CLUB VELOCITY presents FRIDAY NOVEMBER 27TH 2090 Rising Sun Arts Centre 30 Silver Street Reading BEN MARWOOD The best singer songwriter in Reading by miles A must see JAY NEWTON Solo time. Member of Heartwear Process/Quiet Quiet Band/Full Force Gales Mr Newton shines live as a solo outing JEMMA WILLARD New girl on the block from Reading,give her time and something rather special will happen here Doors 8pm Tax £5 pounds door £4 advance www.wegottickets.com BRING A FIRM
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Club Velocity/BlahBlah presents Venue Plugnplay 35 Milford Reading Berkshire RG1 www.plugnplay.tv Date Saturday November 14th Bands ALUMINUM BABE (USA)/MIDIMIDIS/VIENNA DITTO/SIXTY WATT BAYONETS/OFF THE RADAR Doors 8pm Tax £5 door £4 flyer/ advance www.wegottickets.com
ALUMINUM BABE Hailing from New York City, this four piece however do consider Reading their second home. This will be their sixth show in Reading, as in so many years. Signed to local record label Velocity Recordings. Aluminum Babe deal in Electro-Garage Rock that the New York Press call "an instant classic," Their music is a bit like this rave-acid garage rock, disco beats and songs that are vicious, original and multi-dimensional. Their latest album '17' is out now and was produced by Ian Love (Rival Schools) and Gerard Garone (Radio 4)
The band over the years have toured the USA, the UK, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Spain, Portugal and Thailand. They have played over 300 shows.
Radio highlights include KROQ's Rodney on The Roq, BBC Radio 1, reached number 35 in the Festive Fifty (2006), BBC 6 Music, Radio 3 National Radio (Spain), plus over 500 CMJ, independent, college and internet radio stations worldwide.
"The best record I have heard in ages, " Huw Stephens
Club Velocity presents Friday Oct 30th Rising Sun Arts Centre 30 Silver Street WOOKIES (Huge forward thinking bendy prog punx for the masses Championed by Lammo, 6 Music and Rick Wakeman) HALF RABBITS (Huge in Oxford,they only play for Club Velocity in Reading. First Reading show for a while. Think the Editors are nothing but a Joy Division covers band?Then the Rabbits are your new band. Rolling Stone championed) Quiet Quiet Band (Debut gig shocker!What do you get if you mix two heartwear process friends and a couple of sassy metal kids? Well you get Low having a piss with Broken Social Scene, whilst Modest Mouse wipes their collective bottoms) Doors 8pm 5 pounds £4 advance www.wegottickets.com ALL AGES Bring your granny........
Club Velocity presents Saturday Oct 17th 2009 Rising Sun Arts Centre 30 Silver Street Reading RG1 SKYLINE DOSSIER Readings best kept psych-beat freak secret Awesome live HOLD YOUR HORSE IS Debut Reading show (the others dont count) From Surrey.This band ROAR!Excellent band alert!Confirm Reuben were shit.Championed by Lammo and Robinson MARTY CAIN From the USofA Debut UK show.Genius singer-song writer. This kid is so IT, he should be bigger than BECK Doors 8pm ALL AGES Five pounds Bring THE firm!! www.velocityrecordings.com
Club Velocity presents FRIDAY OCT 9TH 2009 at THE GOODSHIP 289 KILBURN HIGH RD LONDON Nrst Tube Kilburn sixty watt bayonets (first show since REading/Leeds sassy poss the finest female fronted popcore band in the land championed by Kerrang!/Rock Sound) midimidis (the only 8 bit real punx band in the world championed by radio 1 and xfm) neon highwire (Sassy devo v justice v omd three piece sexy) elliott to hong kong (full on post nu wave punk excellent mark e smith, dan la sac;mark e smith are fans) doors 8pm 5 quid on the door bring yr mum!!! www.velocityrecordings.com
Once again Another brilliant night at Lennons!! I cannot upload any pics as my camera lead is missing? I suppose Reading will be the next gig? when I can see you again!
Hey Gerry, Just listening to Seaside. It's great! sorry to hear about Maskell. I hope the new set up it working well - Now with the bass from the keyboards you've got the same set up as the Gecko, wicked! keep it sweet E spin