Thursday, August 16, 2007  3:04 pm 

we trash cos we live

We like the East the West The North the South of the USA, witches living in every corner, crazy kids on ragged clothes chase them roast them eat their flesh and fart magic spells of sound and fury.

Let us begin with our homeboy James Nascent giving you the lowdown on winning by not caring about winning or losing, but caring= the oh so thriving US new wave of post-whatever lo-fi grinders, he’s going to be doing a regular column for us so say hi. James just about started Black Banana, sweet tees 20JFG shall be wearing, zombies to begin with (above!). We might be making one at some point too, bring the maximum contrast crayon, motherfuckers.

Hot stuff you should check column.

We all love the west coast don’t we? West coast usa that is, west coast usa lo-fi-noise-dance-punk-nonwave-pop type stuff yeah? Yes you do. Bands like Mika Miko, No Age (of which a minor obsession seems to be taking a firm grip…something about that riff….ahh..mmm..anyway),Erase Errata (duh!), Abe Vigoda, Silver Daggers, Kit, Child Pornography, Mae Shi…I could go on, I often do.

I’m trying to avoid the word scene (oops) but The Fucking Ocean are definitely part of that loosely connected group of vaguely similar sounding bands. You know…that thing, that stuff, that good shit. What I’m saying is very simply… if you do love that west coast thing, that loosely connected group of vaguely similar sounding bands..you should check out The Fucking Ocean. You’ll probably like them. Cool name eh.

The Fucking Ocean- Literacy Test

From Le Main Rouge CD.

Mighty Tyvek have been making us go wah since we first listened to them at DJ Rick’s (now that’s the reason Art for Spastics rules, it’s like going to your mate’s for a coffee, he got lots of records since you last saw him so he plays one after the other, vinyl piles against the wall as the room fills with music, no showing off it’s strictly a love thing). Anyway, we were lucky enough to grab ourselves a copy of that fancy saturate it to the max zine style Fast Metabolism double 7 they have released with What’s Your Rupture, you’d be well advised to do the same.

Tyvek- Air Conditioner

Watch ‘em strike with the wobbly energy of post-punk at its amphetaminic best, one half the Fall chasing fiery jack up and down the moors, one half Pere Ubu waking up hangover that morning the 70s ended, stare out of the window and see all sorts of weird post-hardcore ectoplasms floating over Cleveland’s leaden sky like this was ghostbusters or something.

Then switch off the sun with Lamps’ bad-boy monster mash stomp, In The Red have been putting the RARRRGH into GARRRRRARRRGHE RAAAARRRGHOCK from a long time and we have paid in silver, flesh, blood and fractured knees for it, Lamps sound like the kind of neanderthal nihilists who wear Dracula capes downtown and all the kids who don’t know any better are a bit like heh you’re wearing capes what are you vampires or what, and Lamps go kowabunga and eat the kids’ faces getting them an instant career in the freakshow circuit away from the capitalistic rats-tace, the kids say thanks and do the Tobe Hopper, one of the most popular dances out there in the carnie scene, or so we’ve heard.

Lamps- Bile

The manipulation of loudness levels for enhanced sickness throughout this record is nothing short of vile, in the best of ways.

And we close this scattershot post sending eternal love to Rose for Bohdan R.I.P. 1997-2007, the good folks at Deathbomb Arc sent us a bunch of records some time ago including ‘Then Everybody Hugged (Racism is God)’ which Friends Forever kickstarts, battery beat shitstorm resuscitation sine wave pulse bat attack from whence majestic melodies emerge like a kid power fantasy or a speck in the wild eyes of el Gato Svenonius before he became the Vice anchorman, there might be a solution after all, let’s just not give up.

Rose for Bohdan- Friends Forever

Thanks to the US kids for tearing us apart with love on a daily basis, keep on with the cultural revolution, we’re off til Monday, k, c ya

Now,

TONITE FRIDAY 17th of August DIY promoter/ record label Upset the Rhythm take over the DO

CORE CLUB 11-4

£4 REPLY TO THIS POST BRUV

BRING ID NO MATTER WHAT YOUR AGE IS (NUS card is enough, have sorted things out with Security)

HEALTH play live: trio of Los Angeles noise maniacs who use drums to build a fucked up pyramid of bones inside which fierce wild-eyed monsters, say Liars, Boredoms or Deerhunter would be happy to throw a party, call up the ghosts, paint the walls red, you know the score.

Listen/download/whatevs!

Recently remixed by Crystal Castles, bound for very great things

LAST MINUTE ADDITION

We are ever so blown away by the last minute addition of Dynasty Handbag to Friday’s lineup, her debut album ‘Foo Foo Yik Yik’ is total absolute genius, she’s up there in the fancy constellation of electronic DIY chanteuses whose bleeding hearts never end raining beautiful crimson stars over us. If you like: Kevin Blechdom, The Knife, Planningtorock, now really, don’t miss this.

Do & UPSET THE RHYTHM DJ play the party tunes that rock the summer, donna.

LOVE & LIZARDS

SATURDAY!

Le G£nuin£ and 20JFG loser not user DJ at the Penthouse, this will be recorded live and put in teh interweb. Come and make the needles bump to the wonderful beats of 1980s Acid House and the new wave of american fucked up rock. As Dan Deacon said once, Moses vs Predator: Booty.

8-1 Free entry Cheap drinks

FRIDAY NEXT WEEK-BERLIN!

Aftermath Disco at K.I.M.:::FUCK HUGO & 20JFG rock the Istambul Horror Disco Dub Club wha

labels >> DIY, Love Love Love, real indie