Damnably is proud to present:

‘International World (smog) Day’

Sunday April 22nd 2007
@Bloomsbury Bowling Lanes
(basement of) Tavistock Hotel,
Bedford Way. London wc1h 9eu
Cost : £5.00/£3.50 AdvanceDoors 5pm
0207 183 1979
Damnably pays tribute to Bill Callahan and the music of (smog) with:

9.30 Wintergreen:
London based five piece-who utilize magical keyboards/guitars, huge vocals from Annie and Andy and crazy fast fingered bass from Jona to make a catchy original quirky complex Post Alt. Pop. www.myspace.com/wintergreenband

8.30 Airport Girl:
London based lush spikey Americana-Pop sensation, from the Fortuna Pop label.
"Swathed in Cosmic Country Shimmer...A toasty soundtrack to duvet-wrapped winter despondency" - METRO
"Mesmerising...” - The Guardian
"Airport Girl still have that undying sensibility of creating sorrowful yet swooning epics in equal measures" - Drowned in Sound
www.myspace.com/shamboliclofiindiepop

7.30 Fight Fire With Water:
Ashby-de-la-Zouch math rock/Post Punk chaps who are produce complex mystifying music and dead sexy looking to boot.
www.myspace.com/fightfirewithwater

6.30 MJ Hibbett and The Validators:
• Released three albums, eight singles and appeared on loads of compilations
• Had an international hit with the video of their song "Hey Hey 16k" - 3,000,000 downloads
• Written songs by request for Steve Lamacq's BBC6 show and performed them live on air.
The king of optimistic, funny, exciting indie pop and sometimes rock! music. He does make the world a better place. Come and glean some happiness from the man. www.myspace.com/mjhibbett

5.45 Former Utopia:
Actual East London born black humoured miserablists.
"Pretty and complex, melodic and intricate, fragile and full all at the same time" -Robots and Electric Brains.
“Bit of a corker if you ask me though”-Losing Today
“Live, ‘Former Utopia’ is like Smog on Holiday in Shellac….double scary and uniformly astounding!” DIS.
www.myspace.com/formerutopia

5.00 Simon breed: Gentle London based dog head wearing giant, whose slow songs unfurl and lick your face beautifully
Melodically beautiful, lyrically barbed." TIME OUT
"Like Jeff Buckley with tourette's." NME. www.myspace.com/simonbreed
Damnably Disco will play (Smog)/ Joanna Newson and a selection of John Peel clips in-between and after the bands until 12.
The Bowling Lanes is the best place to spend a Sunday with your mates, watching great bands and listening to music that you will never usually hear in a club. There are: Films on in the cinema, huge Burgers in the Burger Bar, Cheap Bowling, A comfy chill-out Zone, cheap Czech Beer and the Venue is only 5mins
walk from Holborn, Euston or Russell Square.
more information and listen to the bands at www.myspace.com/damnablypresents

Tickets: Price: £5.00 www.wegottickets.com/event/16650 Limited number of concessionary tickets available Priced: £3.50@ www.wegottickets.com/event/16651

Please request which (smog) songs you want the DJ to play at the disco.