The Jericho

After fronting several rock bands in his native Idaho, singer/songwriter Justin Ringle moved to Portland, OR in 2004 and began focusing on acoustic music, playing open mics regularly under the moniker Horse Feathers. In 2005, multi-instrumentalist Peter Broderick heard a couple of Justin’s demos and offered to help flesh them out. In February 2006 the duo went into Skyler Norwood’s Miracle Lake studios and recorded their debut album, ‘Words are Dead,’ which was released that September on Portland label, Lucky Madison. Later that year, Peter’s sister Heather Broderick joined the group on cello and by 2007, Horse Feathers began featuring a rotating cast of instrumentalists backing Justin’s guitar and vocals.

Justin and the Brodericks returned to Miracle Lake studios in the fall and winter of 2007 and recorded ‘House With No Home,’ which was released on Kill Rock Stars in the spring of 2008. Around that time, Peter left the country to pursue music in Europe, and Nathan Crockett was enlisted to cover violin duties. Several months later, Heather also left the group to pursue other musical projects and cellist Catherine Odell came on board. The current lineup was rounded out at the beginning of 2009 when Sam Cooper joined as a multi-instrumentalist. As a four piece, the group has been touring extensively and released a new album entitled ‘Thisled Spring’ on Kill Rock Stars, April 20th, 2010.

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YMD! Presents… The Like

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Fri 10 Sep 2010

8pm 18+ £7.50

‘The LA girl-band return with a fuzz-pop beauty - Sunday Times Culture
‘Pick Of The Week’ – Guardian Guide
‘Trend-setting girl band’ – Daily Star
‘Part Sixties-style girl group, part Valley Of The Dolls madness’ - Music Week
‘UK fans will get a tasty teaser of The Like’s retro-neuvo sound (imagine The Shangri-Las meet Girls Aloud) on the Mark Ronson-produced single He’s Not A Boy’ – Daily Mirror
‘Wearing heavy eyeliner and tiny miniskirts, Californian quartet the Like are 1960s perfection: Wishing He Was Dead is wrapped in Motown- and Shadow Morton-inspired teen angst.’ - Guardian

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Sat 25 Sep 2010

PHILADELPHIA GRAND JURY

8pm 18+ £5

Philadelphia Grand Jury has always been two friends: Berkfinger and MC Bad Genius. Previously knowing each other for some 20 years Berkfinger hadn’t seen Bad Genius for going on 6 years when one day the curious bearded fellow just strolled into one of his solo shows with a bass and plugged himself right back into the singer’s life.

These two childhood buddies since had a rotating ensemble of drummers – until recently. Joining Berkfinger and MC Bad Genius is 54 year-old African American drummer Calvin, who used to session drum for US disco and funk acts like Earth Wind and Fire and bebop legend Sonny Stitt. Together they are a self-funded, self-produced, self-engineered, self-released, stage-destroying independent punk soul machine.

Recorded by band lead and producer Berkfinger (who has also worked on records for Wolfmother, The Temper Trap, Art vs Science and others) the band’s recorded output displays the engrained Do-It-Yourself nature of Philadelphia Grand Jury at its best with comparisons to a punkier version of Elvis Costello and regular references to The Eels and Talking Heads.

The Philly Jays (as their fans affectionately refer to them) are exciting to watch and critics have lauded them as “a band you must see before you die”. Literally explosive on stage their only secret is to write great songs and play them like it’s their last show ever. Every. Single. Time.

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YMD! Presents… Darwin Deez

Sat 23 Oct 2010

8pm 18+ £8

“The best new band on the block” – Elle

“Sleek, preppy, Strokes-by-Jeffrey Lewis pop darts” – NME

“Call it Deezitus…by the end of summer…vast swathes of the populace will have found some corner of their heart that is forever Darwin” – Notion

Right now, everyone is humming along to the infectious tune of Darwin Deez, the deliciously quirky New Yorker with a knack for a catchy tune and a penchant for a gloriously offbeat lyric. From picking up devout fans at radio with the likes of Zane Lowe, Lauren Laverne and Stuart Radcliffe, to playing sold out shows across the UK (both on the NME Radar Tour and on his own headline gigs) and gracing every summer music festival of note, it seems like the world has fallen under Darwin Deez’s ragged, charming spell.

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