| Date: 2008-10-09 19:30:00 |
| Venue: The Good Ship |
| City: 39 |
| Description: http://www.godisinthetvzine.co.uk/news/news_detail.php?id=2432 |
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| Date: 2009-11-07 20:00:00 |
| Venue: The Cavendish Arms |
| City: 39 |
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| Date: 2009-11-13 19:30:00 |
| Venue: Camden Rock Bar |
| City: 39 |
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| Date: 2009-12-01 00:00:00 |
| Venue: The Old Blue Last |
| City: 39 |
| Description: We\'re playing the Old Blue Last near Old Street. Sweeet.
It\'s owned by Vice Magazine yeah, so we\'re cool, yeah? And so forth.
Rumours we may dress up like Jedward so far unconfirmed - as soon as we can get in touch with ourselves we\'ll let you know. What is for sure is we are making a piñata of Louis Walsh for some good ol\' fashioned East London stick hitting.
Line-up:
Cold In Berlin
Previously known as Death Cigarettes. Musically, they inhabit that driving New York No Wave inspired sound – thrashing guitars, pounding drums and rumbling bass coupled with urgently delivered vocals. An obvious comparison is with early Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and there is certainly more than a touch of Karen O in enigmatic lead singer Maya.
http://www.myspace.com/coldinberlin
Tiny Islands
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Tiny-Islands/141859383415 doesn\'t reveal much about their sound so what they sound like will be a big surprise!
Ignug
Sounds like it should be cavemen, it\'s actually more like Prince making love to Ableton Live, i.e FUCKING AWESOME. They should be great fun.
http://www.myspace.com/ignug
Neon Highwire
Beat and synth driven guitar noise with a hint of stylish desperation/abandon depending on number of drinks consumed.
http://www.myspace.com/neonhighwire |
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| Date: 2010-02-12 00:00:00 |
| Venue: Power’s Acoustic Room |
| City: 39 |
| Description: Club No Fiction is your new Friday night home.
Dark Disco, Ulterior Indie, WTF Electro & Shock Rock. This edition hosts Raven Beats Crow and Neon Highwire, two bands renowned for incredible live performances with intricate, incredible powerful songs behind it all.
“Raven Beats Crow take the quirky experimentalism of The Beta Band/Grandaddy and merge it fantastically with melodies reminiscent of Modern Life Is Rubbish-era Blur. If this town sparks a revolution then they surely will be the soundtrack.” – Paul Davies, Smoke Music.
“Rather than lay claim to overly simple rhythms a chord progression, Neon Highwire\'s songs are laced with touches of elegance and intricate meanderings that makes them rather nice to listen - an impression is also left that these may also be killer dancefloor chooooooons.” – Leigh O’Gorman, Easy Music For Difficult Ears.
Expect everything from Diplo to Dead 60s,
Battles to Brodinski ...
Alphabeat to Zappa.
Expect to sweat.
Fridays 8 till late, 18+ only, please bring I.D.
£££ = Free!
Nearest Tube: Kilburn
Nearest Overground: Brondesbury |
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| Date: 2010-01-16 19:30:00 |
| Venue: 93 Feet East |
| City: 39 |
| Description: TOTALLY ENORMOUS EXTINCT DINOSAURS (GRECO-ROMAN)
CITADELS
NOVA
NEON HIGH WIRE
ADAM ANALOGUE
Graduates of the LE COQ DRAMA SCHOOL featuring THE FORECAST
Dan McKie (1980 / Pacha / Dance4Life)
Marc Ustari (1980 / Oxyd)
Fish Don't Dance DJs (Mixmag Tour / Get Loaded 09)
Andy BopH (1980 / Umm / Oxyd)
3 Sh!t DJs (GloryHole ClubNight)
Miss Miranda- Burlesque
Straightola (VJ Set)
"a playground for some of the names that will undoubtedly mark the next decade of British music."
Remotegoat
Featuring a performace of THE FORECAST by Graduates of the LE COQ DRAMA SCHOOL in Paris (Marvin and the Cats Theatre)
ADAM ANALOGUE- experimental/ electro/ electronica// Son of Trevor Horn has already remixed goldirocks, The Kooks , Crystal Fighters and The cock n' bull Kid.
NEON HIGH WIRE- indie/ electronica// the electronics of Daft Punk and avant-garde art punk of Sonic Youth
NOVA- dub-step/ punk// these guys have shared stages with the likes of Dan Le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip, the Noisettes, Kissy Sell Out to name just a few.
CITADELS- Likened to that of the Flaming Lips 2009 has already seen Citadels touted by the likes of Steve Lamacq, Tom Robinson, and Gary Crowley of BBC 6 Music, and strong support from Channel 4 Music and Alex Zane.
TOTALLY ENORMOUS EXTINCT DINOSAURS (GRECO-ROMAN) electro// latest additions to Greco-Roman’s increasingly insane roster of party animals, new and ancient. As the name suggests these dudes do not take themselves too seriously. Their songs are full of boisterous breaks and earth-quaking bass designed to put a smile on your face- FADER
DJ’s Dan McKie (1980 / Pacha / Dance4Life)// Marc Ustari (1980 / Oxyd)// Fish Don't Dance DJs (Mixmag Tour / Get Loaded 09)// Andy BopH (1980 / Umm / Oxyd)// 3 Sh!t DJs (GloryHole ClubNight) will be spinning techy house with Burlesque show from our favourite Burlesque beauty Miranda and a VJ set from Straightola.
93 Feet East is the only place to be on Saturday 16/01/10 – the event is being filmed so dress for excess.
For press and radio enquiries contact:
warren.morris@theplayground.co.uk
07951 995907 |
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| Date: 2010-03-17 00:00:00 |
| Venue: Catch |
| City: 39 |
| Description: NEON HIGHWIRE is three determined men from two countries with one goal: to make you dance like a grizzly bear on a Turkish hotplate. If it weren\'t for a series of happy coincidences involving stolen shoes, broken synthesisers and port, it may never have happened. A fusion of dirty electro and angular post-rock guitar soundscapes, their sound is strapped onto intricate structures with three part vocals that amplify and propel the songs to their irresistible climaxes.
REACHBACK are kinda generic pop punk with female vocals. Very nineties.
THE AMBERBLACKS don\'t sound too bad actually, but I really don\'t have time to write much about them. More guitar based pop / indie with hints of The Pixies but with scaled back ambition. |
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| Date: 2010-03-19 21:00:00 |
| Venue: The Hope |
| City: 9 |
| Description: Synthetiquette is fast making a name for itself as a hub for the most innovative, upcoming names who know their attack from release. Bringing some of the most exciting names in Brighton and from further afield to the utterly fantastic venue The Hope, the line-up for March 19th is more exciting than waking up one morning to find you can shoot lasers out of your eyes that turn things to Caramac by pulling on your left earlobe. That's right, mashup bastard pop fireballs The Kleptones, the hyperactive triangular force that is Neon Highwire and the finest in live 8-bit electronica to leave you spamnoodled, Officer 82.
The Kleptones understand that recycling musical styles is a pop tradition that's older than the blues, but times have changed. Never before has a band taken as many chances in the studio as The Kleptones. These guys are apparently very sensitive. Then again, we wouldn't have it any other way. Most of the time, The Kleptones can't shake their reputation. Call it a tragical history tour. There's plenty of lyrical mumbo-jumbo about the group confronting its demons and pretending to be a pirate. Underneath their antics lies a compelling artistic maturity that reveals how they have grown since they were young punks. Imagine the aching walls of sound of Bob Seger's "Night Moves" grafted, as if by a mad scientist from the bayou, to the crass hip-hop assault of the No Limit Tank Soldiers, and you haven't even come close. Their sonic assault has made them the heroes of a whole new generation. Does anyone over the age of 15 like this stuff? The Kleptones is not so much a band, but an exercise in marketing. Do these guys really need more money? I liked it better when it was called "Pearl Jam's Greatest Hits".
Neon Highwire is three determined men from two countries with one goal: to make you dance like a grizzly bear on a Turkish hotplate. A fusion of dirty electro and angular post-rock guitar soundscapes, their sound is strapped into intricate structures with three part vocals that amplify and propel the songs to their irresistible climaxes. It's their first ever ever show in Brighton and in the bands own words "We are very rarely on fire, but this may be because we operate through triangular forces. This does mean we pay less taxes, but is that really so bad Bernard? We're gonna be wearing our TonightWeMeanIt socks for the Brighton show, we've faked it long enough and I'M ALL OUT OF COTTON". If that doesn't let you know what to expect, then nothing will.
Loved by Betabet and Brighton's own Officer 82 will leave you rapidly wilting with their unique live 8-bit electronics. They belong in your mouth. |
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| Date: 2010-06-17 19:00:00 |
| Venue: The Big Chill House |
| City: 39 |
| Description: The Playground presents the platform for up and coming indie, alternative and rock bands alongside an electronic dj set from DJ Darkhorse. With live performances from NME favourites The Gavels, plus The Goos & Neon Highwire. |
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| Date: 2010-07-17 19:30:00 |
| Venue: The WorkShop at RoadTrip Bar |
| City: 39 |
| Description: Hits of the Near Future present Hot Beds, Neon Highwire, Remodel, and Well In Garden Settee at Hoxton\'s newest venue. The Workshop lives in the basement of the very cool RoadTrip bar. 1 minute from Old Street tube with countless buses and trains within a stone\'s throw. Early doors (7.30) with Hot Beds on at 10. £4 on the door if you message your name for the cheap list. |
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