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I’ve managed to wangle a space at this wonderful all dayer that is happening at The Old Queens Head.  It’s free before 6pm and just a fiver afterwards.  There are a ton of bands playing and loads of DJs and loads of record labels selling their stuff.  Come down if you are in London this Bank Holiday Monday.

Links:  Facebook Event | Twitter | The Old Queens Head

Full details of the event:

Do You DIY? – a series of all day events held over the two bank holiday Monday’s in May celebrating all that is great and good in the world of independent music!

These events will see a gathering of bands/ club nights / labels / magazines / fanzines / blogs with an Indie and DIY ethic under the canopy of one event, with Bands, Dj’s, Record Stalls & listening booths across both floors of The Old Queen’s Head.

The first one takes place on Monday the 3rd of May, from Midday till Midnight.
Entry is FREE before 6pm and only £5 after.

Click HERE for the Facebook event – invite your friends and help us spread the word!
So far confirmed to play are:

Adelaide’s Cape (Acoustic Set) Intricate and finely crafted nu-folk.

Alice Gun (Acoustic Set)
Distilling brutal/beautiful songs from guitars, glockenspiel, double bass, cello, E-bow, accordion and a lopsided upright.

Decimals
New outfit from the former Automatic and yourcodenameis:milo collaborator Pennie.

Filthy Pedro (Acoustic Set)
Anglesea’s raucous founder of antifolk

Line And A Dot
New female folk artist along the lines of Elliot Smith, Alela Diane and Neutral Milk Hotel

Look, Stranger!
Talented young chaps with an armoury of pulsing hooks, rich harmony and soaring melodies.

Marcel
These Isle of White exiles come on like mid-period XTC wrestling Stephen Duffy to the ground..

Rob Marr (Acoustic Set)
Simple, brilliant British pop, as it should be

Sunderbans
Young&Losts latest signings. A trio who harness melancholy, folk, eccentricity and moodiness to equal parts aplomb, restraint and frazzle.

The Bobby McGee’s
Charming and exhilarating off-kilter ukulele melodies from the founders of tweecore

The Lost Cavalry
Mark from Fanfarlo’s new and sublime project

The Loves
Indie-pop masters. Their 4th & Final LP “…Love You” will be out on Fortuna Pop later in the year.

Theoretical Girl (Acoustic Set)
Singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and earl grey tea drinker extraordinaire.

Jennie Abrahamson
Wonderful new singer songwriter from Sweden, over in the UK for her first dates here, signed to How Sweet The Sound Records.

Lonely Joe Parker
Rum-soaked, saddle-sore troubadour romantic-in-rags Lonley Joe Parker enjoys a nice bicycle, and a glass of hard stuff. Poised somewhere between Cat Power, Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy and Billy Bragg, colourful tales of girls won and lost, hoods dodged and wrongs righted (or wronger-ed).

Jackie Paper
Though better known as guitarist of wonky-pop botherers Thomas Tantrum, as a solo artist Jackie Paper creates a bittersweet mix of innocent, lilting, sunny anti-folk (Jeremy Warmsely, Jeff Lewis) and darker, more menacing alt-country (Big Star, Gram Parsons) influences.

Ann The Arc
Ann The Arc, making their debut in the capital, are a new trio hell-bent on nothing less than the total destruction of every pair of skinny jeans in the world peace, to be achieved through the rightful return of the music of The Replacements to the centre of popular culture, along with a good dollop of PJ Harvey, Pavement, J Mascis, The Bad Seeds and The Clash.

Stall/DJs/Records from a raft of labels/clubs:

Ambiguous Records // Artrocker // Atomic Beat Records // Baby Honey // Barbequtie // Big Scary Monsters

Blang Records // Brainlove Records // Bring & Share // Bronzerat Records // Club Ac30

Cool For Cats // Dustbowl Records // East City Records // Elefant Records // Fear&Records

Fierce Panda // Filthy Little Angels // Fortuna Pop! // God Don’t Like It // Home.Under.Ground

Memphis Industries // NoOneDied // RocketGirl // Ruffa Lane // Scared To Dance // Shifty Disco