Modern Age rock Central London 22 December
Friday 22nd December: False Heads, Foxe, 485C, Dirty Orange, Mourning Birds.
Every name has won acclaim.
For music lovers and best buzz band scouts alike, Christmas starts right here (229, Central London), right now. "We're going all out for our end of year party, to celebrate all the mega bands we've had the pleasure of working with through 2017! Live bands plus guest DJs till the earlier hours as well as a few surprises along the way." (Modern Age Music). We are well chuffed to be associates on this beauty.
£4 Early Bird tickets sold out quickly, but you can still nab a bargain. Get your £5 advance entry, latest news updates and band links via this FB event link because, as Some Might Say, this is 2017's must-not-miss music movement blow out.. 229 Great Portland Street, London W1W 5PN. Opposite Great Portland Street tube station. 10-15 mins walk from Oxford Circus. 24 hour bus stops across the road.
False Heads by Luke Marcus Nugent
With Gary Powell of The Libertines and Iggy Pop among their burgeoning fan base, headliners, False Heads, have just also been tipped as ones to watch by The Independent newspaper, and were recently invited as speakers, alongside CABBAGE, at Off The Record's music festival conference, which they also graced live. The shows are impactive, loud n livid mind slaps of full on, grunge-punked rock from a band not short of something relevant to say, in an age that needs it. Get ready to shake.
Foxe by Rob Blackham
At time of writing, purveyors of perfect pop noise, Foxe, are probably still in the recovery position from being special guests at the momentous No Hot Ashes show in Manchester. There is a reason why a lot of these names cross over with line ups, allies and promoters collaborating. It is because the guitar bands underground is pulsing. TheZineUK attended Modern Age's recent, (sold out collaboration) with Welcome To The Monkey House and are chuffed to co-pro this show. Foxe have already been featured by Sky Arts, BBC Introducing, The Alt Escape Festival and BBC Radio 6 Music. Playing with ace faces, earlier this year, Blackwaters, cements the fact that this band are most definitely part of the pulsing.
485C by Sandy K. Moz
485C's stealth-like climb into the consciousness of the nation continues. A tightly accomplished rock symphony of layered beats, riffs, licks and vocals whipping into intense silhouettes of passion orchestrating poems of sharp articulation? Discard genres, let the youth define their own paths. Since our photographer, Sandy, snapped the band above, they have wowed festivals and key events, won proseful praise, starred across national radio and are in Spotify's Indie Top 50 of 2017. Like False Heads, they appear in Some Might Say's mag's "Bands To Watch In 2018" (Grab a copy this evening) and will play Camden Assembly's Spotlight events in January.
Dirty Orange
Any band that have been likened to Nirvana AND Arctic Monkeys, are attention grabbing by nature. There is also a transantlantic confidence to their sound that bigger stage shows are made of. Dirty Orange are another name in the eye of the new rock and roll storm on the horizon. Having toured landmark events like Double Denim and This Feeling, they've picked up great reviews for the'XXX' EP and live shows alike. Dirty Orange play the Some Might Say show in January (and are also in the above mentioned issue). You are getting quite a few close range previews of Ones To Watch artists, this evening!
Mourning Birds
A great rock band with a load of potential. An early incarnation wowed critics, media, landmark events etc alike, did BBC sessions/festivals, actually sold releases through word of mouth. It looked and sounded amazing, but It didn't feel right. They got fucked off so they fucked off for a bit and then Britain went Brexit. Obsesses by music though, a months ago, and on a mission to have fun, Mourning Birds did an unannounced gig as unknowns, Fucking Skeletons, and got such a reaction that it became the real start of the band. No expectation just noisy exhilaration.
It's a party.
Everybody is welcome to get involved.
When "your source of DIY rock'n'roll" has your head liners on the cover and more than half the bill in the 'Bands To Watch in 2018' issue etc, then the buzz around 2017's return of the guitar band jedi is only gonna get bigger. Anybody that was at the Music People Party recently can feel it's all happening. Why wait for January, it's 2018 already!
TheZineUK is the documentary of newer wave adventures in arts.
We love to see the tapestry weaving between dreamers and dancers, creators and performers, wishers and moshers, reporters and instigators, connectors and promoters.
The results are a roller coaster of ups and downs, but some of the results are so out of this world that you couldn't make it up. I wonder if False Heads started this year knowing that they would play Isle Of Wight AND Reading Festival (among many more?) and be on the same bill as Josh Homme?
What is happening is all the richer for their being no hype involved. No Establishment Music Press titles were harmed during the making of this movement. There is a collective of pro-active, music activist media that have got our noisy new rock stars written about, photographed, filmed and discussed.
It's growing because it's friendly and it's nothing like the hate filled shit storm in the mainstream news. This is something completely different. If you are in London and like guitar bands and fun in a friendly atmosphere, this is the seasonal spirit all wrapped up. A warm welcome aways. Don't be shy, it's not an exclusive clique or scene, its an inclusive movement/riot. It'll be a laugh.
Seeya there? Twitteratti RSVP @ModernAgeMgt and @TheZineUK
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