Back with a new full-length – “Good For Me” – Flint, Michigan’s finest are about to drop their most seasoned, unforgettable effort yet. And while the band’s sound has certainly never been described as meek, this time The Swellers are truly on a mission to bring the rock. As anyone who’s seen the band live knows, this is what The Swellers do best.
@ The Old Blue Last
38 Great Eastern Street, London, EC2A 3ES
Entry: FREE
Doors: 8pm-1am
Hailing from France, Papier Tigre’s music if firmly entrenched in the tradition of inventive, challenging punk, while combining elements of experimental pop compositions and aggressive math-rock. Below is a track from their 3rd album, “Recreation” released last month:
@ The Old Blue Last
38 Great Eastern Street, London, EC2A 3ES
Entry: FREE
Doors: 8pm-12am
Independent label – Barely Regal Records are making their debut in the capital, showcasing four bands at The Old Blue Last.
Theo (a.k.a. Sam Knight) – a one-man math rock machine – he’s that kid you knew at school that was good at everything. You have to see him live to believe he’s actually doing it all himself. Supporting Theo are the “brass-infused synth-drenched megatunes”, Olympians, plus post-punk three-piece from the Welshlands – Kutosis, and Cardiff’s premier math-rock 3-piece, Samoans.
Holograms have a fine pedigree, with Pitchfork and Abeano coverage under their belt, and a 7″ release through Captured Tracks. Described as managing to “projectile vomit their fare share of poison”, the Stockholm band will headline here at The Old Blue Last on April 17th for DIY.
@The Old Blue Last
38 Great Eastern Street, London, EC2A 3ES
Entry: FREE
Doors: 8pm-1am
“Visiting Hours of a Travelling Circus”, the debut album from Northern Irish alt-rockers Mojo Fury, has been lauded by all corners of the rock music press during its release in May: iTunes ran the band as ‘Single of the Week’, Rock Sound as ‘Band of the Week’, and features in Front and Kerrang magazines. Artrocker (‘Album of the Month’), Kerrang, Big Cheese and Rock Sound were all lavish in their praise, and BBC Radio 1, NME Radio, XFM, Total Rock and more have been playing out cuts from the album.
Don’t miss them when they play The Old Blue Last next month.
@The Old Blue Last
38 great Eastern Street, EC2A 3ES
Entry: FREE
Doors: 8pm-12am
Oklahoma’s Red City Radio “are a truly democratic band, devoid of ego, unshackled to trend or style with no chief songwriter, no dominant personality, no unilateral decisions. Only solidarity and truth” – (Red City Radio)
@ The Old Blue Last
38 Great Eastern Street, London, EC2A 3ES
Entry: FREE
Doors: 8pm-2am
Big Sir – the Los Angeles-based project of vocalist Lisa Papineau (ME & LP, M83, Air) and The Mars Volta bassist Juan Alderete, will massively tour Europe and the UK in April, for the very first time in the band’s history, to promote their third album, ‘Before Gardens After Gardens’, released early February 2012.
Satanic acoustic doom mongers and Integrity alumni – Ancient VVisdom, will play their debut London show here at The Old Blue on April 18th as part of their 7 date tour of the UK.
