www.myspace.com/thewinchellriots

Rising out of the ashes of Fell City Girl, Winchell Riots do soaring epic indie rock that references Bends era Radiohead, Iliketrains and Jeff Buckley. Truly special.

www.myspace.com/thedisplacements

www.myspace.com/thecathoderaysyndrome

www.myspace.com/theicarusline

As a modern echo of the rock & roll terror that was inspired by Black Flag and the Stooges, the Icarus Line offer a screaming wake-up call to the West Coast underground in the late '90s. Coming together following the demise of a handful of aggro-punk projects in their Los Angeles homes, singer Joe Cardamone, bassist Lance Arnao, and guitarists Alvin DeGuzman and Aaron North went through several different drummers before finding Jeff Watson a year after their formation. Never performing without their signature uniforms (black shirts and pants with thin, red ties), the band's self-given nickname, Red and Black Attack, is a reference to their stunning live performances.

www.myspace.com/brigade

www.myspace.com/tellison

"Their treble-layered harmonies and quirky energetic songs recall the sense, if not the sound, of The Get Up Kids in their early days... a wonderful sense of hope, regret and youthful abandon" - KERRANG!

www.myspace.com/grammatics

"Ambitious musical shape-shifters, Grammatics are a revelation." - NME

"Over-the-top strop pop... these kids are geniuses [sic]" - Artrocker

"Some of the most epic, intelligent pop music produced by a British band in an awfully long time. Pretty fucking special." - Drowned In Sound

www.myspace.com/bombaybicycleclub

"Bombay Bicycle Club’s members are only 16 years old and yet their technical proficiency and songwriting ability is masterful, their tunes twisting and turning through codas and choruses. It’s frightening, that’s what it is. Watching children nail something so perfectly. Making music that’s so fresh and of its time that you can only hope they’ve managed it subconsciously. Think too much about it, and talent like this will make you feel like a waste of space." Drownedinsound.com

***** CANCELLED*****

www.myspace.com/thegoldensilvers

www.myspace.com/theweddingpresent

UK indie legends make a welcome return to the Junction after their last show at the venue for it's second birthday party, way back in February 1992! Suffice to say at Green Mind towers we're very excited to be the ones to bring them back! For over 20 years the band have defined what it means to be indie, stubbornly refusing to play the game, yet managing to get 18 top 40 hits in the process and a rabidly loyal fanbase. Book early and enjoy!

www.myspace.com/elizacarthy

Eliza Carthy is the remarkable daughter of Martin Carthy and Norma Waterson. However, there is no doubt that she quickly established herself as an artist very much in her own right. Whilst her commitment to the British folk tradition is unquestionable, she has also injected original compositions and traditional tunes alike with electronic and dub influences.

Eliza Carthy is not only a double Mercury Prize Award nominee and winner of a numerous BBC Folk Awards but she's also been nominated for a BBC Radio 3 World Music Award, a ceremony she later presented alongside Benjamin Zephaniah. She has presented and been the subject of numerous TV and radio programmes and regularly featured as a guest on Mark Radcliffe's BBC Radio Two show. "The one indisputable young star of British folk."

www.myspace.com/secretlach

In the early 80's, after reading a Dylan biography while blaring The Sex Pistols, Lach came to Greenwich Village. He went to Folk City figuring they'd flip over him. They flipped all right: kicking Lach right out onto the street! So did the other folk clubs. It seemed Lach's form of punk/folk was not at all welcome. F**k 'em, he thought, and moved to the Lower East Side, opening his own illegal after-hours club, "The Fort". The same week Lach opened The Fort, Folk City held the New York Folk Festival, and so, Lach held the first New York Antifolk Festival. Thus, the first wave of Antifolk was born.

A year later the cops finally told our hero to move on. The Fort became a mobile club inhabiting various New York hotspots. Lach's Antifolk sound and The Fort became the inspiration and home for many artists such as Beck, The Moldy Peaches, Jeff Lewis, Hamell On Trial, Michelle Shocked, Regina Spektor and countless others.

www.myspace.com/theanomalies

The Anomalies have been making tunes and touring together for the best part of 3 years, a group of musical minds who create their sound using a plethora of influences from swing and big band to indie and old school hip hop. They recently supported Dan Le Sac vs, Scroobius Pip on a very successful UK tour and had Radio 1 airplay with the track ‘Employee of the Month. Their new double A side single 'The Hand That Lights My Cigarette' and "Bamboo Beats" was released in February 2008.

Mouthmaster Murf (MC)
Goldseal (MC)
Mayhem (DJ)
Currently supporting the band at live gigs:
Crowe (Beat Boxer)
Joe (Drums)
Liam (Bass Guitar)

www.myspace.com/eileenrosemusic

www.myspace.com/modeylemon1

With one foot in the sci-fi darkness of their last record, Curious City, one foot in their past angst-ridden garage wreckage, and one foot in the kautrock brilliance of the German Frontier (what, three feet?), Season of Sweets is a fuzzed-out, driving masterpiece with catchy hooks beaten to death by guitar/synth mayhem. Driven by drummer extraordinaire Paul Quattrone, the songs twist and turn through the imagery and dark rock that has made Modey Lemon famous. Jason Kirker (engineer as well as band member) uses various keyboards, Moog synthesizers, and other instruments to flesh out the sound. At the heart of this album is the energy and mysticism of singer Phil Boyd. As primitive as they are futuristic, Modey Lemon recreates the present, molecule by molecule, every second of every breath.

"Modey Lemon [is] a perfectly capable band with obvious influences, attacking proto-punk and garage rock with aplomb, ability, and a glint of self-awareness." --Pitchfork

www.myspace.com/americanmusicclub

Led by the charismatic songwriter Mark Eitzel, American Music Club became one of the most acclaimed U.S. underground bands of the '80s.

In 1980 Eitzel moved to San Francisco from Columbus, Ohio, with his band Naked Skinnies. After that group dissolved, he formed American Music Club, going through various lineups and becoming infamous for his desperate attempts to either entertain or terrify the audience. Tom Mallon produced and released the band's debut on his Grifter label; later he joined the group. The Restless Stranger introduced Eitzel’s songs of loneliness and decay, set to AMC’s postpunk honky-tonk. Engine, featuring such classic downers as “Gary’s Song,” “Nightwatchman,” and “Outside This Bar,” revealed emotional and musical depth. California confirmed the band as an underground favorite and garnered international attention.

www.myspace.com/rwoomble

Born in 1976 in the west of Scotland, Roddy travelled extensively through his childhood, living in France and the United States before settling in Edinburgh to study photography, where he met his Idlewild band mates. After stints in both London and New York City, Roddy now lives in Glasgow.

Idlewild are well known for their musical journey and evolvement, from the loud abrasive punk rock of their early records to the country and folk leanings of their last offering - 2005's 'Warnings/Promises' (which saw them headline the second stage at the Cambridge Folk Festival). Always very vocal about his love of traditional Scottish folk music as well as groups such as Fairport Convention and the Incredible String Band, Roddy has decided to take time out from Idlewild to collaborate on an album's worth of songs that take these influences and mix them with Idlewild's trademark soaring melodies and thoughtful lyrics.

www.myspace.com/hotclubdeparis

"Liverpool's Hot Club de Paris make the awkward accessible, in a fashion not wholly dissimilar to Birmingham peers (and fans) Johnny Foreigner.

Rarely rushed, the three-piece thread guitar lines angled jaggedly between rolls of percussion that tap-tap on the skull rather than beat it senseless; their time-taking pays dividends, as early offerings like ‘For The Parties Past And Present’ recall Joan of Arc if Tim Kinsella had been better-schooled in Scouse pop manners. ‘My Little Haunting’ rollicks delightfully, and could almost be classified a classic sing-along if only music like this had an established audience broader than those kids who hang around Borders in Burning Airlines, Cap'n Jazz and Faraquet t-shirts every Friday afternoon, between lectures." Drownedinsound.com

www.myspace.com/2flutes

www.myspace.com/dickgaughan

He has been a professional musician and singer since Jan 1970. Has been playing guitar since the age of 7 and made his first solo album in 1971. Working mainly in the areas now known as "Folk" or "Celtic" music, he has recorded quite extensively since then in many countries and in various combinations. Has also worked extensively as a session musician in a wide variety of musical styles.

Having very eclectic tastes, he also plays everything from free jazz and rock to country music and has studied orchestration to develop his compositional and midi programming skills. He plays most fretted stringed instruments but his natural instrument, and perhaps what he is happiest doing, is acoustic guitar. His greatest musical love is for the ancient traditional Scots ballads. Also know as The Muckle Sangs (the big songs), these are the big story songs which form a substantial part of Scotland's living wealth of traditional song.

www.myspace.com/2martinsimpson1

Martin Simpson is one of the finest acoustic finger-style and slide guitar players in the world. Winner of 3 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, an Indie Award for his album Cool & Unusual, and the 2006 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Ards Guitar Festival, he is a superb interpreter of traditional music and song from Europe and from the American South. Growing up in Lincolnshire he was inspired by the likes of Martin Carthy, Davey Graham and Richard Thompson during the folk revival of the 60s. He was also hugely influenced by the recordings of Big Joe Williams, the Reverend Gary Davies, Blind Willie Johnson and Doc Watson, which has led to an eclectic style of playing and repertoire that is all his own. He has worked with the likes of Jackson Browne, David Lindley, June Tabor, Martin Carthy, Martin Taylor and Eric Bibb and is a popular and much loved solo performer. Both spell-binding, and highly entertaining, he is a master of his craft.