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Vexx, Sauna Youth, Arndales, Chump, Antique Pony
one hell of a line up!!! co-promting with Conal Blake
many bands up from LONDON, with records out on In the Red and Upset the Rhythm ... gonna be such a good show.
VEXX hit the ground running like punk hasn't happened yet! Blazing through the first three songs on side one with a fury rarely seen in the modern underground. "Clairvoyant" is equal parts jagged as inventive, twisting out of reach at all the right moments. The song captures the band perfectly, raging headlong with unmatched momentum. VEXX also know how to write a powerful slow burner, as evidenced by "Strength" and the first half of "Ocean Shores". Maryjane's lyrics and vocals are a clarion call of intent; on fire with possibility, whilst wrestling with the power of everything. She's such a force of nature as a frontwoman that you're left stunned as much as amazed. Meanwhile, Mike and Corey's guitar and drum fireworks have left almost all spectators breathless (note: bass guitar duties on this recording were handled by Aaron, who has since been replaced by the very capable and excellent Ian). Each song is a maelstrom, whipping band and audience alike into a whirlwind. Pushing forward, thinking harder, striking home.
Arndales consist of four men our ages range from 42 to 51. Notable bands/artists they've been/are involved with: Country Teasers, Thrilled Skinny, Badgewearer, Gag, Montana Pete, Pregnant Neck, Collapsed Lung, Zuno Men and Jad Fair. They're menacing, menacingly good, regional treasures, stalker, very dangerous stretches of road, and I hate noise and scandalous hand made post cards. This is good, black crosses for eyes. Frantic, frenetic, edgy, disturbing, scratchy low-end menacing new wave. The whole presentation is something to be desired. John Peel would have played this lots, I guess we still miss him, when will they replace him?. This band should be on your list, these songs should be on the list, that line should be on your list. Time to kill in your office? Listen to this. Angular but not in that obvious way, solid, national statues more Fall than Franz. They're from the Three counties, where ever that is, somewhere in Southern England, sounds more like a regional bus company. I'm out of milk again, and famous things in history. Great songs, menacing songs, new wave with excellent benefits and reading books, shared common interests, ancient Greeks, iced tea. Definitely not Ice-T. Plunged in to lots of things, they do a lot of things, they hope that bothers you. Arndales have things to say pop that's wrong,
Sauna Youth are an evolving band of future humans making truly irregular punk, not quite comparable to anything else. "Weird" is a meaningless platitude and "art punk" is a classifier that shouldn't be required. Consisting of Richard Phoenix (drums, vocals), Lindsay Corstorphine (guitar), Jen Calleja (vocals, sampler) and Christopher Murphy (bass), Sauna Youth are a punk band that's happy to embrace all of the contradictions that go along with that notion. On paper, Sauna Youth sound considered - live, they can barely be contained. They are at times furious, unstoppable and severe, with the sampler wailing like an alarm coming from a parallel universe - then chugging, poppy, harmonious and fun. Forever loud. As Kurt Cobain once asked "Why can't we be both Black Sabbath and The Beatles?" Sauna Youth consistently pose the question, "Why can't we be both The Ramones and Steve Reich?"
CHUMP seem to change form gig to gig, harsh punk to pavement to 80s pop?... always exciting!! !https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ebn3r4wuCI
antique pony provide stop start abrasive and melodic punk in the vein of minutemen, beefheart & dawson, straight outta Erskine. !
https://antiquepony.bandcamp.com/
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LocationThe Old Hairdressers (View)
Renfield Lane
Glasgow G2 6PH
United Kingdom
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