Tuesday 1
MODO
Wednesday 2
AVANTI / LAFFIN / SHELBY / BLACKSTONE VALLEY
Shelby's website tells us they are the future of stadium rock… whereas Avanti are ploughing the ska punk furrow - an eclectic night of the rock!
http://www.shelby.org.uk
Thursday 3
Dicelines - THEOCEANFLOOR (pictured) / AMBER SOULS (pictured) / EXIT PILOT / CONSCIOUS PILOT (pictured)
Glasgow's troubadours of noir, theoceanfloor, offer the gentler side of darkness. With soul to soul lyrics & melodic vocals, their epic guitar tunes are more healing than bleeding. Their use of space & emotional colours within their songs gives them a haunting dreamy edge. With soaring orchestration you can't help but escape within yourself. theoceanfloor take you to a quieter, less alien world, where no one can reach you. Enjoy the silence" ... THE BIG ISSUE
http://www.dicelines.com
http://www.theoceanfloor.co.uk
http://www.audiostreet.net/artist.aspx?artistid=30526 (Conscious Pilot)
Friday 4
Joy Promotions: YOU ALREADY KNOW / + more tba
http://www.joypromotions.com
http://www.youalreadyknow.net
Saturday 5
tbc
Sunday 6
Lazygroove Promotions: FRAGILE / +2
Some high class screamo / emo from Fragile
http://www.lazygroovepromotions.com
Monday 7
Wiseguys in assoc. with Kolobos Dist. & IBD Records: VOMITORY / DESECRATION (pictured) / SCREAMIN' DAEMON (pictured) / MAN MUST DIE
Tonight's "My Little Pony" club meeting is entertained by four of the most appealing boy bands on the scene... heh... Vomitory regurgitate some sounds made familiar by Cannibal Corpse, throaty gurglings and cubed-carrot riffs hurtle by with a bad-pint-propelled compulsiveness. Chunderous rhythms spatter the eardrums also. That's enough, I am actually getting the boak now. Welsh brutalists Desecration disinter a favoured relative and do unseemly things to their remains. Screamin' Daemon aren't messing about either, despite their could-almost-be-comedy name. Their album "The Decline of The English Murder" contains songs which marry nursery rhyme tunes with brutal lyrics about some of the UK's most efficient maniacs - eg, "What shall we do with the evil doctor?" OK, they are really funny as well, but it's essentially deathgrind a-go-go. Don't know much about Man Must Die, but an educated guess would be that they'll be treating the "My Little Pony" Club members to Equus-inspired songs about equine mutilation. Then killing EVERYONE, in the WHOLE WORLD. About time, too.
http://www.kolobosdistribution.com
http://www.ibdrecords.com
http://www.vomitory.net
http://www.desecration.co.uk
http://www.screamindaemon.com
Tuesday 8
Puny Human Promotions presents Metal Mayhem: CO-EXIST (pictured) / AMOK (pictured) / BLACKOUT / CARNAGE
Not dicking about with these Ronseal-styled names, are they? Slathered in filth,the metal continues to intrigue proctologists happening by the Notecave this evening. Co-Exist essay some of the grindiest metal available on the Scottish scene,with their catchily-titled album "Surgical Removal of the Teeth, Toenails and Drilling of the Kneecaps", which came out this July, setting a difficult to say harsher than that agenda they thrillingly manage to uphold throughout their pounding sets.Having two vocalists, one who drums, also helps. Co-Exist: "Scotland's finest grind caked metal band" 8/10 (Terrorizer). Amok do (studded) belting old-school metal, in the (gushing) vein of Slayer,Testament and their leathery ilk. Also featuring on tonight's bill we have Carnage, who offer an aural facsimile of that very noun. Synonyms include butchery, savage and excessive killing... For catharsis, you can't beat a bit of top quality metal (not strictly true, but you'd need to ask a none-more-blacksmith for a more accurate picture), and tonight's metallurgists bring on the pain with gleeful and chaotic abandon. Blackout are another band with their roots in old school thrash, but there’s also a decided hint of the modern to their sound. Successfully marrying the chugging aggression of early Metallica with the melodic tendencies of later years and a healthy dose of Pantera groove, these guys are an intriguing prospect to say the least (£4/3) doors 8.30pm.
http://www.punyhuman.co.uk
hhttp://www.co-exist.co.uk
http://www.amokmetal.com
http://blackout.cjb.net
Thursday 10
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 11
THE TOWERS (pictured) / WE HUNG YOUR LEADER / TBA
The Towers, Glasgow 5 piece with exceptional pop/rock based tunes & impeccable hair, return to the Note for the launch of their latest EP 'Cut & Keep'. Following on from Dec '04's 'My New Fear' which brought with it airplay on Radio 1 & Beat 106 & reviews in the national press, 'Cut & Keep' promises to be another step along the evolutionary path for The Towers. Named for their fabled collective height & 'famous' for their energetic & fabulously sweaty live performances, The Towers are known for putting on a great night so get down to the gig and pick up a cd while they're hot, with support from We Hung you Leader & also "2 guys doing a short acoustic set" under the name TBA .
http://www.thetowersrock.co.uk
http://www.myspace.com/wehungyourleader
http://www.purevolume.com/wehungyourleader
Saturday 12
tbc
Sunday 13
BILLY NAYER SHOW
New York band with a proper work ethic, Billy Nayer Show have been making albums since 1994; the singer debuted a work of quietly sung and acted genius at the Sundance Film Festival in 2001, titled The American Astronaut - a musical space western. Battle Of The Bands Beyond The Stars? The sequel, perhaps. You'll have to make do with the extremely infectious pop nuggets delivered by three-piece-sweeties BNS tonight. Described variously as slinky, angular, rough, raw and refined, BNS call to mind a splendid and necessary melding of musicians Kurt Weill, Neil Young and Frank Zappa - via San Francisco avant-experimentalism and New York tough cookieness. I'll have some of that!
www.billynayer.com
www.americanastronaut.com
www.myspace.com/thebillynayershow
Monday 14
THE 'TASHA GRAVE / THE CONTRADICTIONS / TEPPANYAKI / CASA DEL RETRO
Acoustic / quiet-core night with The Contradictions & co.
Tuesday 15
THE SMACKDOWN / THE FIGHT BACK (pictured) / ALLERGO / TAKE A WORM FOR A WALK WEEK
The Smackdown - wwf inspired hardcore on goodfellow records / The Fightback - hardcore in the "modern life is war" vein / Allergo - converged style nonsense from perth / Take a Worm for a Walk Week - the locust meets dillinger escape plane from glasgow....tech-core.
http://www.thefightback.co.uk
Wednesday 16
ILL STARRED CAPTAIN
Australia's Ill Starred Captain crank things up ...For fans of all things Sub Pop. Nicotine stained vocals (think Mark Lanegan) & bar room style off-kilter country grunge rock. Or something like that!
http://www.illstarredcaptain.connect.to/
Thursday 17
HOSPITAL SHIP / MASQUE / BLACK ROBINSONS
Hospital Ship - shellac meets polvo from these bright new hopes of the angular rock. (£3)
Friday 18
ROSE KEMP (pictured) / SJ ESAU / REDSUN (pictured)
Rose Kemp: An impossibly rich & reaching voice, laden with centuries of English tradition, that either combines with shimmering electric guitars, or else loops itself into wicked multi-part harmony hooks, or perhaps just soars solo, needing no augmentation to embed itself in your brain. These are the sets & songs that have earned this 20 yr old slots at umpteen festivals, National Radio airplay, & support slots with the likes of Gravenhurst, James Yorkston, King Creosote, Seth Lakeman & Duke Special. Once you’ve heard her you’ll never forget it, her songs stick in your soul and pulse in your head like nothing else on earth. Rose Kemp will rock your World. "Stunning stuff." The Fly “Dark & sinister yet alluring & beautiful at the same time” Joyzine
http://www.rosekemp.co.uk
http://www.sjesau.co.uk
http://www.redsunmusic.co.uk
Saturday 19
HEAD HUNG LOW / RISE WITH THE FALLEN
Brutal Uncompromising Hardcore Metal from Nottingham, England. Head Hung Low formed back in 2002 & have worked hard at getting established on the UK underground scene. Relentless touring throughout the UK on the back of compilation releases hooked them up with Psychophonic Records. In Nov 2004 their debut album "Audio Killing Spree" was released earning the band many excellent reviews. The band pool influences from many different areas of metal, hardcore, punk & grindcore but always drive for energy & power whilst songs develop an interesting journey through many timing changes as a backdrop. Comparisons are often made to Morbid Angel, Killswitch Engage, Slayer, Chimaira, Death, Extreme Noise Terror. The DIY ethic in the band sees them self sufficient in everything with guitarist/vocalist Darren Jackson doing all the bands artwork, recording & producing. Following Audio Killing Spree's release, the band decided at the beginning of 2005 to draft in a vocalist (Rob Law) to free Darren up to just guitar duties live. The effect was incredible & new songs were being recorded for a follow up release using Darren's new Pro Tools recording software. However, after 5 months & some great shows around the country, Rob amicably called it a day. The follow up to Audio Killing Spree, "All Under these wings shall fall", scheduled for release by late 2005 will be finished now the band has aquired the services of former Red Shift frontman Al, who's vocal range will add a new layer of energy to live performances & unarguably to the recording project.
http://www.headhunglow.com
http://www.risewiththefallen.tk
Sunday 20
SOULSTARR (pictured) / JOSEPHINE / THEOCEANFLOOR
Josephine … "...a superb mash-up of Pavement, The Fall (circa "This Nation's Saving Grace), Bloc Party, & the B52s, the soundtrack for the indian summer!!" predicts Manchester's Piccadilly Records. / Soulstarr - formed in late '03, Soulstarr have quickly established themselves on the live music scene. ... Since then Soulstarr have been consistent in gigging, recently supporting The Zutons, The Ordinary Boys & The Kaiser Chiefs on their latest tours.
http://www.soulstarr.co.uk
http://www.myspace.com/josephineglasgow
http://www.theoceanfloor.co.uk
Monday 21
THE DANGERFIELDS / KARLOFF / THE POISONING
Punk rock from the horror drawer from Karloff / The 'fields used to be the young upstarts of the punk scene…..now they're the stalwartesque rearguard…..top stuff!
http://www.thedangerfields.com
Tuesday 22
SPOOKEY / THE GREASE MONKEYS / RANDOM HEROES (pictured) / CHEVY & THE CHASERS
Incredibly, some people have preconceptions about Japanese rock music that are based in the lord knows what - traumatic experiences with karaoke equipment and, er, stupidity? Let us, for the sake of brevity, imagine a fortuitous co-mingling of Cornelius and Afrirampo. Excited yet? Well, what do you want? spookey are here to deliver it, whatever it is. A trio ofJapanese females make incredible guitar sounds and unforgettable pop harmonies. Simple! (£5)
http://www.spookey69.com
http://membres.lycos.fr/thegreasemonkeys/
http://www.randomheroesonline.co.uk
http://www.chevyandthechasers.com
Wednesday 23
THE DEAD FINGERS / ZENITH
The Dead Fingers: indie/rock 'n' roll band from North Glasgow. / Zenith - rock music with a melodic interface
Thursday 24
tbc
Friday 25
BLACK SUN_WHITE SUN / TITUS GEIN / EYE
This may well be one of the gigs of the year for fans of heavy rocking - heavy heavy heavy from the Black Sun White Sun people & from Dundee's Eye….. Titus Gein bring the fecking champs into the equation with some style (not to mention rolled up jacket sleeves & shades!)
http://www.titusgein.com
http://www.myspace.com/titusgein
Saturday 26
Wiseguys present: 'Massacre' : DEADEYE / ATTICA RAGE / HELLHOUSE / ANTIFAITH
Pantera's guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott was shot and killed last year while on stage. So many rock deaths are described as tragic, but pointless slayings with firearms particularly qualify. Tonight's show takes a look at what made DD & his various bands, in particular Pantera, mean so much to people - as one former bit of downstairs grafitti at the Note read, "fuck the future, live in the Pant-era". It's also a chance for four of the hottest metal acts extant to show us how his influence continues to stimulate, inspire and keep rocking in the face of a sometimes senselessly stupid and violent world. So we have Deadeye, coming from Northampton with a "loud bastards" reputation; local types Attica Rage, making one of Scotland's most clangy metal sounds, feted far & wide for well heavy groove-driven live performances; Hellhouse, whose Mortal Kombat meets Anton LaVey website contains this genius bit of blurb: "... see guitars shred beyond belief, drums rip like juggernaught jack knives and glorious howls to curdle the thickest of bloods!" Sort of nonsense I come out with... And last in this bit of blurb, Antifaith, who as well as the common thread of Pantera cite Testament, Randy Rhodes and Sir Eddie Van Halen as principle ikons. Yes! This will be a good night of music and mayhem - respect due to DD.
http://www.wiseguys.plus.com
http://www.deadeye.ws
http://www.atticarage.com
http://www.hellhouse.co.uk
Sunday 27
YOU ALREADY KNOW
Rising, phoenix like, from the ashes of the great diadem, You Already Know are like a "more melodic Aereogramme with the tightest rhythm section this side of the euphrates!"
http://www.youalreadyknow.net
Monday 28
War Cry Productions: ROSI / AFTERMATH / THE NOW / JOYLESS KILL / DELOREAN
Rosi: A self-described "PJ Harvey meets Bright eyes" / Aftermath: Up-beat rock. Aftermath believe in the power of the catchy riff, the simple melody & the spirit of rock and roll / The Now: Instead of merely copying bands like The Jam & The Clash, The Now somehow diffuse & then channel their very essence, creating a loving homage while defining their own orginality. / JoyLess Kill: Top Scottish metal-core talent currently ripping up the underground / Delorean: pure death metal insanity. Black humor, deafening drums & sinister guitar flexes are the order of the day
http://www.absolutionmusic.com/jlk/home.htm (Joyless Kill)
Tuesday 29
THE APPLESCRUFFS (pictured) / THE FRIDAYS (pictured) / THE FLYSTICKS
Indy rock a go-go tonight from the scruffy nights people.
http://www.theapplescruffs.co.uk
http://www.thefridays.co.uk
Wednesday 30
End of the Month Club: HOBOKEN (pictured) / THE RETROSEXUALS (pictured) / BOZILLA (pictured) / + friends
The usual blend of electronica & topicana from the bozilla team featuring guests: Hoboken, a 4-piece Glasgow-based group who combine inspired electronica influenced by the likes of Sparks, Georgio Morodor & Depeche Mode with the drama & romance of Scott Walker & Jacque Brel, to produce dark yet uplifting songs about love, sex & death. Formed in '01, Hoboken released their first single, Hotel Lisboa, in July '03, & followed it up with their second single, Vainglorious, in November of the same year. Both received rave reviews. They released their debut album Crazy Glue in September '04.
http://www.eotmc.com
http://www.theretrosexuals.com
http://www.backroom.clara.co.uk/hoboken/
http://www.bozilla.co.uk
