Her Name Is Calla
Friday 3rd September: The Portland Arms. £6
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Get Cape Wear Cape Fly
Saturday 18th September: St. Paul's Church. £12 adv
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Sam Duckworth's back in town as part of a special small venue
tour and this promises to be something very special indeed.
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Winchell Riots + Violet Bones + The Beautiful Sleazy
Friday 24th September: The Haymakers. £5 adv
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Our favourite epic rock boys make a welcome return to promote
their Red Square EP.
"The Winchell Riots are a four-piece from Oxford who take
their name from a chapter in a Philip Roth novel, The Plot Against
America. They formed out of the ashes of the widely touted Fell
City Girl, who were on Sony and specialised in the sort of wistful
balladry that made people talk, in hushed, reverent tones.. They're
a little bit emo, a little bit Elbow, and a little bit Editors,
although no jokes, please, about keeping Edith Bowman away from
frontman Phil McMinn. They've been compared to Mew and Muse, Death
Cab for Cutie and Bjork, the latter probably based on McMinn's
ability to soar angelically (when he sings, not when he's, say,
doing the dishes), and they've played gigs as support to everyone
from Glasvegas to the Streets, iLikeTrains to Kraftwerk/Neu! founder
Michael Rother. The band have recently been recording a single,
Kandahar Road, with Dan Austin, who has worked with Massive Attack,
Doves and Cherry Ghost, and who brings an epic grandeur, a majestic
melancholy, to their sound." The Guardian
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WISH YOU WERE HERE (in association with The Junction,
TheLineOfBestFit.com and Rhythmonline.co.uk)
Saturday 25th September: The Portland Arms, The Haymakers, The
Boat House, The Fort St. George. £12 adv
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Wish You Were Here is a multi-venue trawl round the bands you'll
all be talking about over the coming years. There's a record stall
at the Portland Arms supplied by the lovely folks at www.rhythmonline.co.uk,
barbecues, DJs, bands and a whole heap more. Current line up is:
PULLED APART BY HORSES - http://www.myspace.com/pulledapartbyhorses
CATE LE BON - http://www.myspace.com/catelebon
BRUTE CHORUS - http://www.myspace.com/thebrutechorus
MEGSON - http://www.myspace.com/megsonmusic
ENVY - http://www.myspace.com/envy06
ALESSI'S ARK - http://www.myspace.com/alessisark
LITTLE DEATH - http://www.myspace.com/lovelittledeath
ADELAIDE'S CAPE - http://www.myspace.com/adelaidescape
THE WILDERNESS OF MANITOBA - http://www.myspace.com/thewildernessofmanitoba
LONELY THE BRAVE - http://www.myspace.com/lonelythebrave
UNIT 9 - http://www.myspace.com/unitnine9
BRICOLOTHEQUE - http://www.myspace.com/bricolotheque
BARNEY BROWN - http://www.myspace.com/barneybrown
JAMES PAGE - http://www.myspace.com/jamespagemusic
THE RIGBYS - http://www.myspace.com/therigbysuk
KARMADILLO - http://www.myspace.com/karmadildo
BEVERLEY KILLS - http://www.myspace.com/beverleykills
FEVER FEVER - http://www.myspace.com/feverfevertheband
DEATH OF THE ELEPHANT - http://www.myspace.com/deathoftheelephant
ETHICAL DEBATING SOCIETY - http://www.myspace.com/ethicaldebating
MICROPENIS - http://www.myspace.com/ilovemicropenis
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Lisbee
Friday 1st October: The Portland Arms. £6 adv
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http://www.myspace.com/lisbeestainton
"Cultured folk-pop arrangements built around the thrum of
Stainton's guitar, gently cushioning her (relatively) unaffected
toy-soprano mini-voice. How is it woven? Intimately, subtly, sophisticatedly
and with a keen ear for the play of the language of very young
women. She wears it well." The Independent
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Tubelord
Saturday 2nd October: The Portland Arms. £5 adv
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"Tubelord, hailing from Kingston, are becoming old hands
at this bring the f***ing noise, lark. For a trio
they certainly surprise with the veracity of their performance,
with a depth of sound to Feed Me A Box Of Words and
Night Of The Pencils that is surprising to say the
least. They deal in deliriously spazzy pop tunes fed through a
mincer and spat out like so much detritus, switching gears from
fuzzed up dancepunk to edgy, rough post-hardcore in the blink
of an eye." Drownedinsound.com
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Crocodiles
Wednesday 6th October: The Haymakers. £6.50 adv
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"This San Diego duos year zero isnt 1977, but
1989 and The Jesus And Mary Chains Automatic,
with its trashy melodies, tacky drum machines and saccharine synth
bass; I Wanna Kill is all bubblegum bravado and Sleeping
With The Lord nods (out) to Spacemen 3 circa Big City.
Refuse Angels punks it up, but comes across more like
No Age." NME
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Islet
Thursday 7th October: The Portland Arms. £5 adv
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Islet are one of the most compelling live bands we've seen in
quite some time. Bizarre, melodic, disjointed but coherent all
at the same time. Miss them at your peril. For fans of the wonkier
side of the Pixies, The Breeders, Shellac and more.
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The Skints
Thursday 7th October: The Haymakers. £7 adv
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"Live. Breathe. Build. Believe. is a punk album
loaded with reggae. At the same time its a reggae album
heaped with punk. As to which particular style is prominent, you
can make arguments for both sides. Mindless and Contemplations
of the Modern Rudeboy are evidence of the former whilst
Bright Girl and Ya Know prove to be exhibits
for the latter. Ultimately it doesnt matter. This is a mash-up
of punk and reggae, and then on top of that its layered
with a whole cavalcade of nuances (when was the last time you
heard a flute on a punk record?) and innovations. Therere
keyboards, melodicas, pianos, brass, massive resonating bass lines,
all canoodling with upstrokes, aggressive riffs and drums that
touch both ends of the scale. It all comes across like a multicultural
musical bazaar.
And then there are the vocals. Its been mentioned before
that the triumvirate of vocalists is one of the reasons The Skints
stand out, but put everything thats come before behind you:
the earlier recordings; the live shows. This record eclipses all
of that. Jamie Kyriakides has one of the most soulful and sublime
vocals going, perfect for that reggae side. Josh Waters Rudge
is the sandpaper to Kyriakides feather-light approach, all
angst and conflict. Then delicately placed between the two just
under the surface is Marcia Richards, just under the surface that
is until Roannas Song, a heartfelt number that
the multi-instrumentalist leads, emerging from the shadow of her
two compatriots." Punktastic.com
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For A Minor Reflection
Friday 8th October: The Portland Arms. £5 adv
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"this post-rock four-piece put on a stirring, striking show.
They begin with one long, droning note which then slowly and steadily
transforms into the swaying prelude for their opening song, one
which builds steadily into a climactic swell of noise and feedback
a brain washed away with endorphins unable to function
thats as controlled as it is chaotic, as fr...agile
as it is feverish. Unsurprisingly, this is what happens in each
of the rest of the songs that follow that is, after all,
what post-rock is all about but there are enough subtleties
and variations to mark these guys out from a genre over-saturated
with homogonous, uninteresting members. Though more Explosions
In The Sky than Sigur Rós, more visceral corporeality than
ethereal spirituality, the cold front of their country is still
captured vividly; the long, dark nights frozen as if in ice by
the careening guitars in this ironically sweltering room."
The Fly
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Little Comets
Friday 8th October: The Haymakers. £6.50 adv
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**RESCHEDULED DATE** Our favourite popsters make a welcome return
after they had to cancel due to illness a few months back.
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22-20s
Wednesday 13th October: The Haymakers. £8 adv
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"This U.K. group's 2004 debut was then-trendy blues punk,
the kind of sound a band can mine every year or so until it splits
up or gets some new influences. Weirdly, both of those things
happened. It's taken a breakup and reunion for the 22-20s to record
a follow-up, and now you can hear Sixties psych rock and Nineties
Brit pop in their sound. They're best when their throwbacks clash;
"Ocean" is the best Byrds tune Oasis never wrote, and
on "Let It Go," singer Martin Trimble does a great stoned,
ruffle-sleeved Bono." Rolling Stone
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Mike Peters (The Alarm)
Thursday 14th October: The Haymakers. £10 adv
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Mike Peters is best known as the leader singer of The Alarm,
but has also collaborated with Billy Duffy from the Cult amongst
many othersw. He currently lives in Dyserth, North Wales with
his family. Additionally, he is co-founder of the Love Hope Strength
Foundation.
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StringerBessant (Reef)
Friday 15th October: The Haymakers. £8 adv
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Acoustic show by the men responsible for Reef's vocal and guitar
prowess. Expect some newer material as well as Reef classics.
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Carl Barat ***SOLD OUT***
Saturday 16th October: The Haymakers. £12.50 adv
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Carl Ashley Raphael Barat (born 6 June 1978) is an English musician
and most recently, actor. He was the frontman and lead guitarist
of Dirty Pretty Things, but is best known for being the co-frontman
with Peter Doherty of the indie rock band The Libertines.
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The Duke And The King
Sunday 17th October: The Haymakers. £12.50 adv
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The Duke & The King are a glam-soul-folk quartet from New
York featuring Simone Felice, Bobbie Bird Burke, Simi Stone and
Nowell Haskins.
Named after the travelling Shakespeare hustlers in Mark Twains
'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn' these curious blood-brothers
(and sweet sister) have found a home together, a travelling Church
of Harmony and Sin where its OK to french kiss your cousin and
all strays are welcome to come out of the cold and sing along
to songs of love, loss, pathos, and hope. The Duke & The King
have been touring all corners of the globe in support of their
internationally acclaimed debut album 'Nothing Gold Can Stay'.
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Dinosaur Pile Up
Monday 18th October: The Haymakers. £7 adv
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"Theres a pretty simple formula to Dinosaur Pile-Ups
rocknroll, but boy is it effective: start with equal
parts Foo Fighters and Weezer, add a pinch of Pavement and just
a touch of Biffy, stir until piping hot, et voila. Crunching guitars,
quiet/loud/quiet/very loud dynamics and Matt Biglands slacker
drawl blend wonderfully here to demonstrate precisely why next
year is DPUs for the taking." NME
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Random Hand
Friday 22nd October: The Haymakers. £7 adv
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"Since arriving on the ska punk scene in 2007, with their
debut album Change of Plan, Random Hand have continued
to raise their profile and often the roof, with their blend of
ska-punk-metal. Tours with ska punk legends Reel Big Fish, Voodoo
Glow Skulls and Leftover Crack have played a major factor in their
up and coming success and impressive sets at Leeds and Reading
festivals in 2008 have all combined to cement Random Hand as everyones
favourites underdogs, among the ska punk scene. Their new album
Inhale/Exhale has been greeted with rave reviews and
'Anger Management' is the first single to be taken from the Keighley
quartets second album.
'Anger Management' is very much a typical Random Hand track.
Fusing together ska punk rhythms with heavier and almost metal
based moments. This is all done with a raw edge and ferocity that
many Random Hand fans have come to expect, from their beloved
band. Trombones, chorus chanting and heavy set guitars are all
in the mix here and in a live setting, 'Anger Management' is likely
to be a more striking beast than on record. Random Hand have yet
again created a song that twists from ska punk to metal and back
to ska punk with timeless ease and the effect is a track that
is both catchy and ferocious." Alt-sounds.com
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Against Me! + F***ed Up + Japanese Voyeurs + Crazy Arm
Monday 1st November: The Junction. £12.50 adv
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F***ed Up: http://www.myspace.com/epicsinminutes
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http://www.myspace.com/crazyarm
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Yann Tiersen
Thursday 11th November: The Junction. £15 adv
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Casiotone For The Painfully Alone - Final Tour!
Sunday 14th November: The Haymakers. £8 adv
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Good Shoes
Friday 19th November: The Haymakers. £8 adv
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Morden's favourite sons hit Cambridge again. Expect exuberant
hook-laden tunes, spiky lyrical barbs and frenetic moshpit action.
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The Rifles (Acoustic)
Saturday 27th November: The Haymakers. £10 adv
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Lad-rockers The Rifles are back and doing a tour of small venues
armed only with acoustic guitars. Expect it intimate but still
with their inimitable brand of swagger and tunesmithery.
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Steve Harley (Cockney Rebel) - Acoustic
Tuesday 30th November: Bury St. Edmunds Apex. £20 adv
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The man behind Cockney Rebel plays our newest venue, The Apex
in Bury St. Edmunds. Expect Come Up And See Me (Make Me Smile),
plus more from his extensive back catalogue.
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Frank Turner
Monday 6th December: The Corn Exchange. £14 adv
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Frank's back and playing his biggest show in Cambridge to date
after supporting Green Day on their stadium tour including Wembley
Stadium, plus hundreds of sell out shows of his own.
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The Wedding Present - Bizarro Tour
Sunday 12th December: The Junction. £12 adv
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In order to celebrate 2010s twenty-first anniversary of
the release of their classic major label debut long-player, The
Wedding Present have been playing the album live, in its entirety,
at concerts across North America, Japan and Europe.
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The Twilight Sad
Wednesday 13th February 2011: The Haymakers. £8.50 adv
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