About this Event

Wandering Oak brings you:



• The Mystery Lights • (US. Wick Records)

Secular garage rock for the boys & girls - they're a torrential masterclass in howling freakbeat, and they're COMING TO YOUR TOWN! Mike Brandon and LA Solano have been in many different versions of The Mystery Lights under assorted monikers since their teens. In a heroic jump from the small town of Salinas, California to NYC, the band solidified its line-up to now include Alex Amini on bass, and Zach Butler on drums. The explosive live shows gradually became the stuff of legend, as their following was won one fan at a time, in dives from Brooklyn to the Bowery.



Organically unfolding over the nights, months and years, the Lights’ sound has evolved into a fuzz-fuelled hopped-up 21st-century take on 60's garage pebbles, and artful 70s punk, that is all their own. When Daptone Records launched their Wick Records rock imprint, they wasted no time approaching The Mystery Lights as their inaugural act. Hot on the heels of the “Too Many Girls”/ ”Too Tough To Bear” single, Wick officially released The Mystery Lights’ debut LP, recorded at Daptone Records’ House of Soul studio, on June 24 2016 and these rock’n’roll knights have been on the road touring non-stop since. We've been chasing them for a date since the album dropped last year, and heavens-to-betsy we are buzzing about this one!



“Expertly played, genuinely soulful and more grooves than Sandanista!! on vinyl... has the swagger and punch of Van Morrison (Official)'s Them” - The Skinny

FFO The Kinks / The Sonics / The Murlocs / Thee Oh Sees

http://mysterylightsband.com/



• SLEAZE •

Brewing from the ever-growing South London scene and bringing malign post-punk attitude to the bill, Sleaze capture the sound of frustration every man, woman and child feels towards our country's repulsive politicians, imploding economy and bacterial gastro-pubs.



FFO Fat White Family / A Place To Bury Strangers / Boss Hog (I couldn't find an official page for Pussy Galore)

https://soundcloud.com/sleazesleazesleaze



• The Salvadors •

No links or recordings of this lot yet, as for now they're 100% about making excellent noise, which augurs well. Cutting their teeth in support to Heaters, The Molochs and Behold A Pale Horse, it's members of The Dead Indians and the Glass Moths in a new hard-driving 4-piece guise.



FFO alla dat, plus The Coral, Radio Birdman and The Velvet Underground, cos what's a gig write-up without a Velvets reference?



Tiny venue. Excellent bands. £7.00 advance tickets:

http://www.alttickets.com/the-mystery-lights-think-tank-2017-12-04-19-30

Limited tix also available in person from RPM Music



Think Tank? Underground (under The Head of Steam)

2 Neville Street

Newcastle Upon Tyne

NE1 5EN



For ages 18+ only, from 7:30pm