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THE SKINTS
CURRENT SWELL
GECKO
Incredible East London Ska and reggae band. They earned their formidable reputation live and the first album has sold more than 7500 copies with zero PR. Their 2nd album in 2012, 'Part & Parcel', mixed Jamaican styles with pop hooks, grimey raps, filthy basslines and a punk rock work ethic to create a sound familiar to newcomers, yet unique below the surface.
"Distancing itself from the ska punk of old, this is instead a modern day dub, reggae and hip hop-inspired classic" ('Part & Parcel' album review) - Rock Sound
Doors: 8pm
Admission: £11.00 advance. Ages 14+. Please see entry policy for info.
Tickets: Buy tickets online or call Ticketweb on 08444 77 1000. Alternatively pop into The Kings Head, S4 or UoC Student Unions.
Poster by Jade Wall
TERRY REID
JUDE CONNELLY
"A triumph…Terry Reid’s voice has the power to provoke an intense reaction…" – 4 Stars - The Times
"…Astonishing by any standards: spine tingles, hair prickles on back of the neck…" - The Independent
Terry Reid, ‘Superlungs’ as he’s affectionately known, is without doubt one of the greatest rock/soul voices this country has ever produced or is indeed likely to. A Terry Reid concert should be a cherished memory for any self-respecting fan of the greats of British music.
Terry turned down the front man’s job with Led Zeppelin, recommending his mate Robert Plant instead, a similar offer and rebuff to Deep Purple. Aretha Franklin’s stated that The Beatles, Rolling Stones and Terry Reid were the best England had to offer in 1968. He underwent two World Tours with The Rolling Stones, US tours with Cream, UK tours with Jethro Tull and Fleetwood Mac, The Isle of White Festival in 1969 and Glastonbury in 1970, played at Mick Jagger’s wedding, before soured record deals resulted in Terry leaving Britain for America nearly 40 years ago.
All true, but the full story includes numerous collaborations with Graham Nash, covers of Reid songs by Marianne Faithfull, The Hollies, The Raconteurs (the hugely popular ‘Rich Kid Blues’), film soundtracks, including a song in George Clooney’s recent film ‘Up In The Air’, and a catalogue of 6 studio albums, including the seminal album ‘The River’, re-released to critical acclaim in 2002 and the 1976 Nash produced ‘Seed of Memory’. A Reid song ‘Horses Through a Rainstorm’ also features on CSN’s box set.
More recently, Terry’s been working with up and coming French band Shine and The Alabama 3. Following a Glastonbury return in 2009, he played a three night residency at Ronnie Scott’s in London, one of only a handful of non-Jazz artists invited to help mark the legendary venue’s 50th Anniversary. He played to packed houses, critical acclaim, and returned in 2010 and 2011 to sell out 3 consecutive nights.
In May 2011, he toured Ireland for the first time in 30 years and released a new live album ‘Live In London’ which included several previously unreleased tracks. Uncut Magazine presented a show featuring Terry at The Jazz Café and he toured England, including several sell-out shows. A return to Glastonbury, headlining the Spirit of 71 stage followed.
2012 turned out to be an important year for Terry Reid. In May 2012, Rumer featured Terry’s song ‘Brave Awakening’ on her new album Boys Don’t Cry, (which entered the UK Album Chart at No3). Terry returned to the Isle of Wight Festival for the first time since 1971 in June. In August ‘America’s Got Talent’ Winner in 2010, Michael Grimm, included Terry’s song ‘Without Expression’ on his latest album, Gumbo. In the spring, DJ Shadow had invited Terry to write the lyrics to a new track for his forthcoming ‘Reconstructed’ album – This became the song ‘Listen’ and the official video got 400,000 plays on Youtube in late 2012.
There is an undeniable resurgence in recognition for this outstanding vocalist and songwriter and 2013 looks set to be another successful year!
Doors: 8pm
Admission: £12.00 advance / £14.00 on the door. Ages 14+. Please see entry policy for info.
Tickets: Buy tickets online or call Ticketweb on 08444 77 1000. Alternatively pop into The Kings Head or S4.
G A WILLIAMS - 'TRUE NORTH' ALBUM LAUNCH PARTY
ROB THOM
LAURA JAMES
GARETH WILLIAMS
G A Williams is the former singer of the legendary Carlisle based indie group Ten Gladioli.
Now settled in Manchester G A Williams has built a catalogue of crafted songs that cover a sweeping range of subjects as well as musical styles.
His last appearance in Carlisle supporting Martin Stephenson & The Daintees saw him play a several songs that drew heavily upon his formative years in the Great Border City.
Titles like ‘The Ballad of Jimmy Glass’ and ‘Black Eye Friday’ prove that although he may have moved South; his roots remain firmly in Cumbria. The Brickyard hosts his Album Launch Party, which is also the first date of his UK Tour.
“True North” is a wonderful raw record, defiantly against the grain, painfully honest and embracing a wide sonic spectrum. Lessons have obviously been absorbed from the masters – nuances of Dylan, Drake, Cash, Bragg, Young and Waits abound…
With an acoustic spine recorded live and only a sprinkling of instrumentation on some of the tracks – it is a return to the true path of the troubadour while resolutely forging ahead.
The stark but powerful arrangements serve to highlight lyrics that are often poetic; occasionally abstracted; sometimes minimalist; sometimes epic; but always thought provoking.
A cinematic grandeur sweeps into many songs that draw upon love and loss, hard travelling, and an upbringing in the far Northwest of England but thankfully a healthy twist of irony is never all that far away.
ROB THOM
Rob Thom released his first LP "Trapped and Free" last year. Songs of alienation and wonder – of falling in and out of love with your country, your city or your partner.
Rob is originally from Cumbria; once upon a long ago fronting Carlisle’s answer to Shed Seven: “Burnt Sienna”.
Not only is Rob a terrific songwriter but he also is heavily involved in the underground acoustic scene in London hosting a variety of gatherings.
Rob is also a talented painter and filmmaker producing his own sleeve artwork and videos as well as videos for other bands – check out his lovely work on Piefinger’s “It All falls Apart” or his own “Just That Kind Of Thing”.
LAURA JAMES
Laura James is an up and coming singer-songwriter from Cumbria.
She has been writing and performing for over 5 years, and has studied at Paul McCartney's prestigious Performing Arts Institute in Liverpool. Currently based back in Cumbria she is spending a considerable amount of time touring the UK promoting her new single “The Water”.
Modestly she describes herself as a folk musician who secretly yearns to be a poet.
Less biased observers see her as a golden haired nymph with guitar, or a hummingbird spinning fragile tales of life and love.
Doors: 8pm
Admission: £3.00 advance / £5.00 on the door. Ages 14+. Please see entry policy for info.
Tickets: Buy tickets online or call Ticketweb on 08444 77 1000. Alternatively pop into The Kings Head or S4.
Poster by Gary Nicholson
INDIE NIGHT
Cumbria's biggest indie club night make's it's monthly return with DJs playing the likes of The Smiths, Pulp, Arctic Monkeys, Radiohead, Alt-J, The Beatles, Two Door Cinema Club, The Strokes, The Maccabees, Blondie, The Stone Roses, Bombay Bicycle Club, Sex Pistols, The Rolling Stones, The Kinks, The Cribs, Iggy & The Stooges, The Vaccines, Oasis, The Pixies, Fleetwood Mac, Queens Of The Stone Age, The Horrors, Blur, The White Stripes, The Libertines, The Cure, Nirvana, Maximo Park, The Clash, Kasabian, The Jam and many more.
£1.50 - Selected bottles
£2.00 - Vodka & mixer
£2.00 - Jägerbomb
£2.50 - Red Stripe
Doors: 10pm - 2am
Admission: Free entry before 11pm / £2.00 thereafter. Ages 18+
LEWIS WATSON
FRANK HAMILTON
SHANNAN SAUNDERS
Today’s generation of aspiring young musicians often have just one choice in their pursuit of a career – to take the plunge and independently mastermind a digital cottage industry from which their songs can be discovered by a like-minded audience. That’s precisely what Oxford’s twenty-year-old singer-songwriter Lewis Watson did. After gradually building his own fan-base, his debut EP ‘It’s Got Four Sad Songs On It BTW’ topped the iTunes singer-songwriter chart on the first day of release, outselling the likes of Adele, Madonna and Ed Sheeran in the process. It’s a model that plenty of artists aspire to recreate, but few ever make any serious progress with.
Doors: 8pm
Admission: £7.00 advance. Ages 14+. Please see entry policy for info.
Tickets: Buy tickets online or call Ticketweb on 08444 77 1000. Alternatively pop into The Kings Head or S4.
PARLOUR FLAMES (EX-OASIS)
THE FREEDOM
Ex Oasis guitarist Bonehead and Salford alt-pop troubadour Vinny Peculiar have joined forces in a new band project called Parlour Flames, playing psychedelic, pop-rock full of eccentric British storytelling.
Doors: 8pm
Admission: £7.00 advance / £10.00 on the door. Ages 14+. Please see entry policy for info.
Tickets: Buy tickets online or call Ticketweb on 08444 77 1000. Alternatively pop into The Kings Head or S4.
MOTOWN & SOUL NIGHT
DJs playing all of the Motown and soul classics from Diana Ross & The Supremes to Curtis Mayfield, Marvin Gaye, The Four Tops, Stevie Wonder, The Temptations, Smokey Robinson, The Ronettes, James Brown, Otis Redding, Martha Reeve, The Shangri-Las and many more.
£1.50 - Selected bottles
£2.00 - Vodka & mixer
£2.00 - Jägerbomb
£2.50 - Red Stripe
Doors: 10pm - 2am
Admission: Free before 11pm, £2.00 thereafter. Ages 18+
FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND
DEPARTURES
A MOMENT LOST
Welsh rockers whose furious live presence and visceral explosions of riffs, screams and melody has been winning them fans since their first releases in 2002.
Doors: 8pm
Admission: £14.00 advance. Ages 14+. Please see entry policy for info.
Tickets: Buy tickets online or call Ticketweb on 08444 77 1000. Alternatively pop into The Kings Head, S4 or UoC Student Unions.
Saturday 22nd June 2013
HIP HOP NIGHT
DJs playing the best in hip-hop new and old, including Public Enemy, A$AP Rocky, Jay Z, Wu-tang Clan, Kendrick Lamar, OFWGKTA, Cypress Hill, Jay Electronica, Dr. Dre, Flying Lotus, NWA, Snoop Dogg, 2Pac, Beastie Boys, The Gaslamp Killer, The Roots, Death Grips, Notorious B.I.G. and many more!
£1.50 - Selected bottles
£2.00 - Vodka & mixer
£2.00 - Jägerbomb
£2.50 - Red Stripe
Doors: 10pm - 2am
Admission: Free before 11pm, £2.00 thereafter. Ages 18+
FTDJ Presents:
FINDING ALBERT
PLUS SUPPORT
In March 2013, Finding Albert released their album ‘Feints’ – follow up to their eponymous debut album, and the ‘Life & Times’ EP in 2012. With a long-anticipated return to their hometown, they packed one-thousand fans in to the launch show. The album made the top 130 in the iTunes download charts, and their single ‘Disconnect’ picked up nearly 2,000 views a day in it’s first week.
It’s proven a successful formulae for the Dumfries indie five-piece – coming out of nowhere in late 2011 to become regular festival performers, gaining major supports, radio and TV appearances, and most importantly, the building of a passionate and vocal support.
The band are currently undertaking their UK and European dates for 2013. The new album attempts to capture the energy and intensity of the live show, whilst retaining the musicianship and detailed arrangements that have won them so many followers to date.
The band plan to take on UK and European tour dates throughout 2013.
“If there’s any justice, this band will be selling out stadiums next year”- Ally McCrae, BBC Radio One
“A band that really are destined for greatness – future superstars…may just be Scotland’s best kept secret, but not for long”- Jim Gellatly, The Sun
“This exciting outfit combine rock and electronica in a way reminiscent of early Kasabian, with a fresh, dark twist”- Daily Record
“Great band, great dynamics”- Tony Visconti, producer (Bowie, T-Rex)
Doors: 7.30pm
Admission: £7.00 advance. Ages 14+. Please see entry policy for info.
Tickets: Buy tickets online or call Ticketweb on 08444 77 1000.
SLAVES
B.C. & THE CHAIN GANG
Slaves are a Medway two-piece who trade in dirt cheap, sneering agit-punk that smears its spots with the juices of its lefty ancestors, UK Subs, Crass, Flux of Pink Indians and the like. A pretty thrilling proposition, although so far the band have had relatively little exposure - a fact that might have something to do with their terrifying live reputation.
Global capitalism is clearly something these folks want torn open and ripped to bloody chunks. Themes of wage slavery, cultural malaise and head-exploding ennui inform the nine urgent cum-shots of this self-released and very angry-sounding mini L.P.
Despite the blatancy of Slaves' sentiment, one gets the impression these frustrations are genuine and there's a sense of humour present which saves them from sounding po-faced. "The world's gone AWOL/Looking for a payroll/Everybody's involved" intones Laurie Vincent on 'it's an epidemic', while lyrics like "throw yourself from the 28th floor/take acid in a hardware store" ('suicide') induce mental pictures of cheap thrills and Morrisons' car parks. At their best, they suggest a fusing of The Reatards' teen garage nihilism with the dry detachment of Wire's Colin Newman but they're also likely to flick the overdrive switch on some listeners' cringe receptors.
On the second side, Slaves ramp up their pop sensibilities; 'She grew old' is a standard sexist knees-up in the conceptual mould of The Stooges' 'Your pretty faces is going to hell', while 'White Knuckle Ride', a mid-paced DC style anthem, is easily the best song on the record. "you're so boring when you're nice" moans the chorus, while a lairy outro refrain distils the mysteries of a broken relationship with all the subtlety of a plane crash" - Edgar Smith, NME (reviewing 'Sugar Coated Bitter Truth'
"SOMEBODY PLEASE GET ME THE FUCK OFF THIS RODEO!" has gotta be lyric of the week, right? It's courtesy of Kent two-piece Slaves, who leave the flecks of blood proudly stained on their guitars. Whether they're merely next in line to be the new Iceage/Zulu, or actually the full-blown re-embodiment of Crass for the new generation remains to be seen - but they feature a stand-up drummer who also sings, so they're alright by us. "Genre isn't and issue with these two" we're told. "They are angry young men who are up for a laugh, going out on the lash and wanting to shout about it. No show is complete without the guys taking their shirts off and getting the whole room skanking" - NME (on Slaves being featured as number 1 buzz band of the week).
"Only two members in this garage / punk / skin sounding band. One of those where so much noise from two people seems somehow impossible. This has the energy and attitude that you know instantly is not a front and they mean to shake things up. This is a “genre” of music that gets little if any mainstream play in the UK, and it is a great shame, as hearing this in the middle of a bland radio show would make everyone pay attention – as you should. This is available on a pay what you like download, get it and put your music player on shuffle until it comes up" - Tom Robinson (BBC 6 MUSIC) on 'Nervous Energy'
"Slaves are brilliant. A pair of punks from Maidstone, their spit-in-your face songs contain more comedy, noise and boozed-up aggro than 47 series of Danny Dyer's deadliest men" - The Fly
Doors: 8pm
Admission: £5.00 advance / £7.00 on the door. Ages 14+. Please see entry policy for info.
Tickets: Buy tickets online or call Ticketweb on 08444 77 1000. Alternatively pop into The Kings Head, S4 or UoC Student Unions.
Poster by Gary Nicholson
INDIE NIGHT
Cumbria's biggest indie club night make's it's monthly return with DJs playing the likes of The Smiths, Pulp, Arctic Monkeys, Radiohead, Alt-J, The Beatles, Two Door Cinema Club, The Strokes, The Maccabees, Blondie, The Stone Roses, Bombay Bicycle Club, Sex Pistols, The Rolling Stones, The Kinks, The Cribs, Iggy & The Stooges, The Vaccines, Oasis, The Pixies, Fleetwood Mac, Queens Of The Stone Age, The Horrors, Blur, The White Stripes, The Libertines, The Cure, Nirvana, Maximo Park, The Clash, Kasabian, The Jam and many more.
£1.50 - Selected bottles
£2.00 - Vodka & mixer
£2.00 - Jägerbomb
£2.50 - Red Stripe
Doors: 10pm - 2am
Admission: Free entry before 11pm / £2.00 thereafter. Ages 18+
THE GLADES
PATEGILL PARK
CHEMICAL FICTION
More info coming soon
Doors: 7.30pm
Admission: £4.00 advance / £6.00 on the door. Ages 14+. Please see entry policy for info.
Tickets: Check back soon
The Brickyard is available for private hire, whether it be for a gig, club night or charity fundraiser! Please contact enquiries@thebrickyardonline.com for info.
Raz White Entertainment Presents:
DAVE EVANS (EX-AC/DC)
FYRE POWER
HELLION RISING
BULLETPROOF ROSE
Dave Evans, former singer and co-founder of AC/DC, returns to tour the UK for a 3rd time in 4 years. The tour takes place across June-July with a fitting finale as headline artist on 20th July at Manchester's SOS Festival.
It's equally fitting that in the year AC/DC celebrate their 40th anniversary, Dave returns to his country of birth and as before, will rock with songs taken from his "Judgement Day" album which was released on Rocksector in 2010, plus a special selection of AC/DC songs chosen from his time with the band, as well as songs from the Bon Scott era.
Dave has toured worldwide over the years but the past 3years especially has seen an uplift in interest from the UK. As in 2012 his band the UK Badasses will be Chris Appleton: lead guitar, Martin McNee: drums, Tom Atkinson: lead guitar, Dan Bate: bass.
Audiences will look forward to energetic, highly-charged performances as observed in Powerplay's 8/10 live review from the 2012 tour..."a set of original songs that was peppered with very early AC/DC...a spirited version of Baby Please Don't Go was a highlight and the pairing of Long Way To The Top and Let There Be Rock brought the house down".
Doors: 7.30pm
Admission: £8.00 advance / £10.00 on the door. Ages 14+. Please see entry policy for info.
Tickets: Buy tickets online or call Ticketweb on 08444 77 1000. Alternatively pop into The Kings Head or S4.
The Brickyard is available for private hire, whether it be for a gig, club night or charity fundraiser! Please contact enquiries@thebrickyardonline.com for info.
Poster by Benjamin Walton
THE LUCID DREAM
KONTIKI SUITE
THE DEAD INDIANS
HOLY ARE YOU / JOHNNY THIEVES DJ SETS
"Noisier northern hopes'' - NME
The Lucid Dream were formed in Carlisle, Cumbria, in 2008. On the back of 'Erbistock Mill' EP and 3 sold-out 7" single releases ('Love In My Veins', 'Heartbreak Girl' and 'Hits Me Like I'm Stoned') the band have gained acclaim from the likes of NME, Q, Frank Skinner (Absolute Radio), Steve Lamacq (BBC Radio 2 'Listeners Tip of the Week') and major support from BBC 6 Music (Nemone 'Record of the Weekend', Lauren Laverne, Gideon Coe and Tom Robinson).
"Reverb drenched majesty" - The Fly
Most recently, the band were selected as full UK tour support to A Place To Bury Strangers and followed this up by supporting Death In Vegas. This was on the back of supports to Spectrum, Crocodiles, Captain Beefheart's 'The Magic Band' and The Aliens to name a few.
'Beautiful traditional psychedelia" - Lauren Laverne, BBC 6 Music
The long awaited debut album, 'Songs Of Lies and Deceit' will be released on 1st July 2013 (on CD/download via Holy Are You Recordings, and on limited vinyl via The Great Pop Supplement).
"Jangly psychedelia, listeners tip of the week" - Steve Lamacq, BBC Radio 2
Doors: 8pm
Admission: £5.00 advance. Ages 14+. Please see entry policy for info.
Tickets: Buy tickets online or call Ticketweb on 08444 77 1000. Alternatively pop into The Kings Head or S4.
Raz White Entertainment Presents:
DIE NO MORE - E.P. LAUNCH
BLUE ORIGIN
THE BLACKLIST SAINTS
HEARTBREAK REMEDY
Die No More are a Cumbrian based Metal band that were formerly known as Dynamo. During the recording process of the 'B L U E P R I N T' E.P. the band decided it a wise move to change their name to avoid confusion with a certain little magician fella, and so came about the new monicker.
'B L U E P R I N T' is the band's debut E.P. andc was recorded at Axis Studios with Matt Elliss at the helm. Matt has previously worked with bands such as The Black Spiders, Absolva, Falling Red and Skarlett Riot - all bands that DNM hold in high regard - so he was the first choice to record with. The E.P. will be officially released on the 19th August so this is the prime opportunity for fans, old and new to get their hands on the E.P.
To coincide with the E.P. release, promoter Raz White has organised a very special Rock/Metal Club Night that will feature two DJs: Iggy from RockHard Club in Manchester and Dave Sanders of Falling Red.
Advance tickets, which include entry to the Club Night are priced at £6.00, otherwise entry to the Club Night will have a £3.00 charge from 11.30pm to ages 18+ only.
Doors: 8pm
Admission: £6.00 advance. Ages 14+. Please see entry policy for info.
Tickets: Buy tickets online or call Ticketweb on 08444 77 1000.
The Brickyard is available for private hire, whether it be for a gig, club night or charity fundraiser! Please contact enquiries@thebrickyardonline.com for info.
TRAGEDY
ALL METAL TRIBUTE TO THE BEE GEES AND BEYOND
Tragedy: All Metal Tribute to the Bee Gees and Beyond, has changed the face of music forever. Tragedy takes your favorite Bee Gees, disco and soft-rock classics and reinvents them in a Heavy Metal fashion. The result is aural ecstasy. You may enter the Tragedy experience unaware of your latent appreciation for gooey soft rock or flamboyant metal, but you shall emerge forever humbled by the greatness of Tragedy (and covered in glitter!).
Doors: 7.30pm
Admission: £8.00 advance. Ages 16+
Tickets: Buy tickets online or call Ticketweb on 08444 77 1000.
Poster by Gary Nicholson
INDIE NIGHT
Cumbria's biggest indie club night make's it's monthly return with DJs playing the likes of The Smiths, Pulp, Arctic Monkeys, Radiohead, Alt-J, The Beatles, Two Door Cinema Club, The Strokes, The Maccabees, Blondie, The Stone Roses, Bombay Bicycle Club, Sex Pistols, The Rolling Stones, The Kinks, The Cribs, Iggy & The Stooges, The Vaccines, Oasis, The Pixies, Fleetwood Mac, Queens Of The Stone Age, The Horrors, Blur, The White Stripes, The Libertines, The Cure, Nirvana, Maximo Park, The Clash, Kasabian, The Jam and many more.
£1.50 - Selected bottles
£2.00 - Vodka & mixer
£2.00 - Jägerbomb
£2.50 - Red Stripe
Doors: 10pm - 2am
Admission: Free entry before 11pm / £2.00 thereafter. Ages 18+
DIRTY/DC
Dirty/DC have been playing throughout the UK and Europe since 1998 and have developed a line up and stage show that has made their reputation seriously strong amongst AC/DC fans, whether die hard fanatics or people who just want a good night out, every visual detail has been fine tuned from the wall of Marshalls to Angus's footwear, but most importantly the music delivery and stage show has an impact regularly described as "Awesome!".
Dirty/DC give real value for money with a full 2 hour+ show with all the AC/DC favourites from both Bon and Brian eras. So, if you love AC/DC and really want to rock - Rock up to a Dirty/DC show soon!
"The best tribute band in Britain" - Kerrang!
"This isn’t a tribute, it’s a religious f**king experience!" - Metal Hammer
"A great show, they look and sound just like the real thing" - Classic Rock Magazine
Doors: 8pm
Admission: £8.00 advance / £10.00 on the door. Ages 14+. Please see entry policy for info.
Tickets: Buy tickets online or call Ticketweb on 08444 77 1000.
The Brickyard is available for private hire, whether it be for a gig, club night or charity fundraiser! Please contact enquiries@thebrickyardonline.com for info.
GAZ & DAZ'S VINYL SPINTACULAR
Gaz and Daz are making a return to The Brickyard with their eclectic mix of music, all played on good old fashioned vinyl. Anything goes, from rock to punk, 70s and 80s and 90s classics, indie, plenty of disco, cheesy classics and nothing more recent. If you have your own favourites bring them along and give it an airing. Think Twisted Wheel, Flopps, Benvenuto's crossed with your old school disco and you won't be far away. As always this is a 'Strictly no Meat Loaf' event.
Doors: 9pm
Admission: Free entry before 10pm / £2.00 thereafter. Ages 18+
JAY DIGGINS
PLUS SPECIAL GUESTS
A few facts about him: He was taught how to perform in a band by John Parish. He spent two years learning how to record rock music, with weekly sessions in Yeovil's Icehouse and Small World recording studios, along with John Parish and PJ Harvey.
He won a place on the worlds first Popular Music Sound Recording course at Salford University. A course that was 200 times oversubscribed, tutored by legendary record producer Bill Leader (Davey Graham, Bert Jansch, John Renbourn, Frank Harte).
He writes gritty songs of a wistful, yearning nature, as if he is slightly possessed. With a reedy voice, distinctive guitar and drum accompaniments, the resultant potent sound has a definitive identity.
His self-titled debut album soon to be mixed by John Parish (PJ Harvey, Eels, Tracy Chapman, Giant Sand, Sparklehorse) is scheduled for release on September 20th.
Doors: 8pm
Admission: £5.00 advance. Ages 14+. Please see entry policy for info.
Tickets: Buy tickets online or call Ticketweb on 08444 77 1000.
The Brickyard is available for private hire, whether it be for a gig, club night or charity fundraiser! Please contact enquiries@thebrickyardonline.com for info.
Saturday 5th October 2013
Raz White Entertainment Presents:
FALLING RED - 'EMPIRE OF THE DAMNED'
ALBUM LAUNCH PARTY
KNOCK OUT KAINE
ESTRELLA
Renowned for their fist-pumping, high octane live performances, Falling Red has earned a live reputation that has had them compared to acts such as Green Day, Black Veil Brides and Guns N’ Roses – A reputation that recently led to the band being booked as main support to Steel Panther for their entire November 2012 UK tour.
Doors: 8pm
Admission: £8.00 advance. Ages 14+. Please see entry policy for info.
Tickets: Buy tickets online or call Ticketweb on 08444 77 1000. Alternatively get a ticket, CD and download of the new album all for £16.00 via Pledge Music otherwise pop into The Kings Head or S4.
The Brickyard is available for private hire, whether it be for a gig, club night or charity fundraiser! Please contact enquiries@thebrickyardonline.com for info.
ANTI-PASTI
THE MUFF WIGS
STATE CONTROL
Founded in 1978 in Derby, England, Anti-Pasti comprised of Martin Roper on vocals, Dugi Bell on guitar and with the addition of Stu Winfield on bass and Stan Smith on drums, released their debut EP, Four Sore Points, featuring the all time punk rock classic No Government, on their own Dose record label. They played many gigs in and around Derby and rapidly built up a large following.
Winfield and Smith were soon replaced by Kev Nixon on drums and Will Hoon on bass before the group signed to Rondelet Records and re-released their Four Sore Points EP and the new Let Them Free single in January 1981. Later that year, Anti-Pasti released their debut album, The Last Call. It reached number 1 in the Indie Charts and spent seven weeks in the UK Albums Chart, peaking at No. 31. Their growing profile was confirmed when a third single, Six Guns, appeared at the end of the year and reached number 1 in the UK Indie Chart, as did the successful joint venture with The Exploited on a 12" single EP, Don't Let 'Em Grind You Down. Anti-Pasti along with Exploited and Discharge were part of the now legendary Apocalypse Now Tour which toured the UK in 1981.
Single East To The West was released in 1982, which preceded the final Anti-Pasti album and single, both titled Caution In The Wind, which featured Will Hoon's brother Ollie on guitar. A self-titled singles retrospective surfaced a year later, but the group split in 1983 following the departure of Roper. There was a reunion in 1995, leading to mini-tours of the UK and Germany.
Anti-Pasti's line up consists of Martin Roper, Kev Nixon, Olli Hoon & Ben Hanson, three of the original five members.
Doors: 8pm
Admission: £12.00 advance / £14.00 on the door. Ages 14+. Please see entry policy for info.
Tickets: Buy tickets online or call Ticketweb on 08444 77 1000. Alternatively pop into The Kings Head or S4.
FOCUS
With their unique progressive rock Focus manifested themselves at the start of the seventies as the most successful and the most appreciated of all the Dutch pop-rock exports.
The band were fronted by the much admired duo of Thijs van Leer on the Hammond organ/flute and Jan Akkerman on the guitar. Their hit potential came in the form of a couple of instrumentals, "Hocus Pocus", "House of the King", and "Sylvia", but we shouldn't forget their timeless albums "Moving Waves", "Focus 3" and "Hamburger Concerto". But like all good things, it couldn't last and internal wrangling ended this legendary group.
After an initial careful comeback which resulted in a well received album "Focus 8", the band are now back on the frontline, with a fantastic line-up! Of course the founder member and musical genius Thijs van Leer is still holding the fort. Also back in his old spot is Pierre van der Linden, the drummer who is internationally renowned for his rhythmic skills, and who was and still is a defining factor in the whole Focus sound. Together with Bobby Jacobs who stems from a well acclaimed Dutch musical family, they are responsible for the rhythm section and that unmistakable Focus groove. The talented Niels van der Steenhoven stayed with the band from 2005 till january 2011. Menno Gootjes who participated in Focus in a earlier stage completes the band's line-up.
A new Focus era has arrived. There is a rejuvenated passion in the new compositions, that adorn the new album "Focus 9 / New Skin", which has been released on the famous Red Bullet label of Willem van Kooten. This album and the following gigs will surprise the loyal fans. They will hear once again all the classic Focus tunes and they will be surprised at the strength and depth of the new material.
Doors: 8pm
Admission: £12.00 limited early bird tickets available from The Kings Head and S4 only / £14.00 thereafter / £16.00 on the door. Ages 14+. Please see entry policy for info.
Tickets: Buy tickets online or call Ticketweb on 08444 77 1000. Alternatively pop into The Kings Head or S4.
Cancer Research UK Fundraiser
TRIVERSE MASSACRE
DEKLARATION
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Doors: 8pm
Admission: TBC. Ages 14+. Please see entry policy for info.
Tickets: Check back soon
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Poster by James Bradley
COCKNEY REJECTS
NO THRILLS
GRIPPER
Cockney Rejects were formed in the late Seventies East London as an answer to the art school punk that had dominated the scene up until then.
Fiercely working class in stance and attitude, the band eschewed the political ramblings of punk’s first wave and sang about the circumstances that surrounded them and millions of street kids in Britain’s inner cities- Police harassment, street battles and football to name three.
Signed by EMI after playing four local gigs (less than the pistols!) they found themselves playing sell out tours the length and breadth of the UK and seeing their debut album storm the charts.
In 1980 the band recorded a riotous version of ‘I’m forever blowing bubbles’ to celebrate the fact that their beloved West Ham United had reached the FA cup final that year, but their devotion to all things claret and blue proved to be their downfall as the gigs became battlegrounds between the band and rival supporters, culminating in the vicious ‘Battle of Birmingham’ that led to serious criminal charges that in turn led to the band being finished as a touring unit.
With the band’s first phase being over, in the interim they were discovered by a brand new fanbase such as US bands Rancid and Green Day, who cherished the Rejects and their terrace punk singalong anthems which, in turn, inspired a new generation of kids to check them out.
Due to overwhelming demand, the band returned to the live circuit in 2000, and have since gone from strength to strength, playing to hundreds of thousands of people across the globe with a live set that is so energetic that it has to be seen to be believed.
Doors: 8pm
Admission: £14.00 advance / £16.00 on the door. Ages 14+. Please see entry policy for info.
Tickets: Buy tickets online or call Ticketweb on 08444 77 1000. Alternatively pop into The Kings Head or S4.
GAZ & DAZ'S VINYL SPINTACULAR
Gaz and Daz are making a return to The Brickyard with their eclectic mix of music, all played on good old fashioned vinyl. Anything goes, from rock to punk, 70s and 80s and 90s classics, indie, plenty of disco, cheesy classics and nothing more recent. If you have your own favourites bring them along and give it an airing. Think Twisted Wheel, Flopps, Benvenuto's crossed with your old school disco and you won't be far away. As always this is a 'Strictly no Meat Loaf' event.
Doors: 9pm
Admission: Free entry before 10pm / £2.00 thereafter. Ages 18+.