Chris & Gill Offbeat
Chris and Gill, DJs/promoters, Sheffield UK

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Sheffield
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Musicbelle and sebastian, pixies, fall, joy division, hefner, rilo kiley, smiths, arcade fire, los campesinos!, interpol, battles, field mice, of montreal, maccabees, we're from barcelona, blood red shoes, cure, envelopes, le tigre, mclusky, buzzcocks, pavement, sonic youth, delgados, rakes, yeah yeah yeahs, postal service, hives, shins, manics, shop assistants, Sarah Records, art brut, voxtrot, half man half biscuit, futureheads, kenickie, idlewild, green day, shop assistants, pipettes, wedding present, long blondes, elastica, r.e.m., maximo park, ballboy, white stripes, pulp, ash, eels, architecture in helsinki, super furry animals, camera obscura, decemberists, nirvana, sleaterkinney, moldy peaches, my bloody valentine, chris tt, helen love, ride, clap your hands say yeah, aberfeldy, idlewild, gorkys zygotic mynci, stereolab, sultans of ping fc, bis, decemberists, pastels, depeche mode, gary numan, the human league, kraftwerk, felix da housecat, hiem, cut copy, performance, miss kittin, the modern, erasure, goldfrapp, ladytron, new order, cabaret voltaire, clor, the bravery, the knife, css, soft cell, khla, soulwax, a-ha, air, performance, bronski beat, adult., the cure, lcd soundsystem, duran duran, the faint, soulwax, japan, echoboy, pet shop boys, st. etienne, omd, stereolab, tears for fears, ultravox, yazoo, fischerspooner, a flock of seagulls, blancmange, tiga, electronic, visage, thomas dolby, the associates
Groups: SyntheticOffbeatfreshman's boutique appreciation groupCool As FolkBows and Arrows Against The LightningUK indie promotionsPulp Fans

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We promote, organise and DJ 2 of our own nights, Offbeat (leftfield indie) and Synthetic (electropop), and also spin records at various other indie/synthpop events. In 2005 Offbeat was voted the top indiedisco in the UK by BBC Radio 6 listeners!



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.. We promote, organise and DJ 2 of our own nights, Offbeat and Synthetic, and also spin records at various other indie/synthpop events.

Forthcoming dates:
Friday 8th May: Offbeat
Friday 15th May: Synthetic
Friday 22nd May: Offbeat (Smiths/Morrissey Special)
Friday 5th June: Offbeat

Offbeat is our long-running indiepoppunk club night, based at the Raynor Lounge, Sheffield University SU. In 2005 it was selected by BBC Radio 6 as the UK's ultimate indie disco!

At Offbeat we play an eclectic mix of classic leftfield indie, punkpop, C86, new indiepop underground and lo-fi sounds from the likes of...
Belle and Sebastian - Pavement - Interpol - Of Montreal - Arcade Fire - Smiths - Los Campesinos! - Architecture in Helsinki - Camera Obscura - Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Slow Club - Bright Eyes - Tilly and the Wall - Organ - Shins - Cure - Future Of the Left - Half Man Half Biscuit - Those Dancing Days - Spinto Band - Delgados - MSTU - Sonic Youth - Pixies - Johnny Foreigner - Mclusky - Polyphonic Spree - Ballboy - Buzzcocks - Deerhunter - Long Blondes - Wedding Present - Blood Red Shoes - Hefner - Decemberists - Go! Team - Dead Kennedys - Rilo Kiley - Fall - Graham Coxon - Field Mice - Kenickie - Sleater Kinney - Futureheads - REM - Animal Collective - Postal Service - Deerhunter - Joy Division - Bearsuit - Hidden Cameras - Stereolab - Nirvana - Pastels - Mates of State - Morrissey - Gorky's Zygotic Mynci - White Stripes - Elastica - Super Furry Animals - Bis - Ash - Talulah Gosh - At the Drive-in - Pipettes - Helen Love - Idlewild - British Sea Power - Moldy Peaches - Ride - The School - Jesus and Mary Chain - My Bloody Valentine - Urusei Yatsura - Undertones - Shop Assistants - Eels... and many more!

For past playlists, to join our Offbeat mailing list, contact info for us, and admission details for non-students you can check out our website at www.offbeatsheffield.com.
We also have an Offbeat Facebook group, and there is a forum/community thingy at www.livejournal.com/community/offbeat_dancers/

Synthetic is our bi-monthly synthpop/electroclash night, again at The Raynor Lounge, Sheffield University SU, playing all the hits and the odd miss from the likes of
- Depeche Mode - Gary Numan - The Human League - The Knife - Kraftwerk - CSS - Felix da Housecat - Hot Chip - Metronomy - Hiem - New Young Pony Club - Foals - Erasure - MGMT - Goldfrapp - Ladytron - New Order - Cabaret Voltaire - Clor - The Bravery - Crystal Castles - Soft Cell - KHLA - Soulwax - A-ha - Air - The Postal Service - Bronski Beat - Adult. - The Cure - LCD Soundsystem - Duran Duran - Cut Copy - The Faint - Soulwax - Japan - Echoboy - Pet Shop Boys - St. Etienne - OMD - Stereolab - Tears for Fears - Ultravox - Yazoo - Fischerspooner - A Flock of Seagulls - Blancmange - Tiga - The Presets - Electronic - Visage - Thomas Dolby - The Associates and more...

For more info', including admission details for non-students, mailing list info and past playlists, go to the Synthetic website at www.syntheticsheffield.co.uk and also check out the Synthetic Facebook group to interact with other Synthetic-goers.

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SLOW DOWN TALLAHASSEE





Apr 28 2009 5:24 PM

Our new single's out now! "Angel Of Death" / "Tricks"

You can order the 7" single (or buy the digital download now) from Thee SPC website at www.theespc.com or from our profile.

If you buy the 7" vinyl, you get a special code to access the digital download for free.
Thee Sheffield Phonographic Corporation





Apr 25 2009 3:09 PM

New Split single from Slow Down Tallahassee & Standard Fare.

OUT NOW!

Download now or buy the 7" from Thee SPC profile or www.theespc.com
Shibuya Crossings





Apr 19 2009 9:36 PM

Hey, we just got this new widget. It's kinda like a mini profile, it has tracks, video, news etc. If you grab it from our profile page you can add your other fave bands to it and have them all in one place. How cool is that? Enjoy!!
Underachievers Please Try Harder





Apr 14 2009 5:58 PM

We're putting on Bishop Allen at a great intimate venue on Weds May 6th in Manchester (Saki Bar). If you're interested, this way to tickets-
http://www.wegottickets.co.uk/event/45897
Children For Breakfast





Mar 26 2009 8:15 AM

HURRY FEW TICKETS LEFT

Casiotone For The Painfully Alone + CONCERN + Urgent Talk w/Offbeat 23/04/09 at THE SHAKESPEARE, SHEFFIELD

http://www.wegottickets.com/event/46738
Thee Sheffield Phonographic Corporation





Mar 21 2009 12:51 PM

New Split single from Slow Down Tallahassee & Standard Fare!

Download now or pre-order the 7" from Thee SPC profile or www.theespc.com
Freshmans Boutique





Mar 16 2009 3:15 PM

Thanks for accepting

See you in the shop soon!

Love Freshmans xx
The School





Mar 16 2009 9:27 AM

hello, we're playing Nottingham Bodega on Friday with THE BOY LEAST LIKELY TO - just in case it's tempting enough to travel over.. see you soon xxx
Children For Breakfast





Jan 21 2009 10:42 AM

The Thermals + Jack Lewis + Mexican Kids At Home w/Offbeat 07/02/09 at Raynor Lounge: Lineups, directions and info

http://www.wegottickets.com/event/42005
The Unfortunate Incident - Debut Album Out Now





Jan 18 2009 1:18 AM

We are playing our first headline slot at West Street Live on the 19th of January and we have picked an amazing line up, it would be grand if you could pop in.
Cheers
Russ
the love that whirls





Sep 14 2008 1:01 PM

your 2 nights both sound good. if i lived in that part of yorkshire i'd definately partake!

i co-organise a music night in shipley called rpm. we're about to part with the venue we use as it's not really suitable as it is also a restaurant. infact, we may be myspace friends? if not, i'll look you up.

good luck with all.

julian.
Children For Breakfast





Aug 23 2008 2:54 PM

We could spam you better Chris & Gill Offbeat, if you allowed HTML, but as it is, we shall have to use plain old text to tell you:

The Wave Pictures
28 Costumes
The Crookes

Are playing SHEFFIELD, GRAPES, 7.30PM, SAT 23RD AUG,
for £4
Music Transfer Protocol





Aug 18 2008 10:07 PM

Les Sons du Nord returns to the UK! An exchange programme of sorts between Northern France, Belgium and Sheffield established since 2006. The event takes over the excellent Shakespeare pub, Gibraltar Street, Sheffield, from the 28th - 30th August. Expect top bands, amazing sausages and nice booze.
Sheffield is represented by Nat Johnson, Champion Kickboxer, the Yell, Yo-Yo Static and Rotary Ten whilst Curry & Coco, Frank Shinobi, Soy un Cabalo and the Appleseeds cross the channel.
Thee Sheffield Phonographic Corporation





Jun 24 2008 10:28 AM

The Bon Bon Club 7" EP - OUT TODAY

The Bon Bon Club are Sushi Quatro (bass, vox), Thirsty Moore (drums,vox) and Chapatti Smith (perc, vox), although Sushi and Thirsty are better known under different names for their day job as the rhythm section of Sheffield glam-popsters The Long Blondes.

ORDER YOUR COPY from www.theespc.com
Thee Sheffield Phonographic Corporation





May 13 2008 10:01 AM

Slow Down Tallahassee "The Beautiful Light"

A Free download-only single to celebrate the launch of their debut album on the 26th May

Download it FREE now from www.theespc.com
The Cuckoo's Nest





Apr 24 2008 8:28 AM

hello! there are a couple of lovely things coming up, I hope you like them!

The first:
Monday May 12th...
envelopes!! coming back again to see us!! sooo good!!
www.myspace.com/envelopes

bringing their special friend SPORTSDAY MEGAPHONE
minimal dancing stardust!!
www.myspace.com/sportsdaymegaphone

plus special sweethearts DOG YEARS
www.myspace.com/dogyearsmusic
at The Cumberland Arms (www.thecumberlandarms.co.uk)
8pm - £7 advance, available now.

Then.....
Bank Holiday Weekend
Sunday May 25th

our old friends THE LODGER

new single / album out on Bad Sneakers with bouncing bass and

extra jangle. here is their new video which is reallly nice: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGQ114DPvuY

www.myspace.com/thelodgerleeds
plus:

ISOSCELES
Glasgow art pop 'angulated white funk manoeuvres' on Art/Goes/Pop! video for their new single here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsK8r6hEDkU

wowowowo like orange juice / esg / bis / the zombies - I am really excited about this band!!!
www.myspace.com/isoscelestheband

PLUS!
GOLDENMAN - bri-nylon electronicaaa!!!!
www.myspace.com/goldenman
The Cumberland Arms, 8pm, £4.

WHAT A PARTY. WHAT PARTIESSS!!!

finally.... there is a new issue of The Cuckoo Press coming out soon!! watch out for updates.. we have a couple of very limited edition spaces left for nice adverts, so if you know anyone who would like to be involved as a sponsor, drop us a line!!

hope to see you soon!!
xxx
Children For Breakfast





Apr 7 2008 12:04 PM

Hope you are having a nice day Chris & Gill Offbeat

Buy Tickets Now
http://www.wegottickets.com/event/29335

The Mae Shi

"There are echoes of The Blood Brothers and Les Savy Fav here, spread across tracks that fluctuate between crunching riffs and 8-bit FX....It’s impossible not to be awed by the urgency of their performance" [Downed In Sound]
"Exploding every single genre ever (except maybe dubstep) kind of like a hairier Test Icicles." [NME]

Find out more
[ http://www.myspace.com/themaeshi , http://www.mae-shi.com/ , http://www.moshimoshimusic.com/artists/the-mae-shi

JOHNNY FOREIGNER

“Forward-thinking young guitar-slingers...turbo-charged, noisy and downright promising” NME
"…a breathless, deathless rush of possibilities, Ritilan rock exploding with ideas and imagination." Kerrang!
“Some of the most exciting indie-pop sounds put to record by a British band in a long while… domestic debut release of the year – hands down.” Drowned In Sound

[ http://www.myspace.com/johnnyforeigner]

PYGMY GLOBETROTTERS

[ http://www.myspace.com/pygmyglobetrotters ]

If that isn't enough for you, we have some extra special guest DJ's for a little post band disco.

Rob Webb [Drowned In Sound/NME]
Comme Ci COMME CA/Fringe Benefits

And the debut outing for Sheffield's most exciting new DJ troupe.

Pickers, Knickers and Shit Kickers [Fuzz Club/redcarsgofaster]

The Details:
20th May
9pm-3am
£5
Upstairs @ DQ
Fitzwilliam Street

Drinks Offers Too!!
Cool As Folk





Apr 1 2008 10:31 AM

Oh my! It's another f'n'd showcase...

A night of folk/anti-folk/country/banjocore, featuring:

MY FIRST TOOTH (http://www.myspace.com/myfirsttooth)
and CAM DEAS (http://www.myspace.com/camdeasmusic)

...plus djs spinning disks of folky goodness.

@ The Fox & Duck, Broomhill, Sheffield, Tuesday 1st April, 8pm - close, FREE.

lots of folkin' love, c.a.f.
xxx
The Youth Club





Feb 14 2008 12:10 AM

so sad RIP to the greatest person ever. See you in heaven :*(

http://profile.myspace.com.index.cfm.fuseaction.user.viewprofile.friendid.518729.cn
Thee Sheffield Phonographic Corporation





Feb 8 2008 11:40 AM

Thee SPC Release FREE Virtual Box Set

SPC017- Horowitz "I Need A Blanket" - FREE DOWNLOAD ONLY SINGLE

Three song EP with virtual fanzine, video, virtual postcard and virtual badges!

Download it FREE now from www.theespc.com
Plan B Magazine





Jan 21 2008 2:02 PM

JANUARY ISSUE OUT NOO-O-O-O-OOW!

DIRTY PROJECTORS — The band your subconscious has been waiting for, updating the interpretation of dreams with fantasy art and otherworld music that sprawls from classical to rock to whatever
DAVID THOMAS BROUGHTON — His love-lorn loops echo around railway arches and mobile phones, awkward bodies and infinite imaginations
MOUNT VERNON ARTS LAB — In the first of an occasional series on our favourite musical mavericks and visionaries who seem to exist in a parallel universe of slipstream sounds…

NEXT WAVE 2008 — THESE NEW PURITANS, SANTOGOLD, PYRELLI, BLOOD RED SHOES, MATHEW SAWYER, NADJA, YEASAYER, PINCH

ALSO!
One More Grain, Rings, Kap Bambino, Talibam!, Violet Violet, Mr Oizo, Tour Diary: Good Shoes, Music That Time Forgot: Dixieland Jazz, Don't Fear The Mainstream: Britney 2007, Personal Geography: Lupe Fiasco, Blixa Bargeld.

FURTHERMORE! A FREE 11-TRACK CD!
Southern Lord and Plan B Present: Within The Church Of Thee Overlords II.
Get It Loud In Libraries





Jan 12 2008 9:35 AM

Chris I am going on after all today.

Will be in pub past Sainsbury's up on the right from 1.30pm

Hope you get this.
Pygmy Globetrotters





Jan 5 2008 6:41 PM

hey there happy new year

Pygmy Globetrotters have put their new tunes together on a podcast for the White Label Music record label.

check it out here
http://www.whitelabel-music.co.uk/podcast/
KINGS HAVE LONG ARMS





Jan 5 2008 9:53 AM

please vote for Kings Have Long Arms to win the Pick n Mix feature on Radio 2's wonderful Radcliffe and Maconie programme.

please email radcliffe.maconie@bbc.co.uk
with the words
'KINGS HAVE LONG ARMS feat. CANDIE PAYNE - BIG UMBRELLA'
in the message body...if it wins it will mean we get playlisted on radio 2 for a week,which would be ace.(voting ends sunday 6th at midnight)
bestest wishes and happy new year
xxkings have long arms
The Cuckoo's Nest





Dec 31 2007 2:13 PM

Caster Sugar Extravaganza Next Saturday

5th January 2008 @ The Star and Shadow Cinema (opposite Tanners)

LIVE: Agaskodo Teliverek
'super cool off the wall dream team of fun' - Dazed and Confused

Toddla T
'it's between this and Roll Deep's Rules and Regulations for mixtape of the year' - FACT magazine

And. '8 bit jungle'

DJ Search Warrant - cool for cats

Debbora, Sim, and Dinosaur World playing old school hip hop, left field indie, bmore, ghetto house, baille, all out dancing music

prize tombola / dressing up box / caster sugar visuals / more more more

£3 / £4 - 8pm till 1am (early start/ finish)

see you then xxxx

p.s. extra blast from caster sugar DJs on NYE: Moot till Midnight (FREE) then Road to Rimini 2am till close @ Star and Shadow (tickets avail from alt vinyl) have a good one whatever you do but make sure you're in one piece by the 5th Jan!! xx
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