We’ve a whole host of new shows for y’all to get excited about!

Check our show page for full details. All tickets for our shows can be purchased from www.wegottickets.com/oibrecords.

First up is a special OIB Split Series Volume 3 7” party with The Death Set and Lovvers. Also along for the ride is Lonely Ghosts who will be celebrating the release of his debut album Don’t Get Lost or Hurt that week.

Hot off the heels of the release of their critically acclaimed debut album ‘Worldwide’ on Ninja Tune / Counter Records, The Death Set bring their spazzy electro punk back to Brighton for one night of chaos. The band always choose to play at crowd level as to get everyone involved so expect a riotous evening of flailing limbs, electro beats and searing punk rock. Support comes from new Witchita signings Lovvers who make snotty, raw punk-rock that’s infected with demandingly danceable hooks. Second support is our very own post Help She Can’t Swim emo-core artist Lonely Ghosts who will be playing a very special show to commemorate the release of his debut album that week.
www.myspace.com/thedeathset
www.myspace.com/letscommunicate
www.myspace.com/lonelyghosts

18th August
The Prince Albert, Brighton
£5 advance 8:00pm
Tickets from: www.wegottickets.com/oibrecords

September sees a whole host of shows starting with Ponytail and Gentle, Friendly on September 5th.

Part of the Baltimore Whamcity artist collective (along with Dan Deacon), Ponytail are an American rock group formed in January 2005 through the off chance meeting of souls as chosen randomly by poet Jeremy Sigler. Knowing nothing of each other Ponytail first started their relationship as infants, with their first years being musically chaotic, feeding on exhaustion, border-lining on retardation, yet ultimately pop related. Through touring and sharing ideas with close musical friends the band began to hone their interests keeping the writing process as far from structured as possible often creating huge amounts of tension but producing an extremely unique environment that is rarely seen in music. Musically, the band creates genre flipped music crossing the standard rock band aesthetic with the worlds of new age, ska, psychedelia, Afro-pop and concrete poetry. Much like the Animal Collective jamming with Deerhoof! Yes it’s that good!

Support comes from OIB Records faves Gentle, Friendly who are a two piece noise-pop outfit from Birmingham, England. What do they put in the water up there? First Fuck Buttons and now Gentle, Friendly, there are some seriously monged out kids in Brum. Combining driving hypnotic drums with delicate over-driven guitar harmonies, lo-fi almost twee vocals, and multi-layered tape noise, Gentle, Friendly create a beautiful racket which is all of their own. Like a fuzzy pop version of the Liars recording in Tim Hecker’s studio.
www.myspace.com/pjreamteam
www.myspace.com/gentlefriendly

5th September
The Prince Albert, Brighton
£5 advance 8:00pm
Tickets from: www.wegottickets.com/oibrecords

September 6th then sees Yacht descend on Brighton for the closing night of his UK tour.

To call YACHT a band is to dramatically miss the point, rather YACHT is the genre-and-meida-spanning life project of Jona Bechtolt, previously 50% of The Blow, Little Wings, and Devendra Banhart’s band. Bechtolt and new member Claire L. Evans (Weirdo Begeirdo, Thunder Sundress, The World Court) make anthemic power jams, play them backwards and soak them in nearly-psychedelic cherry cola. YACHT’s heart however is in his live shows: uncluttered, inspired sessions of damaged dance moves and synchronized crowd-waving, backed by constantly changing elements, PowerPoint presentations, audience Q&A sessions, and shamanistic video environments. “Being indie rock’s Timberland ain’t easy!” – VIBE Magazine.
www.myspace.com/yacht

Support comes from Brighton’s finest folk-tronica troubadour Jacob’s Stories.
www.myspace.com/jacobsstoriesband

6th September
The Hope, Brighton
£6 advance 8:00pm
Tickets from: www.wegottickets.com/oibrecords

Yacht – Don’t Stay in Bed

Then on Monday 29th September OIB Records will be hosting a very special intimate show for those hipper-than-thou indie-noise kids JOHNNY FOREIGNER! Support comes from new label names DANANANANYKROYD.

The show is at the 125 capacity Prince Albert pub in Brighton. This is definitely going to be the last opportunity to see this band play a venue of this size! This time next year Rodney…This time next year…!

Johnny Foreigner are a three piece indie-noise-pop band from Birmingham who write songs for people who like the same bands as they do. Before signing ‘proper’ to Best Before Records they released two now sold-out 7”s on Laundrette Records. Their debut album ‘Waited Up ‘Til It Was Light’ was released in June to mass critical praise, the indie world now waits with baited breathed for Johnny Foreigner to rise as the undisputed kings of the indie world.
www.myspace.com/johnnyforeigner

Dananananaykroyd are a six piece post-rock and Fugazi influenced avant-rock collective from Glasgow. Following sold-out singles with Moshi Moshi and Jealous, and a critically acclaimed EP on Holy Roar, Dananananaykroyd are scheduled to release with debut proper with Best Before Records.
www.myspace.com/dananananaykroyd

29th September
The Prince Albert, Brighton
£7 advance 8:00pm
Tickets from: www.wegottickets.com/oibrecords

Johnny Foreigner – Eyes Wide Terrified