Charlie Finke - Vocals, Conceiver of the cesarian principal, Finke suffers-so you don't have to. 7 years with the seminal proto new rockers Penthouse now also sings with ex Parkinsons, Blood Safari
Justine Armatage - Piano, Toured heavily with gothic monsters Christian Death, would prefer readers to remember her work with Luke Haines' Baader Meinhoff. Her prolific contribution to sub pop deviants Gretschen Hofner is well documented in the cybersphere
Jan Noble - Drums, A true cesarian and our only section. A muscular intellect forced into a drummers body. Perhaps best known for Tudor-core anti-art punksters Monkey Island
Suzi Stampella - Trombone,
Alison Beckett - Clarinet, Classical excellence and troubadourian finesse. When these girls blow you hold their breath and yours.
The spirit of rock & roll has hauled himself out of bed. He's called up his demons, put on his best black suit, and returned to the city's dark places. His new playmates are The Cesarians.
Not since The Birthday Party crashed and burned in Berlin, have the twisted sounds of old style decadence been pumped so intensely through distorted amplifiers. London scenesters looking for a scene free of recycled rock, have found expression in The Cesarians cabaret world.
Had rock and roll been born in 1930's urban Europe, and not 1930's rural America, it would have been like this; part Kurt Veil, part Jacques Brel, part Ernst Kirchner, part klezma. Looking like a band formed in the mind of Geoge Grosz, The Cesarians capture the urban zeitgeist via the junk shop instruments of old Europe . In their hands, a clarinet, trombone, piano, and drums beaten in waltz time, make raw and raucous rock and roll.
Over this beautiful chaos Charlie Finke preaches his own intense message. "I wanna be a woman" he screams on his knees, the grease in his Weimar haircut forming a quiff.
The Cesarians are playing the city's night clubs. Rock and roll's demons are loose.
Like your stuff too... caught you at Stokefest, we were on the same bill. Any band that is anything like The Birthday Party rates highly in my opinion!
THIS SATURDAY - 19th-Thee Boathouse...Springfield Park, bottom of Spring Hill, by the canal/river Lee in Hackney E5..a fantastic venue, less than a mile from StokeN ewington close to Camden etc - great line-up, great DJ's, on a summer evening by the water with a bar till v late...it's a snip at £6.50, she's the queen of the British Blues and The Dublo are playing..what more do you want! see ya there X PS.
Big Bad Love at 93 Feet East July 10th –THIS THURSDAY Doors: 7pm £6.50
This is our first 93 Feat East gig and we’re happy to be gracing this illustrious stage so look out for special door price offers a few days before the gig… Or you can buy in advance here: http://www. wegottickets. com/event/32336
Hi guys, I saw your show at the theatre in Rende/Cosenza some months ago and I was really struck by your performance. The video for Flesh is Grass is really beautiful, I hope you'll soon release an album!
Join us for another Big City Redneck Presents! Another wonderful eruption, nay, ejaculation of good music at the Buffalo Bar this month!
What can I say? We won’t disappoint.
Buffalo Bar June 19th £6 on the door… 8.30pm till they kick us out…
Mama Shamone http://www. myspace. com/mamashamone “Put Mama Shamone on at any venue and they are likely to take the roof off, this was one of the best live shows I’ve seen in years - certainly one of the best in London. In my opinion these guys are destined for greatness, it felt like I was witnessing history being shaped-something was just so right about what they were doing up there.” Vibe Bar
We Yes You No www. myspace. com/weyesyouno “We Yes You No sing about the end of the world, the end of everything. But in an apocalypse that would sound like this I would buy god’s last EP” – Big City Redneck
Language http://www. myspace. com/languageuk “"The verbosity of funk, the poetic twang of intelligent pop. The bridge between Franz Ferdinand and Smashing Pumpkins perhaps" – Bugbear
"Struggles & Lulls", the brand new album from Joan Coffey, is available now on ITunes
'a voice that can enchant. Coffey's vocal chords deliver liquid gold with a divine Irish lilt.' FATEA Records 'charming and honest'. Time Out 'Joan's music exudes a warmth, humility and truth that is rare to find in singer-songwriters these days'. Thea Gilmore
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