Milky’s Music Matters

MILKYS MUSIC MATTERS MATTERS

FRANCIS OF DELIRIUM Thur 15th Sept @ Esquires

Francis of Delirium is the alliance of two generations operating in the service of a certain vision of rock. One half of the band is Vancouver born Jana Bahrich, 19, who sings, writes songs and plays guitar with a fascination for 90s grunge – an era that she didn’t experience herself, but feels strongly connected to. Accompanying her on drums is Chris Hewett, a Seattle expat 30 years her senior. The Luxembourg-based duo formed after Jana became friends with some of her classmates, who played in a family band with their father: Chris. Their partnership can seem unusual, but it defi nitely makes sense, with both being creatively infl uenced by the grunge movement (especially Nirvana and Pearl Jam). ‘...the blueprint of something grand’ – Pitchfork ‘One of the best new bands of 2021’ – Stereogum ‘They meld genres spanning generations with ease’ – The Line of Best Fit

LOS BITCHOS Tue 20th September @ Esquires

Formed in 2017 over a mutual love of cumbia (Afro-Latin dancing music, laced with rock guitar), Los Bitchos are Australian Petale, ex-drummer of dreamy indie rockers Kid Wave on guitar; Uruguayan Agustina Ruiz on keytar; Swede Josefi ne Jonsson, once of garage rockers Thee MVPs, on bass; and Londoner and NHS physiotherapist Nic Crawshaw on drums. As the million-plus views on their KEXP live session attest, they’re a band who need to be experienced live, though they’ve bottled their lightning with debut album Let the Festivities Begin!, on which cumbia parties with Turkish and Middle Eastern

ESQUIRES

Sat 3rd Sept MOSES + What Follows Sun 9th Sept DEADLETTER + Soft Lad + Statyc Tue 13th Sept The House of Love + Pete Astor Thur 15th Sept Francis of Delirium Fri 16th Sept Total Stone Roses Sat 17th Sept Yard Act Tue 20th Sept Los Bitchos Thur 22nd Sept That’s Alt Folk presents : Will Page @ The Place Fri 23rd Sept The Outcasts Sat 24th Sept Blaze Bayley (main room) Sat 24th Sept A ecks Palace + Pastel Fri 30th Sept Luke Tushcherer & Dave Banks

+ many more, check listings at bedfordesquires.com for details or facebook.com/bedfordesquires Tickets available from Esquires, Slide Record Shop and online at seetickets.com

psych-rock and distorted, fuzzy surf-garage. It was produced by Alex Kapranos of Franz Ferdinand who provided vintage synths and razor-sharp discipline. Its music made by crate-diggers who aren’t chin-scratchers, whose laudable main ambition, as they told NME, is to “play all over the world and make people dance”.

With festival appearances confi rmed over Summer 2022 at Primavera Sound (Barcelona), Super Bock (Portugal), Bluedot, Latitude and End of the Road, it is quite the coup that Los Bitchos will be appearing at Esquires in September.

AFFLECKS PALACE + PASTEL Sat 24th Sept @ Esquires

Formed in Manchester in summer 2019, A ecks Palace are a 4-piece psyche guitar band described as “The birth of Nu-Madchester” by online curation platform Manchester Lemon and is championed by BBC 6music’s Steve Lamacq, Chris Hawkins & John Kennedy of XFM. The band’s last two singles ‘This City Is Burning Alive’ & ‘Carpe Diem’ have been playlists on 6music on the C & A list respectively. The group’s debut LP ‘What Do You Mean It’s Not Raining’ was awarded 9/10 by iconic Manchester journalist John Robb of Louder Than Ware and charted at no.10 in the UK charts in December 2021. Single ‘Pink Skies’ from the album reached number No.37 in the UK chart also.

Support act: PASTEL (touring to support the release of their 2nd EP) Pastel are a 5-piece guitar band, signed to independent Manchester label Spirit of Spike Island recordings. O of the back of their debut EP ‘Deeper Than Holy’ reaching No.1 in the UK Vinyl charts in 2021, they were o ered the coveted support slot for Liam Gallagher at his recent Knebworth gigs playing to a crowd of 80,000+ people. Pastel’s recent release ‘Isaiah’ has had extensive play on 6music as well as XFM.

COMING UP, COMING UP

Catch them before they move to bigger venues

– DEADLETTER, M O S E S, Los Bitchos, A ecks Palace Punk – The Outcasts Indie Legends – The House of Love Rock – Blaze Bayley Local (Whybirds) legends – Luke & Dave Special appearance – Yard Act