Alex Lloyd reports on a York showcase for new bands and talents.

IF the name Pigs rings a bell with you, then I may just have something that will quench your musical thirst.

If all that springs to mind is pink, four-legged creatures, but you like a splash of new guitar sounds and electro pop, it may just do the job.

Curious? Well, head down to City Screen tomorrow night for 20 Nothing, a club night which showcases new bands and talent in York.

The Departure? Yes. Graham Coxon? Check. Mylo? Most certainly. Yeah Yeah Yeahs? But of course. And there is live music to boot.

This is the fourth 20 Nothing outing - with two previous events at City Screen and one at the Judges Lodgings, in Lendal - and is looking to be the biggest, much to the delight of its creators, Adam Richardson, 22, and his housemate Maya Wittleton, also 22.

The pair, who are York St John graduates and members of a band called Death Cigarettes, decided to set it up because, like so many event organisers in York, they were "sick of going to Leeds".

They were inspired by uber-cool monthly fashionista hang-out Pigs, which has received rave reviews in the entertainment press since it was launched at the Hi Fi Club in 2002.

"We used to go when it had been running less than a year," says Adam. "But when the press got hold of it, the night started to change. People started turning up because it was a cool place to be and it wasn't about the music any more."

Andy Plowman, organiser of the now defunct Cut, will be DJ for the night, and playing live will be Kiwis Ned, who are described as "like The Strokes but punky" and are already on the Fibbers New Year's Eve line-up.

"If you are into the kind of music we play, there is nothing else like it in York, especially on a Saturday night," says Adam. "It's the only place to be this Saturday."

20 Nothing, at the City Screen Basement Bar, off Coney Street, tomorrow, 8pm-11.30pm. Entry £2 on the door.

Adam and Maya's band, Death Cigarettes, will be playing at The Bug clubnight, also at City Screen, on Thursday. Doors open 8pm and entry is £2.50.

Updated: 16:29 Thursday, November 25, 2004