MANCHESTERMUSIC.CO.UK
Presents
The Electric
Circus #19
www.theelectriccircus.net
@ The Star and
Garter, Manchester
The Star and Garter, 18-20 Fairfield Street, Manchester, M1 2QF
(Dermot) - 0161 273 6726
FRIDAY 15th OCTOBER 2004
LAYMAR, I HAD AN INKLING, JULIAN DONKEY-BOY, THE FOREST
Entry £4
ManchesterMusic.Co.Uk’s
next generation of events follows up CHAIRSMISSING with its next instalments of
firebrand rock, visiting bands and deliberate genre bending.
The Electric
Circus features a mish mash of alternative, indie, punk, pop and electronica, different cities and headshrinking
sounds, but all with one common theme – cutting edge excitement…
Rather than
gluing four random bands of dubious quality to a bill or simply picking four
dead-cert venue fillers, The Electric Circus takes a bigger gamble. It aims to
showcase relatively unknown music of the highest quality from the grass roots
level.
Previous artists
to have played the Electric Circus have included Rock’s Action Record’s Part
Chimp, Seriously Groovy’s Econoline, Peel Session veterans Ormondroyd, Glass
and The Sonar Yen.
I HAD AN INKLING
Webpage:
http://www.ihadaninkling.co.uk
Leeds/Manchester 3-piece purveyors of what they called the finest
‘pronk’. Roughly that equates to the punk/funk sounds of Wire, PIL and The
Slits caught in a jazz argument with experimental/ post-rock fray of Tortoise,
dEUS and Sonic Youth. Expect angular, intricate guitars, groovesome bass and
trombone blasts. And it’s to forget some meaty pop hooks and insightful wit in
the form of Nick Mitchell’s anglicized alley cat vocals.
I Had An Inkling have had interest from
Domino Records and are in the process of recording their debut album with Richard
Formby (formerly of Dakota Suite and Spectrum and producer of the
Blueskins, Herman Dune and Archie Bronson Outfit).
“Why play one song when ten will do? Why stop at ten? Beefheart and
Zappa are usually wheeled out at this point. I Had An Inkling don't sound like
either of them. If you like that kind of disorientation and like it to have a
tune wriggling around deep underneath it, they'll do for you.” - Jimmy
Possession, Robots & Electronic Brains fanzine, Nov 2003
Webpage:
John Kirkpatrick (a.k.a. Julian Donkey-Boy) is a 19-year old
singer/songwriter. He takes his cues from a rich tapestry of American indie
including Elliot Smith, Pavement and Pedro The Lion, the classic song craft of
Neil Young and the alt-country musings of Wilco, Calexico etc. His earnest,
slightly shambling delivery is full of vulnerability and neurotic quirks
capable of warming the hearts of even Siberians and penguins. Kirkpatrick will
be playing with a full backing band.
LAYMAR
Webpage:
East Manchester 3-piece Laymar, grab distorted guitars and polish them into
loud/quiet anthems that are one part classic US alternative and another part
grittier modern brit rock. Their songs are concise, punchy and melodic beset
with tension and underpinned by rock and roll lo-fi ethics.
"Think Kurt Cobain fronting ‘Ummagumma’ era Pink Floyd and you get
some idea of their sound. “What?” I hear you thinking “there’s nobody else out
there that sounds like that”, and that’s true” - Logo Magazine
“I know as well as anyone that what the world doesn't need right now is
another dose of Radiohead-revisionism, but Laymar offer an armour plated and
****ing ace version. It's all taut, wired, sparky and spunky stuff, more hooks
than a fleet of long-liners, real melodies, powerful and well constructed songs
that are as brainy as they are brawny.” – Unpeeled Magazine Single of the
Month, March 2003.
THE
webpage: http://www.theforestswebsite.co.uk
Tunes as concise as the
most useful pocket organiser and as cutting as a scissor factory. The
As always your friends at ManchesterMusic will
be DJing all manner of punk, pop, US indie, experimental and electro discs.
NB: Please quote “manchestermusic.co.uk
presents The Electric Circus” on any press
listings. Thanks
DOORS:
9.00 until late
£4 - Door
GENERAL EVENT INFO:
http://www.theelectriccircus.net/
www.manchestermusic.co.uk
email:
manchestermusic1@hotmail.com
Venue:
The Star and Garter, 18-20 Fairfield Street, Manchester, M1
2QF
(Dermot) - 0161 273 6726
http://www.starandgarter.co.uk
is supported by The Performing Right Society
Foundation