Pixadelica Returns this Saturday 22nd May

There's five gigs in Reading this Saturday, most if not all look amazing. Reading is becoming a vibrant cultural hub for good underground music and this can only be a great thing. We're very fortunate to be spoilt for so much choice. Most if not all nights are run by ordinary hardworking volunteers purely out of love for what they do. Pixadelica is returning after a brief hiatus. Here's details of Saturdays long awaited gig.

We're still the only promotor in Reading releasing a cinematic trailer for our gigs, produced by our very own William Dew.

A gig for us is very much a multimedia event. We like the grandeur of having a good time and releasing cinematic trailers of every gig is a celebration of that. There are some exciting ideas floating around Will's video work at the moment. Stay tuned.

Pixadelica Vol. 9

Post Rock Masterclass from heroes UpCDownC, finally returning to Reading for what should be a stunning show!

Fresh out the lab it's Pixadelica favorites the The Quatermass Xperiment, a truly unique fusion of circuit bending and insane rock mechanics. Promising new material.

Angry and loud punk rock and prog a la Volta and hopefully one of the most exciting new rock bands to hit Reading Auto De Fe

Plus following an outstanding Pixadelica debut last year a special acoustic set from The Bellows guitarist Simon William Jones!

Plus stand up comedy from local hero Ryan Wicks who helped us kick start 2010 with our special Haiti fundraiser.

Our gigs are very much multimedia events now. We've not only managed to secure another eclectic line up of some of the best and most innovative underground music, we'll also be projecting all kinds of video oddities during the bands performances plus we'll be publishing issue 8(!) of our submission based arts zine. Pixadelica is slowly turning into a cultural event. At our last gig cosmic dance pop heroes Space Heroes of The People sound tracked a range of soviet propaganda cartoons with their psychedelic robotics.

On a more serious note, I regret to write that Pixadelica has been marked by a sequence of personal tragedies throughout the past six months and this next gig will be a relief to us all. I won't go into details, however we live in an age where someone who has had to fight for a good job and a decent life, who despite rampant consumerist irresponsibility has a good credit rating and no criminal record, can be denied a place to live and be made homeless. We've managed to privatise shelter and mortgage the economies of nations for the sake of domestic get rich quick schemes and get rich quick schemes. We live in a schizoid insane bureaucracy that favors the fraudulent and the criminal. Sometimes doing the right thing and trying to be honest about it means you get hurt.

Pixadelica returns to the Facebar Saturday 22nd May. Doors open at 8pm, entry fee is £4, bring ID if you want a drink. We look forward to seeing you there.