Gig Guide: Fri 16th Jan

 

Fri 16th Jan 20:00 ROSES KINGS CASTLES :: RED SHOE DIARIES :: THE EQUIVALENT OF OF...

Roses Kings Castles
– Musician and DJ Adam Ficek is most commonly known to the general public for his day-job as drummer in notorious British rock act Babyshambles. As a member of the band fronted by Pete Doherty, the most talked- and written-about rock star of our time, Adam has seen the best and worst of life at the casualty-laden core of the music industry. What many people don't know is that he is a blistering artistic talent in his own right. Over the years he amassed an impressive repertoire of musical skills, and plays the guitar, piano, vibraphone, accordion, flute, trumpet, harmonica, tin whistle, recorder, and – of course – drums. "All the hitting stuff."

Roses Kings Castles is the moniker under which Adam performs and records his own unique catalogue of quixotic, chiming, and blissfully astute acoustic pop songs. Lost somewhere between Belle & Sebastian's pastoral warmth and the hallucinatory six-string invocations of Syd Barrett, a typical Roses Kings Castles track is buoyed by the finest elements of classic British songwriting; by turns wry, beautiful, and bizarre. Originally conceived as an outlet for Adam's "need to create my own ideas when Babyshambles were on holiday," Roses Kings Castles quickly became something more than a means of occupying himself whilst on hiatus. "I continually write, whether it's big band arrangements, electro riffs or folk-pop songs. I just needed an avenue to walk down."

The third single 'Horses' is to be released on December 8th Digitally and December 15th on snow coloured 7" vinyl, followed by a solo UK tour in January 2009.

Red Shoe Diaries

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The Equivalent Of...

When Simon (Vox + Guitar) and Stephen (Guitar + Vox) arrived in Derby in 2004 it would only be a matter of time before the experiences, trials and tribulations of the two would combine in the fusion of genres that make The Equivalent Of.. Joined by local lads Julian and Iain, the two were able to take the music from a dark front room in Gerrard Street to the stage. With friendship at the forefront of the adventure and desire to break the mould, late nights, hard work and plenty of alchohol has manifested in Upbeat tales of love, loss, destructions and violence...

Price: £6.00
Age Limit: 14+
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Location: The Rockhouse, Babington Lane, Derby, DE1 1SX

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