Friday 8th October 2010
Amoriste + Blitzen + Brightlight City + Strasbourg
@ The Bull & Gate
389 Kentish Town Road, London, NW5 2TJ
07:45pm, £6 / £5 with flyer
AMORISTE
Amoriste is an up-and-coming band from the English countryside delivering a unique brand of indie pop, blending the melodic likes of Athlete, Elbow and Guillemots with the lyrical sense of Blur. The band, recently signed to indie label My Satellite Records, have had an exciting and promising year so far - their debut EP, Under the Hours of Satellite Towers ... more »

ONSTAGE AT 10:30
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BLITZEN
Blitzen bring a storm of sound to the stage mixing the moonlit echoes of the XX, the blustering beats of Interpol and the aching heart of the Smiths in their tales of isolation and la recherche du temps perdu. ... more »

ONSTAGE AT 9:45
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BRIGHTLIGHT CITY
Brightlight City are ridiculously catchy, primed with harmonic hooks aplenty that will have the Kaisers gnashing with envy. A truly expansive sound that’s sweetly blistered with a subtle post punk austereness with layers upon layers of jagged riffage and set to a pulse pounding panic stricken indie pop dynamic. The kind of searing seduction only ever found on reco ... more »

ONSTAGE AT 9:00
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STRASBOURG
Strasbourg formed in London during the winter of 2009 and set about an intense writing and rehearsal schedule to make their debut live performance at The Luminaire in December. Drawing inspiration from the style and song writing of 80’s New Wave, combined with the energy and attitude of punk, they’ve already received BBC radio airplay and are set to make ... more »

ONSTAGE AT 8:15
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Public Service Broadcasting are a critically acclaimed duo playing one of three warm-up shows for the AIM Independent Music Awards at the invitation of The Independent’s rock and pop editor Elisa Bray. PSB's critically acclaime... »
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