Saturday 01
miso events: CHRIST (pictured) / + SPECIAL GUEST DJs
"Evangelising at the belvedere of the Scottish electronic scene, we find Christ.: an errant punctuator and erstwhile Board of Canada whose blessed crusade through shattered, melodic vines has rendered him one of electronica’s most devout – and devoured – redeemers. Signed to Edinburgh’s exemplary Benbecula imprint, Christ. delivered his debut album, Metamorphic Reproduction Miracle, in 2002 – and quickly enlivened adulation thanks to his lexicon of rhythmic whorls and analogue arias. He has since admonished a recent, classic, EP, Seeing and Doing, (a full-length is also forthcoming): its vibrant, aquatic incantations and broken, beatific, eulogies further evince his standing as song-smith and producer of eminence; and this – teamed with superior live shows – suggests myriad apostles will yet flock to Christ."
www.ilovemiso.com
www.benbecula.com/artists/christ..shtml
Sunday 02
PinUp Nights: THE FRIDAY NIGHT MOTEL (pictured) / + GUESTS
“The Friday Night Motel are a Glasgow based band who are no strangers to a tune. Playing live since April 2004, they have brought their unique sound to venues all over the city. They have been described as being a hybrid of REM, New Order, The Cure and more.”
www.pinup-nights.co.uk
www.myspace.com/pinupnights
www.thefridaynightmotel.co.uk
Tuesday 04
Actions Speak Louder: CDC / IN BLOOD WE TRUST / BY MY HANDS (pictured) / INSURGENT
Hardcore action at the note! 4 of of the roughest, toughest kids in town....they're nice really.
www.bymyhands.co.uk
www.myspace.com/bymyhands
Wednesday 05
AMPERSAND / THE JANUS ETHIC / STANDBY
Ampersand ...”are five normal guys from Glasgow’s east end, we have a love of all things Music and have a hate for all things trendy and bad!!! There are too many influences in this band to try and mention so main ones will have to do: Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Nirvana, Beatles, Metallica, Pink Floyd, Pearl Jam, Rush, and every good tune that we have ever laid ears on!!!
“Roaring into life the band opened with ‘Taking Over,’ creating a wall of sound that filled the room to bursting point. A good rock song with strong vocals and great 3 part harmonies from the lead vocalist, drummer and bassist it was a sign of things to come.” Livemusic.co.uk
“Definitely one to watch in 2006 this five-piece exude confidence, talent and most importantly, the songs to go very far indeed.” By Night Magazine 2005
www.ampersandband.co.uk
www.myspace.com/thejanusethic
Thursday 06
Dicelines: SEMPER FIRE (pictured) / GREEN DOOR CLINIC (pictured) / THE WHISKY WORKS / SAN SEBASTIAN (pictured)
Formed in the Summer of 2005, Semper Fire quickly graced the stage of the local summer festivals with a mission to develop a fanbase and bring there music to the hearts of the nation. Constant touring and total dedication to the band is the reason they are moving so quickly. Armed with a van, a rehersal room and no other commitments, Semper Fire will be on your chosen media player soon, and there they'll remain. Main influences are that of a soulful rock scene, think Live, Dave Matthews Band, U2, Maroon 5 to name just a few - this allows the band to be at home on any stage. / The Whisky Works came together in Glasgow during April 2005, and began rehearsing whenever physically possible to craft the most promising amalgamation of our musical interests and abilities. The result was a raucous blend of guitar-driven noise and post-hardcore punk, with just a few moments of clarity to bring us all back to some form of audible reality. The Whisky Work's self-titled debut EP, due for release during winter 2005/2006, and over the following months this has resulted in a frequently increasing number of live dates and positive comments from supporters and passers-by alike, showing that maybe there is a little light at the end of the tunnel! Doors 9pm - £4
www.dicelines.com
www.semperfire.co.uk
www.myspace.com/semperfire_
www.greendoorclinic.net
www.myspace.com/greendoorclinicnet
www.thewhiskyworks.com
www.myspace.com/thewhiskyworks
www.myspace.com/sansebastianband
Friday 07 ***RECOMMENDED***
Gold Soundz Presents: AFTER CHRISTMAS / CONSCIOUS PILOT (pictured) / CORIOLIS / TALL SHIPS
Several bands in the west of Scotland accept that indie rock attained perfection in about 1996, and
if you agree that a template incorporating the prog-indie of Pavement and the electro-rural beard and melancholic whimsy of Grandaddy would be a good starting point, then look no further for satisfaction. Coriolis send back large format postcards from suburbs abutting spectacular natural landscapes, and they're busy, busy, busy throwing out new vignettes all the time - the snippets their website provides punch all the right buttons on the jukebox in my head. To contradict one of After Christmas' own lyrics, tonight smiling IS allowed. Alan from Coriolis puts down his guitar and picks up a bass to provide rhythms for another band - polymaths! Tchoh... - and the result is at the kind of acute tangent from Coriolis you might expect - from the same solar system, but with a different orbit. Conscious Pilot [Scotland] have a very interesting line in caffeine drums, mongrel guitar couplings and disaffected vocals that is highly diggable, sort of giving Big Country a case of Stella and getting them to cover Box Elder. Sorry to keep mentioning Pavement, so by way of a change, Tall Ships reference Mogwai about five thousand times in the first three words on their myspace slot... but they're not that Mogwai-ey at alL, really. Same shipping forecast, different Utsira. Land-locked, work-bored but aspirant, watching the rolling horizon hopefully... I love the naval gazing qualities, and if you want something that's on slightly more of a rolling deep tip than a skateboard abandoned on an overgrowing summer lawn tip then - gentle guitar band loving reader - I think you'll find we have something for you too. 8.30PM - £3/4
www.coriolistheband.net
www.myspace.com/afterchristmas
www.myspace.com/consciouspilotscotland
www.myspace.com/tallshipsofglasgow
Saturday 08
Joy Promotions: THE PEDESTRIANS (pictured) / STRINGMEN (pictured)
Stringmen have already been likened to Nirvana, The Pixies and Joy Division in the rapturous response they've already received from local press. They make a quite glorious racket and have a clutch of songs to die for which really shine in the live arena, where the band are quite incendiary. Catch them before they go supernova. The Crack. The emergence of some stunning heavy rock bands is making Sunderland an exciting place to be yet again, and there's not a skinny tie or ironic haircut in sight. As one of the bands at the forefront of this movement, Stringmen have slowly built a reputation as one of the regions more cohesive rock units. They're heavily influenced by the jobs they spent time doing during their teenage years (including sorting rubbish, dogshit and junkies needles for Sunderland Council and picking up roadkill) as well as by bands such as the Pixies, The Who, and Bad News. On stage they come across like a demented Nirvana brought up by a Captain Beefheart with a better sense of humour. They also wear their WW2 fixation (literally) on their brow, in the form of the finest Japanese military suicide headbands. Be afraid! Pilot Magazine
www.joypromotions.com
www.thepedestrians.net
www.stringmen.com
Sunday 09
Lazygroove Promotions: HIS GIRL FRIDAY / TURNING 13 / EXIT PILOT / CODEEN
Based in Glasgow, four piece, His Girl Friday have been making their name in Glasgow's underground scene for the past two years. Releasing their debut E.P, Thwart My Little Fingered Fate just over a year ago with Biffy Clyro engineer, D.P Johnson. Taking inspiration from My Bloody Valentine, Sonic Youth and Sigur Ros with core elements of Smashing Pumpkins and My Vitriol, His Girl Friday are not typical of the traditional Glasgow indie scene but not misplaced and seem to have a crossover appeal. Their EP has been a quiet success within groups of local music fans and has helped the band gain interest in their live shows. 2004 saw them invited to play a T- Break showcase gig at Edinburgh's Liquid Rooms. This also led to their first airplay on Radio 1. Also in 2004 interest in the debut E.P lead to airplay on Radio Scotland after being discovered by Radio Scotland DJ Vic Galloway. The second half of was relatively quiet after the departure of previous drummer Barry Thomas in June 2004. However October of that year saw the arrival of new drummer, Guru. The band has had a busy year after Guru's arrival. The next few months saw His Girl Friday embark on the live circuit performing at top notch music hubs from the likes of Stereo to King Tuts and Nice 'n Sleazy's. His Girl Friday's constant quest at making good music paved way for Kat McCarron. Kat's inclusion in the band has added an extra dimension in the band's music. Again with some productive rehearsals the last few months, His Girl Friday are set to get on stage again. //// In the summer of 2000 three friends with a passion for bands such as Far and Fugazi began searching for a melodic but heavy sound. Gaining confidence from early rehearsals, Turning 13 came to be with some of the most highly charged rock music to surface from Aberdeen, Scotland in a long time. Once a collection of songs were written the trio played some high profile gigs with the likes of Biffy Clyro and Hell Is For Heroes amongst others. The band have also twice played the T-Break, T in the Park Unsigned band heats to great acclaim and received airplay on BBC Radio Scotland.
www.lazygroovepromotions.com
www.myspace.com/hisgirlfridayband
www.myspace.com/turning13
www.myspace.com/exitpilotmusic
www.myspace.com/codeen
Monday 10
SCUNNER / RED STRIKE / THE MARTIAL ARTS
£3 doors 8.30pm
www.scunner.net
Tuesday 11
Scruffy Nights: THE APPLE SCRUFFS (pictured) & THE ZIPS (pictured) acoustic special
Indy rocking and rolling in acoustic format tonight from note regulars the applescruffs... support coming from the legendary zips. Check this one out!
www.theapplescruffs.co.uk
www.myspace.com/thezips
Wednesday 12
NONE MY EQUAL / AMONGST THE ARROWS (pictured) / WHAT THE BLOOD REVEALED / PIANO BAR FIGHT
www.myspace.com/nonemyequal
www.amongstthearrows.com
www.myspace.com/pianobarfight
Thursday 13
POPLIFE: Monthly Pop Quiz
You know the drill by now! What's that? …. You don't…ok, here goes one more time. 1 pound to get in / 2 lovely hosts (molly and JC) / 1 annoying guy at the back with a mic / a crate of non-tennants lager for the winning team & a chance to go for the door takings for said winners. Pop-Life...it's half pop, half life!
Friday 14
Moonshaker presents: THE MAPLE THIEVES / THE PARTING / LIZZIES ARCADE (pictured)
“The Maple Thieves get there influences from The Who,The Beatles,The Stones,OCS, The Jam,Bob Dylan to Marley to Robert Johnson via the Godfather to the Coral to Cosmos in one end of a jukebox and back!” / “Lizzie’s Arcade, formed in 2002 by vocalist Alex Summers and drummer Peter Rowantree, took their distinctive name from two areas of the Gorbals in Glasgow known as Queen Elizabeth’s Square and Cumberland Arcade. In 2004 joined by John (Fuzzy) Boyle on rhythm guitar, John (Jarfy) Scott on bass and later by Scott Russell on lead guitar they have quickly gained a loyal following in the Glasgow area. With this line up came a powerful and tight sound, a hard rock edge and pounding rythms, the popularity of the Lizzie’s Arcade live show has impressed promoters and new fans alike. Supporting big names such as Space and John Power (ex-Cast) at King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, and Haven at the Glasgow QMU, Lizzie’s Arcade’s popularity in the Glasgow scene has exploded; attracting fans of many genres of music with their blend of guitar based pop rock.” Doors 8.30pm - £4
www.moonshaker.co.uk
www.myspace.com/themaplethieves
www.lizzies-arcade.co.uk
www.myspace.com/lizziesarcade
Saturday 15 ***RECOMMENDED***
CO-EXIST (pictured) / STAND UP GUY (Belfast) / BLACK SUN / ZILLAH (pictured)
Heh heh heh! When listings time comes round, and I see a roster of dirty metal bands to write about, my first reaction is always a throaty chuckle. There's just a certain je ne sais quoi oh so very special about proper, what is that fucking racket? styled tampering with guitars, bass and drums, especially if it comes with vocals that sound like they're not doing the singer's larynx any favours at all. 'You have blood gushing from your throat? KEEP SINGING, SOFT LAD!' we banter. Seriously, though... tonight it's splendid voicebox & amp shred noisery. You have the twenty Death cigs and dehydration croak of Black Sun, who quern out migraine thunder drummage and funereal chords the size and weight of granite headstones for gargantuan beasts in the HP Lovecraft mode. Co-Exist have been called Scotland's 'finest grind caked metal band' (Terrorizer magazine). I prefer their own description, 'a tank on speed', although it would have to be a tank that had literally no other interests at all in life except for necking meth and going about blowing shit up. That grinding sound you hear is its teeth as it asks you to spare twenty pence or GET A SHELL THROUGH YE. There's Zillah, who play killah blasts of absolutely no messing juddering distorto-crunch vein-busting roooooaaaaaaaah noise - hey, stick a 17 second song sample on your site and you get a 17 word write-up - and last band stood in this blurb is Stand Up Guy, who have come over from Belfast with sonic recipes involving sludge, bulldozers and an occasional wild-eyed lunge towards our young. Heh heh heh! Doors 8:30pm - £5.00
www.co-exist.co.uk
www.ripyourselfopen.com (Black Sun)
www.myspace.com/black_sun_1000
www.zillah666.co.uk
Sunday 16 ***RECOMMENDED***
SANTA DOG (pictured) / ATTIC LIGHTS / LITTLE KICKS
A hickory wind gusts through the Notecave this evening. There's always a place in my cheatin' heart for a well-turned wistful song. Chasing my past with some well-aged whisky while I think of where it all went wrong. I lean on the bar and gaze down the neck of my fifth or sixth bottle of beer, and with the cuff of my shirt I wipe my mouth, then I wipe away a tear. "I cried all day and all night too," Attic Lights elaborate. The lachrymose sound of pedal steel guitar, four part harmonies and stumbling drums has this effect on people. Yet there is always a deep down hope of redemption, that tomorrow may bring the green grass. Whizzing by the plaid dreamers on the porch, a car zooms past with four kids on their way to a party involving chemicals. I'm going to say The Cardigans here, just pop it on the table and not make a big song and dance about it - Santa Dog have songs which propel you about trying to catch the trailing ribbons of the kite one of you's flying on the lochside. This is the kind of music you want to soundtrack a speedy drive out into the country to attend that party, with Attic Lights on the other side of the tape for the inevitable female in borrowed jacket dozing in the back seat return the morning after. Mmmmmm.
www.atticlights.co.uk
www.santa-dog.co.uk
Monday 17 ***RECOMMENDED***
MISTAKES IN ANIMATION (pictured) / TEMPERCALM / FRANK TURNER (pictured)
Hey, these two played here in January and they got a gig of the month then as well! TAKE A HINT, these are good, and we think you'd dig it. Mistakes in Animation... A wonky grin on a cartoon rabbit, lop-sidedly chewing a carrot as it pushes its anthropomorph hat back on its head and shrugs, 'Hey, why d'you think they called me Dylan, man?' Mister MIA is young and inspired, and this is an
energising combination. Hopping the trains and playing wherever he can lay his hat for a moment, tonight he fetches back up in Glasgow to play a combination of 21st century troubadour acoustic whimsy and some more filled in ideas stemming from work as a burgeoning two-piece verson of
MIA. It's great, and if you can find me a better lyric than 'A week which should have been the happiest of my life quickly became an exercise in denial' then I shall be glad to quote that for you too. Also reappearing is Frank Turner, ex-Million Dead front chap throwing out funny/wry lyrics on
romantic fatigue and other affairs of the heart, a born-again Billy Bragg/Woody Guthrie - although his myspace (may their servers be fed amphetamines) photo looks a lot like Fish Cheerleader 'Country' Joe McDonald. Gimme an F! Tempercalm may soothe your savage breast, more than
likely they'll provide a counterpoint to all this strumming unpluggedidity. I had 'I need a co-pilot' as an alarm clock song this morning, and it's quite the thing to get you up & running, proper first song 'jings, this band's going to wear me out!' time. Pick up your picks and get on with it...
www.mistakesinanimation.co.uk
www.myspace.com/mistakesinanimation
www.tempercalm.com
www.frank-turner.com
www.myspace.com/frankturner
Tuesday 18
BLACK HISTORY MONTH / + GUESTS
“Black History Month are a four-piece Glasgow based funk band. Playing music aimed at the dancefloor, the band take in old school hip-hop, Latin, blues, jazz and classic soul.
The band’s major influences include 60s and 70s funk – Herbie Hancock, Sly & the Family Stone and especially funk from New Orleans; the new breed of funk players – Breakestra and the New Mastersounds; the very best in hip-hop - the Roots, Public Enemy and the Pharcyde; and blues players such as Buddy Guy, Freddie and Albert King. Black History Month have existed in their current state since January 2005, when Ronnie Martin joined on drums. The rest of the band: Rory Crawford on vocals and guitar, Boaby Osborne on bass and John Steel on guitar, had been together since October 2004, though John and Rory had attempted to get the band going in a number of various other guises throughout that year.
Through intensive practice and a large number of gigs, the sound was tightened up and honed down, and the learning curve continues. The main emphasis is placed on creating an energetic and tight live show to get audiences smiling, and enjoying playing music that they really love.”
Thursday 20 ***RECOMMENDED***
ROLLOR / CENTURY CHAOS / BWANA DEVIL
“Top notch action from hot 3 piece band”. If i wrote headlines, that's what i'd write. Seeing as that's not my job i'll get on and tell you what these guys are like. Rollor rock in a smashing pumpkinsesque manner...tight rhythm section underpinning melodically uplifting vocals with more than just a hint of “jag” on the guitars. No strangers to improvisational jamming, these guys really know how to put on a show....come check them out, you'll not be dissapointed!
Friday 21***RECOMMENDED***
'Tronic' presents: IVES (pictured) / FICTION / UNKNOWN FORCES OF EVERYDAY LIFE
Another Tronic night, the new monthly event standing making exciting avant-tronica overlord threatening Tekken 5 throwdown gestures with high quality guests. Appearing tonight - Ives [prn: Yves/Eave]. Ives also appeared last month, so the dubby Orbital Jarre-esque synth squelch boogi-toi-la bumph probably still stands and dances gonkily by the bar. Fiction is a 102 year old female who plays ambient underwatertronica melded with New York strip club electro drumspank and industrial synth drill noise. She's a former consort of Prince who got into ketamine in 1990 then abandoned it all in favour of a road trip round the Pacific Rim in a trimaran with Goldie. I'm not stoned as I write but I can imagine getting tonked on sticky weed and sticking this on the I-pod as I travel into Tokyo at very high speed. More ambient/electro experimentalism from UFEL: Unknown Forces of Everyday Life are responsible for about fifteen cds over the last four years, numerous web-based community art... it's the projected 2015 information explosion happening now because time is bending, and unknown forces of everyday life propel us hither, thither and whither we know nor care not. I find this prospect deeply inspiring. Bring the bleep. Doors 8pm - £3 entry
www.ives.tk
http://blog.myspace.com/tronicglasgow
Saturday 22
Rise-and-Shine.com: SHUTTER / DEAD OR AMERICAN / EYE
To celebrate it's first birthday, webzine rise-and-shine.com has gathered together 3 of the many bands that have supported, inspired and (quite frankly) impressed the hell out of their merry team. First up are Inverness post-rockers Shutter who have been steadily winning over fans the length of the country and impressing (and supporting) big names like Pelican. Next into the throng are Stirling's Dead Or American. Masters of noise and attitude, 2006 will mark the eventual release of their eagerly anticipated debut album. Last and never least are Eye. Hard-working and awe-inspiring, this Dundee band help to prove that there's plenty great bands to discover in the City of Discovery. Doors 8.30pm, £3
www.rise-and-shine.com
www.myspace.com/rise_and_shine
www.myspace.com/shutterscotland
www.deadoramerican.com
www.myspace.com/deadoramerican
www.myspace.com/eyemakemusic
Sunday 23
SWELLBELLIES / ASSERT / CONSTANT FEAR
“The Swellbellys started life in the autumn of 97 with one aim which was to play hard as fuck punk rock anywhere and everywhere! The band went through a few line up changes in the first two years with Paul the original frontman going home to the USA and bass guitarist Meanie quitting the band due to problems of his own making. Oh yeah and the original drummer Fairy was sacked in 98 because he couldn’t play fast enough. Needs who was on guitar and vocals threw his guitar in the bin and recruited Daz to do the job for him. At this time Big Dave joined on bass and Steve on drums. 1999 saw more changes after recording their first demo, Steve left due to alcohol problems and was replaced by Bruce Awkward from Combat Clergy on drums and the 1st single was recorded and released in 2001 on Intimidation Recs. The band also recorded at this time their debut lp SHUT UP AND LISTEN on punk in Scotland records. Big Dave left due to family commitments and was replaced by Pedro on bass and after a couple of split 7”eps were in the studio to do their second lp “TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS” the sound now was harder faster and more in your face than ever before. Comparisons were now starting to be made between the Swellbellys and the Exploited, fueled by the fact both frontmen are called Wattie both come from Edinburgh, with their Scottish accents coming through in their vocal delivery. Ah well as with everything in life shit happens and after two European tours Pedro left saying he had more important things to do. Mikey ex bass player with the Exploited was recruited but after a few rehearsal’s and before the next lot of gigs in France and Switzerland where to begin left to pursue other interests. A young Rich Wreck who fronted a band called WRECK threw his lot in with the Swellbellys and with four weeks to go till the tour started, learnt 22 songs and joined the band. After a few months the band were back in the studio and recorded trax for three separate 7” singles for release this year. The band are just back from touring in France, Spain, Switzerland, Germany, Holland and Belgium. And have just booked a short UK tour in March 2005 to coincide with the release of the third album called 'Bullets And Blades'. At the beginning of Dec 2004 Bruce left the band to pursue other interests and the band wish him the best of luck in his new career. 2005 sees the bellys back firing on 4 cylinders with the recruitment of pumpy ( ex uk subs and vice squad) taking over the vacant drum stool.”
Monday 24
SHAGRIN / WE HUNG YOUR LEADER / THE ABSOLUTE
In promotion of a forthcoming EP new label Fatbear presents local band
Shagrin who combine tender songwriting with soaring vocals but maintain a
down to earth guitar based indie sound complimented by a solid rythymn.
Comparisons have been drawn to later Idlewild's delicate guitar
riffs/vocals and Snow Patrol's memorable rock/pop sound.
Tuesday 25
THE COSTAPEENS / EMERGENCY POUND / THE MIDNIGHT NOISE COLLECTIVE (pictured)
Emergency Pound describe their sound thusly .... “an older lady really struggling to get on the bus, then getting helped by a nice gang of youths.” (where is “amused-wide-eyed-disbelief” emoticon when you need it most?) the MNC say this of themselves .... “The Midnight Noise Collective was formed in 2004 by four mutual friends in Aberdeen, Scotland. TMNC are a melodic rock and roll band, whose sound is built upon guitar driven melodies, and big sounding vocals. Sharing styles with the likes of The Killers, Maiden, Biffy Clyro and Pink Floyd... With their own twist of course.”
www.thecostapeens.co.uk
www.myspace.com/thecostapeens
www.myspace.com/emergencypound
www.midnightnoise.com
Wednesday 26
Hijacked Records: bands tba
www.hijackedrecords.co.uk
Thursday 27 ***RECOMMENDED***
INVISIBLES / THE STUPID IDIOTS
The Stupid Idiots are a satirical punk band from Glasgow in Europe. We write our own tunes, do our own production, and we rhyme faster than that Tupac bloke (who we shot).
www.invisiblesuk.com
www.myspace.com/invisiblesuk
www.thestupididiots.com
www.myspace.com/thestupididiots
Saturday 29
Wiseguys present 'Massacre': SOUNDSHOK / THE ESCHATON CREED (pictured) / EMBOLISM (pictured) / DOLOREAN
Soundshok - "Arbroath based thrash/hardcore metal act, with an old skool feel, influences range from Sepultura and Slayer to Hatebreed, Throwdown and Chimaira." / The Eschaton Creed - Scottish based death/black metal / EmbolisM - "Groove laden death metal for fans of Cannibal Corpse and Suffocation" / Dolorean - "Scottish Death Metal Action Bastards!!" Doors 8pm - £4
www.wiseguyspromotions.co.uk
http://groups.myspace.com/massacrenights
www.myspace.com/theeschatoncreed
www.myspace.com/embolismscotland
www.soundshok.tk
www.myspace.com/www.soundshok.tk
www.myspace.com/dolorean
Sunday 30
The End of the Month Club: PERSIL (pictured) / CNUT / IAMCHEMIST / BOZILLA
EOTMC hosted by house band Bozilla and friends, on the last night of each month from 9pm the End of the Month Club fills the Notecave with the electro beats of Bozilla, the eminent regular that is the plastic stuntman Weevel Kinhell, resident VJ Thriftshop XL & the adventures of it's very own soap opera Weeble City. Rock Sound (In The City festival review) - September 2004: "Amsterdam's electro-freak-popsters Persil gather more attention with their blend of Yeah Yeah Yeahs with keyboards jammed up their noses, they sound delightful." / Artrocker - March 2005: "First up we have Dutch couple Martine and David aka Persil. Martine has a heavy cold and shouldn't really be here, but trooper that she is, leads the band (David on bass, keyboards and anything he can get his hands on) through a set of up-tempo electro pop with rather Cocteau-esque vocals. They dance as though convulsing and are a fine start to the evening." Stupid Name Group - February 2005: "They were truly refreshing. Their nursery synth lines and pounding drum machine were bare, open and more affecting than muso noodling or hero-aping. Persil have guts and imagination." Cnut: eotmc favourites the legendary disco crooning body popping wonder & introducing Iamchemist: a one man keytar wielding scientist of the beat plus your hosts BOY-ZiLLA (the girl is still away this month) & a range of stand in guest vocalists& VJ Thriftshop XL
www.eotmc.com
www.persilmusic.com
www.myspace.com/iamchemist
www.bozilla.co.uk
