Indie_Alt_Rock
Indie-Go! present Revellers Riot + Century Man + Eastern Gun Club + Indie/Alt/Rock’n’Roll DJ’s
'Eastern Gun Club have been playing in and around Birmingham for the past year now and are starting to kick up a bit of a fuss. Regulars on local mixtapes and online radio shows – their swagger is perhaps personified in the guitarist’s white boots. You’ve gotta be good to wear them and he was.
‘Back To The End’ is bass heavy – like much of EGC’s output – but laced with some sheer quality guitar work – the affect is layered and on a better set-up would create a really rounded sound. Led by the baseline once more, ‘Sink Or Swim,’ uses hooked vocals and some Strokes-esque high intensity-strumming to leave you feeling a little bit Kylie. “I just can’t get it out of my head…” “I’ll sink and you swim/This is where we begin/I’m not leaving you out but I’m leaving you in” ‘Jane’ is without question the tune of the night. Drummer Matt Bullock takes over vocal duties and proves perfect foil for regular vocalist Driver to juxtapose with. "Jane/ You’re like a fucking train/ Flying through my brain." The baseline screams early Kasabian and the simple kick drum adds such ferocious intensity I have to fight the urge to lamp my mate standing next to me.
It’s arrogant, it’s bolshy and it’s definitely the direction these boys should head in.' (Gigwise.com)
"Although only formed in early 2007, eGc are busy gigging in and around the city, catching a few headlines and playing venues that include The Flapper & Firkin, The Jug of Ale and Bar Academy. Catchy melodies mixed with guitar riffs with massive hooks and driving bass lines, guarantee to get the audience going and assure that by the end of the night you will be singing along." (icBirmingham.co.uk)
"Eastern Gun Club are thankfully nothing like the current wave of cookie cutter “indie” bands that are seemingly impossible to get away from these days. Borrowing the best bits and ditching the fluff, they create an excitingly offbeat, angular-indie sound dipped in heavy distortion and feedback. They’ve got a refreshing direction and it serves them well. Complex, interesting guitar work and punchy beats combine with Jon’s strong, off-key vocal drone for something that’s hard to put into a nice tidy genre-box, but hard not to be impressed with". (Stephen Hudyba, BBC)
Century Man come into the scene with a forward thinking attitude. Its four members bring with them a unique ability and mind set fused together to create an energetic, insistent sound, molded carefully around a classic structure of bass, drums, guitar, and vocal. Formed in the summer of 2004, the band bring an intelligent brand of 90's influenced indie twinned with new ideas that have gained recognition nationwide.
The bands 2006 promo ..'Look away Now'.. also features as part of a compilation album available, JAM CENTRAL RECORDS, along with its accompanying video directed by Lewis Arnold of ARGO PRODUCTIONS (See Below)
Having shared the stage with such acts as KOMAKINO / ATHLETE / THE BISHOPS / DUKE SPIRIT , the band are on the edge of touring 'The Marauder EP' with the dates planned above along with much more to come in the coming months.
Quite simply we write tunes about HOPE, LOVE and FEAR.
Venue: The Sound Bar, Corporation Street, B4 6SE
Time: 9pm
Cost: £3 N.U.S, £4 on the door
Links:
www.myspace.com/hoohahpromotions
www.myspace.com/soundbarbirmingham
http://www.myspace.com/revellersriot
http://www.myspace.com/centuryman
http://www.myspace.com/easterngunclub
Coming Up .....Friday 23rd May
Alt_Indie_Rockabilly_Garage_Rock
444 Club present The Leonards + The Joe Fox Band + Parma Violets
+ Red Route + Plastic Plastic Noise DJ’s in between the bands
Venue: The Rainbow, High Street, Digbeth, B9 0LD
Time: 8pm – 4am
Cost: £4
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/kamikazeevents
http://www.myspace.com/thejoefoxband
http://www.myspace.com/leonards5
http://www.myspace.com/sayyestoredroute
Coming Up .....Friday 23rd May
Rock_Acoustic_Pop_FolkRock_Alt
Platform Promotions present The Jodie Lawrence Band + Beneva + The Matthew Bennet Band + LP45
The Jodi Lawrence Band have a lot to look forward to, Less than a year after forming , they are beginning to intrigue record labels with their combination of original writing and complex musicianship. Drawing in a range of influences, including jeff buckley, A perfect circle and Fleetwood Mac, it is almost too easy to describe their sound as beautiful. Beautiful it certainly is, but also emotionally resonant and often wonderfully unpredictable. Live, may represent something of an experience, fronted by the unashamedly jodi Lawrence who never fails to give her audience the best live performance and a voice that should be heard and definitely will be. Currently based between Birmingham and london this band should be caught now while still playing the smaller intimate venues.
The Matthew Bennett Band are a Midlands based five piece. Matthew Bennett was born in Wolverhampton, Matt Foundling, Tom Farnell Jr and Peter Brown in Birmingham and Lesley-Marie Turner in Hull. All children of the 80’s...
In our teens we were overwhelmed by music, new and old but especially that of The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Ray Charles, Nick Drake, Tim and Jeff Buckley, The Band, Gram Parsons, Stevie Wonder, Bruce Springsteen, Kate Rusby, Ryan Adams, Ron Sexsmith, Neil young, The Clash, all types of early blues, English, Irish and Scottish folk music, some jazz, gospel and various country music. We wanted to create a sound that would encapsulate all that energy and history along with its style and substance.
It was these influences that encouraged Matthew to write, to write freely without restriction of genre or expectation. To write up-tempo rockabilly punk songs while also writing traditional Cole Porter style ballads. To write soulful gospel songs while still writing English folk songs and country music. To write lyrics that dealt with big issues but in a microscopic way.
Matthew met Matt at Coventry University where they were both studying Music Composition, and it was Matt who introduced Matthew to Tom. Gradually the seeds of The Matthew Bennett Band were sown. Together we recorded songs for a University project, songs that brought us to the attention of Redhouse Management. Still in need of a bass player, a female voice and fiddle to enhance our sound we started our search. After some months we found Peter and his bass, and Lesley-Marie who was able to add the female voice and violin as well as the mandolin and tin whistle...
Venue: The Cross, 147 Alcester Road, Moseley
Time: 8pm doors
Cost: £4 adv, £5 on the door
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/platform_promotions
http://www.myspace.com/jodilawrenceuk
http://www.myspace.com/beneva
http://www.myspace.com/thematthewbennettband
Coming Up .....Friday 23rd May
Indie_Alt_Rock_Beats
The Bees present The Sound Selection.
The Bees DJ Set featuring Aaron Fletcher + Bees Tour DJ Guy C + Twirlin Merlin
Venue: The Hare and Hounds, High St, Kings Heath
Time: 9pm – 2am
Cost: £2
Links:
www.myspace.com/thebeesofficial
