Oh how we blushed when we read this…
Oh how we blushed when we read this…
The triangle of love that’s The Stool Pigeon, Quietus and Luminaire have a gig on.
This experimental pop duo waste no time in appealing to your curiosity: it’s difficult to keep track of what instruments you’re hearing at any given point and the production style is distinctly their own.
Kill Rock Stars’ label head Slim Moon criticises the Melvins’ Buzz Osborne for comments he made in an interview with The Stool Pigeon.
A little look at what’s going on in Victoria Park on July 31.
London folk! The wonderful Annika Trost is in town tonight (Wednesday 16) with her band that isn’t Cobra Killer.
It’s called, um, Trost. Highly recommended. Corsica Studios in Elephant & Castle. With Gallon Drunk too.
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Justice at Somerset House on Friday. B-b-b-b-b-b-bangin' gig.
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R.I.P. Nick Sanderson, the founder and singer of Sheffield's Earl Brutus, who has sadly died of cancer aged 47.
As a drummer he played with bands like The Jesus & Mary Chain, Clock DVA, the Human League, Cabaret Voltaire and World of Twist. He'll be sadly missed.
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Go get yourselves a free Wet Paint download from our buds at Trial and Error Recordings.
It's the b-side of the very brilliant second single from Wet Paint, which is just out. The single is called 'Hug It Out'. This here track goes by the name of 'Don't Shave'.
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Factoids: Wet Paint is Babak from Absentee's band. Other members of Absentee are in Wet Paint too. They do noisy pop. Babak also does comic strips for this very publication.
www.myspace.com/wetpaintwetpaint
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Hold on a day or two if you're in deepest Scotland or the West Country.
We're on our way. Two vans currently flying around the nation doing drops.
Berlin peeps. Next week, meine damen und herren.
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Across
1 Riot Grrrl band released Dig Me Out (7, 6)
8 Developing 1967 Hollies album (9)
9 Spektor, New York / Russian singer (6)
10 Dead ______, Los Angeles drone rockers
11 Melt Banana or Heavenly get the chop (3, 3)
13 What pop will eat (6)
19 Organic song from Radiohead's debut (9)
20 Leader of The Milkshakes and Thee Headcoats (5, 8)
Down
1 Jews or Mt Zion (6)
2 Spirit of a Talk Talk album (4)
3 Legendary Ska and Reggae label (6)
4 Josh, Nashville singer songwriter now resident in Spain (5)
5 Ian McNabb's kind of works (6)
6 PIL, Fairport Convention or Damien Rice album (4)
7 Mellow, Submarine or Moon Band (6)
11 ______ Rock, Smashing Pumpkins single (6)
12 Went A' Courting for Bob Dylan or Bruce Springsteen (6)
14 A gathering on the Notorious Byrd Brothers (6)
15 Darren Hayman's post-Hefner band (6)
16 The Sonics debut single (5)
17 Cruel song by Howling wolf (4)
18 John Hassall's post-Libertines band (4)
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