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Radiator
Post-punk band Radiator filter the realities of living in 21st century Britain through urgent, raw music.

The five-piece bring to mind Joy Division at their most frantic, The Ramones at their most combustible, and The Smiths at their most direct.

The group have sold out shows in London and picked up support from BBC 6 Music DJ Steve Lamacq.

Having signed to No Distance Records earlier this year, the group’s debut EP is slated for release in the autumn.

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/radiatorbanduk/

Den
Alt rock band Den blend a blistering mix of post-punk, art rock, neo-folk and prog elements into their own unique and intense fusion, taking influence from a variety of artists like Shame, Geese, Radiohead, The Smile and Black Country, New Road

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/den.band_

Dead Romantics
A Cambridge based band playing their own unique brand of original post punk. Fronted by the charismatic David Quinn, they take diverse influences from Joy Division, David Bowie and the Beatles to provide a unique hard rocking experience.

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/deadromanticsband

Taking their name from an antiquated and somewhat charming Irish term for lout, ruffian, or street urchin, Gurriers formed in January 2020, initially comprising Dan Hoff on lead vocals, Ben O’Neill on guitar and backing vocals, Mark MacCormack on guitar, Pierce O’Callaghan on drums and Emmet White on bass, who has since amicably left the band and been replaced by Charlie McCarthy.

Hailing from various parts of Ireland, Gurriers met in Dublin. They believed they were destined to connect creatively in a meaningful way, so they formed a band. We don?t need to dwell too much on how events in early 2020 temporarily stalled their progress. “All we wanted to do was be back in a room together and practice,” Dan Hoff recalls. “I remember one stage screaming into my pillow because of the extended lockdowns.?

Instead of doom scrolling on their phones, baking banana bread, or bingeing on box sets, Gurriers seized an opportunity to hone their vision and advance their ambition. Over numerous Zoom calls, they meticulously discussed every single aspect of the band, plotting strategies at a time when venues, studios, and rehearsal rooms were shuttered shut. The silence spurned the fledgling group on to make a bigger, more beautifully abrasive noise.

Miki Berenyi Trio are Miki Berenyi on vocals/guitar (Lush), Kevin ‘Moose’ McKillop on guitar (Moose) and Oliver Cherer (Gilroy Mere, Aircooled). The three musicians first worked together during Piroshka’s 2021 tour, Miki and Kevin being founder members, Oliver coming in on bass to replace Mick Conroy (Modern English) who had moved to the US.

When the global pandemic made touring impossible, Miki spent the lockdown months writing her memoir, “Fingers Crossed”, released in 2022 to widespread acclaim. To provide some musical accompaniment for the string of book events and signings, Miki Berenyi Trio was formed.

The band has developed a momentum of its own, touring with the Wedding Present and Gang of Four and sold out London co-headline show with Aircooled.

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“…a muscular slug of sugar-coated power rock” – Q Magazine

October Drift have gained a strong word-of-mouth following since exploding onto the music scene.

Despite the early success of their incendiary debut singles – receiving support from Steve Lamacq, John Kennedy and Q Magazine to name but a few – and a string of sold-out gigs, this band still remain something of an enigma.

October Drift’s music is similarly ambiguous, characterised by their signature wall of sound guitars, soaring, ponderous vocals and driving, urgent drums.

The band have gained a reputation for delivering blistering, high-energy live shows, and we can’t wait to welcome them back.

Live Laugh Love. It’s a phrase you might encounter in a certain type of cursive on the wall of a certain type of home. On the opposite end of the mood board, it’s also a stick-and-poke tattoo on Chastity Belt guitarist/vocalist Julia Shapiro’s left ankle (just below a highly improvised Shrek), and the title of the band’s fifth album. It’s fun, it’s funny, but it’s also sincere, not unlike the band’s history – a joke that became real because it was always real – and the enduring bond that has been their band’s foundation for the past 13 years.

In their decade-plus together, the four-piece – Shapiro, Lydia Lund (guitar, vocals), Gretchen Grimm (drums, vocals), and Annie Truscott (bass, vocals) – have created a resonant body of work. The early days of “Nip Slip” and “Pussy Weed Beer” (hits from their iconic debut full-length “No Regerts”, which recently celebrated 10 years) and the “Cool Slut” era of 2015’s “Time To Go Home” were raucous bonanzas of dry wit and self-evident feminism. A newfound gravity on 2017’s “I Used to Spend So Much Time Alone” shifted the lyrical mood toward introspection as they continued to refine their trademark sound: lush intertwining guitars, meticulous rhythms, a careful balance of melancholy and optimism. Two years later, the dreamy Chastity Belt marked a renewal of vows to their musicianship and friendship, each member coming into their own as artists, convening with a fresh perspective on collaboration.

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Massive night of two of the biggest bands to spring out of the 1990s! Not Radiohead celebrate the music of Radiohead in this, the 30th anniversary of the era defining album, The Bends, while Nerdvana bring the stagediving and moshing peak of Nirvana to life!

Hotly-tipped Cambridge-based seven piece The Orchestra (For Now) have released their first ever song “Wake Robin”.

Winners of this year’s edition of Green Man Rising, opening the main stage at the acclaimed tastemaker festival, and fresh off the back of two sold out shows at London’s St Pancras Old Church, the band have also just announced their next London headline at the ICA on 10th April.

“Wake Robin” should not be the work of a band releasing their first song. A dextrous multi-limbed assault on the senses, “Wake Robin” is an 8 minute odyssey, welding orchestral movements with rapid fire drumming and a preacher on the mountain top vocal delivery. The Orchestra (For Now) emphatically bring all these strands together with a confidence and delivery that is a testament to their months of live experience and careful development of their sound.

“The Orchestra (For Now) are further cementing their prime position among next year’s ones to watch.” – DIY Magazine

“It feels no exaggeration to say that the bands debut is one of the most highly anticipated of the year.” – So Young

“A completely distinctive sound, hugely progressive in scope and tone.” – Clash Magazine

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