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Monday, November 16, 2009 

Tuesday 15th December, 2009

Tamesis Dock Boat

between Vauxhall and Lambeth bridges, London, SE1 7TP

7.30pm / £7.00

Here's the second of our Rockfeedback Christmas shows, and very excitingly, it's on a (docked) boat. We all know the Thames is very lovely indeed around Christmas time, so here's a folk-filled extravaganza down on the water. Se to be a proper hoedown, we've got three amazing acts plus Chess Club, Rockfeedback and more DJs on hand to make you move your feet after a headline set from the wonderful Peggy Sue.
PEGGY SUE - Delightful Brighton trio Peggy Sue are one of the country's best folk-pop acts.  Comparisons to the current trend of folk bands hitting the charts are inevitable, if a little inaccurate, as their songs can occasionally inhabit the darker melodic penumbra cast by singers like Cat Power and Regina Spektor at their best.  They’ve recently been off spreading their sunshine on the less deserving shores of the U.S., and are only playing a few gigs back in London, this one-off being one of them.  We had them feature on our stage at this year’s Great Escape festival in Brighton, and here they finish a wonderful year on our boat, sure to make a big splash indeed.
www.myspace.com/peggywho
CURLY HAIR - Another trio here, and also from Brighton by way of London, lo-fi popsters Curly Hair have been picking up fans rapidly of recent times for their endearing Moldy Peaches meets Beat Happening infected new wave anti-folk. You can currently catch them traversing the UK on tour with Malcolm Middleton (previously of Arab Strap)
 www.myspace.com/wearecurlyhair
TRISTRAM - New London troubadour backed by drums, cello and other manners of strings, Tristram makes self-proclaimed "lullabies for uncertain times".  Embracing the alt-country stylings of Will Oldham and Jeffrey Lewis, and a very British type of creative singer-songwriters in the vein of Nick Drake, Tristram is a new artist on the brink of big things.
http://www.myspace.com/tristramsongs

Plus DJ sets from Chess Club, our always spectacular old buddy Goldierocks, and the Rockfeedback dream team.  We're going to be on a boat until 1am.
The vessel in question is Tamesis Dock boat, Albert Embankment, Vauxhall, London, SE1 7TP, between Vauxhall Bridge and Lambeth.  Vauxhall's probably the best transport option, otherwise take a leisurely stroll just past the London Eye. 

Tickets are a paltry £7, and should be snapped up here - http://www.wegottickets.com/event/64281. Be quick now as this is a SMALL docked boat, and we're expecting it to sell out sharpish.
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Monday, November 16, 2009 

Thursday 10th December, 2009

The Lexington

96-98 Pentonville Road, London, N1 9JB

7.30pm / £8.00


Christmas is a-coming and this year we're bloody going for it full steam. To celebrate, we're going to be doing two special shows. Gig one takes place amidst the winter warming splendour of our wonderful Lexington haunt in London. It's been a fantastic whole year since we moved above our new home, and to celebrate we've got a party to close our year here headed up by the one and only RUMBLE STRIPS.  Stay tuned for part 2, announced on Monday.


THE RUMBLE STRIPS - Tavistock, Devon's finest the Rumble Strips returned this year with the Mark Ronson produced Welcome To The Walk Alone, which saw them continue to develop their wonderfully heartfelt soulful pop to new splendorous heights. A band right at home in a cosy bar setting such as ours, we love the Rumble Strips dearly, and since their early releases on our sister label Transgressive Records they remain one of the most enjoyable live bands in the land.
www.myspace.com/rumblestripsuk
THOMAS TRUAX - American songwriter, performer and inventor of musical instruments, the wonderful Thomas Truax is a phenomenally creative individual who first came to prominence in the Anti-folk movement on New York's Lower East side in the 1990s. Coming across half David Lynch film, half Tom Waits - we fell in awe of Thomas when we had him for a Basement Club night waaay back. Always accompanied by a fantastic concoction of newly invented instruments, Truax has recently been seen as crucial part of the "steampunk" genre in which musicians reference the Vitctorian "steam-power" world and H.G. Wells style fictional fantastical inventions. www.myspace.com/ThomasTruax


 
INTERNET FOREVER - New indie-pop trio Internet Forever make scuzzy shout-along lo-fi songs. Twee as mittens and fun as playground swings, they've quite rightly been causing a great stir of late.  www.myspace.com/internetforever

Plus of course there’ll be Rockfeedback DJs spinning some fine tunes, and guest DJs to be announced.

Tickets are a tasty £8 and can be snapped up HERE - wegottickets.com/rockfeedback.  It all takes place on Thurs Dec 10th @ The Lexington 96-98 Pentonville Road, and doors are at 7.30pm.
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Tuesday, November 03, 2009 
HOT CLUB DE PARIS, FLASHGUNS & SPECIAL GUESTS

Monday 23rd November, 2009

The Lexington

96-98 Pentonville Road, Angel, London, N1 9JB

7.30pm / £7.00

Map / / Tickets
Hot Club De Paris
HOT CLUB DE PARIS:
Meshing heart-grabbing punk rock, indie sensibilities and power-pop blasts with an admirable disregard for conventional time structures, this Liverpudlian foursome are currently holed up working hard at album number three, making this rare venture out in to the big  bad world quite the show indeed.  Hot Club De Paris made good friends of Rockfeedback out in Iceland a few years back,  and they’re sure to have the same effect on you – here’s compelling video evidence of their charms.
FLASHGUNS:
Firm rockfeedback favourites these chaps - open-hearted indie-popsters Flashguns are a perfect snapshot of forward-thinking young new bands carving their way into the music world with a big bag of great songs and a frenetic live show. A great band (now a trio), who call to mind a fresh-faced Smiths with a heavier pop-orientated yet Sigur Ros-y soundscaped edge, recent tours with Bombay Bicycle Club and Jamie T mean they're sat with the world at their feet. We've liked them for a while, and they're REALLY nice guys too. Go on, go up and have a chat to them afterwards, buy 'em some drinks, they're cool. Go on.
PLUS SPECIAL GUESTS:
Watch this space.  Watch it.  Closer.  That’s good.
 
PLUS ROCKFEEDBACK DJs. + TOUGH LOVE RECORDS DJs

Tickets are priced at £7.50 and should be snapped up abruptly to ensure entry right here - www.wegottickets.com/rockfeedback . It all takes place at our London home of The Lexington, found at 96-98 Pentonville Road, Islington, with doors at 7.30pm. Kings Cross and Angel tube'll sort you out.
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Friday, October 16, 2009 
ROCKFEEDBACK IN ASSOCIATION WITH KRUGER MAGAZINE PRESENTS:
CYMBALS EAT GUITARS:  London headline show from this justly heralded up-and-coming New York band. Their highly original, open-hearted, wide-eyed but deeply introspective brand of indie-rock has seen rave reviews for their remarkably wave-inducing debut album, out earlier this year. With shades of shoegaze and technicolor-tinged pop it's no surprise that the band have attracted praise from Brooklyn hipsters, tastemakers sites like Pitchfork and titans of indie-rock such as The Flaming Lips, for whom they'll be opening after this greatly anticipated tour of the UK.
TWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB
Frenetic new-wave electronica infused indie-pop from this Northern Irish trio (soon to be a quartet with the addition of a real live drummer!). Good pals of ours, and soon to be yours, these chaps are new signings to our sister label Transgressive's publishing arm, and are set to be the first full LP release on French tastemaker label Kitsune. Recently dazzling as support to Foals, and on our Transgressive/Rockfeedback stage at Leeds, they stop in here for a special Rockfeedback show appearance.
NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION
These Scottish newbies are stopping in here as touring buddies for the duration of the Cymbals Eat Guitars for the UK slog. This being the first date, things could well be awkward and tense, but after a few drinks we'll see what happens. Some fresh new things this lot, NAO make heart-on-sleeve electronic dream-pop with strong nods to Flaming Lips, Caribou and Stereolab
 + Kruger Magazine DJS
+ Rockfeedback DJS
The gig takes place at The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Road, London, N1 9JB on the 12th of November 2009, with doors opening at 8pm.  Tickets are available for £7.50 advance. and can be got here www.wegottickets.com/rockfeedback
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Thursday, October 01, 2009 
BILLY MAHONIE
Billy Mahonie were and are a very important band to the Rockfeedback and Transgressive team – and to the likes of Foals and Bloc Party too.  As such we were delighted to hear that after a lengthy break they were releasing a new LP, and have managed to convinced them to congregate from their now disparate homes of Norway and London to play a special album launch show for us.  An incredibly powerful and intense live band who mix a Kraut-y, dance-based instrumental side with occasionally folk and heavy rock features, they released their hugely influential early albums on Southern and Too Pure records, and this will be their fifth record. 
 
GYRATORY SYSTEM

Formed from the ashes of the critically acclaimed One More Grain, Gyratory System are a horn-led live electronics instrumental group. Seemingly rooted in the post-punk of the likes of PiL and leftfield disco / dance of the same period, GS take from the past and push wildly into the future, probably on a spaceship marked "new frontiers". Now signed to the ever-excellent Angular Recording Corporation, GS are a fantastically original and convention-shattering band, and it's live where they really come into their own. www.myspace.com/gyratorysystem


KOGUMAZA

Kogumaza is the new project of Chris Summerlin, known for his work with other bands like Lords, Reynolds and Wolves! The trio encapsulte everything from quiet melodic post-rock instrumentals to heavier stoner-rock freakouts and glitchy experimintalism.  www.myspace.com/oogamaza
DJing comes courtesy of the fine folk at Southern Records.  It all takes place on October 8th at The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Road, London.  Angel and Kings Cross are your nearest tube stations.
Some very special guests in support are to be announced shortly.
Tickets cost £6.00 in advance and can be purchased HERE.
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Friday, September 18, 2009 
BILLY MAHONIE
Billy Mahonie were and are a very important band to the Rockfeedback and Transgressive team – and to the likes of Foals and Bloc Party too.  As such we were delighted to hear that after a lengthy break they were releasing a new LP, and have managed to convinced them to congregate from their now disparate homes of Norway and London to play a special album launch show for us.  An incredibly powerful and intense live band who mix a Kraut-y, dance-based instrumental side with occasionally folk and heavy rock features, they released their hugely influential early albums on Southern and Too Pure records, and this will be their fifth record. 
 
GYRATORY SYSTEM

Formed from the ashes of the critically acclaimed One More Grain, Gyratory System are a horn-led live electronics instrumental group. Seemingly rooted in the post-punk of the likes of PiL and leftfield disco / dance of the same period, GS take from the past and push wildly into the future, probably on a spaceship marked "new frontiers". Now signed to the ever-excellent Angular Recording Corporation, GS are a fantastically original and convention-shattering band, and it's live where they really come into their own. www.myspace.com/gyratorysystem


KOGUMAZA

Kogumaza is the new project of Chris Summerlin, known for his work with other bands like Lords, Reynolds and Wolves! The trio encapsulte everything from quiet melodic post-rock instrumentals to heavier stoner-rock freakouts and glitchy experimintalism.  www.myspace.com/oogamaza
DJing comes courtesy of the fine folk at Southern Records.  It all takes place on October 8th at The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Road, London.  Angel and Kings Cross are your nearest tube stations.

Tickets cost £6.00 in advance and can be purchased www.wegottickets.com/rockfeedback
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Wednesday, September 02, 2009 
We've been looking to have the marvellous Pulled Apart By Horses down for some time now - and here they are, arguably as good a disco-rocking, punk-rock dance fight of a band as there is in the country right now. Actually, let's not mess about, they're the best new live band in the country right now.   This headline show also features a suitably super support bill in the shape of fellow Leeds chaps That F**king Tank and sprightly London two-piece Friendship.  Be quick with those tickets (www.wegottickets.com/rockfeedback) and see below for more details:

PULLED APART BY HORSES
These Leeds fellas have been putting a donk on it since back in 2007, causing kids to fall over themselves with glee and bringing the noise to a quickly increasing fan-base.  We've made no secret of our huge love for their mix of hardcore riffs with a disco hi-hat or two, resulting in ear-bleeding mayhem.  The chaps are stopping in here for their first London headline show proper, before touring Europe with kindred spirits Future Of the Left, and arenas with Biffy Clyro. www.myspace.com/pulledapartbyhorses
THAT F**KING TANK
Making a return appearance to a Rockfeedback stage as close musical friends of the aforementioned PABH, these tanked-up f**kers, also hailing from Leeds, played for us this time last year after Foals handpicked them to support them at our legendary Cross Kings show. A  truly stellar band featuring a unique duel guitar amp/one guitar set-up live show, TFT are another head-rocking onslaught of rock and roll, and their newest album released this year has seen them continue to settle further into the fantastic cult band they are.  www.myspace.com/landsandbody
 
FRIENDSHIP
Friendship consists of Hills (drums) and Willard (guitar); and they make a power-pop racket of fine proportions. Full of praise from the likes of Steve Lamacq,  Nic Grimshaw and many more, they've recently supported Yeah Yeah Yeahs and put a single out on the always wonderful Too Pure. A fine new addition to the noisy-pop scene as they come across like a Brit-pop imbued No Age. www.myspace.com/thegoodfriendship
 
DJ talents on the night will come in the guise of some rather handsome Rockfeedback DJs, and some less handsome others TBC. 
It all takes place on Wednesday the 30th of September at The Lexington, which is located at numbers 96-98 Pentonville Road, London, N1 9JB.  Doors open at 7.30 and we’ll play ‘til we get kicked out.  And remember to get there early – there’s been some really good stuff given out in the goody bags we thrust in the hands of the first fifty people up the stairs recently.  Tickets cost £6.00 and are available www.wegottickets.com/rockfeedback
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Monday, August 24, 2009 
So we’re running a one-off Japanese-themed night at London’s Lexington, complete with DJs, including the Rockfeedback boys and King of the Scratch Monkeys themselves and Tiger from This Is Music who will no doubt be playing ace Tokyo disco tunes; sushi-tastic snacks, and the following bands from the Land of the Rising Sun…
 
[ANCHORSONG]
ANCHORSONG - Haunting keyboard driven techno and wonky electronica, the one-man Japanese maestro appears here live with added drummer and gives as much to the cerebral setting as to the dancing shoe. Championed by the likes of Huw Stephens and many more, Anchorsong's Four Tet meets a new school Cornelius type of sound experimentation has turned many a head and seems destined for great things.  www.myspace.com/anchorsong      
 
[BO NINGEN]
BO NINGEN - Mad as they come, we present some proper crazy Japanese rock in these latest Stolen Recordings signings now based in the UK.  Bo Ningen are everything you want from a proper new wave Japanese rock band. Embracing the Pysch tendencies of Acid Mothers Temple and the mental punk of the likes of Polysics, Bo Ningen have quite rightly caused a stir in recent times.  www.myspace.com/boningen           
 
[A MONTH OF SUNDAYS]
A MONTH OF SUNDAYS - Recently risen from the ashes of Hanjiro, a Japanese Rock stalwart, A Month of Sundays flit quickly between psychedelic bursts, indie-pop majestics and added charm and melodic beauty. It all calls to mind the likes of Deerhoof, Flaming Lips or a more immediate Deerhunter. www.myspace.com/helloamonthofsundays
 
[NO CARS]
NO CARS – A quirky, cute Tokyo Disneyland all girl three piece now based in London town. Think the 1,2,3,4’s or other fun-filled guitar femme garage-poppers from the East.  If there ever was a barn dance in Japan their song ‘Where is David Bowie?’ would be perfect to jig along to- just listen to it on their MySpace and you’ll know what we mean.
 
That all takes place on Thursday the 10th of September 2009, at The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Road, London, N1 9JB.  £6.00 tickets are available from: http://www.wegottickets.com/rockfeedback, http://www.wegottickets.com/event/54269, or by calling WeGotTickets on 02078375371. Doors open at 8pm, and the nearest tube stations, Angel and King’s Cross, are a couple of minutes’ walk away so no excuses!
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Wednesday, July 15, 2009 

Get tickets here: www.wegottickets.com/rockfeedback


Continuing the theme of decidedly summery Rockfeedback shows, we have another in our series of very nice mid-week evenings out on a Tuesday night in July. How pleasant indeed. This one features three of our favourite new artists who’ve all clearly spent some serious times either in majestic Swedish small towns, Yorkshire forestry or the Great British West Country. Being Rockfeedback, we’ve mobilized our resources to bring them together.

 

First Aid Kit

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FIRST AID KIT - The Swedish duo First Aid Kit comprises sisters Johanna and Klara Söderberg (born 1990 and 1993, respectively), hailing from Enskede, a suburb south of Stockholm. Yes, they are very young, but the pureness of the music they create speaks of bygone times and old souls. The emphasis is on narrative lyrics accompanying playful melodies with intense, dense harmonies. A full album is set for release in September on Wichita Records, and already everyone from The Sun and the NME to us ourselves are heralding them as hugely exciting new artists with some seriously big futures ahead of them. This sees a special exclusive headline show as part of a handful of festival appearances in the UK.

Blue Roses

BLUE ROSES - Hailing from Shipley near Bradford, Laura Groves formed Blue Roses as an outlet for her beguiling song writing.  Signed to XL Recordings, influences span genres and generations; from Bartók to Bush, Tiersen to Tears For Fears, Debussy to Du Maurier. Live Groves is joined by Sadie Anderson of Chrome Hoof fame - doing violin/viola, glockenspiel, kick-drum, harmonica, harmonies and heck probably just about anything possible.

Kill It Kid
KILL IT KID - For want of an easy comparison, a blend of Tom Waits, Anthony Hegarty and The Raconteurs has been mentioned. On the excellent One Little Indian Records, Kill It Kid sound very much their own - an impassioned, adventurous slant on blues and dark pop through powerful songs, gorgeous two-part vocals and a penchant for down-home storytelling.

There’ll also be DJ sets from us faithful Rockfeedback lot plus special guest DJs to be announced. I reckon we’ll definitely play some Magnetic Fields, Kate Bush, Arthur Russell acoustic stuff and Dirty Projectors. But I just can’t guarantee that.

It’s at The Lexington, to be found on 96-98 Pentonville Road, London.  Angel and Kings Cross tube will both sort you out.  Doors will be at 7.30pm and bands will be on soon after.

Anyway, enough banter, grab yo’selves a ticket for a paltry £6.00 here.

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Monday, June 22, 2009 
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What a glorious thing summer is. To celebrate this fact we have a sunshine-filled show to kick it off with one of the most exciting line-ups we’ve put together this year. Headlining is a UK debut for a band hotter than global warming in an oven turned up to full, California’s Local Natives - a very exciting tribal-type collective of five over from the USA, full of harmony-drenched and seemingly effortless timeless song-craft. Two other headliners in their own right join them: new London-based indie-pop-like-indie-pop-once-was titans Your Twenties and new alt-folkers Kurran and the Wolfnotes.  Want to know more?
The Lexington - Local Natives
LOCAL NATIVES –Silver Lake, USA residents Local Natives were rightly one of the most talked about new bands at new-music extravaganza SXSW this year, picking up across the board plaudits for their strikingly beautiful baroque, harmonic pop. Calling to mind the off-kilter creativity of Talking Heads with the lush energetic melody and musical tribalism of the likes of Broken Social Scene, The Byrds, Vampire Weekend and Fleet Foxes, this show is an eagerly anticipated debut UK appearance.  www.myspace.com/localnatives
 
Your Twenties
YOUR TWENTIES - Fleetwood Mac meets indie pop goodness from these fine young London-based, Devon originating upstarts. The band feature ex-Metronomy man Gabriel on vocal duties and possess a big bag full of wonderful songs to get you all excited about indie-pop coming out of the capital all over again. www.myspace.com/yourtwenties
Kurran and the Wolfnotes

KURRAN AND THE WOLFNOTES - More newcomers to the vibrant and flourishing British new-folk scene, London-based Kurran and the Wolfnotes possess a genuine and heart-rendering sincerity in their harmony-drenched traditional sounds, while also coming armed with a slew of hugely catchy and exciting pop songs at their disposal. Some more big ones to watch here to round off a bill of very exciting new music.  www.myspace.com/kurranandthewolfnotes    

Plus there’ll be DJ sets between the bands from ace East London shindig run in association with one of our fave free music rags, DIRTY BINGO vs. LOUD AND QUIET.  Additionally ROCKFEEDBACK DJS will also appear, probably playing ‘Can’t Do Nuttin’ For You Man’ by Public Enemy at least twice, just like we did when we play at Dirty Bingo last Saturday.

So that’s all at The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Road in Angel, on Monday 13th July.  Kings Cross and Angel tubes are closest, and doors are at 7.30pm.  Tickets for all of our shows can be purchased right here: www.wegottickets.com/rockfeedback
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