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GOGO PENGUIN (UK) | PVT (AU) | THE PHYSICS HOUSE BAND (UK) | HOOTON TENNIS CLUB (UK) | DIE NERVEN (GER)
TRUE WIDOW (US) | CIVIL CIVIC (AU) | LUO (UK) | AUTUMN SWEATER (LUX) | THE KOOTERS (LUX)
GOGO PENGUIN
UK | Electronica / Jazz
Blue Note Records
Hailing from Manchester, UK, acoustic-electronica trio GoGo Penguin are pianist Chris Illingworth, bassist Nick Blacka and drummer Rob Turner.
Drawing on a heady brew of influences from Brian Eno, John Cage, Massive
Attack and Aphex Twin to Manchester’s grey rain-streaked urban streets they create a brave new sound all their own. Defined by skittering break-beats, powerful sub-bass, telepathic interplay and a penchant for anthemic melody they create an emotionally rich palate for the listener that has seen them hailed as the
most exciting new band to emerge from the UK in years.
AU | Electro-pop
Warp, Felte, Create Control, Sensory Projects
PVT
PVT are international, though they're known as Pivot to anyone in the know.
They're an act that's embraced technology at every turn gritty, new, confronting and their uncompromised songwriting and musical understanding have seen their first four albums released to global acclaim. They've been all over, both on their own steam and in the support of acts like The Arctic Monkeys, Gary Numan, Warpaint, Bloc Party, and Gotye. After years of touring the band wound up cast far
and wide residing each in a different continent. Men of the world.
HOOTON TENNIS CLUB
Sing about the small details of life. Theirs is a world in which curious observational lyrics abound; poetic riddles and wry nuggets that contort the banality of everyday existence while never succumbing to cynicism. Quite the opposite in fact: Hooton's songs are bathed in sunlight, and find romance where others see squalor.
UK | Indie pop-rock
THE PHYSICS HOUSE BAND
UK | Math-Rock
The Physics House Band are an experimental group from the UK, based in the south of England. Their live performances blend a furious mix of psychedelic rock, progressive jazz and experimental electronic music! They have toured and performed notable shows with Jaga Jazzist, Maps & Atlases, LITE, Alt-J, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, Tera Melos, Zechs Marquise, Django Django, 65daysofstatic, Three Trapped Tigers, Mono + more.
MERCHANDISE
US | Indie pop-rock
Merchandise is a band fighting against the easy categorization reserved for abbreviated biographies.
Formed as a trio in Tampa, Florida in 2008, the band has undergone ceaseless revision and reinvention. The project is equal parts punk misanthropy, maudlin balladeering, fine art, low humor, classical study, psychedelic spacecasing, mad science and pop genius.
TRUE WIDOW
USA | Shoegaze / Post-rock
Dallas trio TRUE WIDOW craft patient, rounded music that calls to mind images of foggy dawns and parched fields. Formed in November 2007, TRUE WIDOW released their self-titled debut a year later and immediately caught the ears of the underground. At its core, the music of TRUE WIDOW is powered by the driving, guitar-dense aspects of shoegaze and stoner rock and the heavy, low-moving evocations of ambient music.
DIE NERVEN
GER | Noise/Post-Punk
DIE NERVEN (“The Nerves”) are a German-speaking Post-Punk/Noise-Rock 3-piece with a penchant for gloom and nihilism.
You have the slightest interest in a band that kicks ass without making a big deal out of it? You care for music that transports an attitude without being nosey at all? You might be interested in a band that bears slight resemblances of Mission Of Burma, Wipers, Bauhaus, Swans, Abwärts, Sonic Youth, Fehlfarben, Helmet or Mudhoney? You never heard of any of the bands mentioned – but you got ears to listen, a mind to understand and a stomach to digest? Either way - you’ll love DIE NERVEN.
CIVIL CIVIC
AU | Synth/ Post-punk
Like a celestial shaft of aural light beamed from unknown futures or a diamond-cutting laser first illuminating and then slicing to shreds the darkest corners of the subconscious, CIVIL CIVIC create a musical experience that is totally immersive. Like musical synaesthesia, theirs is a visceral experience to be smelled, tasted, explored, survived. They sound like no other.
For their second album the Melbourne-spawned instrumental duo look inwards. THE TEST is a sound mirror held up to the soul, reflecting back both the beauty and ugliness. It is, CIVIL CIVIC say, “an emotional rollercoaster, with all the teeth-grinding joy and unbridled fear that can be experienced by a self-aware lump of meat flying through space.” It is, they elaborate, “systematic dance inquiry into the epicentre of the human psyche.”
LUO
Seamlessly blending IDM with live instrumentation, the Brighton-based four-piece – made up of Josh Trinnaman, Jake Keeble, Rik Coe and Sam Hughes – present some of their best work on ‘Ebb & Flow’.
UK | Math-Rock
LUX | Psych-Rock
THE KOOTERS
The Kooters are a young band that re-interpret the psychedelic vibe mixed with a fresh indie touch and a pure youthful energy. The 4 young musicians provide psyched gigs with a lush atmosphere, accessible for dreamers, erratics and other more jittery folk.
AUTUMN SWEATER
LUX | Indie
Autumn Sweater draw their inspiration from 90s indie, 80s post punk and any other style that comes along to create their own kind of indie rock. The band’s three songwriters givethe band a varied sound that goes from fast punk influenced songs to soothing laid-back pop tracks. And also, they like tacos.
