SHOT BY BOTH SIDES
A spektakular soireé of degeneracy and bloodlust!
SHOT BY BOTH SIDES – THURSDAY 17TH SEPTEMBER 2009 LIVE: THE MULES + THE BRIDPORT DAGGER + NASEBY FOX + MARMADUKE DANDO
Brixton Windmill, 22 Blenheim Gardens, Brixton, SW2 5BZ (020 8671 0700)
8pm-12am. £4/£3 Adv
Tube: Brixton
Shot By Both Sides – London's premier purveyors of arcane, outlandish and fantastical musical delights - has risen from the grave. After wreaking havoc at such ruinous hives as Islington’s Old Queen’s Head and New Cross’ Amersham Arms, the night has spent several long months roaming the wilderness, gradually decomposing. However, this reanimated corpse shambles into life once more, on Thursday 17th September, at the ever-splendid Brixton Windmill.
Expect a thrilling soundtrack of wonky psych, gritty '60s garage, gnarled folk, freakout jazz, girl groups, C86 indie and Northern Soul, poetry, free ‘zines, stories, various handouts, humanoid monstrosities, some peculiar visual treats, cakes, a few out-of-the-hat surprises and some sensational live sets from…
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THE MULES
The ‘electrobilly’ purveyors grace ShotByBothSides once more, playing a rare London show. With a sound set somewhere between ‘rinky-dink tin-pot jug-band’ and ‘knees-up Croat wedding group’, this show will feature songs from their forthcoming second LP.
"A charming, beautiful mess...The Mules sprint across as many genres as they can...Bonkers but brilliant" - The Guardian
"An off-beam collision of barn dance, psychedelic whimsy and scratchy funk...Their exuberance was as compelling as their jerky pile-ups were contagious" - Time Out
"...Matching their respect for Taking Heads, Gang of Four and Pere Ubu with a love of skiffle, hillbilly and music hall...an inventive blast" – Uncut
"Some of the most frenzied, unclassifiable party music that you will ever hear" - Drowned In Sound
www.myspace.com/itsthemules
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THE BRIDPORT DAGGER
Bassless, flamenco/garage-folk trio. Rockabilly leanings, stamping primeval drums and a touch of mid-80s gloom abound; or, as they would have it, ‘nightmarish 1950s rock n’ roll as re-imagined by David Lunch’. Short, sharp and dramatic; a visceral live experience.
“Swinging beats tinged with rockabilly riffs & moody Orbison-esque vocals” – I.D.
“…harnessing the menacing narrative prowess of Nick Cave and the angular guitars and melancholic ghostliness of early Echo & The Bunnymen” – Drowned in Sound
"The literary works of Edgar Alan Poe being soundtracked by your favourite early Echo & The Bunnymen tracks" - God Is In The TV
"A swamp-rock rockabilly rumble...dangerously catchy" - SoundsXP
www.myspace.com/thebridportdagger
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NASEBY FOX
Flitting between sharp-tongued diatribes and droll murder ballads, the wonderfully moustachioed Naseby Fox fronts a quiet riot of piano, accordion and more besides. Never has such a grand, Vaudevillian spectacle graced the streets of Brixton.
www.myspace.com/nasebyfox
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MARMADUKE DANDO
Fantastically-named Holloway-based singer – and self-confessed writer of ‘morose ballads’ – brings his magnificent jazz-flecked chamber-pop to Brixton. Both flamboyant and mannered, his elaborate vocal stylings and playful songs draw as much influence from Alexander Pushkin and DH Lawrence as Bowie and Joe Jackson.
www.myspace.com/marmadukedando
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Many thanks to JEFF FAIRBOURN (faile35.deviantart.com) for the image (used with kind permission), and X-DWARF (www.myspace.com/gdude666) for design work.
