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SHONEN KNIFE

We're only putting on Shonen Knife! 2011 has been good to us so far and we're so excited to be putting on such music legends. If you're not familiar with them- have a read of the press release below and then go and buy some of their records!

“When I finally got to see them live, I was transformed into a hysterical nine-year-old girl at a Beatles concert.” Kurt Cobain

Shonen Knife are a ground-breaking all-female Japanese, pop-punk trio formed in Osaka in 1981, when Naoko first heard late ‘70’s punk-pop particularly The Ramones. Inspired, the band crafted their own idiosyncratic songs, fashioned brightly coloured outfits and DIY albums. In 1985, K Records released ‘Burning Farm’ in the US. Deals with Sub Pop and various Majors followed. 1989 saw the crème of the alt. rock scene (including Sonic Youth, L7 and Redd Kross) covering their favourite Shonen Knife songs on the tribute album ‘Every Band Has A Shonen Knife Who Loves Them’. They toured with Nirvana (on the ‘Nevermind’ tour), The Breeders and as part of Lollapalooza. They recorded sessions for John Peel and appeared on MTV’s ‘Beavis and Butthead’. Last year the band played Matt Groening’s curated ATP, extensively toured the UK/Europe/North America/China and Taiwan! 2011 marks the 30th year of the band Shonen Knife and Naoko said she is ready to ROCK! We hope you will come see the band this year and soak up some magic from one of the greatest bands the world has ever seen!

Damnably All Dayer

Our friend George over at Damnably is putting on an awesome all dayer at the Brixton Windmill on Sunday 3rd July. We've been fortunate enough to be asked to DJ on the day (expect lots of riffs) and choose a band to add to the bill. Naturally we went with Crushing Blows, a brilliant band from the Midlands who never fail to impress us. All the info is below and I think I should point out that there's a FREE BBQ.


Damnably w/ Default This & The Brixton Windmill Present 'GOODFEST'

This is a 2 Stage, 14 act ALLDAYER with FREE BBQ + Super DJ's
Sunday July 3rd
2pm-11.30pm
£6 Advance:
from Wegottickets http://www.wegottickets.com/event/118386
or
Gigantic http://www.gigantic.com/gigantic/event_gce_26591a.html



HOT DOG 'ROCK STAGE'

smallgang - smallgang are a London based quartet-one of the best live bands in the UK.
As heard on BBC 6music - Gideon Coe, Lauren Laverne, Tom Robinson and XFM - X-Posure with John Kennedy
4 Stars god Is in the TV http://godisinthetvzine.co.uk/index.php/2011/05/09/smallgang-trespasses-damnably/
The Line Of Best Fit: “Great record”
Time Out: “Stylish art rockers “
http://www.myspace.com/smallgang

Monster island - Manchester's hottest band- Angular Pavementy/Fallesque Post-Punk with acutely cutting lyrics and mad music.
http://www.myspace.com/monsterislandmusic

FU
East London/East Seoul Trio:
post punk, alt folk, slowcore and pop combined.
The Line Of Best Fit "a gentleman blessed with an imposing baritone halfway between Bill Callahan and Absentee"
http://www.formerutopia.com/

Crushing Blows - Derby's Poppy Flaming Lips style dreamrock
http://www.myspace.com/crushingblowsmusic

Head Of Programmes - Plymouth's Alt-Country rockers celebrate their 3rd album of Smoggy, Sun Kill Moony beauty. They've also gigged with J Mascis and Mount Eerie too!
http://www.myspace.com/headofprogrammes

Bastard Sword - Spooky East London Electro- FutureSpacePOP
http://bastardsword2.blogspot.com/
More TBA


NOT-DOG RocketSalad ACOUSTIC STAGE
(GARDEN/Smoking ROOM)

Your New Friend -
Named after an obscure Smog song, this new acoustic duo features ultra baritone voiced Simon Kobayashi from smallgang, with Sun Kil Moon-esque guitar workouts from Alex Carter (Armchair Songs). They play incredibly pretty songs with a rare level of skill and complexity.
http://www.myspace.com/yournewfriendband

Teta Mona - X Screaming Tea Party Drummer, Now Bassist in Catcher Nine
and Italy's answer to Cat Power
http://tetamona.com/

Michael L Clamp (Lazarus Clamp) - rare solo show from Birmingham based Lazarus Clamp front-man who has been a leading light in the UK's post punk, alt folk, quirky pop scene for almost 2 decades and 5 albums.
http://www.myspace.com/elclamp

Benjamin Shaw - Cartonist & Anti-Folk cross between George Formby and Jeffrey Lewis http://www.benjaminshaw.net/

Toshi - X-Mordros, Edgey Heathrob guitar-slinger who sings about Robots and covers 'Electric Dreams'

Russell & The Wolf Choir - Lovelorn Romford based Poet-inbetween Jason Molina, Geoff Farina and Michael J FOX
http://www.russellandthewolfchoir.com/

Richie Philips-Melodic sombre songwriting with a hint of Velvets/Jesus and mary chain
http://www.myspace.com/richiekickoutthejam

Blog buddies

For those of you that live in the Midlands area you should check out our good friend Nick Oakden's awesome blog about the Nottingham music scene. He's got reviews, gig previews, info and free music on there. What more could you ask for?!

http://killtheoutlaws.blogspot.com/