Vaudeville
Multimedia / 2003

01/03
Press release
VAUDEVILLE
Thursday 7th August 2003
THE GIN PALACE
The Gin Palace is a new band from London, England. It’s a three piece - lady singer, no bass guitar, no hi- hats.
“The Gin Palace have only been gigging as a unit since February this year, but already they have an awesome strength in their sound. A worthy rockin’ group with a sound stripped down to guttural power and poise and driven quickly by a female vocalist with some fine red puckered lips. Little Miss Prissy strolled off the stage to much applause and smiles. It would be criminal to miss their gigs.” -YOUR GENERATION
“They strip it down to Rock ‘n Roll essentials… guitar, drums and vocals. Heavy rockin’ Garage-a-Billy with lotsa funny time-changes. Meaghan Wilkie, by turns prim and punk…Awesome ex-Penthouse guitarist Jon Free unleashing an amped-up swampy fuzz-a-billy barrage while drummer Stuart Bell pounds directly on your eardrums. Blues rhythms with chromosomes missing. Cramps? Link Wray? Stooges? – Hunching, convulsing, Twang – Power! The most exciting band in London right now” -ARTROCKER
“There is something desperate, wild, happening here, and that explains the cold sweat, the hot flushes, and precious few intermediary points in their set… The Gin Palace aren’t about falling apart, no suh.” -CARELESS TALK COST LIVES
“Awesome live act! What a noize!” -DIRTY WATER CLUB
THE CRIBS
The Cribs are an energetic sibling trio from Sheffield. Perhaps it is easier to display such vigour when a teenager! The Cribs are all aged 18 and below and are currently the focus of much industry interest. Fresh from supporting Bright Eyes in Manchester, the boys make their London debut at Vaudeville. Whacking out great melody and noise in the vein of Ash, with undercurrents of Joy Division, this great new sound is not to be missed.
“Cue 90s noizenik darlings The Cribs, who rattle off some excellent songs with more than a flirtatious wink in the direction of Dinosaur Jr, Sonic Youth and Pavement.” -LEEDS MUSIC SCENE
FREEZE by IN BED ALL DAY
"...It is done with considerable self-mocking style and flair, and you cannot help warming to a piece that, unlike so much current theatre, actually attempts to engage with political developments." -THE GUARDIAN
"...[In Bed all Day] have performed at the hippest of parties (the Libertines album launch), been featured in the hippest of magazines (The Face) and are rather easy on the eye too." - GIRL ABOUT TOWN
"...resonates with current events." -TIME OUT
"Something distinctly modern and Germanic pervades the whole production - like the theatrical equivalent of Kraftwerk… No doubt Lars von Trier would approve of the mechanical, robotic poems that recall Selma's in Dancer in the Dark. " -THE DAILY TELEGRAPH-ONLINE
ROSIE MERES
Bringing her exotic influence to Vaudeville Rosie Meres boasts a repertoire that includes Egyptian belly dance, burlesque striptease and “shimmy shimmy coco pops!”
“Her enigmatic hips quiver at an almost alarming rate. With each flick of her pelvis she conjures nights by the Nile and hot afternoons in Berlin. She peeks from beneath veil with heavy lidded eyes, she gives the audience everything it needs…” -THE DOCKS