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Member Since12/28/2006
Band Membersfrancais/eire/angle-fuckin-terre.
Influencesthe tinny sound // no years eve /
Sounds Likedarwin visits darwen

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"even though their largely spoken delivery is sometimes totally illegible, their warped Lancastrian slacker pop is truly wonderful. " high voltage

<. "It’s the cult of The Fall without really sounding much like the Fall – Mark E's ensemble were never this powerful; but Monster Island can equally be just as poetic manchester music

.."a raw, fractured sound powerful enough to catch and hold the attention, promising much for the future" bbc manchester

""Darwen, lancashirre trio do the whole shuffling bravely sideways thing/theres enough supressed twinkle in winking eye to suggest they might chance a jump forward soon"plan b

"artists, in every sense of the word, and it could never be any way but this...cult status surely beckons." sandman

"in they never sleep, the music is occasionally interpolated with screeching sounds of tapes rewinding, bleeping and electronic interference. deliberate or not, it's a fabulous, pointless detail which screams of lethargic, understated, inventiveness. brilliant." a new band a day

"really don’t know what to make of this band, perhaps strange and expensive substances are involved but whatever it is I don’t want any.=-"
the beat surrender

"ecstatic northern doom merchants" - rigby

"like sitting next to an angry drunk on the bus who is reading the MEN because his therapist has advised him to" - aiden
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CANON:


>new album july 09

the anchor./

1. the anchor age 2. gb(trees) 3. push the bullet in 4. the blues empire 5. hi-noise 6. typewriter 7. getting warmer 8. open collar 9. ll+brains 10. sunflowers....

get in touch if you want a copy. blog for bumpf.


singular (dec08) -
a. soap factory
b. surface car park


we'll send it you for foucalt.

long player - "sunken, public, squares. (apr 08) "<><..1. rkh 2. hothouse 3. grammar trauma 4. the gm verses 5. p&p 6. twin towns 7. lyons 8. lockdown/lockdown 9. about:blank 10. esc123 11. cog2

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cd-r! for sale! <"swollen words"-dec 07 /1. short story (canalside) 2. they never sleep 3. c-vomit 4. x43 5. i know 6. surgeons 7. email man 8. agency.



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Jul 12 2009 3:59 PM



Home.Under.Ground
Buffalo Bar, Islington
20:00
23/07/09

Live //
Koko Von Napoo
www.myspace.com/kokovonnapoo

Eugene McGuinness and The Lizards
http://www.myspace.com/eugenemcguinness85

Swanton Bombs
www.myspace.com/swantonbombs

We Are Enfant Terrible
www.myspace.com/weareenfantterrible

DJ's //
Metronomy
http://www.myspace.com/metronomy

Your Twenties
http://www.myspace.com/yourtwenties

Transparent
http://www.myspace.com/transparentmagazine

http://www.wegottickets.com/event/53869

£6 on door.

Hope you can make it x.


FAT OUT TILL YOU PASS OUT





Jul 9 2009 2:55 PM

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Get tickets for £4 + booking fee from
http://www.wegottickets.com/event/48568

hope to see you there.
The Alchemystique





Jul 3 2009 11:52 AM

hello friends, nice to meet.
here's our new video "confusion"
tell us what you think:)





Electric Free Time Machine - Album Launch 3.7.09





Jun 29 2009 1:22 AM

ALBUM LAUNCH EXTRAVAGANZA - FRIDAY JULY 3rd
-YORKSHIRE HOUSE LANCASTER - 8PM

Facebook event page: CLICK HERE


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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


SAM AND THE PLANTS - Manchester

Sublime d.i.y pastoral krautrock psyche-folk (twisted nerve / rough trade)
www.myspace.com/samandtheplants


VOYTEK THE BEAR - Manchester

Abrasive grooves, sleazy dub funk and infectious melodies
www.myspace.com/voytekthebear


DAN HAYWOOD (SOLO) - Lancaster

singing the songs of the Puma Sutras, New Hawks and Dutch Desert
www.myspace.com/newhawks


also DRAWING COMPETITION + more

ONLY £1 ENTRY

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

Why would you do anything else?


Facebook event page: CLICK HERE

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Jun 28 2009 2:22 PM

Have it you slaaaaaags

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TITLE MAGAZINE





Jun 24 2009 12:26 PM

gobbity gook, hope youve been enjoying your summer!

have you taken a look at our current issue? please do and tell us what you think
www.titlemagazine.net
TITLE MAGAZINE





Jun 24 2009 9:51 AM

aye captain!
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Jun 20 2009 6:40 PM



Home.Under.Ground
Buffalo Bar, Islington
20:30
25/06/09

Live //
Plug
www.myspace.com/plugddd

Teen Sheikhs
http://www.myspace.com/proteensheikhs

Trash Kit
www.myspace.com/trashkit

Colours
www.myspace.com/coloursband

DJ's //
Sex is Disgusting !!!

Rockfeedback

Home.Under.Ground

£4 entry

Hope you can make it x.
Bill Shatnerrr





Jun 20 2009 9:50 AM

Ello chaps.

This is still going down, and shall be 5 kinds of awesome.
Amida





Jun 18 2009 1:24 AM

New EP 'If The Wave Loves Two Suns' available now from Weepop! Records


EP Launch Night 8pm Friday June 26


Fuel Cafe, Withington, Manchester


featuring: Amida + The Shrieking Violets + Monster Island
Winter Berries





Jun 15 2009 9:51 PM

That'd be lovely. Looking forward to seeing My Shepherd Mouse at Earth Cafe? xx
Winter Berries





Jun 13 2009 12:21 PM

I'm a really big fan too. I am however the same person as the last person who said they were a really big fan.
Jamboree





Jun 12 2009 9:25 PM

I'm a really big fan :)
Electric Free Time Machine - Album Launch 3.7.09





Jun 11 2009 10:23 PM

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8pm Dry Bar Manchester
28, oldham street

4 more bands on upstairs, late license, drinks promotions, strange sounds underground.....£5 in up and down
Tears on the Golfcourse





Jun 7 2009 10:32 PM

Jonquil


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
Room Tones





Jun 3 2009 10:24 PM

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Tickets £6 avaliable from:

wegottickets.com

Svarte Greiner (Deaf Center/Miasmah/Type) explores deep into a dark, mysterious and disturbing universe. Drawing inspiration from artists such as Earth, Volcano the Bear, David Darling & Deathprod, the music is draped in Lynchian mysticism and horror film cinematics. "The music of Svarte Greiner is practically perfect. It's like that sound in our heads we've been imagining for ages but had never actually heard." - Type Records.

The Sight Below (Rafael Anton Irisarri/Miasmah/Immune) draws as much on modern genre progenitors like Brian Eno, Robin Guthrie and My Bloody Valentine as it does from the more historic traditions in neo-classicism from Erik Satie and Olivier Messiaen. His album Glider has appeared on Thom Yorke's radar in making the Radiohead's lynchpin's top ten playlist.

His debut album Navigare soon to feature on the Miasmah label, Simon Scott (former Slowdive) is set to be a household name in conceptual music. Simon is the former Slowdive drummer, co-producer of Televise, producer of Seavault, and owner of KESH Recordings label.



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Jun 2 2009 12:08 AM

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May 23 2009 1:51 PM

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Home.Under.Ground
Buffalo Bar, Islington
20:30
28/05/09

Live //
Swanton Bombs
www.myspace.com/swantonbombs

Wild Palms
www.myspace.com/wearewildpalms

The Neat
www.myspace.com/uptheneat

DJ's //
DJ Cassoulet

Rockfeedback

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£6 // £5 cheaplist just message us your name!

Hope you can make it x.
The Bangs





May 21 2009 9:23 AM

Hello!
Hungry Pigeon





May 20 2009 1:20 PM

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TICKETS


Buy tickets online from any of our three online vendors



Tickets are priced at:

Full Weekend Wristband £19.50 adv

Single Day Tickets £10.00 adv




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CONFIRMED BANDS FOR 2009 INCLUDE...
NINE BLACK ALPS
KID BRITISH
WAVE MACHINES
MISTY’S BIG ADVENTURE
THE TRAVELLING BAND
TEN BEARS
THE VORTEX
THE MAYBES
KARIMA FRANCIS
THE JESSIE ROSE TRIP
FRAZER KING
CASIO KID
GIDEON CONN
THE GAY BLADES
THE WHISKYCATS
TEN BEARS
..... with around 200 bands over the weekend



**** CHECK THE MYSPACE BLOG FOR FULL MUSIC AND ARTS LISTINGS ****

Room Tones





Apr 28 2009 1:02 AM




Machinefabriek is amongst the finest experimental/electronic artists of today. His ultra-prolific back catalogue showcases his ability to perfect classical ambience, organic drone soundscapes, electronic minimalism and cathartic noise. He is hailed as one of the most interesting new experimental musicians by the Wire magazine.


Xela is the shady, underworld atmospheres and improv horrors of John Twells, owner of Type Records. "Xela has always been able to pre-empt the shifting tides of electronic music and deliver a statement that's definitively of its time” (Boomkat).


His debut album Navigare soon to feature on the Miasmah label, Simon Scott is set to be a household name in conceptual music. Simon is the former Slowdive drummer, co-producer of Televise, producer of Seavault, and owner of KESH Recordings label.


Tickets £8 avaliable from:
wegottickets.com
Piccadilly Records
Redhouse Sheffield





Apr 14 2009 2:25 AM

Hi

Just to let you know that we've recently changed our booking proceedures so that dates and booking info can be obtained by emailing a blank enquiry to:

redhouseenquiry@gmail.com

Since we're booking up now for the summer and September I wanted everyone who's taken the time to seek us out on Myspace to have a chance to get a gig booked.


Regards
Redhouse
Hungry Pigeon





Apr 8 2009 10:25 PM

HEY

**** NEWSFLASH: Just confirmed for Hungry Pigeon - Kid British and The Gay Blades ****

Weekend tickets available now for £19.50 from www.ticketline.co.uk and www.seetickets.com






SIGN UP TO THE MYSPACE FOR FULL LINE UP TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON


HUNGRY PIGEON - THE NORTHERN QUARTER FESTIVAL

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Apr 2 2009 3:53 PM

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a'lovely art gallery





Mar 27 2009 5:45 PM

it used to be a gallery. a really good one because we treated it like a club.


we might set one up in the summer and you should could down.


message your email and we'll put you on the mailing list for notifications etc

cheers!
jackxx
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