22 July 2009
Upstairs at the Garage
Nearest Tube: Highbury & Islington
Barefoot Confessor: link
West London based four piece band who provide the listener with catchy hooks, cleverly written lyrics and brilliant melodies to create a different slant on the classic indie rock model. This band have been gradually gathereing momentum and building up a strong fan base and playing high profile shows.
Klaus says buy the record: link
Klaus Says Buy The Record were a hotly tipped finalist in the 2008 Orange Unsigned Act on Channel 4 and they won the 2008 Red Stripe Music Awards, beating over 1,000 other acts.
Klaus perform live regularly and they have played alongside acts including Dirty Pretty Things, Joe Lean and The Jing Jang Jong, Wild Beasts, Los Campesinos, Youth Movies, Sam Isaac, Rolo Tomassi etc. They played at the 2008 Great Escape Festival and the Lovebox Weekender. They are touring the UK throughout early 2009.
Lady and The Lost Boys link
In MySpace's desperate attempt to pigeon-hole musicians into categories the description of them is often melted down, squished up and mashed into the simplest form of wrong – three words Just/Like/This. In a rare moment of hitting the nail smack on the head, Lady and the Lost Boys have described themselves to be Childrens/Shoegaze/Idol. Annabel has the sparkly ability to sing wizened thoughts as though she's still learning them; thoughts that often swerve into self-confessed teenage logic.
Neon Choir: link
Female fronted four piece from London, mixing it up with influences of folk, rock, indie, country and punk providing the catchiest of today's indie.