| plus the travelling circus of Music Tourist Board friends that make the rising star network crackle! Zines & flyers are exchanged, photographers/artists/film makers are connected with bands. It's created an organic, fun fuelled music family. POLE is the first regular MTB event since Pop Of The Tops, it was born at the Artful festival and featuring the music, art and connections of the anti-scene. P.O.L.E. is an old-skool club for the new century. Bands, fans, photographers, zines, etc come to mix, exchange ideas and phone numbers and the laid back party vibe is mostly about having fun. Bands are picked from tips and recommendations of the thriving alternative rock underground at street level. Bands that have played at Music Tourist Board clubs and events include The Rocks, Nebraska, Neils Children, Apartment, Do Me Bad Things, Art Brut, New Rhodes, Vanlustbader, Metro Riots, Bloc Party, Twisted Charm, The Others, Bidgie Reef & The Gas, Mark Morriss, The Modern, Hey Gravity!, S*M*A*S*H, Members Of The Public, The Rakes, Good Shoes, Johnny Panic, Miss Black America, Trademark, Korova, The Betes Noires, White Rose Movement, Gemma Ray Ritual, Crash Convention, Gear, Ludes, The Bridge Gang, Your Vegas, William, Clor, Seeing Scarlet, Lupen Crook, Crash Convention, The Needles, The Violets, The Fairies Band, Crack Village, Ladyfuzz, Gin Palace, Charlie Brown, Kemono to name a few...the bottom line is ENTERTAINMENT - Tart Rock looks up at the stars | |