Description

Outsider pop mavericks the Awkward Silences present an all-dayer to celebrate their new album the King of Cats, which is released on Blang Records on February 14.

For access info and enquiries, visit https://www.windmillbrixton.co.uk/visitor-info or email windmillbrixton@yahoo.co.uk

Featuring:

The Awkward Silences
http://theawkwardsilences.com

Led by author, musician and disability campaigner Paul Hawkins, the Awkward Silences combine off-kilter Daniel Johnston-eqsque pop with the music hall wit of Ian Dury and the showmanship of the Bad Seeds or the Flaming Lips. The band cut their teeth at the infamous Blang Nights and Antifolk Festivals at the 12 Bar Club in the early 2000s and have performed at Latitude, Kendal Calling and the South Bank Centre as well as recording a Radio 1 session at the BBC?s famous Maida Vale Studios.

Red Peril
https://www.instagram.com/redperilmusic/

Arising from the ashes of Madonnatron, Red Peril is the new endeavour of London-based Italian-Mexican musician Stefania F. Cardenas. In her previous incarnation, as singer and guitarist of post-punk ensemble Madonnatron, Cardenas crafted the raw and dark atmospheres that characterised the band?s sound. In this new project, she is conjuring behind drum machines and synthesizers, casting mystical spells reminiscent of Italo Disco, with Dexter Krenal (Pregoblin) thickening the sonic waves with guitar, effects and vocals. Their narrations evoke the sultry imagery of post-war pulp magazines.

Lucy's Diary
https://blangrecords.bandcamp.com/album/lucys-diary

"Lucy?s Diary stand out by playing angsty, cheeky pop-punk with big guitars and lyrics as raw and real as they come. Each track an infectious, emotive slice of life. Each tale universal despite their sometimes troubling inspirations, all glued together perfectly by Joplin?s gutsy, dusky vocals with the syrupy gravel of Kim Deal and the balls and venom of Courtney Love combined."

My Best Unbeaten Brother
https://mybestunbeatenbrother.bandcamp.com/album/pessimistic-pizza

Croydon three piece featuring ex-members of Nosferatu D2, Superman Revenge Squad and the Jonbarr Hinge. Frontman Ben Parker describes 2024 album "Pessimistic Pizza" as "Inspired by getting older, getting sadder, getting angrier with a post-Brexit world where The Smiths have been ruined by the actions of the ex-singer. Learning to let go; learning to be Spider-Man; trying to understand The Fall; trying to understand life and death, and trying to understand records by The Steve Miller Band.?

Sergeant Buzfuz
http://www.sergeantbuzfuz.com
Earworm melodies, punk energy and witty passionate stories of working class life from Sheffield's synth punk troubadour and his band.


The Phone Call
https://thephonecall.bandcamp.com/music

Smart, catchy electronica featuring surrealist lyrics and razor-sharp grooves.

Nat the Hammer
https://natthehammer.com/

Nat the Hammer is the solo project of Nathan Loughran, lead singer of The Reverse. Stripped down to nothing more than a guitar and a voice, Nat the Hammer?s songs have been likened to Leonard Cohen or the lo-fi anti-folk of Jeffrey Lewis.

He has released two albums and four EPs with The Reverse, most recently ?Which Way Out? and ?If The World Ends Now? on Blang Records.

Plus
A solo set by Paul Hawkins
and one more act to be confirmed.

Description

Independent live music venue in south London. The 3rd best venue in all of London according to TIME OUT readers. Home of Roof Dog.

We didn’t set out to be a venue as such but live music at the Windmill Brixton, just kinda evolved. Late night sessions at this bar revealed that the regulars carried a wealth of experience in musicianship, sound engineering and promoting, and since we drank there anyway we decided that we should get a good band down now and again to listen to.

Brixton Windmill logo

The bands came. They loved the informality and the fact that we bothered to pay them, and, some five years later the Windmill is known far beyond the backstreet in Brixton where it’s situated.

Although we’re just a little backstreet place, Windmill Brixton has gotten a glowing “Ace Place” review in Time Out, was called “your new favourite venue” by Drownedinsound.com and has been name-checked over the airwaves by the likes of XFM’s John Kennedy and Radios 1’s Steve Lamacq. Gigs have been reviewed in NME, Kerrang! and other mags and The Independent newspaper named us one of the TOP TEN VENUES IN THE UK (the only other London venues to make the cut were Brixton Academy and Cargo).

We feel we get these accolades for a number of reasons. Entry is cheap. Beer at pub prices. There’s a nice candlelit atmosphere, friendly staff and (less friendly) dogs on the roof. But most important of all is the quality of music – it’s no good telling us that you’ll ran the place with your mates; if your music sucks we aren’t interested.

We book and cheerlead bands we like and many have played several times.

Well that’s more or less the history, cos we’re more concerned about the great bands that will be playing in the future.

22 Blenheim Gardens,

Brixton,

Greater London,

England,

SW2 5BZ.

020 8671 0700