About this Event

London’s DIRTY PALACE are something that really shouldn’t work. The subtlety and improvised nature of jazz presented with a fierceness and youthful urgency that is by definition punk. The contradiction is there but they embrace it. All from differing backgrounds, - Dan Tun (vox, guitar), JR Brown (guitar, vox), Glenn Oborne (bass) and Baz Khan (drums, vox) - all share the ideals that trickle out in their music. Part charming pop sensibilities/ part no-nonsense DIY pure noise/ part head down fists up rock, these boys create the kind of racket that could easily fit into so many eras of musical history. From London and NYC in the 70’s & 80s, artists like The Adverts, The Clash, Richard Hell and Sonic Youth to the more polished eras of 90’s Britpop with Blur, the American indie rock of Guided by Voices and the early 2000’s garage rock of The Strokes and The Libertines which they grew up on. All of that being said, DIRTY PALACE seem to have no interest in being preoccupied with the past and are firmly rooted, eyes set on the present and future.



With the release of their summer 2015’s DEMOTAPE, Dirty Palace have spent the time since working on their live shows, recording techniques and songwriting. The DEMOTAPE itself was recorded, mixed and mastered over the course of a week or so by the band themselves in a controlled chaos that typifies them. Everything is done by them with the intention of doing as much as possible with as little as possible, capturing the energy and vim of the moment rather than aiming for calculated perfection.



This is perhaps most apparent at their first show curated by DDP 2015, an art collective and promotions outfit the band belong to. The day before it was due to happen, for whatever reason, the venue (which will remain nameless) bailed on the band. Rather than let their audience and other performers down, they endeavoured and managed to organise a show in Dan’s flat that was in hindsight too small but full of good energy and friendly vibes, and was rounded off nicely by a squad of well behaved coppers who preceded to shut down the event and escort the audience out onto the street. No one was hurt. Far from satisfied with what they’ve so far done, DIRTY PALACE are making the effort to push on, learn from and listen to every experience they’ve had and make what comes from it better. In a musical landscape that is about “now” as much as it is nostalgic, Dirty Palace are putting the pieces in place to take advantage of this indecisiveness and leave their own little mark on musical history. - See more at: http://glasswerk.co.uk/concerts/gig/12846/Dirty+Palace-Surya,+London/#sthash.yuPj1vNC.dpuf