IVW 25 - UNIVERSITY, Formal Sppeedwear, Christian Music

INDEPENDENT VENUE WEEK 2025

It's that time of the year again when we throw a week-long mini festival of some of our most very favourite acts.

And tonight we bring down three bands from the Stoke and Crewe area on a bill that really excites us...

UNIVERSITY - if you ask them discreetly), UNIVERSITY are a band diving into all of life’s existentialism. An exploration of adolescence, self-identity and slight mania, their upcoming music is “like getting punched in the face by a gorilla but then being cuddled afterwards”. Influenced by artists such as Nouns, Hella, and Cypress Hill, UNIVERSITY sit in their own patchwork world, combining textures both vintage and futuristic.

We've been wanting to book this band for a couple of years and the lure of a Stoke night during Independent venue Week clinched the deal. We're excited.

FORMAL SPPEEDWEAR - a wonky new wave teacup ready to be sipped, brimming with a heady infusion of Yellow Magic Orchestra, Neu and DEVO.

CHRISTIAN MUSIC - frenetic four piece from Stoke-Crewe bring punk energy, hardcore vibes and a touch of psych all rolled in to a furious blink-and-you'll-have-missed-it set.

Source: Windmill Brixton website