London electroacoustic club - live acoustic music @ The Slaughtered Lamb, alternative singer-songwriters, folk, blues, indie, electronica, Americana

Monday 11th February

EAMONN HAMILTON (Brakes) Acoustic Set
~ THE VOLUNTARY BUTLER SCHEME ~ STEPHEN JUNIOR

Famously recruited permanently for ex-band British Sea Power after suddenly disappearing in the crowd banging a drum when his temporarily hired keyboard skills were not required for one song; this is a man that makes angry hilarity sound easy. Now frontman for Brakes, mashing punk with Johnny Cash, The Beach Boys and Leadbelly but with an anarchic sense of black humour, don't expect Canada's workaholic "Hungry Hamilton" to be any different on his own. He's funny, he's twangy, he's got issues, he's even had Georg and Orri from Sigur Ros as a backing band. Mad but musical solo shows you're just going to love...

This is the second of three exclusive acoustic dates at The Slaughtered Lamb, as part of Eamonn's solo UK tour, with special guests to be announced.

Doors 8pm | £7 | tickets
The Slaughtered Lamb | 34-35 Great Sutton St | EC1V 0DX

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Tuesday 12th February

BIANCA BOHL & DEER ON THE HILL ~ RAISSA (THE MUMMERS) ~ OWEN NICHOLAS ~ GLOW GLOBES ~ LOUISE HULL

Lush leftfield pop with layers of lazy latin rhythms, lapsteel and a gentle country twang from Berlin's BIANCA BOHL - a bit like a sassier Zero 7 going organic and making mishief in Nashville. Bohl sing and plays keys, guitar, glockenspiel and melodica and is accompanied by her band, Deer On The Hill, which includes cello, violin, trombone and trumpet.

"Saloon-folk from the lounge-and C&W-inspired Bohl" [TIME OUT] "You come in third on 'the all time most scary german woman list', right after Nico and Nina Hagen and Klaus Kinski who was also quite a bitch i think" [ANON]

Fresh out of Brighton and spearheaded by South London born singer/songwriter, Raissa Khan-Panni, THE MUMMERS are like an orchestral urban fairground, with off-kilter strings, vintage keys, waltzing rhythms and skittery electronics all colliding with a daringly swooping female vocal. A former busker, addicted to travelling inspired by her English/Asian/Mexican roots, Raissa already has two solo albums under her belt and her distinctive voice, coupled with a unique performing style, has won her many fans and led to collaborations with Suede and Cypress Hill. Between recording sessions The Mummers have also taken their 8-piece band live, in the words of the local press "instantly causing a major stir across town" with a handful of sold-out shows including a headline at The Komedia in Brighton. Their new single ‘Wonderland’ is an enchanted pop song brought to life with imagery of fairytales and dreams and is scheduled for release early next year. Here, Raissa performs a stripped-down, semi-acoustic set with The Mummers' string section.

Doors 7.45pm | £5 | tickets
The Slaughtered Lamb | 34-35 Great Sutton St | EC1V 0DX

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Wednesday 13th February

REAL ONES ~ THE ZETLAND PLAYERS
~ C*BOB & THE SUNSHINE BLUES

REAL ONES are five childhood friends from Bergen, Norway, adding psychedelic zest to a city that has already provided the likes of Royksopp, and Kings of Convenience. If Lennon and McCartney had devised the concept of Sgt Pepper some forty years later, pulsing with Scandi blood and toying early with the promotion of free love, they would have devised a very basic blueprint for Real Ones. These five close comrades share in that affinity, moulding a magical kaleidoscope of sound. Having known each other for so many years, it should come as no surprise that despite Real Ones' sound bouncing with tangents, it's so precise and complete. There's the hearty, autumnal nature of warm folk, interspersed with a swirling psychedelic brood. Throw in a wave of cute three-part harmonies, and some devilishly intoxicating melodies to result in one fulfilling, head-spinning brew.

'Richly melodic, psychedelic-tinged pop' [THE GUARDIAN]

Surrealist, jangling sea shanties from Ugly Nephew Records' THE ZETLAND PLAYERS: "hauntingly shimmering jangles... a homely brew of chest-beating goo that catapults you through a myriad of emotions while it freewheels through an eye-pokingly ramshackle and finitely crooked fun filled sidestepping haze of furious folk and moments of tranquil mellowness." [LOSING TODAY]

Doors 8pm | £5 | tickets
The Slaughtered Lamb | 34-35 Great Sutton St | EC1V 0DX

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Sunday 17th February
PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF VENUE TO The Slaughtered Lamb

RIO EN MEDIO ~ THE WRAITHS ~ JACK SHIRT ~ MW BEWICK ~ JAMES SPANKIE

RIO EN MEDIO is the musical adventure of Brooklyn-based singer/ukulelist Danielle Stech-Homsy, who has performed with Vetiver, Devendra Banhart, CocoRosie, Grizzly Bear, Tim Fite, Patrick Wolf, Brightblack Morning Light and Vashti Bunyan. Her debut album, The Bride of Dynamite (released on Devendra Banhart’s Gnomonsong label) is an intricate collage of layered vocals, delicately plucked ukulele, ghostly samples and gritty, deconstructed electronics with contributions from Andy Cabic (Vetiver), Sierra Casady (CocoRosie), Tim Fite and David Coulter. Her songwriting reflects a vast scope of influence from techno to traditional folk to early and contemporary classical, drawing on literature as well as music, from ancient to avant, and incorporating elements of chance.

The Wraiths are Mog (vocals and electric guitar) and Jon (acoustic guitar and backing vocals). They take old poems and put them to new music.

"Ethereal and splintered by turns, Bristol's favourite poetry-laced musos led us into a strange Victorian world of velvet menace. Odes by Dickinson, Wilde and Hardy, all set to slow-burn acoustic soundtracks that grew assuredly from placid to menacing." [VENUE MAGAZINE, BRISTOL]

Support from JACK SHIRT with his beautifully minimal and warm, atonal soundtracks, JAMES SPANKIE's looped violin, guitar and Fender Rhodes workouts and MW BEWICK's acid-folk, assisted by a a guru box called 'Robinson.'

Doors 7.15pm | £5 | tickets
The Slaughtered Lamb | 34-35 Great Sutton St | EC1V 0DX

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Monday 18th February

EAMONN HAMILTON (Brakes) Acoustic Set ~ JOSEPHINE ONIYAMA
~ Special Guests

Famously recruited permanently for ex-band British Sea Power after suddenly disappearing in the crowd banging a drum when his temporarily hired keyboard skills were not required for one song; this is a man that makes angry hilarity sound easy. Now frontman for Brakes, mashing punk with Johnny Cash, The Beach Boys and Leadbelly but with an anarchic sense of black humour, don't expect Canada's workaholic "Hungry Hamilton" to be any different on his own. He's funny, he's twangy, he's got issues, he's even had Georg and Orri from Sigur Ros as a backing band. Mad but musical solo shows you're just going to love...

Support from Manchester's Oniyama who's unmistakeable voice and combination sound recalls something of Nina Simone's approach to her craft

Doors 8pm | £7 | tickets
The Slaughtered Lamb | 34-35 Great Sutton St | EC1V 0DX

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Tuesday 19th February

RIO EN MEDIO ~ JESS BRYANT ~ J.F.BUY & HAYLEY MOORE
~ THE BOYCOTT COCA-COLA EXPERIENCE

RIO EN MEDIO is the musical adventure of Brooklyn-based singer/ukulelist Danielle Stech-Homsy, who has performed with Vetiver, Devendra Banhart, CocoRosie, Grizzly Bear, Tim Fite, Patrick Wolf, Brightblack Morning Light and Vashti Bunyan. Her debut album, The Bride of Dynamite (released on Devendra Banhart’s Gnomonsong label) is an intricate collage of layered vocals, delicately plucked ukulele, ghostly samples and gritty, deconstructed electronics with contributions from Andy Cabic (Vetiver), Sierra Casady (CocoRosie), Tim Fite and David Coulter. Her songwriting reflects a vast scope of influence from techno to traditional folk to early and contemporary classical, drawing on literature as well as music, from ancient to avant, and incorporating elements of chance.

Support from the spooky, almost-choral folk of JESS BRYANT, who "... has a voice that you wouldn't only die for, you'd probably kill for too. Eyes closed in concentration, the guitar emitting some at times discordant, yet strangely beautiful notes, Jess produces voluptuously full, rounded vocal sounds which at times I'm not sure are words, but I'm sure as hell it doesn't matter. What does matter is that while listening to her I am transported to another place entirely, a multi-coloured garden of tropical flowers, with no notion of how I got there. When she sings the line "Oh baby you're seeping away from me", it's one of the most poignant, tragic, sad and yet wildly beautiful things I've ever heard. Impossible to categorise, apart from under the 'Utter Genius' category." [OUT OF THE BEDROOM]

Plus the downtempo blues of Rennes' J.F.BUY, who was last seen duetting here at The Slaughtered Lamb with Josh T Pearson and is joined this time by Hayley Moore, and the lo-fi bedsit tales of THE BOYCOTT COCA-COLA EXPERIENCE.

Doors 8pm | £5 | tickets
The Slaughtered Lamb | 34-35 Great Sutton St | EC1V 0DX

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Wednesday 20th February

BENJI KIRKPATRICK ~ LEWIS GARLAND & THE KETT REBELLION

Bouzouki maestro and member of Faustus, The Seth Lakeman Band and pioneering young folk collective, Bellowhead, BENJI KIRKPATRICK promotes his debut album, released on Reveal Records' new imprint, Navigator Records.

Norfolk born singer-songwriter LEWIS GARLAND pressganged Bradley Blackwell (Double Bass), Drew Coleman (Mandolin, Guitar, Concertina) and Ben Wiffen (Clarinet, Percussion) into his services on board the good ship ‘Kett Rebellion’. SInce 2006 the troupe have performed at The Big Green Gathering/Leamington Peace Festival, supported Nizlopi, Devon Sproule and Lou Rhodes.

"energetic folk-klezmer linked with clever wordplay " [COVENTRY EVENING TELEGRAPH]... "Really thoughtful lyrics" [KARINE POLWART]

Doors 8pm | £6 advance / £7 door | tickets
The Slaughtered Lamb | 34-35 Great Sutton St | EC1V 0DX

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Sunday 24th February

JF BUY ~ KNOL BOWIE ~ CHARLEY BICKERS

Doors 7.30pm | £5 | tickets
The Cross Kings | 126 York Way | Kings Cross | London N1 0AX

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Monday 25th February

JON BYRNE ~ ICONS OF ELEGANCE ~ ROSIE DOONAN ~ DECLAN BENNETT ~ RYAN LAUDER

Jon Byrne's live performances have to be seen to be believed; with exuberant foot stomping, anarchic personality syndrome and broken strings. He then cleverley whisks you off into a seemingly tranquil state that leads you into a false sense of security by giving you soft tones, fragile heart stings and emotional roller coasters, before slapping you in the face once again with the honest realism of social degeneration and urban cataclysm. Jon Byrne is a 'finger on the trigger' zeitgeist troubadour.

Support from the razor-edged, psychedlic-sunshine pop of Wakefield chanteuse, ROSIE DOONAN, who cites Beta Band, Laura Veirs and Free as key infuences, DECLAN BENNETT, formerly know as SUMLADFROMCOV and Derby's alt-country troubadour, RYAN LAUDER.

Doors 8pm | £5 | tickets
The Slaughtered Lamb | 34-35 Great Sutton St | EC1V 0DX

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Tuesday 26th February

KAT FLINT ~ LITTLE LOST DAVID ~ JACK CHESHIRE ~ JOSH BRAY

The heartfelt but flighty songwriting, melodies and harmonies of Edinburgh's KAT FLINT sound at times like a more folky, celtic update of The Pretenders and Chrissie Hynde:

“While other singer/songwriters follow well-worn paths to mundane places, Flint is open to the world, spinning musical wonder like a modern saint. To listen is to fall in love.” [MUSIC OMH]

Sheffield's LITTLE LOST DAVID brings his melancholy, soul-soaked Americana for the second of three dates in February and March: "Every time I hear David he never fails to break my heart. And this is his objective. He does not set out to entertain you in the pleasurable sense. His woeful words are furiously and gently wrought on his lonesome guitar... his voice is just as potent...

Plus the brilliant lo-fi toybox indie-folk of JACK CHESHIRE and relative newcomer to the guitar and songwriting, JOSH BRAY, who is fast making up for lost time with his sparkling folk-revivalist style that recalls Christy Moore and Ray LaMontagne.

Doors 8pm | £5 | tickets
The Slaughtered Lamb | 34-35 Great Sutton St | EC1V 0DX

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THE ACCIDENTAL (feat. members of Tuung & The Memory Band)
~ JAMES YUILL ~ THE SOUND OF BAILEY ~ FULL TIME HOBBY DJs

The first outing for Sam Genders' (Tunng) and Stephen Cracknell's (The Memory Band) new band, which also features the twin vocals of Liam Bailey and The Bicycle Thieves' Hannah Caughlin. Support from JAMES YUILL, who recently released his acclaimed debut single, 'No Surprise' on Chess Club and did a Radio One session for Huw Stephens. "Even though we're all au fait with the idea of beats and digital bleeps mixing it with indie songcraft, Yuill has pushed it further, pressing into service both something of Justice's bolshy bottom end and Yazoo's plinky melodicism by way of Hot Chip." [TIME OUT]

Doors 8pm | £5 advance / £6 door | tickets
The Slaughtered Lamb | 34-35 Great Sutton St | EC1V 0DX

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