God Don’t Like It have announced a brilliant lineup on on April 10th at Hoxton Bar & Kitchen to raise money for the Red Cross to send food, medicine and general aid to Japan.

Headlining is London via Japan super-band Bo Ningen - one of the best live bands in London over the last few years.

Then Merok’s Comanechi for a rare live show!

And then we have The Catcher Nine. The new band from Koichi from Screaming Tea Party and other friendly faces. This will be one of their first gigs.

Apart from minimal venue and band costs all the money will go to the Red Cross.

Tickets are available from Ticketweb for £7.50. These tickets are booking-fee free.

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Doors at 8:00. First band at Half 8, should be a massive one.

Fancy sampling some of the sounds you’re likely to hear between bands at Offset 2010? Here are the first five mixes from some of our favourite bands and DJs: Tim Burgess, John Linger, Neil Lion, Death in Plains and Clout. Have a listen – more mixes on the way!

Three months until Offset and this year is shaping up to be our biggest yet, with some phenomenal additions in the form of Mystery Jets, The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster, Monotonix, Comanechi and many others.

Set deep in the heart of the lush Hainault Forest and taking place over the weekend of September 4-5, this year Offset is already boasting the likes of No Wave pioneers Liquid Liquid, critically lauded art rockers These New Puritans, white hot Sub Pop signings Male Bonding, legendary Krautrock innovators Cluster and Brooklyn’s singular purveyors of eerie, hazy electro Telepathe, among many others. To that distinguished first round we can now add London-via-Eel Pie quartet Mystery Jets, who look set to conquer the summer with their forthcoming brand new album, stocked full with shiny anthems-in-waiting. Also making a storming return to the live arena are the incredible psyche/garage heavyweights The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster, hot on the heels of their critically acclaimed new album.

Tearing up the stage – both literally and figuratively – will be the famously untethered Monotonix from Tel Aviv, who have been bowling over audiences from one end of the globe to the next with their wildly unpredictable onstage antics and furious brand of garage rock, as will Comanechi, the punk rock duo who produced one of the most acclaimed debuts of 2010, and Lovvers, who carry with them a well-deserved reputation as being an unmissable and ferocious live act. And on the dance side of things, returning electro pop juggernaut Ali Love will ignite the crowds with tracks from his long awaited debut album while Durrr’s Rory Phillips will deliver a masterclass in how to destroy the dancefloor with an undoubtedly propulsive DJ set. And true to Offset’s policy in spotlighting the best and brightest artists from across the world, Texan/London experimentalists Sh*t and Shine, and Parisian nutters 10LEC6 will be joining Graffiti Island, The Murder Act, Round, Flats and Oral Oral.

Once again, only the most compelling and groundbreaking in music and art, from the fresh to the classic, is offered at Offset – and this all-ages event is only 30 minutes from central London by tube to boot. Performances from over 200 artists will be joined by an all-new craft space and pop-up workshops, our eclectic vintage clothing market, organic and delectable foods from a multitude of cuisines, and even a Victorian fun-fair.

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To celebrate the release of Offset Recordings’ first single we’d like to invite you to a very special party at Real Golds’ brand new Alibi venue in Dalston. Fiction perform live with DJ sets from Is Tropical, Egyptian Hip Hop, Offset vs. ECC and Off Modern. Entry is free but for guaranteed entrance drop us an email - rsvp@offsetrecordings.co.uk.

Click here for the Facebook event page.

We’re excited to announce a new arm to Offset Festival - a brand new label from the Offset team in collaboration with Paul Cox, co-founder of Too Pure Records.

Offset Recordings’ debut release comes from South London quartet Fiction, with a 7″ single Curiosity available from Monday May 31st.

For those who haven’t had the pleasure of listening to Fiction before, imagine brilliantly twitchy, angular guitar pop of the highest order, in the vein of XTC, Orange Juice and Talking Heads, nagging, infectious harmonies with a sting in the tail, stylishly herky jerky pop songs that take their lead from the dark, post-industrial gloom but are simultaneously streaked with poignancy and glowing with warmth. “Curiosity” is but the first gem they have on offer, but it is clear their future is bright. Despite having only existed together for a year, the band have turned heads across the board, with live sessions recorded for BBC Radio One and 6Music, as well as appearances at the likes of Off Modern, Fabric, Swn Festival, White Heat and Adults – a night they run with Is Tropical. So potent is their live show that we saw the band perform just once before immediately placing them on the main stage last year, a feat they will repeat at this year’s festival.

Hear the tracks at the Offset Recordings site
Preorder the single now
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Release Party

To celebrate the release of our first single we’d like to invite you to a very special party at Real Golds’ brand new Alibi venue in Dalston. Fiction perform live with DJ sets from Is Tropical, Egyptian Hip Hop, Offset vs. ECC and Off Modern. Entry is free but for guaranteed entrance drop us an email - rsvp@offsetrecordings.co.uk. Click here for the Facebook event page.

Offset Lineup

Our next wave of bands will be announced later this month, including main stage headliners and more!

The first episode of the Independent Music Podcast is online now. Gareth brings a selection of releases from independent artists and record labels this week, and Anthony plays some works in progress, and the odd unsigned artist. You can listen by clicking the widget below, or you can stream on MixCloud or download from iTunes. In fact, there are so many ways to listen, you don’t really have an excuse not to.

Over the years we’ve had some very exciting artists through our gates but this could potentially be the most exciting influential band Offset has announced yet! For Offset 2010 we’re pleased to be flying Liquid Liquid over from New York for what will be - amazingly - only their second-ever appearance in England.

These New Puritans join the helm for a very special live performance, having produced this year’s most groundbreaking album, plus Telepathe will be flying in from Brooklyn for a late night dancefloor-friendly live set.

Legendary Krautrock group (and Eno collaborators) Cluster make a very rare live performance, alongside pioneering cold wave band Charles De Goal, who will be preceded by a special Angular Records cold wave showcase. And, fresh from producing their eagerly-awaited second album with Diplo, Rolo Tomassi are set to return to our hardcore stage for their second Offset performance.

After one of the most jaw dropping performances of Offset 2009, Sub Pop signing Male Bonding will be moving up to main stage this year, along with Bo Ningen, a band whose hair-raising antics at last year’s event were hailed by the Observer as their best discovery of the weekend. Plus Factory Floor, O.Children, Invasion, Electricity in our Homes and more! See the full list of names here.

Offset 2010 will bring together over 180 artists, which means more than 160 artists are yet to be announced, including headliners!

Tickets

Earlybird tickets are now on sale priced at just £55 (weekend) / £65 (weekend with camping) / £28 (day). Click here to get yours now.

Gone but not forgotten x