Neotribe – our all independent music all-dayer returns for 2025 with its 3rd instalment and this time over 2 days on Friday 26th and Saturday 27th September.
A line up curated to present some of the UK’s best current live acts, names you will be familiar and some just breaking, but trust us this is a stacked line up where you will discover your new favourite bands, become more familiar with others and discover some of the best local bands we have. The line ups are as follows;
Friday 26th September
GANS
Meryl Streek
YAANG
LUNATHUG
High Wayves
Saturday 27th September
AK/DK
SILVERWINGKILLER
Bag of Cans
Polite Bureaux
Tommy Ball
Test Plan
Vigilantes
Morton Betts
Pre-Empted
We strongly advise you get your tickets early as you will pay more on the door
Weekend Tickets £20 Adv
Friday Tickets £10 Adv/£15 OTD
Saturday Tickets £12 Adv/£18 OTD
All ages welcome with a responsible Adult
The Third Instalment of Neotribe with our most ambitious line up yet:
GANS
GANS are a 2 piece from Birmingham, England. They write music about love and hate. Inspired by Dark Rum, Dark Literature and Bleak Skylines.
Known for their brooding intensity, angular guitars and darkly atmospheric sound. Blending raw energy with sharp social commentary, GANS channel the spirit of classic post-punk while forging their own fierce modern identity. With a loyal following on the UK underground scene, GANS deliver visceral live shows that are as cathartic as they are compelling.
Single ‘I Think I Like You’ was described by Lounder than Wars John Robb as;
“It’s a genius shouty stomp of a single like a meeting between Insane in the Membrane and the Sleaford Mods but with guitars. A big bouncing beast of a tune that has a hook line in its kitchen sink drama…”
Latest single ‘IT’S JUST LIFE’ is currently climbing the BBC 6Music playlist, following in the footsteps of previous singles and tour supports with Big Special and Maruja, it has all lead up to the release of the debut album ‘Good For The Soul’ out 19th September 2025 via Strap Originals
AK/DK
AK/DK create improvised layers of fuzzed-up synths, delays and thunderous double drums. Their album ‘Patterns/Harmonics’ was lauded by BBC 6 Music and received an ‘Album of the Day’ accolade after heavy rotation from the station. Known for their high-energy and structural abandon as a live act, their stream of largely improvised layers of fizzing arpeggios and crushing motorik drums has earned them places on stages and at festivals all around the UK, Europe and South America. They’ve performed at Bluedot, Deer Shed, Manchester Psych, Latitude, End of The Road, ArcTanGent and Green Man, and have toured with Dan Deacon, The Dandy Warhols, Fujiya & Miyagi and Zombie Zombie.
Meryl Streek
Fast rising punk producer, MERYL STREEK has released his brand new album Songs for the Deceased in 2024.
The new album features collaborations with Post Punk Podge, Oliver Ackermann (APTBS), Phil Wyer (Owl Sounds), Molly Vulpyne (Vulpynes), Pete Holidai (Radiators from Space and Trouble Pilgrims), Kingsley Hall (Benefits) and Scottish punk duo Bratakus.
“As vital as anything you’re likely to hear” – Far out magazine
“Unflinching and unforgettable, songs for the deceased is a late contender for album of the year” – Hotpress Magazine
“Songs for the deceased is a bleak and very important listen” – Kerrang
“This is an artist who will never turn away from confronting corruption and injustice and we thank him for that” – Clash Magazine
SILVERWINGKILLER
Manchester based, high energy electronic two piece. Fusing world music with analogue arpeggiators, aggressive bass, live breakbeats and
vocals in English, Mandarin and Shanghainese. Inspired by human culture, science fiction and all the video games you’ve never heard of.
Formed in the spring of 2024, SILVERWINGKILLER has had a flying start, taking the UK live music scene by storm after touring with London
band Fat Dog and supporting bands such as The Body & Dis Fig, Violent Magic Orchestra, Minami Deutsch and Litvrgy.
“Conjuring thunderous, dystopian, raving psychosis, the experimental duo SILVERWINGKILLER yell chants over gabba kicks and schizoid synths. I’m sure if Atari Teenage Riot found their sound in 2020s Manchester this is exactly how they’d sound.” – PINDROP ZINE
YAANG
“It’s already been quite the year for YAANG. Announced as part of illustrious hype list NME 100 where they were heralded as “one of the most exciting bands to come from the North West.” Growing their list of radio supporters to Huw Stephens, Steve Lamacq, Emily Pilbeam, Indie Forever, New Music Fix (BBC Radio 6 Music) and John Kennedy (Radio X). With backing too from The Line of Best Fit, DIYmag, Louder than War, and Duran Duran’s Simon Le Bon.
Formed when Davey Moore (vocals/sampler) met Oliver Duffy (Guitars/vocals) at a rhythmic awareness class at the University of Salford, the line up was later completed by Ben White (Ex-Working Men’s Club) on bass duties – Manchester punk trio YAANG have ever since been steadily building their reputation for furious, high-energy, live shows, powered by the rocket-fuel combo of pulsating drum loops, clangorous guitars and a wicked sense of humour.”
Test Plan
Test plan are looking for the sweet spot between dancing and moshing.
The London based DIY trio, formed of Rory Dickinson, Mike Fragkiadakis and Max Mason, cultivate a ferocious concoction of overloaded dance punk and monochrome noise rock, driven by their gut reaction to all things loud. Their dynamic live performances beckons a meeting point where volume and energy collide, guiding audiences across the world into their sonic onslaught
Tommy Ball
Music to make you dance, laugh, feel, think, love, wonder and feel all over again.
Bag of Cans
With the launch of their debut album ’We Are A Band’ in June 2023, Bag of Cans managed to fool both listeners and their mums around the country. Not only were they very much “a band” but one that could release songs too. In late 2024 an EP called ‘Favourite Shirt’ with such songs as ‘Favourite Shirt’ was released, following a couple of years of tours and festival appearances. Capitalising on this momentum, they then pretty much immediately decided to take a break from gigging, in what is sure to be described as “a 4D Chess move of utter brilliance” and will be studied by industry moguls for years to come as “one of the promotional plays of all time”.
Released on Fierce Panda, these collections of songs have attracted praise and airtime from BBC Radio 6 and the single ‘Hostage at the Dinner Table’ was a joint winner on Steve Lamacq’s Roundtable. The EP’s titular tune ‘Favourite Shirt’ got a load of inexplicable plays on KEXP in the states, which confused everyone even further and no one really knew what to do with that information.
As the Cans now return from their slumber, they look to the autumn to throw themselves back into a great big puddle of gigs, and splash around for someone’s amusement in their tried and tested wellies of slightly-deranged-indie-music.
Vigilantes
Powerful Indie Rock coming from the most divided town in the UK.
After a lot of introspection and staring into the mirror, Vigilantes have independently achieved success and fought their way out of a cultural desert to perform at Radio 1’s Big Weekend, Isle of Wight Festival, SXSW and support acts like Circa Waves, The Libertines and Reverend & the Makers.
Vigilantes craft a thoughtful, melodic style of indie rock that’s as anthemic as it is atmospheric with thoughtful lyricism and explosive choruses. They do it so well that they have been placed on Radio 1’s Best Of BBC Introducing playlist and had repeat airtime on BBC Radio 1, Radio 6 & Radio X. Noted by Fresh on the Net’s Tom Robinson as ‘On a mission’, Vigilantes were part of National Lottery/MVT’s Revive Live Tour in 2022 and releasing their debut album in 2025.
“In this country we have an obsession with the Libertines, so there’s a lot of stuff sounds that sounds derivative of that. Whereas this is different. It’s very slick. It’s a goer” – Mike Skinner, The Streets
“American influences with British hearts” – Huw Stephens, BBC Radio 1
LUNATHUG
THE LESS SAID, THE BETTER
An electronic music project from the mind and personality of Miles Berry . The debut EP “THE LESS SAID, THE BETTER” was released in 2023, the solo project has now transformed into a 3 piece – If you liked Industrial Synth Electronica do not miss this.
Pre-Empted
Pre-empted. 3 school mates from the wilds of Lancashire with a shared love of all music, time on their hands and fire in their bellies started some early jam sessions and decided to try their hands on the local open mic circuit.
Various support slots with Ronker, Snake Eye, This Will Destroy Your Ears and Deja Vega, they garnered a following with T-shirts and badges displaying their colours at local venues and beyond. That is History. This is Now. The future looks bright for these 3 stalwarts, a must see live band, exciting and unpredictable their energy and the message is infectious. Be part of something authentic, be who you are, be free to be a perfectly imperfect you, with Pre-Empted.
Polite Bureaux
Bradford, the city of Culture, formed the broken-beat-maker Joe Smith, also known as Polite Bureaux. Smith is joined on stage by his Blood Sister Maya Lili and Raver Viv Maher, introducing Ying and Yang energy live.
2023: Polite Bureaux supported Benefits, also hitting the stage later that year, performing at The Great Escape Festival 2023, releasing their latest single UAMELON, and gaining airplay on BBC Introducing with Melita Dennett and Callum French. While gaining support from the famous music & culture magazine Louder Than War.
Polite Bureaux and Dyslexic Smith attributes his words to the diabolical truths of John Cooper Clarke. Other influences stem from Underworld, Joy Division, The Prodigy, and Sleafod Mods. Ultimately, Polite Bureaux’s sound is upbeat and genre-mashing.
The siblings, born in the big cities of London and Keighley, have a family history of Irish and Filipino Malay roots. Their youth was spent much across the country than in one place. Strong family unity is what elevates Polite Bureaux from the crowd. With words that hit home and stand out as most ordinary in today’s world, Championing his youngster from the sidelines is wordsmith and poet Rob. Smith’s father plays a significant role in the lyricism of Polite Bureaux, as his poetry is used as power to pride and break stigma through the performance of music.
Expect brutal honesty and true energy in his venting on stage and in your ears. It’s always more than just a play on words.
High Wayves
HIGHWAYVES are an artistic collective that have crafted a sound that races from spacious to suffocating, combining the dark aggression of grunge with dreamlike washes reminiscent of shoe-gaze. Each piece is punctuated with intimate, poetic lyrics that are as personal as they are universal. HIGHWAYVES are unashamedly earnest, laying bare their deepest emotions for all to join in collective catharsis.
HIGHWAYVES take an obsessive approach to their art; writing, recording and producing their own music as well as writing, directing and editing their videos. Their uncompromising approach is the key to creating a deep connection with their audience.
Morton Betts
Reasonably loud and suitably energetic, Morton Betts put a fresh spin on music that sits somewhere between rock, punk, and generally alternative.
Weekend Tickets £20 Adv
Friday Tickets £10 Adv/£15 OTD
Saturday Tickets £12 Adv/£18 OTD
All ages welcome with a responsible Adult
Venue
Sunbird Records
4 The Circus
Darwen BB3 1BS
UK
Darwen BB3 1BS
UK