Tuesday 29th May 2012
James Spankie + Sophie Janes + Jennifer Left + Alphabet Backwards
@ The Bull & Gate
389 Kentish Town Road, London, NW5 2TJ
07:45pm, £6 / £5 advance / flyer
JAMES SPANKIE
James Spankie is a singer and producer from the countryside. A drummer and pianist from an early age but growing up somewhere where no one shared similar musical ideals meant forming a band wasn’t an option. So he decided to take it upon himself, using a multitrack recorder to create the music he wanted, slowly collecting and teaching himself how to play any in ... more »

ONSTAGE AT 10:15
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SOPHIE JANES
Sophie Janes is a 19-year-old singer-songwriter. Her piano based songs and rich orchestral accompaniment, combined with a songwriting style which offers unique rhythmic dynamics and breathing spaces, create a vibe which is quite unlike any other artist around today. Sophie cites amongst her influences: Imogen Heap, Einaudi, Laura Marling, Civil Wars and Fleet ... more »

ONSTAGE AT 9:30
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JENNIFER LEFT
Jennifer Left has a story to tell you. This young songbird originally from Newcastle but now the seaside town of Brighton is inspired by the songs that raised her, she sings about the stories she writes. Delivering a two-song single of smoky vocals and pitch-dark lyrical subject matter, her new single, 'Black Dog' is an English piece of poetic off-kilter pop. ... more »

ONSTAGE AT 8:45
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ALPHABET BACKWARDS
Alphabet Backwards hail from the sunny town of Oxford and play joyful, technicolor indiepop. Boy/girl harmonies and boundless energy punctuate their witty, infectiously catchy songs. Mixing the sounds of summer with irresistible synth buzz and hooks aplenty, their music demands to be sung along and danced to. ... more »

ONSTAGE AT 8:00
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Scanners recorded their first album 'Violence is Golden' themselves, later releasing it via US label Dim Mak (Bloc Party, Gossip, The Kills). They toured there through 2007, travelling through the West Coast ... »
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