Homemade Lemonade - Lancaster based purveyers of live electronically enhanced indie folk:
"Loops,
drones and spiralling riffs with mantra-like vocals characterise much
of their live set. Crashing waves of guitar under a chant of ‘I can
walk on water’ … give way to a bleak early-Factory Records sound
updated with electronic effects … reaching an impressive drawn out
climax in the explosive ‘Bliss, Ostensibly.’"(Lunecy Review, July 2009).
Pencil In - Preston-based alternative rock.
Pencil
In are a four piece alternative rock band hailing from the North West
of England. Coupling the incredible vocal clarity of Bill Orrick with
layered, effect soaked, post rock soundscapes and waves of raunchy
balls-out heaviness, theirs is a truly unique sound.
Satellites - 4-piece based in Lancaster Post-rock, ambient, progressive - "a double measure of post rock served with a generous helping of progressiveness."
Quisling
Meat - This is a mystery guest of sorts. He's been in Dry Green, the
Pier Group, the Thens, the Plastic Noons, and more. He's been away for
a while, but he's back in Lancaster. Don't miss this!
Hello from Diversity FM, Send any promo/demo CDs to: Diversity FM, Co YMCA Lancaster & District, Heart of the City, Fleet Square, Lancaster, Lancashire, LA1 1HA. with thanks from Diversity FM.
Electric Free Time Machine celebrate the launch of their debut album: ’mystery with hermit foil’ with a gig at the Yorkshire house in Lancaster.
ELECTRIC FREE TIME MACHINE - Lancaster
recent sound carriers for Damo Suzuki:From fast and bulbous blues stomps and vast experimental krautrock ambient strangeness, to abrasive shambolic metal, strange time shifts and delicate acoustic folk. www.myspace.com/eftm
albums at a special launch price of £4...so thats £5 for an amazing night of music and a brand spanking new bespoke embossed digipack album...have mercy
***Local bands/producers and music fans listen up!***
Tonight at the Canteen an evening of top class band and music industry masterclasses. If your a song writer, producer or in a band you'd be a fool to miss this event!
Wednesday 6th May at The Canteen
Generator and the Barrow in Furness Music Co-operative present a day of seminars and workshops designed to support both the artistic and professional endeavors of the musician.
Songwriting Masterclass with Jon Byrne / 3pm - 5pm
With a musician whose influences are so diverse, expect this session to draw in all kinds of music and be concerned with quality work, both in song writing and composition. *limited spaces still available*
A&R Panel Session / 6pm - 7.30pm
Faced with the shrinking profits, record labels are adopting a new approach. So do bands and artists now need to do the same? How do artists generate interest from record and publishing companies to begin with? What are the terms of a deal likely to be these days? This panel contains a broad cross-section of contemporary thought, on how artists can cultivate their own careers.
Panellists include -
Caroline Elleray / Head of A&R Universal Publishing
Debs Wild / Music Industry Consultant, Coldplay - various
Dean McPhee - erstwhile Lancastrian, now living in Yorkshire, coming back with his trademark Telecaster/Fender amp/reverb-laden sound and melodic mostly-written, partly improvised pieces of custom psych-drone pickery. A ne 7" single on World In Winter records out very soon. Sam & the Plants - Sam has released several great records/cds on Mr Tastemaker Andy Votel's Twisted Nerve label. Playing old keyboards, beaten up classical guitars and instruments that look like zithers he's made himself, he creates a shambling lo-fi sound all his own. Often very beautiful, always with a sense of humour and humility. David A Jaycock Quartet - Playing with long-time collaborater Andrew Preston, David shares the instruments about, vintage guitars/synths/banjo/lap steel etc. Now with a great drummer and a cellist too! Having released two fantastic albums on Red Deer Club Recordings, DAJ is a most respected new-folk figure who creates an other-worldly cinematic minimalist ambience it's a pleasure to be let in on. Dan Haywood's New Hawks - Dan Haywood possesses one of the most original and achingly personal voices in music today (both his physical voice and his narrative voice). The New Hawks are an ambitious suite of songs all taking place within a specific time and place. Dan has assembled a strange but talented collection of musicians to fulfill this most special project.
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