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Manatees, Down I Go, Bossk at London Brixton The Windmill, Mon 11 Jun

Review by Mike Diver

Manatees are a beacon, a guiding light; follow them, bravely, and fortune will surely favour you. Few bands make me feel so happy to be able to write about music for a living; hopefully a handful of you will take this bait and become a sucker for their stirring performances, too...»

Brixton The Windmill

Capacity: 130

Nearest tube: Brixton

Directions: Walk up Brixton Hill (the one with the Fridge at the bottom of it) for about 10-15 minutes and turn onto Blenheim Gardens (there's a Co-op Funeral Services and a traffic light at the end of the street). Busses which go up Brixton Hill are 159, 109, 133, 59, 118.

DiS puts on regular nights here.

For some reason, this venue has two big dogs which roam about on the roof. It is certainly a venue with 'character'.

A fair mix of bands and styles, inc open mic nights, 'The People's Republic Of Disco' and the 'Twisted AM Lounge' on Sundays (mainly alt.country and off-kilter Pavement-y type rock bands). - Adie Nunn

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Manatees

Manatees are Greg Wynne, Alex Macarte and Paul Heron.

The band's sound is one indebted to drone forefathers such as Swans and Boris, and also draws influences from Pink Floyd and Old Man Gloom.

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"Manatees are the first UK act to mix black-hearted doom metal with the technical complexity of Red-era King Crimson."
UNCUT

“One of the most ambitious albums of 2006.”
Rock Sound

Down I Go

Down I Go, they sound like...

Earthquakes, tidal waves, swarms of disease carrying mosquitoes, burning houses, sinking ships, exploding reactors, starving dinosaurs, Bostonites drowning in treacle, fatal coughing fits, burning hair, stock market crash, planes falling from the sky...

Photograph by Nigel Crane

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