The Meat Puppets. Robert Johnson, The Carpenters, Beck, Tom Waits, Johnny Cash, The Attractions, Captain Beefheart, Can, Neil Young, Nirvana,The Rolling Stones, Lou Reed, Serge Gainsbourg, Jacques Dutronic ,The Doors, Pixies, Jimi Hendrix, Nick Cave ,Marianne Faithfull etc....etc....
WHITE RUSSIANS formed late 2005 from the ashes of the late great "Ben and the Pimps" a band well know for playing Bar-BQ's and kids birthday party's dressed as chickens. The first step was to gig so they got a residency at bar Colour in Camden in which they were payed in free cocktails from there mentor "Egor the bar man". After recording there first ep with Darkness producer pedro Ferrara (released onthere own label f-shine records in Oct 2006) the Russians have became a regular on Steve Lamacq evening session and have played the SXSW festival in Austin Texas. The band have just finished there self titled debut album due to be released july 21, 2008 on the fading ways label.White Russians are Ben Etchells: Vocals and guitar, Chris McDougall: Bass, Martin Lynch: Guitar, Bouix: Organ and Johann Kettering: Drums
WHITE RUSSIANS ARE STILL AVAILABLE FOR BAR-BQ'S!!!!!!
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Rumplestilkskin was filmed in march 2005 for a super 8 competition. Unfortunately we all got a bit hammered and the final take didn't come out. It turns out the camera used was bought at oxfam for £5 and hadn't been checked, the version you can see is a rehearsal filmed on dv! Enjoy!
Hope you’re all fantastic! Saturday 28th November sees THE PLAYGROUND present the Nominees for the Best Breakthough Act BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB on the decks along with the most exciting, innovative and genuinely imaginative force in music right now- GAGGLE.
BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB- DJ// GAGGLE// THE COOLNESS// COLD IN BERLIN// PUSS IN BOOTS// ELECTRIC RIOT// MICRON 63// LEIGH DE VRIES// THE GAA GAA’S // THE DEEP BELOW// DJ Darkorse// Straightola (VJ Set) and Burlesque performances
Expect a sell out show so to avoid frustration at the door get your early bird tickets in advance below!!
Lucius Lowe brings one of his earliest productions "Sweet music" bang up-to-date on the latest release from Boogs Music. The package brings three different flavours to your record box - The classic, smooth vocal house sound of the "High on the groove mix," Hard-hitting club sounds from the "Thru the roof mix" and the deep and soulful groove of the original 2003 mix. Featuring haunting vocals from newcomer Lois Taylor, the package gives an accurate measure of how Lucius' production skills have been honed between composition of the original 2003 mix and more recent remixes. The "Thru the roof mix" also marks Lucius' first commercial release, included on the compilation CD "Dancefloor '06" from Manchester's D6 Records. Think Ian Carey meets the Groove Junkies and you won't be far off with this excellent offering from Boogs Music... Release date 9th december, advance promo's available NOW at:
THE PLAYGROUND is proud to host the OFFICIAL WHITE LIES AFTER PARTY on 20th November with a DJ set from WHITE LIES and live performances from White Rose Movement// Post War Years// Danny Valentine & the Meditations// Hektor Red// Dangerous Heresy// Divine Incest DJ’s// DJ Darkorse and Burlesqueshow.
We are finally ready to start promoting my 'I Surrender' single with my album, 'Ella Trip' coming right after -yey!! What d'ya think to the video teaser?
THE PLAYGROUND presents Filthy Electro Trash on Saturday 14th Novmber. Come along and celebrate with:
Punks Jump Up (KITSUNE)// Punx Soundcheck (KITSUNE)// Steed Lord// Gobsausage// Glass Diamond// TOY TOY// The Education// Mr. Beasley// Ben Osborne// DJ Darkorse// Circa Burlesque- Little Bo Freak// Chrys Columbine// Slinky Sparkles and Straightola (VJ Set)
SATURDAY OCTOBER 24TH ONE NIGHT ONLY KIETO ENT IS BACK AT COKO BONGO TO CELEBRATE COKO BONGO'S 2 YEAR ANNIVERSARY FOR MORE INFORMATION OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS EVENT CALL (619)204-6430 LEAVE A MESSAGE AND WILL GET BACK TO YOU.
Today I would like to let you know about two print magazines in Germany I'm writing for.
"Living Line Dance", reporting about line dance and country music, and "Folk Magazine", reporting about folk and country music. The magazines are high respected in Europe. They offer you a good chance to publicize yourself in Europe and Germany.
For more information, please contact me at MySpace or send email to Ch.Lamitschka@t-online.de with the headline "Advertise at Living Line Dance and Folk Magazine".
THE PLAYGROUND Vs Noise Of Art will give you a big Halloween bash on Saturday 31st October featuring
Man Like Me// My Tiger My Timing// My Toys Like Me// Trash Fashion// The Midi Midis// Glitches// The Teeth// Kindle// Gene Serene// DARKORSE-DJ set/// Rack ‘n’ Ruin – DJ Set// Afro Punk-DJ set// Slinky Sparkle// Chris Columbine// Little Bo Freak and Lydia Darling// Noise of Art’s “Dance of the Vampires” with They Came From The Stars and I Saw Them Vs Les Hommers DU Train// Ben Osborne -DJ set// Immaculate Extremists// Overlap// Your Mum// MOTH and more
“You're unlikely to attend another event in London like this so our advice is to get your ticket sharpish.” DJ Magazine, 2009.
Hi guys, we looking for gigs at any cool blues/rock clubs you might
know of?? Check out our little gift below and see if you can think of
anywhere you'd like to see us play....Any ideas and we'll follow them
up with gratitude!
After our hugely successful launch with the BRUTE CHORUS and CIRCA BURLESQUE trapeze artists, stilts, performance artists and burlesque dancers we have the next instalment coming up on Saturday the 26th September featuring KAPUTT, ROMANCE, SPEAK AND THE SPELLS and a whole lot more. Looking forward to seeing you there.