The Thermals w/ LoneLady, Warm Widow, Sir Yes Yes Sir 8/6/07 at Islington Mill Boris w/ Day For Airstrikes 26/6/07 at Sacred Trinity Church Marnie Stern w/ Kong, Hot Bone 18/7/07 at Star and Garter Dan Deacon Barge Party Manchester/Salford 10/8/07 YACHT w/ Cowtown 9/11/07 at Charlies Stars of the Lid w/ Type Records, Brittle Stars 25/11/07 Dan Deacon w/ Montag, Cats in Paris 5/12/07 at Ruby Lounge Gowns w/ Burnst, The Search Map 10/12/07 at Saki Bar Earth and Sir Richard Bishop 7/2/08 at Zion Arts Centre Polysics w/ Cutting Pink With Knives, Cowtown 12/2/07 at Star and Garter Enablers w/ Bilge Pump, Gnod 16/3/08 at Star and Garter Boris and Growing 21/4/08 at Ruby Lounge Magik Markers w/ Beach Fuzz, Breaking Colts 28/4/08 at Satans Hollow Howlin Rain w/ Cats in Paris, Gentle Friendly, Hot Bone, Gnod 4/5/08 as part of Sounds From the Other City Lichens w/ Marvin, The International, Arficeden 21/5/06 at Tiger Lounge(co-promotion with BAD UNCLE) Videohippos w/ Sir Yes Sir, Serpentine Pad 25/6/08 at Tiger Lounge Oxbow & Harvey Milk w/ Manatees 14/7/08 at Ruby Lounge Acid Mothers Temple w/ Gentle Friendly, Chops, Primordial Undermind, Thoughtforms, Pausal, Gnod & A Middle Sex 10/8/08 at Islington Mill
Ponytail w/ Gentle Friendly, Cats in Paris, House of John Player 6/9/08 at Satans Hollow Approximately Infinite Universe tour 25/9/08 at Contact Theatre These Are Powers w/ Hot Bone, Breaking Colts 18/11 at Black Lion These Arms Are Snakes & Russian Circles w/ Tropics 20/11 at Star and Garter Zach Hill w/ Hot Bone, Wulf Wulf 4/12 at Sacred Trinity Church Future Islands 7/2/09 at Islington Mill Young Widows w/ The Freezing Fog, Hammers 19/2/09 at Tiger Lounge Earth w/ Stebmo, Gnod, Brittle Stars, 18/4/09 at Islington Mill Eugene Robinson Spoken word gig, 28/4/09 at Briton's Protection TODD w/ Sleeping States, Banjo or Freakout, Chops, Wu lf Wu lf, Mazes 3/5/09 as part of Sounds From the Other City
Sonic Youth, Lightning Bolt, Pixies, Shellac, Deerhoof, Wire, LoneLady, Panda Bear, Books, Comets on Fire, The Blow, Boris, Earth, Animal Collective, Radiohead, Breeders, Wire, Oxes, These Arms are Snakes, Liars, Godspeed You Black Emperor, Part Chimp, Hella, Marnie Stern, Pavement, My Bloody Valentine, Hanged Up, Mudhoney, Dinosaur Jr, The Go Find, Daniel Johnston, Do Make Say Think, Yo La Tengo, Bedhead, Slint, Galaxy 500, OM, Polmo Polpo, No Age, Spacemen 3, Noxagt, Zombi, The Melvins, Lords, TV on the Radio, Melt Banana, Guitar Wolf, Coughs, Beirut, Dan Deacon, windy and Carl, Growing, Stooges, Bjork, Mogwai, Grandaddy, Coco Rosie, Urusei Yatsura, Khonnor, Prince, Quickspace, Spiritualized, Trail Of Dead, Broken Social Scene, The New Year, Black Mountain, Dead Meadow, Sebadoh, Sam Prekop, Rocket From The Crypt, Butthole Surfers, Deerhunter, Coughs, Arab Strap, Velvet Underground, Patti Smith, Dead Texan, Stars Of The Lid, Labradford, Smog, Huggy Bear, Cat Power, Bonnie Prince Billy, Psapp, Aphex Twin, Autechre, Tortoise, Thermals, Arab on Radar, Nirvana, Todd, Fugazi, Bikini Kill, Hey Colossus, The Wives, Black Flag, Helios, Apparat, Robert Lippok, Major Stars, Magik Markers, Sleater Kinney, Le Tigre, Pretty Girls Make Graves, Lichens, At The Drive In, Beach House, Damon and Naomi, Gowns, Crime In Choir, The Fucking Champs, Growing, Blood Brothers, Kit, Ex Models, Helen Love, Keith Fullerton Whitman, Need New Body, The Notwist ..
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Delia Derbyshire Raymond Scott Kevin Shields Thurston Moore John Peel RIP Bill Murray Kim Gordon Shigeru Miyamoto
About me: Lamb & Wolf are 2 Manchester based promoters. We like to make noise, listen to noise and bring our favourite noise to Manchester.
If you would like to play at one of our shows then please feel free to get in touch and we will do our best to get back to you.
TICKETS FOR ALL SHOWS ARE AVAILABLE FROM WWW.WEGOTTICKETS.COM AND THEN ALSO TICKETLINE & PICCADILLY RECORDS FOR BIGGER GIGS, MANCHESTER
Lamb and Wolf's only gig this Summer sees us teaming up with Comfortable on a Tightrope to bring you a lineup even tastier than Islington Mill's BBQ.
From early evening onwards we'll be lighting the BBQ with dj's playing some top notch music before our bands take to the stage from 8.30 onwards. Live sets from:
MARNIE STERN
Taking some of the busiest percussion you're likely to hear and combining it with mindblowing guitar playing, Marnie Stern manages to combine technical brilliance with an exhilirating pop sensibilty.
Such is the instant appeal of her music, her early bedroom recordings quickly earned her a deal with KILL ROCK STARS as well as an admirer in the form of Hella's Zach Hill (who went on to produce and play on both of her albums).
One of the first ever gigs we put on 2 years ago, we are thrilled to have her back and if you still haven't heard her give your ears a treat HERE >>> http://www.myspace.com/marniestern1
NISENNENMONDAI
Japanese three-piece Nisennenmondai return to Manchester after last year's storming show at the Deaf Institute.
Combinging krautrock beats with clanging guitars, the band have become a staple of Tokyo's underground music scene, sharing stages with the likes of Lightning Bolt, Battles and No Age through the years.
http://www.myspace.com/nisennenmondai
TARTUFI
San Francisco duo, much praised for their awe-inspiring live sets and loop heavy soundscapes, Lynne Angel and Brian Gorman have developed their craft into an art form.
Their latest album Nests of Waves and Wire was produced by Tim Green (whose credits include Melvins, Sleater Kinney and The Fucking Champs) and is available now on Southern Records.
Check out here http://www.myspace.com/tartufi
MAZES
Bursting onto the live scene at the start of 2009, local band Mazes has proven to be an instant hit after bagging themselves a slot on the Wavves tour back in February. Their catchy fuzzed-out indie pop (recorded on a 4-track, mixed using a Sony television) conjures up memories of Dinosaur Jr. Pavement, Guided by Voices and Beat Happening to name but a few.
http://www.myspace.com/mazesmazesmazes
VERONICA FALLS
Ex members of The Royal We and Sexy Kids bring some lovely shoegazer pop to kick the evening off. You should listen to them right now here and be as similarly impressed as we were!
http://www.myspace.com/veronicafallshard
After you've finished gorging yourself on burgers and our feast of live music, we invite you to stick around until the early hours for a drink and a dance until you're completely joyed out.
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advance tickets will be available for purchase here www.wegottickets.com AND THEY'RE ONLY 8 POUNDS!
THANK YOU (Thrill Jockey) - Tues 3.11.09 - Tiger Lounge - £5
Thank You is an athletic rhythm/action unit from Baltimore, made up of Jeffrey McGrath, Michael Bouyoucas, and Emmanuel Nicolaidis. They are three free individuals, subsumed into a collective form that spits out dank, skittering tracks filled with light and dark. Their new album, Terrible Two, was engineered by Baltimore’s beloved J. Robbins (Yeasayer, Mary Timony, Jets to Brazil) at his studio in Baltimore and mixed by Chris Coady (Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Celebration, TV on the Radio) at his studio in New York City.
The band has been building up a reputation via their live show, which has left audience members joyful, overwhelmed, and ready to spread the word. A seeming telepathy occurs onstage. The band enters into musical dervishes, a union, a breathless chaos that results in one hell of a Saturday night and what seems like a musical fight.
The members of Thank You are longtime friends and musical collaborators, working hard to bring to life their wholly original compositions. Musical ideas are introduced and have conversations with one another, each track filled with new articulation and insight. The basics of drums, organ, and guitar build the foundation, but are augmented by whistles, cowbell, hobo harmonica, snappy loops, car horns, and whatever else might be at hand.
tickets for shows through ticketline.co.uk and wegottickets.co.uk
WEE so psyched to have put together this bill for Thursday 11th June at KRO BARR, comprising some awesome touring acts and ONE OF OUR OWN .
Jonquil - the prolific Oxford based sextet are on tour in preparation for their 4th record due in Sept – renowned for their stimulating live shows, they’re former touring partners to Adam Gnade, Youthmovies and Foals.
“A masterclass in how to purvey experimentalism without foregoing accessibility…Jonquil need to become huge" Clash Magazine
“The long, sweeping melodies that are at times achingly perfect” Drowned in Sound www.myspace.com/jonquiluk
NY Antifolk linchpin, fresh from a Primavera appearance / tour of Europe with Andre Herman Dune - - - Jeff Lewis: “One of the most amazing artists I know. Do not miss this chance to see him in the UK”. www.myspace.com/ishmarquez
Latest, vaunted project from Ex Murder of Rosa Luxembourg and Scarecrows member Andrew Jackson - - - listen - - - - - - ______>>>> www.myspace.com/houseofbrothers
SUHWEET local wunderkind plays his first live show – recommended for fans of Panda Bear / Four Tet www.myspace.com/iamleveret
Stolen Nature adeptly bridges the synthetic/organic abyss with uniquely composed granular textures, aleatoric rhythmic patterns and modal jazz structures. The release's arcane theme is unfalteringly cohesive and conceptual from beginning to end. Miller's compositional sensibility on Stolen Nature has reconciled the poles of unadulterated, native sounds and processed, algorithmic music. These two adverse ideas are adroitly synthesized into a hybrid entity that lives and breathes on its own. The stochastic electronics laden deep in Stolen Nature's structure seem to have a sentient quality that hauntingly reflects recent developments in the field of artificial intelligence. The intricate machinations featured on Stolen Nature are inclined to deep personal sentiments and emotion. Cullen's application of traditional instruments takes the antiquated oral tradition and fuses it into a futuristic context.
If you want a hard copy of the CD with the artwork get a hold of me...
NLF3's music has been described as "a kitsch This Heat" by The Wire, and compared for its rhythms to a 2009 version of the Ege Bamayasi-era of Can. The Guardian even spoke of them as "a Radiohead seduced by the idea of live improvisation". The members of NLF3 - F.lor, Mitch and Don Nino - name influences as varied as Pierre Henry, Fela Kuti, Steve Reich, Ennio Moricone, as well as Syd Barrett, Zappa, Fantomas, Aphex Twin, and Sonic Youth. Strange gurus indeed, for a music that, after all these comparisons, still sounds unique. NLF3 is the story of three music lovers – two brothers in blood and a third in spirit – united by the same passion: to make music, record it and take it all around the world. In that regard, their kinship with Battles and Animal Collective, with whom they have toured, seems perfectly natural - they all belong to the same generation of musicians and have the same desire to discover new territory, to explore new possibilities and to bring together past and future. It comes as no surprise either that the brothers F.lor and Don have lived in Germany as well as the US, and have spent some time in Nigeria where their father introduced them to the great Fela Kuti and others like the sculptor Twin Seven Seven. www.myspace.com/nlf3
Hi there! We've got a new EP that we're especially proud of called Summer which is the second in our series of seasonal EPs this year. We'd love for you to listen to the EP online, and to do so, just click on the graphic below. If you like what you hear, we'd be very grateful if you'd support our efforts by buying the EP for €2.50 (around $3.20).
Hope all is going great for you. Thanks for being our friend!
Tues 12th May 2009, The Klondyke Club, Burnage Range (off Albert Road), Levenshulme, Manchester, 8pm, £4
xNoBBQx (Australia) + Hathor Duo (UK) + Trinity (UK)
BACK ON!!!
We're absolutely delighted to say that, after much hassle at the airport and having to fly back to Berlin, xNoBBQx are now able to play the scheduled show at the Klondyke Club. The dude of can-do Chris Tipton has managed to sort out work permits for the band so it's all groovy. Yes! It's gonna be a really amazing show, so please come show some love to these weary travellers who, we promise, will give you a gig to remember.
"If Modest Mouse spent a year in a Chuck E Cheese ball pit, they might emerge sounding like the delightful Brooklyn quartet Bishop Allen." (Rolling Stone)
Married To The Sea
Taking influence from The Weakerthans, Ted Leo and Death Cab to name but three, there’s a healthy pop sensibility to MTTS’ intelligent brand of indie-pop (The Fly)
xNoBBQx Skewer 10" LP (Ltd to 300 copies) - Out May 12th
We first came across xNoBBQx (just call them No Barbeque, I guess) in Piccadilly Records last year when the Siltbreeze vinyl reissue of their first CD-r appeared on its shelves. The Siltbreeze label being a bastion of all that is great in terms of dirgy, lo-fi, transcendental unmusicality, we were thus intrigued to hear this slab. And, we have to say, it was one of the greatest shop-listening experiences of all time. Here was a duo, probably of fully grown men, bashing away at their instruments in a manner that suggested they had never really learned any 'proper' technique. We later read a review, in fact, that put it thus:
"So what exactly is the difference between an xNoBBQx recording and a couple of 14 year olds bashing instruments in the garage with record pressed down on one of their mum’s old tape recorders? Probably not a whole lot, actually, but I get the feeling that’s precisely the point. " (Cyclic Defrost)
Well, yes, that does largely seem to be the point. But it's a helluva point. The duo, in spite of their unabashed simplicity, manage to create sounds that are warm as an old-fashioned blanket, each piece having the ability to induce a state of complete, dribbling mental stasis. It's disjointed, scratchy and 'difficult', yes. But it also manages to be completely absorbing. If you like your rock deconstructed to the nth degree, we highly recommend you dig this.
Evan Parker - saxophones Stephen Grew - piano Phillip Marks - percussion
An all too rare appearance in Manchester by one of the great masters of the saxophone... Evan Parker has been at the forefront of improvised and experimental music for over forty years, with a unique and innovative approach to his instrument that has been hugely influential. A master of extended techniques like circular breathing and multiphonics, he's made over 200 albums with artists like Derek Bailey, Scott Walker, Robert Wyatt, Spring Heel Jack, Michael Nyman, Spiritualized, Cecil Taylor, John Stevens, Gavin Bryars, Brotherhood of Breath, Basil Kirchin, Peter Brotzmann, Han Bennink, Tony Oxley, Steve Lacy, Anthony Braxton, London Jazz Composers Orchestra, Globe Unity Orchestra, Stan Tracey, Chris Corsano, Jah Wobble, Sainkho Namtchylak, Vic Reeves, Thurston Moore etc etc.....
He is joined by Stephen Grew on piano and Phillip Marks on percussion who have been making their own contributions to the world of adventurous improvisation for over 20 years. Those of you who saw them at last years Manchester Jazz Festival will know just how good they are...
Vampire Blues is the duo of guitar player Jon Collin (Serfs, The Whole Voyald) and harmonium player Jon Marshall (The Hunter Gracchus, Peril Hill). They have a pretty special tape out on Blackest Rainbow. We can't recommend them highly enough.
The Fifth Band is the gobsmacking trio of Stephen Lawrie (The Telescopes), Bridget Hayden (Vibracathedral Orchestra) and Kryszt Hladowski (The Family Elan). Oof.
A Wake is the duo of Nick Mitchell and Fliss Horrocks who also play in Beach Fuzz. This will actually probably end-up being a Beach Fuzz performance - this incarnation's first inside the UK.
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