pop album. In the time spent waiting for the late phone calls from his girlfriend, Stockholm singer/songwriter Johannes Mayer created 'Leaving Notes', adorned with an intimacy that gives you that goose pimple feeling one usually only associates with listening to Nick Drake, Damien Rice or José Gonzalez. 
Onstage: 8.30pm

8pm. £6 / £5 with flyer

CLUB FANDANGO

2010 Musical Comedy Awards Showcase Number 2!

Yokoko + Bear Driver + Old People

8pm. £5

GOONITE

An exciting night of brand new comedy from LADY GARDEN and...

Will Andrews, Andrea Donovan, Ginger and Black, 2 Episodes of Mash, Tom Allen, Nick Mohammed, Pappy's...

How is this amazing line up all in one show?! DO NOT MISS IT. IT'S A FIVER!

Doors 7.30pm. £5.

LADY GARDEN AND FRIENDS DO NEW STUFF

Comedy, art and stories held together by shadow puppets, music and Robin and Partridge.  In yer face with narrative.

Robin and Partridge, Alex Zane, Henry Bennett (opera singer), Rachel Parris

8pm.

 'Ear me now, one time on the rewind!

ITS A ROBIN AND PARTRIDGE SPECIAL!!!

This is a biggie.  We're are previewing our special hour long show - its a pretty big adventure and we'd like to share it with you!

We've also music from RACHEL PARRIS, opera from HENRY BENNETT and a turn from cheeky, friendly funster ALEX ZANE.

Come for some 'blow your mind' comedy, art and music.

La la la, exciting cheapy tickets available from wegottickets.com

ROBIN AND PARTRIDGE'S STORY CLUB

HOODLUMS plus support from… Films Of Colour + Skinny Lister + Saintsaviour [Groove Armada singers side project!]

£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

Starken

8pm. £5

GOONITE

THE GREAT STATESMEN

Once described by Rhod Gilbert as "Tighter than a knats chuff" The Great Statesmen are back with their trademark brand of Placebo-esq rock stylings. Expect previously unheard tracks as they build up to their debut single release and upcoming EP.

http://www.myspace.com/wearethegreatstatesmen

VETS IN HONG KONG

One of London's best kept musical secrets, Vets in Hong Kong have a sound like no other. Comparisons to Radiohead are inevitable...but also warranted. They have already carved out a distinctive homebrew style in their debut recordings and gathered a hefty amount of early press...all pointing to these guys being real ones to watch.

http://www.myspace.com/vetsinhongkong

LOUISE GOLBEY

Fresh off the back of sessions for Radio 1Xtra and BBC Radio 6, Hottly Tipped UK soulstress performes a stripped down acoustic set of her best songs including current radio favourite "Same old, Same old". Expect some silky smooth soulful shizzle.

http://www.myspace.com/louisegolbey

Doors 8pm. FREE!

SOS PRESENTS...

THERE WERE BEARS plus support from… Pippa Marias + Stealing Signs + Small Horses

£6 or £4 flyer……….. Bands start @ 8.30pm!

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

FEED YOUR HEAD

Lou Brown

7.45. £7.00

See www.folkonmonday.co.uk for more details of the night.
Lou's live work includes a 21-date tour of the USA along with headline shows to audiences of over 200 people. She's worked with many well-known musicians: Julie Fowlis, Karine Polwart, Hazel O'Conner, Paul Young, Boo Hewerdine, Steve Tilston, Clive Gregson, Megson, Eilen Jewell, Po' Girl, and Grammy Award-winner Albert Lee. Lou's debut album has received airplay on both BBC, commercial and internet radio, she was the featured artist on 'BBC Introducing… South' in 2008, and following a session for Johnnie Walker at Glastonbury 2009, her song 'These Arms' was played on several BBC Radio 2 shows, including the UK's most popular radio show, 'Wake Up to Wogan'. She heads into the studio on December 2009 to record her second album with Clive Gregson producing and playing, and guest vocals from Boo Hewerdine. In 2010 she will be undertaking a 5-week tour of the UK in May, following by a 4-week tour of Canada in Spetember. "Great, great singer with great songs." - Clive Gregson
"Good songs, great lyrics." - Steve Tilston
"We've got her album, it's really good." - Stu Hanna, Megson & producer for Show of Hands
"She held the audience captivated… with her beautiful songs." - Maverick magazine
See http://www.loubrownmusic.com or http://www.myspace.com/loubrownmusic

MONDAYMONDAY

Bec Hill
Strawberry and Cream
Debbie Challis
and many more...

Doors 8pm. £5

Bright Club is the only variety night where the cream of London's
brains join forces with the best comedians and musicians around to
tackle the weighty subjects of today. This month, in FOOD, Bec Hill
will be explaining how Nutella is part of a nutritious breakfast,
Strawberry and Cream will be snuffling for musical truffles, and we'll
hear about Roman vomitoriums, why chilli gives you morning after
regret, and trying some foods you should probably avoid!

BRIGHT CLUB: FOOD

LADYFINGER'S + The Rivers Presley Set + Swampmeat

Doors 7.30pm
£6 advance/door

LADYFINGERS
"… mix of shadowy piano ballads and ragged self-deprecating guitar paeans that peel back his skull cap to reveal the snap, crackle and pop of synapses. He’s got cabaret swagger like Tom Waits after spending too many hours inhaling subway fumes with a dash of Jonathan Richman’s affectless candor, wrung out after a week-long bender... he possesses enough spark to transform his vanities into a towering inferno." - Philadelphia Weekly
www.myspace.com/ladyfingersband

THE RIVERS PRESLEY SET
Hailing from Birmingham, England and channeling bluesmen infinitely older than his years, Rivers Presley's music echoes the demons of Son House & Model T Ford if they were bought up on a diet of Mark Lanegan and The Black Keys. Joined on stage by drummer Thomas Henry their live presence switches between swollen slide guitar licks and pin drop silences which leave crowds staggered.
www.myspace.com/riverspresley

+ SWAMPFINGER
www.myspace.com/danfinnemore

PULL UP THE ROOTS

10.30 Monotaxi

www.myspace.com/montaxi

9.45 Crowns

www.myspace.com/crownsband

9.00 We are Not The Left Hand

www.myspace.com/iamnotlefthandedeither

8.15 Lucifer Sun

www.myspace.com/lucifer Sun

8pm. £5/3 Students

GOLDMINE

My Pet Shadow EP Launch + Oh Verona

MUSICBORN

LADY GARDEN'S first try out of their Edinburgh show, alongside the wonderful DANIEL RIGBY! Whatever happens they will almost definitely probably be very funny.

Doors 7.30pm, Showtime 8pm.

£5

LADY GARDEN AND DANIEL RIGBY DO AN EDINBURGH PREVIEW

Comedy, art and stories held together by shadow puppets, music and Robin and Partridge.  In yer face with narrative.

8pm. £5 on the door or £3.50 in advance from wegottickets.

We are very excited to have the musically brilliant and comically gifted ROBERT WHITE

Ione Harding of The BBC: 'Robert White is a ball of comedic energy so sharp and expansive you could almost feel the static crackling through your hair

'Very Funny fantastic oddball’ Tim Arthur, London Timeout

We also have a special set from the multi talented ANDREW CLOVER, he writes the 'Dad rules' column in the Sunday Times but is also a killer story teller and stand up!

“I’d like to collect all the other stars that other acts have thrown away, and give them to Andrew Clover for his talent and intelligence, his humour and his generosity, and for his willingness to take off his clothes in the cause of comedy.” ***** The Scotsman.

“Set for certain stardom.” The Daily Telegraph

All held together with the fiery passion of RnP.

Two special sets, one special night

BOOM

ROBIN AND PARTRIDGE'S STORY CLUB

THE DUCHESS AND THE DUKE + VANDAVEER

8pm. £6 advance / door
Tickets: http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/user/?region=gb_london&query=detail&event=389344&interface=

VANDAVEER is the partly sunny, mostly cloudy, town-folk, city-pop song & dance routine penned and put forth by Washington DC-based songsmith Mark Charles. 'Grace & Speed,' Vandaveer's debut record, entered this great big world in March 2007 via DC's Gypsy Eyes Records, earning stellar reviews and repeated comparisons to Donovan, Dylan, Drake, Waits, and scores more. Vandaveer has enjoyed the good fortune of performing up and down the east coast and beyond with a host of humbling artists, including Vashti Bunyan, Alejandro Escovedo, Smog, The Ditty Bops, Vetiver, Joan As Policewoman.

"Very dark and beautifully grim. It’s like the Decemberists with a Tom-Waits-by-streetlight feel, and just a hint of Andrew Bird in the vocals.” - YOU AIN'T NO PICASSO

“Bronzerat are proud to add Kentuckian alt-folk-pop hero VANDAVEER to its ranks. Vandaveer, aka Mark Charles Heidinger, has cooked up a triumph of easy splendour with the album “Divide & Conquer”, in stores on July 12th. You might just swoon, as it suggests on the tin (hear “Fist Full of Swoon” here). Cool, confident but full of heart, Mark and his sister Rose have the follow-up waiting in the wings, but in the interests of chronological accuracy, we’re dropping this now to whip up your frenzy. And that’s not all. Mark graces these shores on a diplomatic solo mini-visit in May.” – BRONZERAT RECORDS (also home to Seasick Steve and Jo Gideon & The Shark)
http://www.vandaveer.net
http://www.myspace.com/vandaveer

PULL UP THE ROOTS

SHIBUYA CROSSINGS plus support from… Pop Martyr + Rhino and the Ranters + Indigo Earth

£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

Ora Cogan + Triple Rosie 

8pm. £5

GOONITE

Department S + Remodel + Lion Child

8pm. £8/£6 adv (wegottickets.com)


Legendary post punk heroes Department S are back on the road. Prior to playing festivals thoughout Europe this summer they are undertaking a number of low key events in London in their “Catch Us If You Can” tour. Kicking off at The Wilmington on Saturday 29th May. The new set includes “Going Left Right” ...“I Want” and the classic “Is Vic There” as well as the latest single “Wonderful Day”.

Listen to the full original album Sub-stance : http://tinyurl.com/DSsubstance
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_S_(band)
http://www.myspace.com/departments

THE MONKEYBALL EXPERIMENT

Sophie BlacK - 8pm.

 Holly Walsh - 9pm

£5 for one show/ £7 for both

If.comedy and Chortle nominee Sophie Black (Fat Tongue) previews her first solo character 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 Chariots of Fire. “The most original sketch act around” The Times.

PLUS

Chortle award winner Holly Walsh (Mock the Week, 8 out of 10 Cats) tries out new material for her first stand-up show.  "Holly Walsh could be described as the Rice Krispies of the comedy world: she's gifted with snappy wit and crackling talent and has polished a standup routine that is as feelgood and funny as the best bubblegum pop." The Guardian.

EDINBURGH COMEDY PREVIEWS

The Beta Male's Picnic Present... The Bunker

Rob Carter + Carly Smallman + The Three Englishmen + Robert Commiskey, with more to be announced shortly.

After a strong 2009 Edinburgh with four star reviews from The List and Three Weeks, and Kate Copstick from The Scotsman concluding her review with: “I really can’t imagine who would not enjoy it.”, the Beta Males are working towards a strong concept show this year: a post-apocalyptic sketch show called “The Bunker”. Set thirty years after a worldwide cataclysm, “The Bunker” charts the progress of the last 273 survivors, in their concrete haven, miles below ground.

The Beta Males’ Picnic invite you to take off your jacket, shake the radiation from your hair, grab a glass of beer-flavoured cataclysm-water, and to come take your seat in...The Bunker.

THE BUNKER

Our Lost Infantry + The Neat + The Incredible Flight Of Birdman

7pm. £7 adv www.wegottickets.com/event/77678  

WET RECORDS PRESENTS...

Fránçois and the Atlas Mountains + Adelaide’s Cape +  Klaus

at Wilmington Arms, London
Doors: 7.30pm
Price: £5.00 on the door / £4 advance

Advance tickets:
http://www.wegottickets.com/event/81946

LINKS

Facebook event page:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=116553225048571

Last fm event page:
http://www.last.fm/event/1532704+Kick+The+Plug+June+2nd

Kick The Plug website:
http://kicktheplug.wordpress.com/

Facebook group:
http://tinyurl.com/kicktheplug-facebk

KICK THE PLUG

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