Halloween comes for South Street

H.A.T.Y.M & Uncle Peanut are back at South Street Arts Centre on Saturday 31 October, the night of Halloween. They're sharing the bill with Doops and Oxford's Baby Maker, with night visuals and projections by IRIDIPHORE. The whole thing is presented by undreds n thousands, and there's a fancy dress rule in place: it's enforced, so you'll want to turn up in costume.

If you haven't come across them before, H.A.T.Y.M & Uncle Peanut were one of those bands that seemed to be everywhere in the 2010s. They played alongside Sleaford Mods, Art Brut, Electric Six and Evil Blizzard, and became known for their 'Get In The Back Of The Van' shows. Eventually HATYM stepped away from the scene to open a yogic retreat centre in Goa, leaving Peanut to carry on alone. The story goes that Peanut summoned HATYM back for one night only via a ouija board and some digging through the dark web. Their sound grew out of a love for 1970s UK comics, British public information films, Look-In magazine, Madness, Crass, Slowthai, The Streets and John Cooper Clarke, and they've put out three albums to critical acclaim from Louder Than War, Radio X's John Kennedy, Monolith Cocktail, Artrocker and Pop Bollocks.

They aren't the only ones on the bill. Doops have been curating post-punk and melancholic alt-rock across the Reading and Berkshire scene for nearly a decade, and Baby Maker bring dark funk, wonky no wave and proto-punk from Oxford. The running order isn't set in advance, either — it's decided by lots on the night, so you won't know who's playing when until the evening gets underway.

Doors open at 7:30pm at South Street Arts Centre, 21 South Street, Reading, RG1 4QU. Tickets are £5.50 including the booking fee, or £5 in advance.