Ruffa Lane Records Presents The Ruffa Revue

Thursday 17th April 2008 at the Astoria 2, London

Featuring:LUCKY SOUL, GRANTURA and MONTT MARDIÉ

The postponed pre Christmas show is re-scheduled and given a spring clean.

Ruffa Lane Records celebrates its third (and busiest) year of releasing some of the finest pop music available to humanity with its sophomore Revue show in London expanding on its birth at the 100 club. Label co-founders Lucky Soul close the show after sets by rapidly rising folk collective Grantura and Sweden’s foremost eccentric pop genius and Jens Lekman collaborator Montt Mardié complete with his backing band ‘The Intelligence’.
Proceeds from the gig will go to Deptford-based charity The 999 Club...

The line up:
LUCKY SOUL
For those in the know, Lucky Soul are the worst kept secret in female-fronted, Spector-soaked pop. Indeed, 2007 turned out to be quite a year for this super stylish London six-piece. Following the release of their sparkling debut, 'The Great Unwanted', they won over thousands of hearts across the world with their lush, love-struck, classic pop songs. www.luckysoul.co.uk

GRANTURA
With a nod and a wink to The Band, The Byrds, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young and Elliot Smith, Grantura's music ebbs and flows through nostalgic sepia-washed American alt-rock. But its lush harmonies, warm kindly guitars and understated honest vocals are evocative of a sound that is unmistakably British and 21st century in its delivery. www.myspace.com/grantura

MONTT MARDIÉ
A long time ago, before he was Sweden’s foremost eccentric pop genius, Montt Mardié was an 80s-obsessed bedroom pop dreamer called David Pagmar. Since then he’s released two classic albums, ‘Drama’ and ‘Clocks / Pretender’ in his home country to huge success. www.myspace.com/monttmardie

LISTING INFO
Doors: 7.30pm Tickets: £12 / £10 advThe Astoria 2165 Charing Cross Rd London WC2 0EN
020 7434 9592 Advance tickets: www.wegottickets.com/find/artist/lucky+soul

Proceeds from the evening will go to Deptford-based charity The 999 Club. The 999 Club has been offering advice, support and a warm welcome to the most vulnerable people in the London Borough of Lewisham since 1992 when it was set up by Iris French MBE and Patricia Wyndham MBE in response to local demand. www.999club.org/

RUFFA LANE FORTHCOMING RELEASES
21 May: ‘In Dreams’ single release by Grantura
16 June: ‘Set Sail’ single release by Montt Mardie
23 June: ‘In Dreams and Other Stories’ album release by Grantura
Albums and singles by Montt Mardie’, Grantura, Lucky Soul and Napoleon all to be released in 2008.