here are 3 bands who are based in london and who gig here in cheap places and are utterly, utterly awesome. promoters take note: if you book these bands, i will probably come to your gigs.
Shield Your Eyes:
www.myspace.com/leavethetapesrunning
like hella with better guitar playing and more badassedness
Tessellators
www.myspace.com/tessellators
shitting awesome fugazi/modest mouse/david bowie AWESOMENESS
Earl Grey And The Mugs
www.myspace.com/bushypark
fucking terrible name, but great great songs a bit like the kinks and pixies and stuff.
anyway, add some more stuff below. other cities: fuck off and get your own threads, shhitcunts
shitcunts
NAYM MOAR BETTR LDN BANDS PLZ
never heard Tessellators
but I'm liking that description, will check it out.
do so
playing the good ship on thursday they are
They used
to be Hundred Handed, didn't they? Ace band.
yes
"like hella with better guitar playing"
HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE?
the guitar playing in hella
is pretty average really.
i neglected to mention that the drumming in shield your eyes, whilst greatm doesn't match up to zach hill.
but stef shieldyreyes is genuinely probably the best guitarist i've ever seen
check out
www.myspace.com/theotherdances
www.myspace.com/royaltreatmentplant
www.myspace.com/therunup
other dancers - nice enough
royal treatment play - not my thing, but not bad
the run up - dont like his voice. ok ottherwise
.
Shield Your Eyes are fucking ace!
just
listening to their new track on the MySpace again. So so good!
i do prefer the stuff that they used to have up
but makes sense that they took it down, as it was all instrumental innit
fez-
www.myspace.com/feztheband
Other great bands...
Yes Shield Your Eyes do rock.
Check out these:
www.myspace.com/cherrybutnocake
www.myspace.com/hoorayforhumans
www.myspace.com/embers2008
www.myspace.com/supertennislovesyou
www.myspace.com/cinemechanica
www.myspace.com/geordilaforce
www.myspace.com/soeza
www.myspace.com/silentfront
www.myspace.com/theydiedtooyoung
www.myspace.com/souvaris
www.myspace.com/ourowndevices
www.myspace.com/liteband
www.myspace.com/elkstheband
www.myspace.com/instrumentsmakemusic
www.myspace.com/jesusknives
www.myspace.com/greenasaprimary
www.myspace.com/restlesslist
www.myspace.com/youmetheswitch
www.myspace.com/supertennislovesyou
www.myspace.com/an3lop3
www.myspace.com/ginpanicnet
www.myspace.com/oneuniquesignal
www.myspace.com/glorytellers
LONDON, ABOF, LONDON
and i've seen
silent front, instruments, geordilaforce and an*t*elope at your gigs :)
but yes, thanks for reminding me to check out cinemechanica
Antelope...
were so good! We've got enablers hitting London on Sept 6th - check them out too... oh and bellafea.
x
...
did the singer or guitarist of Shield Your Eyes used to be in Meet Me In St Louis?
bassist/vocalist in shield your eyes
used to sing in mmisl
earl gray and the muggs
wernt two of them in Dr Filth?
Shield your fucking eyes
MINT!!!!
I'm gonna 2nd
the silent front mention
played with them last weekend and they were great!
may as well plug my band, we've just moved to london to australia. kinda jagged noise rock.
www.myspace.com/sculhazzards
earl grey
and the mugs are great
richard and george gave us a lot of advice when we moved to london, we owe them a lot
richard even offered to produce one of our songs, we're a london band so check us out
www.myspace.com/orangedrinklemondrink
Thanks for the links
I'm moving to London in Spetember, so this should be helpful when picking gigs and stuff. :)
The Outdoor Types
http://myspace.com/theoutdoortypes
Saw Shield Your Eyes last saturday
completely brilliant, cant recommend them enough :) they said the album should be finished round about the end of summer!
this thread has a lot of great links in it actually, thanks a bunch :)
I would just like to reaffirm the threads original claim
that Tessellators are one of, if not THE bestest band around at the moment.
London Band
my band is playing tonight in Camden
www.myspace.com/whitecollarweapons
I was avidly waiting for someone to recommend us here but in the meantime, I sincerely recommend us.
any more
good london bands along these lines??