NING FESTIVAL Day#2: AND SO I WATCH YOU FROM AFAR + 4 more

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The fourth year of our showcase weekend which as well as 10 fine bands playing over two days, also involves some top class partying, rarely witnessed in london venues!
In the past NING has offered early gigs to rock monsters The Answer, In Case of Fire and Oppenheimer and this year with the Northern Irish (anti-)scene stronger than ever before with bands supporting each other, DIY labels and spaces cropping up we've come up real trumps with two of the biggest buzz bands for some time in Panama Kings and And So I Watch You From Afar.

AND SO I WATCH YOU FROM AFAR (Belfast)
Tonight's headliners and the ones charged with bringing NING #4 to a tumultuous end, ASIWYFA are the 'The most talked about band in the country over the past 12 months' according to
BBC Northern Ireland Radio's authoritative Across The Line programme.
Their debut album 'This is Our Machine and Nothing Can Stop It' which has just had a full UK release via Forte Distribution, has won them fans over here and beyond - there's even people flying in from Scandinavia for this one!
Check these credits below:
Imagine Mogwai were from Belfast and had massive balls - VICE Magazine
The sound of someone crashing an oil tanker through Sigur Ros’ ice float - NME
really rather special....it is rare for a body of work to be so dreamy and elegiac yet conversely monstrously heavy....sounds like the end of the world!! - KERRANG!
www.myspace.com/andsoiwatchyoufromafar

V//FORMATION (Belfast/London)
A couple of year's ago the band formerly known as The Ponies left Norn Iron, came to London dropped a wonderful single called 'Little Heart' on the Ash-affiliated Double Dragon label to the acclaim of artrockers throughout the capital, and then took a hiatus.
V//Formation's knack for indie-rock melodies is surpassed only by their ability to deliver hooks peter pan would be scared of - NME
www.myspace.com/vformation

GENERAL FIASCO (Belfast)
....recorded their first demo in April 2007. Since then they've been played on both regional and national radio one by Huw Stephens, Rory McConnell and Steve Lamacq, whilst sharing stages with Justice, The Hold Steady and The View.
Only bullets will stop them now. Stuart Bailie, Oh Yeah
think The Young Knives cool nephews.... Alternative Ulster Magazine
www.myspace.com/generalfiasco

PAT, NIPSY, NED & FRED (Belfast/Liverpool)
Brand new rockinfolk outfit that so knew they haven;t got a proper name yet but it's borne out of The Fools and The 747s so you know there's a something going on.

TBC

PLUS FREE BBQ at 5pm