+++RECOMMENDED IN THE GUARIAN+++

Phil Minton-voice & Alan Wilkinson-saxes. + `Ya Basta` Alan Wilkinson-saxes,Paul Shearsmith-trumpet,Ivor Kalin-bass,Dave Fowler-drums,Giles Perring-guitar , Parney Wallace-sax.

Gava - Bob Dylan meets Alan Bennet with an exchange of acoustic guitars

Talking Trees - Spirit funk from an organic worldwide ensemble

Katherine Blake - Usually seen in the company of the Mediaevil Baebes; this evening presenting songs from her solo album... she is extraordinary

DJ Luci Bocino

MC Diana Mavroleon

http://www.myspace.com/songbirdclub.com

Electroacoustic Club kicks off a brand new night, 'We Make Great Pets,' taking place every first Thursday of the month upstairs at The Cross Kings and featuring some of the finest, most quirky, yee-hah and ho-down, melodic, harmonius and multi-instrumental, alt-country, twisted blues, indie-folk and new-grass!

The Samanas www.myspace.com/thesamanas

"Debut EP from this mysterious Yorkshireman. Released through the fledgling Hard Graft label on Christmas eve 2006, this sets the bar very high for anything to follow. Strong lyrics, softly sung on four gorgeous, slow-burning songs thankfully shed a little light on an artist who would seemingly prefer to remain anonymous. 'Not Comfortable' performing live for the moment - it would be a real shame if this release passed unnoticed due to a lack of (self?) promotion. A sublime string arrangement on 'with this bullet' from Paris Motel's Amy May completes a very special package indeed. For fans of Elliott Smith, Cass McCombs and Richard James' (from Gorky's) solo work." ROUGH TRADE

Mohanski www.myspace.com/mohanski

"Imagine The Doors meet The Beach Boys, mixed up with your favorite jam band, Brit-pop-icize it (think Beta Band - try Airwolf below if you don't believe me), and then plug them in with some electronic exclamations snuck in between. It's completely an album to kick back with and contemplate the atomic weight of air." mainstreamisn'tsobad blog

http://www.electroacousticclub.com

Rig Up Explosive // Me Vs Hero // Cut The Blue Wire // Ghosts On Pegus's Bridge

http://www.myspace.com/_kapromotions

Sabatta http://www.myspace.com/sabatta
Sabatta’s music mixes old and new – mashing together classic 70's rock vibes with a modern edge; scorching riffs with soaring vocals and excellent songwriting - they call it STREET ROCK! Already drawing comparisons to Hendrix and Lenny Kravitz, Sabatta’s diverse influences also include QOTSA, RATM, Metallica and Guns ‘n’ Roses. Front man Yinka even draws on his Nigerian roots within his guitar style adding a twist to his frenetic lead playing!

London Fractures http://www.myspace.com/thelondonfractures
Unafraid to unleash their foot-stomping, head-nodding anthems on someone else’s target demographic The London Fractures are visibly relishing their own sound, playing for their own teenage kicks and giving performances loaded with the kind of wilful exuberance that served to make household names out of The Wombats last year and The Fratellis before them.

Fat Kampf http://www.myspace.com/fatkampf
The musical embodyment of calorific intake, combining pop elements with a post punk sensibilty these quirky songsters are jofully fun and have even been known to provide free cake for their loyal fanbase.

Geisha http://www.myspace.com/geishaband
Rifftastic Grungey punk with a vicious injection of raucus energy and howling guitars.

King Of Spain http://www.myspace.com/kingofspainmusic
Playing a weird mix of indie rock and sea shanties, these guys are sort of like a British Decemberists, and are definitely one to watch’

http://www.myspace.com/semiconductorarchives

Rapidly becoming known as the best comedy club in London for unsung talent, Lion's Den provides artists with a grow bag from which to rise - and the audiece with classic gong show entertainment.

HEADLINER: It's a mystery...

GONG SHOW

Darius Davies // Patch Hyde // George Ryegold // Andy Davies // Sam Williams // Nick Ewans // Brett Sharpe // Sara Pascoe // Dan Mason // H Shawker AKA M.F.I

OPENS

Adrian O'Toole // TJ Spoon // Chris Parker Welch // Tyson Boyce // Luisa Omielan

http://www.lionsdencomedy.com

Tipsy Gypsies www.tipsygypsies.axis-mundi.co.uk

5 piece with a Western country vibe, an "eclectic blend of Folk 'n' Roll!"

Sadam and the Lookalikes - CRAZY!!!

CJ - solo music mistress

http ://www.wirelessfm.net

Top Of The Pops may be gone, but Poptimism is here to take its place. Here are five reasons why Poptimism is better than TOTP!

1) In a great pub with great beer.

2) No disapproving parents tutting and saying “is that a girl?”

3) 1400% longer than TOTP. 7pm – 2am!

4) Free! No need to buy a TV licence.

5) No Dave Lee Travis! No Fearne Cotton!

Join the Freakytrigger DJ’s bringing you the best of lovely modern pop music and maybe even some of this new sound that’s sweeping the nation called “indie”! But mainly pop.”

The third installment of our semi-regular mini-festival @ The Cross Kings, which features, as always a host of amazing acts. Headliner John Smith is absolutely stunning - here's some praise to prove it.

"He possesses a common name but a rare talent" The Independent

"The playing style he adopts may cause your jaw to hit the floor...a bit of a live showstopper." Word Magazine

"An object lesson in how taste and imagination always outweigh mere musical virtuosity...unexpected and daring" The Sunday Times

"John Smith continually swoons audiences with his own strain of nu-folk. It is only a matter of time before he is enormous." NME

And here's some visual stimulus, designed by the lovely Tanya Dean

Monroe Transfer should be a sight to behold as well....they are a 7-piece instrumental act and they're going to play scattered around the Cross Kings....should be amazing! Just for fun, 5-6pm will be an Oasis or Blur covers only themed open mic...so get practising your Wonderwalls!

Fireworks Night // Hexicon // Man & The Vertebrates // Whole Schebang // The Footage

Come for the whole night, and grab a bite to eat.

LWP LIVE WITH A STRING QUARTET!
FLEETING FANFARES III @ THE CROSS KINGS

`Primal Fruitcake` featuring Carmel Morrisey-voice/dance,Olie Brice-bass,Annette Giesriegl-voice/elects, Frank Charlton-cornet/perc., Dave Fowler-drums. + Sue Ferrar- violin,Sylvia Hallet,violin,Rachel Gomme,Dance.

The Lion's Den Comedy Car Crash is a spontaneous open mic comedy night. None of the acts are booked in advance and the line-up is chosen from names drawn at random from a hat.

Anyone can participate on the night as long as they leave their name at the door as they enter.

Acts will be drawn out of a hat in groups of four to ensure a random line-up.

The night aims to be as fun, dynamic and as fresh as possible.

We aim for a supportive atmoshpere.
We can take no responsibility for the quality of the acts but can certainly guarentee it will be an interesting night.

Come along and join us in supporting raw stand up comedy in the heart of London.

THE CAR CRASH RULES

All spots are 5 minutes maximum. An act may finish early but must aim to finish at 5 minutes.

If you want to be a part of the show, leave your name at the door when you enter.

http://www.lionsdencomedy.com/comedycarcrash.html

"All music is folk music. I ain't never heard a horse sing a song." Big Bill Broonzy

Come drink your whisky and dry at the friendliest venue in town and enjoy this months amazing line up of the best folk artists from across the UK.

Headliners The Garden City Project are a proper Folk infused bundle of joy, describing themselves as "its like The Good Life ...applied to a band!". I’m suer Richard Briers would approve..

We're also pleased to introduce the incredibly taelnted songwriter Stillman as he prepares for his upcoming UK tour.

'A spine-tingling work of art' Record Overplayed

'Very, very few singer-songwriter albums that get released induce so many shivers. It's as if Elliot Smith and Tom McRae got together to make the music they can't quite do on their own. Think that's hyperbole? Get a copy and prove us wrong.' Channel 4 Record of the Week

Also appearing.. Aiden Canaday, all the way from Oxford with his unique experimental folk. Benjamin Thomas, Sweden's answer to Bob Dylan, and Trent Miller, Italy's answer to Johnny Cash!

The Garden City Project: http://www.myspace.com/thegardencityproject

Stillman: http://www.myspace.com/stillmanuk

Aiden Canaday: http://www.myspace.com/aidencanaday

Benjamin Thomas: http://www.myspace.com/benjaminthomas1

Trent Miller: http://www.myspace.com/skeletonjive

http://www.myspace.com/folkatronpromotions

Their Hearts Were Full of Spring www.myspace.com/andtheirheartswerefullofspring

Their Hearts Were Full Of Spring are a somewhat contrary bunch. They are travellers and troubadours, waifs and wanderers who have had the good fortune of stumbling across each other one night at a ramshackle gin palace in south east London. United in apathy, they write wide-eyed indiepop songs that are tinged with a sense of melancholic wonder at a world that can hold such beauty and such despair all at once.

Wasted www.myspace.com/wastedrock

Wasted play classic country-rock 'n' roll with a natural flare and plaintive heart rarely heard from ones hailing from Hertford.

Foundlings www.myspace.com/foundlingsband

Foundlings draw influence from Robert Calvert, Mark E. Smith, Boards of Canada, Tortoise, and all the time the contradictory jangle of that Rickenbacker – so obvious a combination, why hasn’t anyone else done this? Stone Roses for Neu heads!

Aghast www.myspace.com/aghastuk

Aghast throw death-metal and thrash into the ring and watch them punch it out 'til someone falls over!

http://www.myspace.com/trashvilleworld

Who's Eli and what's happened to his pork chops? Some questions are best unanswered, but this NEW night promises a dj mix of psyche-bluesful funk, stoned grooves & oddball soul that both the mystery man and his pork chops would approve of!

That's not to mention LIVE music from the SUN BLUES BAND who have been described as "Muddy Waters hitching a ride with Black Sabbath on the way to a John Lee Hooker gig!"

So, get your trotters moving to savour the flavour of Eli's Pork Chops!

http://www.myspace.com/honeysucklebreeze

Rockfeedback has a smile on its face – the very distinct, particular kind of smile that we only get as we announce another great line up for a Club Rockfeedback evening.

EUGENE MCGUINNESS After a stunning solo set at Club Rockfeedback’s sister night The Basement Club, Eugene’s back to show us what he can do with a full band at his disposable. The inimitable, charming, Domino-signed singer songwriter is currently putting together his second record – have a sneaky peak.

WILLIAM Having just released their debut LP on Tough Love Records, William’s mashing up of the styles of Pavement, Blur and Dinosaur Jr has Rockfeedback in a giddy panic over how good it’ll be to chuck them on a stage for us. The best new indie band in Britain, we reckon.

POST WAR YEARS My my, how they’ve grown! First appearing at a Basement Club evening for Rockfeedback many months ago, then as a promising bunch of young upstarts, Post War Years have become the finished article quicker than you can say ‘Chess Club Records’ (who released their ace debut single). Witness the well oiled but none the less vital, vitriolic rock and roll machine they’ve become, and smile inanely.

SPECIAL GUESTS Well, that would be telling, wouldn’t it?

Tickets cost £7.00 in advance, a few quid more on the door.

http://www.rockfeedback.com

THE COM COM COMMAS With the twisted pop psychology of a Doherty or a
Jack Penate , our friends with the stuttering punctuation nomenclature
also delve deep into dark Keane go art rock areas…interesting…

ONLY JOE Punky noises with a touch of funk and a smidgeroo of ska.
Singalong punk rocking choruses contrast fitfully with Gomez Artfolk
passages…an arresting combi from a tiptop combo.

REIGN BROKE BETTER Alt-rock with loads going for it, there's a raw
funk element, singer's got a bit of a Damon-Albarn-goes-rap metal thing
going on and they've got very catchy tunes . Put us in mind of a more
palatably centred Biffy Clyro.

WHATEVERLAND A fabulous acoustic/Folk blend typifies our openers
tonight. Solid vocals from both the male and female vocalists whose
voices mesh and work extremely well together. Lovely stuff.

http://www.bugbearbookings.com

The capital’s first regular klezmer session has found a home: the Cross Kings. While you’re playing or listening, eat lunch, have a coffee, booze, shmooze or just relax in the deep sofas and convivial atmosphere of this great central London pub. There might even be a bit of dancing…

Klezmer, the celebratory and soulful music of the Jews of eastern Europe, is the new flavour of the month. Anyone interested in playing or listening to klezmer is welcome to come along; no experience is necessary. Join skilled professionals, rank amateurs, home-grown talent and perhaps eventually some international visitors. For more klezmer information and sheet music for some of the tunes we might play visit..

http://www.ilanacravitz.com/jams.html

Listed in London's Top 10 Open Mic nights by the London Paper

www.davidgoo.com

MJ Hibbett has supported Echo & The Bunnymen on the ukelele, had an album of the year in Rolling Stone, written a book that got his editor fired, stayed out drinking longer than Nick Cave and Shane McGowan, run naked through Glasgow hotels and had an International Hit Record about computers that made him famous in IT Departments all over the world.

He’s going to be telling the story behind these adventures and more in his new one-man show My Exciting Life In ROCK at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe. It takes place at The Medina from 4-9 August (6-7pm), where he’ll be performing songs such as The Lesson Of The Smiths, Do The Indie Kid, Hey Hey 16K and his legendary cover of Boom Shake The Room!

MJ Hibbett & The Validators are releasing a new single It Only Works Because You're Here on 21 July. It’s one of the main songs in the show, a love story set within the information technology community, and will be accompanied by a brand new video in the style of a photo comic strip. Their last video, Do The Indie Kid, made the front page of YouTube and has had nearly 40,000 hits.

The single is being released in time for their special performance at this year’s Indietracks festival. The festival takes place on 26-27 July with The Wedding Present and Los Campesinos heading the bill, but the first 100 people who bought tickets will be entitled to attend a unique full-band version of My Exciting Life In ROCK on the evening of Friday 25.

Once the Edinburgh run of My Exciting Life In ROCK is over, the Validators are returning to the studio to finish off their next album, tentatively titled Regardez Ecoutez et Repetez, due for release in early 2009.

www.myexcitinglifeinrock.com

`Tom Mix` featuring Tony Marsh-drums,Mark Hanslip-sax , Olie Brice-bass, Mike Hurley,piano. + `The Three Skins` ,featuring Hugh Metcalfe-guitar,Mat Scott-keys , Paul Shearsmith-trumpet.

Plus www.myspace.com/mmmplus

10th anniversary show. Help us celebrate ten years of deranged guitar noise, experimental sci-fi poetry and improvised post punk! :-)

Julian Storer - classical guitar

Rail www.myspace.com/raillondon

laptop beats and guitar noise pop

plus more surprise acts!

Transgressive is delighted to announce this year’s inaugural Transgressive Hot Summer Tour to take place nationally throughout the UK in July.

The summer is traditionally an unlikely time to tour – it’s all festivals and holidays and days being lost. So the format is simple: take a vital mini-festival of sorts on the road, town to town, of the most exciting new acts the world has to offer right now and allow an evening of discovery to unfurl. And it won’t cost you an arm and a leg or a weekend in the mud. Chances are you can probably get a bus home afterwards, too.

Naturally, all acts on the bill are Transgressive affiliated, and thus thrillingly diverse!

Cross Kings hosts..

JEREMY WARMSLEY: Returning to pop after a brief hiatus making his new, second album ‘How We Became’ – due for unleashing this September on Transgressive – Jeremy has been a busy boy. The new LP was co-produced with none other than Markus Dravs of Arcade Fire, Bjork and the new Coldplay album credits everywhere from Air Studios to living rooms, and the step up really shows – beautiful piano, guitar-drenched anthems and ballads reside at every corner, still with Warmsley’s ensconcing trademark electronica twists. However, whilst alongside this, Jeremy has been developing a hit online music programme – ‘Welcome to our TV Show’, co-directed with girlfriend and film-maker Fay Buzzard, which has so far featured guests ranging from Mystery Jets, Noah & The Whale, Laura Marling, to Lightspeed Champion, Ed Harcourt, and many more besides. So, clearly, 2008 is boding well, with upcoming, one-off double A-side ‘The Boat Song’ and ‘Temptation’ (a cover of the New Order classic) denting Radio 1 and Radio 2 as a sly, appetising reintroduction.

OX.EAGLE.LION.MAN: The most controversial signing on Transgressive’s books, the diligently goth-prog quartet are the most severe and commanding band on the scene at present. Questioning idolatry, religion, humanity, parenthood, and anything else too scary to ponder, theirs is a deft and able pursuit, headed up by the iconic and fiercely sharp frontman Frederick Blood-Royale. Debut single ‘Fatherhood’/’Motherhood’ pierced the Radio 1-centred airwaves, but it’s all about the next EP – ‘The Lay of the Land: The Turn of the Tide’: a five-track odyssey and/or opus to challenge and attack our inner core.

LIAM FINN: One of ‘ten acts to watch in 2008’ according to ‘Rolling Stone’ magazine, and this year’s indisputable SXSW standout in Austin, Texas, Liam’s fast-spreading infamy speaks for itself – a strictly DIY approach lends itself from everything such as his insistence on doing all the artwork, playing every instrument on his self-produced record, and being – essentially – a live genius, looping guitars, smacking the drums, and finding himself ably assisted by the wonderful EJ on backing vox and samples. As recently seen on: ‘David Letterman’ and ‘Later with Jools Holland’. Debut album ‘I’ll Be Lightning’ is out on Transgressive Records in mid-July, with the single ‘Second Chance’ on 30th June.

ESSER: Freshly signed for a long-term deal with Transgressive (the label’s first signing since Foals no less), new wave pop innovator Ben Esser was whisked away on tour recently with classic Trans acts Foals and Mystery Jets, and found acclaim for limited-as-hell debut 45 ‘I Love You’ in April, picking up plays all over the place from Radio 1 to BBC 6 Music, Xfm, and all in between, as released on the acclaimed Merok label, which previously unearthed talent such as Crystal Castles and Klaxons. His debut release for Transgressive will be an absolutely revolutionary concept, and a classic dancefloor-filler; details to follow. The debut album – currently being worked on with Black Kids and Kanye West collaborator Lexxx – is going to be one of next year’s most important records.

SO SO MODERN: New Zealand art-punk-synth purveyors SSM are certainly one of the most frenetic and enthused live bands of our generation. They signed to Transgressive amid a flurry of palpably awesome house party shows, flamboyant onstage costumes and via the most entrancing and hypnotic awkward pop arrangements of our time, winning them shows along the way with the likes of CSS and Deerhoof. A colour-vinyl, four single run ‘Friends & Fires’ – one released each week in September of 2008 – awarded them the ‘Vinyl of the Week’ badge in ‘NME’ and prompted endless self-promoted touring across the world. A compilation of said-single releases for the first time ever on CD, plus compiling a further five previously unreleased recordings, will emerge this summer, entitled ‘Friends & Fires’ + 000EP’s’:

http://www.transgressiverecords.co.uk/news.html

THE DEBRETTS http://www.myspace.com/thedebretts
Already heralded by Artrocker magazine as “ones to watch” the four-piece post-punk art rockers are an infectious blend of Blondie cool, Sex Pistols urgency and Yeah Yeah Yeahs cred. Their songs are a triumphant slice of post-punk magic & their explosive live shows have become something of a legend. The DeBretts are fearsome, freaky and noisy!

SATURDAYS & SUNDAYS http://www.myspace.com/saslive
Bristol’s finest purveyors of the simplistic four to the floor popped up rock & strikingly soulful vocals have been tipped by BBC Radio Bristol as “The band to watch out for”. A hard hitting live outfit, the band has already performed alongside the likes of The Wombats, Scouting For Girls, & Pete & The Pirates.

THE GENERAL http://www.myspace.com/thegeneralband
Inspired by the chase scene music from Buster Keaton’s incredible film of the same name, alt rockers The General describe themselves as a "barrage of noise" whose influences include Nick Cave, Nirvana & PJ Harvey.

wwwmyspace.com/chogtownmusic

Improvisation . Film . Musics . Vocal Acrobatics . Contraptions . Word . Right Weird . Pants.

BICYCLE CLIP SEX – super 8 films & live accompaniment by James Holcombe & Hugh Metcalfe

TAEKO KUNISHIMA (piano) MAX HALLETT (drums) PAOLO MINERVINI (bass)

XIAO LU GUO’s documentary film

CONCRETE REVOLUTION

So, this will be the tenth installation of IKTOMS WIRED since our first show, the Wired Festival, back in September 2007. We won't be back with Wired until the NEXT Wired Festival (27th and 28th September, for all you forward planners)... so come on down to this one if you can, and let's give us a send off before we take our treasured August break :)

We've got an amazing lineup (as ever), with a few more special guests to add to the lineup in the next week or so, all for only £5 if you book in advance, from www.wegottickets.com/event/32083 ... they'll be £8 on the door. That's about 15 acts, for £5. We don't do maths, but if we did we could tell you that that's 33p per act.

Those acts, by the way:

Young Runaways // Semaphore // My Pet Shadow // J-Treole // Niko // Elova // Peanut Albinos // William Nein // Stephen Long // Kayv // Bleeding Heart Narrative // Soup // Alex Melville // Gareth Bennett // Ali Whitton... plus many more!

www.iktoms.com

The launch of a another marvellously obscure night at the Cross Kings.. From the people that brought you Small Fish Online comes the inaugural FishCaek. For one night only the Jester Bar will be transformed into a giant fish tank! (Seriously..) Entertainment comes in the weird and wonderful form of Darkbusker an erotic artist whose work once caused an episode of Eurotrash to be banned, I am Immune; "Cherished electro-rock pariahs" and, after going down a storm at 93 Feet East last week, we are pleased to welcome back London's finest pirate bar band Owlls who promise “a set of rock-solid whiskey-sodden numbers, taking in sea shanties, gypsy dances, gothic terror and all points in between” .. then New Zealand’s finest DJ Mudkip will keep it going on ‘till late with rock n'roll, blues, soul, funk..

Free bubbles to the first 50 through the door.. Come submerge yourselves in an evening of fishy behaviour (we think it’s a fairly good excuse to drink like a.. Caek.. too J ). Mermaid attire optional.

“A venue with sole.. Cod bless the Cross Kings!”

If any artists would like to be featured on smallfish-online.net , send 2 mp3s and a small picture to Yesca: anarcake@googlemail.com

http://www.fishcaek.com

Listed in London's Top 10 Open Mic nights by the London Paper

www.davidgoo.com

Dark Captain Light Captain, whose album will soon be released by LOAF, will be a six-headed beast emanating cyclical blasts of robert wyatt influenced electronic folk.
http://www.myspace.com/darkcaptain

Oso will be an incredible prog folk whirlwind from Santa Barbara, California.
http://www.myspace.com/thebandoso

Off Ground Touch will be swapping instruments and voices and internal organs
http://www.myspace.com/offgroundtouch

Tim Goalen (and one of his band the Tremors) will open with their beautiful and sophisticated power pop. http://www.myspace.com/timgoalenmusic

http://www.myspace.com/offgroundtouch

If you love songwriting, are a novice, intermediate or experienced songwriter and/or lyric writer, we can help your creative process and you can help ours. Come and share your songs, give and receive feedback in supportive and encouraging atmosphere.

Dave Draper-guitar/elects,Ntshuks Bonga-saxes ,Jim Lebaigue-drums.. + Jim Dvorak-trumpet,Frank Charlton-trumpet , Dave Draper-guitar/elects , Paul Shearsmith-trumpet.

The Lion's Den Comedy Car Crash is a spontaneous open mic comedy night. None of the acts are booked in advance and the line-up is chosen from names drawn at random from a hat.

Anyone can participate on the night as long as they leave their name at the door as they enter.

Acts will be drawn out of a hat in groups of four to ensure a random line-up.

The night aims to be as fun, dynamic and as fresh as possible.

We aim for a supportive atmoshpere.
We can take no responsibility for the quality of the acts but can certainly guarentee it will be an interesting night.

Come along and join us in supporting raw stand up comedy in the heart of London.

THE CAR CRASH RULES

All spots are 5 minutes maximum. An act may finish early but must aim to finish at 5 minutes.

If you want to be a part of the show, leave your name at the door when you enter.

http://www.lionsdencomedy.com/comedycarcrash.html

A slightly off the wall event featuring The Band of Kool – an improve jazz band with sax, fiddles and John Nasher on piano. Poetry from Blakespearean legend Niall McDevitt, Kevin Nolan (take up the belly of sleep so we poltergeist blink to beat time), Leoni Scott Matthews, Tim Clare with his ukelele, Jazzman John, Just Miranda, Legend and many more interspersed with acoustic performances and tap dancers.. Anything goes! All backed by slightly hippified visuals and co-ordinated by MC Chris Adamson, rounded off by songstress Katy Carr. The evening starts at 7pm with a slightly controversial documentary by director Claudio Lazzaro about the current rise of the right wing movement in Italy. Oh, and look out for wandering magician Matt Duggan!

Alice Jenkins and the Cosmonauts http://www.myspace.com/ajandthec
Vibrant bass driven angular post punk filled with boundless energy

Hekens Evil Twin http://www.myspace.com/helenseviltwin
"A unique, feisty, punky pop band had impressive dual vocals and a violin. Helen's Evil twin straddles genres, introducing an indie/alternative vibe halfway through the set. A genuine treat for all good music lovers."

The Black Hats http://www.myspace.com/blackhatshome
"The Black Hats are a fantastic classic indie/rock trio, playing timeless melodic tunes that will have you singing along and humming them for days after!"
GIT - http://www.myspace.com/gittwo
Intriguing 3 piece ranging from gently crafted melodies to noisy climaxes always with incitful lyrics

Theo Bard http://www.myspace.com/theobard
Accomplished singer songwriter performing a selction of his acoustic gems

http://www.myspace.com/semiconductorarchives

Pulse magazine in association with Serenity Entertainment presents Singers Night at the Cross Kings on Thursday, July 24th with Shereen Crystal headlining the night and performing her new single to be released under Erra Records; “Wanna See You Dance” coupled with Desire McNeish performing his new single; “Realize”. The night promises to be a hit with industry executives from the music industry scouting for new and fresh talents from the UK with Pulse TV covering the night presented by Adell Sashe from the popular urban show on Pulse TV; Wot’s Poppin’

Singers Night is branded as the open mike new gig on the block giving unsigned and talented musicians, bands and artist the opportunity to get their music heard by mainstream audiences in a live setting at the Cross Kings that is renowned for its quirky, off beat style with the best in food and entertainment while providing a friendly and hospitable atmosphere for people of all ages and cultures.

This event is a rare chance to see a meeting of New Zealand and UK sound artists in one night. It will be an adventurous mix of electro-acoustic, improvisation, found sound and noise.

Nigel Wright has been creating audio for over 8 years and is known for his spacious, expansive sound pieces. Dense layers of tonal drones adumbrate the field recordings, guitar, and tape loops that Wright uses as source material for his laptop-based live performances. This performance is part of his European tour. http://www.myspace.com/nigelwright

Julien Ottavi is part of a generation of audio artists to emerge in the 90s that indicated some of the directions that music and sound art is taking. While at art school, he organized a series of concerts, bringing international artists from the experimental scene to Nantes, drawing touring musicians to movements happening outside of Paris. This became not just a destination but a nexus for collaborations. http://www. noiser. org/

Ben Spiers
Member of: Empty Mirror (w/ Karl Willis); Seen Through (w/ Antony Milton); Glory Fckn Sun (w/ Antony Milton & Simon O'Rorke); Black Window (w/ Andrew Weeks). "Solitary notes dropped into a gloom of taut scraping" http://www.myspace.com/transientrecordings

London resident and New Zealand native Peter Wright maps the same guitar/noise outlands as his NZ predecessors The Dead C, an acknowledged influence, first blazed through. His kit is an electric 12-string, pedals and, when recording, a laptop. He improvises a digital drone or melody fragment, the loops, layers and adds field recordings. Since 1998, he has released 30 discs of solo material, much of it honing the same massive, blissful drift of decay and evolution. This is Peter's last U.K show before returning to New Zealand. http://www.myspace.com/distantbombs

The Radioactive Ensemble is an international collaborative art and music project. We have members in the U.K, Italy, U.S.A, Germany, France, Japan, Brazil and New Zealand. Founded by Rick Jensen the Ensemble explores various collaborative sound art experiments. www.myspace.com/theradioactiveensemble.

A systematic derangement of the senses. Twisted tunes. Psychotropic visuals. Music to make you bark with delight.

A sonic/visual barrage of treats. Not as you know them.

COLT: Captivating, disturbing ditties from the dark side of the moon. They have effectively invented the industrial/etherial genre. Watch out kids, next year everyone will be at it...
If car-crashes were beautiful, this would be the soundtrack.
First gig for a very long time, and maybe the last for a while. Premiere of new material...

D-66: One man, and his guitar. With drums and a load of machines. He somehow manages to out-noise The John Spencer Blues Explosion, on his own. He gets very excited, for good reason. He has a lot to be excited about.
Distorted swampy rockabilly blues from the wrong side of Hell. He met the Devil in a bar, bought him a few drinks, woke up under a table with no recollection of the night before. He tried to crawl under the floorboards, and found a guitar...
And found himself doing this.

HOT GOTHIC: ''Electro-Oi. Their LP will be called 'Length through Electr-Oi'. Like GG Allin doing unspeakable things to Gary Glitter, with Suicide blasting out in the foreground. They have a good time. It's ugly. And strangely compelling. You end up bopping along, and then wonder why...''
- 'ARTWHORE MAGAZINE

DEAD HORSE FOR SALE: David Lynch has very odd sex with Diamanda Galas. This is their spawn. They told it a bedtime story, and it dreamt this, poor thing.

PREMIERE OF 'HANNAH HOUSE': Surreal horror film from the US. Psychedelia gone wrong, in a good way. Set in the American prairies around 1900. Go figure.

Along with many special things that it is best not to go into. For the common good.

Rapidly becoming known as the best comedy club in London for unsung talent, Lion's Den provides artists with a grow bag from which to rise - and the audiece with classic gong show entertainment.

No Sweat Benefit Gig - Raising cash to fight sweatshops around the world!

Babar Luck - OneLoveGangstaFolk from the unique and legendary ex frontman of King Prawn

Smokey Bastard - The finest Celtic Folk Punk since The Pogues

Naomi Hates Humans - Inspired anti-folk from the girl with the unforgettable voice

The Ruby Kid - Political Hip Hop from the only Anglo-American Jewish Bolshevik rapper you will ever hear in your entire life

Perkie - Smooth Loungecore PianoPunk

Dead and Buried is the UK's first, premier and leading [contemporary] Deathrock clubnight.
The idea behind Dead and Buried is similar to that of US and German clubs such as 'Release the Bats' [LA]and the Drop Dead Festival [NYC], Pagan Love Songs, Under Cover of Darkness and the Gothic Pogo Party [Germany]. These are club nights that generally attract those who enjoy old school Goth and Punk music but play quite different music to most “Generic Goth” clubs today. Truly "the underground of the underground" - the real alternative."

Dead and Buried is NOT a 'generic Goth' clubnight

The DJ's play a mix of music ranging from:
Deathrock, Batcave, Old School Punk, Traditional/Old School Goth to HorrorPunk, Synthpunk, Gothabilly + Graveyard Garage, Post Punk & Dark Indie, 80's NDW, Minimal and New Wave.

We *DO NOT* play any EBM/Techno, Contemporary Industrial or Metal of any description

Listed in London's Top 10 Open Mic nights by the London Paper

A FREE cult film night in the heart of London!

July is Hullabaloo Night at The Duke as we pay tribute to all those great showmen of cinema, those classic hucksters and tricksters who would come up with any fun, daft and sometimes just bizarre gimmicks to get you into the cinema. Yes we're talking 3D, smell-o-vision, space-vision and much, much more.

Our main feature is the 1991 horror thriller "Popcorn", a lovingly bloody tribute to those day of cinematic ballyhoo, which finds a twisted killer stalking the back corridors of a cinema during a night of horror films. Each victim is dispatched in a way that matches the tricks being pulled in the cinema that night!

We've also got all our regular fun for the evening, including an all Hullabaloo edition of our regular Trailer Trash, fo