Event: Sunday 23 October 2011

The Nightingales

The Nightingales – they’re back and they’re marvellous, says Marc Riley of 6Music. We can only agree.

The Nightingales were formed by former members of The Prefects following that band’s demise in 1979. With an ever fluctuating line up, based around lyricist/singer Robert Lloyd, the Nightingales enjoyed cult status in the early ’80′s as darlings of the credible music scene and were championed by John Peel, who said of them – “Their performances will serve to confirm their excellence when we are far enough distanced from the 1980′s to look at the period rationally and other, infinitely better known, bands stand revealed as charlatans”.

The group recorded a bunch of critically acclaimed singles (Almost always ‘Single Of The Week’ in the music press) and three albums, plus many radio sessions for their great supporter Peel – more than any other band bar The Fall. They also regularly toured the UK and Northern Europe, as headliners and supporting acts as diverse as Bo Diddley and Nico.

In the late Eighties the Nightingales stopped working but, following the occasional gig between times, they re-grouped in 2004, with Lloyd being joined by original Prefects guitarist Alan Apperley.

Since restarting the group have been more productive than ever – releasing five 7″ vinyl singles and three studio albums (Plus two live albums).Their “Let’s Think About Living” 45 was ‘Single Of The Week’ on BBC 6 Music and they have continued to receive regular rave reviews for their records and live shows.

Their last album ‘Insult to Injury’ had rave reviews and there’s a new limited edition 10″ Vinyl ‘The Lost Plot’ EP which will be available on the night. Bring your pennies, bring your pounds. It’s gonna be a dirty old Sunday night.

Website:
www.thenightingales.org.uk

Ted Chippington

Ted Chippington is a stand-up comedian. He says of himself that he is an “anti-comedian” and that he only started doing his act “to annoy people”. He has even claimed that his main reason for retiring from the stage in the 1990s was that he was becoming too popular.

His act is one in which the conventions of his chosen craft are routinely flouted. Assuming a diffident on-stage persona and delivering his material in a West Midlands monotone, he shuns observational comedy in favour of anti-humour and jokes which are mostly variations on the same theme. This is interspersed with his own versions of well-known songs performed in a similarly listless style. This approach has left many audiences bemused or even hostile (his expertise at dealing with hecklers comes from frequent practice).

His deadpan style has won him a small but devoted number of followers. Probably his most notable fan is Stewart Lee, who has often cited Chippington as the reason he started doing stand-up comedy himself, and has described Chippington’s act as being “a mixture of surrealism and insolent provocation and uncompromising boredom”.

Website:
www.myspace.com/revtedchippington

Mandeville

Forged in the deepest pits of suburbia, Mandeville are a four peice garage rock band with influences like The White Stripes, The Hives, Blur and Manic Street Preachers. With a strong emphasis on melody as well as making lots of racket, Mandeville are coming to a bar near you to melt your faces off.

Website:
www.facebook.com/mandevilleuk

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