last reminder for tonight (30th June)

A HAWK AND A HACKSAW
at the Subway, 69 the Cowgate, Edinburgh
doors 7.30pm, £5 / £4
support from WOUNDED KNEE, MY KAPPA ROOTS and EAGLEOWL.

From New Mexico, USA comes A HAWK AND A HACKSAW, a hugely
entertaining and bewitching act who manages to meld traditional
middle eastern with American folk and 21st Century atmospherics. Non-
traditional world music for the digital age.

With second album 'Darkness at Noon' released on LEAF (Murcof,
Efterklang, Manitoba/Caribou etc.) this March, in their 10th
anniversary year, A HAWK AND A HACKSAW is their biggest, most
idiosyncratic talent since Asa Chang & Junray.

This is a mind-melting concoction of silent movie soundtracks,
Central European, Middle Eastern, Jewish and Mexican influences, and
much more besides. As a starting point imagine a glorious hybrid of
Taraf De Haidouks, Pierre Shaefer, Tom Waits, Kurt Weil, Four Tet and
Maher Shalal Hash Baz. You're not even close...

A HAWK AND A HACKSAW'S unmissable live show displays the virtuosity
of multi-instrumentalist Jeremy (drummer from Neutral Milk Hotel) on
accordion, vocals and percussion (simultaneously!) accompanied by
Heather Trost on violin, glockenspiel and melodica.

It's a musical journey across the most varied of terrain, dipping in
and out of modern composition and American and Eastern European folk
traditions in hisinimitable style...


Also, on Monday 4th July at the Subway again, 7.30pm, £4 / £3
INFERNAL NOISE BRIGADE / LOST FILM FEST / FILASTINE
beats and film from the periphery

The INFERNAL NOISE BRIGADE is a 20-piece mutant marching band using
drums, horns, voice, flags, and loudspeakers for intervention across
the globe. At manifestations in Seattle, Prague, Cancún, & New York
the INB has performed in clouds of gas and hails of rubber bullets
without dropping a beat. Between these big international actions the
Infernal Noise Brigade performs at festivals, raves, prisons, and
Burning Man, leaving a wake of dismantled spectacle in their path.

The INB sound combines elements of drumline, taiko, Mughal and North
African rhythms, with elements of Balkan fanfares, breakbeats, and
just about anything else. Songs feature vocals and noise fed by
miniature FM transmitters to loudspeaker rigs. Infernal equipment is
reverse-engineered, from the custom welded drum-harnesses to the
uniforms sewn from roadsigns and sanitation workwear. The Infernal
Noise Brigade does not perform in a space, but rather occupies it,
blurring the line between performer and audience.

"The virgin experience of the Infernal Noise Brigade in action can be
adrenaline boggling. The music explodes the senses like a
thunderstorm." (Clamour Magazine)

"Seattle's Infernal Noise Brigade drowns the sound of concussion
grenades with their drums." (The Village Voice)

"The result, I think, is not only liberating for the band, but also
something more raw for the audience, something truly interactive."
(The Stranger)

more (pics, bio, music clips):
http://www.infernalnoise.org

LOST FILM FEST is a laugh-a-riot event with equal emphasis on both
"laugh" and "r***." Focusing on pranks vs. corporations and
government institutions. If George W. Bush makes you puke and you
dig pie fights with cops and culture jamming, you'll love the punk
rock urgency of the Lost Film Fest and its celebration of media
archaeology and illegal art.

Lost Film Fest from West Philadelphia is a traveling multimedia
spectacle incorporating live performance and video. It's a truly
independent, anti-authoritarian, anti-corporate grassroots DIY media
extravaganza hosted by Festival Director Scott Beibin (Bloodlink
Records, Evil Twin Booking.) Beibin travels the globe telling stories
and spinning movies like a DJ using a video projector, dvd player,
and backpack filled with goodies. The roadshow incorporates a sexy,
smash-it-up, radical anti-capitalist anti-globalization perspective.
Truly "Too Hot for TV" since 1999, the LFF has featured scathing and
hilarious social commentary in the form of narrative shorts,
documented pranks, hot amateur protest footage, and video re-mixes.
Additionally there is an annual weeklong event held in Philly, and
guerilla visits to Sundance and Cannes. This jam is about smashing
the illusions cast by Hollywood, the Pentagon, and FOX News. Yeah!

more info:
http://www.lostfilmfest.org.