Easter + Rotifer + Picturebox

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Clerkenville East-West presents a triple bill of guitary pop goodness. Just £12 in advance (+fees), £15 on the door, if available (cash only).

EASTER have built a reputation as one of Manchester's best-kept secrets. Spurred along by singer/songwriter/guitarist Tom Long with a stable of Manc-underground shredders, they’re a formidable live act who’ve found admirers at BBC 6 Music and garnered praise from Uncut, Record Collector and NYC’s The Big Takeover. Easter are that increasingly rare-breed: a classic guitar band, but one which combines the UK post punk sound of NW forebears like The Chameleons, with a love of the fuzzy indie rock of Dinosaur Jr, GBV and Teenage Fanclub, with added twin-guitar weaving in the Television and Chris Forsyth tradition.
https://easterbanduk.bandcamp.com/

ROTIFER: Following his recent solo work (2023's 'Holding Hands in Petrópolis') and collaborations with the likes of Helen McCookerybook and Louis Philippe, Robert Rotifer, ex-Viennese songsmith permanently exiled in Canterbury, is returning to his electric power trio of the 2010s because, frankly, it's too much fun not to. This time round, Robert will be backed by sometime Alternative TV member Ruth Tidmarsh and long-time collaborator, Ian “Papernut Cambridge” Button. Expect old rockers about Frankfurt Kitchens, Canvey Island and the Aberdeen Marine Lab mixed with more delicate recent fare, partly still finger-picked, but electrically so. https://www.robertrotifer.co.uk/

PICTUREBOX: Melodic music from the cathedral city of Canterbury. Songs about girls, animals, football, anything, everything, nothing."Their wonky indie-pop is both endearing and worthy of a bigger stage. With knowing nods to the leftfield lo-fi meanderings of Syd Barrett, fellow Canterbury maverick Kevin Ayers and even early Blur. Picturebox are inventive enough to hold their own in such exalted company" (Shindig)
https://picturebox.bandcamp.com/