29th February - THE WAR ON DRUGS - Concorde 2, Brighton
2nd March - CITIZENS! - Green Door Store, Brighton
3rd March - ALLO DARLIN' - The Haunt, Brighton
3rd March - PHANTOM LIMB - Latest Music Bar, Brighton
3rd March - EARTH - Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol
4th March - TO KILL A KING - The Prince Albert, Brighton
4th March - FUNERAL SUITS - The Green Door Store, Brighton
9th March - FUTURE ISLANDS - The Haunt, Brighton
9th March - THREE TRAPPED TIGERS - Green Door Store, Brighton
9th March - THE MEGAPHONIC THRIFT - The Prince Albert, Brighton
12th March - EARTH - The Haunt, Brighton
13th March - VERONICA FALLS - The Haunt, Brighton
15th March - XIU XIU - Sticky Mike's Frog Bar
18th March - BROTHER & BONES - The Hope, Brighton
21st March - THE CIVIL WARS - Komedia, Brighton
30th March - SHEARWATER - The Haunt, Brighton
1st April - ARCHITECTS - Concorde 2, Brighton
2nd April - NINA NASTASIA - The Macbeth, London
5th April - THE WAVE PICTURES - Green Door Store, Brighton
7th April - SONS OF NOEL & ADRIAN - The Haunt, Brighton
11th April - 2:54 with CHELSEA WOLFE - Green Door Store, Brighton
12th April - PELICAN - The Haunt, Brighton
13th April - PELICAN - The Cooler, Bristol
13th April - LAURA GIBSON - Komedia Studio Bar
13th April - ANCIENT VVISDOM - Green Door Store, Brighton
14th April - ODONIS ODONIS + PATTEN - The Hope, Brighton
15th April - GREAT LAKE SWIMMERS - Green Door Store, Brighton
16th April - DANIEL JOHNSTON + BRITISH SEA POWER (Acoustic) - St. Bartholomew's Church, Brighton
18th April - SEA OF BEES - The Haunt, Brighton
21st April - SLEEP PARTY PEOPLE - Green Door Store, Brighton
5th May - BOWERBIRDS - The Haunt, Brighton
5th May - RED CITY RADIO - The Hydrant, Brighton
11th May - BROTHER ALI - The Roadhouse, Manchester
13th May - BROTHER ALI - Green Door Store, Brighton
14th May - LOWER DENS - The Hope, Brighton
21st May - SET YOUR GOALS - The Hydrant, Brighton
25th May - OF MICE AND MEN - The Haunt, Brighton
28th May - THE MELVINS - Concorde 2, Brighton
8th June - INTRODUCING PERFORM DJ SHADOW'S ENDTRODUCING - The Deaf Institute, Manchester
9th June - INTRODUCING PERFORM DJ SHADOW'S ENDTRODUCING - The Brudenell Socail Club - Leeds
10th June - SUNN O))) - Coaltion, Brighton
17th August - INTRODUCING TAKE ON MR SCRUFF - Concorde 2, Brighton
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WEDNESDAY 29TH FEBRUARY // WEDNESDAY 29TH FEBRUARY
One Inch Badge presents:
THE WAR ON DRUGS
+ Weird Dreams
THE WAR ON DRUGS
On their debut, the life-affirming Wagonwheel Blues, and the follow-up EP, Future Weather, Philly’s The War on Drugs seemed obsessed with disparate ideas, with building uncompromised rock monuments from pieces that may have seemed like odd pairs. Folk-rock marathons come damaged by drum machines. Electronic and instrumental reprises precede songs they’ve yet to play, and Dr. Seuss becomes lyrical motivation for bold futuristic visions. Now having released Slave Ambient, their second album proper, Granduciel has done it again, better than before: with a brilliant 47-minute sprawl of rock ‘n’ roll, conceptualized with a sense of adventure and captured with seasons of bravado.
WEDNESDAY 29TH FEBRUARY
AT CONCORDE 2, BRIGHTON
Madeira Drive, BN2 1EN
£10.00 advance // 7:30pm
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FRIDAY 2ND MARCH // FRIDAY 2ND MARCH
One Inch Badge & Teen Creeps present:
CITIZENS!
+ Support
CITIZENS!
This london 5 piece bring art school indie stylings and dancefloor friendly tunes crashing together, all the while sounding familiar and yet fresh and new.
Recently signed to legendary label Kitsune, they're first couple of singles 'True Romance' and 'Reptile' have had the music press falling over themselves to get at the band and consequently found themselves on more "tipped for 2012" lists than we've had hot dinners. It wont harm them that they have a mentor in Alex Kapranos (Franz Ferdinand), who has been shouting about this band from the rooftops for a while now, and is even producing their records. Catch this band in an intimate venue while you can because its going to be a huge year for these lads.
FRIDAY 2ND MARCH
AT THE GREEN DOOR STORE, BRIGHTON
Under Brighton Station, Good's Yard, BN1 4FQ
11:00pm till 04:00am // 18+
FREE ENTRY!
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SATURDAY 3RD MARCH // SATURDAY 3RD MARCH
One Inch Badge & Hey! Brighton present:
ALLO DARLIN'
+ Vadoinmessico
+ The Vaudeville
ALLO DARLIN'
Allo Darlin‘ are many things. They can turn a room in a famous punk venue into a joyous, jumping, sweaty, pop-mosh pit. Or bring a room of 500 to hushed silence with the few strums of a ukulele and a love song about cooking. Coming very much from a DIY approach, they inspire true dedication from their fans, many of whom will travel hundreds of miles to see them.
SATURDAY 3RD MARCH
AT THE HAUNT, BRIGHTON
10 Pool Valley Coach Station, BN1 1NJ
£7.00 advance // 7:00pm // 14+
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SATURDAY 3RD MARCH // SATURDAY 3RD MARCH
One Inch Badge presents:
PHANTOM LIMB
+ Jo Harman
+ Rotait
PHANTOM LIMB
Phantom Limb are an unusual musical prospect, drawing together a range of different sounds and experiences. By day, various members of the group have earned their crust as session musicians, vocalists and songwriters, skirting round the edges of the industry. A glance at their collective musical CV would list collaborations with everyone from Pee Wee Ellis and Percy Sledge to Tom Jones. Charismatic lead singer Yolanda Quartey, who has sung lead spots withNitinSawhney and Chase & Status, spent the summer of 2008 touring with Massive Attack, written for Will Young and performed backing vocals for Adele and Dizzee Rascal. By Yolanda’s own admission, though, the band has found it hard remaining in the shadows. “You’re supposed to be able to shrink back,” as she puts it. “I’ve had to play down my voice, and that’s the worst thing, actually.”
Having met by chance amidst these workmanlike sessions, Phantom Limb formed in 2004, and released their self-titled debut album in 2008. Yet it is with their second offering - The Pines - that you sense they’re truly stepping out to the front of the stage. The Pines is an assured, well-studied and heartfelt record, absorbing an array of classic influences. Musically, the songs stand at the crossroads between Country and classic R&B, which – from Ray Charles’ country albums to The Staple Singers fronting The Band – still feelsrelatively unexplored. Yet as Yolanda succinctly puts it, “Country and gospel are the same, just with different race singers.” The skill of Phantom Limb lies in their ability to assimilate these seemingly-disparate influences in a manner that feels effortless and idiosyncratic.
The phenomenal new video for "The Pines" can be viewed here.
SATURDAY 3RD MARCH
AT LATEST MUSIC BAR, BRIGHTON
14-17 Manchester Street, BN2 1TF
£6.50 advance // 7:30pm // 16+
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SUNDAY 4TH MARCH // SUNDAY 4TH MARCH
One Inch Badge presents:
TO KILL A KING
+ Glass City Vice
+ 900 Spaces
TO KILL A KING
Leeds natives To Kill A King wear their emotions heavily upon their shirt sleeves. Frontman and prime songwriter Ralph Pelleymounter formed the skeletal frame of To Kill A King at university in Leeds with friends Ian Dudfield and Josh Platman before completing the current line-up when they moved down to London at the tail end of 2009.
Ralph and To Kill A King wanted to make music that mattered. Citing literary greats such as Dylan Thomas, and the NYC beat-poet era of Allen Ginsberg alongside musical reference points like Grizzly Bear and Mystery Jets, the band place equal emphasis on both melody and lyrics.
Blogged about almost as soon as they had started layering songs to 8-track, there’s an immediacy and melodrama to their first recordings that shoots straight for the heart. With its vastness of multi-tracked, guitar heavy sound, debut 'Fictional State’ is a devastatingly assured introduction to the band.
SUNDAY 4TH MARCH
AT THE PRINCE ALBERT, BRIGHTON
48 Trafalgar Street, BN1 4ED
£7.00 advance // 7:30pm // 18+
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SUNDAY 4TH MARCH // SUNDAY 4TH MARCH
One Inch Badge presents:
FUNERAL SUITS
+ Support
FUNERAL SUITS
Funeral Suits are a four-piece from Ireland consisting of Brian James, Mik McKeogh, Greg McCarthy and Dar Grant. The music they make is expansive without being overblown, heavy without being menacing and all the more thrilling for its restraint. Funeral Suits debut UK single ‘Colour Fade’ was released on May 29 through Friends vs Records.
A shared love of epic, distorted guitars, blistering harmonius pop, art rock and
electronica led to the band spending the best part of two years holed up in a disused office space in deepest North County Dublin, writing, rehearsing and at times venturing out to play as special guests for Franz Ferdinand, Passion Pit, The Maccabees, Local Natives amongst others.
Funeral Suits have recorded and finished their debut album with acclaimed producer Stephen Street (Blur, The Smiths) which is due to be released Spring 2012.
Funeral Suits first single ‘Colour Fade’ has already enjoyed support from BBC Radio 1 DJ’s Zane Lowe, Steve Lamacq and Huw Stephens. ‘Colour Fade’ is a song reflective of the trio’s hedonistic adolescence and burning passion to escape Dublin whilst hinting at big things to come from their full length.
‘Health’ is the bands current single taken from their as yet un-named debut.
March 5th 2012 sees the band release their third single 'All Those Friendly People'
SUNDAY 4TH MARCH
AT THE GREEN DOOR STORE, BRIGHTON
Under Brighton Station, Good's Yard, BN1 4FQ
£6.00 advance // 7:30pm // 18+
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FRIDAY 9TH MARCH // FRIDAY 9TH MARCH
One Inch Badge presents:
FUTURE ISLANDS
+ Hockeysmith
+ Way Through
+ Cinemascopes
FUTURE ISLANDS
Future Islands’ romantic synth sound scales new heights with On the Water, the Baltimore trio’s most ambitious and fully realized statement yet. Built around a song cycle exploring love, loss, and memory, their latest album finds the band continuing to deliver pounding rhythms, swelling melodies, and undeniable hooks - but finding new ways to probe inner space and tug at hearts.
FRIDAY 9TH MARCH
AT THE HAUNT, BRIGHTON
10 Pool Valley Coach Station, BN1 1NJ
£8.00 advance // 7:00pm // 14+
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FRIDAY 9TH MARCH // FRIDAY 9TH MARCH
One Inch Badge presents:
THREE TRAPPED TIGERS
+ The Physics House Band
+ DA-10
THREE TRAPPED TIGERS
“Twinkles and booms like a star being born, this feels like being hugged by a computerized god. this'll make fans of Lightning Bolt, Battles and Aphex Twin cream themselves”
NME
“It sounds like the end of music as you know it and the beginning of something dazzlingly fresh”
Clash
“Gives the impression of a ticking bomb about to explode”
Artrocker
“Dischord + Warp = a listener's dream come true”
Drowned In Sound
“Effortlessly execute a paradox in sound that is as frantic as it is contemplative”
Q
“Is the machine half-man or the man half-machine? … One of the most exciting UK bands to emerge in 2009” BBC Music
“This loud and twisted trio are the safest bets to take death-improv to the masses”
Time Out
“Unlike any other band you’ve seen”
Loud and Quiet
FRIDAY 9TH MARCH
AT GREEN DOOR STORE, BRIGHTON
Under Brighton Station, BN1 4FQ
£7.00 advance // 7:00pm // 18+
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FRIDAY 9TH MARCH // FRIDAY 9TH MARCH
One Inch Badge presents:
THE MEGAPHONIC THRIFT
+ The Witches
+ No Problems
THE MEGAPHONIC THRIFT
The Megaphonic Thrift are a Norwegian indie-supergroup of sorts, consisting of Richard Myklebust of Stereo21 and Young Dreams, Linn Frøkedal and Njål Clementsen of Low Frequency In Stereo and Fredrik Vogsborg of Casiokids and Young Dreams. They make catchy melodies and then drench them guitarnoise, best described as noisepop with shoegaze elements. Their premier references are acts like Sonic Youth, Built To Spill, Dinosaur Jr., Guided By Voices and My Bloody Valentine.
They broke onto the international scene with their debut EP “A Thousand Years Of Construction” early in 2010.
2011 saw the release of their debut album “Decay Decoy” on legendary ClubAC30 to rave reviews.
Jay-Z featured them in his magazine “Life and Times”. Whilst touring Europe and North America they wrote their second, self titled, album, which will be released on the 6th of February.
One of OIB's "one's to watch" in 2012!
FRIDAY 9TH MARCH
AT THE PRINCE ALBERT, BRIGHTON
48 Trafalgar Street, BN1 4ED
£6.00 advance // 7:30pm // 18+
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SATURDAY 3RD MARCH // MONDAY 12TH MARCH
One Inch Badge presents:
EARTH
+ Mount Eerie
+ Ô Paon
EARTH
Dylan Carlson's legendary Seattle drone doom pioneers EARTH visit the UK for these very special shows in support of their devastating new album "Angels Of Darkness, Demons Of Light II" , demonstrating their prowess and far-reaching influence on over two decades of musical output.
SATURDAY 3RD MARCH
AT ARNOLFINI GALLERY, BRISTOL
16 Narrow Quay, BS1 4QA
£14.00 advance // 7:00pm // 14+
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MONDAY 12TH MARCH
AT THE HAUNT, BRIGHTON
10 Pool Valley Coach Station, BN1 1NJ
£13.00 advance // 7:00pm // 18+
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TUESDAY 13TH MARCH // TUESDAY 13TH MARCH
One Inch Badge presents:
VERONICA FALLS
+ Novella
+ Peace
VERONICA FALLS
With their debut album, Veronica Falls have crafted a brilliantly concise, superbly concentrated hit of spiky, marvellously contagious indie pop with a twist – these are songs which will lodge themselves in your head as well as your heart, with style and attitude to burn. Not that the band are content to rest on their laurels – they’re already starting work on a second album, which they say has them more excited than anything else right now. If it is anything like this album, we have a lot of reason to get excited as well.
TUESDAY 13TH MARCH
AT THE HAUNT, BRIGHTON
10 Pool Valley Coach Station, BN1 1NJ
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THURSDAY 15TH MARCH // THURSDAY 15TH MARCH
One inch Badge presents:
XIU XIU
(4 piece show w/ live drummer)
+ Trumpets Of Death
+ Nick Hudson
XIU XIU
Recently signed to Bella Union, the Jamie Stewart's legendary project play this special four-piece show with a live drummer in support of new album "Always" (released March 5th).
THURSDAY 15TH MARCH
AT STICKY MIKE'S FROG BAR, BRIGHTON
9-12 Middle Street, BN1 1AL
£10.00 advance // 7:30pm // 18+
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SUNDAY 18TH MARCH // SUNDAY 18TH MARCH
One Inch Badge presents:
BROTHER & BONES
+ Early Ghost
+ Royal Blood
BROTHER & BONES
Recent winners of the South West Live Music Awards for "Best Band" and "Best Live Show", BROTHER & BONES closed 2011 making their name as one of the most exciting live bands in the UK.
The live show is a powerhouse of performance with rarely seen weight coming from a band fronted with an acoustic guitar. Recently described as "Powerful, uplifting and impeccably performed", B&B are fast developing a loyal army of followers from word of mouth alone, and continue to receive over-whelming praise from reviews and online press.
The 5 piece set-up also features 2 drummers, giving the ability to deliver a ferocious dynamic, as well a providing the subtleties that make for a truly world class performance.
SUNDAY 18TH MARCH
AT THE HOPE, BRIGHTON
11-12 Queen's Road, BN1 3WA
£6.00 advance // 8:00pm // 18+
RESCHEDULED SHOW
CHANGE OF DATE & VENUE
OLD TICKETS REMAIN VALID
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WEDNESDAY 21ST MARCH // WEDNESDAY 21ST MARCH
One Inch Badge & Kilimanjaro present:
THE CIVIL WARS
+ Special Guests
THE CIVIL WARS
After selling out London’s Union Chapel in September via word of mouth alone and followed by a stunning performance on Later With Jools Holland, Nashville’s The Civil Wars look set to become a household name in 2012. The duo, who can count Adele among their celebrity fans, will tour the UK in March including a show at Brighton Komedia.
WEDNESDAY 21ST MARCH
AT THE KOMEDIA, BRIGHTON
44-47 Gardner Street, BN1 1UN
£14.00 advance // 7:00pm
SOLD OUT!
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FRIDAY 30TH MARCH // FRIDAY 30TH MARCH
One Inch Badge & Love Thy Neighbour present:
SHEARWATER
+ Julie Doiron
SHEARWATER
It’s been suggested—by fans, detractors, even by the band’s founder—that Shearwater and whatever we call underground/indie/whatever-rock in this part of the century are not an obvious fit. And that’s true. So much of what we hear these days (the lousy stuff, anyway) is willfully insular; Jonathan Meiburg’s songs, by contrast, have constantly tackled bigger questions and been propelled by massive musical ambitions.
Though it’s possibly a wild projection to claim a few years of bouncing through various band lineups, record labels and places of residence have led to a radical reboot, Shearwater are big believers in citing circumstantial evidence and letting the jury figure it out for themselves. Just give ’em the fucking Grammy already!
FRIDAY 30TH MARCH
AT THE HAUNT, BRIGHTON
10 Pool Valley Coach Station, BN1 1NJ
£10.00 advance / 7:00pm / 14+
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SUNDAY 1ST APRIL // SUNDAY 1ST APRIL
One Inch Badge presents:
ARCHITECTS
+ Rolo Tomoassi
+ Stray From The Path
ARCHITECTS
We are pleased to announce this incredibly exciting hometown show from the metalcore legends!
SUNDAY 1ST APRIL
AT CONCORDE 2, BRIGHTON
Madeira Drive, BN2 1EN
£12.00 advance // 7:00pm // 14+
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MONDAY 2ND APRIL // MONDAY 2ND APRIL
One Inch Badge presents:
NINA NASTASIA
+ Support
NINA NASTASIA
This spring the incredible NINA NASTASIA will be returning to the UK for a select number of intimate appearances to road-test new material for the follow up to her critically acclaimed album ‘Outlaster’.
Nina Nastasia's rare gift of voice is an intimate, winged presence that is able to either freeze or melt your heart; that can powerfully soar and twist, or brush ultra-gently against you, suddenly summoning goose bumps. Mojo commented on its ability to "suck the air out of the room". Picking over themes of love, longing and loss, childhood, dreams and human dramas, her beautifully concise, hook-laden songwriting and the spare arrangements of her band have a certain gritty, rustic charm and intensity. Simultaneously tough and fragile, her songs crackle and smolder with an intimate emotional honesty and a dark undertow.
Don't miss this chance to witness a rare talent do what she does best...
MONDAY 2ND APRIL
AT THE MACBETH, LONDON
70 Hoxton Street, N1 6LP
£15.00 advance // 7:30pm // 18+
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THURSDAY 5TH APRIL // THURSDAY 5TH APRIL
One Inch Badge presents:
THE WAVE PICTURES
+ Tyrannosaurus Dead
THE WAVE PICTURES
The highly demanded return of Moshi Moshi records, THE WAVE PICTURES!
Produced by the band, new album Long Black Cars also features star turns from Wave Pictures favourites Turner Cody and The WoWz and was inspired by topics as diverse as Humphrey Bogart, the story of Job and police brutality.
Frontman Dave Tattersall’s vocals are familiarly rich, warm and soulful, with bassist Franic Rozycki’s fretwork on fine form for stand out track Never Go Home Again. Accompanied by an unusually mournful arrangement that perfectly reverberates the song’s narrative about a couple on the run, the result is pure poetry through an almost elegiac solemnity.
Proceeding track My Head Gets Screwed On Tighter Every Year deals with the theme of family feuds - in it, a man addresses his long lost brother - and faces the reality that it is often those closest to you that one knows the least.
Elsewhere, standout track Eskimo Kiss features drummer Jonny ‘Huddersfield’ Helm’s first recorded vocal on a Wave Pictures album. “This song is very New York to me...a very enigmatic, dark and mysterious lyric, but still peppered with details of the everyday.” says Dave Tattersall. Concentrating on finding the beautiful moments in the everyday, Eskimo Kiss ponders the little things that keep life exciting.
It’s an overarching theme throughout Long Black Cars - “The point is not that it is interesting to sing about the mundane rather than the magical, but that we find the mundane magical: the everyday amazes me.” Explains Tattersall.
On this, their fourth album for Moshi Moshi, The Wave Pictures once again blend their perfect mixture of minor key ballads and characteristic rock’n’roll harmonies - the result is the ebullient, sardonic pop they’ve come to be cherished for.
THURSDAY 5TH APRIL
AT THE GREEN DOOR STORE, BRIGHTON
Under Brighton Station, BN1 4FQ
£8.50 advance // 7:30pm // 18+
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SATURDAY 7TH APRIL // SATURDAY 7TH APRIL
One Inch Badge presents:
SONS OF NOEL & ADRIAN
+ Laish
+ Emma Gatrill
SONS OF NOEL & ADRIAN
Following on from their sold out show at The Albert as part of SEA MONSTERS 2 festival, SONAA are back on the road and will be releasing a brand new collection of songs this year - their second long player, Knots. The band’s sophomore album sees them breaking away from the acoustic roots of their debut album which lead them to tour twice with Mumford & Sons and support Laura Marling at Royal Festival Hall.
SATURDAY 7TH APRIL
AT THE HAUNT, BRIGHTON
10 Pool Valley Coach Station, BN1 1NJ
£7.00 advance // 7:00pm // 14+
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WEDNESDAY 11TH APRIL // WEDNESDAY 11TH APRIL
One Inch Badge presents:
2:54
with very special guest
CHELSEA WOLFE
2:54
For 2:54, everything comes from somewhere deep inside; that shared sisterly bond between Hannah and Colette Thurlow that manifests in their matching, messy hand gestures, the mirroring tattoos down their right arms, and their darkly triumphant, guitar-driven epics. Their relationship and the music they’ve been making together since they were teenagers are so intuitive that they struggle to describe it; but when they do, you know exactly what they mean.
Back in April they released the super limited edition, seven inch-only single ‘On A Wire’ through criminally hip label House Anxiety (The Big Pink, Zoo Kid), which was chosen by Radio 1’s Zane Lowe as his 'Next Hype' record of the week, beloved by indie champion Huw Stephens and even received breakthrough daytime plays by Fearne Cotton, as well as a session with XFM’s John Kennedy.
Not that there’s much danger of 2:54 sounding like anyone but themselves. Even after just a couple of singles their identity as a band is stronger than most who have years on them. Even if they can’t put it into words themselves. “As much as we can get away with not having to explain the songs,” laughs Hannah, “that’s how it should be. They should speak for themselves.”
CHELSEA WOLFE
California native Chelsea Wolfe has always embodied both light and dark. Yet though her music is a raw strain of electric folk tinted by black metal and deep blues, it never wallows in despair. Instead, it wraps itself like a thick blanket around the human experience, encouraging uplift, seeking triumph. Her voice is a haunting call, warm and lingering, and her lyrics acknowledge life’s obscure and melancholy moments in service to the unlikely truths and beauty they so often reveal. Her music exudes strength in the midst of adversity. It makes sense then that her influences run from Nick Cave and Selda Bagcan, to director Ingmar Bergman, with nods to the dramatic flair of Antony Hegarty, and even more so that she hails from the wilder, woodsy part of her state.
WEDNESDAY 11TH APRIL
AT THE GREEN DOOR STORE, BRIGHTON
Under Brighton Station, BN1 4FQ
£6.50 advance // 7:30pm // 18+
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THURSDAY 12TH APRIL // FRIDAY 13TH APRIL
One Inch Badge presents:
PELICAN
+ Support
PELICAN
Southern Lords' masters of brutal, cinematic post-metal visit Brighton and Bristol... Expect a very special evening of heavy instrumental riffage!
THURSDAY 12TH APRIL
AT THE HAUNT, BRIGHTON
10 Pool Valley Coach Station, BN1 1NJ
£12.50 advance // 7:00pm // 14+
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FRIDAY 13TH APRIL
AT THE COOLER, BRISTOL
48 Park Street, BS1 5JG
£12.50 advance // 7:00pm // 16+
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FRIDAY 13TH APRIL // FRIDAY 13TH APRIL
One Inch Badge presents:
LAURA GIBSON
+ Support
LAURA GIBSON
We are pleased to announce this special show from the critically acclaimed folk songstress, Laura Gibson.
Gibson’s previous work was praised for its timelessness, for the almost vintage quality of her voice. But of course her art and outlook aren’t solely influenced by the past. “I am someone who loves old things and could easily dwell in nostalgia,” she explains, “but I really felt this needed to be a statement about the future – about moving forward fearlessly – and I think the process of making the record and the finished album reflect that desire.”
“One of the year's most breathtaking albums. Beasts of Seasons is
nothing short of a masterpiece." NPR National Public Radio
"Both quietly devastating and life affirming." **** 4 stars MOJO
“A new soundtrack for your next long hike through the enchanted forest." Rolling Stone
"Gibson treats syllables with the same patience and loving precision a mosaic maker might put into cutting and arranging his / her tiles…rewards repeat listens.” Pitchfork
"Laura's serene folk guitar clarity is only bettered by her euphonious lilt that cascades with a celestial quality throughout." NME
"The idiosyncrasies in Gibson's forlorn croak and the deep melancholy of her observations make for a genuinely moving listen." **** 4 stars Q
FRIDAY 13TH APRIL
AT KOMEDIA STUDIO BAR, BRIGHTON
44-47 Gardner Street, BN1 1UN
£8.00 advance // 8:00pm // 14+
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FRIDAY 13TH APRIL // FRIDAY 13TH APRIL
One Inch Badge presents:
ANCIENT VVISDOM
+ Stone Circle
ANCIENT VVISDOM
Satan’s acoustic doom mongers ANCIENT VVISDOM make their UK debut! Friday 13th April 2012 will see the Texan four piece take to the stage for the first time ever in the UK in Brighton...
Comments frontman Nathan Opposition:
"Ready to rampage! Soul destruction is our creation. Your devastation, our delight. VVe're coming for you. So you be forewarned"
FRIDAY 13TH APRIL
AT THE GREEN DOOR STORE, BRIGHTON
Under Brighton Station, BN1 4FQ
£5.00 advance // 7:00pm // 18+
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SATURDAY 14TH APRIL // SATURDAY 14TH APRIL
One Inch Badge & FatCat Records present:
FURBALLS: Starring...
ODONIS ODONIS
+ PATTEN
+ SAINT COLTRANE
ODONIS ODONIS
Based out of Toronto, Canada, Odonis Odonis came into being in 2010, taking its name from a mate of bandleader, Dean Tzenos, who was unforgettably called Adonis Adonis. Wrapping every song with deep sea reverb and cold fingertips, Odonis Odonis distills the vitals of pop and experimentation.
Molded at a young age by the sounds of indie, new wave and industrial mix-tapes passed on by Dean’s elder sisters, Odonis Odonis harkens to The Jesus & Mary Chain, Pixies, Big Black and The Cure. Like a good post-modernist, however, these influences merely colour, but do not define Odonis Odonis.
SATURDAY 14TH APRIL
AT THE HOPE, BRIGHTON
11-12 Queen's Road, BN1 3WA
£5.00 advance // 8:00pm // 18+
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SUNDAY 15TH APRIL // SUNDAY 15TH APRIL
One Inch Badge presents:
GREAT LAKE SWIMMERS
+ Barzin
GREAT LAKE SWIMMERS
Toronto indie-folk/rock darlings Great Lake Swimmers return to the UK to promote New Wild Everywhere, their fifth studio album and follow up to 2009’s Juno and Polaris-nominated album Lost Channels.
New Wild Everywhere captures all of the excitement and intuitive musicianship of a group at the peak of their creative powers, with 12 new tracks that reveal a depth and maturity only previously hinted at by lead singer and songwriter Tony Dekker. Produced by longtime Great Lake Swimmers’ collaborator Andy Magoffin, New Wild Everywhere marks the first time in the band’s history that an album was recorded in a real studio (Toronto’s Revolution Recording); past albums have been famously recorded in historic churches, castles, music venues and more.
“We wanted to try something new, expand our horizons, and flex a bit of the creative muscle we’ve built up through years of touring,” says Dekker. “It came as a bit of a surprise how well we functioned as a band in that [studio] environment. We were able to focus completely on the songs, rather than the logistical obstacles of waiting for the boat to dock, or the rain to stop.”
Featuring the touring band from Lost Channels (long-time collaborator Erik Arnesen on banjo and guitar, along with new addition Miranda Mulholland contributing backing vocals and violin, Bret Higgins on upright bass, and Lost Channels drummer Greg Millson), New Wild Everywhere thematically picks up where the previous album left off, exploring transcendence in the natural world to describe the universal themes of love, mortality and escape.
New single “Easy Come Easy Go” is available to stream on Soundcloud here.
SUNDAY 15TH APRIL
AT GREEN DOOR STORE, BRIGHTON
Under Brighton Station, BN1 4FQ
£8.00 advance // 7:30pm // 18+
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MONDAY 16TH APRIL // MONDAY 16TH APRIL
One Inch Badge presents:
DANIEL JOHNSTON
and THE TEXAN SEA POWER
+ BRITISH SEA POWER (Acoustic)
DANIEL JOHNSTON
Daniel Johnston – the manic-depressive from West Virginia in his forties has had a wonderful life and a very creative one as an artist, songwriter and performer who's become a cult figure admired and performed by the likes of Tom Waits, Sonic Youth, and Kurt Cobain. Seven tribute / cover albums in recent years of his 500+ songs and the major motion picture ("The Devil & Daniel Johnston) on his life has brought renewed interest to his music, life and his art.
At this momentous event, Daniel will be performing his music in the sublime and breathtaking setting of St. Bartholomew's Church (the tallest purpose built church in the UK!), backed by a full band of distinguished guests.
MONDAY 16TH APRIL
AT ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S CHURCH, BRIGHTON
Ann Street, BN1 4GP
£16.00 // 7:30pm // All Ages
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WEDNESDAY 18TH APRIL // WEDNESDAY 18TH APRIL
One Inch Badge presents:
SEA OF BEES
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SEA OF BEES
“As much as I love Wilco,” says the woman who calls herself Sea Of Bees, “I didn’t want to write another ‘I Am Trying To Break Your Heart’.”
Julie Ann Baenziger – everyone calls her Jules - is referring to her stunning new album, which goes by the distinctive and intriguing name of Orangefarben. It’s a classic break-up record that disobeys the usual break-up rules, where getting reacquainted with life in the single lane is a singularly maudlin and clothes-ripping experience. Despite this being her first relationship and a public declaration of love for another woman, there’s no wallowing in self-pity, in either words or music. As Jules recalls, “What happened wasn’t all miserable to me, so I also wanted to write about the things that were really special. I may have listened to some heart-wrenching music,” Jules confesses, “but I’m tired of misery.”
So expect as many declarations of the wonder of love and a journey of self-discovery as a wistful vein of regret at love’s passing. Expect beautiful songs over-brimming with hooks, as gutsy as they are intimate and delicate, rooted in the primary colours of guitar, bass and drums, but with marimba, strings and pedal steel in here too. From deliciously upbeat (“Girl”) to mellotron-lined mystery (“Smile”), from swarthy passion (“Alien”) to ambient and tranquil (“Grew”), the album sits comfortably with her primary influences (Bright Eyes, Sigur Rós, Joanna Newsom, Sunny Day Real Estate frontman Jeremy Enigk).
WEDNESDAY 18TH APRIL
AT THE HAUNT, BRIGHTON
10 Pool Valley Coach Station, BN1 1NJ
£8.50 adv. // 7:30pm // 18+
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SATURDAY 21ST APRIL // SATURDAY 21ST APRIL
One Inch Badge presents:
SLEEP PARTY PEOPLE
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SLEEP PARTY PEOPLE
“I disguise the lyrics/vocals because I like it that way. I like the sound of it more than I like the fact that the lyrics should be undisguised. The sound is more important to me”.
Sleep Party People is the brainchild of Brian Batz, a Danish multi-instrumentalist with a boundless imagination.
Taking as inspiration the work of Boards Of Canada, David Lynch and Erik Satie, and some classic movie soundtracks, Batz found the sound of the old battered piano in his apartment, coupled with a freaky electronic alteration of his recorded voice, created an eerie, hypnotic sound.
THE ALBUM – WE WERE DRIFTING ON A SAD SONG
RELEASED ON BLOOD AND BISCUITS ON APRIL 9th
SATURDAY 21ST APRIL
AT THE GREEN DOOR STORE, BRIGHTON
Under Brighton Station, BN1 4FQ
£6.00 advance // 7:00pm // 18+
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SATURDAY 5TH MAY // SATURDAY 5TH MAY
One Inch Badge presents:
BOWERBIRDS
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BOWERBIRDS
The music of North Carolina's Bowerbirds has always seemed strangely eternal. Coruscated by Beth Tacular's bird song and Phil Moore's environmentalist empathy, it paints a pained portrait of love shrouded in doubt as perfectly as Cash, Dylan or Cohen ever have. These feel like more than songs; they feel like treasures.
But their recordings are made on the quick and the cheap, with nylon-stringed guitars, fiddle lines and drum patterns that became comfortable. You can imagine these songs as old stateside standards, because, really, that's how they sound--campfire anthems sung by a couple clinging to very deep love.
Now back with their third album on cult US label Dead Oceans; "The Clearing" is a bigger record, with bolder sounds and a broader scope. "Tuck The Darkness In" surges in its final two minutes with a wall of electric guitars and drums. "Hush" plays hide and seek with restless vibraphones, pianos and drums, Beth's voice again providing a core of resilience in an otherwise ominous atmosphere.
SATURDAY 5TH MAY
AT THE HAUNT, BRIGHTON
10 Pool Valley Coach Station, BN1 1NJ
£9.00 advance // 7:00pm // 14+
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SATURDAY 5TH MAY // SATURDAY 5TH MAY
One Inch Badge presents:
RED CITY RADIO
+ Leagues Apart
+ The Call Back Academy
+ Pirate Video Company
RED CITY RADIO
"In late 2005 I had given up on music. I was feeling uninspired and jaded celebrating my new found self pity with healthy doses of cynicism and bourbon. I even started to contemplate the unimaginable possibility of selling all of my musical gear in addition to my beloved vinyl collection. For no other reason than I thought I didn’t need it anymore. Then Dallas and I started Red City Radio.
This band is a result of four individuals coming together for their collective good. We’ve all fronted our own bands. We’ve all been stage center with guitar in hand belting out the songs we wrote at the show we booked, hoping to sell some shirts we designed. The difference now is that we as a collective are greater than the sum of our parts. We are all in, all of the time. No chief songwriter. No ego trips. No unilateral decisions. We are a unit, a machine, a brotherhood. And at the end of the day is there anyone else you would want to spend 50,000 miles on the road with? If you’re reading this you now know where we are coming from. And if you listen to our music you’ll know who we are. Cheers."
-Paul Pendley
In the van somewhere in rural Georgia
SATURDAY 5TH MAY
AT THE HYDRANT, BRIGHTON
75 London Road, BN1 4JF
£6.00 advance // 7:00pm // 14+
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FRIDAY 11TH MAY // SUNDAY 13TH MAY
One Inch Badge presents:
BROTHER ALI
+ Grieves & Budo (Rhymesayers)
BROTHER ALI
For the first time in his life, Brother Ali has been enjoying some day-to-day stability. Gone is the turbulent marriage to his first wife, homelessness, and the associated drama—all of which Ali openly documented on his last LP, The Undisputed Truth.
His new album, Us, is a progression that will establish Brother Ali as one of Hip Hop’s most enduring figures. While maintaining his intimate approach to songwriting, Ali has broadened his focus to examine life through his relationships with those closest to him. The new direction allows Ali to venture through the strengths and flaws of the human condition, exploring the evils of slavery, drug abuse, rape and poverty as well as the beauty of love, family and redemption.
FRIDAY 11TH MAY
AT THE ROADHOUSE, MANCHESTER
8 Newton Street, M1 2AN
£9.00 advance // 7:00pm // 18+
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SUNDAY 13TH MAY
AT THE GREEN DOOR STORE, BRIGHTON
Under Brighton Station, BN1 4FQ
£8.00 advance // 7:30pm // 18+
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MONDAY 14TH MAY // MONDAY 14TH MAY
One Inch Badge presents:
LOWER DENS
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LOWER DENS
Swarming guitar fuzz, bass waves, Jana Hunter's voice, and insistent drum throbs are the core components of Baltimore's Lower Dens. Hunter, sometimes known for intimate, ghost-heavy weird-fi, is now writing and playing with a group that might get filed as new wave, or drone pop, or post-punk. With due deference to her solo work, we're very glad.
Lower Dens formed in 2009, when Hunter set about finding a full-time band. They spent the rest of the year sweating in attics and basements, and only stepped out of the shadows to do a quick tour and record.
Currently causing a fuss in the wake of myriad rave reviews for 2nd album "Nootropics", Lower Dens have been touring alongside the likes of Bear in Heaven, the Walkmen, Beach House, and Deerhunter, and will immediately appeal to all fans of the above.
Spare and yet teeming with sound and portent, Nootropics rewards attentive listening. "You have to be paying attention," Hunter says, "which is a lot to ask of people. But that's the way I like it."
MONDAY 14TH MAY
AT THE HOPE, BRIGHTON
11-12 Queen's Road, BN1 3WA
£8.00 advance // 7:30pm // 18+
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MONDAY 21ST MAY // MONDAY 21ST MAY
One Inch Badge presents:
SET YOUR GOALS
+ Make Do And Mend (USA)
+ Spycatcher
+ Hildamay
SET YOUR GOALS
We are extremely proud to announce this very special show from Epitaph Records' SET YOUR GOALS!
“We are excited to return to England with our good friends in Make Do And Mend and Spycatcher” says singer Matt Wilson. “SYG has a lot of love for the UK and we are really looking forward to this show. Can't wait to see you all there!"
Set Your Goals will be performing in support of their latest album Burning At Both Ends, which was released in summer of 2011 via Epitaph Records.
Rock Sound UK (8/10) called it “anthemic” (..), with just the right blend of punk attitude and pop genius”. While Kerrang! stated that the band “have stepped up their game on this record, boasting some real songwriting chops”. According to Big Cheese (5/5), with this album the band have “reaffirmed their status as one of the best pop-punk bands around right now”.
MONDAY 21ST MAY
AT THE HYDRANT, BRIGHTON
75 London Road, BN1 4JF
£10.00 advance // 7:00pm // 14+
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FRIDAY 25TH MAY // FRIDAY 25TH MAY
One Inch Badge presents:
OF MICE AND MEN
+ Bury Tomorrow
+ With One Last Breath
OF MICE AND MEN
California's metalcore phenomenon OF MICE AND MEN visit the UK for this very special show at The Haunt. Expect the very best of the new wave of US anthemic hardcore, and what will surely be your last chance to see these guys tear up such an intimate venue.
FRIDAY 25TH MAY
AT THE HAUNT, BRIGHTON
10 Pool Valley Coach Station, BN1 1NJ
£10.00 advance // 7:00pm / 14+
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MONDAY 28TH MAY // MONDAY 28TH MAY
The Truth and One Inch Badge present:
THE MELVINS
For those who don't know:
The Melvins have been a band for over 25 years...
The Melvins have done a shit load of albums.... How many is a shit load? No one really knows.
The Melvins live in Los Angeles and it's understood in hip circles that the United States tilts left and anything covered in slime tends to slide straight out to California. If your sliding too fast when you slide into San Francisco you tend to glance off south and the real scum bags end up in Los Angeles where their skin dries into a Malibu Ken tan which most hipsters have to painstakingly remove with Easy Off oven cleaner.
We all love porn right? And with the intern et we've all become totally bored with porn. Bored out of our minds with easy access day and night internet porn.
The Melvins have four members.
King Buzzo... Longest surviving and only original member left. When they get around to replacing him there will be no original members!
Dale Crover... Long standing drummer and part time guitar player. Dale likes his booze in a High Ball glass.
Jared Warren... Bass player, singer and part time drama geek. Jared also plays in the band Big Business.
Coady Willis... Drummer. Coady has a funny story about trying to play a gig in leather pants. Ask him, it's funny as shit! Coady also plays drums in Big Business.
So there you have it!
MONDAY 28TH MAY
AT CONCORDE 2, BRIGHTON
Madeira Drive, BN2 1EN
£15.00 advance // 7:30pm // 18+
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FRIDAY 8TH JUNE // SATURDAY 9TH JUNE
One Inch Badge presents:
INTRODUCING PERFORM DJ SHADOW'S ENDTRODUCING
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INTRODUCING
We’re proud to welcome Introducing, who are back in town to recreate the sound of DJ Shadow’s Endtroducing.
‘From listening to the records, we just knew what to do.’
DJ Shadow‘s seminal Endtroducing album is considered by most to be uncoverable – but Introducing are not your average ‘covers’ band. The 1996 album inspired a generation. It made the Guinness Book of Records as the world’s first completely sampled album. Introducing take the whole thing full circle, and return those samples into live musicianship, in the image that DJ Shadow created them.
Introducing’s note-for-note nine-piece recreation has already been turning heads on the festival circuit. After their debut at Festinho in 2008, Radio 1′s Rob da Bank booked them for Camp Bestival and Bestival in 2009, shortly before Ireland’s Electric Picnic picked them up too. Matt Derbyshire, the brains behind the band, has a smile on his face. ‘It seems to be gathering momentum now,’ he says. ‘We’ve put a lot of work into it, so it’s great that it seems to be paying off. We have gone to great lengths to recreate the exact sounds used in the original. The most important thing about these albums we are recreating is the sonic content. Also, there are sometimes a lot of parts, so Mick (sax), Andy (Keys) and myself all have a keyboard to hand to play sounds. I think we’ve only got one loop in the whole set and the concept of any backing tracks were outlawed from day one!’
FRIDAY 8TH JUNE
AT THE DEAF INSTITUTE, MANCHESTER
135 Grovesnor Street, M1 7HE
£13.50 advance // 7:30pm // 18+
In association with Hey! Manchester
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SATURDAY 9TH JUNE
AT THE BRUDENELL SOCIAL CLUB, LEEDS
33 Queen's Road, LS6 1NY
£12.50 advance // 8:00pm // 18+
In association with The Brudenell Social Club
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SUNDAY 10TH JUNE // SUNDAY 10TH JUNE
One Inch Badge by arrangement with First Contact Agency present:
SUNN O)))
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SUNN O)))
Sunn O))) are pleased to announce a special performance in Brighton on June 10th.
Onstage: TOS Nieuwenhuizen (Moog), Attila Csihar (vox), Greg Anderson (Les Paul), Stephen O'Malley (Travis Bean).
6 Sunn stacks, 6 Ampeg stacks, Randall Dunn at the desk. O)))
SUNDAY 10TH JUNE
AT COALITION, BRIGHTON
171-181 King's Road Arches, BN1 1NB
£15.00 advance // 7:00pm // 18+
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FRIDAY 17TH AUGUST // FRIDAY 17TH AUGUST
One Inch Badge & Playgroup present:
INTRODUCING TAKE ON MR SCRUFF
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INTRODUCING
Having wowed audiences across Europe with their 100% live performances of DJ Shadow’s ‘Endtroducing’, Introducing are back with a new project.
This time it’s Manchester’s tea-brewing, cartoonist, dj, producer and pie-lover MR SCRUFF, who gets the 100% live treatment, with a show that celebrates shelf-wobbling highlights from across his career.
From whale-fish to donkey rides, shrimps to shanties, hold on to your trousers and let the music take you up.
FRIDAY 17TH AUGUST
AT CONCORDE 2, BRIGHTON
Madeira Drive, BN2 1EN
£12.50 advance // 11:00pm till 04:00am // 18+
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