Two big shows, One dinky one!

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We are genuinely pleased to announce we are promoting 3 more great gigs in Reading! And to be fair, we are spoiling you!

First up lets start with the little one, although the only way this is ‘little’ is the size of the venue, the bill is HUGE! For the first ever LIVE gig in Reading’s MILK we have convinced Mr B Dolan take a day off from his tour with Scroobius Pip, and raise Milk‘s rickety roof! Supporting him is Strange Famous Records scratch master, and beat masher, Buddy Peace, with dan le sac destroying the decks for some after show fun. Capacity is 70 is be sure to grab tickets while you can!

WHO    - B Dolan (live) / Buddy Peace (live MPC set) / dan le sac (dj set)
DATE    - March 15th
VENUE – Milk (formally Afrobar), Reading
PRICE  - £4 (wegottickets) (Over 18s ONLY)

Now lets see what we can produce for our next trick!….

Yes indeedy, the Moshi Moshi Records 2 piece, Slow Club are coming to SUB89, Reading, on May 7th! We, with the help of Intertain, are really glad we’ve managed to convince Slow Club to come to town! The Sheffield duo put on a bizarre & beautiful show, from the conventional drums & guitar combinations, to Rebecca (the girl one!) playing water filled glasses, or chairs, or whatever she finds!

Exciting, yeah?

WHO    - Slow Club / Support TBC
DATE    - May 7th
VENUE – SUB89, Reading
PRICE  - £10adv (tickets) (14+)

And next?

The Rough Trade signings, Howler, have been bubbling away on the blogs for the last year(ish), so I’m really excited that (with the help of Intertain again!) we’ve got them coming to Reading! Their sound is fused between 60′s American pop & 80′s Punk, with influences coming from all over, with Lou Reed, The Cramps & The Replacements winning out! This is part of a very short run of UK dates to support their album “America Give Up”, so get on it before everyone else does!

WHO    - Howler / Support TBC
DATE    - May 14th
VENUE – SUB89, Reading
PRICE  - £8adv (tickets) (14+)

Who’s in? If there is ever a band you want us to bring to town, drop us a line on the Dumb Drum Facebook, we can but try!

KID CARPET & The Noisy Animals TOUR! Oooh & Other News

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Our boy KC is hitting the road with his Kids show, yes a Kid Carpet show for children, we see the irony! (or is it coincidence?)

This has been in the works for a couple of years now, so we are really glad that Ed has made it happen!

KID CARPET & The NOISY ANIMALS DATES…
FEBRUARY
14, Bristol – The Brewery, Tabacco Factory Theatre, 11am & 2.30pm
15, Bristol – The Brewery, Tabacco Factory Theatre, 11am & 2.30pm
16, Bristol – The Brewery, Tabacco Factory Theatre, 11am & 2.30pm
17, Bristol – The Brewery, Tabacco Factory Theatre, 11am & 2.30pm
18, Bristol – The Brewery, Tabacco Factory Theatre, 11am & 2.30pm
24, Devon – Beaford Arts, Burrington Village Hall, 7pm
25, Devon – Beaford Arts, Swimbridge Village Hall, 7pm
26, Devon – Beaford Arts, Welcombe Village Hall, 2pm
MARCH
3, Somerset – Take Art, Castle Cary Primary School, 3pm
4, Somerset – Take Art, Milborne Port Village, 3pm
17, Oxford – Burton Taylor Studio, Oxford Playhouse, 11am & 2pm
18, Cambridge – The Junction, J2, 11.30am & 2.30pm
31, Aldershot – West End Centre, 2.30pm
APRIL
1, Deptford – The Albany, 1pm & 3pm
2, Birmingham – Mac, 11am & 2.30pm
3, Bath – The Egg, Theatre Royal, 11.30am & 3pm
4, Bath – The Egg, Theatre Royal, 11.30am & 3pm
5, Salisbury – Salisbury Arts Centre, 11.30am & 2.30pm
10, Cirencester – New Brewery Arts, 2.30pm
11, Cardiff – Explore! Kid’s Arts Festival, Richard Burton Theatre, 11am & 3pm
14, London – Jacksons Lane, 11.30am & 3pm
15, London – Jacksons Lane, 11.30am & 3pm
21, London – Lyric Hammersmith, 11am & 1pm
28, Ipswich – New Wolsey, 11am & 2pm
MAY
12, Norwich – Norfolk & Norwich Festival
13, London – Arts Depot 12pm & 3pm
JUNE
6, Leicester – The Spark Children’s Arts Festival
JULY
7, London – Polka Theatre
28, Dorset – Camp Bestival

In unrelated Kid Carpet news, he is taking his traditional “shit-hop” show to Switzerland this week too…

SWISS DATES…
JANUARY
19, Bern – Cafe Kairo
20, Schaffhausen – TapTab
21, Winterhur – Gaswerk

And finally we are sad to announce that the Shuffle Remix EP (itunes) will be deleted from digital stores in the next couple of weeks, but don’t worry, the Repo Chick Album (itunes) that Shuffle comes from will still be available!

 

 

Scroobius Pip (SUB89, Nov15th) SUPPORT CONFIRMED!

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So finally we can announce the support for the Scroobius Pip show (& tour)! Watch the video to find out who it is… or just read below ;)

Yes indeed it’s B Dolan, fresh from his UK & Europe tour he’s decided to sleep on dan le sac’s floor for a few more week to have a bit of a jaunt with Pip!

Also for the Reading date only we’ve managed to confirm, 4 times DMC champs, the Disablists.

Tickets can be grabbed from… seetickets & wegottickets… oh and check out the Disablists teaser below!

The rest of the Scroob solo tour dates can be found here…

Good Time Gang War VOL1 – Last few…

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Just before the recent B Dolan / dan le sac / Buddy Peace tour, dan le sac produced a 40 minute live recording which became Good TIme Gang War VOL1, this CD was, to use dan’s words, “burnt for petrol money”!

It is a live jam of new dan le sac music, old dan le sac noise, and dls remixes. It includes things like…

We’ve got about 10 left from the 100 made, so snap them up while you can!

dan le sac – Good Time Gang War Vol1 – £5 (Free P&P Worldwide)

SOLD OUT!

Scroobius Pip (Nov 15th, SUB89)

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This is exciting! We’ve been fortunate enough to twist Scroob’s arm into adding an extra date to his upcoming UK tour. He will be bring his new, heavier sound to Readings SUB89.

He is following up the release of his solo album ‘Distraction Pieces’ with a full UK tour to showcase material from the album, with the help of a new live band.

Distraction Pieces released on 19th September, sees Pip – with producers Yila and Worgie – drafting in collaborations from Renholder (aka Danny Lohner NIN / A Perfect Circle), Richard Russell (XL), Steve Mason, Sage Francis, P.O.S. Zane Lowe, B Dolan and Aupheus, for a solo record that represents a collision of Punk, Rock and Hip Hop influences.

WHO    - Scroobius Pip / B Dolan / The Disablists
DATE    - November 15th
VENUE - SUB89, Reading
PRICE  - £8adv (wegottickets / seetickets / artistticket)

The rest of Scroob’s solo tour dates can be found at http://scroobiuspip.co.uk/tour/

Ghostpoet (Nov 9th, SUB89)

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So for our first gig as promoters (for a few years anyway), we are very please to announce the Mercury Award nominated Poet/MC – GHOSTPOET. (wegottickets / seetickets)

Writer of ‘Peanut Butter Blues & Melancholy Jam’, and in our opinion THE outstanding album on this years Mercury Music Prize shortlist, his show is not one to be missed.

After performing at The Great Escape in the spring of 2011 to an enraptured audience, his reputation for putting on an incredible show has continued to proceed him, leading him to perform all over the world in coveted slots at festivals such as Lowlands and Bestival.

Support is coming from the wonderful Sound of Rum and dan le sac.

WHO    - Ghostpoet / Sound of Rum / dan le sac
DATE    - November 9th
VENUE - SUB89, Reading
PRICE  - £8adv (wegottickets / seetickets)

 

New site, still a bit temporary!

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So it’s been a few months since we released our first long player, Kid Carpet “Songs From Repo Chick”, and to be honest the summer has been a little quiet in Dumb Drum towers, that is all set to change now we’re about to announce so gigs!

And it’s these gigs that have inspired the move to WordPress.org, we need a site that could be updated regularly without digging through code, so this was the only option. The only problem we have now is learning enough CSS to make the site look a little less generic, but that can wait, it’s the content that matters right?

d&R