Last Harbour
"With their gothic archness and deathly strings, Last Harbour's fourth LP 'Volo' is their most expansive to date." Uncut
"Volo' exhibits so much muso-literary dexterity and multi-instrumental skill you feel almost duty-bound to surrender. Ah, those sweet-melancholic violins shedding soft tears for women and children menaced by dark forces. Ah, the sorrowed seduction of Kevin Craig's cavernous baritone." Mojo

Semaphore
"When you see a lot of gigs you inevitably see plenty of crap. So when you eventually witness a performance from a band so rare and original you want to tell everybody you speak to about them it is something of an event. Semaphore are one such band" Clash Magazine

Lazarus Clamp : "Math-rock a la Slint/Nub and lo-fi a la Fall/Pavement!" Bugbear newsletter

+ Old People

A night of live music and comedy with the latest cutting edge acts that London has to offer. 3 bands and 2 comedy acts entertain you through the evening, leaving you with the feeling of a fun evening of laughter that other moody band nights don’t give you. A friendly night with a good vibe, it’s just what you need to start the weekend with some quality music and laughter.

Hidden Door - trip-hop / jazz / experimental
Slick Panick – Car Crash Comedy
The Quirky - The wibbly wobbly line between mad and brilliant...
Garath Morinan - Hard-hitting artist/comedian
The J E Band - Working class done good.

Come down and boogy in the Spring with a night of live World Reggae & Soul...
Bob & the Mellow's Debut album 'Nature's Pace' has been receiving 5-star reviews worldwide & their music has been getting plays by Rob da Bank, Vic Galloway & Steve Lamacq of Radio 1.
They specialise in deep trancey Soul grooves, pulling in African reggae rythms, jazzy 'Fat Freddys Drop'-style horns & neil young style vocal melodies. They describe their sound as 'Trancey, melodic countryfolkreggae... SO NOT ONE TO BE MISSED!"

"...reminiscent of Paul Simon... but [Hillary's] folksy roots are funkier with some dub influences and a world music sensibility" - Kindred Spirit Mag
"uplifting trumpets, mellow organs, rounded synthesisers, intricate guitar picking...elements of Paul Simon, Pink Floyd, The Cat Empire, David Gray..." - The Skinny
"played this CD constantly since it arrived - a chilled out blend of acoustic songs, mellow melodies & uplifting ambient electronics. nice." - Music-News Scotland

With support from the AWESOME White Collar Weapons a 10-piece crazy Soul-funk orkestra/band thing !
"We met them at a festival last summer and they completely blew us away...as I’m sure they will you too !"

Our glamorous hostesses Hazel, Pearl, Sophia, Alex and Daisy will be greeting everyone and handing out treats and sweets !

An enormous eclectic mix of rock, electro, pop, glam, indie, punk, alternative and much more like AC/DC, Arcade Fire, Bat For Lashes, Bikini Kill, Bjork, Beck, Bloc Party, Blondie, Bowie, The Clash, Curtis Mayfield, The Cure, Daisy Chainsaw, The Damned, Dizzee Rascal, The Doors, Dresden Dolls, Florence & the Machine, Friendly Fires, Garbage, Gogol Bordello, G'n’R, Hole, Iggy, Interpol, The Jam, Johnny Cash, Joy Division, Kate Bush, King Adora, The Kinks, Lady Gaga, Ladyhawke, Ladytron, Le Tigre, Living Colour, Maccabees, Madness, Manics, Marilyn Manson, Metronomy, MGMT, Misfits, Muse, Nancy Sinatra, New Order, NY Dolls, Nick Cave, NIN, Nirvana, Numan, Of Montreal, Patrick Wolf, Pixies, Placebo, Prince, Queen, Rachel Stamp, The Rapture, Stones, Roxy, Simian Mobile Disco, Siouxie, Smashing Pumpkins, The Smiths, Soft Cell, Sonic Youth, Stone Temple Pilots, Suede, T-Rex, Talking Heads, Velvets, Violent Femmes and tons more...

Jackpine : Fellow Sicilians Jackpine are a guitar/drums duo playing ferocious yet deft music reminiscent of Two Gallants or Cheval de Frise. They released their debut EP on Wild Love Records in 2009, and have continued to entertain those with an ear for the unusual in rock music around Italy and beyond.

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A fun-packed and recouperating Sunday evening in the company of a broad selection of not-too-noisy musicians, raconteurs and wandering minstrels.
Not just for performers, this is a perfect way for you all to wind-down gradually from the excesses of the weekend... and it's infinitely better than the telly :)

All welcome, performers just turn up and sign-up to play - or for more info and possible pre-booking contact Ben

Please note we have no in-house amps or instruments ! we can however DI guitar/bass/keys into the PA :) Bring your own guitar, drum, backing track etc...

This week's special guest host : THE HANGING GARDENER OF BABYLON !!

Hooker - a gloriously brash Manchester-based femme-punk outfit
Helen’s Evil Twin - a tidal wave of sonic battering, fusing many diverse influences & sounds
Quiet Choir - quiet, loud, light and dark - like an enjoyable storm
Johnny Cashpoint - "to the ukulele what George Formby was to gay porn."

If you have 25 minutes worth of tunes that simply MUST be played out, bring them along and sign up - absolutely ALL musical styles tolerated and encouraged - we've recently experienced all of the following : baggy, grindcore, baroque, punk, DnB, techno, weird mashups...

1st come 1st served from 7pm - 11pm... bring an extra 30 mins just in case there's a spare slot later on... report to Ceremonial Deck Master Johnny Clash.

2 VINYL TURNTABLES, 2 CD-Js, 1 MIXER, Bring your own Laptop if you want ! mp3 player duels positively encouraged !

John Gordillo + Bridget Christie + Catie Wilkins + Henning Wehn + Andy Zaltzman + compere Hils Barker .

"Gordillo is an inspiration, a consummate performer with an amazing talent, passion and intellect. If you are after cheap, silly laughs avoid this, but if you want intelligent, moving comedy with a point, then you cannot afford to miss it." - Chortle

"A hilarious, topical romp… Zaltzman leaves no political hot potato untouched… ****." - Metro

"Had his audience hooting with laughter, almost without respite… Zaltzman is clearly a huge talent." - The Observer

Bridget Christie - "A revolutionary redefining of character comedy" - The Herald ; "Wonderfully bonkers" - Metro

PLUS ! The German Comedy Ambassador Henning Wehn - "World domination through humour. Resistance is futile" (The Scotsman)
AND ! Catie Wilkins - blogger, purveyor of deconstructionist funny filth, and "a sharp and circuitous wit"

This gig is a benefit for People and Planet, a student activist group who campaign on climate and workers rights.

A fun-packed and recouperating Sunday evening in the company of a broad selection of not-too-noisy musicians, raconteurs and wandering minstrels.
Not just for performers, this is a perfect way for you all to wind-down gradually from the excesses of the weekend... and it's infinitely better than the telly :)

All welcome, performers just turn up and sign-up to play - or for more info and possible pre-booking contact Ben

Please note we have no in-house amps or instruments ! we can however DI guitar/bass/keys into the PA :) Bring your own guitar, drum, backing track etc...

Forgo Formalities presents the release of Dolphin Parade's EP "The Trilogy of Happiness" with special guests:

Bygone : "vocals jostle and holler mixing genres with skill; whilst some lines are shouted like despairing anti-folk, others are chanted with optimism and some whisper with an air of The Smashing Pumpkins in mellow mode" Owain Paciusko, God is in the TV

Mean Poppa Lean http://meanpoppalean.com/

"Like the Chili Peppers with Faith No More's Mike Patton on vocals, with maybe some Foals and some Friendly Fires thrown in for more contemporary measure, this is clearly a band on the cusp of national arena adoration." - Brighton Source Magazine.

"the best live band I have laid my eyes on in years, and will be playing every festival in the UK this year, I will make sure of that!" - Mark Chadwick (The Levellers)

Dolphin Parade : "Like sitting on the beach while drinking a blended cocktail of Kings of Leon, Incubus and old Idlewild"
"Rocking riffs, cool harmonies and fine lyrics from a seaside four-piece on the way up…noisily”

After a critically acclaimed residency at the Wilmington Arms we're very excited to welcome this top night of underground noise to the Cross Kings' concrete basement... this very first launch month featuring :

Penicillin + So Money + Thelightshines

Greg(o)rian : doom/noise trio presenting a one off sonic performance written especially for this event. A wall of sound offset with Crowley-based ritual evocations.

James Ashby King : presenting a static work entitled "Echo" consisting of illustrations etched onto suspended Perspex.

Nyogtha : "a wall of audio despair" - black/doom/drone duo who make sound their canvas, leaving the listener adrift in a sonic void without any perceivable end.

Molly Beth White : presenting a film installation entitled "Jinn", a 12" high erratically moving, ethereal figure, projected onto the bottom of a wall.

Efflux - "more ideas in 30 seconds than most bands can muster in an album" - Subba-Cultcha.com
Tigernaut – Delicate interlaced guitars, rapid-fire time signature changes and serious riffs
Whales – Soundtrack to hockey fight videos performed by a fricking GHOST WIZARD

+ laptop sets from Beatloafe and Alphabets Heaven for afters

A fun-packed and recouperating Sunday evening in the company of a broad selection of not-too-noisy musicians, raconteurs and wandering minstrels.
Not just for performers, this is a perfect way for you all to wind-down gradually from the excesses of the weekend... and it's infinitely better than the telly :)

All welcome, performers just turn up and sign-up to play - or for more info and possible pre-booking contact Ben

Please note we have no in-house amps or instruments ! we can however DI guitar/bass/keys into the PA :) Bring your own guitar, drum, backing track etc...

The not to be missed, Charity Event of the year CHAFING PAVEMENTS introduces a star studded line up of four top local bands !

To buy advance tickets please donate £6 to the Justgiving page and title your donation 'band night + your name' and we will reserve you a ticket on the door.
(please bring your ID with you so we know who you are!)

Silicon Kid : London based six piece who make music that is at home with both The Stooges and Elbow via Bloc Party, Radiohead and Kasabian. It is as epic and grand as it is riotous and rocking. The sound combines razor guitar riffs, sharp synths and strong, emotive vocals. Backed by a tight and fierce rhythm section. Forming under a new line-up in late 2008 they've recently returned to gigging after taking time off to record an album's worth of material.

Lipstick and Denial : London based duo. Duncan (keys, guitar, production) and Ed (vocals) both write and produce all of their own material and would ordinarily classify themselves as a pop band. But with Ed’s biting, sarcastic lyrics coupled with Duncan’s intricate and grand musical backing L & D manage to paint an anarchic picture of where pop might be if it was lied to, cheated on and left for dead. “Cleverdick” is the title of their lead single.

Trail : After 9 months raising £20,000 on slicethepie.com Trail attracted the interest of multi-platinum producer Matt Wallace (Faith No More/Maroon 5) and flew to LA to record their début album - "To the Rest of the World". The London-based 5-piece are now gigging heavily and promoting their second single "City" taken from that album (released on Feb 22).

Little Victories : “Little Victories blend dance beats with effortless pop melodies and acoustic guitars that stay with you long after you hear them. Expect a live show which demands that you get on the floor and dance.”

Gerry Howell (Comedian ‘Gez’) : Gerry Howell’s performances lie somewhere between Mr Fantastic and the mysterious encyclopaedia of Uqbar. His imagination casts itself far and wide as he recounts his early years growing up in a post office or his experiences playing chess with pandas. He can tell you how Shakespearewas born in an ostrich egg, or about dressing up as an anagram for an evening out. Whilst his mind flings itself from one delicious idea to another, you may find his body cankering around the stage like a loose nugget of popping corn, or crawling up the wall like a wild spider. Tread carefully and keep your ears to the ground...

PLUS ‘Otley Express’ DJ Jacob Willson

This is all in aid of a great cause to support Hannah Massarella's marathon fundraising effort for the domestic violence charity Refuge. Refuge is a charity that supports women and children who have experienced domestic violence. In the UK, two women every week die at the hands of an abusive partner. The money raised will go towards providing support and guidance for women who are experiencing domestic violence and need a way out before it's too late.

A fun-packed and recouperating Sunday evening in the company of a broad selection of not-too-noisy musicians, raconteurs and wandering minstrels.
Not just for performers, this is a perfect way for you all to wind-down gradually from the excesses of the weekend... and it's infinitely better than the telly :)

All welcome, performers just turn up and sign-up to play - or for more info and possible pre-booking contact Ben

Please note we have no in-house amps or instruments ! we can however DI guitar/bass/keys into the PA :) Bring your own guitar, drum, backing track etc...

Giving the best performers on the new act circuit the space and time they deserve to show an audience just what they can do. Every show features a boutique selection of six excellent comedians, served up to you on a leafy bed of stage.

The Really Lovely Comedy Company (RLC) have established a reputation as quality comedy promoters with their other nights The Really Lovely Comedy Show and The Really Lovely Comedy Tea Party. Previous acts include Josie Long, Will Andrews & Idiots of Ants.

Good-time party band with a loose blues and soul groove play 2 sets with no support. Unprententious rocking fun!