Saul Williams

Cats And Cats And Cats, This Town Needs Guns, and DiS DJs

Venue:
Barden's Boudoir, Hackney »

Lineup: Saul Williams, Cats And Cats And Cats, This Town Needs Guns, DiS DJs

Date: 07/11/2007

Price: £6 on door

Info: DiS co-promoted show, with Tours, Bombs, etc, featuring spoken word set from poet/emcee Saul Williams; adv tickets here

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About the venue

Barden's Boudoir

A lengthy yet intimate cavern underneath a disused Dalston furniture store.»

About the artists

Never before has the power of word and our ability to dictate our reality been expressed so clearly and creatively, at once. Saul's poetry represents an evolution of thought, artistry and spiritual consciousness delivered with the lyrical fervor of hip hop and the grace and linguistic mastery of Shakespeare. Saul channels the voice of the New Age, yet, allows a wide ranging stream of consciousness to distort the melody like some sort of lyrical Hendrix. »

Cats And Cats And Cats

Cats and Cats and Cats are:

Ben (Vocals, Guitar)
Doug (Drums)
Tom (Bass, Backing vocals)
Eve (Violin, Beatbox)
Adam (Synths and Guitar)

One of the more excellent post rock outfits around, Cats and Cats and Cats put you in mind of a Mogwai or Mew that likes flowers and pretty girls in red dresses and such.

This Town Needs Guns

Stuart Smith – vocals / guitar
Tim Collis – guitar
Matt Bennington – drums, string arrangements
Dan Adams – bass
Jody Prewett – piano
George Pringle – guest vocals on ‘Hippy Jam Fest’

When a band's hometown is Oxford you would probably expect to see a name like Inspector Morse and The Cycling Students rather than This Town Needs Guns, but this bright-eyed, bushy-tailed foursome obviously have a different outlook to the rest of us. Or perhaps they know something we don't? Or maybe it's just a name and it doesn't matter anyway? What does matter is that This Town Needs Guns are one of the best bands this fine city currently has to offer.

Joining the end of the 'great Oxford bands breaking out' queue - headed by Radiohead, accompanied by Supergrass, quickly followed by Youthmovies, Fell City Girl and many others - This Town Needs Guns are well deserving of their local luminaries' shoulder rubbing position. Sweetly blending influences such as Biffy Clyro, American Football, Sunny Day Real Estate, Mineral and Texas Is The Reason, there's something refreshing about their charmingly piano-tinged sound.

Featuring guest vocals from Oxford neighbour and good friend George Pringle, 'Hippy Jam Fest (The Likes Of Which Has Never Been Seen)' is released by Big Scary Monsters Records on September 25th on 7" vinyl (with free CD so not to exclude the analogue haters) in a lovely hand-made package. It/they will be found in shops nationwide via Shellshock Distribution and online at www.bsmrocks.com and all of the usual outlets.

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