Shift-Static The Cluny 2 Newcastle May 12th 2012 So Shift-Static returned after a gig hiatus, the members regrouping from various corners of the UK to play a show in The Cluny 2, along with Houses, Baskin’s Wish, and Euan Lynn. A healthy crowd gathered to see this home gig, some having travelled especially for the [...]
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29 May
Evolution Emerging The Star and Shadow 27 May 2011
Evolution Emerging The Star and Shadow 27 May 2011 Shift-Static played a great set at Evolution Emerging on Friday. They were first up, but still managed to draw a decent size crowd into the Star and Shadow. This is likely to be their last gig for a little time as some of the band are [...]
15 May
Love Music Hate Racism The Cluny May 13th 2011
Love Music Hate Racism The Cluny May 13th 2011 This gig featured local bands: O’Messy Life, Shift-Static and Our Imaginary Friends. First up was Our Imaginary Friends who play melodic guitar-based pop with a 60s flavour. The singer reminded me of Richard Hawley and Divine Comedy. They have some nice tunes and went down well [...]
18 Apr
Marina Celeste and Shift-Static The Cluny Newcastle 17 April 2011
Marina Celeste and Shift-Static The Cluny Newcastle 17th April 2011 Shift-Static got a call a few days ago inviting them to support Marina Celeste at the Cluny. I hadn’t heard of Marina but advice from Laura, and some web searching, revealed to me that she is “the voice of Nouvelle Vague”, who made their name [...]
5 Mar
Shift-Static Sound 11 The Sage Gateshead 5 March 2011
Shift-Static in Sound ’11: Electronica and World Rhythms Saturday 5 March 8:00 pm Hall Two, The Sage Gateshead Sound 11 is an annual event which showcases the best in local student music and performance. Shift-Static shared the bill at this event in a three band concert at the end of the evening in Hall 2. [...]
24 Oct
Shift-Static The Telegraph Newcastle 16 Oct 2010
Shift-Static The Telegraph Newcastle 16 Oct 2010 This was the first Shift-Static gig that Marie and I had seen for some time. They were playing upstairs in the Telegraph to a home crowd, sandwiched between a few other local music combos. They had played a gig at the Head of Steam and a sold out [...]
13 Jun
Shift-Static Hyem Cafe 30 May 2010
Shift-Static Hyem Cafe 30 May 2010 Shift-Static shared the bill with half a dozen local bands tonight. We were treated to an acoustic set as not all members could make tonight. The set contained a couple of new songs and went down well with the crowd. Last gig before Uni holidays; look forward to a [...]
7 Mar
Shift-Static Bridge Hotel Newcastle & Pure Sunderland March 2010
Shift-Static The Bridge Hotel Newcastle March 4th 2010 and Pure Sunderland March 7th 2010 Shift-Static played the Bridge Hotel in Newcastle on Thursday night. They were first on stage and shared the bill with three other bands, including headliners Polarsets. They came on stage around 8.30pm to a small but appreciative crowd. The sound tonight [...]
13 Dec
Shift-Static & Blank Canvas Forest Cafe Edinburgh 5 Dec
Shift-Static and Blank Canvas The Forest Cafe Edinburgh 5 December 2009 Shift-Static took the next step in their career last Saturday with a gig in Scotland. The Forest Cafe is a volunteer run, not-for-profit arts, social and events space masquerading as a groovy veggie café in the heart of Edinburgh. In its own words: “Forest [...]
7 Nov
Shift-Static Head of Steam Newcastle 5 November 2009
Shift-Static Head of Steam Newcastle 5 November 2009 Shift-Static are a new band from Newcastle. All of the band members are students at Newcastle University, all coming from different musical backgrounds and with different musical tastes, who have come together to give us some wonderful music. Although the band have been together for some time, [...]
