ACTIVE as an indie/rock venue for some time now and seemingly growing in popularity, The Fat Surfer in Grays is the place to be on a Friday evening - and these bookings guarantee capacity crowds in the coming weeks...

This coming Friday boasts a set from Southend's spiky indie power-pop combo Red Track - a band armed with a canon of ultra-accessible tunes and an originality that marks them out as ones to watch.

The following week welcomes the uncompromising indie-rock of Who Owns Death TV, a quartet featuring former members of Million Dead, Shinri and Cars As Weapons. Able support comes from Baddies.

A week further down the line to Friday December 14, and the previously postponed headline set from Essex trio Koopa, who made chart history in January as the first band to take advantage of the new regulations, hitting no.31 on download only with 'Blag, Steal & Borrow'. Sure to be a extra-busy night.

Doors 730pm, tickets a fiver. Can't go wrong.