Mada The Carnabys

Our monthly club night MaDa VS is back and hosts the usual best new music with cheap drinks, along with guest DJ's playing the top tunes to dance too till the early morning. Straight from supporting Blondie on tour are this months headliners The Carnabys. A band with enough swagger to have you wanting more.

After seeing Duveaux on this particular stage [Hard Rock Rising Stage, Isle of Wight Festival] earlier in the weekend, I thought I had found the best new band this stage had to offer. Watching The Carnabys perform though, I have to eat those words because if Duveaux were impressive– these guys are astounding. Every single member of the band has a natural stage presence and showmanship, but their lead singer Jack Mercer quite easily has the swagger to be the next Alex Turner in the making. Aside from mastering the art of crowd charming, The Carnabys have the rock and roll substance to match… every song screams NME insta-hit and forthcoming single ‘Pocket’ is definitely going to get them abruptly crashing in to every musical radar around" - Natt, 7bitarcade.com

I have seen the future, and the future is The Carnabys" - Phil Manzenera, Roxy Music

They’re all just 19, but their sound is fully grown. Lead singer Jack Mercer‘s young frame hides a deceptively husky voice, perfected for the balls-out garage-rock swagger that their swinging sixties name suggests" - VH1