THE GEORGE SHORT STAGE @ CUMBERLAND ARMS
SUNDAY 7th JUNE

Cumberland Arms is programmed alongside Sonic Futures in Teeside.
This stage is named after George Short. In September 1933 a 3,000 strong crowd, organised by George Short and his wife Phyllis, prevented the British Union of Fascist’s National Propaganda Officer from speaking at Stockton’s Market Cross. The ensuing conflict became known as the Battle of Stockton, the first major anti-fascist action in Britain.

ARTISTS TBA

  • SHADY NASTY

    "full of menacing reverb and deadpan spoken-word delivery." - Stereogum

    "characteristically eclectic in style, combining the gritty hip-hop and post-punk elements the band have been melding since their formation in 2015." - NME

    "corrosive" - The FADER

    “Jittery and tense blasts of sketchy rock that sounds like kids born in the late 90s have discovered some early Helmet or Mark of Cain records. This is good rowdy stuff.”- VICE

    Eora/Sydney’s Shady Nasty tour their EP CLUBSMOKE. The forthcoming EP is a meditation on vlogging, gymming, clubbing and clout. Both ecstasy and emptiness are felt through sonic and visual homages to EDM, influencers and luxury brands in their harbour city home. As the blur between the group’s online and offline worlds intensifies, so too does their relationship to these accelerated cultures. As entranced as it is disconnected, CLUBSMOKE remains inseparable from the hyper-stimulating worlds it seeks to address. 

    With backgrounds in jazz and classical music, Shady Nasty subvert expectations. Inspired by the likes of Show Me The Body, King Krule, Iceage, Low Life and Mount Kimbie, the Sydney trio play an energetic and weirdo breed of punk that skirts the boundaries of the genre. 

    Their art offers an accelerated vision of the online colliding with their personal lives. Coupled with a raucous live show, the trio create a compelling world at the boundaries of alternative punk and contemporary hip-hop: modding cars, gymming, family, digital obsessions and making ends meet.