Indie_Ska_Rock_Alt_Electronica
Platform Promotions presents Geezer + Mezzatonic + Three and a Half Englishmen + Mr Cricket
Three and a Half Englishmen:
Three and A Half Englishmen are 4 friends that formed in early 2008 and went straight onto playing gigs in the Coventry area. This then led to recording a 3 track demo at Far Heath Studios in June 2008 with Angus Wallace (The Fall, Spiritualized, The Prodigy). Currently trying to play as many shows as possible to get their name out, look out for this young, energetic 4 piece.
Three and A Half Englishmen are 4 friends that formed in early 2008 and went straight onto playing gigs in the Coventry area. This then led to recording a 3 track demo at Far Heath Studios in June 2008 with Angus Wallace (The Fall, Spiritualized, The Prodigy). Currently trying to play as many shows as possible to get their name out, look out for this young, energetic 4 piece.
" Firstly I want to thank Three and A Half Englishmen for restoring my faith in music. These 4 guys are an indie band and sound like they've been playing the circuit for years, not few months, with their already distinctive sound. I'm sure they will be an amazing band, one for the future because of the rate they are working at. They're coming out of nowhere but they'll soon be heard everywhere." -Broken Toy Box Music
Mr Cricket:
We are Mr Cricket, we are pleased to meet you. Take a seat over there and we will get you a dose of highvoltage calamity...... then we might play some music. We have checked the figures and stocks are up for this week, this is a good thing, but not if you are the ones crushed by the stock's unbearable weight! If we have any reason to speak today it is in inaudible slurs crushed by the the 'comfy' lifestyle, we have beg no reason but reason begs us.
Venue: The Sunflower Lounge, 76 Smallbrook Queensway, B5 4EG
Time: 8pm
Cost: £5 / £4 NUS
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/platform_promotions
http://www.myspace.com/thisisgeezer
http://www.myspace.com/threeandahalfenglishmen
http://www.myspace.com/mrcrickettheband
Coming Up ..... Saturday 6th September
Indie_Rock_Electronica
444 Club presents Bi-Polar Baby + Prospect Lane + JKLMNO + Satori
Bi-Polar Baby:
Bi-Polar Baby are a female fronted five piece band from Birmingham, England. They are masters of sweet, sinuous melodies and evocative arrangements with dark edges, but can also give you vital guitar pop and rock solos worthy of air-guitar tributes. The current lineup is Texan born Kaytee DeWolfe (vocals / lyrics), Pete Moth (guitar), Wayne Page (lead guitar), Jim Perkin-Ball (bass), Julian Forshaw (drums, percussion).
A regular fixture on the Birmingham rock scene, Bi-Polar Baby formed in late 2004 from the ashes of the disbanded band, CrazyFace. The name was taken from one of their songs after dropping the moniker Sedona, having discovered that it was also the name of a (rubbish) car. BPB's songs typically consist of Kaytee's haunting vocals, laden with guts and vibrato, telling stories of lost not-so-little girls and the delusions of modern living. Accompanied by dark electric guitar and undulating bass, they have written a series of unforgettable songs, both epic and catchy, melancholic yet punchy, combining contemporary flair with classic beauty.
All members are experienced musicians. Since 2005, they have played extensively on the Birmingham circuit, finding a spiritual home in Moseley's Jug of Ale. Bi-Polar Baby recently recorded their debut single, "Suicide Girl", with Gavin Monaghan (Editors, The Twang, etc.) at Magic Garden Studios in Wolverhapton. Since then, they have played live in session for BBC WM's "Introducing" show last Dec, enjoyed the support of 6Music DJ, Chris Hawkins and Kerrang!'s 'Unsigned Sunday' show. They toured the UK at the end of 2007 to help promote debut single, "Suicide Girl" and have many dates lined up for 2008.
Prospect Lane:
The foundations for 'Prospect Lane' were laid at 7.25pm on a spring day in 2005 at the Sharmans Cross public house on Prospect Lane in a leafy suburb of Birmingham.
The Lane's first recording was 'Tear me to Pieces' which was produced by Gavin Monaghan (Kings of Leon, Editors, The Twang) and is closing title soundtrack on the recent Killers rockumentary - 'Leaving Las Vegas'. Mr Monaghan also produced 'Fickle' and 'Isolation' for Prospect Lane in March 2007. Prospect Lane have toured and supported the likes of Ghosts, Boxer Rebellion and Silversun Pickups. They have also been played and acclaimed on BBC Radio 1,BBC Radio2, BBC WM, BBC Shropshire and Kerrang Radio. The band recently performed a live BBC radio session in February and also another one in April 2008
JKLMNO:
Named after a random row of letters in the alphabet, JKLMNO was formed by best friends Carl Harrison (Vocals/Guitars/Keys), Daniel Pierce (Synths/Percussion), Daniel Kehlenbeck (Guitars/Vocals), Elliot Knox (Bass/Vocals) and Nick Roberts (Drums/Programming). Writing their material in a small youth center situated in North Wales, the band found their own unique sound forged by many influences such as Jeff Buckley, The Flaming Lips and Sigur Ros. The band went to Autumn Road Studios in February 2007 to record their first demo which generated a lot of interest in the Wrexham area, gaining them top slots in some of North Wales' prime music nights and branching out to further success in venues such as The Cavern Club, Liverpool.
On 15th May, JKLMNO self-released their first and only single to date “Locking Doors” on Apples' Itunes. The single had a great reception with the bands fan base and was described by a reviewer as “pulling at your heart-strings from the word go” and “leaving you wanting more”.
With touring under their belts from previous bands JKLMNO plan to spend their summer branching out further in the U.K. following their success in the Supajam 'fast track to FIB festival' competition in which the band won the competition out of 1000's on entrants. Their entry song “The War Song” is to be released soon on Itunes by the competition organizers.
Venue: Sound Bar, Corporation Street, City Centre, Opposite Aston Uni
Time: 8pm
Cost: £FREE
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/kamikazeevents
http://www.myspace.com/bipolarbabyuk
http://www.myspace.com/prospectlane
http://www.myspace.com/jklmnomusic
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