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Liverpool Fringe Festival 2012: Ones to watch during the Bank Holiday
Forget Mathew Street. There's a feast of original talent across Liverpool during the Bank Holiday. Getintothis invites one of the curators behind Liverpool Fringe Festival to pick their top aural pleasures.
As we established last week, there's plenty going down in Liverpool over the course of the Bank Holiday - and thanks to the organisers of Liverpool Fringe Festival 2012 much of it is completely free.
So Getintothis asked Anti Pop Records and Liverpool Fringe Festival 2012 organiser, Alec Joyce to sift through and pick some choice cuts from across the 18 venues taking part.
There's a comprehensive listings of all the gigs here, but in the meantime, feast on Alec's selection.
The Probes who play Baa Bar on Monday August 27
Bobby, Sam and Paul are the best dressed rock and roll band in existence. Bluesy riff makers who don't stop smiling. It's like The Who rhythm section with Chuck Berry on guitar. Saturday August 25 at Lomax.
It will be worth the effort to walk just to the outskirts of town to witness the delights of the Wolf Social, Elevator Bar's own monthly music, video and social event.
This month features enigmatic sprightly folk pop trio Ratty Little Fingers (main image) who feature in a cracking line up with Getintothis tips All We Are, Bird, Fieldhouse and Sloe Panda. Sunday August 26 at Elevator.
Scare Tactics were this years winners of Battle of Bloodstock and performed at one othe largest heavy metal festivals in the UK.
Scare Tactics play alongside another great Liverpool band Oceanis at Zanzibar, Friday August 24.
Paul Straws is a gifted singer songwriter and with his newly assembled backing band, his gig at Brink gives us a chance to hear new material from an exciting talent on Sunday August 26.
The Probes are a new, largely unknown quantity who specialise in speedball riffs and excessive entertainment played at breakneck speed. They feature alongside a superb line-up of The Temps and Dirtblonde at Baa Bar on Monday August 27. Full details here.
Kusanagi are an instrumental post-rock band and their set, part of the Newpath and Edils Festival at Mello Mello on Saturday and Sunday August 25 and 26 will surely be stuff of awe. Powerful and emotive, techincal and energetic.
Threshold Festival presents one of the best acts from this year's Liverpool Fringe Festival, The Fifth Movement.
Fronted by the talented Kevin Critchley, this five piece blend film music with rock and world music. They play Saturday August 25 at Studio 2.
Fire Beneath The Sea MCs play at The Attic on Saturday August 25 as part of the Rebel Soul Kung Fu Hip-Hop event.
Fire Beneath will amaze with wordsmith skills while TV Lux splashes images of Kung Fu classics across the walls of one the coolest of loft venues in the city.
Editor's note: Get involved in the Attic's burgers. They're serious business.
Old school city punk rockers, Biteback, emerge featuring members of previous city favourite's Instant Agony. Armed with a new record and more bite than bark as they play the Antipop Punk and Ska gig at The Pilgrim on Saturday August 25.
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There are two events from Liverpool Acoustic as part of the Liverpool Fringe Festival.
The next Liverpool Acoustic Live is on Friday 24th August 2012 at the View Two Gallery on Mathew Street. The night sees the return of Liverpool Acoustic favourites TJ & Murphy who are joined on the night by guitarist Tom Strasser from Vienna, local singer-songwriter Mary McCombs, and 16 year old guitarist George Lawless. STOP PRESS George will be appearing on Billy Butler’s afternoon show on BBC Radio Merseyside from 4pm on Friday, so tune in to 95.8FM, DAB, or online to listen.
Tickets are £5 in advance from wegottickets.com/liverpoolacoustic or £6 on the door. Doors open at 8.00pm with music starting at 8.30pm sharp. The night finishes at 11.15pm
Liverpool Acoustic is back for a second bite out of the Liverpool Fringe Festival on Sunday 26th August when we’ll be hosting a Liverpool Acoustic Afternoon at Studio 2 on Parr Street. The event runs from 1.00pm to 4.00pm and is absolutely free, so why not come along and chill out with some fantastic music in one of Liverpool’s best venues?
1.00pm – The Loose Moose String Band
1.30pm – James J Turner
2.00pm – Clever Little Tramps
2.30pm – James M Carson
3.00pm – Jazamin Sinclair
3.30pm – Sonnenberg
Did we mention it's FREE?
Hi
Great little article.....We especially LOVE Ratty Little Fingers and Quartermaster. Great friends of Rebel Soul and extremely talented, lovely people.
The Fire Beneath The Sea will be performing on Sunday 26th @ The Attic as part of Kung Fu Hip Hop, not Saturday....It will feel like a Saturday though :-)
Cheers
Good shouts by Alec
Choc Electrique tomorrow night at Studio 2 & also Baltic Fleet at The Attic on Saturday.
Catch Soul4Soul do their thing on Sunday night & SSN on Monday in Studio 2.
All Free Entry!
Can't wait to be part of The Fire Beneath the Sea event :) I'd give The Lomax a plug for the range of original material it has on over the three days. Being biased, I'd direct the curious there on Sunday to check out The 4.20s at 4pm but there's loads of great bands on there, as everywhere really!!
THE NEW CALDERA @ THE ZANZIBAR - SUNDAY 7pm