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Popular Presents The Beat Wolf Tour with Foreign Office and Look, Stranger! – live on Saturday 26th May
Stay tuned for another mega line from promoters of the moment Popular. This time around we welcome Foreign Office and Look, Stranger! Hackney based four-piece, Foreign Office, comprising of Paul Cousins (vocals), George Hume (guitar), James Woodley (drums) and Duncan Hillman (Keys) draws influences from 60s and 70s soul and funk with a little of 80s post-punk elements.
Click play above to listen to ‘Throw Me Overboard’ by Foreign Office.
Popular | BeatWolf | Foreign Office | Look, Stranger!
Big Potato Records presents Twin Graves, The Marbles Jackson and The Dreaming Spires – live on May 6th
Twin Graves are Four friends and two siblings, making dream pop music of the Magic Numbers and Arcade Fire ilk.The Marbles Jackson are A young band, led by Japanese born NaoKo and Terence Kirkbride (Oasis and Proud Mary). Their sound is woozy with layers of feed back, beautiful and enchanting, Mazzy Star and Mogwai are touchstones the Hackney band cite.
Popular presents the BeatWolf Tour with Niki And The Dove and Strangers – live on Saturday 28th April
Photo credit: Eliot Hazel
We’re delighted to have Popular and BeatWolf back at Bungalows after their fun last show with Laurel Collective. This time around we’re super excited to welcome one of our favourite acts right now in wonderful Niki & The Dove. Their songs are full of magic and light but with an unsettling darkness hidden beneath the surface. It’s pop music but a world away from the production line aesthetics of much modern chart music. Check out their song ‘Last Night’ in the player below, one of our favourites. On the night Niki & The Dove will be joined by dark electronic pop exponents Strangers. And as always, it’s free entry too!
Click play above to listen to ‘Last Night’ by Niki & The Dove.
Niki And The Dove | Niki And The Dove Free Download | Strangers | Popular | Beatwolf
Oakford Social Club Associated Festival : Beacons Festival New Announcements
Our associated festival : Beacons is pleased to announce further additions to the line-up to the festival this summer, which includes a northern exclusive from Mercury prize nominated Wild Beast. New additions include The Felice Brothers, Julio Bashmore, Real Estate, Oneman, Cloud Nothings, Koreless, Willis Earl Beal, Andrew Weatherall “A Love From Out Space”, Jacuzzi Boys, Stopmakingme, Weird Dreams, Bleeding Knees Club, Tall Ships, Blacklisters, Souljazz Soundsystem & Luvjam. Head to the Beacons website for more info and tickets, Regulars Cards holders can get a discount!
BBC Introducing Live – Coming Up In April
The Black Hats, Antibang and Trio Spongo – live on Wednesday 4th April
Black Hats are Ian Budd (Bass & Vocals), Nick Breakspear (Guitar & Vocals) and Mark Franklin (Drums & Vocals). Having spent the last 18 months earning a reputation on the vibrant and competitive Thames Valley music scene – recently sighted by the Guardian as a current hot bed of new music in the UK – the band are now ready to reach out to national audiences with a debut single, mini-album and a national tour.
Produced by Sam Williams (Plan B, Supergrass), debut single Kick in the Doors sets a hectic pace and makes a statement that is all post punk/power pop attitude and clarion call hooks and rhythms. Its release on Friday April 13 2012 and coincides with the release on Friday May 26 2012 of the bands mini album “Austerity for the Hoi Polloi”.
Support for Black Hats has already come from BBC Introducing Oxfordshire and BBC 6Music (Tom Robinson) for previous unreleased tracks. Oxford’s respected music journal Nightshift has sighted Black Hats as ‘ahead of the current crop.’
Facebook Event | The Black Hats | Antibang | Trio Spongo
New Oakford Social Club Associated Event : Simple Things Festival 2012, spread across various spaces around Bristol – Sunday 6th May
We’re proud to present to you this exciting new associated event : Simple Things Festival. Spread across a multitude of city centre venues, Simple Things is a one day music and visual festival situated in the heart of Bristol. Launching in 2011 the festival is back for 2012 with an increased capacity and a far more diverse eclectic lineup. Having sold out last year, we’ll be adding more venues to the event this year to ease the load on you all. A very limited number of cheap early bird tickets are now on sale now at Bristol Ticket Shop. The line-up includes the likes of Squarepusher live, Caribou DJ Set, Death in Vegas live, Hudson Mohawke LIVE AV Show, Ghostpoet, Planningtorock and many more. For more info visit the Simple Things Facebook event or website.
BBC Introducing Live with The Dianas and Sleep Room – Wednesday 28th March
Click play above to listen to ‘The Relief’ by The Dianas.
Every Wednesday we’re delighted to present to you the best in up and coming live acts from Reading and beyond. This week we’re excited to showcase two local bands in The Dianas and Sleep Room. As always, it’s free entry too!
Click play above to listen to ‘Treadmills’ by Sleep Room.
Facebook Event | The Dianas | Sleep Room