Wednesday 01
BASTARDS OF SCIENCE / DENNIS LAW Jr. / NOON LAYER DRIVE
Bastards of Science: bastards of description more like! These guys are hard to pin down in any concise way so prepare yourself for some bullshit. Essentially, they're a punk-metal band with a sense of humour, yet a sense of humour that doesn't get in the way of the force of full powered rock. Hang on...i did it! Think black flag meets thin lizzy and iron maiden on a mastodon message board. / Dennis Law jr. - "Tam says we play alternative spazzy rock, but I think we sound a little like Depeche Mode on Dulcolax." i think you've both got a valid point! And the list of influences sounds about right too... Wedding Present, Dead Kennedys, Radiohead, Eels, Weezer, Prince... / Noon Layer Drive: four piece, hard rock alternative, indirectly inspired by a desolate metropolis they know as Milton Keynes. music with an undertow of passion, angst and sentiment that strips the flesh of anything resembling the idealistic holocaust from which their background descends. The name is taken from a baron wasteland within the perimeters of their hometown. Signposted yet with no more to offer than 20sq ft of tarmac and a mound of rubble (used to prevent travellers setting up encampments on this would be Promised Land) the band saw it as a great opportunity to facilitate the imagination for what might be. What the numbing reality eventually offered created music that reflected their observations. Songs like Walking The Glass Mile and Down On Me lay testament to this. The band has had imperative line up changes over its three span and it even began life as a five piece, only to realise that deadwood can only float for so long, the unit now stands firmly on its feet as four. Gary Murphy (vocals, guitar) Paul Ford (guitar) Sam Farrell (bass) and Ben Hallett (drums). First generation citizens of their suburban social catastrophe all came together through a decrepit hug of what still is a dwindling music scene there and despite the fact they were in various lesser guises, it planted a seed that would in later years develop into something special. So what does all that give you? A colossal, scything yet endearing sound, made from nothing more than drums, bass, two guitars and a vocal but standing nothing short of gigantic, the music carves intrusive hard rock riffs into your bones and shot blasts your soul with an impenetrable mass of furore, skull crushing bass and jackhammer beats
www.myspace.com/thebastardsofscience
www.myspace.com/dennislawjr
www.myspace.com/noonlayerdrive
Thursday 02
Dicelines: MOTION GALLERY / DARKLIGHT
Motion Gallery describe themselves as a combination of indie, Korean pop & melodramatic popular song... Darklight: visceral guitar based band with a myriad of influences from the last 15 years. Residents of Edinburgh, the trio, originally formed in 1999, have been playing Scotlands live scene - garnering a loyal following for their indefinable sound. Reminiscent of many but imitators of none, like hearing your favourite band for the first time over and over. Doors 9pm, £4 entry
www.dicelines.com
www.myspace.com/dicelines
www.myspace.com/motiongallery
www.darklightmusic.co.uk
www.myspace.com/musicdarklight
Friday 03 ***RECOMMENDED***
CORIOLIS / THE NUNS / GDANSK
Wordy miserablists Gdansk resurface with expansive, lugubrious tunes, somewhat Morrisseyesque, with well-drawn giant canvas backdrop Someone notes this on their web bit: 'in "the quest for the callipygian ideal" you guys are definitely life's victors' which may be referring to a Gdansk song, or the writer may just be calling them perfect arses – either way, you have to admire any group that stimulates polysyllabic approbation. Nice and heavy does it from Coriolis, on the small selection of back catalogue I sampled while typing this. 'Glitter eyes' for example – I am forced to mention The Wedding Present and Pavement in the same sentence, which two workers of genius existing in the same space event may cause the collapse of the cosmos… Proper guitar crunch [my day job is at ben & jerry's] and vocals that state Weegie. The further we get from the 90s the more like a lost golden era it do seem. Such introspection might lead one to the convent, and traipsing through the cloisters by way of third party to the frolics tonight come The Nuns, four chaps originating from Manchester and winding a trail across the North… Classic Rodney Stewart vocals and spanky Spiral Scratchy guitars froth like soap wearing out in a dirty nun joke. There's more than enough action tonight to get you off your smashing backside and boogying.
www.myspace.com/gdanskmusic
Saturday 04
ACHREN (pictured) / DIONYSUS (pictured) / DIAMANTHIAN
DGlasgow based Achren's brand of metal is crushingly heavy and uncompromising. Formed in early 2003 with the aim of forging raw, filthy heavy as fuck metal, their music is a mixture of all extreme metal- Black Metal Screams, Death Metal Growls, Thrashy riffs, Black Metal riffs & pounding drums; everything raw, powerful and heavy. "Brutally technical death/black/thrash with the shredding and violence turned up to 10... a fearsome live act" - Metal Hammer / Dionysus, A 5 Peice metal band from Glasgow with influences from a wide range of styles including black / melodic / death / doom and power and fantasy inspired lyrics. After numerous line-up changes the band are now in the process of writing and recording their 3rd full album. "Glasgow six-piece Dionysus method of playing 'black metal' manages to be almost equal measure bathory bludgeon and power metal widdle and still sounds cool. Uncharacteristically down to earth - for their genre rather than geographical origins, in Glasgow - Dionysus confess to loving cheese but without heartfelt shame. Thoroughly enjoyable headbang-worthy stuff." Paul Schwarz, Terrorizor Magazine / Diamanthian: *Best Unsigned Band (Twice) in Terrorizer Magazine's Readers' Poll! Killer brutal Death Metal from England! A fresh and imaginative blend of Blackened technicality and raw Underground brutality with some Doom-ish atmosphere. Formed in Liverpool from the ashes of DESOLATE SILENCE in the late '90s. Their debut album was recorded during a tour of Finland with MAPLE CROSS in mid-2004, with one "J. Offalmangler" (aka Jeff Walker, from CARCASS) as producer!
www.achren.com
www.myspace.com/achrenmetal
www.dionysus.eu.com
www.myspace.com/dionysusuk
www.fuckingmetal.com (Diamanthian)
Sunday 05
At War with False Noise: VEEE DEEE / TIM HOLEHOUSE / NOMA (pictured) / TETSUO (pictured)
Veee Deee: From Tokyo, Japan, not a Japanese band you understand... But one British Chap on drums (Thomas) and a Canadian on guitar (Clay) playing improv psychedelic noise rock. Two guys who, when combined, sound like five but care less than one. Your love's glistening lips, parting, not so she can smile, but so she can douse you in screaming hot light. (YOUR FAVORITE UNHINGED FUCKED-UP NOISE BAND ) meets (YOUR FAVORITE LAVA DRINKING PSYCHE ROCK BAND). Only better. / Tim Holehouse: commonly associated with his blackened, anti-motion hell unit Naked Shit, Tim will be venturing out sans band in order to enrapture you with noise, loops, guitar and whatever else he decides you're worthy of. / Noma: droning household appliance orchestra from northern tone alchemist. / Tetsuo: obnoxious and shambolic noisecore bollocks from child-eating enemies of Keenan.
www.atwarwithfalsenoise.com
www.myspace.com/eatveeedeee
www.myspace.com/timholehouse
www.myspace.com/thetruetetsuo
Tuesday 07
BETRAY THESE ANGELS (pictured) / THE PLAGUE (pictured) / + 2
DBetray these Angels: Metallic hardcore From Yorkshire, England playing hard and fast in vein of XcanaanX, Heaven Shall Burn, Thirty Seconds Til Armmegedon, Old Caliban. / The Plague: hardcore/black metal outfit...
www.myspace.com/betraytheseangels
www.myspace.com/plagueboro
Thursday 09
THE FNORDS / THE BUCKY RAGE (pictured) / THE DEEP FRIED WOLF KNUCKLES
The Fnords: Sharing a love of trash rock'n'roll, Kill Rock Stars and the perfect buzzsaw pop song, The Fnords are a 3-piece who play no-fi, grrrl, surf-punk with fluctuating levels of loathing and paranoia." A mutant mix of Cramps meets Slits" "60's surf-punk screamabilly action!" / The Bucky Rage: with the nitro-glycerine of the horror house movies House Of 1000 Corpses and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre fuelling The Bucky Rage, they play a fuzzed-up Cramps inspired Americana rock, fit for the devil incarnate. / The Deep-Fried Wolf Knuckles return from an unholy hiatus with high cholesterol rock 'n' roll to set your soul on fire. Save yersel'. Glaswegian-Italian-Ecclesiastical (or whatever they call someone from Eccles) rock with the recommended daily allowance of roll
www.myspace.com/the_bucky_rage
www.myspace.com/thedeepfriedwolfknuckles
Friday 10 ***RECOMMENDED***
ASHTRAY NAVIGATIONS (pictured) / NALLE + BEN REYNOLDS / EYE SHAKING KINGDOM
Ashtray Navigations/Nalle & Ben Reynolds/ Eye Shocking Kingdom A while ago I gushed that bands like Ashtray Navigations are 'pushing at the peripheries until they collapse.' Leeds-based Phil Todd continues to stride through the rubble/flattened barbed wire/ whatever peripheral metaphor works for you, creating sounds that might be cosmic winds, oil pump clank, free-squonk honky tonk or simple Santana-style guitar noodling. Abstracted, diffuse and impossible to pin down with anything as conventional as words. Ben Reynolds, collaborator extraordinaire, joins up with avant-Finn pixie drone cohort Nalle for what promises to be extremely beguiling and a bit disturbed – like Luna Lovegood in the Harry Potter film casting a music spell or something topical and magic. Expect tinkle, hummm, voices and guitar, mossy brook style. Eye Shocking Kingdom: I can't top the blurb from the Volcanic Tongue website for this 'local outfit'... "The sound is super-heavy, with dense clusters of protesting keyboard generating escape velocities over space warping feedback and machine noise." Skill! Get along to this gig or live in the 1960s Beat Explosion for the rest of your sorry life.
www.hypnagogia.org.uk/ashtraynavigations.htm
www.pickled-egg.co.uk/nalle
www.benreynolds.tk
Saturday 11
DANICA / CITIES AND SKYLINES / SOL DIABLOS
Cities and Skylines were formed in April 2006 although the first 6 months were slow for them. Phil Flynn, Bryan Mcguire, and David Napier had the job of recruiting a new bassist and drummer, after a few months searching they found what they were looking for in David Dunsmuir who had been involved in previous projects, Ali Richardson was brought in to play session drums in late 2006. The band then concentrated on writing new material which was later recorded at Chime Studios in March 2007. A 4 track demo entitled "534" was the end product of 3 long days in the studio with the help of Ross Mcgowan (sound engineer). Sol Diablos: Colossal bass, ground shaking drums, jaw dropping guitar and lung busting vocals, All 'n' all the most fun you can have with your clothes on!
www.myspace.com/soldiablos
Sunday 12
CHOKING SUSAN (Detroit, USA) (pictured) / THE WHISKY WORKS (pictured) / VAGUE SPACE / THE UNICORN SCUMFUCKS
Choking Susan are coming all the way from Detroit to play a ultra rare gig in Glasgow, highly rated by just about every punk publication on the planet, the band led by The Notorious Colleen Caffeine are sure to leave their mark on Glasvegas with their old-skool punk exploits. (with special guest). Supporting them will be Glasgow favourites The Whisky Works, who are back at the Note once again with songs from their well received EP 'The Amish are coming' / Vague Space are back at the note after playing a blinding set last year, their JAMC meets VU sound is making waves around Scotland, and finally...the long awaited debut gig from Glasgow's 'Supergroup Of Socialites' The Unicorn Scumfucks. 2 boys and 2 girls full of bitterness, feedback and great hair. Doors 9pm, entry £4
www.chokingsusan.com
www.myspace.com/chokingsusan
www.thewhiskyworks.com
www.myspace.com/thewhiskyworks
www.vaguespace.co.uk
www.myspace.com/theunicornscumfucks
Tuesday 14
Drive Carefully for Kidneys: EAGLEOWL / + GUESTS
Charity gig to raise funds for the 'Kidney Research charity'. Featuring Eagle OWl Attack: lo-fi post folk ensemble formed in Edinburgh in January 2005, and guests...
www.drivecarefullyrecords.co.uk
www.myspace.com/drivecarefullyrecords
www.myspace.com/eagleowlattack
Wednesday 15 ***RECOMMENDED***
KUNT AND THE GANG (London) (pictured) / THE PLIMPTONS (pictured)
PROPER MUCK, NO KIDS! A double fister of sex offenders list-signing smut-pop… K&TG are jumping on in leaps and bounds – the debut album title 'I have a little wank and I have a little cry' [speaking to, well, at least 49% of the population] offers some notion of the delights within. As well as being featured in classic gentlemen's magazines 'Knave' and 'Fiesta', Kunt actually tosses off splendidly scurrilous electro-filth-pop, like if Richard Stilgoe just kind of snapped one day and started singing about how he desperately had to have Sarah Brightman throughout the 1970s and how it turned his beard grey with impotent longing. And there would be no cavilling with regard to which beard was being referred to, the dirty, dirty Kunt. If Half Man Half Biscuit were plying a more electronic furrow, if this improbable mix of agrarian and technological be allowed, then we might approaching the disorganised fury of The Plimptons. No one is safe, least of all the band themselves. They are here to Plimp your ride with songs that call for adjectives associated with humour – cutting, lacerating, biting etc – that also double up as really sore sounding acts of violence. Because really good comedy/music is a bit disgusting sometimes.
www.myspace.com/kuntandthegang
www.myspace.com/theplimptonsuk
Thursday 16 ***RECOMMENDED***
is this music? FRIGHTENED RABBIT / ODEON BEAT CLUB / WE WERE PROMISED JETPACKS (pictured)
Someone reviewing an Odeon Beat Club gig from this very venue said that they have an 'honest rhythm section'. Better than a mendacious rhythm section, I suppose, although I'm at a loss as to what this means. Did the writer lose a wallet and have it handed back by the bassist? Hmmm. Perhaps they meant no frills, straight ahead, direct, all of which could be applied to the OBC riddim people. It all serves to bolster the Bluetones-ish fragility of Paul [singer] – people hankering for the pop rock thrill thing will already know and dig the Odeon beat Club. Now. "You're the shit and I'm knee deep in it" is, categorically, one of my favourite lyrics of all time, and I have a cave near the Dead Sea full of such lists. Listing band members like 'Flesh – Goat curry' is only going to get you more entries on the scrolls… So let it be written! Frightened Rabbit are excellent, kind of driving up the west coast music, long views over to Harris and the sun exiting a cloud in a geometric ecstasy. The song 'be less rude' is what I'm listening to as I type this, dewy-eyed with nostalgia and marvelling at the simple power of a few chords, a nifty melody and an appropriate sentiment. Also on, we were promised jetpacks are astonishingly good – well, that makes it sound like I was expecting them to be gash, but anyway – 'quiet little voices' for example – it's a frenzy of instruments playing different things at the same time, really exciting and springy, slightly mad vocals and all the joy of people possessed by a moment and barely able to contain the emotions in a few minutes of a pop tune. The end of it suggests a UFO removing the band in a glare of white light and a pine-flattening gale. They have bonkers hats too. Get in.
www.isthismusic.com
www.myspace.com/isthismusic
www.myspace.com/frightenedrabbit
www.odeonbeatclub.com
www.myspace.com/wewerepromisedjetpacks
Friday 17
tronic presents: THE LAVA EXPERIMENTS / OPERATOR / JOYSTICK DISCOTEQUE
Another tronically fuelled night of machine music. £5 entry on the night..
www.tronicglasgow.com
www.myspace.com/thelavaexperiments
www.myspace.com/joystickdiscoteque
Saturday 18
SANCTUARY FIRE / THE CONTRADICTIONS (pictured) / JIMMY JIVE
DThe Contradictions are making music in an attempt to stop the defining statement of this generation being "I bet you look good on the dancefloor". The music is exactly what it is. A no-wave explosion of the most beautiful and disturbing noises ever heard, drenched in layers of distortion and powered by an incessant yet complicated tribal beat. All this with the poetry of the 21st century (Loneliness, Isolation, Anger, Despair) condensed into mere sky scraper sized choruses. / Jimmy Jive: "fresh faced emo type rock with shades of Nirvana and Pearl Jam" - Scottish Music Network - "Catchy wee funky guitar riffs and bass lines" - Gill Brammer
www.myspace.com/sanctuaryfire
www.thecontradictions.co.uk
Sunday 19
Struck Dum Records: LANDON / SELL OUT STORY (pictured) / SIERRA LEONE
Another night of marvellously lovely poppy punk stuff from the struck dum (that's right, without a B) records folks.
www.myspace.com/struckdumrecords
www.myspace.com/landontheband
www.myspace.com/selloutstory
Monday 20
ARMY OF FLYING ROBOTS (pictured) / + GUESTS
Army of Flying Robots: one of the UK's brightest underground grindcore/hardcore bands, expect lots of screaming over lots of blastbeats and very dirty guitar noise. "Army of Flying Robots .... with two tracks of extremely caustic grind/metallic hardcore with cackled vocal screams over blasting speeds with dissonant, noisy guitar work that retains a sense of control and hits on a couple of thick and in your face hardcore chord progressions on occasion. "Explanation" is initially slower and more spacious than the relentless speeds of "In the Shadow of Swine", but its chunkiness is definitely contrasted by some extreme blasts as well, despite closing with an intense surge of melody and a quaint piano outro. Nicely done."
www.armyofflyingrobots.co.uk
www.myspace.com/armyofflyingrobots
Wednesday 22
MAD CATS / BO DEADLY
Doors 9pm
Thursday 23 ***RECOMMENDED***
miso presents: HEALTH / EYEHAI (i had an inkling)
HEALTH just came back from SXSW, have an album coming out on Lovepump United (AIDS Wolf, Usaisamonster, etc), a split album with EYE HAI on Golden Lab, a track on the forthcoming Golden Lab compilation and a remixed 7" by Crystal Castles on Trouble Records all this year. They're one of the best bands we've heard in ages. Somewhere between Arab on Radar and This Heat. / EYE HAI (aka i had an inkling) are from Manchester and feature members of Quack Quack amongst others... they have an album coming out on Golden Lab, as well as a split LP with HEALTH on the same label, and are touring the US with Neptune and Athletic Automaton in September. Improv prog/jazz/noise/psych three-piece akin to Sun City Girls, Flying Luttenbachers and Volcano The Bear.
www.myspace.com/misoclub
www.myspace.com/healthmusic
www.myspace.com/ihadaninklin
Friday 24 ***RECOMMENDED***
TABASCO FIASCO (pictured) / HYENA
Tabasco Fiasco are an experimental rock band from Livingston in Scotland dabbling in areas such as Math Rock, Progressive Rock, Instrumental Rock and even Pop Rock. The Fiasco began as 3 piece outfit in 2006 consisting of two guitars and drums and in Aprill 2007 decided they missed the bowel shifting tendancies of the low end and recruited a bassist to provide lots of beef. Tabasco Fiasco will shortly be releasing their debut EP 'Hot Sauce!'. / Hyena: a punk rock band from Glasgow. "We make loud music for your ears! Hyena play, act, dress, talk, and dance! We like Rapeman, Scratch Acid, Bardo Pond, All Tomorrows Parties, Kill Rock Stars, Touch and Go, Fugazi, Sonic Youth, Black Flag, Bikini Kill, someyoungpedro, Strawberry Bon Bons, the Butthole Surfers, Deerhoof, Xiu Xiu, Hella, Tapes, Vinyl, LIGHTS, SOUND and ACTION!!!!!"
www.myspace.com/tabfiasco
www.myspace.com/hyenaband
Saturday 25
Dicelines present: RED SNOWMAN / PROTOHERO / DARK MOTIVES / PUNCHDRUNK
Protohero, according to Blackglass.co.uk, are 'one of the North East's most promising talents.' On their 1st tour of the UK with the backing of their new EP released this month through PassToTheLeft Records, Protohero 'are the ones to watch' according to Blue Tint Music Promotion. Catchy, punchy, melodic and at the speed of light, Protohero, consistently leave crowds in awe of their refreshing punk stylings. Protohero are nominated for best punk band in the Musicfinity.com AAA Awards. Catch them while you can! Doors 9pm, £4 entry
www.dicelines.com
www.myspace.com/protohero
www.myspace.com/redsnowman
www.myspace.com/wearedarkmotives
Sunday 26
TONY SHOEBOX (pictured) / FUTURO / KINGS DIE KINGS
Tony Shoebox create a varied yet unique Alternative Rock sound based around infectious melodies, contrasting vocal harmonies and pounding drum beats. The unique line-up consists of two-guitarists, bassist and drummer, although the drummer becomes front man, and a guitarist becomes the drummer, during the average live show. With around 4 years solid gig experience, performances are tailored to an art; with attention grabbing songs and high energy dynamics taking place. Influences range from Idlewild & Bloc Party to Teenage Fanclub & Something Corporate- and this is heard through the different musical styles played and performed. The band have shared stages with a number of bigger acts including My Latest Novel, Orko, Adrianna, Viva Machine and We Are The Physics. / Futuro: "irresistible; Futuro are a frantic band with a Pythagoras bag of angles" T-BREAK - "strident guitars, urgent choruses and knockout tunes - that's Futuro" IS THIS MUSIC?
www.tonyshoebox.com
www.myspace.com/tonyshoebox
Tuesday 28
Struck Dum Records: TO CATCH A THIEF / 2/3rds OF YOUTH / GOODBYE SUSPECT / THINK FIRE
www.myspace.com/struckdumrecords
Wednesday 29
ANGEL SEATTLES / CULANN / MONEY 2 BURN (pictured)
Angel Seattles: four piece band from Kilmarnock, "we are not your stereotypical emo band. We may have the image but our music tells otherwise" and indeed they are right...much more post rock than emo! With support from the equally cool Culann & Money 2 Burn.
www.myspace.com/money2burnmusic
Thursday 30
UPSTAIRS in the cafe/bar: 'Scribble and Screeb' (pictured)
Scribble as you screeb to the dinosaurDeathpenguin DJs (IDIOteque), who will be bursting your face with paper, crayons and right proper eclectic tunage. What better way to see out the weekend! The 'best' pictures will be used as posters for the next night, with the rest being turned into a city wide 'free gallery'. A selected few will be turned into HUGE A1/A0 prints for the participants to collect at the next night. And a inspiration will also be provided... in the Cafe/Bar area, from 9.30/10pm - 12am
visit 'scribble & screeb' page on this website
www.myspace.com/scribbleandscreeb - the night (with picture updates)
www.myspace.com/dinosaurdeathpenguin - the DJs
www.myspace.com/screebson - the neeson
www.mysapce.com/floydddp - the floyd
Thursday 30
DOWNSTAIRS in the notecave: YELLOW BENTINES / + GUESTS
Yellow Bentines: "Take one gentle Scottish indie band. Send away (some of) the guitars and draft in some brass, ivory and ebony. Sing about everything in a cheery manner so that elegies to lost relationships and the general injustices of life sound like good things. Congratulations: you are now Yellow Bentines. You can range from ska pop to bittersweet balladry with occasional digressions into fruity jazz, all with extreme articulacy. You can use piano, bass and drums to delimit the boundaries in which two exuberant trumpets and wavering vocals rollick about. You can charm with soulful, playful tunes.
www.myspace.com/yellowbentines
Friday 31
The End of the Month Club: EYE CONTACT LEADS TO MORE / MCs BUTTERSCOTCH & LOKI / BOZILLA / + FRIENDS
Another month ends with more joyous fun from the eotmc peoples with lashings of poptastic guests.
www.eotmc.com
www.myspace.com/eyecontactleadsto
www.bozilla.co.uk
www.myspace.com/bozillabozilla
