Bands we've put on include (in no particular order)...
Vincent Vincent & The Villains
Akala
Broken Family Band
Bullet Union
Harry & The Potters
volcano!
The Rapture
Felix
We Show Up On Radar
Midget & Giant
Shitdisco
Black Wire
Lovvers
Klaxons
Envy & Other Sins
Pifco
The Holy Awesome
Distophia
Seachange
Youthmovie Soundtrack Strategies
65*daysofstatic
The Holloways
Bolt Action Five
Tokyo Sex Destruction
Envelopes
Monster Bobby
Yellow Stripe Nine
I Had An Inkling
The Lucida Console
Computerman
The Blood Arm
Francois
You Slut!
House of Brothers
Adrian Orange
Cats in Paris
Phamton Dog
The Saboteurs
Kailash
The Sigma
Lonely Ghosts vs Tumbledown Estate
The Duloks
Gentle, Friendly
My Sad Captains
The Grace Kelly Footage
The Butterfly
Misty's Big Adventure
Ebenezer & The Scrooges
Dive Dive
I Love Sarah
Joe Jones
SJ Esau
Diego Garcia
The Exploits of Elaine
Omatic
Cats and Cats and Cats
Jones of Colorado
Epic 45
July Skies
The Creeping Nobodies
Mucky Sailor
Broken Arm
The Exploits of Elaine
Grouper
Gareth S Brown
Gareth Hardwick
Puttin' on the Ritz
Cowtown
Chops
Mirror! Mirror!
Gay Against You
TeTsuo
Human Hair
Prawn in the Sea
Lovvers
You Slut!
Kailash
Vialka
Safetyword
Papier Tigre
Tigers!
Les Etoiles
The Anvil
The Mournin' After
The Prevention
Sea Mullet
Lonely Ghosts
Wrist!
Indica Ritual
Bi-Polar Bear
Wave Machines
Glissando
The Amber Sleep
Influences
Keeping true to the spirit of indie, we cover a vast range of genres. As well as what most people would define as indie proper (The Smiths, The Libs, Sonic Youth, Klaxons, Pixies, Oasis, The Cure, Radiohead, Interpol, Bloc Party, Franz, bands the NME would like etc etc), we also cover the more leftfield side of the genre: from the alt-country, slo-core ramblings of Will Oldham, Low, Ryan Adams and Devendra Banhart to the most expansive post-rock like Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Slint and Sigur Ros. Not to mention the rantings of art-punk, post-punk and post-hardcore from The Blood Brothers to Joy Division to Gang of Four; to the American indie of Pavement, Modest Mouse and Neutral Milk Hotel; to the most bleepy lovely electronic music such as Aphex Twin and Boards of Canada; to the alt-hop of the Anticon label and cLOUDDEAD. This is not forgetting people like Iggy Pop, The Velvet Underground, The Beatles, Dylan, Bowie et al! All washed down with a healthy dollop of jazz, metal and electronica.
The High Society AKA High Soc is the University of Nottingham's Alternative and Indie Music Society and is here to satisfy your indie urges whilst you are at Nottingham University.
If we're being honest, we know that the term 'indie' is near useless. As is the amorphous 'alternative', for that matter. But heck- it's all we've got- and we need some totem, no matter how vague, to organise our little society around.
To that end, we welcome anyone who considers themself a fan of indie music into our fold- however they define that troublesome term. We truly, honestly, absolutely, totally believe we have plenty to offer to anyone who considers themself an indie fan whether their favourite magazine is NME or The Wire; their favourite group Arctic Monkeys or Lightning Bolt. The discounts on gigs and clubnights across the indie spectrum (organised by Highsoc or otherwise) mean that you'll easily earn your money back- but there's more to us than financial gain; plenty of current and former members will testify that they've made some of their best friends through Highsoc.
But if you're a member and you don't think we're giving you what you want, let us know; come and DJ at one of our events; suggest a band you'd like to see. Because you are Highsoc, after all.
Forthcoming shows... .. ..
Hey! We looked for you after the gig, came back into the tent...your banner was soooo ace..that was you right? I couldn't see properly, had the nerves of being on that stage. Scary stuff. Anyhhoo, wanted to say hello and see you soon we hope!! WMsxxxx
Sat 16th May @ The Soup Kitchen, Spear Street, Manchester.
The Centrifuge @ Futuresonic Festival present Richard Devine, Puzzleweasel, NeuTek vs Boombots, missaw, Guide, Gareth Clarke, Mr Underwood & His MIDI Octopus and Scrubber Fox.
We have just uploaded some songs from our forthcoming album 'Kill or Cure' to our MySpace page and we also have a new download area at http://rockrecordsuk.co.uk/music.php from which all our music can be downloaded for free.
Thanks for joining us please vote for us again here listen to our song "Make Me Bleed" then vote for us. We are in 5th right now so we need everybodies help. You can also get a chance to win a guitar. Thanks & BRACE YOURSELF!!!!!
Help Us Out!!!!!!! Listen to our song then go vote for us. You can vote once a day. Everyday you vote you increase your chance to win a Ernie Ball Music Man Guitar. Also you can get your own widgets to post. THANKS!!!!
23rd January 12, 2009 : Centrifuge present Braincore! DJ Scotch Egg, Gareth Clarke and other Centrifuge favourites will be destroying the main room of BluePrint, Nottingham.
Rooms 2 & 3 will be manned by the Lobotomy and Strictly Come Rinsing crews, bringing together the biggest names in all out rave mania!
See you down the front!
Latest EP, Mark Swift – Melodynonstop, is available for FREE download now!
Hello Hello strange and beautiful people of Nottingham...
We look forward to welcoming you to the inaugural ceremony of COCOCO APOCALYPSO - Nottingham's first Dada Cabaret night, launching Tues Nov 11 @ Chameleon Cafe and starring KUNT AND THE GANG. The theme of this month's cabaret is BEARDS, so bring your strap-on.
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