Lomas, Tsar Nicholas III & Old Man Pie @ The Grapes, Apr 29th

[Amsterdamned]

On Thursday April 29th, WagonWheel Presents... features a great 3 band bill of musical delights. We'll have the public debut of the new line up from local boys Lomas, the regal presence of Tsar Nicholas III & The Exiles, plus the return of dark country tales of Old Man Pie. Doors open at 8pm and entry is £3.

 

 

***LOMAS***

 

Lomas are a band with a belief in strong lyrics, colourful melodies, solid arrangements and tons of soul. Style skits across genres from grunge to country via brit pop and garage rock, but never varies from their own unique sound. Difficult to pigeonhole, the band once known as Ebb-Tone combine beautiful three part harmony vocals, their indie roots nicely augmented with country vibes.

 

http://www.myspace.com/lomasband

 

http://www.lomasmusic.co.uk

 

 

***TSAR NICHOLAS III & THE EXILES***

 

Tsar Nicholas III & The Exiles rose from the ashes of former Leeds bands 'The Silver Tree Club' and 'Tenderloin'. Frontman Nick Wallace and guitarist Don Mort experimented with different line ups and instrumentation including accordion, eukelele and banjo before settling on the current incarnation. After adding Joel Smith on bass and Danny O'Neil on drums, Joel's basement became the creative hub of the project, serving as a studio, rehearsal room, pub and padded cell. Out of that melting pot of ideas and personalities came their understated debut album 'Letter of Marque'. Whilst still being based around the gutteral narrative of Nick's voice the current album in progress has taken a different turn since the addition of Toby Wiltshire on sax, keys and anything they find that makes a good noise. The sound now is more raw and stripped down taking in moments of free improvisation, the energy of the blues and dark brooding songwriting. The obvious comparisons are made with Tom Waits, Nick Cave and Johnny Cash but imagine they were from the North of England and grew up with acid house and cheap Netto Scotch and turned that experience into something thrilling and feeling and melodic and powerful. The live shows are loose, edgy, raucous and never the same twice.

 

http://www.myspace.com/tsarnicholas3rd

 

 

 

***OLD MAN PIE***

 

Formed out of a piggery in deepest darkest West Yorkshire, Old Man Pie play black country, americana and pie music. Their influences are many and varied and musical differences are a plenty, but they are united by a pleasure of good melody and lyrical depth.

 

The band have been described as sounding like "a quirky amalgamation of They Might Be Giants, Crowded House and R.E.M.", a comparison that comes across well on their EP 'The Never Never'. Not ones to shy away from hard hitting lyrics, they've also gained considerable recognition for their animated videos and games too which you can view at: http://www.oldmanpie.net

 

"The Never Never is an improbably infectious collection" Rock-n-Rell Magazine

 

"There's an engaging jauntiness at play here" Sandman Magazine

 

http://www.myspace.com/oldmanpie

 

 

Facebook Event page:

 

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=113313642028612

 

 

Last.fm Event page:

 

http://www.last.fm/event/1490104

 

 

[Amsterdamned]

This is tonight. Live music kicks off at 8.30 with Old Man Pie.