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About Me

The High Society AKA High Soc is the University of Nottingham 's Alternative and Indie Music Society and is here to satisfy your indie urges whilst you are at Nottingham University.

If we're being honest, we know that the term 'indie' is near useless. As is the amorphous 'alternative', for that matter. But heck- it's all we've got- and we need some totem, no matter how vague, to organise our little society around.

To that end, we welcome anyone who considers themself a fan of indie music into our fold- however they define that troublesome term. We truly, honestly, absolutely, totally believe we have plenty to offer to anyone who considers themself an indie fan whether their favourite magazine is NME or The Wire; their favourite group Arctic Monkeys or Lightning Bolt. The discounts on gigs and clubnights across the indie spectrum (organised by Highsoc or otherwise) mean that you'll easily earn your money back- but there's more to us than financial gain; plenty of current and former members will testify that they've made some of their best friends through Highsoc.

But if you're a member and you don't think we're giving you what you want, let us know; come and DJ at one of our events; suggest a band you'd like to see. Because you are Highsoc, after all.
Forthcoming shows...

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 9/1/2005
Band Website: highsoc.com
Band Members: Bands we've put on include (in no particular order)...

Vincent Vincent & The Villains
Akala
Broken Family Band
Bullet Union
Harry & The Potters
volcano!
The Rapture
Felix
We Show Up On Radar
Midget & Giant
Shitdisco
Black Wire
Lovvers
Klaxons
Envy & Other Sins
Pifco
The Holy Awesome
Distophia
Seachange
Youthmovie Soundtrack Strategies
65*daysofstatic
The Holloways
Bolt Action Five
Tokyo Sex Destruction
Envelopes
Monster Bobby
Yellow Stripe Nine
I Had An Inkling
The Lucida Console
Computerman
The Blood Arm
Francois
You Slut!
House of Brothers
Adrian Orange
Cats in Paris
Phamton Dog
The Saboteurs
Kailash
The Sigma
Lonely Ghosts vs Tumbledown Estate
The Duloks
Gentle, Friendly
My Sad Captains
The Grace Kelly Footage
The Butterfly
Misty's Big Adventure
Ebenezer & The Scrooges
Dive Dive
I Love Sarah
Joe Jones
SJ Esau
Diego Garcia
The Exploits of Elaine
Omatic
Cats and Cats and Cats
Jones of Colorado
Epic 45
July Skies
The Creeping Nobodies
Mucky Sailor
Broken Arm
The Exploits of Elaine
Grouper
Gareth S Brown
Gareth Hardwick
Puttin' on the Ritz
Cowtown
Chops
Mirror! Mirror!
Gay Against You
TeTsuo
Human Hair
Prawn in the Sea
Lovvers
You Slut!
Kailash
Vialka
Safetyword
Papier Tigre
Tigers!
Les Etoiles
The Anvil
The Mournin' After
The Prevention
Sea Mullet

Influences: Keeping true to the spirit of indie, we cover a vast range of genres. As well as what most people would define as indie proper (The Smiths, The Libs, Sonic Youth, Klaxons, Pixies, Oasis, The Cure, Radiohead, Interpol, Bloc Party, Franz, bands the NME would like etc etc), we also cover the more leftfield side of the genre: from the alt-country, slo-core ramblings of Will Oldham, Low, Ryan Adams and Devendra Banhart to the most expansive post-rock like Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Slint and Sigur Ros. Not to mention the rantings of art-punk, post-punk and post-hardcore from The Blood Brothers to Joy Division to Gang of Four; to the American indie of Pavement, Modest Mouse and Neutral Milk Hotel; to the most bleepy lovely electronic music such as Aphex Twin and Boards of Canada; to the alt-hop of the Anticon label and cLOUDDEAD. This is not forgetting people like Iggy Pop, The Velvet Underground, The Beatles, Dylan, Bowie et al! All washed down with a healthy dollop of jazz, metal and electronica.
Sounds Like:
Type of Label: Indie

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Greetings to new and old...

A warm welcome to one and all! Whether fresh-faced freshers or veterans of the long, hard moving day, we're hoping the High Society has something to offer for all indie music fans this year....
Posted by High Society on Sat, 22 Sep 2007 05:00:00 PST