RBMA: Amon Tobin
As we ease ever closer to the wintery, commercially infused wonderland that Is Christmas. Spirits rise, drinks are downed and office parties abound. Inter office hook ups are resigned to the deepest recesses of conversation and excuses cunningly thought up as to why you just can’t make it in the day after. Classic Christmas vibes....
Death Rattle
My favorite band Los, who became That Mouth, have split up in September and I didn’t even know about it until recently, when I saw this feed on my facebook for this new band called Death Rattle. I’ve had the great privelage of organizing a gig with them on the bill last year and am...
Chocolate Robots
If you caught a whiff of the Strokes with this and felt like it’s an American version of the Libertines, then you’re not alone. I kinda like the shambolicness of it all and the story about this band is actually more than meets the eye (and quite impressive.) Chocolate Robots is Mike, Marco and Mutt...
The Coathangers
New favorite band OF THE FUCKING YEAR. The Coathangers (not to be confused with the Raincoats, although that would be quite funny) are a 4 piece all girl punk band from Atlanta and before I can even say check them out before Pitchfork turns them into disposable hipster hype, Big P got there before me....
Rattail
WATCH THE VIDEO in this post before you do anything else becuase 1) the track SICKO is awesome and 2) its quite an awesome footage. Rattail hail from Canada and can I just say that it’s so refreshing to see a female lead singer on guitars. I like the DIY, shambolicness of it all. Jasmyn’s...
In Photos: Dinosaur Pile Up Leeds The Brudenell 14th July 2011
Last night I dragged my mate who hasnt slept in 3 days to this Dinosaur Pile Up homecoming gig, sponsored by Miller Beer, at The Brudenell (also affectionately called “The Brude”). He was literally falling asleep at the table. But, a pint of guinness and a double rum and coke later, he was awake enough...
The Dirty Nil – Fuckin Up Young
I want every weekend to be like the one just gone, chain smoking, hard drinking, loud music, leery friends, screaming over balconies, talking to random strangers, greasy chips and cheese for the slow walk home, collapsing on couches, intimate conversations, so tired I could fall sleep right here on the street. The Dirty Nil fits...
RBMA: Yuck
This has been on of those odd weeks. I’ve been out having a few drinks, nothing to reckless mind, most nights and consequently I’m in some kind of weird half hungover, sleep deprived ambient state of euphoria. One person actually said to me the other day I looked different, my response was “oh yeh, I...
Japanese Voyeurs, Leeds, The Cockpit
So Bad Fotography’s photographer sidekick, Hannah P, went to see Japanese Voyeurs last month at the Cockpit in Leeds and took some awesome photos. Because I was so fucked up, I didn’t manage to post this ontime but here they are, in all her fish-eye lens’ glory. She mentioned the show wasn’t what she was...
Slowwave
What an excellent band. Unsigned bands like this remind me of why I am blogging in the first place. Slowwave hail from the city of Tacoma in Washington, you may not have heard of them yet but these guys are not going to remain in obscurity for long because this EP that they’ve brought my...
CoordinatedAttackPatterns
VERY 90s photo. See that guy with holding that pear? I was actually completely munted at Fear & Loathing in Leeds, and this guy was totally pissed, waving a bottle of something at me while we danced in a room full of wasted youth to Pulp’s Common People. Anyway, he’s in CoordinatedAttackPatterns, an effects heavy,...
Cusses
Dirty southern rock and roll with feisty femme vocals – Cusses is Angel Bond on the microphone, Bryan Harder on guitars and Brian Lackey on drums. Kinda like LOS from London, but grittier, with that whole blistering wall of noise effect thing goin on. Got a feeling that Cusses will absolutely KILL IT live. Has...
