MMISL's last gig with Toby

MMISL's last gig with Toby at London The Enterprise, Mon 26 Nov

Review by Mike Diver

It’s not the end of anything, really – nobody’s died, and we’re all going to walk out into the night in one piece. But there’s still a tiny tingle in the throat, the merest lump... it’s a growing pain, and it’ll pass.»

The Enterprise

Train: Primose Hill (3 mins)
Tube: Chalk Farm (3 mins)

Sometimes home to Barfly Acoustic.

Sam Isaac

MySpace

The Sam Isaac show frequently resembles an indie cottage industry. Friends make artwork, do recording, direct music videos and carry clipboards. Perfect strangers sell his CDs. Sam’s part of the bargain is donning an acoustic guitar, a Casio keyboard or occasionally just his own voice and making the music that is at the centre of all of this.

Counting Bright Eyes, The Spinto Band and Ed Harcourt amongst his influences, twenty-year-old Sam grew up in the sleepy town of Malvern in the West Midlands before moving to East London in 2005. Having self-released two mini albums, both of which recieved glowing reviews and national radio play, April saw Sam Isaac releasing a split 10" with Luke Leighfield on Mannequin Republic - the new label of Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly's Sam Duckworth. He has recently done sessions on Janice Long's Radio 2 show, Huw Stephens' Radio 1 show and John Kennedy's Xfm show and has been played by Zane Lowe and Steve Lamacq on Radio 1. Sam has spent the summer touring UK festivals, including Wireless, Glastonbury, Truck and Latitude.

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The New 1920

The New 1920 have only been playing live for a short time, but have already made an impression that is rapidly gaining them a solid fanbase and a reputation for being one of the most energetic bands to recently emerge from the South Wales music scene. Mixing equal parts indie and rock together with rhythmic vocal melodies and hook filled choruses the quartet deliver songs that are sharp bursts of kinetic energy designed to dance to. All this put together with off the hook live performances and a sold out single has won them support slots with Kids in Glass Houses, Get cape, Wear cape, Fly, and The Blackout, a place on various festival bills throughout the summer and a U.k and European tour with Lostprophets. The New 1920 were voted new band of the week on New York radio station Channel 1301 and have received airplay and support from both Radio 1 and Xfm. The new single 'Torpedo Libido' is out in early November. - band's own, October 2007

Meet Me In St. Louis

Paul - drums
Benny - guitar
Toby - vocals
Oli - guitar
Lewis - bass

Meet Me In St Louis - featuring former members of Escanna and Strobe 45 - play indie which is both beautiful AND schizophrenic, don't you know. Think Minus The Bear, American Football, Blood Brothers...

They've an EP out (released May 2006) through Function records - And with the right kind of eyes you can almost see the high water mark - that place where the wave finally broke and rolled back.

A debut album, Variations On Swing, was released through Big Scary Monsters in September 2007. It was produced by Alex Newport (At The Drive-In, The Pattern, Icarus Line, The Locust). The band broke up in early 2008.

MySpace my face!

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