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Email Newsletter November 02 2011
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Hello all
We have got some red hot gigs to keep you warm on these chilly November nights. Beautiful Port-royal join us for part of their European tour, Kid Canaveral swing by with charming indie pop and Louis Brennan debuts his new material and exciting new band. Comedy brings forth The Beta Males new material (vikings and plenty of them), James Acaster, Marcel Lucont and the fabulous new character night from Spencer Jones and Jamie Glassman.
And The Wilmo’s very own James Rowland brings back his incredible cabaret band The idiot Circus. Hurrah!
Love
The Wilmo x
CANDIED NONSENSE Thursday 3rd November 2011
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Each of the artists will have two sets with an interval in between, so that you can see the various sides to their performances at different points in the evening...
RAD ORCHESTRA
A brilliant 7 piece who fuse delta river blues with Afro beats and folk music using stringed instruments and voices. With members from Pakistan, Ireland and Germany, be prepared for a multi-ethnic sound pooling influences from many cultures.
RUBY COLLEY
Already huge in the Irish music scene, we are immensely excited to be hosting this Belfast-based talent at Candied Nonsense. Armed only with an electric violin, a delay pedal and a loopstation, Ruby creates passionate music drawing on electronic, East European, jazz and classical influences to create exciting and rich textural sounds. Just check out her debut album Murmurations to see what we mean.
ISLA
Three sisters who have been making music together since they were very young. Creating soulful vocal harmonies alongside their alternative pop and down tempo acoustic sounds, they have gained the attention of audiences across the country, including the late great John Peel.
CIARA CLIFFORD
This singer songwriter manages to bring a dynamic energy to soft acoustic music. Influenced by the likes of Alanis Morisette, Tracy Chapman and Skunk Anansie, we can expect an impressive performance from Ciara.
TIM
No stranger to the London gig scene, you may well recognise Tim from many venues across London. Playing music influenced by the Beatles and Elliott Smith, expect a melodic, fascinating and melancholic performance from this burgeoning singer songwriter.
ALICE PHELPS We loved this brilliant singer and harpist when she performed her own compositions in our old venue in Notting Hill. Now we'll have the chance to see her beautiful heartfelt music in full form on harp, bass and piano. We can't wait to see how she's developed over the last few months.
Links to the performers can be found at http://www.chaostheorymusi c.co.uk/candied-nonsense/
£5 entry on the door
CANDIED NONSENSE
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CRAWDADDY! Friday 4th November 2011
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Resident DJs Gary Crossing, John Knight and Aeon Thoth play the best in 60s soul, ska and R&B plus northern nuggets and mod beats.
Special guest DJ is Liz Wheatley of Urban Jazz Radio (http://www.urbanjazzradio.net/), who presents Soul Chronicles - a fine selection of classic & contemporary soul - each and every Wednesday evening.
The first Saturday of every month Liz DJs at the Charlotte Despard in Archway where she plays classic soul, funk, rare groove and disco.
At Crawdaddy! Liz will be playing classic soul from the 60s and 70s.
FREE ENTRY
www.facebook.com/crawdaddysoulclub
www.twitter.com/boogaloogaz
View all Crawdaddy's forthcoming dates here http://on.fb.me/n24gCW
CRAWDADDY!
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FEED YOUR HEAD Saturday 5th November 2011
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DOYLE AND THE FOURFATHERS - facebook/doyleandthefourfathers
THE BARLIGHTS – facebook/thebarlights
MALF – malf.co.uk
ORIANA - myspace/orianaguarino
Plus FREE SHOT of jagermeister to first 25 people!
£5 door, doors open 7.45pm
FEED YOUR HEAD
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THE WILMINGTON PLAYERS Sunday 6th November 2011
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The Wilmington Players are the hottest new thing in improvised comedy, one of the only groups in the UK performing Chicago style long-form improv, every Sunday.
The Players (or 'Wilmops' if you will) take one audience suggestion and improvise an entire story around it, weaving in vignettes and a host of improvised characters that slip between scenes.
This is the beginning of an exciting new scene in the world of UK comedy. The Future is improvised...
£4 on the door
Doors 6.30pm (show starts 7pm)
THE WILMINGTON PLAYERS
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COMEDY KNEES UP Tuesday 8th November 2011
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Stephen Large on piano
Andy Jones on Drums
Spencer Jones & Jamie Glassman on Comedy Characters
and .... You on Vocals.
Doors: 8pm
Plus this month's special guests: Patrick Cahill and David McNeill.
We are a charging £5. Cheap!!!
COMEDY KNEES UP
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THE REALLY LOVELY COMEDY SHOW Wednesday 9th November 2011
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JAMES ACASTER
As seen on Russell Howard's Good News and e4's Show and Tell.
☆☆☆☆ London Evening Standard
"A show about unexpected delights that is an unexpected delight."
☆☆☆☆☆ Edinburgh Evening News
"a mixed style of story-telling and philosophising that hasn't been perfected so well since possibly Daniel Kitson."
THE BETA MALES
"A slick, hilarious sketch show… Genius.” The Sunday Times
“Highly inventive...one of the most exciting, gloriously funny acts out there.” Time Out
PAUL MCGARRITY
Amused Moose Finalist 2011
KIERAN BOYD
“Impressively funny…terrific material” The Scotsman
“Genuinely funny…very talented comedian” ThreeWeeks
and MC Ben Van der Velde "Whip sharp" (Chortle)
Doors 7.30pm for an 8pm show
Tickets £5 in advance www.wegottickets.com, £4 NUS, £6 on the door.
THE REALLY LOVELY COMEDY SHOW
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ODDBOX PRESENTS KID CANAVERAL Friday 11th November 2011
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Kid Canaveral
The Understudies
Moustache Of Insanity
The Give It Ups
£6.00/ £5.00 adv Get tickets here
ODDBOX PRESENTS KID CANAVERAL
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WICKED WICKED BIRD PRESENT: ULYSSES STORM EP LAUNCH Saturday 12th November 2011
THE WILMINGTON PLAYERS Sunday 13th November 2011
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The Wilmington Players are the hottest new thing in improvised comedy, one of the only groups in the UK performing Chicago style long-form improv, every Sunday.
The Players (or 'Wilmops' if you will) take one audience suggestion and improvise an entire story around it, weaving in vignettes and a host of improvised characters that slip between scenes.
This is the beginning of an exciting new scene in the world of UK comedy. The Future is improvised...
£4 on the door
Doors 6.30pm (show starts 7pm)
THE WILMINGTON PLAYERS
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LUKE AND HARRY'S POCKETS OF SUSPENSE Tuesday 15th November 2011
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This is the first of only two more chances to see our Edinburgh Fringe show. Only three people have walked out so far, and only one has cried. You're in for a treat.
We're performing 18 short sketches. It takes about fifty minutes. Sometimes it takes longer because people are laughing so much.
**** "amiable... macabre... an entirely convincing show", Three Weeks
**** "a unique and original mix of darkly fascinating and frequently hilarious comedy", QX Magazine
Doors: 7.30pm
£9 (£6.50 conc)
LUKE AND HARRY'S POCKETS OF SUSPENSE
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THE IDIOT CIRCUS Wednesday 16th November 2011
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A Cabaret Band consisting of a ukulele, contrabass, piano with percussive elements and nipple tassles.
7.30pm. £3
THE IDIOT CIRCUS
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DEATH AND GLORY Thursday 17th November 2011
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We here at Death & Glory like to think that we present the cutting edge of new music without resorting to Japanese Reggae or Slovakian Dark Techno. What we always look for though is quality musicianship and excellent songwriting and boy do we have that for you this month. We taking a slightly retro path for November and we urge you to join us...
The Magnetic Mind
These guys are the real deal and no messin’! We’re taking buzz-sa...w guitars, throbbing bass lines, urgent drumming and neoclassical keyboards. Throw in the husky tones of singer Ellie Foden and a huge attention to detail and you’ll be instantly transported back to a time before most of you were even a twinkle in your parent’s pot-smoke clouded eyes. It’s Garage, it’s Psychedlia, it’s a bit Jefferson Airplane and a bit Zombies. Whatever it is, it’s a gorgeous thing to behold and I urge you to pull on your best black turtleneck and striped jeans and get the hell down!
The Choo Choo Trains
Emma, Catherine and Veronica are the Choo Choo Trains and they are here to make you sway and, with any luck, bop. Their brand of Beat-pop takes notes from the likes of the Crystals and Dion & The Belmonts but would sit happily on the bill with the likes of Tennis and Best Coast as well. Phil Spector would have had a field day with this trio (not a murdery way) and we hope you will too (again, not in a murdery way).
Model Staggs
Cambridge duo Model Staggs have graced the D&G stage before and, rather beautifully, they enjoyed playing as much as we enjoyed watching them....so we got them back! Comprising Drums, Guitar and Vocals, these guys play bone rattling, spine chilling Blues that meets with your raw needs and then slips in a sophisticated melody and mind bending lyric just to mess with your head. Way, way more than the sum of their parts.
Chris Bryant
Bit of a shot in the dark this one but many of you will already know Mr Bryant and to know him is to love him. Big Chris, as he is affectionately monikered, is the Bassist in Stages of Dan for the most part but has been putting together a raft of expertly crafted acoustic songs for our pleasure and now is the time to unleash the beast. Expert sharp one-liners, subtlety of song and charm in abundance – and then he’ll play his set!
As always, it’s £4 in and we’ll be flinging the doors open at around 8ish with the first act on at 8.30pm.
DEATH AND GLORY
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WHICH WAY IS UP! Friday 18th November 2011
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Standard Fare
Nat Johnson and The Figureheads
Rory McVicar
£6.00/ £5.00 Get tickets here
WHICH WAY IS UP!
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LOUIS BRENNAN Saturday 19th November 2011
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Louis Brennan debuts his all new band and all new material.
Doors 8pm. £5
LOUIS BRENNAN
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THE WILMINGTON PLAYERS Sunday 20th November 2011
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The Wilmington Players are the hottest new thing in improvised comedy, one of the only groups in the UK performing Chicago style long-form improv, every Sunday.
The Players (or 'Wilmops' if you will) take one audience suggestion and improvise an entire story around it, weaving in vignettes and a host of improvised characters that slip between scenes.
This is the beginning of an exciting new scene in the world of UK comedy. The Future is improvised...
£4 on the door
Doors 6.30pm (show starts 7pm)
THE WILMINGTON PLAYERS
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THE BETA MALES GO BESERKA Monday 21st November 2011
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The Beta Males
Bec Hill
Wittank
Josh Widdicombe
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The Beta Males Go Berserka! For the second new material night of The Beta Males Edinburgh Pilot Season, we are VIKINGS! Could these fantasy-based sketches be next year's show? Come along to witness never-before-seen possibly never-see-again material! Also featuring Bec Hill, Wittank and Josh Widdicombe.
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8:00pm (7:30 doors)
£6 (£5 concs; £4 for anyone in Viking costume)
THE BETA MALES GO BESERKA
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BRIGHT CLUB Tuesday 22nd November 2011
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More TBC
BRIGHT CLUB
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COMMUNION PRESENT THE APACHE RELAY + SPECIAL GUESTS Wednesday 23rd November 2011
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Apache Relay + Special Guests
Doors 7.30pm
FREE!
Apache Relay 9.30pm Supports 8pm/8.30pm
The Apache Relay was born in a university dorm room through a love for old Motown records, Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska, the textures in modern rock bands and the intensity of acoustic players. Their first record ‘1988’ was released in 2009 and produced by Doug Williams, best known for his work with the Avett Brothers. Since then the band have enjoyed non-stop touring, securing a solid fanbase for their energetic shows. Their second album ‘American Nomad’ was released in April 2011 and after intensive American tours and slots at SXSW, Communion are proud to bring The Apache Relay to London.
COMMUNION PRESENT THE APACHE RELAY + SPECIAL GUESTS
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PORT - ROYAL+ WINTERLIGHT + DALOT + DERGAR Thursday 24th November 2011
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Port-royal
Winterlight
Dalot
Dergar
As part of european tour n5md recording artists port-royal, winterlight and dalot together with special guest dergar play their only UK date this autumn at the Wilmington Arms on November 24th. With port-royal’s headlining set drawing on their extensive catalogue, both dalot and winterlight playing selections from their recent n5md albums and able support from greek artist dergar, the evening promises to be an extended exercise in electronic influenced bliss and beats.
Doors open early at 7.15pm with the first act on at 7.30pm and finish time will be 11pm. Entry on the door is £6 or with advance ticket via wegottickets.com, £5.
http://www.wegottickets.com/sct/ZmKCYmgtfU
Port-royal
Hailed by fans and critics alike as the next evolution in post-millennial post-rock, port-royal's boundless, sandbox approach to the genre fuses elements of ambient techno, shoegaze, and melodic IDM. In 10 years of activity the band have released 6 albums and 5 EPs and toured extensively Europe, former Soviet Union, and former Yugoslavia. Recently the band have brought their clipped, crystalline beats and latent shoegaze tendencies to the fore, balancing chill-room accessibility with frenetic shifts in style from house to slowcore combining layers of gauzy synths, with pulsing, 4-to-the-floor beats as shown on recent albums Dying in Time and the anthology The Golden Age of Consumerism.
http://n5md.com/artist/port-royal
Winterlight
Winterlight combines shoegaze, ambient and electronic influences to make melodic, ‘post-pop’ instrumentals.
His debut album, Hope Dies Last, suffused with melancholy but also the uplifting hope that characterizes his work, was released by US label n5md in the summer.
The addition of a second guitarist, Jamie, to the Winterlight live set up adds a further dimension as guitars and keyboards melt together in a haze of delay, distortion and reverb soaked melodies which have been described as “like Air playing krautrock”.
http://n5md.com/artist/Winterlight
Dalot
Dalot is the solo project of NYC based expressive electro-acoustic artist Maria Papadomanolaki. An old adage holds that although all music is sound, not all sound is music. Of course, Dalot will literally hear nothing of it. Whether sampling gulls from her window in Brighton or sirens ripping through New York City, all sound has value. Although “ambient” or post-rock are worthy descriptors, influences ranging from soundwash engineers Stars of the Lid, eco-glitch pioneers Boards of Canada and minimal multi-instrumentalist Colleen make comparisons to Papadomanolaki's music difficult. Since 2010 she has been a member of the n5MD stable, a collaboration which led to two full length releases: last year's introspective gem entitled “Loop Over Latitudes” and her most recent album “minutestatic”.
http://n5md.com/artist/Dalot
Dergar
Christos Garmpidakis lives peacefully on a hill near a seaside of crete (chania, greece) and gets inspired by life, nature, art, literature and adored music (art-rock, post-rock, shoe-gaze, folk, indie, electronic, ambient, classical, neoclassical etc.). he uses computers, electric & acoustic instruments, sometimes a few words, to generate profoundly lyrical motives, as he believes that in music we love we meet, research and express our selves, our thoughts, dreams and emotions. The album fraternity is available through bandcamp.
dergar.bandcamp.com
PORT - ROYAL+ WINTERLIGHT + DALOT + DERGAR
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LEAH KARDOS: FEATHER HAMMER Friday 25th November 2011
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Chaos Theory are proud to present three fiercely inventive talents premièring their contemporary works during this one-off event. All of the musicians tonight combine disciplines, technology and defy tradition. In the true spirit of what Chaos Theory wishes to promote, we invite all of you who wish to experience challenging new music and art.
Tickets:
£5 advance at http://www.wegottickets.co m/event/135477
£8 on the door
LEAH KARDOS: FEATHER HAMMER
Leah is a multi-talented composer, producer and pianist whose latest work will be showcased tonight. Her breathtaking new album Feather Hammer (released on 19th September) combines tonal and ambient soundscapes which fuse contemporary classical and electronica styles.
The recorded version of Feather Hammer uses the sounds of acoustic pianos, making use of the hammer, strings and wood percussion of the piano as well as playing them conventionally.
Tonight, we will witness a special presentation of the album featuring digital piano, electronics and video art by Matthew Greasley.
LIGETI QUARTET
A brilliantly innovative quartet who we've had the pleasure of hosting at our monthly night Candied Nonsense. Continually looking to promote the music of established and emerging 20th and 21st Century composers, these graduates from the Royal Academy Of Music, Royal College Of Music and Oxford University never shy away from the new and the experimental.
SAM GRINSELL
Opening the evening will be this gifted soloist, who will be creating extraordinary music using his original music concept.
Gathering field-recordings within one mile of the Wilmington Arms over the course of one hour, Sam will be manipulating the sounds to forge a one-off soundscape purely for this evening, adding no new sounds whatsoever. He will accompany these recordings with his improvised slide guitar.
Links to artists can be found at http://www.chaostheorymusi c.co.uk/featherhammer/
Doors 7.30pm
LEAH KARDOS: FEATHER HAMMER
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FEED YOUR HEAD Saturday 26th November 2011
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MOON VISIONARIES - facebook/moonvisionaries
AUTOHEART – facebook/autoheart
GLENN HODGE – glennhodge.com
GUESTS T.B.C -
Plus FREE SHOT of jagermeister to first 25 people!
£5 door, doors open 7.45pm
FEED YOUR HEAD
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THE WILMINGTON PLAYERS Sunday 27th November 2011
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The Wilmington Players are the hottest new thing in improvised comedy, one of the only groups in the UK performing Chicago style long-form improv, every Sunday.
The Players (or 'Wilmops' if you will) take one audience suggestion and improvise an entire story around it, weaving in vignettes and a host of improvised characters that slip between scenes.
This is the beginning of an exciting new scene in the world of UK comedy. The Future is improvised...
£4 on the door
Doors 6.30pm (show starts 7pm)
THE WILMINGTON PLAYERS
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THE AWKWARD SILENCE + SPECIAL GUESTS Monday 28th November 2011
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Feast your eyes on this big meaty bitch of a lineup...
...The Awkward Silence.
★★★★ - Oxford Theatre Review
"Wonderful and funny." - Paul Foot
...Jacob Edwards.
★★★★★ - Fringe Guru
"Exceptional comic timing." - Chortle
...Sheeps.
★★★★★ - Edinburgh Guide
"Very exciting indeed." - The Independent
...The Pin.
“Particularly inspired." - The Telegraph
“Razor sharp writing, top-notch performances.” - The Stage
...Ben Target.
★★★★★ - ThreeWeeks
Joint winner of Leicester Mercury Comedian 2011
...Pappy's.
★★★★★ - Chortle
"Pappy’s win every gushing reviewer cliché in the book. Rest assured that they are more than deserving of all of them." - Fest
★★★★★ - The Mirror
Show: 8.00pm
Entry: £5
www.thewilmingtonarms.co.u k
www.theawkwardsilence.co.uk
THE AWKWARD SILENCE + SPECIAL GUESTS
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JAMES SHERWOOD'S PIANO BAR Tuesday 29th November 2011
CANDIED NONSENSE Thursday 1st December 2011
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To round 2011 off, we're going to be giving you a chance to see incredible musicians some of whom are rarely seen in London, with lots of ukeleles, banjos and mandolins to boot!
TEAM A VS TEAM B
A genuinely uplifting 5 piece band, made up of jazz, classical, rock and folk musicians, who'll be travelling down from Manchester to join us this evening. Using a huge array of classical instruments they create wonderful acoustic music which smacks of Beirut, Neutral Milk Hotel and Bjork, among many other influences.
SUN TAILOR
Moving independent folk artist from Tel Aviv, who we're very grateful to have paying us a visit. Soft but intense, Sun Tailor's music envelopes you in soothing tones while maintaining lots of energy. A rare chance to see him before his debut album Like The Tide is released in 2012.
BERNADETTE BENTLEY
A brilliant modern English folk singer, playing guitar, ukelele and concertina. With haunting and mesmerising melodies and sharp lyrics, her music is thoroughly refreshing to hear.
WAR ELEPHANT
A heartfelt duo who play stripped down raw acoustic music. With backgrounds in metal, dance and folk these guitarists capture passionate melodies while maintaining an edge to their music. No strangers to gigging in London, hopefully you'll be following them around the city in their various exploits after seeing them here.
WORRY DOLLS
A wonderful female duo from Liverpool who are fresh on the London scene. Their compelling lyrics, passionate vocal harmonies and beautiful melodies have made us fall in love with them. Also using a variety of instruments, you'll definitely find something to be impressed about in this pair.
Links to the performers can be found at http://www.chaostheorymusic.co.uk/candied-nonsense/
£5 entry on the door
CANDIED NONSENSE
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WILMO WORLD BEER
13th February 2012
We are celebrating the wonderful world of beer for a limited time only! Mexican lagar, Gold Medal Winning Pale Ale and Duval for the brave…
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2012 MUSICAL COMEDY AWARDS LAUNCH!
1st January 2012
The Musical Comedy Awards is back! Now in it's fourth year, the MCA has grown in stature to become an annual fixture in the comedy calendar and the best place to see the UK's finest up and coming musical comedians alongside some of the best established acts of the genre on the circuit. Over the years the MCA have provided a launch pad to superstar acts like Frisky and Mannish (2009 Finalists), Abandoman (2010 winners) and Jay Foreman (Best Newcomer 2009 and now touring with Dave Gorman) and created a thriving independent platform to celebrate the artform that is musical comedy. The competition has also played host to stars of the genre such as Mitch Benn, David O' Doherty, Bo Burnham and many more.
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NYE! THE LAST BEST PARTY
27th November 2011
New Years Eve is always rubbish, isn't it?
Pubs cost a fortune, there's nothing good on and the music is terrible.
Not any more.
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XMAS MENU ANNOUNCED!
13th November 2011
Come revel in the glory of our Xmas menu! Call 020 7837 1384 to book your party now!
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