The Middle Twenty

The Middle Twenty

Bristol's The Middle Twenty return to The Louisiana for the first time in almost thirty years.

Combining mod-tinged energy and uptight guitars with classic songwriting, they promise intense but celebratory vibes and timeless tunes.

The band are celebrating releasing their music on digital platforms for the first time.

Their two EPs, recorded with Manics producer Greg Haver in 1997 and 1999, are finally available to all.

They played Venue magazine's gig of the year in 1999 and appeared at the Ashton Court Festival in 2000, before their brief hiatus. Last gracing the stage of the Louie back in 99, they're picking up where they left off.

They're older now, but they're still young.

FFO: REM, Radiohead, The Jam, Husker Du, Manics

Winter

Winter are brothers Matt and Joe Winter, who have been singing and playing guitars together their whole lives. 

These days they write in parallel from different sides of the country; Joe singing spontaneously into his phone; Matt developing his own half-formed pop songs, then melding these with the vocal fragments he receives down the wire from his brother. They tell stories about where the discarded and forgotten bits of our selves might end up, and what can be done with them when we find them again. 

Winter have recorded two albums with Brett Shaw (Foals, Florence & The Machine) and are currently working on a new EP. Their song ‘The Sea Bites Back’ received national airplay from Tom Ravenscroft on BBC 6Music and Billy Bragg on Amazing Radio. They have played live with the likes of This Is The Kit, Euros Childs, Jesca Hoop, King Creosote, and Nathaniel Rateliff.

FFO: Simon & Garfunkel, The La's, Big Star, Elliot Smith