Yasss!... We've finally managed to get Noxagt to play in Edinburgh,
this was just confirmed a couple of days ago, and it's happening
this Wednesday (20th September) at Henry's Cellar Bar, doors 8pm,
£5 / £4 for mailing-list members. This is really short notice, so
please help spread the word...
NOXAGT (Norway, Load Records): pummeling instrumental sludge
check www.myspace.com/noxagt for music or www.loadrecords.com
+ LORDS OF BASTARD: local stoner dinosaur wizards
+ more tbc
Also worth mentioning, this weekend sees the Scottish Hobo Society
return to Henry's Cellar Bar, on a Saturday this time, with live
entertainment from the TRUTH ROCKETS (comedy surf and silly rock)
and THE CONFLICT DIAMONDS (texan trucker disco-rock), plus the
world's pinkest and drunkest alt. disco djs... So if you're up for
some fun and silliness, please come along this Saturday (16th),
11pm - 3am, £5 in or £3 only for mailing-list members plus unlimited
number of friends... What else is there to do on a Saturday anyway???
Also, next Saturday (23rd) is the big return of our club night now
called TRIUMPH! with a victory rock tag team between dj Dugstar and
John Quo, and a healthy dose of cheese and silliness from dj Carl
Cok celebrating his birthday. All this for £1 only for mailing-list
members and their friends (£4 otherwise). What else could you ask
for?
Hope to see you at one of these or all of these ideally...
Claire
Back to normal after the Summer break, with the return of Shutter,
gasgiant and Refuse Boy at Henry's this Sunday (3rd Sept), 8pm, £4.
www.myspace.com/gasgiant
www.myspace.com/shutterscotland
www.myspace.com/refuseboyhome
Also, for those who are looking for something to do tonight
(Thursday), our friends Eagleowl are putting on another of their lo-
fi post-folk shows at Henry's, with special guests Small Town Boredom
and Rob St John.
Check www.myspace.com/eagleowlattack for more details and some tunes.
After this is also the last of the Scottish Hobo Society's special
festival edition at Henry's, starting 11.30pm, with Down the Tiny
Steps and The Rohypsters live, it's only £3 if you're on this mailing-
list, or free to stay if you were previously at the Eagleowl show.
We'll be back with more news soon as we are confirming the details
for a few interesting mrw44 gigs. One of them is Hrsta, Carla
Bozulich and Chris Corsano on Tue 24th October so you can already put
that in your diary... more info shortly...
Tonight is £1 entry only for you and your friends, and not £3 as
advertised elsewhere... Bargain!
No excuses not to come and join in the silliness...
Fine selection of cheese courtesy of dj Carl Cok (aka Cam)
+ triumphant rock tag team between dj Dugstar (aka beardy Dougie who
can normally be found engineering) and John Quo (who might or might not
turn out to be Mr Ricky White).
Tonight (Fri 30th) at Henry's, 11pm - 3am.
See you there?
We're bringing you a bit of fun for the week-end, with a new club night
at Henry's tomorrow (Fri 30th, 11pm-3am, £3), the occasion to hear what
we like... Ballroom Blitz!
The idea? Cheese and general silliness... with dj Carl Cok for the
cheese, and a special triumphant rock tag team with dj Dugstar and John
Quo. As Dugstar says, "it's all about the victory!".
Also, reminder for the next gig:
Tue 4th July at Henry's, 8pm, £4
CAPULET + OSO + GASGIANT + EAGLEOWL
http://www.myspace.com/capuletukhttp://www.myspace.com/thebandosohttp://www.myspace.com/gasgianthttp://www.myspace.com/eagleowlattack
Anyway, come and grin with us tomorrow...
Claire
The Glasgow show only got confirmed at the last minute, so please
help spread the word, it's FREE ENTRY and it's gonna be amazing:
Mon 26th June at Bloc, 117 Bath Street, Glasgow, 9pm, free entry
Tue 27th June at Henry's, 8 Morrison Street, Edinburgh, £5 / £4
members
CHRIS CORSANO + HEATHER LEIGH MURRAY + ALEX NEILSON (+ Usurper
acoustic set in Edinburgh only).
Bit more info about Corsano at the bottom of this message in case you
didn't know who he is.
Also recommended:
Tue 4th July at Henry's, 8pm, £4
CAPULET + OSO + GASGIANT + EAGLEOWL
http://www.myspace.com/capuletukhttp://www.myspace.com/thebandosohttp://www.myspace.com/gasgianthttp://www.myspace.com/eagleowlattack
An yes, Oso is that madman who was touring with the Oxes the last
time, and started the whole onstage gentleman urine drinking
competition thing, and more crazy stuff. Anyway, he'd like to perform
while unicyling this time (maybe not inside Henry's, but he might be
doing additional last minute performances), so if you know of anyone
who could lend us a unicycle for a couple of days, please let us know!
Anyway, hope to see you at these shows, and here's the Corsano info
below...
Claire
Chris Corsano has gained a well-earned reputation as one of the best
drummers around. Equally at home with intense kinetic explosions of
energy and concentrated near-silence, he effortlessly flows from one
idea to the next, always simpatico with his fellow musicians.
He has recorded and gigged with, among others, Paul Flaherty, Wally
Shoup, Thurston Moore, Jim O'Rourke, Mick Flower, Jandek, Greg Kelly,
Daniel Carter, Six Organs of Admittance, Sunburned Hand Of Man, and
many more.
Corsano has recently focused on developing an expanded solo
percussion music of his own, incorporating sax reeds, violin strings
and bows, pot lids, adhesive tape, and other household devices into
his drumkit.
"...deadly drum explosions...swatting his kit as if it were covered
in giant ants, with every component used to full effect - a tighly
orchestrated beating of skins and rims resounding over the ensuing
flow of inventive exploration" - Edwin Pouncey - The Wire
Sorry for the rushed nature of this message, stealing minutes in an
internet cafe as I'm in the middle of a removal with no internet
access... but just a short reminder about Sunday's gig:
SINCABEZA play intricate math-rock a la Don Caballero, you can check
them out at http://www.myspace.com/sincabeza
Support comes from the Plastic Adults, someyoungpedro and Spacial
Entrepreneurs (please note Jacob Flynch are no longer playing).
This Sunday (11th June) at Henry's, doors 8pm, £4 only for you +
friends.
Hope to see you there...
Claire
Hello,
this Sunday we have some great locals to check out:
gasgiant + vom + four world theory
Sunday 4th June at Henry's, 8pm, £4:
gasgiant make beautiful epic sleazy music with up to 4 guitars
onstage at the same time... http://www.gasgiant.org
vom play bass-heavy menacing soundscapes a la Hovercraft. They
feature ex-members of Jesus Elephant God.
Four World Theory do the post-rock thing with ethereal female vocals
added. http://www.fourworldtheory.com
Also coming up: Sunday 11th June at Henry's
Sincabeza: intricate math-rock from France
http://www.myspace.com/sincabeza
Support from The Plastic Adults and Jacob Flynch.
Sunday 18th June at Henry's
Employee of The Month + The Joe Acheson Quartet + The Action Group +
Ephedrine C10H15NO
Tuesday 27th June at Henry's:
CHRIS CORSANO + support tbc.
More info soon...
Claire
mrw44contact-members@...
Seems the previous mail-out mysteriously vanished without reaching
its recipients, sorry about that, hope it works better this time...
We've got a couple of gigs worth attending this week, both are at
Henry's Cellar Bar, 8 Morrison Street, Edinburgh.
Monday 15th May (tonight), 7pm:
VOLCANO! + THE LEG + REJECTED BY HANNAH
vocano! are a young noise-rock band from Chicago recently signed to
the Leaf label. See more info below.
The Leg feature ex-members of Desc and can be found here:
http://www.myspace.com/ihatetheleg
Tuesday 16th May (tomorrow), 7.30pm
THE HUB + MICAH BLUE SMALDONE + JACOB FLYNCH
The Hub are a New York based drums / bass / sax jazz-metal trio who
are friends and touring partners of Zu and Lightning Bolt amongst
others. More info can be found below...
Micah Blue Smaldone is a US alt.country singer / songwriter on
Cerberus Shoal's label North East Indie. More info below.
Jacob Flynch have been described as "Rage Against the Machine being
sodomized by Captain Beefheart".
Each gig is £6 entry, but £5 only for mailing-list members and their
friends, or £8 for both gigs. Bargain!
About VOLCANO!
The Leaf Label has a long history of releasing adventurous, original
and gifted artists from around the world, but for the first time in
our history, they have found a rock band fit for inclusion.
*/Beautiful Seizure/* is the debut album from the young Chicago trio
*volcano!*, and it's an intense, exhilarating and immensely rewarding
ride.
volcano! are creatively white-hot and ferociously innovative. What
may at first sound chaotic and unplanned reveals itself on repeated
listening as meticulously structured: rhythms gather, flicker,
melt(down) and emerge as something different; splenetic episodes give
way to passages of hymnal calm which in turn are shattered as
language breaks down into strobe-like stuttering and is tugged back
into line by *Sam Scranton's* insistent drumming; silvery shards of
controlled static ride high above everything. Melodies are stretched
to and beyond breaking point, *Aaron With*'s guitar shifts between a
ragged, feverish dissonance and bright spaciousness (`La Lluvia' is
even lush…). There are no boundaries and no indulgences, nothing here
that's hackneyed or extraneous.
/Beautiful Seizure /is driven by a relentless exploratory
intelligence, but it would be a mistake to consider volcano!'s music
as purely cerebral. The lyrics would be fascinating on their own:
anxious, humorous, angry and longing, made even more so by Aaron's
sinewy delivery that recalls Black Francis' most ribald moments and
Thom Yorke's most commanding – sometimes violent, often vulnerable.
Comparisons could be made with the fervent dynamism of Deerhoof or
Black Dice, and there's an inquisitiveness in bass/electronics man
*Mark Cartwright*'s real-life samples, but it's their stunning live
show marks volcano! out as a unique band carving their own auspicious
path.
About THE HUB:
Bass / drums / sax trio formed in Brooklyn in 1998.
"Manically exhilarating, gripping in its precision and energy, best
described as free jazz meets death metal inside the blades of a
combine harvester"
- John Fordham, The Guardian, UK
The Hub at the Vortex, London:
"Wherever the Hub comes from, it isn't the Charlie Parker school of
jazz. If this Brooklyn power trio hasan obvious guiding spirit, it is
probably John Zorn -plus a lot of general mind-jangling listening to
subterranean thrash-metal bands.
A look at the band's European gig-list indicates that they could be
on the road about as much as Pat Metheny, albeit visiting rather
tattier venues, attended by much younger audiences who aren't fazed
by the lack of regular tunes. At the London stop of that tour, the
trio were maniacally exhilarating. They look like an American college
rock band (the drummer came on in a singlet, shorts and a headband),
but that is where all links to the familiar break down. Their music
is loud, fast, indifferent to traditional build-ups and resolutions,
often refers to jazz but in a broad-brush (or hurled bucketful)
manner rather than in studied detail, and is as exciting in its
twitchy energy as it is often unlovely in its textures and tone.
The band's sound unceremoniously switches between tautly organised
ensemble music and howling abstractions. This performance took in a
jigging, squirty, Ornette Coleman-like alto sax theme from Dan Magay
over Sean Noonan's thrashing drums, with intervals for Noonan's
furious nickety-nacketing on the woodwork of the kit. The remarkable
electric bassist Tim Dahl, meanwhile, swapped his fast, rubbery,
stream-of-sound improvising for eruptions of raw noise.
The trio's skillfulness in sustaining and varying a regular groove is
matched by a periodic indifference to the usual rules of steady
tempo. A bass figure faintly reminiscent of an old Headhunters lick
pulled the saxophonist into a lurchingly jazzier manner,while
Noonan's drum pulse remorselessly changed tempo beneath. But the trio
can also be conventional, as with an unexpectedly gentle visit to
samba, Magay's sax carrying the tune in high, breathy exhalations.
Sporadically, Magay also accompanied his fierce alto sound with
harmony-generating electronics, while Dahl's fast, jazzy bass-walk
under a free-sax blast of sound was gripping in its precision and
energy. A real breath of fresh air, even if it hits your eardrums at
dangerous velocities."
John Fordham, The Guardian
About MICAH BLUE SMALDONE (Portland, Maine, US)
"Despite the timeless qualities of Smaldone's music, it's the
timeliness of Hither and Thither's songs that shines through with
repeated listening. If ever a collection of songs captured the
palpable sense of unease felt in these days of terror levels and
loved ones fighting a needless war, it is Hither and Thither." - Tom
Flynn - The Bollard (Portland, ME)
"His rather mannered singing seems patterned after 1920s jazz
vocalists, minstrels, and songsters like Jimmie Rodgers. It's
startlingly old-fashioned and would be more jarring if Smaldone
didn't pull it off with such grace and depth of feeling." - Ian Zack
Acoustic Guitar Magazine
"Micah Smaldone should, by the sound of it, be dead. Seemingly held
over from the era of vaudeville and ragtime, Some Sweet Day does what
most albums can't: It touches on the strength of a small, nasal voice
and finely picked guitar. When he yodels his Dustbowl-beggar blues
about outlaws, in-laws and old-fashioned hurtin', you can't help but
wonder where all the good music has gone." - Magnet Magazine
Next Tuesday (18th) we've got Lower Forty-Eight from San Francisco,
another great band on Monotreme Records (Stinking Lizaveta, The Mass,
etc). It's at Henry's, doors 7.30pm and £4 only for mailing-list
members + friends.
Support from Lords of Bastard, Four World Theory and Visperas.
Check some tunes here: www.myspace.com/lowerfortyeight
"With their latest album, 'Apertures', the band have further
solidified their identity, creating their most accomplished album to
date. 'Apertures' is a personal and sometimes harrowing account of
human conflict and moral struggle, set to music that is heavy and
intense, but also beautiful and melodic; a skillful fusion of metal,
hardcore and indie-rock that highlights the band's superb grasp of
composition and structure."
"Stabbing, dynamic post-rock that marries dizzying, aneurism-inducing
guitars to exploding drums and vocals hotwired with a searing passion
that delivers a sucker-punch to the neck" - LOGO Magazine
"This trio sounds sweaty and the many tempo changes remind us of
mathcore. Very edgy, very pure… ingenious emo/math without the slick
production that often makes
other bands sound alike" dreun.be
On Thursday (13th) we've got RIOTMEN, DAWN CHORUS, Secta Rouge,
Solacy and Sweet Chin Music. Henry's again, doors 7.30pm, £3 for
mailing-list members + friends.
Even if you've got other plans for the earlier part of the evening
(know what I'm talking about), that's no excuse, we'll go on much
later so you should still be able to catch the main two bands, just
make your way down to Henry's afterwards and we'll give you a deal...
http://www.myspace.com/riotmen
And tonight (Tue 11th) another gig at Henry's with Inverness post-
rock types SHUTTER (http://www.myspace.com/shutterscotland), with
support from Small Enclosed Area, Refuse Boy and A Gayboy Scene...
doors 7.30pm, £3 for mailing-list members + friends
By the end of this, it will also be time to celebrate my birthday
(was born shortly after midnight), so please stay around for a few
drinks...
Also recommending an event in Glasgow this Saturday, at the Bastille
Taverne, Argyle arcade(1 minute walk from either Central Station, St
Enochs underground or George Square), with an exclusive Scottish show
from kk.null, plus z'ev, Wounded Knee, and Cheer
(www.ticketweb.co.uk).
See you at one or more of these hopefully.
Claire
Let's celebrate the first day of the smoking ban - or whatever...
Sunday 26th March at Henry's Cellar Bar, 8 Morrison Street, Edinburgh
gas giant + Employee of the Month + Gamble, Gamble & Drever (links
below)
doors 8pm, £3 for mailing-list members + friends
Oh and if you're busy elsewhere beforehand (I know some of you are),
you should still be able to catch at least gasgiant and maybe part of
Employee of the Month, and we'll give you an additional discount if
you have missed the rest and have a good reason for it (better be the
one I'm thinking of, you'll know what it is).
Cheers
Claire
gasgiant: intimate post-rock angst
http://www.gasgiant.orghttp://www.myspace.com/gasgiant
Employee of the Month: luscious post-jazz-rock
http://www.eotm.orghttp://www.myspace.com/eotmband
Gamble, Gamble & Drever: "Well, if the prog rock bands of old were
rice, I guess you could describe GG&D as a sort of couscous based
dish."
http://www.myspace.com/ggandd
It's not just the type of music that's improvised, it's the whole gig
itself, such short notice, but I hope some of you can make it along...
It's at Henry's Cellar Bar tomorrow (Tue 14th March), doors 7.30pm, £3
for mailing-list members and friends. Live sets from:
RIBJOINT: abstract improvised prepared guitar.
SPACIAL ENTREPRENEURS: scuzzy riffage from the Ligthning Bolt-esque
guitar / drums duo
DENNEHY IS EVERYTHING: Low Budget Frippertronicsesque Improv with
Smelly Noise from one of the members of Secta Rouge.
If you fancy joining the line-up yourself, it's never too late, just
email me at mrw44contact-members@... and tell me what you'd like
to do...
Cheers
Claire
Forgot to mention in the last mail-out, we've got the Unit Ama playing
at Henry's tonight, with support from Vom and Jacob Flynch. First band
on 8.30pm. It's only £3 in and we need bodies... The Unit Ama are on
Gringo Records and play some bass-heavy driving post-rock. Check
www.theunitama.com for sounds...
Also, for those who were not here to see on Monday, we had 110 people
in, which didn't leave much space in Henry's... The chances are high
that the Sunburned Hand of the Man show this coming Monday will
completely sell out so it is recommended to have a ticket...
Avalanche on West Nicolson Street sells tickets with no booking fee so
long as you pay in cash. Ripping and Tickets Scotland should also have
some tickets left. Plus Monorail in Glasgow.
If you're on the mailing-list and want to get the discounted price
(£5), you can email me at mrw44contact-members at yahoo.com and I'll
reserve a ticket which you can pay for on the night.
Claire
A couple of shows not to be missed:
JACK ROSE + CHRIS CORSANO + EAGLEOWL + MY KAPPA ROOTS
Mon 20th Feb at Henry's Cellar Bar, 8 Morrison Street, Edinburgh
7.30pm, £6 on the door / £4 members
SUNBURNED HAND OF THE MAN + HUSH ARBORS + WOUNDED KNEE
Mon 27th Feb at Henry's Cellar Bar, 8 Morrison Street, Edinburgh
7.30pm, £6 in adv. / £5 members (only Scottish show)
Check below for more details. Hope to see you there.
Claire
JACK ROSE (Beautiful Happiness / VHF):
twelve-string and slide guitar by the lead guitarist from psych drone
group PELT. Rose positions himself as one of the few heirs to the
solo folk guitar tradition paved by John Fahey and Leo Kottke or even
Blind Willie Johnson. His almost ghostly, spectral melodies float
over the drone instead of within it
CHRIS CORSANO provides a solo drum show with no parallel. Known to
expose the audience to sounds, rhythms and explosive propulsion that
defy normality. Recently he has toured with the more than enigmatic
Jandek as well as appearing on the last Six Organs of Admittance
record on Drag City. He has gained a well-earned reputation as one of
the best drummers around. Equally at home with intense kinetic
explosions of energy and concentrated near-silence, he effortlessly
flows from one idea to the next, always simpatico with the space.
He has recorded and gigged with, among others, Paul Flaherty, Wally
Shoup, Thurston Moore, Kim Gordon, Jim O'Rourke, Daniel Carter,
Sunburned Hand Of The Man, MV&EE, Dredd Foole, Vampire Belt and Tony
Conrad.
"...deadly drum explosions...swatting his kit as if it were covered
in giant ants, with every component used to full effect - a tighly
orchestrated beating of skins and rims resounding over the ensuing
flow of inventive exploration" - Edwin Pouncey - The Wire
SUNBURNED HAND OF THE MAN:
"Sunburned Hand of the Man is a band in the loose sense of the word;
it's better described as a banner under which a collective of musical
freaks have gathered. Their sound incorporates everything from early
American folk music to drone, free jazz, space rock, and funk." AMG
There can be anywhere from 4 to 12 of them on stage, and what they do
up there is an even bigger gamble. Boston's Sunburned Hand Of The Man
is a collective - freethinking and freewheeling - and like their folk
improv colleagues No Neck Blues Band (of similar sonic commune
descent), anything can happen. "We bring tons of gear to the show
because everyone has their primary instruments," explains guitarist
Paul Labrecque. "So we'll set it all up, and then in the end what
happens? Two people are there, banging on a piece of metal."
HUSH ARBORS
"Lines from poems, tidbits of letters, a photograph, a drawing or
painting, the colors in the sky at sunset, drives along the parkway,
hikes, all things psychedelic in nature, from leaves to the moss
covering a tree: these are the elements of one man folk/psych/drone
ensemble Hush Arbors, a.k.a. Keith Wood. [...] This is gentle free
folk bristling with rare invention and spirit, and the results are
well on par with the undisputed masters of the genre." Mats Gustafsson
For those who didn't know or have forgotten, see details of the night
below...
We're still looking for songs to play before and between acts, if you
can think of anything appropriately sinister, bitter, cynical, or
funny and thematically related, please feel free to bring CDs we can
play. If you burn us a compilation, we'll appreciate even more...
Some of the stuff we are hoping to get a hold of:
Anthrax - NFB (Nice Fucking Ballad) (anyone got a CD copy?)
Jonathan Richman - She cracked (anyone got a CD copy?)
Prince Buster - Sit Down and Wonder (anyone got a CD copy?)
Foetus - Cirrhosis of the Heart (anyone got a CD copy?)
Crass - Smother Love (anyone got a CD copy?)
Some of the stuff we've already got:
Smog - Your Wedding
Nomeansno - No Sex
The Residents - Blue Rosebuds
The Residents - The Old Woman
and obviously Special Love and Barry Whitehouse!
Tue 14th February, Henry's Cellar Bar, 7.30pm, £3 members + friends
DIRTY HUSBAND + UP ON BLOCKS + AL QEADA ANONYMOUS
mrw44 presents - "Grimy Valentine" special for bitter singles and
unhappy couples, with various artists offering all manners of
cynical, sinister or generally twisted takes on relationships.
Featuring:
Up On Blocks: Legendary Ukranian four-piece synth jazz outfit (fresh
from a tour of Eastern Europe, where an unfortunate incident with a
turnip caused them to lose 4th member Yann due to incarceration in a
Czech prison ...).
Dirty Husband: It's the return of the dreaded Husband and
usual "special-needscore" that would make Venetian Snares shit his
pants. With songs such as "You Fat Bastard" and "Dry Roasted Penis"
they will remind you of the sour (and sore!) aspects of relationships
and make you feel relieved that you're single. Free disposable
nappies will be provided before the start of their set.
Al Qeada Anonymous:
Sex: strong, infrequent. Language: unpleasant, frequent. May contain
nuts.
mrw44 presents - a night of doomy soundscapes featuring:
WRAITHS + VISITOR Q + WAS A FIGHTER + EROS ANANKE
TUESDAY 31st JANUARY at Henry's Cellar Bar
doors 7.30pm, £4 / £3
- WRAITHS: First outing for this new project involving the people
behind the FIMBULVETR club night, best described as "pre-industrial
apocalyptic plaguescape"
http://www.myspace.com/wraiths
- VISITOR Q: Doom electronics. Slow-motion beats, heavy drones and
gut-shunting sub bass from one half of Dirty Husband.
- WAS A FIGHTER: Stealing some CDH descriptions:
"Like Canadian prog rockers Rush becoming trapped in the bodies of
local hardcore kids, then choking on their own conviction.
Uproarious."
"Some people just don't get it. They could try all their lives and
they still just wouldn't understand the hardcore spirit. Was a
fighter most certainly get it. It shines out of every chord,
strangled vocal and ragged beat. Seriously impressive for such a
young band. Its not what you play. Its how you play it and these guys
play their concerto like their lives depended on it. Take a dash of
Neil Perry, a dollop of Circle Takes the Square and bind together
with raw feeling."
http://www.myspace.com/wasafighter
- EROS ANANKE: Turbulent darkwave industrial noisescapes tear apart
lustful harmonies and seductive rhythms.
Another few interesting nights coming up:
- Tue 7th Feb at Henry's: the return of the East Lothian night with
THE ABDOMINAL SHOWMEN + THE BLOOZERS + more guests tbc
- Mon 13th Feb at Subway: PROJECT: VEN-HELL + STARS KILL + THE
STEPDADS + SPACIAL ENTREPRENEURS
- Tue 14th Feb at Henry's: GRIMY VALENTINE night for bitter singles
and unhappy couples featuring: AL QEADA ANONYMOUS + DIRTY HUSBAND +
UP ON BLOCKS + more guests tbc
- Mon 20th Feb at Henry's: JACK ROSE + CHRIS CORSANO + more tbc
- Thu 23rd Feb at Henry's: THE UNIT AMA + VOM + more tbc
- Mon 27th Feb at Henry's: SUNBURNED HAND OF THE MAN
More info on those soon, still not feeling too well, feel free to
bring me some raspberries tomorrow...
Claire
Hey, our first gig of the year is tomorrow already. For those who
didn't know or have forgotten, there are more details below.
We've also just confirmed two amazing shows for February:
Mon 20th Feb: JACK ROSE + CHRIS CORSANO + more tbc
Mon 27th Feb: SUNBURNED HAND OF THE MAN (only Scottish show!)
Cheap tickets for both shows should be available at the gig
tomorrow... Please note that both shows are at Henry's (ie. very
limited capacity) and the Sunburned Hand of the Man show might well
sell out, so it is advisable to buy tickets in advance...
If you're on the mailing-list and want to buy cheap tickets but can't
make it to tomorrow's gig (what's your excuse by way???), you can
always email me (mrw44contact-members@...) and I'll reserve
some for you to pick up on the night or arrange to meet you somewhere
else (I will be at Henry's quite often from now on and there should
be a couple of mrw44 local gigs there soon, just waiting for the
dates and details to be confirmed, one of them will be a doooooom
night featuring WRAITHS and VISITOR Q and more, and the other will
see the return of the East Lothian night).
Hope you'll make it tomorrow anyway... and please introduce yourself
and ask for the mailing-list discount if I don't recognize you (I
don't think I can recognize more than a third of mailing-list members
at the moment).
Cheers
Claire
STINKING LIZAVETA + IX + LORDS OF BASTARD + SPACIAL ENTREPRENEURS
Tuesday 10th January 2006 at Henry's Cellar Bar, 8 Morrison Street,
EH3 8BJ
Doors 7.30pm, tickets £5 (stbf) in adv, £6 on the door, £4 for
mailing-list members and their friends.
After three album releases and 10 years of touring around the country
blitzing audiences with their famously dynamic live shows,
Philadelphia instrumental power trio Stinking Lizaveta (named after a
Dostoevsky character) has become an institution of sorts in the US
underground music scene. Their eclectic style of music incorporates
post-rock, metal, sludge, prog', stoner and doom with jazz stylings
and eastern influences.
RockDetector's book, 'History of Stoner, Goth, and Doom', categorises
their music as 'doom-jazz', a label that the band have taken to
citing when asked to describe their music.
Stinking Lizaveta's numerous fans include Steve Albini, who recorded
and mixed their debut album, '.hopelessness and Shame', in his
basement back in 1996. Their first three albums were released on the
now-defunct Tolotta label (Spirit Caravan, The Obsessed, Dead Meadow,
Othrelm) run by Fugazi bass player Joe Lally. An invitation from
Steve Albini brought the band their European debut performance at the
UK All Tomorrow's Parties festival in March 2004, where they played a
storming set that created a sizeable stampede to their merch table.
The trio comprises brothers Yanni and Alexi Papadopoulos on guitar and
electric upright bass and Cheshire Agusta on drums. Yanni elicits an
impressive range of sounds from his electric guitar, from heavy
Sabbath-y riffs to graceful winding melodies, with periodic
departures into stoner groove territory. He also provides the
only 'vocals' on the album by singing/screaming into the pickups of
his guitar to create an eerie howling noise. Alexi also gives his
electric bass a versatile workout, using fingers, bow and effects
pedals to create an array of different sounds and moods - from the
heavy doom of 'Side Naked' to the light jazziness of 'Someone's
Downstairs'. All of this is underpinned by the inventive drumming
of Cheshire Agusta, who combines 'pile-driven polyrhythms', dextrous
cymbal work and complex fills to keep things varied and exciting.
Press / photos:
http://www.monotremerecords.com/stinkingliz/stinkingliz.html
mp3s: http://www.monotremerecords.com/stinkingliz/caught.html
Band website: http://www.stinkinglizaveta.com
Last reminder for tonight, this is our first gig at Henry's so please
come and show your support... Entry is £3 only for mailing-list
members and their friends. Next gig after that is Stinking Lizaveta
on Tuesday 10th January but we'll send you more info nearer the time.
Claire
WHIP + BLINDFOLD + MY KAPPA ROOTS + ACOUSTIC ONODA
Thursday 8th December, Henry's Cellar Bar, 8 Morrison Street,
Edinburgh
Doors 7.30pm
WHIP is the solo project of Timesbold's Jason Merritt, and functions
as an outlet for some of his less band-orientated musings; those that
are better served by more sparse, minimal arrangements. His second
album, "Atheist Lovesongs to God" is out on Resonant.
'Bare-wire folk songs delivered in a tremulous voice that runs a
close second to Will Oldham's in it's ability to evoke both
desolation and resigned world-weariness'. The Wire
"Pretty much a perfect album; equal parts comfort, pain, hope and
confusion, Atheist Lovesongs to God is a collection of real songs
that will crawl under your skin and make their home there'.
Angryape.com
BLINDFOLD is the alias of Biggi from Ampop, and is the latest in a
long line of Icelandic artists to record for Resonant (eg. Stafraenn
Hakon, who also plays on Blindfold's album).
Blindfold plays serene atmospheric electronica with an acoustic
element - melodic but backed with sparse, emotive, organic, textured
arrangements, coming across on the whole as understated, warm and
earnest.
More info and mp3s from both artists at http://www.resonantlabel.com
For more info about the supports, you can check out
http://www.myspace.com/mykapparoots (this guy is just amazing, and
he's a Fifer too, which is always good...)
and http://www.myspace.com/onoda
Hello,
the next mrw44 gig is on Monday 28th November (to hell with Mogwai!
if you bought a ticket for that already, you clearly lack imagination
but you can redeem yourself by selling it on ebay, making a fortune,
and coming to our gig instead, getting pissed, buying some cool
merch, etc and you'll probably still have some money left! or you can
just give all the money back to one-in-four, it's for charity after
all, but you don't have to attend the gig!).
Also, if you really can't do Neptune, scroll down past the
description, there's other gig recommendations... I'll actually add a
menu to make things easier:
a) mrw44 presents Neptune, Mon 28th November at the Subway
b) other mrw44 gigs (Whip / Stinking Lizaveta) + gigs now starting at
Henry's Cellar Bar
c) another gig recommendations for this week: Giant Tank presents
Justice Yeldham tonight at Henry's Cellar Bar
d) yet another gig recommendation: Cold Dead Hands presents Red Stars
Parade, Flatland and more at the Subway on Friday.
Cheers
Claire
a) mrw44 presents -
NEPTUNE + MUSCLETUSK + USURPER + VISITOR Q
Mon 28th Nov at the Subway, 69 the Cowgate, Edinburgh
Doors 7.30pm, £4 / £3 for mailing-list members + their friends
NEPTUNE: Filthy improv noise from Boston outfit Neptune and their
home-made instruments. See more detailed description below.
MUSCLETUSK: they refuse to be described, so you'll have to come and
check for yourselves. They played their first ever show as support to
Noxagt in Glasgow last month, and have already been offered to
release their first album on the Giant Tank label. And they're a lot
better than Usurper :)
USURPER: Nigh-inaudible disabled instruments, etc, you know the
script by now...
VISITOR Q: Doom electronics. Slow-motion beats, heavy drones and gut-
shunting sub bass from one half of Dirty Husband.
More info about NEPTUNE:
http://www.misterrecords.com/neptune/FrameSet.html
Neptune's origins trace to 1994 as a student art project by
sculptor/musician Jason Sanford, who, in order to create a new music
medium while simultaneously destroying the posture of five young men,
forged heavy, menacing-looking guitars and drums out of circular saw
blades, gas tanks, oil drums, bike parts, VCR casings and
miscellaneous scrap metal found in the trash. Neptune was assembled
to showcase these Harry-Parch-goes-to-Thunderdome contraptions in the
winter of the same year and has evolved into a full time band that
has traversed the US and Europe, reaching as far as Croatia and
Flagstaff, Arizona. The early guitars were haphazard and untunable,
resulting in the atonal garage clamor of the early recordings. With
several different members and collaborators over the years, the music
has evolved with the instruments blending the traditional sounds
of Rock & Roll with what sounds like mistake day at the ball bearing
factory. The current three-piece lineup relies as heavily on home-
made electronics as it does it's signature scrap metal instruments.
With less guys and more gear, Neptune rocks like The Fall, clangs
like Neubauten and drones like Faust with improvised and not-so-
improvised songs that you can almost dance to.
Jason Sanford - baritone guitar, oscillator organ, electric thumb
piano, bass, small electric spring, vocals
Mark Pearson - baritone guitar, 4 string slide, bass, oscillators,
large electric spring, percussion, vocals
Daniel Boucher - drums, electric floor tom, telegraph noise box, bass
dulcimer, contact mics, vocals
BANDS THEY'VE PLAYED WITH (you'll notice quite a few we've put on
before, or are about to put on, or at least tried to put on):
The Ex (4x), Liars (2x), Oneida (5x), Lightning Bolt (7x),
Electrelane (2x), Flaming Lips Boombox Experiment, Zu (2x), Sixteens
(2x), The Evens, USAISAMONSTER (5x), Blonde Redhead, Numbers, Gang
Gang Dance, Enon, Dave Philips (2x), Erase Errata, Crack We Are Rock,
Melt Banana, Uz Jsme Doma, Arab on Radar (5x), Wolf Eyes, 25 Suaves,
The Phantom Limbs (6x), The Fleshies (2x), Stinking Lizaveta, Party
of Helicopters, The Centimeters (5x), Gogogo Airheart, The Apes,
Noxagt, Tunnel of Love (+8x), Sightings (2x), Six Finger Satellite,
Roger Miller, James Chance & the Contortions, Can't/Jessica Rylan
(+6X), Parts and Labor (6x), Fat Day, Nautical Almanac, Silent Block,
Daughters, Crank Sturgeon (4x), Ex-Models, XBXRX...
b) More mrw44 gigs: Stinking Lizaveta are finally making it back to
our shores, playing at the Subway on 10th January, put that date in
your diaries now! more details nearer the time.
Closer to us, the next mrw44 gig will be at Henry's Cellar Bar, I'll
be putting on a few gigs there from December onwards, drop me a line
if you're interested. Other promoters are welcome to apply too,
please get in touch... I'll still be taking bookings for the Subway
(there again PLEASE get in touch with me rather than the Subway if
you want to play or put something on, email mrw44contact-
members@... or call 07901893052, I'll call you back if I miss
your call). Anyway, first mrw44 gig at Henry's is this one:
Thu 8th December:
WHIP + MY KAPPA ROOTS + more tbc, doors 7.30pm, £4 / £3 for mailing-
list members and their friends.
The fourth Resonant album release of 2005, and one that further
illustrates the diversity of the label's loose agenda: Whip is the
solo project of Timesbold's Jason Merritt, and functions as an outlet
for some of his less band-orientated musings; those that are better
served by more sparse, minimal arrangements.
His second full-length as Whip, "Atheist Lovesongs To God" is the
result of a prolonged period of solitude towards the end of 2003
when, having just returned from a tour with Timesbold, Merritt simply
shut himself into his home in Brooklyn, New York, and stayed there.
The recurring theme throughout the album is hinted at in the title;
Whip's inability to allow any sort of God into his life, while
harbouring an overwhelming need for the sense of solace and security
that it may provide, resulting in a collection of songs that he
claims are the closest thing he has found to divinity.
The album is full of musical and literary reference points, and while
the vocals are instantly reminiscent of Will Oldham, the quality of
the songs and the overall package here render comparisons futile.
In a climate where the likes of Micah P Hinson and Hayden can achieve
such success and acclaim, the potential for this album is limitless,
with a full press push strengthening the cause...
* THE WIRE (OCT 2005 ISSUE): 'Bare-wire folk songs delivered in a
tremulous voice that runs a close second to Will Oldham's in it's
ability to evoke both desolation and resigned world-weariness'.
* 4/5 REVIEW IN UPDATE (SEPT 14): 'Alt-country not to be taken
lightly'.
* FLUX MAGAZINE (SEPT/OCT 2005): 'This is a beautifully honest record,
soaked in whisky and wonder. If Whip needs acceptance, Oldham and his
chums should spare them a stool'.
* COMES WITH A SMILE MAGAZINE (AUTUMN 2005): 'A rich, personal vision
of Americana folk that is as intimate as if it were recorded in your
living room'.
* 5/5 REVIEW ON BABYSUE/LMNOP (CLEVELAND USA): 'Beautiful tracks
like "One For Fire, "Reckless Goodness" and "Father" make this album
a superb spin".
* REVIEW ON ANGRY APE : "Pretty much a perfect
album; equal parts comfort, pain, hope and confusion, Atheist
Lovesongs to God is a collection of real songs that will crawl under
your skin and make their home there'.
* REVIEW ON LESCHOSES.COM (FRANCE): "...they have a force which can,
at any moment, touch the listener'.
c) the first gig at the newly refurbished Henry's Cellar Bar is
tonight (refurbishing is not even completed yet so that only makes
the gig more diy, please come along and enjoy the diy experience
before it gets completely refurbished).
Wednesday 16th November 2005, Henry's Cellar Bar, Morrison Street,
Edinburgh.
Doors= 7:30pm (First act on at 7:45pm.) cost= £5 (£4 in advance.)
Tickets available from Avalanche Records.
JUSTICE YELDHAM= AKA Lucas Abela. Australian madman responsible for
the Dual Plover label plays sheets of glass with his face. Expect
free-noise, saliva and open wounds. Aye, really. see below for
testamony.
WOUNDED KNEE= Cask strength electrohypnol and shroom damaged folk
croonings by Lapsed Electronics head-honcho.
CK DEXTER HAVEN vs. DORA DOLL= Sinewave manipulating Giant Tank-ette
goes head-to-head with Decaer Pinga's first lady of noise.
USURPER vs. DADDO= Nigh-inaudible disabled instrument improv jams duo
clash with DIY electronics hardcase.
AND LAST MINUTE ADDITION... GREEN MIST!!!= Live whupping and autopsy
of walkman corpses by Brighton Canadian (ex-) moustacheman from the
Chocolate Monk noise stable.
d) Cold Dead Hands gig, I'll just paste the info:
Friday 18th November @ The Subway, Cowgate, Edinburgh. 7:30pm, £5
Red Stars Parade [Leeds]
As a collective, it's Seldom we find the music press covering the
same ground as ourselves, but such is the weight of praise for Leed's
Red Stars from sources we know you guys love, we thought we'd share:
"...with just one spin of this stunning debut later, and you'll
realise just how redundant words are with a band like this... it's
highly unlikely that any amount of explanation or insight could
account for 'Disko's brink-of-the-abyss onslaught without selling it
short." Kerrang - KKKK
"You need something heavy yet ethereal, crushing notes lighter than
the fetid air. You need long songs that soothe and shred in equal
measure, a singer's voice piercing yet beautiful in its desire to
soar higher and higher... because this is music that is all about
capturing one dark moment. You need Red Stars Parade." Rock Sound
"...a highly engaging record... RSP are moody, far from shallow, and
affecting if you let them in. Which, rest assured, is not hard."
Terrorizer
But never fear Underground Dwellers, mainstream music hacks aren't
the only ones who love them….
"...what some people are calling the best band in the country at the
moment in terms of sheer legwork and guts as well as having some of
the most strikingly delivered songs the UK underground has heard in a
long while... Investigate into this if you are sick of the current
swathe of haircuts and beatdowns, and want something which goes
against the grain without giving one solitary fuck." ninehertz.co.uk
Flatlands
The Foibles in question I presume are referring to the long mournful
introspective periods of quiet ambiance. By process of elimination
that means the follys are the shockingly heavy eruptions that come
trundling out like some giant doom war machine.
Naked Shit
Guitar tuned to G, Tim from Among the Missing will be showcasing his
more restrained "drone" project Naked Shit. The "defecation" demo was
a two CD set, one containing guitar drone, the other vocal drone.
Whether you enjoyed them together or individually was entirely up to
you. To call this Drone of course does this a disservice, there's
dynamics, shifts and although it may be slightly disturbing it's
certainly not dull.
IX [Edinburgh]
"Isis meets Boris… they create an intense atmosphere that leaves the
listener anticipating the overall outcome above impressive cresendos
and gutteral growls."
mrw44 presents -
THE MASS + LAPSUS LINGUAE + DIRTY HUSBAND
Tuesday 8th November
at the Subway, 69 the Cowgate, Edinburgh
Doors 7.30pm, £5 / £4 members + friends
THE MASS
Hailing from Oakland, CA, The Mass (Matt Waters on Vocals/Saxophone,
drummer Tyler Cox, bassist Matthew Solberg and guitarist Tom
O'Donnell) is truly one of the more original and heavy bands around.
Their new album 'Perfect Picture' was recorded by Tim Green (of The
Fucking Champs and Nation of Ulysses) and is out now on Monotreme
Records (UK) and Crucial Blast Records (North America).
`Perfect Picture…' is a relentless assault on the senses, in which
monstrous, headbanging riffs, plaintive, eerie post-rock, wailing
free jazz, dense sludge, stoned math, hushed, sinister saxophone
interludes, screaming black metal and ripping hardcore punk are all
thrown into a virulent, bubbling cauldron, along with catchy hooks
employing maniacal guitar/sax harmonies that reference the likes of
Thin Lizzy, Zappa, Neurosis and Opeth.
A couple of live reviews: "The Mass are Awesome - I have never ever
said any band were awesome before, it's the most over used word in
wordom, The Mass are Awesome! … The Mass never ever stop being
interesting, they never ever stop totally rocking and thrashing and
jazzing and progging and when he picks up that sax its not some icing
on the top, it's just a natural part of the whole of it. They build
things up so so so well, how on earth can anyone follow that? …we're
slumped and gasping for air, The Mass were awesome." -Organ Magazine
"Think Sweep The Leg Johnny, Converge and Mr Bungle mixing it up in a
seedy back alley bar…When frontman Matt Waters pulls a saxophone to
his lips and stabs at it DEP-style, The Mass cement their position as
mavericks…why aren't The Mass huge?" - Rock Sound
More info and reviews here:
http://www.monotremerecords.com/mass/mass.html
MP3s of the new album:
http://www.monotremerecords.com/mass/perfect.html
MP3s of their previous album:
http://www.monotremerecords.com/mass/city.html
LAPSUS LINGUAE
"Their seamless blend of avant-classical and post-punk is
mystifying." Epinions
"Like a cross between Tom Waits, Shellac and Black Heart Procession.
Really unusual but ace." Rough Trade
DIRTY HUSBAND
Post-anal attention deficit hyperspasticity performance noisewank
special-needscore. Short and sweet (or sour).
Reminder for the Peppermints gig this Sunday, hope you can make it
along... Please note the Good Griefs are no longer playing because
their drummer broke his fingers over the week-end, but they are now
replaced by DOMINIC WAXING LYRICAL... Make sure to come early as this
is a very rare appearance by Dominic... See full details below, and
other gigs to look forward to at the bottom...
Sunday 30th October
at the Subway, 69 the Cowgate, Edinburgh
Doors 7.30pm, £5 / £4 mailing-list members + friends
THE PEPPERMINTS are an all-grrrrl trio from Bonsall, California
(world avocado capital, no less!) who according to their own words
play "experimental barfy trash-rock."
Their new album 'Jesüs Chryst' is out on the Animal Collective's
label PAW TRACKS RECORDS.
"Embracing the abstract exploration of subconscious that the Animal
Collective have brought to pop and bringing a thunderous, screechful,
rock n'roll soul to the Paw Tracks catalogue to boot."
(davidbowie.com)
"Jesüs Chryst is an awkward listen that will be to very few
people's
taste. But in a time where the order of the day is the polished and
false, some sticky, "fecal matter and lube" is just the oddly 'minty
fresh repost that we so clearly need." - Luke Turner (Playlouder.com)
"This is the album you buy in order to make your square parents piss
themselves in surprise. No longer can the punk of today match the
enthusiasm and creative spark of yesteryear, but bands like the
Peppermints have taken that spirit and buried it in noise and musical
explosions...the most unabashed piece of rock filth on the market
tody." (bigyawn.com)
SPECIAL LOVE is the new name of the sexy gay synthpop duo formerly
known as Bumrape. This is your last opportunity to catch them before
one of them relocates to Germany. Here again they promise
some "special love" for you to cry yourself to sleep over (and maybe
wet the bed too). Think Depeche Mode meets Whitehouse, think two
emotionally disadvantaged losers who've never kissed a girl & really
should know better...
Other recommended gigs at the Subway in the next couple of weeks:
Tue 1/11 Wee Black Skelf presents: A HAWK AND A HACKSAW + GEORGE +
NALLE [£5]
Sat 5/11 Axis presents: [CAYTO] + INDAFUSION + more tbc [£4 /
£3
members]
Piano-led indie-jazz-rock outfit [Cayto] launch their new album with
support from space rockers Indafusion.
Tue 8/11 mrw44 presents: THE MASS + LAPSUS LINGUAE + IX + more tbc
[£5 / £4 members]
Californian lunatics the Mass perform their unique mix of deep and
screamy vocals, riff-laden metal, sax-led free jazz, and bass-heavy
math rock. For fans of Sweep the Leg Johnny, Mr Bungle, Zappa,
Neurosis, Converge and Opeth.
Detailed description available at http://www.eyes-in-
axis.co.uk/listings.htm
Sun 13/11 Axis presents: THE TOBES OF HADES + TORO [£5]
The Tobes of Hades are Scotland's premier Rush tribute band. Come and
witness a rare performance of 1h30 (the last time they played was
over a year ago!)
A few things of interest this week...
For those who might have forgotten (although it might be a bit late by
the time you read this), US lo-fi psych-folk artist Elephant Micah is
playing at the Subway tonight, with support from post-rock locals My
Kalashnikov and guitar strummer My Kappa Roots. Doors 7.30pm and it's
£3 only for you and any friends coming along with you.
For those who can make it to Glasgow tomorrow and/or Wednesday, Giant
Tank and Wounded Knee's Lapsed Electronics have been asked to curate
two evenings of undiscovered free noise / improv / whatever from
Scotland to precede this year's Instal festival.
See http://www.gianttank.com/news.htm for full details.
Also just announced: anyone present at those "Stalled" nights will also
receive a free voucher entitling them to three tickets for the price of
two for Instal itself.
Also, since Noxagt can no longer play in Edinburgh, I would recommend
you try and make it to their Glasgow show at the Barfly on Sunday (16th
Oct), with support from Lanterns, Bubblewrap Holocaust and Muscle Tusk.
Check Barfly website for more details:
http://www.barflyclub.com/whatson/gig.asp?
vn=6&eventId=3846&dte=16/10/2005#Noxagt
HELP NEEDED: If you or anyone you know is planning on driving to the
Noxagt show, I am in desperate need of a lift back to Edinburgh that
night, please get in touch if you can help (mrw44contact-
members@...)... If you have more than one space in your car, I
also know other people who would be up for taking them (and offering a
contribution towards petrol).
Finally, a bit more info about our next show:
THE PEPPERMINTS + SPECIAL LOVE (formerly known as B.u.m.r.a.p.e) + THE
GOOD GRIEFS
Sunday 30th October at the Subway, 7.30pm, £5/6 (£4 for mailing-list
members)
If all goes to plan we might also be serving pumpkin soup and seagull
soup for those who arrive early enough...
"Embracing the abstract exploration of subconscious that the Animal
Collective have brought to pop and bringing a thunderous, screechful,
rock n'roll soul to the Paw Tracks catalogue to boot." (davidbowie.com)
Biography
The Peppermints have been bratting around the world since 1997.
Born in Bonsall, California (world avocado capital), they soon
slithered into San Diego, world capital of military bases and wet
burritos.
They slimed their way through the music-scene muck to become the queens
and king of what they call "experimental barfy trash-rock."
Their sound has been compared at times to the likes of GG Allin, The
Fall, Melt Banana, Joan Jett, The Coachwhips, The Soft Boys, Wire, and
Noh Mercy, but critics have been flummoxed trying to define the
Peppermints.
Their first releases were cassettes on the Ivy Oh! imprint. Later, they
put out a 7" on Pet Set Records, then an EP on Ivy Oh! and NGWTT.
On April Fools' Day, 2003, out came Sweettooth Abortion (with guest
appearances by members of Kill Me Tomorrow) on Pandacide Records.
They have toured the west coast too many times to count, including a
2004 fall tour with the Hot Snakes, and have done the US at least three
times that they can remember.
One Peppermint has led another life in the band T Tauri. And the rest
is yet to come...
The latest release
Peppermints album, "Jesüs Chryst"
'Jesüs Chryst' is an awkward listen that will be to very few people's
taste. But in a time where the order of the day is the polished and
false, some sticky, "fecal matter and lube" is just the oddly 'minty
fresh repost that we so clearly need. - Luke Turner (Playlouder.com)
This is the album you buy in order to make your square parents piss
themselves in surprise. No longer can the punk of today match the
enthusiasm and creative spark of yesteryear, but bands like the
Peppermints have taken that spirit and buried it in noise and musical
explosions...the most unabashed piece of rock filth on the market
tody. - bigyawn.com
It is tonight (Thu 6th Oct) that French post-hc drums and bass duo
GATECHIEN are playing at the Subway, with support from JOS MADELVIC,
SOMEYOUNGPEDRO and JACOB FLYNCH. If you haven't done it yet check out
http://www.gatechien.tk or http://www.myspace.com/gatechien to listen
to some tracks. Doors 7.30pm, £4
On Monday (10th Oct) we have Elephant Micah, who was in the UK as
tour support for Magnolia Electric Company a few months ago. Doors
7.30pm, £3 for mailing-list members.
ELEPHANT MICAH + MY KALASHNIKOV + MY KAPPA ROOTS
"At certain points on this latest limited edition cd-r, Indiana's
Elephant Micah sound a lot like the kind of basement wave psychadelia
that made up the bulk of the Boston Twisted Village label throughout
the 90s. At others they sound a little closer to twig pickers like
Alasdair Roberts, Gene Clark and Richard Buckner. "The
Environmentalist" is a beautiful slice of narcoleptic folk that
captures the lugubrious nothing-to-do feel of late summer days as
well as the slow motion dance of dust in a ray of sunlight.
It all comes in a nice hand numbered edition with a full colour
wraparound card sleeve."
-David Keenan, The Wire
"here Elephant Micah (aka Joseph O'Connell) kicks in with a brief
noisy blast called "A Duo Sonic Spiritual." But it's not just that,
as the calm folk guitar meets e-bow drone of "As the Ghost" then
immediately proves, and from there O'Connell creates another fine
collection of often absolutely lovely songs."
-Ned Raggett, All Music Guide
Due to unexpected circumstances, the NOXAGT gig (17th Oct) has now
unfortunately been cancelled... maybe we'll manage to get them one
day in the end!.. Noxagt are still playing a Glasgow show on 16th
October though (at the Barfly, with support from Muscle Tusk)
The Miasma & the Carousel of Headless Horses tour has also been
postponed once again, it seems it won't happen this year now, but in
February 2006 at the earliest...
Other mrw44 gigs coming up:
Sun 30th Oct: THE PEPPERMINTS + SPECIAL LOVE (aka B.u.m.r.a.p.e) +
THE GOOD GRIEFS - more info soon...
Tue 8th Nov: THE MASS = more tbc
Mon 28th Nov: NEPTUNE + USURPER + more tbc
More interesting announcements in the next few days, watch this
space...
And hope to see you at the Gatechien gig tonight!
Claire
enquiries at mrw44contact-axis@...
no mrw44 gigs until October (unless anything comes up at the last
minute), but some other Subway gigs worth mentioning this month:
Thu 8th (tonight, in case you read this in time): REASONS ARE RED +
FICKLE PUBLIC + EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH + RICHARD CORRAL (7.30pm, £3)
Angular alt.rock and post rock sounds, plus a solo drum set by
Richard from TORO.
Fri 9th: Johnny Dave and Charlie George present a fine evening of
special entertainment and sound...
BUMRAPE: Emotional melodies and heartbreaking ballads from the UK's
hottest new gay synthpop duo!
UP ON BLOCKS: Legendary po-faced Ukranian four-piece deliver an
exclusive 2 hour set of bleeding-edge synth-jazz.
BLUESOUND: Synaesthetic peasantcore act plays electronic goodness.
(www.bluesound.org.uk)
NOISEWANK: Self-indulgent sonic terrorism which might make you go
blind.
Doors 7.30pm, £3 before 8pm, £4 after, early start and finish as
usual (don't take the 2 hour-set too literally).
Fri 23rd: the House of Crust presents 2 bands from the Czech republic
S.Y.I.H -devastating crust/trash
HOMOCONSUMENS- raw punk in the vein of Wretched/ MOB 47
more info on their website www.seeyouinhell.cz
+ local support tbc
Please note the MIASMA & THE CAROUSEL OF HEADLESS HORSES gig is NOT
going ahead next week and has been rescheduled to later in the year.
Other mrw44 gigs to look forward to:
Thu 6th Oct: GATECHIEN + more tbc
French bass / drum duo, reminiscent of the time Guapo were a duo...
check http://www.gatechien.tk/
Mon 17th October: NOXAGT + MUSCLE TUSK + USURPER
Finally, the long-awaited Noxagt show... http://www.noxagt.com
Rumour has it that the new line-up will feature 2 drummers and more
bass heaviness... more info soon...
Sun 30th October: THE PEPPERMINTS + more tbc
New signings on Paw Tracks, the Peppermints are a crazy girl rawwwk
band from the US... more info soon...
Also coming up in November, dates tbc:
THE MASS (Monotreme Records)
CERCUEIL http://cercueil.cercueil.free.fr
Hi,
if you are looking for something to do tonight, here is a (rather
messy) Axis gig, please come along if you're around, it's £2 in only,
or £1 if you bring another 2 people in or more. Or if you fancy
coming along but cannot even afford that, we're open to negotiations,
and accept many currencies such as asparagus, butternut squash,
avocado, pumpkin, potatoes (for lack of better), courgettes,
tomatoes, bananas, lemons, etc (but no carrots please! email us
mrw44contact-members@... for more info).
AARON STOUT: Melodic folk rock artist from the USA
http://www.aaronstoutmusic.com
TORPEDO BUOY: folk/salsa/jazz/punk outfit
LITTLE PEBBLE: local acoustic strummer
doors 7.30pm at the Subway.
No mrw44 gigs at the moment (Miasma & the Carousel of Headless Horses
now postponed to November) but loads coming up October: Gatechien on
6th Oct, Noxagt on 17th, the Peppermints on 30th, and more about to
be confirmed (incl. Stinking Lizaveta).
More news soon...
Claire
mrw44 presents - BUMRAPE + DIRTY HUSBAND + BEATWIFE
Bumrape: sexy gay synthpop duo offer up some "special love" for you
to cry yourself to sleep over (and maybe wet the bed too). Think
Depeche Mode meets Whitehouse, think two emotionally disadvantaged
losers who've never kissed a girl & really should know better...
Dirty Husband: post-anal attention deficit hyperspasticity
performance noisewank special-needscore.
Beatwife: more f*cked-up breaks and other electronic noises - sounds
and more at http://www.beatwife.com
+ possibly some extra special guests
Sunday 31st July at the Subway, 69 the Cowgate, Edinburgh
doors 7.30pm, entry £4 / £3 for mailing-list members + friends
early start (Beatwife will be on around 7.45pm - 8pm).
This is definitely our last gig at the moment, taking a break for the
Summer and getting ready to come back with more exciting bands
(already confirmed are Miasma and the Carousel of Headless Horses on
14th September and Noxagt on 17th October).
For those who don't know what to do with their time and money in
August, I'm adding details for a couple of other Subway gigs that
might be of interest to you - see below.
Also, in case you haven't heard about it yet, Studio 24 is (more than
ever) under threat of closure as the licensing board has refused to
renew their licence. For full details of what the situation is and
what YOU can do to help (signing the petition for instance will only
take a couple of minutes), please check http://www.savestudio24.com
Hope to see you at a gig soon.
If you have any questions, requests, etc, you can reach me at
mrw44contact-members@...
Claire
Monday 1st August - Big Business - electronica extravaganza featuring
live sets from:
Greenbank - electronic shenanigans on Benbecula Records
Alan Tit-Mash - Gabba + breaks from London
Xadhrez - Heartwarming electronica
Pidgin - the reflective side of breakcore
plus jungle / grime djs after 11pm
entry £1 or free if you come along in business clothes!
Friday 5th August - Cold Dead Hands present:
LOUISE CYPHRE + RAEIN + WHAT PRICE WONDERLAND + MESA VERDE £5
Louise Cyphre (Germany) - Completely insane screamo pirates from
Germany, chaos is every venue they destroy. Shared releases with
Calling Gina Clarke, La Quiete and soon the almighty Shikari!! These
releases are on such labels as Electric Human Project, React with
Protest & Level Plane! http://louisecyphre.cjb.net/
Raein (Italy) - sharing brothers with the sexy La Quiete, Raien take
a slightly heavier and darker path but end up in the same wonderful
place known as KICK ASS! Shared material with Funeral Diner, Daitro
and Phoenix Bodies on labels like ape must not kill ape, react with
protest and release the bats! http://www.raein.it/
Last reminder for tonight's show, some of you might have been able to
catch the Infernal Noise Brigade already as they were performing at
Saturday's march... You can also check the list of other Subway gigs
we've got booked over the next week or so at the bottom of this
message.
LOST FILM FEST + INFERNAL NOISE BRIGADE + DJ FILASTINE
tonight at the Subway, 69 the Cowgate, Edinburgh
doors 7.30, £4 / £3
THE LOST FILM FEST (West Philadelphia, PA)
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. Focusing on pranks vs. corporations and
government institutions, pie fights with cops, riots footage, and
culture jamming.
You'll love the punk rock urgency of the Lost Film Fest and its
celebration of media archeology and illegal art incorporating live
performance and video.
http://www.lostfilmfest.org
THE INFERNAL NOISE BRIGADE (Seattle, WA)
The 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.
http://www.infernalnoise.org
FILASTINE (Seattle, WA)
Live PA/DJ sets that wreck genre, seamlessly integrating hip-hop,
batacuda, breakcore, drum & bass, politics and international obscura.
http://www.filastine.com
other gigs at the Subway:
Tue 5th July - Giant Tank presents:
NCITE/ + AXIOMATIC INTEGRATION + GRADCOM + USURPER vs. FOUND.
INCITE/= Hamburg, German. bone-dry electronics duo perform, loop
based music where no two bars are alike. full audio-visual show.
AXIOMATIC INTEGRATION= laptop experiments merging noise and melody by
one half of Incite/.
GRADCOM= samples, instruments, found objects and "springbox" combine
to make improvised music by one half of Incite/.
USURPER vs FOUND= Disabled instrument improv experimentalists get
bent out of shape by the makers of Random Audio Therapy Unit.
http://www.gianttank.com
Wed 6th July: Cavanich + Uncle Fritz + more tbc
http://www.theaforest.co.uk/cavanich/
Sat 9th July - Finsternis presents:
RAISON D'ETRE + DES ESSEINTES
Raison d'Etre: a deep darkness of drones, haunting chorals and
industrial wasteland ambiences
Des Esseintes: an inferno of harsh, mechanised percussion barely
cushioned by a menacing ambience of cinematic electronics.
Mon 11th July - ARCHITECTURE IN HELSINKI + SAINT JUDE'S INFIRMARY +
more tbc
http://www.architectureinhelsinki.com/
Tue 12th July - THE A FOREST + THE SKY AT NIGHT + THE JILES
http://www.theaforest.co.uk
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.
(If you wish to reply to this email or contact me about anything,
please use mrw44contact-members@... instead of hitting the
reply button).
Next mrw44 events are a Hawk and a Hacksaw gig next Thursday (30th)
and the Lost Film Fest + Infernal Noise Brigade on Monday 4th July, I
will send you more details about these in the next mail-out early
next week, usual discount applies, but they are also included in the
list of gigs we've booked at the Subway below (right at the bottom,
but I thought I'd put the whole list as there are a few Axis gigs for
which you can get a discount and other gigs you might also want to
check out).
And please remember to get in touch with me directly if you wish to
put a gig on at the Subway yourselves, all it costs is £50 for the
sound engineer, email mrw44contact-members@... or text / phone
me on 07901893052, I'll get back to you ASAP (usually within a few
hours) with more details and date availability - please do NOT
contact anyone else at the Subway for that unless you want me to stop
putting gigs on completely as the only way I'll be able to go on is
by referring other people.
Thanks,
Claire
All gigs are at the Subway, 69 the Cowgate, Edinburgh, EH1 1JW
All gigs start 7.30pm and finish around 10.30pm unless specified
otherwise.
Promoter's name (if any) is specified in-between brackets.
Discounts on Axis or mrw44 gigs apply to current mrw44 / Axis mailing-
list members.
* Thu 23rd June - HOOKERS GREEN NO.1 + FIVE DAY HEMINGWAY +
SWEETHEART + DANCING MICE (Axis, £4 / £3)
"Now this is just weird... Incorporating the standard guitar, bass
etc, we have organ, piano, glockenspiel, trombone, trumpet, cello,
flute and... oh I can't go on. The core of HG#1 is a 2-piece under
the monikers of J.Turgenev and N.H.G. If we're going to go for the
lazy comparisons again, then it's not a million miles from the
fragility of Mercury Rev, but if Mercury Rev recorded at home and had
just been listening to Miles Davis and the Warp Records back-
catalogue. And if they lived in Aberdeen. The amount of instruments
used makes it sound like it could be overly pretentious, but it's
anything but. It's got a lovely, warm, lo-fi sound, which doesn't
strangle the tunes. Bags of imagination here. "We sampled Frank
Sinatra, police cars, and a programme about mormons," just so you
know." Drowned in Sound
http://www.hookersgreen.com
* Sun 26th June - DIVE DIVE + SUCIOPERRO + CRY OVER BILLIONNAIRES
(Axis, £5 / £4, open to over 14's)
http://www.divedive.co.uk (fomerly Dustball)
Dive Dive come on like a twisted combination of The Undertones
(melody) and Fugazi (dynamics). They have already recorded three Peel
sessions and put out stuff on the Shifty Disco label.
* Tue 28th June - WEEK-END STATE + CARTER + DEAD SEA SOUL (£4)
* Wed 29th June - DAYS OF WORTH + TORO + one tbc (Axis, £5 / £4, open
to over 14's)
http://www.daysofworth.com
"What with the angst ridden lyrics, powerful guitar riffs, demon drum
beats, and immensely powerful vocals – this band will have you
hooked. From start to finish this album really is a masterpiece,
reminding me very much so of Hell Is For Heroes at their peak, with
the strong elements of bands such as Jane's Addiction and
Soundgarden." www.alt-uk.com
"Taking their cue from Angus and co along with influences ranging
from Tool to Cave-In, Days of Worth came up with their own sound and
penned their debut album, The Western Mechanism - a heavy mix of
punky aggression and driving guitars with enough nu-metal emotion to
make a grown man cry. Think the Lost Prophets in a particularly
melodic mood and you get the idea." BBC Hampshire events preview
* Thu 30th June - A HAWK AND A HACKSAW + WOUNDED KNEE + MY KAPPA
ROOTS + EAGLEOWL (mrw44 / Axis, £5 / £4)
From New Mexico, USA comes A HAWK AND A HACKSAW (on the LEAF label),
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.
See separate email for more information.
* Mon 4th July - THE LOST FILM FEST + THE INFERNAL NOISE BRIGADE + DJ
FILASTINE (£4 / £3, open to over 14's)
The INFERNAL NOISE BRIGADE is a 20-piece mutant marching band using
drums, horns, voice, flags, and loudspeakers for intervention across
the globe. The INB sound combines elements of drumline, taiko, Mughal
and North African rhythms, with elements of Balkan fanfares,
breakbeats, and just about anything else.
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. 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.
Last reminder for the Oxes shows tomorrow and Monday...
If you fancy coming along, we have a number of cheap tickets (£5) for
mailing-list members + friends. If you want some reserved for the
Glasgow show, you MUST text / phone me on 07879898795 by 7.30pm
tomorrow so I can give your name to the cashier.
If you are coming along to the Edinburgh show on Monday, there is no
need to reserve in advance, just mention the mailing-list (and the
email address you are signed up under) as you pay in.
Cheers
Claire
OXES + OSO (ex Volta Do Mar) + SOMEYOUNGPEDRO
Sunday 12th June at the Barfly, 260 Clyde Street, Glasgow
doors 8pm, tickets £7.50 (stbf), over 18's only
OXES + OSO + DEAD OR AMERICAN + THE STEPDADS
Monday 13th June at the Subway, 69 the Cowgate, Edinburgh
doors 7.30pm, tickets £7.50 (stbf), over 18's only
"The Oxes are a really twisted bunch of fellows from Baltimore.
Onstage, they stand on really big black boxes while performing some
alarmingly complex, off-base pieces of mostly instrumental, metal-
inspired math rock. Their music springs a trap that ensnares you as
firmly as a steel cage, leaving you shaking the bars and screaming to
be let out while Oxes pulls off series after series of totally insane
time changes and guitar riffs. What you really begin to realize after
awhile, whether you're watching them live or listening to them on
record, is that these cats are just a little bit off the deep end --
maybe more than a little bit. This wouldn't be a surprise if you
already knew that the Oxes are also members of an entity known as the
Baltimore Rowdy Collective, a group that lives and dies by the rules
of "rowdyism," which basically means going around causing a big scene
by being chaotic and talking really loud in monster-type voices.
Right -- a little bit off the deep end. Regardless, these three guys
can rock and that's what it's all about. Just don't expect to
understand any conversation you might have with them."
http://www.epitonic.com/artists/oxes.html
"Oso is the recording project of Phil Taylor from Volta Do Mar. A new
album will be released via Arborvitae and TEAM AV in early 2005, just
in time to soundtrack your watermelon eating contest and the great
grain harvest."
http://www.team-av.com/oso/
ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE & THE COSMIC INFERNO + Alleschwindel
Sun 5th June 2005 at the Barfly, 260 Clyde Street, Glasgow
Doors 8pm, tickets £8 (stbf)
Mailing-list members + guests can get tickets for £5 only. These
won't automatically be available on the door, so you need to text or
phone me on 07879898795 (too late for emails!) before the doors open;
please specify your full name and number of people coming along with
you.
Acid Mothers Temple & the Cosmic Inferno was formed from the Ashes of
Acid Mothers Temple and the Melting Paraiso UFO, acting as a
counterpart to their work; the new line-up is (yes, 2 drummers!!!):
Kawabata Makoto : guitar (AMT & The Melting Paraiso UFO, Gong)
Higashi Hiroshi : synth / guitar (AMT & the Melting Paraiso UFO)
Tabata Mitsuru : bass / vocals (Zeni Geva, Leningrad Blues machine,
ex-Boredoms)
Shimura Koji : drums (Miminokoto, ex-High Rise, ex-Mainliner)
Okano Futoshi : drums (ex-Ghost, ex-Subvert Blaze)
http://www.acidmothers.com
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