chop chop
> myspace.com/1nightstandss

Doors 9pm / 18+ / £FREE!

Ten Feet Tall and Generator present a stunning free showcase of top North Eastern talent. We're too good to you. Billingham bunch One Night Stands top the bill and although the lazy comparison to Maximo Park is pretty much inevitable, ONS are far more than mere copyists. They've already gigged alongside hotly tipped indie-kids Team Waterpolo and Parka and we reckon give it a few months, and big things could be on the cards for this lot.

Completing the bill are female-fronted Cumbrians Birds Vs. Planes (Formerly Stars of

 

Track and Field), who unleash a sassy indie-pop racket influenced by The Pixies, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Interpol, and Newcastle's Left At Montreal, whose beautiful soundscapes and jangling guitars make for a band that your ears are going to well and truly fall in love with.

The venue (formerly Vienna) is the official warm up to our monster club night SUMO, located over the road - handy. Drinks are sweet cheap, and it's the only place to get Sumo Advance Tickets and play Mario Cart til your thumbs
drop off.

 
 
the datsuns
> myspace.com/thedatsuns
> www.thedatsuns.com

Doors 10PM / 18+ / £6.00

Box Office 01642 729729
Seetickets.com 0870 264 33 33
In town Rocket Vintage
Empire shows 01642 253 553
Info 01642 247755


Those motherfuckers from hell, The Datsuns, couldn’t resist another trip to Middlesbrough after the immense set at The Empire last year. New album Head Stunts (an anagram…) hits shelves on Oct 6th, so expect a taste of new blood from the Kiwi quartet plus the classics Harmonica Generator, Sitting Pretty and In Love.

Led Zepplin’s John Paul Jones produced an album for them, Metallica worship them, Velvet Revolver took them on tour

 

around the world and they’ve won more awards for their live show than we’ve had New Zealand Lamb dinners.

Glammy, grimey rock and roll as it should be, scuzzy riffs the size of eighteen-wheelers and Dolf Dastuns tradwmark howl, make them a truly unique rawk proposition.

Sumo’s live room only holds about 300 so please do get a ticket early for this. The rest of the club will open up at 11.30pm so if you miss out on a ticket, we’ll see you all at the aftershow, which runs til 3.30am with the area’s finest Rock, Punk, Metal, Indie, Electro DJs in 3 rooms of alternative clubbing.

 
 
one night only
> myspace.com/onenightonlyonline

Doors 7.30PM / 14+ / £10.50

Box Office 01642 729729
Seetickets.com 0870 264 33 33
In town Rocket Vintage
Empire shows 01642 253 553
Info 01642 247755


These cheeky young scamps from Helmsley pretty much stole the show at both Middlesbrough Music Live 2007 and Middlesbrough Music Live 2008 and with a top ten album and a handful of hit singles to their name, we’re chuffed to bits to have them back in Boro. Signed to Vertigo Records (Razorlight, The Killers, The Rapture etc) and fresh from the sold out MTV2 Spanking New Music Tour, The Guardian reckon that One Night

 

Only’s summery indie-pop songs “have the addictive quality of early Supergrass” whilst here at TFT HQ, we think One Night Only mix the best of The Kooks youthful exuberance with The Killers knack for writing anthemic pop. Quite a combo.

New single 'You and Me' is undoubtedly their finest tune to date and is sure to be one of the sing-a-long favourites of this year's Festival season where ONO are already confirmed for Glastonbury, Leeds/Reading and T In The Park to name but a few. Come October, they'll be on top of their game for sure.

 
 
one night only
> myspace.com/guillemotsmusic

Doors 7.30pm / 14+ / £15

Box Office 01642 729729
Seetickets.com 0870 264 33 33
In town Rocket Vintage
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Info 01642 247755


Former Mercury Award and BRIT Award nominees The Guillemots are led by the wonderfully eccentric Fyfe Dangerfield and their music has received critical acclaim all across the board - with The Guardian describing them as "brilliantly indulgent and wonderfully imaginative." Having spent their Summer performing at all the major festivals and even supporting REM at their sold out Rose Bowl gig, The Guillemots will be in fine form for us here in Middlesbrough. Bizarre yet brilliant tracks like Trains To Brazil,

 

Made-Up Lovesong #43, Annie Let's Not Wait and Get Over It have established the Brummy bunch as one of the nation's finest indie- rock bands and acquired them many a celebrity fan - including none other than Jonathan Ross and Sir Paul McCartney!

"This is not convenient music to listen to, but neither is it difficult - Guillemots' audience will not be decided by age or style but rather by whether they want to step through the windowpane; whether they want to involve themselves with an overblown, over-the-top world of orchestras and golden-age cinema story telling. 9/10." Drowned In Sound

 
 
the view
> www.theviewareonfire.com

18+ / 8pm / £12.50

VERY LIMITED TICKETS

Box Office 01642 729729
Seetickets.com 0870 264 33 33
In town Rocket Vintage
Info 01642 247755


One of the most exciting and on-the-edge bands of recent years, The View broke through in 2007, releasing their debut album, Hats Off To The Buskers. A whirlwind of destruction and great tunes the View embodied all that is vital about rock 'n' roll. Their debut album sold in excess of 300,000 copies and their notoriety went before them as good old-

 

fashioned hard work saw them out on the road almost constantly. Decamping to rural Wales in the early summer of '08 with producer Owen Morris (perhaps the only man able to not only channel their schizophrenic ideas & plans but also to simply keep up with them) they set to work on their second album. As yet untitled, the record will perhaps come as a bit of a shock for those expecting a re-run of the 1st album's infectious collection of tracks; still heavy on the joyful rush that made their debut so exciting, the album also weaves its way from rip-roaring heads-down boogie to Tayside sea-shanties via moments of real beauty.

 
 
cage the elephant
elephant
> myspace.com/cagetheelephant

10PM / 18+ / £7.00 ADV

Box Office 01642 729729
Seetickets.com 0870 264 33 33
In town Rocket Vintage
Empire shows 01642 253 553
Info 01642 247755


"One of the wildest, most incendiary live bands on the circuit... rock has not seen a band this untamed for an age. 4/5" The Guardian

Hailing from Kentucky, USA via Leytonstone, East London, Cage The Elephant recently released their debut self-titled album on Relentless Records. Recorded in Nashville, the albums mix of blues tinged indie rock 'n' roll takes influence from the likes of Jet, Red Hot Chili Peppers and The Arctic

 

Monkeys and reminds us here at TFT HQ of Gomez collaborating with Kings Of Leon to write massive pop hits... which is no bad thing! In fact, it's a very good thing! CTE's notorious live shows have earned them support slots with everybody from Queens Of The Stone Age to Foals to The Pigeon Detectives - not to mention slots at all of this year's top festivals, where their stunning single 'Ain't No Rest For The Wicked' was one of the undoubted sing-a-longs of Summer! Head over to www.relentless-records.net/cagetheelephant/ and get yourself a free MP3, and then get yourself over to www.seetickets.com and get yourself a ticket.


 
 
teddy thompson
> www.theviewareonfire.com

18+ / 8pm / £12.50

'Exquisite' **** Uncut

'Heart-on-sleeve atmospherics' **** Mojo

'Finely crafted songs' Q Magazine

Good news that Teddy 'Top Ten' Thompson has confirmed for January after postponing his original show to tour with James Blunt. Teddy Thompson is the son of legendary UK folk stars Richard and Linda Thompson, and although there's no denying the echoes of his father's droll delivery and quirky time- signatures, long-time collaborator Rufus Wainwright and melodic-pop legends

 

Crowded House are equally good reference points for this inspired singer-songwriter.

Born in London but now based in New York, he recently recorded his fourth full length album with Marius de Vries, a man whose extensive production resume includes work with acts as diverse as Bjork, Madonna and David Gray. You may well have heard Teddy on various films including Brokeback Mountain, 40 days and 40 nights, Psycho and I'm Your Man - a film tribute to the legendary Leonard Cohen.

Tickets / Info : 01642 525-199

 
 
teddy thompson
> www.anti-flag.com
New album Bright Lights of America
out now on Hassle Records

14+ AGES / 7.30pm / £11

Box Office 01642 729729
Seetickets.com 0870 264 33 33
In town Rocket Vintage
Empire shows 01642 253 553
Info 01642 247755


Hailing from Pittsburgh, PA in the USA, political punks Anti-Flag have been described by Tom Morello of Rage Against The Machine as ‘The most important emerging band in the US - uncompromising, ferocious and absolutely right. In desperate times like these, the world needs a band like Anti-Flag to set shit straight.’ Kind words from a man of Mr Morello's credentials. Since releases on legendary punk labels like Fat Wreck Chords, New Red Archives and their own A-F Records imprint, Justin Sane and co are now signed to Major label RCA.

 

This has sparked criticism from some fans but as the likes of System Of A Down, The Clash and the aforementioned Rage Against The Machine prove, it is possible to be signed to a major label without selling out! Famed for their political mentality, the band were one of the leading names involved with the Rock Against Bush campaign and throughout their career, they've carried a strong anti-war, anti-racisim and anti-fascism message. Musically, Anti-Flag's sound has earnt them comparisons to bands like Bad Religion, Pennywise and Propagandhi and they've toured on the main stage of the Warped Tour many a time - not to mention recently touring the world with Billy Talent. We can't wait to see and hear them tear apart (metaphorically speaking!) The Empire for a very special 14+ ages gig.