I CONCUR

It's a pretty powerful package. I Concur bring some dark-edged indie and even screwed-up Americana to the post-rock mix; specifically the bleakly rumbling rhythms of Joy Division and the widescreen atmospherics of Josh T Pearson, as well as shades of fellow Leeds gloomscapers iLiKETRAiNS. I Concur create a mellow, menacing sense of excitement with their sweeping floods of enigmatic guitar work.

www.myspace.com/iconcurband

THE FOUNTAIN

The Fountain are influenced by various forms of modern culture, lowbrow and highbrow, no brow and eyebrow. The Fountain walk a lofty tightrope minus safety net between the popular and the rather bloody strange.

www.myspace.com/thefountain

SERPENTINE PAD

At first glance, Manchester five-piece Serpentine Pad appear almost confoundingly chaotic, their tunes writhing and slithering all over the place in a viper's nest of coiled guitar lines and tangled bass...There's definitely a nod to Sonic Youth and Pixies in there, as many have already commented. Perhaps even stronger influences come from the likes of Captain Beefheart and Shellac (imagine a cross between the two, and you're approaching the ball-park...just about). Far more importantly though, there's also a generous helping of originality - Serpentine Pad don't sound quite like any other band around at the moment, and that alone is worthy of high praise" Metro 2008

www.myspace.com/serpentinepadmusic

WITH THAT KNIFE

"blindingly impressive, cultured, quiet / loud, complex / straightforward, intelligent rock - a sound that doesn’t really seek to be like anything else at all." - manchestermusic.co.uk

www.myspace.com/withthatknife

SEFTON DELMER

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DRY BAR 15TH OCTOBER £4 on the door

SEFTON DELMER