The Evangelists
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NORTHERN IRELAND:
THE NEXT GENERATION
A three-day festival of the best new bands from Northern Ireland.
FRIDAY 14 - SUNDAY 16 OCTOBER 2005 @ The Windmill, Brixton, 22 Blenheim Gardens, London.
WHAT? WHY?
Back in March this year we held a two-day event with eleven great new bands from Belfast, Derry and in between. It was such a hit that we decided to do it again, but make it even bigger and better. Friday night gets off to a rocker with four of our faves and then over the rest of the weekend we have two half-dayers with a 5pm start and a FREE BBQ for earlycomers.
WHO? WHEN?
Full line-ups, short biogs and weblinks are below but here’s a listing of each day:
FRI 14 OCT: The Debonaires + Yakuza + Just A Word + Contraband
SAT 15 OCT: The Answer + Delaware + Tracer AMC + Tom McShane + The Lingus + Trip Fontaine
SUN 16 OCT: V//Formation + The Evangelists + Panda Kopanda + Inch High + Ego
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DAY ONE: Fri 14th OCT
Doors 8pm; £4.
THE DEBONAIRES (Bangor, C.Down)
...straddle the gulf between thrusting robotic rock and pure pop perfection with the ease of a 5000 ft tall cyborg programmed with Michael Jackson's least paedophilic dance moves. Prepare to be crushed under their mighty riffs and choruses, scarred by their razor sharp hooks and slayed by their unique line in 'witty' stage patter.
http://www.thedebonaires.co.uk
YAKUZA (DC - DUNGANNON / COALISLAND, Co. Tyrone)
Raised on an unsteady diet of The Birthday Party, Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr and Truman's Water, these twisted mid-Ulster hallions have an amazing batch of new songs which take the electric white boy blues of debut album One Nation Under Awed to a seedy post-punk disco before locking them in and burning the b*stard to the ground. They'll take your face off and enjoy themselves doing it.
www.mtsonline.co.uk/yakuza
JUST A WORD (Armagh City, Co. Armagh)
Hip-hop you don't stop, especially for this heavy hitting crew of white bread muthaf*ckas comin' straight outta Armagh City with balls the size of cathederal bells and even bigger tunes. They're five stone cold killers who'll f*ck yo' sh*t up real good with their gritty tales of Northern Irish urbanity and fine head nodding grooves.
http://www.justaword.com
CONTRABAND (Banbridge, Co. Down)
Like a vagina with teeth, the screaming punk rock of Contraband is not to be f**ked with. If The Distillers' Brody Dalle spent less time on picking out her carefully pre-ripped outfits and getting up the duff by passing members of Queens of the Stone Age, her band might have a shot at sounding as raw, visceral and downright lethal as this Banbridge three piece. Incendiary.
http://www.contrabandrebelgold.com
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DAY TWO: Sat 15th OCT
Doors 5pm; £5 (includes BBQ up to 7pm-ish)
THE ANSWER (Downpatrick, Co. Down)
The finest classic rock band in Ireland, The Answer have the chops to make the sound of yesteryear their very own via a set of kick ass tunes including the recent single Keep Believin,' their debut release for the AC/DC affiliated Albert Productions label. They've supported The Darkness and Ash, made a mess at the Kerrang Awards and will be kicking seven (hell's) bells out of Brixton tonight before they head out on 'The New School Of Rock Tour' with Tokyo Dragons and others which winds its way through the UK until December.
http://www.theanswer.tv
DELAWARE (Belfast)
. offer classic westcoast American pop with a country twang, infused with harmony, melody, passion and charm. They're obviously having a blast everytime they take to the stage - and believe us, their enthusiasm is infectious. One of the most promising bands in Northern Ireland, period, they get the good times rolling with ease...
http://www.delawareband.com
TRACER AMC (Belfast)
Tracer AMC offer the finest in atmospheric instrumental post-rock. Like a sonic cathedral crumbling into the ocean down a cliff face at sunset, their music is by turns beautiful, haunting and powerfully moving. Their recently released album Islands is the assured follow up to 2004's acclaimed debut, Flux and Form. Their multitextured, pedal enhanced tunes are very, very good live.
http://www.traceramc.co.uk
TOM McSHANE (Belfast)
Like a hot salty tear rolling down the cheek of the most beautiful face you can imagine, the music of Tom McShane is at once captivating and heartbreaking. His are tender tunes plucked straight from a broken and patched up heart, performed with rare poise and passion. With his band in tow, Tom can shift gears between wistful laments and sundappled guitar pop with ease. To know him is to love him.
http://www.tommcshane.co.uk
THE LINGUS (North Antrim)
....offer feel-good indie rock and roll the way it used to be made. Sugar's brightest moments collide with Teenage Fanclub's infectious energy and enthusiasm , with a hint of The Wonder Stuff's penchant for the absurd, in a collection of melody drenched songs you'll be humming for weeks.
http://www.thelingus.tk
TRIP FONTAINE (Derry)
From the maiden city and featuring talented songwriter Kevin Nash (ex-Fighting With Wire), this lot have the tunes, the grooves and the moves to bring the pain to any venue they choose. They're stone cold foxes and no mistake.
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DAY THREE: Sun 16th OCT
5pm; £5 (inc free BBQ up to 7-ish)
V//FORMATION (Belfast)
Formerly known as The Ponies, this lot are barely out of the gate and are already being tipped for greatness. Big melodic tunes with wirey guitars and crashing backbeats make their brand of bottom heavy indie rock something you'll want to buy into repeatedly.
http://www.poniesmusic.com
THE EVANGELISTS (Derry)
Presenting their delightfully skewed collisions of skronking guitars, jackhammer rhythms and provincial sexual repression via a live show that defines the word 'unpredictable,' The Evangelists will have you singing, laughing, moshing and scratching your head all at once. Part cabaret tragedy, part scattergun aural assault, all the way great.
http://www.theevangelists.tk
PANDA KOPANDA (Belfast)
This year's Letting Go EP on Belfast's HOWL Records marked a major turning point for this well regarded Belfast act, displaying a new-found confidence in the execution of their bittersweet indie tunes which call to mind The Postal Service, Deathcab For Cutie and Pavement. They'll break yourt heart and make you like it.
http://www.pandakopanda.com
INCH HIGH (Newcastle, Co. Down)
With a KKKK review for debut album Look Kids, It's Big Ben already under their belts, Inch High's catchy pop rock sound should appeal to fans of Foo Fighters, and other such masters of stadium friendly catchy and crunchy tunage.
http://www.inchhigh.co.uk
EGO (Bangor, Co. Down)
...are young, good looking and deliver their spiralling sugar rush of frantic rock riffage, metal style licks and melodic sing-along vocals with bags of energy to spare. Perfect MTV2 ready fodder without the posturing bullsh*t? We think so.
http://www.egorock.com
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Web:http://www.windmillbrixton.co.uk
Phone: 020 8671 0700
Tickets: http://www.wegottickets.com
THE NEXT GENERATION
A three-day festival of the best new bands from Northern Ireland.
FRIDAY 14 - SUNDAY 16 OCTOBER 2005 @ The Windmill, Brixton, 22 Blenheim Gardens, London.
WHAT? WHY?
Back in March this year we held a two-day event with eleven great new bands from Belfast, Derry and in between. It was such a hit that we decided to do it again, but make it even bigger and better. Friday night gets off to a rocker with four of our faves and then over the rest of the weekend we have two half-dayers with a 5pm start and a FREE BBQ for earlycomers.
WHO? WHEN?
Full line-ups, short biogs and weblinks are below but here’s a listing of each day:
FRI 14 OCT: The Debonaires + Yakuza + Just A Word + Contraband
SAT 15 OCT: The Answer + Delaware + Tracer AMC + Tom McShane + The Lingus + Trip Fontaine
SUN 16 OCT: V//Formation + The Evangelists + Panda Kopanda + Inch High + Ego
******************************
DAY ONE: Fri 14th OCT
Doors 8pm; £4.
THE DEBONAIRES (Bangor, C.Down)
...straddle the gulf between thrusting robotic rock and pure pop perfection with the ease of a 5000 ft tall cyborg programmed with Michael Jackson's least paedophilic dance moves. Prepare to be crushed under their mighty riffs and choruses, scarred by their razor sharp hooks and slayed by their unique line in 'witty' stage patter.
http://www.thedebonaires.co.uk
YAKUZA (DC - DUNGANNON / COALISLAND, Co. Tyrone)
Raised on an unsteady diet of The Birthday Party, Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr and Truman's Water, these twisted mid-Ulster hallions have an amazing batch of new songs which take the electric white boy blues of debut album One Nation Under Awed to a seedy post-punk disco before locking them in and burning the b*stard to the ground. They'll take your face off and enjoy themselves doing it.
www.mtsonline.co.uk/yakuza
JUST A WORD (Armagh City, Co. Armagh)
Hip-hop you don't stop, especially for this heavy hitting crew of white bread muthaf*ckas comin' straight outta Armagh City with balls the size of cathederal bells and even bigger tunes. They're five stone cold killers who'll f*ck yo' sh*t up real good with their gritty tales of Northern Irish urbanity and fine head nodding grooves.
http://www.justaword.com
CONTRABAND (Banbridge, Co. Down)
Like a vagina with teeth, the screaming punk rock of Contraband is not to be f**ked with. If The Distillers' Brody Dalle spent less time on picking out her carefully pre-ripped outfits and getting up the duff by passing members of Queens of the Stone Age, her band might have a shot at sounding as raw, visceral and downright lethal as this Banbridge three piece. Incendiary.
http://www.contrabandrebelgold.com
*********************************
DAY TWO: Sat 15th OCT
Doors 5pm; £5 (includes BBQ up to 7pm-ish)
THE ANSWER (Downpatrick, Co. Down)
The finest classic rock band in Ireland, The Answer have the chops to make the sound of yesteryear their very own via a set of kick ass tunes including the recent single Keep Believin,' their debut release for the AC/DC affiliated Albert Productions label. They've supported The Darkness and Ash, made a mess at the Kerrang Awards and will be kicking seven (hell's) bells out of Brixton tonight before they head out on 'The New School Of Rock Tour' with Tokyo Dragons and others which winds its way through the UK until December.
http://www.theanswer.tv
DELAWARE (Belfast)
. offer classic westcoast American pop with a country twang, infused with harmony, melody, passion and charm. They're obviously having a blast everytime they take to the stage - and believe us, their enthusiasm is infectious. One of the most promising bands in Northern Ireland, period, they get the good times rolling with ease...
http://www.delawareband.com
TRACER AMC (Belfast)
Tracer AMC offer the finest in atmospheric instrumental post-rock. Like a sonic cathedral crumbling into the ocean down a cliff face at sunset, their music is by turns beautiful, haunting and powerfully moving. Their recently released album Islands is the assured follow up to 2004's acclaimed debut, Flux and Form. Their multitextured, pedal enhanced tunes are very, very good live.
http://www.traceramc.co.uk
TOM McSHANE (Belfast)
Like a hot salty tear rolling down the cheek of the most beautiful face you can imagine, the music of Tom McShane is at once captivating and heartbreaking. His are tender tunes plucked straight from a broken and patched up heart, performed with rare poise and passion. With his band in tow, Tom can shift gears between wistful laments and sundappled guitar pop with ease. To know him is to love him.
http://www.tommcshane.co.uk
THE LINGUS (North Antrim)
....offer feel-good indie rock and roll the way it used to be made. Sugar's brightest moments collide with Teenage Fanclub's infectious energy and enthusiasm , with a hint of The Wonder Stuff's penchant for the absurd, in a collection of melody drenched songs you'll be humming for weeks.
http://www.thelingus.tk
TRIP FONTAINE (Derry)
From the maiden city and featuring talented songwriter Kevin Nash (ex-Fighting With Wire), this lot have the tunes, the grooves and the moves to bring the pain to any venue they choose. They're stone cold foxes and no mistake.
********************************
DAY THREE: Sun 16th OCT
5pm; £5 (inc free BBQ up to 7-ish)
V//FORMATION (Belfast)
Formerly known as The Ponies, this lot are barely out of the gate and are already being tipped for greatness. Big melodic tunes with wirey guitars and crashing backbeats make their brand of bottom heavy indie rock something you'll want to buy into repeatedly.
http://www.poniesmusic.com
THE EVANGELISTS (Derry)
Presenting their delightfully skewed collisions of skronking guitars, jackhammer rhythms and provincial sexual repression via a live show that defines the word 'unpredictable,' The Evangelists will have you singing, laughing, moshing and scratching your head all at once. Part cabaret tragedy, part scattergun aural assault, all the way great.
http://www.theevangelists.tk
PANDA KOPANDA (Belfast)
This year's Letting Go EP on Belfast's HOWL Records marked a major turning point for this well regarded Belfast act, displaying a new-found confidence in the execution of their bittersweet indie tunes which call to mind The Postal Service, Deathcab For Cutie and Pavement. They'll break yourt heart and make you like it.
http://www.pandakopanda.com
INCH HIGH (Newcastle, Co. Down)
With a KKKK review for debut album Look Kids, It's Big Ben already under their belts, Inch High's catchy pop rock sound should appeal to fans of Foo Fighters, and other such masters of stadium friendly catchy and crunchy tunage.
http://www.inchhigh.co.uk
EGO (Bangor, Co. Down)
...are young, good looking and deliver their spiralling sugar rush of frantic rock riffage, metal style licks and melodic sing-along vocals with bags of energy to spare. Perfect MTV2 ready fodder without the posturing bullsh*t? We think so.
http://www.egorock.com
**********************************
Web:http://www.windmillbrixton.co.uk
Phone: 020 8671 0700
Tickets: http://www.wegottickets.com
