scratchy records presents..

 

 

‘scratchstock VI’

12 bar club, Denmark Street, London WC2H 8NL

mon 16th march

 

 

nigel of bermondsey  

beautifully understated songs about nuclear catastrophes from gay dad’s old bass player. at times reminiscent of former guided by voices cohort tobin sprout or maybe malcolm mcdowell fronting a deserters songs era mercury rev..  plus one of them’s got a silver acoustic guitar. nice !

 

“..delirious orbs of dissipating day-glo dreamscapes” Crud Magazine
“Nigel is very good at writing pop songs - this is one of them.” Artrocker

“A wide-eyed wonderment runs through the debut album from former Gay Dad bassist Nigel Hoyle” Clash Magazine

“his self-titled album is a most pleasant surprise, full of sunshiney, hummable folk-pop ditties” Maxim Magazine

www.myspace.com/nigelofbermondesy

 

quiet loner

specialising in songs about love, conspiracy theories and the redemptive power of country music, quiet loner’s 2004 debut “secret ruler of the world” was hailed by americana-uk.com as their album of the year. tonight mr loner reveals plans for the follow up on microfiche and will explain why ID cards are a bad IDea..
 

“a real talent for songwriting plus some wonderful darker moments that you can't help but fall in love with - Manchester's answer to Gram Parsons” Maverick magazine

“poised between light and dark, like the sweet sting of velvet nettles” *** Uncut
 “Hill’s sound and lyrical twists encompass everyone from Jay Farrar to Morrissey - it’s country music with a dark, foreboding, sardonic heart but with glimmers of optimistic passion. Real enough to feel laden with an integrity that endures repeated listens.” Americana-uk

 

www.myspace.com/quietloner

 

I N T E R L U D E – mud slides, chanting.. + resonance fm’s resident poet Gerry Mitchell will read the traditional warning about the brown acid and maybe some of his poems

 

matt sage

matt runs the legendary catweazle open mic night in oxford which has just started up on tuesdays in london town at the paradise bar in kilburn lane, hooray ! tonight he’s solo and comes armed with the easy charm of an early seventies bob dylan / cat stevens so expect to be singing along and not be embarrassed about it. new album out soon..
 

"An amazing and dynamic voice - with all the grace and emotion of Jeff Buckley and Damien Rice" - Nightshift Magazine
"Lush and always inventive. Strange News From Another Star is a long overdue showcase of his considerable songwriting talents" - The Oxford Times

"A great artist" - Gilles Peterson, Radio 1

www.myspace.com/mattsagemusic

 

bromide

cunning label boss spots hole in market and does mid-fi acoustic folk pop. new album ‘the trouble with... bromide’ out now on scratchy

 

“ultra-catchy, jangly acoustic pop that reminds you of lloyd cole, teenage fanclub or american music club” soundsxp.com

“memorable slices of acoustic whimsy” *** Q magazine

“An off-kilter look at the traumas, troubles, and triumphs of love... ‘Looking For Aliens’ would have even the most depressed student up on the dancefloor stretching their drainpipes.. whilst his take on GBV’s ‘Game Of Pricks’ is worthy of the old dogs themselves.”  americana-uk.com

www.theinternetatemysoul.co.uk/bromide.htm

                     

+ special late night set from apple rabbits - www.myspace.com/applerabbits

+ dj lord ant b

+ compere pierette scobaz (pull the other one)

 

 

admission Ł6 – doors 7pm – late bar - venue tel: 020 7240 2120

 

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