Gigs

Blang at 12 Bar June 23

Saturday, 23 June 2012

Blang @ The 12 Bar Presents
12 Bar Club, Denmark Street, WC2
Saturday June 23rd

Facebook event:  http://www.facebook.com/#!/events/444441245583970/

Misty’s Little Adventure/The Valkarys/Parva Hinton/Kull/Lucy’s Diary/Emily Capell

£6
Doors 7.30
Bar ‘till 3 am.

8 00 Emily Capell
Stories of celebrity lust, musical influences, and general adolescence from young songwriter from NW London. Her antifolk/skiffle leanings are already causing a splash with YouTube hit “My Dad’s a Smiths Fan”
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Emily-Capell-Music/224443594285133

8 45 Lucy’s Diary
Songs drawn from Lucy Joplin’s diary inspire these post-punk Britpop types who feature members of The Television Personalities and David Cronenberg’s Wife. Frank Skinner played their “Not Your Type At All” single to death on his radio show.
http://www.myspace.com/lucysdiary

9 30 Kull
Ethereal psych-drone. Marina and Lika spin a mesh of fuzzed guitar and bass with vocals appearing like lamps throught the fog.
www.kullmusic.com

10 15 Misty’s Little Adventure
Making a rare appearance as a trio, Grandmaster Gareth (guitar), Lucy (sax) and Sam (drums) of Birmingham octet Misty’s Big Adventure play from their fabulous catalogue of psych pop with jazz/lounge/ska inflections. “Brilliant” (God Is In The TV) “impossibly warm sound… the instrumental storm suggests '60s melodicists The Turtles with more than a dash of Arcade Fire” (John Aizlewood, Q)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misty's_Big_Adventure

11 15 Parva Hinton
Mixing  distortion with melodies electro-duo Parva Hinton scream, shout and dance their way through a mash-up of synths, guitars and electronic mayhem.
http://www.parvahinton.com

12 00 The Valkarys
Post-Creation Records psych-garage quintet originally from Edinburgh. "Their guitars wouldn't sound out of place in a '60s Hamburg club and, indeed, it does sound like the '60s has never ended with these guys" (God Is In The TV)
http://www.reverbnation.com/thevalkarys

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Edinburgh Fringe preview at 12 Bar

Saturday, 09 June 2012

PBH’s Free Fringe/Blang presents:
Edinburgh Fringe Preview
12 Bar Club, Denmark Street, WC2H 8NN
Monday July 2

Facebook event

Christian Reilly
Matt Tiller
Sergeant Buzfuz

£5
Doors 7.30
Bar ‘till 2 am.

Three acts preview their PBH Free Fringe shows at this year’s Edinburgh Festival.

8 00 Sergeant Buzfuz: Go To The Devil And Shake Yourself
Alternative folk singer Sergeant Buzfuz AKA Joe Murphy chronicles the history of the first fourteen centuries of the papacy in song. “I love the fact it’s like nothing else I’ve ever heard” (Mark Lamarr, Radio 2) “eye-opener and eyebrow-raiser” (Gideon Coe, BBC 6) “you won't hear anything else like it, EVER” (Subba-Cultcha) “I find myself almost lost for words...absolutely glorious” (Peter Muggs, The Arts Desk) “You will either love or hate this... truly a musical Marmite moment. Me? I loved it.” (Folkwords) “brave” (Socialist Worker)
www.sergeantbuzfuz.com

9 00 Matt Tiller
Offbeat musical comic tackles life, love and medieval history through songs, stand-up and musical rants in this warm, engaging show.  Matt sings about everything from his unconventional military family, strange childhood holidays, growing up in a hotel through to the adult tribulations we can all relate to.  `Hilarious’ (New Statesman) `Has many crying with laughter’ **** (Hairline) ‘Endearingly shambolic…all good fun.’ (The List) ‘A deal of charisma’ (Chortle) ‘A very funny man’ (XFM Manchester) ‘Sharp and astutely observed’ (British Comedy Guide)
http://www.matttiller.com

10 00 Christian Reilly: This is Not A Love Song
Perrier/Chortle award-winner, ex-member of Rich Hall’s Otis Lee Crenshaw band and star of ‘Richard Herring: As It Occurs To Me’, Christian Reilly sings about Modern Monetary Theory, etc. Come, feel the noise. Not necessarily in that order. "Seriously cool, seriously funny- the power behind my high-backed armchair" (Richard Herring) If you’re a fan of Bill Bailey or Rich Hall, you’re probably a Christian Reilly fan already” (The Guardian) “Blisteringly funny songs” (The Stage) “The comedy equivalent of Motörhead slamming straight into Ace Of Spades" (The Scotsman)
www.twitter.com/christreilly

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Thomas Truax on tour

Monday, 12 March 2012

14 March, Wed: Leeds Brudenell Social Club, 33 Queen's Road  Leeds LS6 1NY 0113 275 2411

15 March, Thurs: Hull, Adelphi, 89 DeGrey St

17 March, Sat: Sheffield Greystones, Greystones Road, Sheffield S11 7BS support: Post War Glamour Girls

22 March, Thurs: Portsmouth Fat Fox, 11-13 Victoria Road Southsea PO5 2SP

23 March, Fri: Brighton, Sticky Mike's Frog Bar, Middle Street. Brighton, BN1 1AL. Phone: 01273 749465 http://www.drinkinbrighton.co.uk/stickymikesfrogbar

29 March, Thurs: London, Dusk 'til Dawn, 1 Archway Close, Archway, London, N19 3TD supports: Caught Leaves, John E Vistic £5

Sheepy on tour

Monday, 12 March 2012

February 25 LIVERPOOL Milk Studios
February 28 MIDDLESBROUGH Westgarth Social Club
March 1 HULL Adelphi
March 2 SHEFFIELD Frog And Parrot
March 15 LIVERPOOL Mello Mello
May GERMANY/AUSTRIA/CZECH REP/BELGIUM: tour with Vamos
May 18 LONDON Prince Albert (Brixton)
May 19 LONDON 12 Bar Club

February at 12 Bar: final monthly Blang

Monday, 13 February 2012

Blang Final. The monthly Blang nights started in February 2002. Tonight will be the last as we celebrate our 10th birthday and say goodnight.

Blang @ The 12 Bar Presents
12 Bar Club, Denmark Street, WC2
Monday  February 13

Sergeant Buzfuz
All The Queen’s Ravens
Slate Islands
and a late set from deXter Bentley

£5
Doors 7.30
Bar ‘till 2 am.

8 30 Slate Islands
A Celtic noir punch made from folk, cabaret and the delicate and monstrous observations of Highland storyteller Polly MacLean. Expect their debut album on Blang later this year. “well executed, witty and more than a little disturbing. You wonder what other dark tales you'll find lurking when the album drops later in the year.” (Sounds XP)
www.slateislands.com

9 15 All The Queen’s Ravens
Putting the flame into flamenco, All The Queen’s ravens whip up a storm of Spanish and English folk rhythms led by the dueling voices of Laura Hillman and Charlotte Aggett.
www.allthequeensravens.co.uk

10 00 Sergeant Buzfuz
Tonight Sergeant Buzfuz unveil their fifth album ‘Go To The Devil And Shake Yourself’ which chronicles the story of the papacy from St  Peter to the early 15th century. "Popes manages to be political, amusing, adventurous, intelligent and incredibly memorable, features which are rare in isolation, and seldom ever found in the same song at the same time. It’s quirky without being whacky, imaginative without being self-indulgent, and funny without being throwaway. It may even at times make you feel angry." (Sweeping The Nation)
www.sergeantbuzfuz.com


11 00 deXter Bentley and the JERMS
Now a quintet, Richard deXter Bentley, presenter of Resonance FM’s Hello Goodbye show and possessor of fine folk-soul tenor voice and the JERMS, spinners of delicious warm acoustica, sing beguiling songs about everything from taking a girl who hogs the candy floss to the beach to the death of NY Doll Arthur Kane. The latter, a 7 inch white vinyl Blang release prompted The Mag to praise its “great mini-climaxes spread throughout it's four and a bit minutes” (steady on!) and caused the Norman Records reviewer to speculate “I'd like to think he looks like David Essex and has an eye for the ladies!”
http://hellogoodbyeshow.com

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Holloway Tales

Tuesday, 27 December 2011

Blang @ The 12 Bar Presents:
12 Bar Club, Denmark Street, WC2
Monday January 9

Blang presents Holloway Tales

Featuring: Joe Murphy (Sergeant Buzfuz), Paul Hawkins, Polly MacLean (Slate Islands), Partition, Hillfield and Stone, Depresstival, The Big Fibbers, Sneezy Stu and Suzanna Catz

Facebook event

£5
Doors 7.30
Bar ‘till 2 am.

8 15 Holloway Tales

On a Saturday afternoon in November ten songwriters assembled at different points of Holloway Road and spent the day roving around the pubs and cafes. Their mission, to write a song inspired by something they’d seen, heard, experienced or imagined that day. Tonight they present their songs.

9 15 All acts play another 2 songs each.

www.sergeantbuzfuz.com
http://outsiderpop.com/tag/paul-hawkins-thee-awkward-silences
http://slateislands.com
www.myspace.com/thebandpartition
http://soundcloud.com/rob-hillfield
http://www.facebook.com/Depresstival
http://www.bigfibbers.co.uk
http://www.myspace.com/thesneezyts
http://www.susannacatz.co.uk

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December Blang at 12 Bar Club

Monday, 12 December 2011

Blang @ The 12 Bar Presents:
12 Bar Club, Denmark Street, WC2
Monday December 12

Ricky Spontane
Fear Of The Forest
Listen Lisse

Facebook event

£5
Doors 7.30
Bar ‘till 2 am.

8 30 Listen Lisse
Lisa McKendrick sings from her third album ‘Sunset Over Cairo’. Minimalist post-punk drone-rock.
www.listenlisse.com

9 15 Fear Of The Forest
Kate Arnold (ex-Sergeant Buzfuz) unveils her new experimental ethnomusical quintet. Tonight Kate (dulcimer/violin/vox) is joined by Jon Clayton on cello and players of electric guitar, hurdy gurdy and Arabic percussion.

10 00 Ricky Spontane
Ricky Spontane,  "the Liverpudlian garage-punk behemoths it's ok to snog during your first date", as the NME once said of them, return to the London stage for the first time in over two years, in a rare live appearance.

Singer Richard Batchelor breaks out of self-imposed Parisian exile, to be joined by Stephen A Wood, Talya S Davies and Bozwell Feign, to promote their new limited-edition mini-album, "Spontane 3", which, rather logically for the Spontane, is their third album, hot on the heels of the critically acclaimed "Spontane Time" and "Hit The Town", and appearances on such fab compilations as the Blang "Fruit Machine" album, and Guided Missile's "Hits And Missiles", among many others... They will be playing selections from "Spontane 3", as well as old favourites; rockers, rollers, slowies and strollers. It’s Spontane time again!
www.rickyspontane.co.uk

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