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Beans On Toast live recording on Sunday!
Jay will be doing a live recording this Sunday (14th June),
the show will be released as an EP later this year. Providing it’s half
decent and there’s some people there to clap after the songs and what
not.
We’re doing a BBQ from 4pm and the show will be around 9pm. It’s all free.
The Kooks, opening night
All images © scream ape
Mumford & Sons
All images © scream ape
Ayah Marar
All images taken by JAKE BRITTON
May Listings
May’s finished, but here are the listings in case you need them for anything.
Friday 1st May
LUKE AND HUGH (THE KOOKS)
CHESS CLUB
Starting with a bang. The main men from UK’s finest indie band get the
ball rolling. Music supplied by top notch promoters / Label / DJ
team… Chess Club. Welcome everybody to The Flowerpot……
www.myspace.com/thekooks
www.mypsace.com/chessclubpromotions
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Saturday 2nd May
GIRLS CANT DANCE
SKINT
Nice faces and fiddles galore GCD are an early Flowerpot tip and with
Skint on the decks it’ll be like the fire never happened.
ww.myspac.com/thegirlscantdance
www.myspace.com/greatbandsandacefaces
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Sunday 3rd May
KID HARPOON
HEAD GARDENER
The Kid’s comeback show! With Head honcho from our favourite festival,
the secret garden party on the decks.
www.myspace.com/kidharpoon
www.secretgardenparty.com
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Monday 4th May
ALAN POWNALL
KATE NASH
Ever wondered what Kate Nash has in her record collection? Here’s your
chance to find out. While the last of the true gentleman takes to the
stage.
www.myspace.com/alanpownall
www.myspace.com/katenashmusic
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Tuesday 5th May
RUM SHEBEEN
YOUNG AND LOST
The Camberwell gypsies punk crew have another mini riot and the much
loved Young and Lost play the tunes.
www.myspace.com/rumshebeen
www.youngandlostclub.com
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Wednesday 6th May
FRANK TURNER
SCREAMING BALLERINAS
Does Frank really need any introduction? The true voice of a
generation and actual living legend comes to play an intimate
Flowerpot show.
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Thursday 7th May
KING CHARLES
Mi7
Big dreads and guitar riffs. With KC’s debut single out on Mi7 in
early June, it’s about to kick off for the King, his new found label
and Acton activists spinning the tunes.
www.myspace.com/kingcharlesuk
www.myspace.com/mi7records
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Friday 8th May
AYAH MARAR
OLLIE RUSSIAN
A little bit of Soul, Ayah hails from Jordan and boy can she sing.
Atlantic records Ollie Russian hails from Blackpool and boy can he DJ.
www.myspace.com/ayahmarar
www.myspace.com/ollierussian
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Saturday 9th May
DAVE E SUGAR
ANDY PEYTON
Mr Sugar, the remix and electro mystro plays a full band set. Andy
Peyton can’t really DJ, but we love him anyway.
www.myspace.com/davidsugar
www.army.mod.uk
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Sunday 10th May
THE PADDINGTONS
BLOODY AWFUL POETRY
Hull’s finest indie punks rock the fucking house. London’s finest
promoters BAP lay down the soundtrack.
www.thepaddingtons.net
www.myspace.com/bloodyawfulpoetryclub
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Monday 11th May
MI MYE
DAD ROCK DJS
Mi Mye are a Wakefield supergroup, lead by Jamie with members of The
Research, forward Russia and the old house all putting there oars in.
dad rock DJs are just warming up for there Glastonbury DJ appearance,
playing records to make there parents proud.
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Tuesday 12th May
MORE ALARMING (Laura Marling)
LAURA ELVIS
There isn’t an artist called More Alarming, this is a secret show…
work it out for yourselves…..
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Wednesday 13th May
MY SAD CAPTAIN
STOLEN RECORDS DJS
We like the folks at Stolen Records (home to Pete and The Pirates,
Lets Wrestle etc…) So you can expect to see many of there bands here
at The Flowerpot.
www.myspace.com/mysadcaptains
www.myspace.com/stolenrecordings
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Thursday 14th May
RYAN O REILLY
LAUREN G.O.D
True to form folk music, slide guitar, harmonies and poetic lyrics
Ryan and his band have everything you need. G.O.D stands for Girls on
Decks, cos Lauren s a girl and she’ll be on the decks.
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Friday 15th May
DAG FOR DAG
SADDLECREEK
Is saddlecreek the best label in the world? Home to Bright Eyes an Two
Gallants we think so. Staff from Saddlecreek UK will play the tunes
while there newest signing take the stage.
www.myspace.com/dagfordag
www.saddle-creek.com
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Saturday 16th May
OPERAHOUSE
TOM FROG
North London sound smiths and friends of The Flowerpot Operahouse play
sounds of there debut album – released on the same label as The
Killers don’t you know.
Tom Frog is off to Mexico to experiment with mind altering cacti -
this will be his first DJ set of his return!
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Sunday 17th May
PLANET EARTH
NOAH AND THE WHALE
Charlie Fink (NATW singer) is a genius. On top of everything he
already does, he’s now started management. His first band (and Young
and Lost signed) Planet earth play a flowerpot show and The Noah boys
get behind the decks.
www.myspace.com/planetearthsongs
www.myspace.com/noahandthewhale
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Monday 18th May
WHITE DENIM
TOM GRAHAM
White denim are cooler than a cucumber, the Austin three piece are
tighter than a tightrope. Tom Graham from Ban Jam is more fun than a
handstand.
www.myspace.com/bopenglish
www.banjam.co.uk
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Tuesday 19th May
KID CARPET
TIRED AND LONESOME
Making his tunes with children’s toys and fisher price instruments Kid
Carpet is a big like a rave in Toys R us. Tired and Lonesome used to
run amazing nights at the social, we’ve pulled Mike Watson out of
hiding to see what he’s been listening to.
www.myspace.com/kidcarpet
www.myspace.com/tiredandlonesome
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Wednesday 20th May
ANGRY DAN
YOUNG TURKS
Angry dan, is not just angry, he’s very very clever aswell. A potent
mix, the man can mix up drum and bass with jokes and boomerangs and he
does it all by himself. Young Turks main man and XL A&R dude Cauis
Pawson will teach us a thing or two aswell.
www.myspace.com/angrydanmusic
www.myspace.com/turkishdelights
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Thursday 21st May
MUMFORD AND SONS
RACHEL EVERYBODY’S
Thank the lord for Mumford and Sons! Surely one of the best new acts
in the country. A band with heart, soul and a banjo…. this is what
dreams are made of.
www.myspace.com/mumfordandsons
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Friday 22nd May
INNERCITY PIRATES
CLASH MAGAZINE
Have you seen the Guinness advert where all the fridges get sucked
into the van? Well ICP did the tune on that. They’re Welsh and they
rock your socks off. DJs from Clash magazine tell us whats hot and
whats not.
www.myspace.com/innercitypirates
www.clashmusic.com
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Friday 23rd May
BUSTER SHUFFLE
ALLY WOLF
Chaz and Dave for a new world, east end style piano signalongs from
the cheeky Buster Shuffle Chappys. Ally Wolf made famous from his
legendary radio Hampshire show comes up for a very special DJ shift.
What a legend.
www.myspace.com/bustershuffle
www.myspace.com/allywolfrocks
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Sunday 24th May
LIANNA LA HAVAS
FUN BOBBY
A fresh new act here for you, we don’t know a hell of alot about her.
But the songs are beautiful… Fun Bobby hasn’t been told he’s DJing
yet. Bobby are you reading this? Please come.
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Monday 25th May
I BLAME COCO
GOLDIEROCKS
Coco Sumner doesn’t find it hard to escape the shadow of her musical
family. This young singer ticks every box on the superstar spreadsheet
and she’s gonna come play a special acoustic set. Goldierocks will be
making all the bears dance this Monday night away.
www.myspace.com/iblamecoco
/www.goldierocks.co.uk
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Tuesday 26th May
THE AGITATOR
DANNYBOY
The Agitator is a brand new duo, consisting of Derek Meins (the Famous
Poet) and Robert Dylan Thomas (ex Maccabees). Its simply amazing.
stripped back blues with percussion and signing. Flowerpot resident
Dannyboy finally gets his chance to strut his stuff.
www.myspace.com/derekmeins
www.myspace.com/danny_frog
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Wednesday 27th May
SCREAMING TEA PARTY
EASY WHITE GIRLS
Another Stolen Recordings band STP are a crazy classical trained
Japanese musicians making music to make your nose bleed. Easy White
Girls, used to get heckled in Harlesden apparently, that’s where the
name comes from.
www.myspace.com/screamingteaparty
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Thursday 28th May
PEGGY SUE
DIRTY COUNTRY
One of The flowerpots favourites, Rosa, Katy and Ollie……. We love you.
On the decks, its the long anticipated debut of the Dirty Country DJs,
the only English born men who know what country really is. Feel free
to wear your cowboys hats.
www.myspace.com/peggysueandthepirates
www.cowboylyrics.com
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Friday 29th May
JAY JAY PISTOLET
STROLL ON
The UKs best singer songwriter and for those of you who think we’re
being bias. Time Out New York Said exactly the same thing. Stroll on
spin some folk numbers.
www.myspace.com/jayjaypistolet
www.myspace.com/strollonnights
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Saturday 30th May
THE MUSICAL DIFFERENCES
CLIVE LANGER
The Musical Differences are Rob Skipper (from The Holloways) new and
exciting project, they’re like the Wu Tang Clan of folk music. On the
decks is living legend Clive Langer, for those of you who don’t know
who he is, look him up… he’s the man.
www.myspace.com/themusicaldifferences
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clive_Langer
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Sunday 31st May
RIVER RAT PACK – ALL DAYER
A special all day event to celebrate the end of the first Flowerpot
month and the launch of the RRP barge. Expect live shows from: THE PEEPS, NAT JENKINS, BEANS ON TOAST, THE HOODLUMS, THE WILD WOLVES
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