Librarians Wanted 1st Birthday Party

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Our LW baby turns 1, and we want to celebrate with you! *And Wake the President's Erik and Bjorn are turning 26, so it's a joint celebration (= more cake!)

In the last year we've had some incredible times fistpumping the night away to our favourite bands, making waffles for Jens, camping and seeing our friend James climb a very long pole at Indietracks, going to Sweden to go nightswimming, DJ and do a spot of bartending, learning how to tweet and blog and bake, we've taken great pleasure in playing the Cribs amongst twee songs, we've had a few too many Jaegers, danced until the morning light many a night- and met such wonderful new friends..

So we want to invite you all (and new friends) to our birthday party!

There will be birthday cake, there will be party hats, and there will be not only three, but many more, of our favourite bands!

Our very first Librarians Wanted was early last December. It was meant to be a one-off, a project in doing something we didn't have a clue about how to do (organising gigs and DJing). But on an eve the Victoria Line was down and London was disrupted due to snow, a lovely crowd turned up and the bands were fantastic. It was such a heartwarming feeling. We just had to continue doing things we don't know how to do for a bit longer...

EVANS THE DEATH headlined that first gig, and we'll never ever forget them playing I'm So Unclean. They totally kicked *ss, nothing less, the coolest kids in London town - but also the nicest ones. And we are so happy to host them again, a year after - all grown-up - signed by Fortuna POP! and being well on their way to indiepop stardom! It will be very special to see them play again at our birthday.

T.O.Y.S played Librarians Wanted last summer, and their music has since been played in every LW DJ set. (Especially at Cosy Den in Stockholm the audience kept asking for more of their song 'Doll', when they were not asking for Shoreline, of course) Something in the vein of Joy Division - or New Order (only at NO's best though!). T.O.Y.S are stars in our universe!

This is a LW first for WAKE THE PRESIDENT - they are a band we've been dreaming of putting on for quite a while now -they are pure awesomeness. They are coming down from Scotland to play, so let's hope there are no trains stuck in the snow! NME says "each track glimmers with all the existential angst of an art student with a nasty hangover" - sounds perfect, right? We will be beaming and dancing around to this for sure! And apparently they hold their guitars very high, can anyone confirm this? We have yet to see them live! (a birthday wish come true)

+ DJs: LISA BOUVIER (Awesome Swedish songstress) + AJ MILLER (that tall sunglasses-wearing one outta T.O.Y.S) + us librarians if we haven't overdosed on cake.

+ VERY SPECIAL BIRTHDAY GUESTS who will kickstart the party with a (not so) open-mic set! Names will be revealed soon, but they are all among our favourite musicians/people, and will be playing us a couple of songs each! Get ready for some swift on/off stage moves!