Patrick Wolf

Victoria Park

Train: Hackney Wick (8 mins)

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Patrick Wolf

Having been born in County Cork, grown up in London and travelled across Europe in an orchestra, eleven-year-old Patrick Wolf was something of an eccentric, escaping from school troubles on a stolen four-track with viola in hand.

After running from home as a young'un to reside in a run-down lodging on the Richmond riverside, he soon garnered the attentions of Fat Cat Records, who provided Wolf with given an Atari and mixing desk to start recording songs 'properly'.

He found the writings of Angela Carter and the music of Joni Mitchell to be a great inspiration - the way that Mitchell brought the folk narrative and intimacy into pop electricity and the way Carter took fairytales and brought out all the symbols of wolves and ghosts to express her own emotions.

These influences can take Wolf's music in bizarre musical directions, as he fuses dark and haunting tracks alongside childlike rhythmic verse.

Following the critical acclaim that came with Wind In The Wires and debut release Lycanthropy, The Magic Position follows a similarly twisted pop sensibility.»

The Pigeon Detectives

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The Pigeon Detectives are: Matt (Vocals), Oliver (Guitar), Ryan (Guitar), Dave (Bass), and Jimmi (Drums)

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Mystery Jets

• Blaine Harrison - vocals, percussion, keys
• Will Rees - guitar, keys, backing vocals
• Henry Harrison - guitar, keys, mellotron, backing vocals
• Kai Fish - bass, backing vocals
• Kapil Trivedi - drums

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Ladyhawke

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The Whip

Including ex-members of Nylon Pylon, Danny Saville and Bruce Carte. A mix of electronics and guitars.

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The Horrors

The Horrors are Southend-spawned but London-based goth-y-punks: a little Eighties Matchbox, a little Cramps. You get the deal, aye.

They are known as:

FARIS BADWAN - VOCALS
TOMETHY FURSE - DANELECTRO LONGHORN BASS
JOSHUA VON GRIMM - FENDER JAGUAR
COFFIN JOE - BANGS THE DRUMS
SPIDER WEBB - VOX CONTINENTAL ORGAN

Those aren't names!

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Little Boots

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Hadouken!

London nu-rave/electro quartet.

James Smith (vocals)
Alice Spooner (synths)
Nick Rice (drums)
Chris Purcell (bass)
Daniel Rice (guitar)

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Metronomy

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Tinchy Stryder

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JME

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Rusko

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Caspa

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Kissy Sellout

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Santigold

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Esser

Aka Ben Esser, formerly of Ladyfuzz»

Golden Silvers

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Rolo Tomassi

A veritable smorgasbord of styles, these female-helmed discotech thrashers specialise in adrenaline-soaked, keyboard-laden art-punk that jerks, jolts and jigs with an ultra-camp temperamentality.

The band's debut self-titled EP was released in late 2006 via Holy Roar and subsequently sold out; a re-pressing featuring bonus tracks is available now.

Edward Dutton - drums
Joe Nicholson - guitar
Eva Spence - vocals
James Spence - keyboards
Joseph Thorpe - bass

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Tommy Sparks

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Flashguns

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The XX

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Lo-Fi Culture Scene

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Pull In Emergency

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Video Nasties

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The Chapman Family

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Rosie And The Goldbug

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Tomb Crew

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Lion Club

Lion Club formed early 2006 as a 4 piece; Lewis(15); Matt(16); Alex.B(16); and Kurt(15). We played several local gigs under the name of The Capulets until July time when we played our first London show with Trafalgar. We played another several shows with the likes of; The Enemy; The Svengalis; Talk Taxis; and Dustins Bar Mitzvah, until in September we decided to have a break and decide what we wanted to do. Out went Kurt and in came the drum machine. We found the sound we enjoyed playing and got ourselves a new name. In March 2007, we played our first gig as Lion Club; since then we've been billed with bands such as; We Smoke Fags; Ulterior; Party Shank; Vicarious Bliss (Ed Banger); and Autokratz (Kitsune). We are currently writing new material, and preparing our live set for our forthcoming summer shows. Bring on 2007! The Lion's have arrived.

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