The Beat Happening’s Last Stand!

After six issues, fifteen spectacular gigs, and a whole lotta love, The Beat Happening is taking an indefinite hiatus from the world of publishing and partying.

But to ensure that we go out with a bang, we’re holding a very special party with rather limited entry, with balloons, party poppers and a shite hot line up!

THE OLD BLUE LAST, GREAT EASTERN ST, LONDON
WEDNESDAY JULY 8TH, DOORS 7.30PM
£4 ENTRY PLEASE

ART BRUT (DJ SET)
PETE & THE PIRATES (DJ SET)
VELOFAX (DJ SET)

+ LIVE:

THE COOLNESS
Sleazy electro rock + neon + so much irony that nobody’s sure if they’re being ironic any more = the ultimate party band. A Coolness gig is like a party in Prince’s pants, and you’re all invited!

STIG NOISE SOUNDSYSTEM
Live breakcore with mariachi-stylee brass, they’re pretty much unclassifiable. Signed to Wrong Music, home of Shitmat and DJ Scotch Egg, they’ll make you pull dance moves you never knew existed…

IS TROPICAL
Featuring members of indie urchins Ratty Rat Rat, Is Tropical are the musical equivalent of the Strokes and Holy Fuck having a food fight with pineapple chunks, before deciding to settle their differences over a coconut daquiri and a rollup.

THE MIDNIGHT EXPRESSO
One man, one spandex suit, and one keyboard. When their powers combine, they become the most ridiculous lounge-hip-hop act you’ve ever seen. Rob Da Bank likes him too.

Our guest DJs will be spinning some old school rock n’ roll, electro, hip hop and funk throughout the night to keep those feet a-dancing til the fat lady sings!
Seeya there, and thanks for the memories everyone!

The Beat Happening Sessions presents…Selfish Cunt + R O M A N C E 27/03/09

The Beat Happening Sessions presents…

SELFISH C**T LIVE SET AND INTERVIEW

+ ROMANCE

Friday 27^th March, The Enterprise, 2 Haverstock Hill, Camden, London

Hot on the heels of the Beat Happening Bash, which in 2009 saw the likes of Micachu & the Shapes, Chrome Hoof, Screaming Tea Party, Art Brut, Capitol K, Goldielocks and Bearsuit performing or spinning tracks at their monthly events at the Camden Monarch, comes the Beat Happening Sessions. Following the event’s successful launch, which saw Pete and the Pirates take to the stage for an acoustic set and live interview, comes the latest instalment in the shape of glam-punk anarchists Selfish C**t

The concept is simple: the band performs a live set, and then the writers of Beat Happening magazine interview the band on stage. Following the interview is a live audience q & a. What makes your favourite band tick? What inspires their lyrics? What do they prefer, jam or marmalade? Ask them yourself at the Beat Happening Sessions. The added twist is that the interview will then be published in the subsequent issue of Beat Happening magazine, one of London’s most reputable new music magazines, which in the past year has seen its pages adorned by the likes of Nick Cave, Mars Volta, Battles, Brian Jonestown Massacre and The Dandy Warhols.

Led by the flamboyant and always provocative Martin Tomlinson, Selfish C**t have been courting controversy and amassing a cult status as being one of the most explosively confrontational acts to have emerged in the UK in recent years. From being listed by The Guardian as one of the forty most important bands in the country, to hitting headlines for publicly brawling with Pete Doherty, to being banned by a number of venues around the capital, the band have a wealth of stories to tell. With a new record on the horizon and some major tour dates lined up, to hear their side of story, up close and in the flesh, is a unique occasion.

Support comes from London’s much-hyped gloom-merchants, Romance. Having recently been featured on the front cover of not just PIX magazine but the NME, the band are being hailed as one of the spearheads of a new goth movement involving the likes of White Lies and Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump. This could be an all-too-rare opportunity to see them in a small venue before they go stellar.

Tickets are £7 and VERY limited – buy one here:

https://fan.musicglue.com/sale/saleproducts.aspx?productid=989c543e-e9e1-43d5-98e2-52af6e95946e

The Beat Happening Sessions

Friday 27^th February, The Enterprise, 2 Haverstock Hill, Camden, London

Tel: 0207 4852659

Doors: 7.30pm

Tickets: £8adv

+18 only

http://www.myspace.com/ixnewyork

http://www.myspace.com/isthisromance

 

 

 

The Beat Happening Sessions presents… The Laurel Collective and Ex-Lion Tamers, plus the newest side-project from Art Brut

The Beat Happening Sessions presents…

LAUREL COLLECTIVE LIVE SET AND INTERVIEW

+ EX-LION TAMERS

+ FUCLHER, SMITH AND DANCE (ART BRUT)

Friday 27^th February, The Enterprise, 2 Haverstock Hill, Camden, London

Hot on the heels of the Beat Happening Bash, which in 2009 saw the likes of Micachu & the Shapes, Chrome Hoof, Screaming Tea Party, Art Brut, Capitol K, Goldielocks and Bearsuit performing or spinning tracks at their monthly events at the Camden Monarch, comes the Beat Happening Sessions. Following the event’s successful launch, which saw Pete and the Pirates take to the stage for a acoustic set and live interview, comes the second instalment in the shape of London-based art pop sensations The Laurel Collective.

The concept is simple: the band performs a live set, and then the writers of Beat Happening magazine interview the band on stage. Following the interview is a live audience q & a. What makes your favourite band tick? What inspires their lyrics? What do they prefer, jam or marmalade? Ask them yourself at the Beat Happening Sessions. The added twist is that the interview will then be published in the subsequent issue of Beat Happening magazine, one of London’s most reputable new music magazines, which in the past year has seen its pages adorned by the likes of Nick Cave, Mars Volta, Battles, Brian Jonestown Massacre and The Dandy Warhols.

The Laurel Collective, hailing from Italy, Nigeria, Wales and England, create 80’s-influenced experimental alt-rock, jam-packed full of melodic eccentricity to melt hearts – having been compared to the likes of The Mystery Jets and ‘a weeping Morrissey being shot out of a canon’, they’re one of the most exciting new bands on London’s indie scene – Steve Lamacq certainly thinks so, having last summer made ‘International Love Affair’ his single of the week on BBC 6 Music. Beat Happening will be chatting to them on-stage about their plans for the year ahead.

Support comes from London’s much-hyped Ex-Lion Tamers – named after the Wire song of the same name, they’re proudly carrying the baton for scuzzy lo-fi post-punk into 2009. Finally, following The Laurel Collective’s set and interview will be a showcase of Fulcher, Smith and Dance, the newest project to come from Art Brut members, Mikey B and Jasper Future. Like a new romantic Joy Division, their songs drip with heartfelt passion and burst with energy.

Entry is 5 English pounds, on’t door.

The Beat Happening Sessions

Friday 27^th February, The Enterprise, 2 Haverstock Hill, Camden, London

Doors: 7.30pm

Tickets: £5 – buy your here:

https://fan.musicglue.com/sale/saleproducts.aspx?productid=61e7ab9e-53ee-4c2a-9a78-6d8bc0a33971

http://www.myspace.com/thelaurelcollective

http://www.myspace.com/weareexliontamers