Shows

LOCALISM - Dead Meadow, The Beep Seals, Colorama, The Soundcarriers, The Yellow Moon Band Sat 20th September 2008 229 Venue, 229 Great Portland Street London W1W 5PN

With In the Pines, Redbricks and Localism DJs plus special guest Katie Cruel.

This is  one heck of a night to get to. Two rooms of the finest inUS and UK psyche stoner folk ROCK!

Dead Meadow (Live)
“…feels like a revelation.”/”DC stoner metal Gods” NME
‘.. in the major league of noisy, out-there rock’n’roll for this or any era.” The Guardian
“Psych-rock doesn’t get much better.”  Time Out
“Get immersed.” Plan B
“…you can never have too much Dead Meadow in your collection” Rock Sound
“We would stand at the side of the stage and headbang along before it was our turn to go...”
Gruff Rhys of Super Furry Animals in MOJO
“Dead Meadow make the best make-out music (10)” Vice

In ten years of touring and releasing albums the world has changed -- the climate is more conservative and in response the kids are growing their hair long and learning to solo, tuning in and dropping out! Dead Meadow have been through it and seen this growth…

Dead Meadow have returned with a fifth studio album that is both delicate and with purpose. In subtle ways Old Growth reminds us of where the band have been stylistically, and where we were when we watched them grow. However, this is no 10-year retrospective but rather an uncompromising stretch of their artistic roots. Dead Meadow have broadened their song-writing, gained new ground and, from every drop of ink on the sleeve to every humming noise, chord, and pounding beat, reinforced their “eight of cups” to move to a higher spirit and redefine themselves, and our ears, musically. We are forced to go forward with them, to climb that mountain, leave our earthly problems behind and most importantly grow up.

The Beep Seals (Live)
The Beep Seals' debut album 'Things That Roar' is out now!
"Undoubtedly one of the best albums of the year so far 8/10" - NME
"A fabulous debut 9/10" - Metro
"The best debut this year" - Shindig!
"Spine tingling" - Uncut
"Roll on the second album! 7/10" - The Fly

The Beep Seals formed many moons ago thanks to a mutual admiration of each other and a shared love of various things predominantly the rock band Pavement, visionary demi-god Todd Rundgren, the Animal Collective, long walks on rainy days, the sound of a really good fuzz pedal and the Beatles (obviously). Spending 2007 touring some of the world and cultivating a fearsome live reputation centred around the best drummer since Animal from the Muppets and vocal harmonies that'd make Brian Wilson punch Carl in the face; the Beeps somehow managed to release two sold out singles aswell...amazing right? Both slices of pure psych-slacker pop, cherished by the lucky few who managed to bag a copy, particularly a handful of girls currently camped outside keyboard player Phil's house waving lewd banners.

Colorama (Live)
One barmy evening during the summer of always, a group of renegade minstrels met at a beach hut in Benllech, all with the intended aim of making merry. Among their number were a dysfunctional bassoonist, a disaffected church organist, a disfigured banjo strummer, a disorientated frugal horn player and a distant drummer. Having achieved their aim, they lit a bonfire at Bwlch and decided upon a course of action they would live to forget. They would pool their manifest resources and become...... Colorama! 

The Soundcarriers (Live)
"I Had A Girl is the best song ever written" - Jim Noir
"Very ethereal, very pyschedelic" - Judy Dyble
"Very well written and produced" - Dan Snaith, Caribou
"Casually brilliant" - Fire Escape Talking
"Top banana" - NME
"Hauntingly beautiful and wide eyed" - Rough Trade Shops

The Yellow Moon Band (Live)
raw space/prog-rock that pays homage to stalwarts such as Aphrodite's Child, Ralph Lundsten and Hawkwind. - Warp Mart

A stonkin' classic. Taking in prog, rock, psyche and folk and melding a cool laidback spliffy Summery vibe to it. Wonderful stuff!!! - Picadilly Records.com

DJ Katie Cruel

DJs In the Pines

DJ Lee Gorton (Redbricks)