Camden Town: Turning London On

A Crawl warm up @ Lockside Lounge ....

In it for the music as opposed to the coin promoters Antz in the Jam and Campari safari bring a selection of Bands They've chosen acts that are just getting airplay , grafting away and building a buzz  and built up a buzz on there own with hard gigging and pure talent. Sponsors Russian Standard Vodka have stepped in to provide the booze and general rock and roll drink spilling and fiery performances will ensue...
Over the next two days camden becomes a sea of tears of pain and joy as over 150 acts vye for your attention – we've sorted somewhere with booze proper bands and no festering out of towners!

Lockside Lounge
75 Camden Lock Place
Camden Town, Greater London NW1 8
020 7284 0007
Tube: Camden Town

Saturday 28th April 2011

fresh new talents  PIPPA MARIAS , PORTASOUND , STEALING SHEEP , THEE SINGLE SPY , DOLLFACE

£6 door /   £5  tickets  -Ticketweb

free before 8.30 pm!

PIPPA MARIAS

booking up for sumer festivals and with a rapturous response at  Koko Club last week they will have you humming their future hits for weeks after

"PIPPA MARIAS sounds like Zdar/Cassius/Phoenix style french dance pop, but with more of an edge. Then you realise it’s because they’re Swedish,
and as we all know, the Swedes OWN good dance inflected pop music" - Gill Mills, Best of MySpace

PORTASOUND

As a 3 piece they were championed across the country by John Kennedy, Rob da Bank, Tom Robinson and Huw Stephens who, after hearing their remix of Late of the Pier, invited them to Maida Vale for an exclusive BBC Radio 1 Introducing session. Gathering blog hype from their singles and love for their live shows they were soon playing the length of country and beyond. From London’s club scene to a host of festivals including Secret Garden Party, SWN, Sheffield Tramlines and Standon Calling . their debut  Album is Imminent and they are coming out of their bunker just for this gig!

STEALING SHEEP

alot of buzz for this  three-girl piece from the UK. Hypnotic boomy beats, intelligent rhythmic patterns, bassy pitch shifting synth and off kilter psychedelic guitars.  too good for the Crawl with its hoi polloi !

In less fertile grounds, the chasm between noise-drenched experimental trip-hop and ephemeral folktronica would be an unwise one to jump, however, in a city that thrives on ripping up the recipe book and creating its own musical flavours this agit-pop band has evolved into one of Liverpool’s best new acts
Stealing Sheep are an all girl band from Liverpool who are causing a real stir at present. They produce daring, edgy pop songs with wistful three part harmonies, psychedelic guitars, boomy drums and synths. Sitting somewhere inbetween sugar pop and doomy grunge. It's feisty and challenging but with catchy hooks and powerful choruses. These unconventional popsters are currently receiving  peak-time airplay on XFM, BBC 2 & BBC 6music,  and plays on Giles Peterson (most recently this week through Steve Lamacq, Lauren Laverne and Nemone. In short they are 'mazin!

'wow!' Gilles Peterson RADIO 1

“They have a bewitching quality. The harmonies are great” John Kennedy XFM

“What can I say? Everything sounds beautiful.” Alex Baker KERRANGRADIO

"60's psychedelia merged with an undeniably sweet and modern twist" Daniel Wray LOUD&QUIET

THEE SINGLE SPY

once were soft folk now they play rock and what a heady brew of rock they brew - one of our favorite bands to watch live -  their show builds and builds and weaves a dark and yet still humorous story of London life - stories from the grey...

"Alex Mattinson’s rich baritone range has an elusive haunting quality that combines the best part of Nick Cave and Jeff Mangum; the previously unsung London has just been sung."
[THE LINE OF BEST FIT]

"Brilliantly well-crafted indie pop"
[JON HILCOCK, NME RADIO]

"Captivating from the start"
[SPOONFED]

DOLLFACE

uncomplicated unrelenting rock - 60s jangly edge to it think zepp and stones and you are getting there  - a racous start to the eve