Model Boat
Model Boat play math rock with its origins in post-punk. This is ecstatic music, unafraid to make use of riffs, cymbals, shouting and the stop-start principle. Fresh from a gig in Bristol the night before, they promise to end the night on a high.
Kleinzeit
Kleinzeit deal in arcane and melodic pop with an unpredictable edge. You can dance or you can cry, the choice is entirely yours. The first of two appearances in the combination summer programme, this set will include material from their forthcoming EP.
Sweet Bread
Sweetbread plays a form of folk which fuses the beauty and fragility of the bardic tradition with a less savoury feeling for Dadaist confusion. How seriously you take it might depend on your relationship with the idea that life is a cruel joke. Live shows tend to be mesmerising. His second record, Death of a Lion, is available now.
£5
The Jamboree, Courtyard of Cable St Studios, 566 Cable St, London, E1W 3HB
Saturday 18th June 2011, 7pm
Flyer by Nick White
Art-rock is alive and well. Double album launch
The Seal Cub Clubbing Club
SCCC hail from the Wirral Peninsula. They play enjoyably warped post-punk with unsettling vocals, have supported The Fall, are favourites of Mark Riley’s 6 Music show and run their own book club at shows. This performance celebrates the release of their new record, made at thecombinationof… studio.
www.myspace.com/thesealcubclubbingclub
Kleinzeit
Kleinzeit are a London three piece who played their first show this time last year. They sound like pop music might have done if something hadn’t gone horribly wrong. Expect Melodic guitar parts, virtuoso drums, stories you don’t always understand and the chance to buy their first record.
www.myspace.com/kleinzeitmusic
Tessellators
Tessellators play rock music with an edge of sonic experimentation and an eye for the details. Influences include Beefheart, Fugazi and The Band but Tessellators are motivated by a wide-ranging love of music. Just back from a mini-tour, they should be on top form.
£5 with Free CD
www.wegottickets.com/event/97978
The Others, 6 and 8 Manor Road, London, N16 5SA
Friday 10th December 2010, 7pm-1am
“Whenever you are, we’re already then”
Flyer by Nick White
Guitars and vocals from both sides of the atlantic with jazz of a Spanish inflection
Les Shelleys
An acoustic guitar and vocal duo from Los Angeles. This performance marks the eagerly awaited return of thecombinationof… favourite Tom Brosseau, this time with his singing partner Angela Correa (better known as indie singer songwriter Correatown). Expect melodic and beautifully sung arrangements of folk songs and standards from various points of the last century.
www.fat-cat.co.uk/fatcat/artist/les+shelleys
Tom Eno
Tom Eno mixes inspiration from Django and Byrd with Spanish and classical vibes to create a guitar style all of his own. In recent months he’s started working with vocalists Mr James Bright and Rose Pryce. He is releasing his first album, Barnstormer!, on Jack to Phono records this autumn.
Royalty
Members of Surgery or The Bomb and Sweetbread bring their new band Royalty to the stage. Americana and melancholia, stripped down North East London style.
£6
www.wegottickets.com/event/97975
The Social, 5 Little Portland St
Sunday 28th November 2010, 7pm
Flyer by Nick White