DESIGNER MAGAZINE'S IN THE CITY PREVIEW SHOW
....feat...
Shepherds Pi
Spoons
Dear Eskiimo
The Tigerpicks


Venue: Night & Day Cafe, Oldham Street, Manchester
Date: Tuesday 26th September
Doors: 8pm
Price: £5 adv through www.ticketline.co.uk or call 0161 832 1111(subject to
booking fee)

WEBLINK: http://www.designermagazine.org

* SHEPHERDS PI are a musical melange of everyband you've falled in love with
over the past 2 years. The witty lyricism of thAlex Turner and Mike Skinner,
the knack for a pop hook like The Kooks, the joy you felt when you first
witnessed The Magic Numbers or The Polyphonic Spree. Based around the vocal
talents of Rupert Hill, the rapping bass player Sam Stockman and the lush
harmonies of Ms Hazeldine. At the back on the tubthumper Claire Russell
creates a symmetry that alligns them as the indie Abba. Shepherds Pi
recently entered the O2 Undiscovered Competition and reached the final 10
out of 6000 entrants and this headline gig at Designer Magazine's In The
City Preview should mark the gig where they go stellar!!! -
www.myspace.com/shepherdspi

* SPOONS follow in the tradition of Oasis and The Stone Roses as the last
gang in town and bring back a much needed attitude to the Manchester music
scene, which of late was fast becoming a walking advertisement for skinny
Topman mannikins and fashionistas. Along with the likes of The Young
Offenders Institute and the Council Pop bands Orphan Boy and The Pedestrians
the Mancunian scene has never looked better. The 5 piece Chorlton based
band, average age 18, scraped together to record rough demos of tracks "The
Tree That Could..." and "Kinder Scout" and although rough around the edges
the demos have been compared to the much bootlegged early Stone Roses demo
sessions. Listening to the classics such as The Smiths, The Pixies and Joy
Division the band have attracted wide and diverse opinions with everything
from "Oasis meets Blazin Squad" to "Like Boy Kill Boy...only with better
tunes" through to "Spoons - a band on the cusp of greatness"
www.myspace.com/spoonsmusic

* DEAR ESKIIMO are the bastard offspring of Outkast, The Sound Of Music,
Space, Alisha's Attic and Goldfrapp. The sort of band you'd imagine if
Richard X and Brian Higgins got together with Andre 3000 whilst creating a
frankensteins monster out of every member of Girls Aloud, who had in turn
been fed on a diet of Broadway Musicals. The fact that they actually look as
good as they sound makes the whole spectacle even more alluring.
www.myspace.com/deareskiimo

* THE TIGERPICKS - It all started as a mess about. Whilst dog-sitting a
small ginger fox, three friends (the then unamed 'tigerpicks') sat at an
antique piano just messing around with beats and bass in early October 2005.
It sparked off some musical mayhem, in which the band considered, feasibly,
to be the most experimental,
alternative-electro-pop-punk-rock-glam-disco-sleaze-shabby-chic band for
miles around. With random bass riffs touching on brilliancy and
thought-provoking, primarily obscure lyrics. With possibly the most
catchiest tunes under their belts, the band found their name - The
Tigerpicks. This derived from the antics of the previous year, which
included porcelain tigers and toothpicks... a story remembered....never
shared - www.myspace.com/thetigerpicks