Journey’s End – Siouxsie and The Banshees 1987-1996, published by Wymer is the third book in Laurence Hedges excellent Siouxsie And The Banshees trilogy covering 1987 through to 1996. This afternoon (no waiting for the Night Shift required) RnR Book Club host Tony Gleed is joined on stage by Laurence, alongside guitarist of the epoch Jon Klein, and strings and keys all important addition of the time, Martin McCarrick. They will be discussing the book, and the times and the remarkable music, and no doubt inviting a few questions from the floor too. The afternoon is topped off by a performance by the incredible Painted Bird, playing classic Banshees material from across their back catalogue, and there will be a DJ spinning Banshee adjacent records in between chats and sets. Something Wicked This Way Comes. EVENING SHOW TICKETED SEPARATELY HERE https://wegottickets.com/f/17433 Miss Havisham’s Digital Clock + Cuckoo Corner + 00000000 + Dan Spanner Miss Havisham’s Digital Clock – MHDC are North London’s velvet-clad oddballs, mixing alternative rock, chamber pop, and new psychedelia into something gloriously unpredictable. Think steampunk swagger, cabaret flair, and songs that swing from dreamy (Trifle Filled Skies) written on The Ray Davies songwriting course to defiant (Happy Song). With four songwriters, a singing saw, and the ability to turn art-school ideas into irresistible tunes, their live shows are as theatrical as they are electric. Cuckoo Corner – post punk imbued indie rock with slouching, insistent rhythms and deceptively melodic intonations. 00000000 -three-piece blending post-rock and industrial elements, creating immersive, atmospheric live sets (…) influenced by Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Sigur Rós, and Nine Inch Nails, combining atmospheric builds and intense, distortion heavy sections. Dan Spanner Experience – crazy punk funk and jazz with an experimental edginess but always great for moving your feet. At times Mr Spanner comes on like a post punk Ian Dury and when he blurts that sax one does think of The Contortions, Captain Beefheart and indeed Blurt… massive fun. DJ Sammi Starr til 2am
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