Tuesday, January 25, 2005  2:58 am 

Hangedup

Last year saxophones and cowbells were rescued from the dungeons of ‘uncool’, will it be violins this season? Well, Patrick Wolf’s got a bit of that in in his new single, the Libertine. Some other people (sorry, forgot the actual link) bet on flutes on account of Dungen and Caribou.

What do you think dear readers? Will perhaps recent events in reality television provoke a maracas revival?

As long as this doesn’t come with a baggy renaissance I will be, if not happy, at least content.

Whatever… Hangedup are a canadian duo who do minimalist gypsy avant rock (hey!) using just drums and violin, I saw them in 2003 supporting Godspeed You! Black Emperor and they were much better than them.

This song, a New Order ‘cover’ is from their self titled debut album, which came out a few years ago in Constellation Records. It is a thing of understated drama and bare beauty, thanks to Dani for the tip.

Hangedup- New Blue Monday

(I reckon Canada is the country getting more postings per capita in this humble blog, word up!)

Ps- Thanks to everyone who came to 20JFG Nite last friday and filled the place in what has been our busiest ‘physical’ event so far (probably many of them didn’t know yours truly were playing records but still it was nice). BTW Skills 7 Stamina 12 were playing live downstairs/being played by us upstairs, check them out at Junior Aspirin records cos they are real good.

Juan’s setlist was (not in order)…

-The Boredoms- Vision Creation Newsun

-Fly Pan Am- Vos Reves Revers

-Lightning Bolt- Crown of Storms

-Electroputas- Never Been More in Love

-Can- Vitamin C

-Neu!-Super

-Afrirampo- Afurirampo

-Les Georges Leningrad- Sponsorships

-Slint- Nosferatu Man

-Skills 7 Stamina 12- Sofa

-Ratatat- El Pico

-Wilco- Spiders Kidsmoke

-Oneida- Jazz is the Teacher Funk is the Preacher

-Barcelona Pavillion- New Materiology

-Iggy & The Stooges- Penetration

-The Hunches- Where Am I

-Electric Eels- You’re Full of Shit

-Nation of Ulysses- Today I Met The Girl I am Going to Marry

-Big Black- The Model

Stuart’s set was (in alphabetical order)…

-!!! – The Dis-ease

-Bergheim 34 – Oscillations

-DJ Hell – Keep on waiting

-Glass Candy – Nite Nurses

-Guttertech – Amstrad Test 1

-Human league – Dance like a star

-International Pony – My mouth

-Kraftwerk – Ruckzuck

-Les Georges Leningrad – Black Eskimo

-M83 – A guitar and a heart

-Pixeltan – That’s the way i like it

-Sir Alice – Bouda is a Material Girl

-Soft Pink Truth – Confession

-Spektrum – Freefall

-Tender Buttons – Jump

-The Flying Lizards – Hands 2 Take

-The Vanishing – Lovesick

Go to Run-Roc records if you want to listen to Neutral Mute condensing Can’s mighty epic ‘You Doo Right’ into barely two minutes of furious Synth Rock. Cool!

And finally we’d like to say a big ‘THANK YOU’ to Manuel from fantastic Dolby Surrender, he sent us a parcel full of issues of BANG!, an amazing fanzine made in Barcelona. Any Spanish-speaking readers around are advised to get hold of these mini-maps for an elegant navigation across the stormy waters of modern culture, while non-spanish speaking ones would be wise to learn the language so they can follow suit.

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