Phonica Records 7th Birthday Party

10pm - 6am

Tickets £10 + BF from Resident Advisor

HENRIK SCHWARZ LIVE
FOUR TET AKA KIERAN HEBDEN
JOHN TALABOT (PERMANENT VACATION)
MIDLAND
ANTHEA
SPECIAL GUEST TBC
PHONICA DJS

Brassneck Presents Imaad Wasif

Sunday October 3rd

7.30 pm

£9 advance

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In another life, Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter Imaad Wasif might have been a poet or a priest. He draws inspiration from beyond the veil, seeking connections and cosmic patters in the hopes of expressing the simplest but most profound message to his listeners: We are not alone. The urgency of that communication, and his need to convey it, give both his delicate guitar ballads and his fervent rock songs a ferocity and focus that resonates with every note.
Wasif goes far beyond the here and now in his music, but he is very much of this time. He is a rock musician who came of age in the Coachella Valley of the 1990s. Early on he played live and in the studio with Lou Barlow’s Folk Implosion. In 2006, Kill Rock Stars released Wasif’s self-titled solo debut, an acoustic psych gem. Around the same time, he was enlisted as a touring guitarist and opening act for the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
Sophomore album Strange Hexes revealed Wasif’s varied influences. The album was recorded with his band Two Part Beast (Bobb Bruno and Adam Garcia) and self-released in March 2008. That album was the first to hint at the distinctive sound Wasif has ultimately crafted for himself; a blast of post- modern psychedelic rock that is at once potent and refined. The album will be re-released by Tee Pee Records in 2010.
Having gained a reputation for his intense live shows while opening for RTX, The Raconteurs, Neko Case, Arthur Lee’s Love and Sebadoh, Wasif  played an extensive tour in the US in late 2009. He can also be found playing guitar on “Little Shadow” from YYY’s latest album ‘Its Blitz’ and Lou Barlow’s latest offering Goodnight Unknown.
The theme of love in its many guises, both as redemption and call to arms, is one that Wasif returns to again and again in his songs. Its mythical quality becomes a springboard from which he explores the mysteries of life and the universe on his third album, The Voidist. Recorded with Two Part Beast, plus guests Dale Crover (Melvins) and Greg Burns (Red Sparowes), by Chad Bamford (Weezer) with additional recordings by Mathias Schneeberger (The Obsessed, Gutter Twins), the release is out now on Tee Pee Records.

Imaad Wasif myspace

Sebo K

Lawrence

Kyle Hall

The Revenge

Horse Meat Disco

Mark E

Cottam

Warm Residents

Tickets: £8 // £10 // £12.50 from Resident Advisor and Corsica Studios. £15 on the door.

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On Saturday October 9th Warm take over Corsica Studios to celebrate their 11th birthday. For this very special event we have brought together some of the best international talent from around the world in addition to key artists from the Warm agency.

Bird on a Wire presents
MICE PARADE + SILJE NES

Doors 8pm
Tickets £10 +bf adv. from WeGotTickets and Ticketweb

Mice Parade was originally the solo project of New Yorker Adam Pierce, who has also played in Swirlies, The Dylan Group, HiM, múm, and Philistines Jr. From its outset, Mice Parade showed a boldly inventive, highly individual take on post-rock / electronica. Following 1998's Bubble Core album, 'The True Meaning Of BoddleyBaye', their first FatCat album, 'Ramda' (‘99), forged a distinctive, immersive audio space of piled-up percussion and atmospheric, hook-laden melodics.
Mice Parade are set to release a new album - the frolicking, giddy-paced 'What It Means To Be Left-Handed' - in September 2010 followed by an extensive tour of the UK and Europe.
http://www.myspace.com/miceparadeband

Support from Silje Nes
http://www.myspace.com/siljenes