We’ve been away for a couple months over the summer, but NIKA Club is back with another sterling lineup of DJs and Live acts…

MUMFORD & SONS (DJ set)
They have undoubtedly been one of the key bands to breathe a gust of fresh air into the UK charts… by making one of the best debut album in years. They’ve got back-to-back UK and US tours approaching in Oct/Nov, but before all that they want to join us for an evening, to play us all their favourite records.

ANDREW DAVIE (LIVE)
Many of you will know him from the songs he wrote in Cherbourg, but Andrew’s solo recordings show he grows as a songwriter by the day. We are dead chuffed that this very promising artist, who has already recorded a Radio 1 session for Rob Da Bank and supported Mumford on tour, will play a set of all his latest songs.

JABA THE SLUT (DJ set)
As NIKA Club’s right hand man and resident DJ over the last 3 years, we’re sad to see him go to pastures new. Just one last time, catch him spinning his hypemachine favourites and leftfield classics.

8pm-12

Thurs, 16 September @ The Lock Tavern, 35 Chalk Farm Rd, Camden

FREE!!

The time has arrived for NIKAVL002… our singles club’s second vinyl release. Little Death’s single Just Say Maybe is out on Monday 31 May 2010.

Vinyl pre-order here: ROUGH TRADE SHOP

And of course for every single release we have to throw a party!! Come celebrate with NIKA and Little Death on Tuesday after the Bank Holiday… The single launch will take place at the Old Blue Last in Shoreditch, London.

LITTLE DEATH (LIVE)
WET PAINT (LIVE)
SUNBIRDS (LIVE)
DREW MCCONNELL (DJ)
NIKA CLUB (DJ)
HOME UNDERGROUND (DJ)
SUPER YOUTH (DJ)

More info on the flyer.

Tickets only £5 from here: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/82302

New lineup at our Lock Tavern monthly residency.

Especially excited about our new addition to the lineup – Pittsburgh two-piece 1,2,3 who will play a one-off stripped back set for us.

Free!

PETE & THE PIRATES return to play an intimate preview of of their forthcoming new album, due for release later in 2010.

This is a consistently brilliant live band. Following on from the breakthrough success of ltd edition singles ‘Come on Feet’ and ‘Knots’ (both big favourites with Lamacq and Zane at Radio 1, plus Jonathan Ross on Radio 2), the band’s first full album was giddy rush of spiky guitar pop and unabashed romanticism. The songs from their new record which have started to feature in their recent gigs show that they’re picking up where they left off.

Sprouting from the fertile pastures of Reading, Pete and The Pirates are a misfit gang of five friends wonderfully out of step with all other bands and scenes. Together, they produce music which is raw, joyous, melancholic, raucous and tender.

Singer, Tom Sanders’ lyrics are predominantly concerned with love (lost and found), but presented with a lightness of touch and a fierce intelligence that burns brightly. These are life-affirming songs where melodies and harmonies soar throughout.

CONNAN MOCKASIN will join them on the bill to play tracks from his highly anticipated debut album – ‘Please Turn Me Into The Snat’, out in June.

Written and recorded over the past 18-months, from East Sussex in the UK to an abandoned haunted house in Wellington, the album will introduce the listener to the amazing world of Connan Mockasin – from cats with larger-than-life personalities, unicorns in uniform, to alter egos such as Don Dicaprio. Expect beautiful psychadelic soundscapes interwoven with instant melodies.

All the acts on this bill come from the same collective of musicians, and to complete the trinity we also have MICACHU & THE SHAPES on dj duties… along with the resident NIKA Club turntablists.

You don’t want to miss this small show – tickets available from here, only £8.50:

TICKETS – http://www.wegottickets.com/event/76990

Pete & The Pirates reviews…

‘Another indie gem’ – NME
‘Stuttering, heart-in-mouth lushness’ – Uncut
‘Stunning’ – The Sun
‘An enchanting romantic highlight.. so assured for such a young outfit’ – The Independent
‘Passionate, perfect pop’ – Plan B
‘Harmonised indie-punk through a cracked psych filter’ – Time Out
‘Overflowing with blissful melodies’ – Dazed and Confused
‘Joyous, quintessentially English retro-rock’ – The Fly
‘God-like pop genius’ – Artrocker