Friday @ Fruit Market StageAugust 17, 2011Friday 2nd September 2011 KING CHARLES 10:10pm
‘King Charles ruled the roost on the Glastonbury BBC Introducing stage’ – Huw Stephens – Radio 1 ‘This dandy in the underworld is part of a tradition of uniquely English, psych-inflected pastoral whimsy.’ - The Guardian KYLA LA GRANGE 9:00pm
“one of those precocious talents that everyone secretly fears. A gorgeous voice and a soaring chorus, the kind that makes your heart swell a little bit. Stirring stuff.” - The Guardian The fearsomely talented Kyla La Grange will release her second single, “Been Better” on Chess Club Records, home to early releases from Mumford & Sons, Local Natives and others. Kyla has already attracted huge blog and press interest for her extraordinary voice and epic sound, and “Been Better” confirms her as mistress of the savagely passionate, twenty-first century torch song. It begins with her husky, almost snarled put-down of, “tell me none of your longings, I don’t need them, or you” and soars to a Phil Spector-indebted wall of drums and guitars that’s vast enough to match her voice. The B side is the brooding, bitterly poignant “I Could Be”, another song whose chorus will sweep you up and wash you away. Kyla grew up in Watford and has been writing songs from the age of five, but it was only while studying philosophy at Cambridge that she began taking her musical talents seriously. A former boyfriend played her Cat Power and Elliot Smith and on hearing them she decided to start performing her own songs. After putting in dazzling performances at Notting Hill Arts Club’s Communion nights and at this year’s SXSW, she supporting Wolf Gang on their UK tour before embarking on a string of festival dates. She is currently working with producer Brett Shaw on her debut album. THE BELLE COLLECTIVE 8:00pm Belle Collective are an acoustic led alt folk band from Hull. They are currently a 4 piece consisting of John, Jareth, Tim and Lucy. Belle Collective are still a new band in the city of Hull but they have already created a buzz around the city with their great live shows. They have already put on 2 sell out shows at the Adelphi and Fruit and numerous support shows including Dry The River and Emanuel and The Fear. Their sound is ever changing and evolving and the band are prolific with new material. Their philosophy is to bring music back to basics by just writing great songs and delivering them beautifully. They will be releasing a Home Sessions DVD at the start of March including 3 new songs.
ZAGROS BAND 6:20pm Rising stars hailing from Hull and Kurdistan, this highly acclaimed band fill you with emotion as they play real music with a passion touching Balkan, Gypsy, Jazz, Folk and much more. http://www.myspace.com/thezagrosband ICE HOUSE PROJECT 5:30pm
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Since launching his debut single, Time of Eternity, in 2010, King Charles has garnered much press, online and radio support from radio djs Rob Da Bank, Zane Lowe, Lauren Laverne, Tom Robinson and Huw Stephens. Performing to critical acclaim throughout the UK and Europe, he has gathered an ever-swelling and devout audience and most recently supported Mumford & Sons on their sold-out US tour. 2010 saw King Charles also win the prestigious International Songwriting Competition by an unprecedented unanimous vote from a panel of industry heavyweights including Tom Waits, Kings of Leon, Timbaland, Black Francis and 
Jerry Lee Lewis. A hotly tipped act for 2011, King Charles is currently recording his debut album due for release in the coming summer. 
“Unquestionably, they’re the finest new guitar band we’ve seen in an age!” says The Fly and they are not wrong, after a busy year supporting Warpaint and The Young Knives, The Neat are a not only fresh and hip but they are a tour de force live due to an abundance of wild yet controlled energy. Praise has come from high places as these BBC 6 darlings were joint winners with the Mercury Prize winners The XX on Steve Lamacq’s ‘Roundtable Music Of The Year’ and have gained single of the month twice by Artrocker Magazine for ‘in youth is pleasure’ and their most recent single ‘Hips.’ Undoubtedly this band are on the rise so do not miss them before they are off 
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“A gleaming, shimmering electro-disco romp” – was how one music journalist described iceHouse Project’s unashamed assault on the UK gig circuit. Starting out raw and experimental and ending up polished and expertly produced by in-house wizards James Hockley and Paul Dakeyne, the massive vocal driven sound is a welcome change in the face of modern dance. Formed 10 years ago by founder member and charismatic front man Dan Bryan the collective has really evolved into a hybrid of talent, guaranteeing a rich source of fresh blood whenever it’s needed. Influences from their peers have been allowed to flow freely and the result on their debut album ‘Electrosexual’ is actually something quite unique. From the throbbing pulse of ‘To Magnifica’ and the massive electronic symphony that is ‘Under The Sun’ iceHouse Project does exactly what it says on the (rather flamboyant) tin.
