First off, dont be confused..we aint a band..
UpComing Shows -
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First friday, every month, Needleandthread presents... {yet another series of} dirty great big nights out.. @ JAMM bar, 261 Brixton road..
{nearest tube : oval / brixton}
{buses: 159,N59,333,133,N3}
running 8pm-4am, £4 before 9pm, (afterwards its £7 / £6 with flyer, or NUS)..
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its the night out youve been waiting for! so far, on
friday april 4th, we have experimental lectronics, live bands, hiphop crews, artists, bizarre performances, live visuals, singer/songwriters, djs playing funk, hiphop, reggae, soul, rock n roll, gypsy breaks, ragga, dubstep, breakbeat, jungle, drum n bass, dancehall, glitchcore, and generally good stuffness..
on fri may 2nd so far, we have live bands
Ed Cox ~ clowncore master - junglist accordian, and tekno-folk..
Chik Budo ~ beats, breaks, and brass.. badass..
Zej ~ a stompingly live breaks band..
Bogus Gasman ~ 8-piece dub-core oi-punk, bit ska-y..
Bonobo Hobos ~ beautifully lyrical hiphop all the way from Bristol..
DJ
Penny Metal ~ traditional gypery tunage
Mr Hovis ~ wholegrain audio goodness
SunMonkey ~ eclectic muso blend
in the bar, short circus will be providing their usual tweaked out glitchtronica, with the likes of;
UCNT ~ ultra tight avvin-it synthetic drum-n-breaks ..
Schemeboy ~ a bit-storm of disturbing proportions..
Patscan ~ sticky stomping and cheeky bliptronics..
Jones Deviation ~ his wax, but in your ears..
Uncle Smutfist ~ now thats just silly....
plus the usual shenanigans from the Tealeaf Collective, 6M leaps of faith from a Goliath Frog, Live art from LuxProdux, Illegal Guff, Kitten, and myriad others.. visuals by itistv, and Cafe Cairo will be providing decor and shisha..
myspace.com/ ...
..edcoxlife4land
..chikbudo
..zejmusic
..schemeboy
..patscan
..unclesmutfist
..bogusgasman
..bonobohobos
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so far, Thursday 8th May, NeedleandThread Presents ~ Inner Terrestrials {South-Londons most avin it punk band} headlining the HALF MOON, 10 HALF MOON LANE,
with support; BlackFire, {Navajo Indian punk trio} , Bogus Gasman {oi-core, ska-punk} , Babar Luck {Frankenstanee words of wisdom} ...
its gonna be a banger!
http://www.myspace.com/innerterrestrials..
http://www.myspace.com/blackfirerocks..
http://www.myspace.com/bogusgasman..
http://www.myspace.com/babarluck..
BLACKFIRE is a Native American (Diné) traditionally influenced, high-energy, politically driven group comprised of two brothers and their sister. BLACKFIRE played their first show in 1989, since then they have toured national and internationally, with countless U.S. tours (including a recent stint on the Van’s Warped Tour), 10 European tours, treks to Canada, Mexico and even twice to the sub-Saharan deserts of Africa.
This is a very rare gig for South London!
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on friday june 6th so far, at Brixton JAMM, (261 Brixton Road) we have live bands
Le Shark ~ Foot-stompingly good, skilled with the verbiage..
~ ~ V.S. ~ ~
My Panda Shall Fly ~ soundscaped bleeps, endangered beats..
Stig Noise Sound System ~ 6-piece liverpudlian noise core..
Hooverville ~ putting the cleaning implement into vaudeville..
DJs..
Martin Sage ~ broken noise, with musical interludes..
Mr Hovis ~ the bakers dozing..
myspace.com/ ...
..lesharkband
..mpfs
..stignoise
..joeyherzfeldandhooverville
..martinsage
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any other ideas? let us know..
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{Every Tuesday} - Half Moon open mic
@ Half Moon pub, 10 half moon lane SE24 9hu, herne hill..
doors 8pm - midnight, sign-up from 7pm..
free entrance, EVERY tuesday! pub prices.. get down here and grab a drink, for an eclectic evening of musical and spoken performances, from some of south londons finest.. we have a large stage, a fat sound system, a professional sound engineer, and a nice chilled, responsive atmosphere.. get down early with your instruments / words to sign up to perform, as it can get quite busy.. or, of course, just come down, relax, and enjoy some great music from a random, lively, and eclectic bunch of south londons musical massive..
The pub has a long tradition of live music. The list of names to have graced the stage over the past 25 years is very impressive, The Police, Van Morrison and U2 have all played the half moon in their younger days.. and you?
check www.needleandthread.org, for recordings of some of the performers, or www.halfmoonpub.co.uk for details of the venue..
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Open Jam Session..
Every Thursday..
@The ALMA, 95 Church St..
Cripple Palace..
And if that wasnt enough, Needleandthread presents.. The ALMA open jam.. Every Thursday! it starts off about eight, and will be hosted by different groups of musicians each week.. we have a drum kit and a piano down there, a couple mics, and some line inputs, so come down to Crystal Palace, and bring an instrument, or some vocal chords.. or a timid love of performance that leaves you sat at the side air guitaring free jazz licks.. its all good..
we understand..
we play all kindsa music..
cept bad music..
Mostly..
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