Letters, Hoodlums, Subiaco, The Magic January 22, 2008

£4 in acdvance/£5 on the door

LETTERS are 1 girl and 3 boys from SE London. They play guitars, bass, loud drums and some of them sing. They formed in the summer of 2005 and have been intensively writing, pontificating and rehearsing ever since. They recorded 2 songs late last year with monsieur Andy of Stereolab in his fine studio in a beatiful industrial estate in Bow. Letters describe themselves as 'chippy choppy', but hope to add clappy to that after some serious hand work. Letters are also teaching themselves to be lefthanded. Letters like a lot of music.

HOODLUMS initially began as writing/recording partnership between Nick Pini and Lou Vainglorious. The two met in March '07 after months of Lou trawling myspace looking for a double-bassist to create a new sound. In June 07 after months of song writing, the pair began recording themselves in a converted warehouse in Southend with friend and producer Mike Spink. From these sessions tracks such as 'The Beat Bop' and 'In The Out Crowd' were recorded and the Hoodlums sound was born. The band have been refining their eclectic sound over the last few months with a string of manic last minute live shows all over London, as well as performing in some of the most scenic and bizarre outside locations London has to offer. Most notably the band have been filmed playing outside the some of the seediest stip joints in Soho, on London Bridge, and outside Kings Cross Station during rush hour.

Visit: http://www.myspace.com/hoodlumsband
or http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=5927142730



SUBIACO After being brought together in early June of 2007, the band threw themselves into regular rehearsals, emerging with a demo under their arm just 6 weeks later after an eye opening few hours in the studio. Now regularly gigging on the London circuit and building up a loyal following to boot, Subiaco know that good times lie ahead. With their undeniably infectious and just plain out and out quality tunes backed up with the hard graft, there is only one place that Subiaco are going... and that is up.

THE MAGIC Based in London, The Magic have spent the last few years bringing their stageshow to cities throughout the UK. One percussionist, a keyboard and three bass players later, they have finally found a sound they are happy with, something they like to think is similar to that of The Police, Bloc Party and various other bands they like, but to others' ears probably quite different. Still young, The Magic continue to play across London and beyond, though they haven't really supported any famous bands. Not just yet anyway. This, dear friends, is The Magic!