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Sunday 29 Oct ROCK MATINEE @ Dirty South (4pm)
From South East LA to South East London... THE TENDER BOX call in at Rocklands on their UK tour!
SUNDAY 29 OCT 006
THE TENDER BOX
http://www.myspace.com/tenderbox
play ROCK MATINEE at Artful Festival
with THE PEPYS (newer wave)
http://www.myspace.com/thepepys
+ ROSALITA (alternative techno rock)
http://www.myspace.com/rosalitaband
+ CARDBOARD SUPERSTARS (Punk-Rap Pop)
http://www.myspace.com/cardboardsuperstars
+ THE PROJECT (classic rock)
http://www.myspace.com/theprojectuk
4pm to finish, £3 entry.
Dirty South, 162 Lee High Road, Lewisham, Rocklands, London SE13 5PR
http://www.dirtysouthlondon.com
Artful : http://www.musictouristboard.co.uk
Under 18s welcome (note, this show will be loud!)
Live Music : Rock / Punk / Newer Wave - Dirty South - 4pm-8.30pm - £3 -
Access all ages event. Over 90’s accompanied please.
18+ id required for booze.
Since the first Access All Ages event in Spring, when there weren't many, under 18's gigs have spread like wildfire. Good. This is the one with the a couple of under 18's bands on the bill too. Every show.
THE TENDER BOX - a last minute addition to the bill. Currently over from LA and on tour with Goo Goo Dolls, they're calling in at Lewishambles to do it with the kids. Get ready to ROCK! (for the full Tender Box juice, scroll right down)...
http://www.myspace.com/tenderbox
THE PEPYS are a sharp pop band from South East London. At their last gig quite a few under 18s turned up so it made sense to get them back for an afternoon out.
http://www.myspace.com/thepepys
ROSALITA - "Bafflingly unsigned, Rosalita have an unhinged ear for everything thats doing well right now and manage to squeeze more contemporary influences into seven songs than Zane Lowe manages in an entire evening." (High Voltage) "The best unsigned band I think I've ever seen. The Strokes meets Franz Ferdinand meets At the Drive-in."
http://www.myspace.com/rosalitaband
CARDBOARD SUPERSTARS
Year 003; four young, handsome students at Kidbrooke School form a band. Cardboard Superstars play venues such as Huntingdon Racecourse; Islington Academy, Islington; New Cross Inn etc with bands like Good Shoes, Dr Feelgood, The Stranglers and Mumrah.
Recently they've recorded a new EP 'Silly Days', at Catford's Orange & Blue Studios. They are Decks Ray Spex, They are flute touting newer wave faces. They are Cardboard Superstars!
http://www.myspace.com/cardboardsuperstars
THE PROJECT : One of the most exciting upcoming bands on the South London music scene, The Project are developing a loyal following after a run of intimate, local gigs. Rated 'brilliant' by Lauren Laverne of Xfm, the band's influences range from Led Zeppelin to Blondie.
http://www.myspace.com/theprojectuk
THE PROJECT will bring the noise, and the vibe, so arrive early, cos the entire bill is a good un!
THE TENDER BOX
"Whenever other people talk about East L.A. they always use Mexican stereotypes about taco vendors, druggies and casanovas. Let me set the record straight - we've never sold tacos"
Ric Moon, guitarist for The Tender Box.
Alternative Rock LA style hits Dirty South on Sunday 29th October - what a way to round off Artful's rock'n'roll month - before heading off to play at In The City. Tenderbox are influenced by Love, Lust, Sex, Drugs, Truth, Lies, Death & Thighs(!) and have a cracking debut album, The Score, out now and a transatlantic tour to play it on. This is their first British tour. Were you there?
Tremendous, incandescent British sounding rock music is probably the last thing that comes to mind when you think of East LA. So it's a breathtaking revelation when you hear the chiming guitars and swooning vocals of The Tender Box. Inspired by the post punk and synth pop groups of the 1980s, the band was formed by four childhood friends in the predominantly Mexican American neighborhood of South Gate. So how did the rain stained, somber, murky sounds of Manchester and Sheffield resonate with kids living in the perpetually sun drenched California?
As impossible as it sounds, Bassist Steve Mungarro explains, "Our brothers, sisters and cousins were listening to bands like The Cure and Depeche Mode so we never knew any different." They grew up playing in bands in their friends garages mimicking the sounds that they loved so much. Vocalist/guitarist Joey Medina concurs, Even though its sunny and hot in L.A. we grew up in a lower income, industrial city that is probably not that different than a Manchester or Birmingham in England. Its no Beverly Hills and sometimes it could be a rough town.
Their impossibility made The Tender Box an almost immediate hit in Hollywood. Los Angeles had a small yet cultish scene of devout anglophile music fans and The Tender Box boys were at the forefront of the new scene. The lush and despairing decadence of Britpop appealed to their sensibilities and their own personal histories.
They fine-tuned their recipe for success blending the two worlds effortlessly. After getting the right batch of songs together, the guys hit the club circuit up and down the west coast. People undoubtedly noticed. Praise and airplay, in heaps, followed.
"That was crazy. A lot of **** was happening really fast, one week we were playing our ****in asses off in front of ten people and the next week Rodney is playing us on KROQ. When we heard our track on his show, it made you feel like you've accomplished your goal", bassist Steve Mungarro notes.
Then Beverly Martel Music came on board and the quartet went back into Swing House studios with British producer Warren Huart (Hot Hot Heat, The Thrills) to record The Score - a universal masterpiece with catchy choruses, broody dance beats, latin rhythms and that unique South East LA angst that only The Tender Box could conjure. From Mister Sister, a dance cut that conjures up sentiments of Pulp and Suede to the Primal Scream-esque title track, The Tender Box have a sound destined for Brit pop enthusiasts and very sweaty dance clubs.
Their full album The Score can now be found on iTunes through Beverly Martel Music/Swing House Quality Recordings. In the summer of 2006 U.K. label, So Sweet Records will be releasing album track, "Mister Sister," as a limited edition single. To help celebrate the single's release, the boys will be heading overseas to play their first string of British dates where their family of fans, The Tender Box Army, is recruiting heavily with every show.
Last edited by musictouristboard, 20/10/2006, 18:55
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