Offset Festival and Artrocker present

> May 12th

> NELSON (Paris)
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> FRIENDSHIP
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> THE SLOW BLADE

at
>>> The Buffalo Bar
259 Upper Street
N1
020 7359 6191

8.30pm – 1am
(First band 9pm)
£5 ONLY (free with Artrocker Card)
Artrocker + Offset DJs
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Facebook event here – http://bit.ly/offset006

Detachments – single launch
http://www.myspace.com/detachments

ADVERT
http://www.myspace.com/advert

Relics
http://www.myspace.com/relicsrelicsrelics

DJs: Simon A. Carr (ThisIsNotAnExit Records), Offset Festival

FaceBook/info here:- http://bit.ly/offset004

Cutaways (Ireland)
http://www.myspace.com/cutaways
Synth-driven indiepop from Belfast, bringing over rave reviews from Artrocker and Radio 1’s Colin Murray – “merging infectious indie pop-rock with pounding synth soundscapes and boy/girl harmonies.” – Fame Magazine

Lonely Ghosts
http://www.myspace.com/lonelyghosts
Tom Denney (ex-Help She Can’t Swim) has returned with an album of DIY bedroom pop, but live the Lonely Ghosts morph into a show that regains the punky spirit of HSCS and reaches the dizzying pop heights of the likes of Bis and The Postal Service.

ONO Palindromes
http://www.myspace.com/weareallyoungsensations
Exeter fivesome ONO Palindromes play art-pop of the highest calibre – John Lydon delivery mixed with sugar-sweet female backing. “This is totally off the wall, energetic punk-pop with intelligent composition and some brilliant punchy vocals.” – Contact Music

+ God Don’t Like It DJs, Offset DJs, Artrocker DJs

Facebook/info here:- http://bit.ly/offset004

DAS BOTON (Chicago – Six Gun Lover Records)
http://www.myspace.com/dasboton

DAS BOTON is Billy Dolan, Ryan Rapsys and Karl Ropp. Billy played guitar in ace legendary Sub Pop Records bands FIVE STYLE and HEROIC DOSES in the 1990s, alongside John Herndon (TORTOISE), Leroy Bach, Jeremy Jacobsen (EUPHONE, THE LONESOME ORGANIST) and Nick Macri (EUPHONE). Five Style and Heroic Doses recorded three albums (’Five Style’, ‘Miniature Portraits’ and ‘Heroic Doses’) for Sub Pop Records, in the mid-1990s.

Billy Dolan’s style is unique. He plays like a

002: March 31st 2009 at Buffalo Bar, Islington

LIVE:

Maths Class
Easy Hips
The Forest & The Fire

DJs:

Offset Festival DJs, Artrocker DJs + more

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A Brighton takeover! Screamy shouty math-rock, hardcore and indie-pop meet and invade our weekly night at Buffalo Bar.

DJs from Artrocker and Offset play stuff to make you dance, with the party continuing until late.

Information on this and forthcoming gigs at http://www.offsetfestival.co.uk/presents

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Offset Festival presents…
Tuesday March 31st 2009 at
Buffalo Bar, 259 Upper Street, London, N1
(next door to Highbury and Islington tube, easily accessed by bus)
Map: http://bit.ly/buffalobar

£5 on door

Yes! After a fantastic first year (if we say so ourselves!) Offset Festival returns to the beautiful Hainault Forest Country Park on September 5-6th 2009.

The event will continue to join the dots between cutting-edge new bands and their influences; with 8 stages, 200 artists and a line-up that offers a compelling alternative to any other UK festival.

Last year’s event brought together the likes of The Maccabees, Gang of Four, Wire, Metronomy, Little Boots, Black Devil Disco Club, Chrome Hoof, Young Knives and Future of the Left, all for just £45 for a full weekend.

Offset 2009 promises a return to the