The Primitives
Wednesday 26 November 20257:30 pm - 11:00 pm
£22.50 adv (+ booking fee) The Tin At The Coal Vaults
The Primitives emerged from the UK independent music scene of the mid-1980s with a sound that distilled the shimmering guitar chime of The Byrds, the buzzsaw style of The Ramones and 60’s girl group melodies into two-and-a-half-minute pop gems.
After topping the indie singles chart several times, their widely acclaimed first album, Lovely, made them one of the UK’s most revered alternative rock acts, while the international success of the single “Crash” saw them cross over to a mass audience. Further chart success followed, along with two more studio albums, Pure and Galore, plus extensive tours of Europe and the US, before the band called it a day in 1992.
In 2008, Mojo Magazine named The Primitives’ second single “Really Stupid” one of the top 40 greatest UK indie singles of all time.
The band were reunited in 2009 by the untimely passing of their original bass player Steve Dullaghan, reforming to play a show in his memory later that year in their hometown Coventry; their first time on stage together for 17 years.
Bolstered by the success of this and of a secret show in London, they went on to tour the UK in April 2010, followed by shows in the US and Europe.
In 2011 The Primitives released the Never Kill A Secret EP through Fortuna Pop! The record featured two brand new songs and two covers of female fronted pop obscurities, the latter two being a taster for the covers album Echoes and Rhymes, released on Elefant records in 2012.
An album of new original Primitives songs entitled Spin-O-Rama was released in 2014 and was showered with lavish praise; the general opinion being that it sounded like an alternative follow-up to their classic 1988 debut album Lovely.
In 2025 Elefant Records put out the double vinyl collection Let’s Go Round Again – Second Wave Singles & Rarities 2011 – 2025, featuring new material along with all of the A sides, B sides and other miscellaneous tracks that the band have released over the past 14 years.
Since reforming The Primitives have toured the UK multiple times, performed all around Europe and paid several visits to the US and Japan.
The current line-up of the band includes original members Tracy Tracy (vocals), Paul Court (guitar/vocals) and Tig Williams (drums)
The Primitives
Wednesday 26 November 2025
Jesca Hoop
Wednesday 3 December 20257:30 pm - 11:00 pm
£19.50adv (+ booking fee) The Tin At The Coal Vaults
Jesca Hoop returns to the Tin
Jesca Hoop
Wednesday 3 December 2025
Hot Music Live presents Grail Guard + Abz Winter + RobinPlaysChords + The Sunbathers
Friday 12 December 20257:30 pm - 11:00 pm
£6.50adv (+ booking fee) The Tin At The Coal Vaults
Hot Music Live presents Grail Guard + Abz Winter + RobinPlaysChords + The Sunbathers
Hot Music Live presents Grail Guard + Abz Winter + RobinPlaysChords + The Sunbathers
Friday 12 December 2025Sink or Swim present KEELEY + Atalhos
Thursday 19 February 20267:30 pm - 11:00 pm
£10 early bid | £12 adv (+ booking fee) The Tin At The Coal Vaults
Batsch release their long awaited third album, Very Well LP.
With support from special guests, Project Overload, and live visuals from Glitched Liquid.
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Batsch are a unique avant-pop ensemble who have been experimenting with synth pop, disco and jazz throughout the last decade. Having started out as Don’t Move!, a four-piece, with acclaimed soda-pop artist Pink Shabab on bass, the latest incarnation of the band is an energetic duo, consisting of Mason Le Long on synth, guitar and vocals, and Matt Rheeston on drums, samples and vocals.
Having served for many years as a house band for Tin Angel Records, Batsch toured extensively with artists such as Laetitia Sadier, Marker Starling, Nicholas Krgovich, Devon Sproule, and John Moods. Over the years, Batsch have continued their collaborations with global artists, featuring on compilation albums such as 2015’’s Dear Janet, a love letter to Janet Jackson, alongside artists such as Tune-Yards, Deradoorian and Nicholas Krgovich, and remixed tracks for the likes of Pick a Piper (Caribou drummer). In addition to this, Le Long, operates from his DIY studio, mastering acclaimed albums for the likes of Mabe Fratti and Crack Cloud, while Rheeston fuses angular rhythms and soulful melodies through original beats, in his side-project, Riizbo.
In Le Long’s words, on the subject of the natural evolution of their sound since becoming a duo, ‘a recent shift away from the 70s, dead, ‘teatowelled’ drum kit to a high-tuned, bebop-sounding, mid-60s Olympic kit has been significant in the development of our sound, informing our decision-making, and the way Matt plays.’
Their latest singles, ‘Too Few’, ‘Knew No Different’ and ‘Golden Summer’, are fine examples of their new ‘self-sampling’ approach. These tracks have gained some success, including press features in Mystic Sons, Brooklyn Vegan, Atwood Magazine, With Guitars, and radio plays on BBC 6Music, Amazing Radio, KZ Israel and Simone Marie’s Naked Lunch show on Soho Radio.