Free Monster Magnet ticket

I have some sort of virus and will be too fucked

to attend the Monster Magnet gig on Friday.

No one I know can make it, so if anyone lives in

the London area and fancies seeing them play at

Koko in Camden - 6.30 to 10.00pm - I know, very

strange kick off time - on Friday 25th, drop me an

email and I will send ticket.

It is an electronic scan ticket - all you need to do is

print out the PDF I will send and entry will be yours.

No charge - I would rather see it go to a good home!

First come, first served - I will need to know by Thursday 4.00pm

as I intend to be in bed all day Friday and will not be looking at Mac.

Radio Birdman - Living Eyes (1978)

Getting into the 1st album yesterday, I thought that

the theme could be continued with their 2nd album.

Not everyone knows about this - it was recorded in

1978 but due to record company indifference and the

band splitting up, it was only released years later.

While not quite as good as "Radios Appear", it still rocks

like a bastard and at least 4 of the tracks were used in the

"New Race" project with Ron Asheton.

Radio Birdman - Radios Appear (1978)

Radio Birdman were a band that introduced a whole section of

Australian underground listeners to a love of Detroit rock'n'roll.

Although the Stooges and MC5 are the obvious touchstones

here, there are strong pop hooks, jazz-tinged guitar licks,

keyboard flourishes and vocals that touch upon Morrison

as well as Iggy.

Infectious, essential listening to anyone with a love for guitars

and the smell of overloaded amps!

Band Info

Premonition 13 - 13 (2011)

Latest project from Wino.

Whadda need to know - doomy riffing, half spoken

vocals and fantastic lead work, nearer to The Hidden

Hand than St Vitus - just like the Shrinebuilder album,

there are two guitar players which give a much more

open sound.

Band website for merchandise and albums

Black Sabbath - S/T (1970)

This album changed the face of music.

Buzzcocks - Time's Up (1976)

Before the "Spiral Scratch" EP came out -

breaking the Buzzcocks onto the nations unsuspecting

ears and also beginning the DIY ethos by being

the first punk record to be self-released - they recorded

an albums worth of material in one afternoon - live

with no overdubs.

Howard Devoto did all the vocals and the result was

quite different from the Pete Shelley incarnation that

most people know. The pop edge is there but buried

underneath the urgent, frantic delivery of the band and

the infamous Devoto caustic vocals.

Oceana - Birth.Eater (2009)

This is some awesome melodic hardcore - of course,

if you don't like this sort of thing, your reaction could

well be different and you should leave now.

Vocals are delivered with a mixture of brutal screaming

and tuneful, powerful singing which suits the lyrics of

abandonment and desolation.

All the instruments mesh together to deliver a very

powerful sound with excellent use of time changes

to vary the songs.

This got a lot of shit when it came out because it

was on Rise records but regardless of who released it,

the music stands up to close inspection.

Band Info

Buy from Bandcamp

Dead and Divine - Antimacy (2011)

Dead & Divine play post-hardcore/metal and deliver

an album that has a huge, meaty sound to it.

Everything sounds BIG.

Drums and guitars are welded together to produce

heavy riffs with brutal effect and the vocals which

switch between clean/screamed never let up in intensity.

The songs do not rely on breakdowns and have a strong

melodic but aggressive feel to them.

"The Machines We Are" from 2009 kinda fell into the

dreaded, generic "metalcore" tag that seems to make

bands sound the same but this album takes them beyond

that - this is a thrilling, sonic assault that took me by surprise.

Buy from Bandcamp

Veins Dried Out

So, the "man" shut down the mighty "Veins

Dried Out" blog.

But never fear, dry your tears and stop

whimpering, they have emerged once more,

re-born and ready to do things - check them out

at Throat Burned Out where normal service will

be resumed.

I have been invited to contribute but until I have

upped my database of swear words and added a

few more tattoo's, I fear that all I can bring to the

table are handsome good looks and devilishly

excellent posts!

Doubledgescissor Record Label

The last post featured Cutthroat Convention which had

their album released on Doubledgescissor - looking at

their site, there is shit loads of weird and heavy stuff

on their roster.

All are available for free download and well worth

checking out for a taste of something different - but hey,

here is some more info from one of its founders, Damian.

Doubledgescissor >8< is a promoter/net label/blog, started by 2 members of Cutthroat Convention - Damian & Leon.
Doubledgescissor exists to release music we like & put on gigs with line-ups of interesting music we want to see, that is the main crux of operation.
All music we release is available to download free from our site & plastic discs available free at our nights.

We are not into one direction of music, we like many genres/non genres, we sometimes put on nights of variation - metal/afrobeat/noise/maths rock, or night of total electronica.........nothing is out of bounds.

We have released music by Cutthroat Convention, LowTRAMON - maths/jazz/noise rock, PsychicEyeClix - dubstep/circuit bent/electronica, Efemer - piano doom/goth/electronica, XwillfiX - metal/noise/electronica.

The next releases are on the cards for early next year - the 1st full album by Cutthroat Convention & PsychicEyeClix 3rd album of dubstep & bent circuits......

Our next Doubledgescissor night is on sat 12th nov at the Urban Bar, 176 Whitechapel rd.
Line-up - Archives - noise/electronica, PsychicEyeClix, Tecla - soundscapes/shamanism, Kayaka - noise/experimental, DJ Spudboy - dabke/UK bassline/afrobeat.

Night after that is december 3rd at the Urban bar.
line-up - One man team dance - circuit bent/disco, Cutthroat Convention, Ladyscraper - breakbeats/noise/electronica.

Linkage -
Label - www.doubledgescissor.co.cc
Blog - www.doubledgescissorblog.co.cc
FB - http://facebook.com/doubledgescissor

I think thats about the jist of what we're about!

Give these guys your support and check them out.

More Shutdowns

2 more shutdowns today - Veins Dried Out who

served up a tasty treat of all things dark and abrasive

with dashes of humour crossed with a shouty voice

+ Banana Approved Music where they showed me

all that was new in melodic hardcore.

RIP, my brothers.

I can only assume that at some point this will happen to me,

I will use the same title but with a number after it.