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...
Polly Mackey & The Pleasure Principle – Higher
CAN I JUST SAY?! CAN I JUST SAY – how AMAZING this band is? On so many levels. The first point is that Polly Mackey & The Pleasure Principle is not just another band from London – they’re from Liverpool! (or Wrexham near Wales depending on how you look at it) Secondly, Polly is COOL...
Fear And Loathing in British Wildlife, Drag & Drop, Leeds 20th Nov
Nothing sorts your head out better than an egg Mcmuffin from Mcdonalds. I was such a dick last night, dropped my camera and got too munted by the time the last band got on. British Wildlife did another one of their signature epic gigs, this one was called Fear & Loathing in British Wildlife and...
Dead Snares
Music that speaks to your soul. Solemn, somber, with a voice that penetrates, Jeffrey Cain’s Dead Snares reels you right in from the moment he opens his mouth to sing. Speak The Language is an unfortunate album, unfortunate not because its awful, it isnt, but because it is so bleak and foreboding that it almost...
Middle Class Rut – New Low (Video)
Got the new video for New Low by Middle Class Rut. Quite intense and disturbing. The music on the other hand is ferocious, honest and original. No bullshit, no wanky pretensious guitar solos, no fashion-y concept. Just pure power. Opening vocals in the beginning reminds me of Brand New‘s Millstone from The Devil And God...
Dinosaur Pile Up
Leeds represent! Dinosaur Pile-Up from Leeds has got a new album, Growing Pains out now. It’s the album that’s been hotly tipped since Zane Lowe dropped a track on his show a few years back. Fucking GRUNGE as hell. The riffs are proper durgy, heavy stuff man. Traynor (this version) is my favorite: [Video: Dinosaur...
In Photos: Purple Rhinestone Eagle @ BAD NIGHTS, Leeds, 25th Sept
Those of you who missed last night’s Purple Rhinestone Eagle show, I feel sorry for ya. Their set was thunderous, loud and fucking awesome. Their myspace really doesnt do them justice. I’ve said this before – you haveta see them live. If anyone took a picture of me trying to do a split-kick when they...
