Breakthrough Festival 2005

• 14th Sep 2005

PLUM MUSIC BREAKTHROUGH FESTIVAL 2005

From 12th – 16th September 2005, The London Now Breakthrough Festival will take place across FIVE prominent London venues. The festival is all about the very best of new music, both unsigned and recently signed, about to hit the public consciousness.

This year, Breakthrough gigs will take place at The Marquee, Level 5 at
The Marquee, The Water Rats, The Betsey Trotwood (also celebrating her third birthday), and also at new Brixton venue Plan B *. Bands playing this year include THE ALPS, CORD, THE MAD STARING EYES, BRINKMAN, THE LONG WEEKEND, NEATPEOPLE, KIOSK, DEAD! DEAD! DEAD!, THE SHAKES, KODY, EYE, HORDES, SCHMOOF, TINA DICO, ED LAURIE, with nights hosted by the likes of CLUB FANDANGO, AKOUSTIK ANARKHY, and CLUB AC30.

What makes this different from all the other new band events? Take a
look at the track record from last year. One year ago, the first
Breakthrough festival took place at The Marquee, to celebrate its
launch. Bands who played then included the likes of THE MAGIC NUMBERS, TOM VEK, DO ME BAD THINGS, THE HIDDEN CAMERAS and ART BRUT. Where are they now? Releasing top ten albums and top forty singles all over the place, with a few major festivals here and there and a heap of industry acclaim, that's where.

We're also giving away a load of FREE TICKETS to Plum members, via our new forum, and to the bands themselves. Please visit our website for details – <link> link

For more information, pictures, or guest list queries please email
mail or mail or call 020 7336 7326.

Please see below for listings of Breakthrough shows at each venue.

* Plan B is a fantastic new 300 capacity venue in Brixton, only 2
minutes from Brixton tube, already a favourite on the club scene in the
area playing host to the likes of Mike Skinner, with a 3am licence.

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Breakthrough shows at THE MARQUEE CLUB, 1, Leicester Square
Nearest Tube: Leicester Square
Advance Tickets from Ticketweb + full gig previews with photos available at PLUMMUSIC.COM
Telephone bookings via Ticketweb on 08700 600 100
Doors 7.30pm

Mon 12 Sep £6/£5
THE MAD STARING EYES + DISTOPHIA + BRINKMAN + CHEAP HOTEL + DJS:SING SING

THE MAD STARING EYES: Guitars that jangle and spike, with shouty vocals. Great.
DISTOPHIA: Perfect pop welded to cascading swathes of white noise and
feedback
BRINKMAN: pop lyrics and clever little tunes with harmonies in the right
places

Tue 13 Sep £6/£5 CORD + THE LONG WEEKEND + NEATPEOPLE + KIOSK + DJ:MARCIO CUZZ

CORD: 4 piece from Norwich causing a stir with their intensive and full
throttle assault on your emotions with their music

THE LONG WEEKEND: Epic sounding rock with added groove
NEATPEOPLE: Refreshing, trend-bucking Nu-Brit Pop sounds influenced by Dexys and XTC
KIOSK: savvy and stylish girl fronted 4 piece with choppy fuzzy guitar
and a punk rock bite

Wed 14 Sep £6/£5 THE ALPS + DEAD! DEAD! DEAD! + THE SHAKES + KODY + DJ:SING SING

THE ALPS: three-minute gems that look set to barge their way into
mainstream consciousness
DEAD! DEAD! DEAD!: Musically mature, elegant & well read, Dead! Dead! Dead! could easily be the best band you haven't yet heard. (Drowned in Sound)

THE SHAKES: hot S.E. London five piece crash out pop classics
(tiscali.co.uk)
KODY: Think a British Pixies, Pavement, Pearl Jam and an American Bush

Thu 15 Sep £8/£7adv/conc
CURIOUS GENERATION featuring: THE VIBRANTS + THE HITCHERS + COMPUTER MAN + KEIRETSU + DJ:TRUE CONFESSORS

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Breakthrough shows at LEVEL 5 AT THE MARQUEE, 1, Leicester Square
Doors 7.30pm

Tue 13 Sep £6/£5 by arrangement with XL artistes: AKOUSTIK ANARKHY
featuring: LOOSE CANON + THE EXPORTS + SAM AND ME

LOOSE CANON: combine the best elements of The Beach Boys, JAMC & The Fall's styles
THE EXPORTS: a band united by their love of all things Punk and Rock n
Roll
SAM AND ME: simply beautiful, literate, pop that flows in its own sweet
time (Channel 4)

Wed 14 Sep £6/£5 LES RUPRETTES + SILVERY + LA FRANGE
LES RUPRETTES: Ukulele rock – a Medieval Nirvana
LA FRANGE: village idiot punk rawk, death-defying rock'n'roll
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Breakthrough shows at THE WATER RATS THEATRE, 328, Grays Inn Road, London, WC1
Nearest Tube: Kings Cross
Doors 7.30pm

Mon 12 Sep £5/£4 EYE + HORDES + CHRISTIANSILVA + CHEAP HOTEL + DJ:JIM DOC

EYE: atmospheric pop with angular rock sounds
HORDES: eopsychedelic pop revivalists, Faith-era Cure meets Psychedelic Furs
CHRISTIANSILVA: all drama and piano and depth and symphonies and sex (playlouder.com)

Wed 14 Sep £6/£5 Plum Music presents the London Now Breakthrough
Festival with: CLUB FANDANGO in assoc. with Rocksound featuring: BRIGADE + SAVE OURSELVES + [MASSE] + DJ:JONNY

BRIGADE: It's indie guitar rock at its most compelling – join the Brigade
SAVE OURSELVES: four Surrey teenagers making a big noise

Thu 15 Sep £5/£4
WARM ELECTRO CLUB featuring: SCHMOOF + E-BRU + ARTHUR & MARTHA + HEY, ZEUS!

SCHMOOF: catchy tunes, quirky ZX Spectrum animations and matching PVC outfits
E-BRU: Imagine Morcheeba and Kosheen having a fight with guns and cars
ARTHUR & MARTHA: gilbert & george, disguised as the carpenters, steal
the hits of kraftwerk and bash them out on a an old moog

HEY, ZEUS!: 2 dans and a big muff who make electro funk with a dash of
pop and a dribble of industrial

Fri 16 Sep £5/£4 PLUM [PROMOTIONS AND CLUB AC30 PRESENT: GUESTS + XERO-KLINE + DJ:CLUB AC30

XERO-KLINE: Continuing the tradition of experimental British guitar
music
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Breakthrough shows at THE BETSEY TROTWOOD, 56, Farringdon Rd, London EC1R
Nearest Tube: Farringdon
Doors 7.30pm

Mon 12 Sep £5/£4
TINA DICO + CASS + SAMANTHA MARAIS
TINA DICO: ex-Zero 7 singer, with comparisons to Joni Mitchell
CASS: pure soaring vocals from a new and talented singer
SAMANTHA MARAIS: female acoustic with a sweet captivating voice

Tue 13 Sep £3
SONGS IN THE DARK featuring: LADYFUZZ, JEREMY WARMSLEY, SIMON MASTRANTONE, EMMY THE GREAT, NIALL SPOONEY-HARVEY AND JAMES KETTLE

LADYFUZZ: Angular like a sharp turn around to turn the gas off before
the annual holiday to nowhere
JEREMY WARMSLEY: Half-French singer-songwriter playing folk, art-rock,
electronica
SIMON MASTRANTONE: blues that will appeal to those who think Tim
Buckley's difficult middle period was his best
EMMY THE GREAT: the aural projection of perserverance

Wed 14 Sep £5/£4
CHRIS SPRING + JONT + GRAY DAD

CHRIS SPRING: suitable mellow yet passionate & edgy
JONT: Emotional and earthy acoustic-based songs from a man with a voice
that just deserves to be heard (BrynR,peoplesound.com)

Thu 15 Sep £5/£4
ED LAURIE + SAM BEER + MARCEL'S PERMANENT WAVE

ED LAURIE: Iconic solo artist delivers classic tunes with an honesty and
passion unparalleled amongst singer-songwriters today

SAM BEER: Ambitious contemporary songwriter, immersed in his craft
MARCEL'S PERMANENT WAVE: a basis of instinctive, passionate, honest and intelligent songwriting
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Breakthrough shows at PLAN B, 418 Brixton Road, London SW9 7AY
Nearest Tube: Brixton
Doors 7.30pm

Tue 13 Sep £5/£4
WEWEREFOR + THE BASICS + CALCULATOR + DJ:TBC

WEWEREFOR: contagious, anthemic tunes, and original and unpredictable instrumentation
THE BASICS: London based band embracing the live circuit with conviction and dangerously infectious songs
CALCULATOR: styles of Neil Young's After the Goldrush and Ziggy-era
Bowie

Wed 14 Sep £5/£4
“Plug & Play @ Plan B” featuring: SUPERSTUDIO + HOTEL MOTEL +
DJS:PATRICK & ANEET

SUPERSTUDIO: the band eloquently describes their sound as 'Punk Bling'
HOTEL MOTEL: Stylish electronic pop with a moody retro-futurist
atmosphere