The Brudenell Social Club

Upcoming….

A Certain Ratio, Joseph Arthur, The BellRays, Lisa Hannigan, Sleepy Sun, Vetiver, The Sadies, Woodpigeon, T-Model Ford, HEALTH, Sunset Rubdown, Magnolia Electric Co., The Felice Brothers, Nodzzz, LAU, and many more…

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Saturday 4th JULY

A CERTAIN RATIO

(Factory Records) + guest support

Tickets £13 adv. / £15 door - Door 7:30pm

Available now from Crash Records, Jumbo Records, Seetickets and Wegottickets

A Certain Ratio Website

A Certain Ratio started their career on Factory Records, managed by Tony Wilson.
They are featured in the film 24 Hour Party People where Tony Wilson (played by Steve Coogan) calls them “Joy Division but better dressed.” Martin Moscrop was Musical Supervisor of 24 Hour Party People.

With a huge back catalogue, A Certain Ratio are a Post-punk band formed in 1977 in Manchester, England. While originally part of the punk rock movement, they soon added funk and dance elements to their sound. They are sometimes referred to as “cold wave”. The band’s name is taken from the lyrics of Brian Eno’s song “The True Wheel” (from the album Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy), which in turn were taken from a quote from Hitler on the proportion of ‘Jewish blood’ that was required to determine whether someone was to be classified as ‘Jewish’. There is some dispute as to whether the band were aware of the original meaning of the phrase.
The group’s longest serving members have been Martin Moscrop (guitar, trumpet) and Jeremy Kerr (bass, vocals). Another current member, Donald Johnson (drums, vocals), joined early to replace a drum machine. Three original members have left the band - singers Martha Tilson (left in 1982) and Simon Topping (left in 1983 for Quando Quango and, later, T-Coy), plus guitarist Peter Terrell, who left in 1982. Keyboardist Andy Connell who joined in 1982 left to form Swing Out Sister in 1985.
The band’s exploration of rhythm fusing funk, disco, punk and Latin has had a resurgence in the last few years and their influence can be heard in bands such as The Rapture and LCD Soundsystem. In 2002 Soul Jazz Records started a program of reissues of ACR’s albums and difficult to find tracks. Further re-issues and a live recording from 1980 have also been made available on the LTM label.
Although the band does not play full time, they continue writing, recording, and performing. A Certain Ratio performed in the US for the first time since 1985 on November 16, 2008, headlining the Part Time Punks Festival at The Echo in Los Angeles, California.
Simon Topping appeared on stage with Joy Division - filling in for an indisposed Ian Curtis - at a concert in Bury’s Derby Hall on April 8 1980 which ended in a riot (featured in the Anton Corbijn film Control). This concert took place a few weeks before Curtis’ suicide.

THIS SHOULD BE PRETTY SPECIAL!!

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Saturday 11th July

THE BELLRAYS

+ guest support from

Elephants On Acid

Tickets £8 adv. / £10 on the door  -     Doors  7:30pm

Available now from Crash Records 0113 2436743 - Click here, Jumbo Records 0113 2455570, Seetickets - click here

The BellRays Website

The BellRays Myspace

The BellRays are a supercharged injection of soul and rock’n'roll rotating around the formidable axis of Bob Vennum and Lisa Kekaula.
Lisa Kekaula is also the voice behind Basement Jaxx and blows away all contenders everytime she sings “Motor City is Burning” with the MC5/DTK

Taken from the band’s myspace they describe themselves as follows:

“High Octane Rock and Roll! Biography schmiography! Who cares about where they came from or what they did before or how many records they put out. Stats are not what music or this band is about. If you have an open mind and want something challenging in your life then this is where you want to stop and listen. Just take it in and make up your own mind.”

It’s going to be a fun show that should make you dance!

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Sunday 12th July

SLEEPY SUN

+ guest support from

Wonderswan  and The Diamond Sea

Tickets £5 adv. / £7 on the door  -     Doors  7:30pm

Available now from Crash Records 0113 2436743 - Click here, Jumbo Records 0113 2455570, Seetickets - click here

SLEEPY SUN Website

SLEEPY SUN Myspace

SLEEPY SUN Last.fm

Recently released their debut record “Embrace” on ATP Recordings in the UK… and gaining a very fast reputation as been one of ‘THE’ best live bands around to watch at the moment, with recent outstanding performances at ATP vs. The Fans and Primavera, all of the online press appears to be noting them somewhere in their recent ‘ones to watch’.

Sleepy Sun is an apt title for this young San Francisco sextet, as their debut record, “Embrace”, is one of those rare slabs of rock and roll that will wake you up in the morning, and send you off to sleep at night. After honing their craft in the occult influenced creative community of Santa Cruz, the band has continued to grow, both creatively and in their loyal following, since their relocation to the city by the bay. With their throbbing rhythm section, swirling sea of guitars, and dreamy, haunting duet vocals, the word dynamic is a severe understatement.

Though the press is quick to rifle off a laundry list of rock’s greatest ghosts to describe their sound, one live show is all you need to know Sleepy Sunhave stumbled upon something very much their own. Having performed their raw, high energy show on stages shared with acts such as Howlin’ Rain, Earth, Dead Meadow, and Citay, they are quickly establishing themselves as a very tough act to follow. Fans at shows are known for shouting the band’s battle cry, “Let’s get weird”. If the group continues down their rapid road to success, things are about to get very weird indeed.

A few of the many positive reviews so far:

8.5 - GREAT - Pitchfork

“Something of a masterclass in pop-psychedelic composition…A triumph.” - The Quietus

84%, “Dazzling stuff.” - The Line Of Best Fit

“They’re both elegant and, dare we say it, beautiful.” - Mojo

“Outrageously brilliant sun-frazzled wah-wah noise…prepare to freak out.” - NME

9/10, “Breathtaking psychedelic post-rock. A stunning debut.” - Clash

“A satisfyingly viscous stew of lava-fuzz wah-wah and doomy Sabbath bass riffs, punctuated by bucolic boy-girl strums.” - Plan B

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Hey everyone!

just a quick message out there to let you know that after a quite extended period of not updating, we have finally managed to get editing access back to us… happy days!

Anyway, we’re currently putting up a current gig / show / event schedule which can keep you up-to-date as to what is upcoming here, and you will be able to find this on the right hand side of the site page bar at http://www.brudenellsocialclub.co.uk

We’ve lined up a few exciting shows for you including the like of Jose Gonzalez = 28th August, Neon Neon = 1st November, Errors = 6th October, Built To Spill = 7th November, Oxes = 26th October, Ladyhawk = 24th September, iForward Russia! = 17th October, Jeff Lewis = 16th September, The Autumn Defence ( two members of Wilco) = 8th September, Jason Molina = 12th September, Wildbirds & Peacedrums and Seabear = 11th September and many many more..

Also tickets for most shows will be available online at www.crashrecords.co.uk and www.jumborecords.co.uk and www.seetickets.com

Hope all is great in your world!

Peace.

Brudenell

Are you a member of the social network that is Facebook?

If so why not join the Brudenell group here!

This page is constantly updated and kept up-to-date and will also send out private messages to its members such as news and the first to know about special upcoming gigs, etc.

Get on and add yourself!

Peace

I created a Brudenell entry on Wikipedia tonight, which you can see here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brudenell_Social_Club.

Please feel free to add to, and edit, the article. The information on this site was all written by me and you have my permission to copy and paste as you need to!

New limited edition Brudenell t-shirts, featuring artwork by musician and artist Jeffrey Lewis, are on sale in the Brudenell now, priced £7.50. The t-shirts are actually a lot brighter than the picture shows. They are selling fast at the club and on Ebay, and we won’t be re-printing them, so please get one quick if you want one. The Cribs wore these shirts at their recent Brudenell gig!

The Entertainments Committee have now bought almost all the new equipment we need to make a full PA (thanks Archie). We have replaced many core items and bought a new mixing desk, all new speakers, new mics, a multicore, amps and other rack equipment, and we still have a little money to spare to finish the job. Archie and Stu will be working on installation in the next month or so.

As the PA has been upgraded, a new set of hire fees will be in operation once the job is complete. You can see these on the PA hire page, which also has some info about hiring and using the equipment.

Nathan has also worked hard on the games room in the past month, which now has two pool tables, two snooker tables, table football, pinball, darts, dominoes, cards and a big-screen TV. The room is now really busy most weeknights, and we are really grateful to everyone who has supported the changes and is using the room regularly. (Pool is still 40p a game, and table football is also 40p!). There is also a brand new quiz machine in the Lounge bar. Please become a Friend of the Brudenell if you use these facilities - it only costs £3.20 when you join online via PayPal.

The third Bring and Buy (pie) sale will take place from 2pm-6pm on 28th January.

Entry is 25p.

All proceeds from the sale will go to the Brudenell PA fund/ practice room fund etc, and any left-over items will be donated to the Meningitis Trust.

Stalls will include the usual books, clothing, records, CDs, bric-a-brac and so on, and we will also have various art and craft stalls, cakes and pies (vegan and veggie), tea, smoothies, milkshakes, soup and a booze tombola! So come for your Sunday dinner and stick around afterwards.

We will also have an auction at around 4pm, hosted by Daniel Chapman, where we will be selling the best items that are donated. These will include a custom screenprinted duvet cover set featuring the Brudenell logo (from the t-shirts)- a totally one-off item.

We need helpers to set up and sort items from noon, look after a stall for a while, and to pack everything away at 6. Just turn up early if you want to be involved. The more people there are, the more fun it is, and the less work we will all have to do! Helpers also get first pick of the donations!!

Don’t forget to donate your items before the sale. For collection, please email bring-n-pie@brudenellsocialclub.co.uk.

PS. Before the sale, there is an Olsen event at the Hyde Park cinema - after the sale, there is a free gig at the Brudenell… see poster for info.

Last night we bought Moz and Stu’s PA with the first chunk of our lottery money, meaning that it is now totally owned by the Entertainments Committee. We will be buying even more equipment in the next couple of weeks, and discussing other uses for the rest of the money.

The money from New Years Eve has been split between C&R and the ents committee. £700 has been donated to Cops and Robbers, which will cover the debts and pay for another years’ printing. The Ents Committee money will be put towards one of the many things we need to work on - security for the room/ new practice room doors/ a backline/ insurance etc etc etc… to be decided.

Also, I forgot to post this yesterday, but there was a page in the Evening Post about us last night - I will scan it in and stick it on the site ASAP.

Happy New Year on behalf of the Entertainments Committee! We had an amazing party on Sunday which you can read about on the Cops and Robbers and Leeds Music Scene forums - also, have a look at Neil’s photos here. Thanks to everyone who came along, dressed up and joined in with the fun… especially the karaoke singers and the people who spent ages making their outfits… Barberella, Barry on Briggate, the Blackboard, the Beastie Boys and Bender were some of our faves.

You may have noticed that the progress meter on the right-hand-side of this page has jumped from 19% from 86%!! That’s because we have received the £10,000 Awards For All/ National Lottery funding and will be buying Moz and Stu’s PA this week. After that, we will be adding now equipment to really bring the PA up to speed with other venues in the city. The last few pounds will hopefully trickle in from our Bring and Buy sale in 28th January, and a PA launch night sometime in late Spring. Watch this space!

Release Date – 19th December 2006

CHRISTMAS CHEERS IN HYDE PARK AS SOCIAL CLUB AND MUSIC VENUE RECEIVES £10,000 LOTTO AWARD

The future of a social club in Hyde Park which acts as a vital part of the Leeds music scene looks safe after an application for £10,000 of lottery money was successful.

The Brudenell Social Club, which has hosted gigs by Leeds heroes The Kaiser Chiefs, as well as indie superstars Franz Ferdinand and hundreds of local, national and international acts, urgently needs a new £15,000 PA system, in order to compete with other local venues, while remaining independent and affordable.

The Brudenell Entertainments Committee, a volunteer organisation attached to the Social Club, have been awarded a £10,000 grant from the lottery funding organisation Awards for All. The grant will be paid to the Committee on Christmas Day.

The group will raise the remaining £5000 needed themselves, through gigs, bring and buy sales and a New Years Eve party.

Many users of the Club work on a non-profit basis and rely on the Brudenell as an affordable space to showcase left-field music and arts events in Leeds.

The Committee also plan to soundproof a back room to provide band rehearsal space. The volunteers will be offering workshops on events management and sound engineering.

The Committee has been working for 18 months on fundraising to secure the future of the Brudenell. In early 2005, noise complaints threatened the future of the Club, and the Committee raised more than £7000 in 2005 for soundproofed fire doors.

Councillor James Monaghan (Lib Dem, Headingley) supported the application:

“I am glad to have played a small part in the bid that will benefit the music scene in Leeds and local community organisations.

“The Brudenell Social Club Entertainments Committee have put a huge amount of work into seeing this project come to fruition and they should be praised for their efforts.”

On New Years Eve the Committee will be holding a party to celebrate the grant, with live music/ entertainment/ DJs. Tickets £5 from the Brudenell bar or Jumbo records, entry by ticket only.

ENDS

NOTES TO EDITORS

The Brudenell Social Club was formed in 1913 as a working men’s club, and has changed drastically over the years, adapting to the changing demographic of the area. It is now an extremely popular live music venue, but has retained its’ status as a non-profit members Club.

The Brudenell’s profile was raised in 2004 when Franz Ferdinand played a secret gig at the venue. It has also hosted gigs for the Kaiser Chiefs and The Cribs as well as hundreds of local artists. The venue still hosts more traditional cabaret nights and private parties.

After the initial fundraising for firedoors, the venue was again threatened in late 2005 when the in-house PA, owned by local sound engineers, was due to be sold. They set a £15,000 target to replace and upgrade the PA so that the Brudenell would be able to compete with other venues while continuing to be affordable and independent.

Ents Committee core members:
Claire Broadley – local resident, musician, promoter. Mature student.
Jonny Ackroyd – local resident, ex-promoter. Disability support worker.
Neil Shumsky – local resident, musician, ex- promoter. Software engineer.
Stuart Bannister – local resident, musician, sound engineer at the venue. Library assistant.

The Entertainments Committee will be running this years New Years Eve party which will be similar to the last two great parties we have had at the Club.

There is a FANCY DRESS theme - anything beginning with B! There will be a prize for the best outfit.

We also have a live ‘Stars In Your Pies’ competition hosted by Daniel Chapman, backed by a live LS6 supergroup covers band (members of Cowtown, Tigers, the Noon Charter and Printed Circuit), where various contestants will compete for your clapometer vote.

D’astro featuring D Millard will also be playing, see their Myspace here: http://www.myspace.com/thedastro.

We will also have a Blockbusters B quiz, Bingo with Pat, musical chairs, musical statues, a spelling B, and a disco/DJs till late.

Tickets are £5 from the Brudenell bar, or £5 plus booking fee from Jumbo records. This event ALWAYS sells out, so please buy your tickets early. There will be NO admittance without a ticket, no exceptions. Doors at 7pm, fun starts 7.30pm.

Today I received a letter from Awards for All, the lottery funding group, confirming that our grant application had been successful and we would be receiving the full £10,000 grant for the Brudenell PA fund.

The Lottery application was a real stress for us, especially for myself and Jonny who spent several afternoons writing and re-writing the details in the form until we got them exactly right. We, Shumsky, Stu and Drew spent several long meetings agonising over the details and we are all really amazed and overwhelmed that our hard work paid off.

On behalf of the Ents Committee I’d like to thank Cllr James Monaghan for the wonderful reference, Heather from HP Source for application advice, and Jamie and Duncan from Oblong for putting us onto the idea in the first place.

The money will be paid into the Ents Committee account on Christmas Day, at which point we will buy Moz and Stu’s PA and go shopping for additional equipment.

There will be an emergency celebratory meeting tonight at 6pm in the Lounge bar!

On Sunday 28th January, there will be a Bring and Buy sale to raise money for the installation and upkeep of a new, permanent PA in the Brudenell Social Club.

Please consider this advance warning!

We want all donations, no matter how small - books, clothes, records, CDs, videos, DVDs, bric-a-brac, home made crafts, electrical goods, etc etc etc. Start making a pile of things you want rid of!!

If any local artists or zine writers would like to showcase their work, please contact us to arrange selling your stuff at the sale in exchange for a small donation from your profits.

We will also have a booze tombola, giant chess and some kind of evening entertainment - bands or maybe another gameshow, after the success of the ‘Mr and Mrs’ game at the last Bring and Buy. Ideas for this part of the evening are welcome.

Bob and Rich will be printing a Brudenell tea towel, and you’ll be able to draw your own portrait (or have Ian Seven Inches draw it for you), to appear on the tea towel, in return for a small donation.

What we need

An event like this is a big job so we need volunteers to lighten the load a bit. Can you help with any of this?

Donations: Including your unwanted Christmas gifts! Claire and Neil can arrange to pick up large items. There is storage at the Brudenell, in the old committee room, so if you want to take any donations early, you can do so.

Circulation of flyers: Giving them out at gigs, local events, putting them in shops, putting them through doors on your street…

Helpers on the day: To run a stall, set things out, and most importantly, pack away the remaining donations afterwards. Helpers usually get first pick of the donations and we would like everyone to do about an hour on a stall.

Chefs: People willing to make vegetarian and vegan cakes, buns, pies and snacks, and people to make and sell cups of tea on the day.

Publicity: If you have any ideas for people we can tell about the sale, let us know. We would like to try get a small piece in the Evening Post, the Leeds Student paper, Leeds Met paper, Metro and other local free papers - can you help? We want to try reach people outside the local gig and music scene, and get a big crossover of different communities. Any help with sticking up posters in places like the Cardigan Centre, local post offices and local shops would be handy.

If you have ideas, comments or help to offer, please come along to a Brudenell meeting (there’s one tonight at 6pm in the lounge bar), post on this thread on the Cops and Robbers forum, or contact Shumsky via private message and sort it out direct.

The Entertainments Committee are really grateful to any promoters who organise a fundraising event, or donate proceeds from their event to the PA Fund. Hopefully everyone will have noticed the new Allen & Heath mixing desk in the gig room, which has been funded by recent benefit events and t-shirt sales.

After tonight’s Milky Wimpshake, Bilge Pump and D’astro gig at the Brudenell (info here), there are three more fundraising events coming up. Hopefully after these gigs we’ll be able to replace some mics! Your support and attendance will really help.

Monday 16th October - Erase Errata, Bilge Pump, Brown Owl and Twattrottrala at the Brudenell. Entry £5.

Friday 27th October: Suck My Left One with Manifesta and PartyParty DJs at Soul Circus. Entry £3.

Friday 3rd November - Shut Your Eyes, That Fucking Tank, C, Downdime, Napoleon IIIrd, Benjamin Wetherill at the Brudenell. Entry £5.

Bilge Pump, D’Astro and Milky Wimpshake will be playing tomorrow night at the Brudenell with all profits going to the PA fund. Entry is only £3 and there will be dancing till midnight. More info on the Cops and Robbers site.

The two new amps, bass bins, multicore and enormous new mixing desk should all now be installed (or nearly finished) in the Brudenell events room. The money for this equipment has come from benefit gigs and events, t-shirt and badge sales, and our Friends of the Brudenell scheme. Many thanks to everyone who has contributed in any way.

Due to the new equipment being installed, we are able to have new sound engineers joining Moz and Stu at the Club: Matt Robson, Ben Eyes, Ben Gardner and Michael Ward. This will allow Stu and Moz to concentrate on being in the very wonderful Quack Quack!

We have three events coming up to keep the cash coming in!
Saturday 14th October - Bilge Pump, Milky Wimpshake and PartyParty DJs at the Brudenell. Only £3 in.
Friday 27th October: Suck My Left One with Manifesta and PartyParty DJs at Soul Circus. Only £3 in.
Friday 3rd November - Shut Your Eyes, That Fucking Tank, C, Downdime, Napoleon IIIrd, Benjamin Wetherill at the Brudenell. Only £5!

The next Brudenell meeting is Thursday from 6pm-7.30 in the Lounge bar.

The Friends of the Brudenell scheme has been launched. Join at one of our benefit gigs for £2.50, or online for £3.20 (the extra covers postage and paypal fees).

The minutes from the Brudenell Entertainments Committee meeting on Wednesday will be posted to our Yahoo! discussion group tomorrow. The next meeting is next Thursday, 28th September, at 6pm.

The first few parts of the new PA are being installed in the next couple of weeks. You will notice the large purple bass bins we bought last year are now being used, thanks to a new amp. We have a second amp to install, a new multicore, and a new mixing desk is on its’ way. Thanks to everyone who is helping/ donating!

There is a meeting in the Lounge Bar tonight at 6pm - can you organise a benefit gig/ hand out some flyers/ etc? Anyone who would like to attend is welcome.

And… we now have new stock of all sizes of the t-shirts.

We’ve just launched a new membership scheme called Friends of the Brudenell, which costs £2.50. Members receive membership to the Club until December 2007, a badge, a card and other benefits. We’ll post a special page on the site about this soon.
The next meeting about the PA fund is this Wednesday. We’d like to alert anyone who wants to do sound at the Club to this - we’ll be discussing it then.

The next Entertainments Committee meeting is tomorrow (Thursday 7th September) at 6pm in the Lounge bar. All are welcome.

Thank you VERY much to everyone who has bought a Brudenell t-shirt so far. We have almost sold out of Adult Medium and Adult Small, and will have to order some more in very soon. If you want one, grab one of the last few at the Club or via this website.

Secondly, thanks also to Sierpinski who donated their fee from their Brudenell gig this week to our PA fund.

It looks like the next meeting about the Brudenell PA fundraising will be on Thursday night in the lounge bar, but we’ll confirm it in the next couple of days. Feel free to come along. Meetings usually start at 6pm. If you can’t make it, there’s a new page on the website, How you can help.

The next Brudenell fundraiser is Foals, Great Eskimo Hoax and Sierpinski tomorrow (Saturday 2nd Sept) at the Brudenell. Entry £4.

Thanks VERY much to Neil from Napoleon IIIrd and Sean from Shut Your Eyes And You’ll Burst Into Flames for wearing Brudenell t-shirts onstage at the Leeds festival. (The BBC site shows Napoleon IIIrd on stage, with Neil on the right of the pic).

T-shirts are available from the club for £6, or from this site for £8 (the extra £2 covers postage, packaging and PayPal fees). All the profits go towards the purchase of a new PA for the Club. To buy one, see the Brudenell fundraising shop.
Thanks also to the Leeds Guide for publicising our t-shirts, and our fundraising, in the current issue.

You’ll see a little fundraising progress bar around the site now - on this page, it’s sitting on the right below the links. As you’ll see, we’ve now broken the £1000 mark and have cash to buy a Mackie desk and a new amp. Once these are installed, the PA will be more robust. We’ll be able to broaden the range of sound engineers that can use it, and start training those who wish to use the PA system in the future.

Finally, we decided to apply to Awards for All for a £10,000 grant towards our target and have almost finished the application, so we will keep you up to date with our progress. Many thanks to Jamie at Oblong for his help, and to James Monaghan, Lib Dem councillor for Headingley, for agreeing to assist us with the application.

The next meeting regarding PA fundraising is on Wednesday 30th August at 6pm in the lounge bar at the Brudenell.

Jonny has been handing out Brudenell t-shirts backstage at the Leeds Festival, with the hope of getting some to appear on stage and on TV. Watch out for Napoleon IIIrd (today) and Sean from Shut Your Eyes And You’ll Burst Into Flames (tomorrow) wearing them.

All profit from sales of Brudenell t-shirts will go towards buying the venue a new £15,000 PA.

Incidentally, Franz Ferdinand are selling t-shirts which list all the gigs they have done to date - including their secret Brudenell gig in March 2004.

As Jonny has mentioned on the gojonnygogogogo website, last Saturday’s Jeff Lewis gig raised more than £550 for the Brudenell PA fund. We’re now in a position to buy the first piece of the PA, a mixing desk, and we hope to have this installed by mid-September.

We’ve sent the minutes from the Entertainments Committee meeting to the Yahoo group, but they don’t seem to have been posted yet - perhaps Yahoo is catching up! In the meantime, you can read them on this thread on the Cops and Robbers forum.

The Ents Committee will be meeting up at 6pm tonight in the members’ bar at the Brudenell.

The next two benefit gigs are…

Saturday August 19th, 2006: Gojonnygogogogo presents Jeffrey Lewis, D.Millard, Ian Cockburn + PartyParty DJs. At the Commonplace, Wharfe Street (near the Corn Exchange). £5, 9pm-2am. Cans £1.25.
Saturday September 2nd, 2006: Room237 presents Foals, Great Eskimo Hoax, Ruby Tombs, Sierpinski. At the Brudenell. £4.

All door profits from these gigs will go towards buying the Brudenell a new PA system.