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These guys from Melbourne, Australia have that Stones meets the Beatles sound down pat - it's a mystery why they're not more well known outside of their home country. With songs full of catchy riffs (they've even had members of the Dandy Warhols join them on record), reviews have said that their last album put the "in" into "credible"! This is supercool infectious powerpop with a kickin' live stage show to go with it!

The Kits push the limits set by their predecessors - which include the likes of The Saints, The Von Bondies, The Hells and International (Noise) Conspiracy. This gig is the launch for their new single, "Don't Want To Lose This Fight", on Dirty Water Records

Pink F.A. play the music of 1960s-70s underground rock legends Pink Fairies. They concentrate their set on their early incarnations. They do not consider themselves a tribute band, in the way others do - they do not assume band members identities, instead concentrating on the spirit of the band's "anti star" stance .There will, however, be a special "star" guest on stage with them at this week's gig!

Hand picked from the cream of washed up child stars and inbred royals, with their tailored cut of nervously stitched rock and roll, this swamp of degenerate apes beat the Jesus out of the art of ability, like Cole Porter's bastard child after a night on the tiles, it throbs and pummels, it doesn't stand and wait, it lurches at you like a drunken uncle. A visceral soup of subtle innuendo and palatable bad taste.

Former member of the Prisoners and the Buff Medways joins forces with members of Atlanta group the Woggles to play "freakbeat so crazed it will have Russell Brand and his child-scaring hair running back to Hogwarts".

The latest in a long line of garage bands to emerge from the banks of the River Medway in North Kent, the Len Price 3 follow in the hallowed footsteps of the Milkshakes et al and do so in fine style.

They started as a two-song, two-chord, two-piece in 1990 - the two songs being "Love Me Lies" by The Prisoners and "Oh, Yeah" by Bo Diddley, playing to a handful of friends who couldn't understand why they couldn't play their instruments and hadn't learnt the songs. They've got a lot better in the intervening years so get down good and early for Jarvis Humby's punked up Spencer Davis Group sound.

Medway's premier league 1977 punk band have been bashing out all manner of punk rockery since 1991. Back in action with a freshened-up band and better than ever, they are belting out the finest old school punk classics alongside new classics of their own making. Resist their albums "Urinal Heep" and "Top Of The Plops" at your peril. Do you dare to miss the authentic sound of the suburbs as Dick Scum and chums leer in your face and veer your brain cells towards the inevitable cider and glue apocalypse? It's punk and it's rock, it's punk rock.

Based on the music of legendary French singer Jacques Durtronc, this group has plundered his catalogue to witty and charming effect. Cranking up the Kinks-esque sound of the original songs to the max with unsurprising vigour considering the band contains Bruce Brand (ex-Headcoats and currently also in The Masonics) and Bongo Debbie (ex-Headcoatees) on guitar and drums respectively, to which add the authentic French tone of Rudy on bass and the suave eccentricity of the leopard skin suited Parsley as frontman and accordianist for a sublime journey into the frontal lobe of French sixties garage-beat music.

North London's best kept secret and purveyors of the patented "N7 Action Sound", Cee Cee Beaumont swagger their way through rousing, brutish instrumentals that tell tales of vehicle misery, fighting and unnatural disasters in an around the Holloway Road.

In the mid-'90s, Spectreman taunted London's uptight rock'n'roll fraternity with their chaotic broken blues punk. Their irreverant mutilation of Elvis, Rolling Stones, Link Wray, etc, was par for the course alongside the contorted Electric Eels meets Pussy Galore style ditties of their own and an ode to the St John's Tavern, "Archway, Action Town", where they regularly played.

Former main man with Rocket From the Crypt and riff architect of the Hot Snakes, Speedo, has a new kick-ass rock'n'roll band. RFTC had a reputation for being just about THE best live act on the planet. Well, move over Rover, cos the Night Marchers are here! "See You In Magic" is their first record. From the Byrds-cum-Wipers barrel of "Jump In The Fire" to the vibrating Bo Diddley meets Dez Cadena of "Closed For Inventory" or The Nervous Eaters meets Backstabbers’ beat sleeper known as "You've Got Nerve", this record is a collage of Speedo’s favorite guitars, guitarists and guitar stories. Youc an get a whiff on the faint aroma of Flamin’ Groovies, The Nerves, Status Quo, Black Merda and similar black acid jams - all filtered through a tight quartet who lacerate with the calculated attack of a small Japanese whaling operation.

The Drellas is the new band of Tommy Scott, former frontman of Liverpool indie giants, Space. Tommy wanted an outlet for his darker and heavier side, where he could get rockin' and at the same time be quirky and experimental. They take their name from the nickname given to Andy Warhol by Lou Reed - because he was half Dracula and half Cinderella. "Just like this band!" says Tommy.

This Liverpool group (featuring former members of The Moonies), while obviously disciples of the Buzzcocks, have tunes that have enough charm, personality and catchy hooks to still stand on their own. Drowned in Sound says, "Definitely one of the very best new bands in Liverpool, they're a rock'n'roll powerhouse. There's no choice - you will love them!"

An old friend of Dirty Water, being a former member of Thee Headcoatees, girl group auxilliary to Billy Childish''s old band, Holly is more sophisticated than the average performer to come out of the Medway scene but can still rock it up with the best of them.

Looking like a couple of gangsters from the depression era, this duo has lately been injecting the blues with a heavy dose of class and soul. Benjamin Prosser (slide guitar and bass drum) and Victoria Yeulet (vocals, leg bells) play the kind of raw, slinky and seductive blues that have the power to restore one's faith in the genre.

With his latest combo, The Musicians of the British Empire, Billy carries on his tradition of home made punk and rhythm and blues, singing odes to Joe Strummer and nodding to The Who, whilst showing the next generation what a real rock ’n’ roll group sounds like.

Five men and one robot needle-down rock and soul from outer space to your inner ear. Artrocker magazine’s word said: “Copter are great...doing that kind of rock’n’roll funked up stuff that ties up James Brown soulful strutting with grimey rock. Class.”

A smokey mix of vintage blues, rockabilly, cabaret, and country, served with a side of pure Noo Yawk punk energy, this singer, pianist and songwriter performs right in your face. And on this visit to London he's bringing his entire band for a more full-on show than ever!

Without doubt one of the finest punk bands of the era, their first gig was the 100 Club Punk Festival with The Clash, Pistols and Damned, etc, on 20 September 1976. Edwyn Collins later described Vic Goddard as "the best songwriter of his generation". He says, "The Clash were more like a traditional rock group, but Subway Sect made a glorious racket. "

The Morlocks emerged from the ashes of early-1980s California garage band The Gravedigger 5, but with a heavier sound, more murderous songs, and the trademark snarl of singer Leighton Koizumi. And then disappeared, back into the grave. But now they're back! These guys have recaptured the feel of primal Stones, Watchband, and Pretty Things, with Leighton’s firey vocals completely in command. The Morlocks have a killer sound that can’t be beat. They mean business.

With her psychobilly bad-girl vibe Bristol girl Emily Breeze "comes on like Elvis, Nick Cave and Patti Smith playing a baptist preacher all rolled into one, her striking bequiffed persona rocks, swaggers and plays holy southern hell out of her guitar. Along with her partners in crime, drummer Dan and bassist John, she plays songs of love and faillure with more sweat and energy than a hundred simpering indie boy bands."

This all-female garage-psych voodoo inferno comprises a fantastic big lunged vocalist, with a keyboard player, two basists, a hurricane-strength drummer who’s half Animal from the Muppets and half Keith Moon, and no guitars at all. These young ladies give you a spectacle; they lobotomise you. The Gussets have got everything beautifully right.

Former bassist with Thee Exciters and his Swedish-based raucous garage/R&B band. Their second single, "You Got The Hurt", is out now on Dirty Water Records and an album will follow soon.

Exploding out of the soulless back streets of York, The Federals bring a vitality, urgency and immediacy to the music scene. Fast and furious, these four angry youths are putting the rage into garage with an arsenal of spiky potential rock'n'roll classics.