The Underground Stage
“Straight Arrows kick off King Street Crawl with a *blistering* lunchtime opener, their first of – count ‘em – four gigs today. As opening salvos go, it’s going be hard to follow, and the slightly bleary crowd here at Wayward’s are now fully awoken. Upwards!” Facebook | Instagram | Twitter [flickr_set id=”72157699282291011”]
“A Swayze & The Ghosts are just full of the bonkers. So twitchy it’s like they’re plugged in, playing for their very lives. Such a great band to watch and hear, there are fewer bands that will give you this much bang, no how matter how much buck you give them. Fucking awesome.” Facebook | […]
“Dive Bell are driven by synths, but also by something deeper and more submerged that that. This is precision and dream-state, all sorts of evocative, the kind of cinema that makes you want to look away but that you can’t stop watching. It’s really bloody impressive.” Facebook | Instagram [flickr_set id=”72157672697280448″]
“Buzz Kull – one man, one mic, one synth, absolutely no bastard lighting at all – is as dark as the picture. As dark as Gary Numan, in the middle of a field, in the middle of nowhere, in the middle of the night – that level of dark. Impenetrable.” Facebook | Instagram | Twitter
“Just Breathe bring funk, a trumpet, and no small degree of RHCP to Sunday night, as technical as a maths lesson in points but which soars like a blimming bird at others. Throttles wide open, on all counts.” Facebook | Instagram [flickr_set id=”72157670317016227″]
“The Small Press have more than a touch of the No Doubts about them, and really what the hell’s wrong with that? Big bloody songs, delivered with a roaringly large voice, and everyone’s having a damn ball. Grand, like a church ceiling.” Facebook > | Instagram [flickr_set id=”72157700027507864″]
“What a fantastic noise Swedish Sensibilities make! If you love Bon Iver or obscure UK indie legends Fanfarlo, or – best of all – the cello, this wonderful, gentle noise is for you. Which, basically, should be all of you. Just lovely, fur-lined stuff.” Facebook https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLUNveKSDKk&feature=share [flickr_set id=”72157698757899161″]
“Jimmy Sea opens up this Sunday night slowdown – just him, a tiny acoustic guitar and some pretty sizeable songs drawn from the well of Wombats and Jack Johnson. A smoothly-poured voice and some witty lyrics – the references in his “Ode To London” even make a black-hearted wretch like me homesick for the place […]
“Alexis Pepper is an art-artist, not a band, but is live-painting as tonight’s Artist In Residence at Symposium’s Sunday night showcase. I *love* her stuff – oodles of anime, sharp corners and high-contrast, with enough Jamie Hewlett to make sure I buy a print. Get her stuff now, the world looks better with it in […]