andy le gresley (bass), ali gavan (drums), pete simmons (guitars), anne-sophie pietrek (synths) and jonathan shipley (guitar and vocals)
Influences
lots between us: some we agree on, some we don't - books, painting, the mighty boosh, music, woody allen, naming capital cities, pavement, new order, banksy, low, pulp, m.i.a, blur, can, brakes, silver jews, stanley spencer, sonic youth, xtc, ride, maximo park, leonard cohen, ghostface killah, interpol, faust, maps, huggy bear, david hockney, clash, smashing pumpkins, taskforce, british sea power, shuggie otis, le tigre, horses, david bowie, iris murdoch, dizzee rascal, rolling stones, rushmore, young knives, steve reich, pj harvey, de la soul, graham coxon, dub reggae - blah blah
Sounds Like
Oh, I dunno - you'll have to tell us, cause I can never say. I guess we make fairly melodic and hopefully awkward indie rock which signposts early blur, pavement, krautrock stuff, new order etc. I dunno - does that sound right?
Assistant are a five piece pop group from Brighton who play offbeat, odd and tuneful pop music. They're not sure who they sound like, but are big fans of early Blur, Pulp, Low and the Pixies, amongst other things. Most of their songs are about feeling foolish or lonely, or lazy or drunk. They've played a bunch of gigs in London and Brighton and recorded lots of songs, some of which you can listen to here. If you like them then do get in touch and they'll send you a CD, or ply you with alcohol, or say nice things if you would prefer. The band also run an award winning blog, which you may like.
Ta.
Assistant consists of Pete, Andy, Jonathan, Ali and Anne-Sophie.
Hi, through JUNE AND JULY we are slashing our day time rehearsal prices. Between 10am and 5pm all our rooms are either £6 or £7 per hour including weekends. Making us one of the cheapest in SUSSEX. Plus If you buy 3 hours we will even throw in a 4th totally FREE. YES TOTALLY FREE.
OUR RECORDING RATES ARE STILL JUST AS AFFORDABLE TOO, FULL DAYS FROM £200 ALL IN.
So come and rehearse and record in one of the best equipped music complex's in the South.
www. aliasempire. com has recently gone live and on sign up members can download 'AEmix', a 6 track remixes EP, for free. This includes remixes of our own tracks as well as tracks by Messiah J and the Expert and Cars in Walls. Half of the remixes are by us while the rest have been handled by Philth and Seki, Nina Hynes, and Klass of '83. Each track has its own unique artwork included in the download. Hope to see you on there soon.
Soundlocker Studios new recording facility is now open. One of the best looking and best equipped studios in the South. Full days from as little as £200. Call 01903 767345.
ROCK BRIGHTON presents FEEDBACK XIII
Friday 5th September at The Brighton Coalition
(Formerly The Beach), Kings Rd Arches
Doors open at 7:00pm
Over 18s Only
A Night of Acoustic, Jazz, Soul, Lounge, Chillout!!!
As May's Feedback was such a success we are bringing the Jazz Lounge vibe back for another round. Feedback XIII is the perfect way to a summer's night relaxing with Brighton's best Jazz, Soul and Lounge Acts.
CLASSIC ROCK MAGAZINE & BRIGHTON ROCK LIVE SHOW & ROCK NIGHT
SATURDAY 21st JUNE
CONCORDE
BLAZE BAYLEY (Ex Iron Maiden & Wolfsbane) - WORLD TOUR www. myspace. com/blazebayley
VOODOO SIX - FRESH FROM DOWNLOAD www. voodoosix. com/
FURYON - NEW SINGLE DEBUT www. myspace. com/furyon
Doors 7:30 £10 adv (£12 on the door) from the Concorde 01273 673311/ Rounder 01273 325440/ Resident 01273 606312 www. ticketweb. co. uk
Rock Night only admission (subject to availability) £6 members/ £8 non from 10:30
DJ's Timeeeh + Pete Von Sleeeze Bucket
ROCK BRIGHTON presents FEEDBACK XI
Friday 30th May at The Coalition
(Formerly The Beach), Kings Rd Arches
Doors open at 7:00pm - 10:30pm
Entry £3 NUS / £4 Others
A Night of Acoustic, Lounge, Chillout Soul
07:00 BAR OPENS www. myspace. com/brightonunplugged
07:30 MATT MITCHELL www. myspace. com/mattmitchellmusic
08:30 SEEKER www. myspace. com/seekeronline
09:30 KIINA www. myspace. com/kiinamusic
Come and see The Crave before they jet off to play the Harley Davidson 105th Birthday gig in the States.
Rock Brighton presents...
THE CRAVE - www.myspace.com/thecraveband
with Support from
THANKYOU ANYWAY - www.myspace.com/thankyouanyway
MYIQ - www.myspace.com/myiqoffical
Friday 14th March
THE PRESSURE POINT
Richmond Place, Brighton
Entry £5 / £4 NUS
Doors 7:30pm til 10.:30pm
Check www.rockbrighton.com for more events
Thanks For The Support This Year & For Being Our Friend.
You're invired to the final Feedback part 9! This time round We're bringing the best of Brighton's metal bands together for a Christmas event you wont forget in a hurry.
This months line-up is influenced by alternative metal, hardcore and rock music. An 8k Soundsystem will be installed for this night.
FRIDAY 21st DECEMBER at THE BEACH CLUB, Brighton, Kings Rd Arches Opens 8:00pm - 3.30am Entry Only £6 All Night
THOUGHTS COLLIDE www.myspace.com/thoughtscollide CIVILLIAN www.myspace.com/civillain1 HERE THERE BE MONSTERS www.myspace.com/htbm THREE MILE ISLAND www.myspace.com/threemileislanduk LORENZ CIPHER www.myspace.com/lorenzcipher CLASS WAR www.myspace.com/classwarband
Check out www.rockbrighton.com/feedback9.html for more info
Whats up? I found this site and thought i'd tell everyone, it shows you if anyone at school likes you. I dont know how it works but its really cool, it told me a couple different people who have crushes on me since gradeschool. You gotta try it!
HEY! We are very pleased to announce that our new album, Be Yr Own Shit is scheduled to be released in stores January 2008 @ TOLOSELATRACK/AUDIOGLOBE + Take a look at our myspace page where you can hear tracks from our upcoming record! click click HERE! Pre-release party-->22/11/07 @ Funhouse/Domus Club, Perugia dj set by Fab&Marzio YO+LLLOVE thetigersss*
Feedback 8 is back for an even bigger line-up than last month. Still giving you the best quality local Brighton bands, still using one of the best sound systems in the city and still packing each gig with some of the best unsigned music Brighton has to offer.
This months line-up is influenced by commercial Indie and rock music. An 8k Soundsystem will be installed for this night.
FRIDAY 23rd NOVEMBER at THE BEACH CLUB, Brighton, Kings Rd Arches Opens 8:00pm - 2.30am Entry Only £5 All Night
RIOT LIGHTS www.myspace.com/riotlightsuk THE REVEALS www.myspace.com/therevealsband ABSENT ELK www.myspace.com/absentelk RY BYRON www.myspace.com/rybyronandthegentlemen THE CRAVE www.myspace.com/thecraveband RUBYLUX www.myspace.com/rubylux
Check out www.rockbrighton.com/feedback8.html for more info
