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April STA Party - Tickets Now On Sale!

Fixit Kid live at BBC Maida Vale Studios 2006We've got a quality lineup booked for the next London-STA show at The Luminare in Kilburn. On Wednesday, April 19 our very special guests will be Oppenheimer, Kapowski, Love Ends Disaster! and Fixit Kid all of which you'll have heard on Public Service Broadcasts #6 and #7.

KAPOWSKI - Northampton power-pop wunderkids and Metro 'Ones To Watch' for 2006. Kapowski super-size the best bits of Death Cab, early-Idlewild and Jimmy Eat World. "Brutally catchy" - Drowned In Sound. Limited edition debut single 'Jean Michel Jarre' out now on Label Fandango. We couldn't get into their last gig at the Metro such was the length of the queue vs to see them play a first on slot!

OPPENHEIMER - Belfast based two-piece Oppenheimer deal strictly in POP! Signed to Bar/None records in the US, this band are two dozen gigs old and have already been guests of The Bravery, Architechture in Helsinki and Regina Spektor. This is the band's only London show on their UK tour. "All poetic and blip-tastic" – say BBC Radio Ulster. For fans of: Stereolab, The Postal Service and Joy Zipper. Debut single on Smalltown America launched at this show.

LOVE ENDS DISASTER! - "Who will be big this year? 'Love Ends Disaster!' They mix classic indie with Sonic Youth guitars" - Bloc Party in N.M.E. LED! Update a Bahaus and Gang Of Four no-wave blueprint to startling effect. "This band will be massive. We've not been wrong before." - Rough Trade. New EP launched at this show on Denial Records.

FIXIT KID (pictured at Maida Vale) - For Fans Of: Shellac, The Dead Kennedies, The Jesus Lizard, Part Chimp. The 'Kid have been hammering out vitriolic math-gloom-core for the last five years at their rehearsal room/recording studio/record label office Dubrek Studios in Derby. Their's is a story of DIY perseverance finally going overgroung via Huw Stephens and Mike Davies at Radio One. It's about time too. This rare London appearance is in support of limited edition (on blood red vinyl only) single 'Whiskey Pit/I Speak In Sparks' out March 13th on the band's Fight Me imprint. Fixit Kid's latest session for Radio 1 will be broadcast on Tuesday, April 4th on the Huw Stephens One Music show.

Tickets priced five pounds are available now in advance from We Got Tickets. Doors will open at 7:30pm. We look forward to seeing you all there!

Myspaces: Oppenheimer | Kapowski | Love Ends Disaster! | Fixit Kid

Posted by andrew on 4th March 2006 at 12:56pm