What's on Next...
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Days Left
30 August 2024
Common Ground 
20.00
£5.00 door (cash only), £4.00 advance
Acts:
22.00 Pet Twin
21.10 Chrysalid Homo
20.20 Baby Maker
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Pet Twin
Pet Twin is an alternative and electronic project led by James Gallagher, singer in GTI alumni Juniper Nights. They like to soak their songs in melancholy and draw inspiration from the darker, more vulnerable parts of themselves, and this set will showcase a recently convened permanent band. Expect melody, intensity, inventive projections, and crow shoulder pads.
Chrysalid Homo
And if that sounds pleasingly theatrical, we'll be welcoming Salford's Chrysalid Homo, self-styled "practitioners of post-nuclear electronic music". My Vinyl Dreams' review of their Insanus et Humatica album references Giorgio Moroder, Bill Nelson, Throbbing Gristle, Add N to (X), Goldfrapp, Kraftwerk, Devo, and Italo disco, which is surely enough to get the salivatory glands flowing.
Baby Maker
Brought kicking and screaming into this world by brothers R. Kester & N. Kester (Oxford/ Reading), Baby Maker cherry pick and prod at the carcass of influence, looking to rip off the best of what remains ripe and ready, and meld it into the latest musical designer dog. What does that mean? It means quirky and occasionally menacing pop, that's what it means.
DON'T BE AN ARSE
Our gigs are often highly eclectic, so there might be a wide variety of punters in our little venue. We want everyone to have a good time, so relax, express yourself and have a good gig, but be thoughtful of other people and don't ruin their night with your fun. Basically, just be considerate and nice, and everyone will be happy.
Naturally, anyone who is actively aggressive, or who abuses anyone else on the grounds of gender, sexuality, ethnicity, Monster Munch flavour preference, or whatever the hell else might make a bigot irrationally angry, is out the door.
WE'LL DO OUR BEST TOO
In return, we'll make every effort to create a warm and pleasant environment, and we'll try our hardest to keep to the timetable (music starts at approximately 20.00, and will go on till about 22.15). Also, we've kept the door price as low as we can, but rest assured that GTI is a non-profit event, and all the money after expenses goes to the performers.