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Loose Lips presents Skaters – live on Saturday 29th June

Posted on: May 20, 2013

Each member of Skaters came from previously successful bands (The Dead Trees, Dirty Pretty Things, Adam Green), and were Little Joy’s back-up band and previously opened for The Strokes.

No Need To Shout presents Ssion – live on Thursday 27th June

Posted on: May 20, 2013

Having already toured in the US with the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Liars, CSS and Gossip, SSION has been a causing quite a stir across the other side of the Atlantic. Karen O from Yeah Yeah Yeahs says “It is my belief that Cody is a cult legend in the making”

No Need To Shout Presents Le1f – live on Thursday 20th June

Posted on: May 20, 2013

In a world full of rappers claiming to be one of a kind, Le1f (born Khalif Diouf) is a real deal original, a fascinatingly complicated personality full of seeming contractions. He’s an out and proud gay MC whose style is rooted in Tunnel bangers from a less socially enlightened era of hip-hop. He’s a producer who’s responsible for the beat behind Das Racist’s “Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell” Even more recently the video for “Wut,” which prominently showcases Le1f’s prodigious twerking skills, went viral, which indicates that there might be a much bigger audience for his entire artistic package than even his most ardent fans might have suspected.

No Need To Shout Presents The Babies, Fawn Spots, The Portillo Moment – live on Wednesday 19th June

Posted on: May 20, 2013

Vivian Girls / Woods splinter group… The idea was to recapture the early, stress-free days of playing music before they were both in groups that had gained some success and created accompanying pressures. Despite writing a few songs, nothing much came of the idea until the next winter when both bands again had a break. With the addition of Ramone’s former bandmate in Bossy, Justin Sullivan, on drums, the trio began writing songs in earnest that met somewhere between the sugary fuzz of the Vivian Girls and the ramshackle indie rock of Woods.

Mt Wolf – live on Tuesday 18th June

Posted on: May 20, 2013

Sigur Rós-like ethereal soundscapes and sensual vocals spread over four-minute-plus opuses make for one big intoxicating aural bliss-out from this London-based quartet

Loose Lips Presents Fair Oh’s – live on Saturday 15th June

Posted on: May 20, 2013

Everything Is Dancing is Fair Oh’s debut full length, but have had split record/cassettes with Male Bonding, Women, Cold Pumas, Spectrals on a host of rad UK DIY labels like Sex Is Disgusting and Faux Discx. Everything is Dancing is influenced by West African funk, 60’s Psycheldic Rock, Eritrean Guayla music and a whole heap of Fleetwood Mac.

Fear Of Fiction presents Phoria, Seafire and Low Sea Live – live on Friday 14th June

Posted on: May 20, 2013

Phoria combine beguiling melodies, elegant arrangements and ethereal vocals to produce beautiful and eclectic music, with influences ranging from Sigur Rós to James Blake. Seafire buzz upon buzz as they continue their seductive brand of 4am melancholy.

Crack Magazine Presents Trophy Wife, Motherhood and New Carnival – live on Wednesday 12th June

Posted on: May 20, 2013

With a debut album dropping soon, Oxford’s Trophy Wife bring their brand of atmospheric pentatonic pop back to Bristol. As former members of Jonquil and good friends of Foals they are well versed in providing energetic and captivating performances that will make this intimate show a rare treat.

Loose Lip Presents Young Fathers – live on Saturday 8th June

Posted on: May 20, 2013

Scottish outsider rap trio Young Fathers Tape One is the Edinburgh group’s debut EP, with eight mysterious and bleak tracks that combine uneasy beats, indie songcraft, and even hints of ancient African traditions.

Live Nation Presents Watch The Duck – live on Thursday 6th June

Posted on: May 20, 2013

Watch the dog join us from Atlanata with there own version of Dub-step, RnB, Hip-Hop. Making there own rules. There Rub A Dub mixtape finds them recording over propulsive beats and wobbling basslines, classic tunes from Beyonce, SWV, Adina Howard and others get dramatic reworkings. These guys are defiantly on the rise. Catch them now.

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Loose Lips presents Skaters – live on Saturday 29th June

No Need To Shout presents Ssion – live on Thursday 27th June

No Need To Shout Presents Le1f – live on Thursday 20th June

No Need To Shout Presents The Babies, Fawn Spots, The Portillo Moment – live on Wednesday 19th June

Mt Wolf – live on Tuesday 18th June

Loose Lips Presents Fair Oh’s – live on Saturday 15th June

Fear Of Fiction presents Phoria, Seafire and Low Sea Live – live on Friday 14th June

Crack Magazine Presents Trophy Wife, Motherhood and New Carnival – live on Wednesday 12th June

Loose Lip Presents Young Fathers – live on Saturday 8th June

Live Nation Presents Watch The Duck – live on Thursday 6th June

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