DAS WANDERLUSTOnly Teeside gig on the tourIf John Peel were still walking this earth and muttering inanities to himself in the wee small hours about bedroom pop there's no doubt that Das Wanderlust would be held to the heart of the great man. Is that a chiming chorus of recorders? Is that a young woman in a pinafore dress shrieking her eyes out? Is that the sound of Kenicke being throttled in their sleep? Hell, yes…
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THE HIGH PLANE DRIFTERSFrom Teesside U.K The High Plane Drifters formed in 2003 and have since established a strong reputation for their ecstatic live performances playing their own particular brand of Avant - Psych - Garage - Blues. The two piece drums and guitar duo known as Timothy James Oxnard and Wesley John Stephenson formed with a mutual love of Blues, Jazz and the late 1980's independant music scene amongst many other historic movements.
http://www.myspace.com/highplanedriftersLITHIUM SPEED DEMENTIA'Their impeccable Americanised pop melodies, glided through the sea of pretty, happy faces, leaving me feeling like an extra in the OC, wanting to dance, get drunk and then sit in the corner with a friend, talking about how the world “doesn’t get me!” . . . the ghostly shape of “The Ripper.” Sang with the utmost intensity and emotion, this song continued to build and build until it reached a shuddering crescendo with the crowd chiming in with the lyrics “I feel so alive”: a perfect anthem indeed.'
Rebecca Fisher, April 2008 SHAM! Newcastle
http://www.myspace.com/lithiumspeeddementiaTHE CLARENDON, HARTLEPOOL
Friday 5th September, Doors: 8.30pm
Tickets: £4.00adv / £5.00doorTickets available direct from venue or from
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