Damnably 5th Birthday Party w/ 8 bands on 2 Stages

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*Come down and pay on the door!*

Damnably's 5th Birthday Party

Five years ago Damnably began with a John Peel Day show at the Windmill and to celebrate our 5th birthday we have 2 of the acts from that day and 6 more of our favourites plus Cake and French Toast!

Damnably 5th Birthday party with 2 stages & 8 acts + Damnably DJ's


Doors 7.30
over 18's only


Lazarus Clamp-
18years old 5 album beast of a UK act that began discordant and mathy, post punk and softened to alt folk country 5 peice.
Influenced by Albini's output, The Mekons and Silkworm.
The band will play a mixture of ancient and new material and release 4 of their back catalogue on damnably on Nov 14 together with '1000 years of Lazarus Clamp'-a best of album.
http://www.damnably.com/lazarus-clamp/

The Sunday Times (Stewart Lee) "articulate and considered lyrics, softly but precisely intoned, over unexpectedly experimental textures and deconstructed skinny guitar licks, with folksy banjo flourishes and gently lowing strings."



MJ Hibbett
-irrepressibly optimistic, quirky-pop pinup boy with no less than 3 super fans, here launching his rock opera album 'Dinosaur Planet'.
Formed in 1999, Mercury Prize long-listed, Rolling Stone 'Album of the year', often playing 70 odd shows a year. He did a session on Steve Lamacq, a gig in New York plus had 2 million downloads in 2 weeks for Hey Hey 16k.
http://mjhibbett.co.uk/

Pale Man Made
-loud and fast Fuzzy Indie-Pop from Newcastle's 2 guy/2 girl quartet featuring X Spraydog Drummer on drums
http://www.myspace.com/palemanmade
"Unique, interesting and nonchalantly cool, Pale Man Made are a force to be reckoned with." ..BBC Tees
"This is grown-up music, but delivered with a youthful effervescence" .. Soundsxp

Teta Mona
-Italian Cat Powerish songstress from Screaming tea Party/The catcher Nine with Sachiko from No Cars and Andria from Sub Pop's Jennifer Gentle as backing band.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Teta-Mona/215669085122434?ref=ts

Blue Beard
-Scary Slinty Post Punk from London 5 peice

Your New Friend
-Complex finger picking from Simon (smallgang) and Alex with lots of sitting on the audience while playing (you've been warned).
"The best act we've seen in years"-Karl Teppage (Walkers Crisps)

More Bad Times
-George and Chiara play sad comedy music inspired by obscure Peel favourite 'Ed's Redeeming Qualities'.

Toshi
-Half Japanese half, half bob weston red jeans heartthrob from Smallgang playing distorto solo set.

http://www.damnably.com/