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Grand designs: Artrocker festival imminent

by Kev Kharas [Edit this content] ▾ 2 comments 16:15 January 14th, 2008

Artrocker magazine have announced details of their annual festival, taking place over the course of four nights at the Buffalo Bar in Islington, North London before moving down the road to the Academy for a grand finale.

The events, hosted by critics of the ‘art-rock’ genre, will run thus:

At Buffalo Bar, Islington
8.30pm - 1am
£6 or free to members (Membership here)
+ Artrocker DJs Plimsoles + Richard Davis

15th January
Hatcham Social
Damn Shames
Thomas Tantrum

16th January
So So Modern
The Ghost Frequency
Maths Class

17th January
Ipso Facto
Elle S’Appelle
John and Jehn

18th January
Johnny Foreigner
Elle Milano
My Psychoanalyst

At Islington Academy
5.30pm - 10pm
£12 Advance from Academy Box Office or Ticketweb.co.uk

19th January
Good Shoes
Victorian English Gentlemen’s Club
Bombay Bicycle Club
The Answering Machine
Popular Workshop
Official Secrets Act
Lo-Fi Culture Scene

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That Saturday line-up

is looking splendid.

SeymourMBA | 14 Jan '08, 17:05 | X | Reply

i might concur.

shadyadie @SeymourMBA | 15 Jan '08, 14:50 | X | Reply

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