Jonah Matranga aka Onelinedrawing is essentially unique. His music is somewhere in between Nick Drake, Cheap Trick and Sinead O’Connor… but not really. Over the last 15 years, he’s fronted rock bands (Far, Gratitude, New End Original) and made more solo-ish albums as Onelinedrawing and simply under his name. He’s made records with budgets ranging from $300 to $300,000. He’s played as many house shows as he has huge festivals, and he brings the same thing regardless of where he’s playing — ambitious songwriting, wit, honesty and an interest in making something unique every time. His new album is yet another example of this.
@ The Old Blue Last
38 Great Eastern Street, London, EC2A 3ES
When you listen to Oxford, Mississippi’s Bass Drum Of Death layered recordings you’ll hear influences from punk, garage, and rock ‘n’ roll, combined in a sonic Long Island Iced Tea. Read below on how to win tickets to their gig here at The Old Blue Last.
How to WIN a pair of tickets to the show:
Answer the following question correctly (by leaving a comment below, posting it on our Facebook page, or Tweeting it to us).
What record label are Bass Drum of Death signed to?
On April 21st 2012, Canadian scuzz-punks Cancer Bats played six shows (at five different venues in London) all in one day. Starting at 11:30am, the band played their first show to a packed out Old Blue Last crowd. From then on things just got crazier. This herculean task was to promote their new record ‘Dead Set on Living’, and Noisey were with them all day to film the whole thing – resulting in a serious bangover the next day.
@ The Old Blue Last
38 Great Eastern Street, London, EC2A 3ES
Entry: FREE
Doors: 8pm-12am
Step-Panther are the latest in a line of exciting new bands from the emerging Australian scene. They take the approach of letting the music do the talking with only minimal interest in the social networking hype game and looking for additional revenue streams via merchandising. They’ve been described as a lo-fi band with a unique blend of surf-rock/garage pop – come check them out for yourselves at The Old Blue Last.
@ The Old Blue Last
38 Great Easter Street, London, EC2A 3ES
Entry: FREE
Doors: 8pm-2am
“After being a band for three years, and following a lot of thinking, we have decided to lay this to rest. Life caught up with us. I imagine you’ll hear from us in other projects in the future but for Kerouac, we’ve taken it as far as we can. We’re just four best friends that started jamming in a bedroom and never expected to do as much as you’ve allowed us to.
We’re doing one last show at The Old Blue Last, London on Saturday 7th July, it’s Free. The line up will be made up of best friends and we’ll be giving these songs the best send off possible. We’ll let you know how you can attend in due time.
Tangled Talk and Holy Roar will be releasing a Discography 12″ this summer, we’re putting together artwork right now but we assure you it will be special.
Thankyou for everything, it’s meant the world.”
- Kerouac
@ The Old Blue Last
38 Great Eastern Street, London, EC2A 3ES
Entry: FREE
Doors: 8pm-12am
Yip Deceiver is the brainchild of multi-instrumentalist Davey Pierce, which was originally intended to be a solo project, but has since become a collaborative effort with Dobbratz. Their music is an exciting take on experimental dance pop with strong hooks, playful take on new wave, 80s R&B and electro. Their self-titled EP was released via Dobbratz’s imprint Aerobic International.
A punk band that uses acoustic guitar and indie-rock dance grooves. It’s hook-filled… it’s anthemic… it’s confessional – yet you can’t quite totally put your finger on it. It seems a lot of people are having a hard time describing The Front Bottoms. We say you be the judge here on May 14th.
This month’s Vice launch features the anti-twee coupling putting the chemistry back into indie duos – Big Deal, with support from Fear of Men and Yadi. As well, American Apparel will be there to hand out free giveaways to the first 100 people through the door and you can sign up for free booze here.
We’ve booked six of our favourite bands to come and play for us again, only this time by the sea. Entry is totally FREE, you don’t even need a wristband to get in.
Set Your Goals will be performing in support of their latest album “Burning At Both Ends”, which was released in summer of 2011 via Epitaph Records. Rock Sound UK (8/10) called it “anthemic” (..), with just the right blend of punk attitude and pop genius”. While Kerrang! stated that the band “have stepped up their game on this record, boasting some real songwriting chops”. As well, according to Big Cheese (5/5), with this album the band have “reaffirmed their status as one of the best pop-punk bands around right now”.
