We're hosting a we have an afternoon of indiepop related film programming As part of the four day London Popfest (Thursday 26th February to Sunday 1st March) today.

"The screening is free and open to all, not just to London Popfest season ticket holders. We're very excited to have only the second ever showing of "Slamptumentary", a documentary on the Newcastle-based DIY and Riot Grrrl label Slampt run by Pete Dale, who also happens to be the lead singer of the band Milky Wimpshake, appearing at the popfest on the Saturday.  As our main feature we have the hotly-tipped British indie feature film "1234" fresh from its success at last year's London Film Festival and featuring, in Comet Gain and Betty & The Werewolves, two more of the bands playing the popfest."

London Popfest presents...

"1234"

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"Slamptumentary"

Friday 27th February 2pm - 6pm

FREE ENTRY

1234, Dir. Giles Borg, London, Carson Films, 2008

Bespectacled cardigan-wearer Stevie (guitar, vocals) endures a job he despises and can't get a girlfriend, but at least he has music. With his mate Neil (drums), he's been kicking about in bands for a while, but it is not until the pair team up with Billy Dixon (guitar), a more experienced hand with drive and ambition, and Billy's cute pal Emily (bass) that the possibility they might be on to something good suggests itself. With a demo to tout, Stevie beats a well-trodden path to record company doors, but finds he has to manage the tensions developing within the band while keeping his own aspirations in check.

There have been plenty of films about bands in the past, yet Giles Borg's knowing, warm and witty film feels original and honest, the product of time spent in dives watching bands before anyone else has heard of them. A spirited, independent film about the spirit of independence, 1 2 3 4 revels in referencing The Yummy Fur, Prolapse and Comet Gain, as much as more obvious touchstones The Stooges, The Velvet Underground and the Pixies (the soundtrack is a killer, natch). Watch it here, so that in six months time when everyone's raving about it, you can claim, "I saw it first".

Slamptumentary, Dir. Nick Allot, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Slampt, 1995

AKA 1995: the year punk rock got fixed. Only 50 VHS copies ever existed, but now there's an updated Slamptumentary including extra footage, a priceless document of the Slampt Underground Organisation, home of Kenickie and The Yummy Fur and one of the greatest DIY labels ever the world ever saw!

ABOUT LONDON POPFEST

Thursday February 26th sees the start of the first LONDON POPFEST, a gathering of indiepop fans, bands, clubs and labels. Over the weekend more than 20 international bands will be playing in 4 venues, London's finest indie clubs will be spinning the tunes, stalls will be selling the best of up and coming (and already up and come) POP music, and there'll be a whole lot more besides

http://londonpopfest.com/ 

Oh yes, the whole of the first season of Twin Peaks, in one day! 

Look out for the cherry pie special!

Starts 2pm, with intervals, finished around 10:30pm

£5 cover charge (FREE to members)