TUE 11TH DECEMBER
END OF THE ROAD CHRISTMAS SHINDIG
FEATURING...ALLO DARLIN' + JOE GIDEON & THE SHARK + WOODPIGEON

VENUE: CARGO, 83 RIVINGTON ST, LONDON, EC2A 3AY
DOORS: 7.30PM
TUBE: OLD ST / LIVERPOOL ST
TICKETS: £10 ADVANCE
WeGotTickets | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/177954
TicketWeb | 0844 477 1000 | http://tinyurl.com/8mwf7mr

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Featuring the brilliant Allo Darlin' and Joe Gideon & The Shark and Woodpigeon...End of the Road returns to Cargo on Tuesday 11th December for their annual Christmas Shindig. Expect live music, DJs, hot cider on the patio and Christmas presents.

Allo Darlin' are many things. They can turn a room in a famous punk venue into a joyous, jumping, sweaty, pop-mosh pit. Or bring a room of 500 to hushed silence with the few strums of a ukulele and a love song about cooking.

"Allo Darlin's sound is less scattered than those name-checks might suggest - fitting squarely within a tradition that honors the Smiths and Belle and Sebastian above all. What sets them apart are Morris' understated wit and the clear enthusiasm of her bandmates, who hurtle through every jangly chord change like they're falling into a new romance." Rolling Stone

"Staggeringly intelligent and breathtakingly emotive, it's pop music at its finest." Music OMH

Next up, Joe Gideon & The Shark. Gideon dreams stories and sings. His sister Viva a.k.a. 'The Shark', plonks, stomps and honks. Formerly members of Bikini Atoll, they released two albums on Bella Union, second album recorded by geeky genius Steve Albini. Then, they formed a family band and spent summer '06 getting drunk in a barn writing songs on their 8 track recorder. Since then, they've been invited to play with great bands and musicians around Europe; Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Archie Bronson Outfit, The Duke Spirit, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Michael Gira to name but a few.

The evening is opened by Woodpigeon, aka Mark Andrew Hamilton, who creates music much the same way a bowerbird crafts a love nest: the right space is chosen and the bower goes up twig by twig, berry by berry, embellishing a basic construction that's already sound and lovely.

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FURTHER INFORMATION:
http://www.allodarlin.com
http://www.joegideonandtheshark.com
http://www.woodpigeon-songbook.com
http://www.cargo-london.com
http://www.facebook.com/events/127150527433069/