Micachu, Stricken City and My Sad Captains for Basement Club 24th July
By: Thomas Hannan
As ever with our line ups, expect the unexpected - this incredibly sonically diverse bunch are bound together only by their musical brilliance, and the fact that they're all playing for us at the buffalo bar on Thursday July 24th
MICACHU - standing sheepishly holding her curiously undersized guitar and backed by Marc Pell on drums and Raisa Khan on keys, East London's inimitable Micachu is a difficult one to categorise, but an easy one to become quite taken with. Her completely bonkers mixtape Filthy Friends gave some clues as to the nature of this hotly tipped youngster's brilliantly twisted mindset, but the live set delves that bit further in to the abyss, skipping and holding your hand as it goes. http://www.myspace.com/micayo
MY SAD CAPTAINS - Making their return to the Basement Club after doing the souls of everyone in attendance last time a huge amount of good through delivering their deft blend of classic English pop songwriting with a charming nonchalance and great taste in jumpers, My Sad Captains return this time as the finished article. Recent singles 'Bad Decisions' and 'All Hat No Plans' have proved that they're probably the most melodiously talented band in Britain at the minute. Fans of Pavement and Grandaddy can now finally stop crying about their favourite band not being together any more. http://www.myspace.com/mysadcaptains
STRICKEN CITY - Admirably ambitious and arrestingly anthemic rock from Stricken City, a band who seem to prompt us to use lots of words that begin with the letter 'a' sequentially. Perhaps it's because if we were grading their sun soaked yet sufficiently gritty indie pop, an 'A' is exactly what we'd give it. It's pop, not as you know it, but pop as you'd like to know it - a far more exciting prospect, you'll agree. http://www.myspace.com/strickencity
Plus Rockfeedback DJs spinning Gregorian chants, suggestible sea shanties and, I dunno, probably Black Kids or something.
So, that's all taking place on Thursday 24th July at the Buffalo Bar in Highbury, right next to Highbury and Islington underground station, from 8pm - 2am.
Tickets cost £6.00 and must be reserved by emailing thebasement@rockfeedback.com in advance with names.