TORCHS (EX CAVITY)
BARONESS
HAXAN
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Straddling the fence between aggressive sludge and technical
fireworks, Baroness is carving out their own unique plot in the
ever-cramped world of underground metal. If these guys aren’t on
your radar yet you need to rectify that little oversight quickly.
www.yourbaroness.com/
CHURCH OF MISERY
SOURVEIN
NOG
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Japan’s answer to Black Sabbath! on Southern Lord
Records
From the Land of the Rising Sun, Japan’s answer to
Black Sabbath: Church of Misery. Church of Misery are
obsessed with a combination of Serial Killers and Black Sabbath,
they unleashes a raw, primitive slab of twisted riffs and brutal
hooks.
Featuring the amazing guitar destruction of Tomohiro Nishimura.
( Already one of Japan’s highly revered guitarists). Iommi-burnt
riffs and head-splitting leads. Lyricist and low end mangler: Tatsu
Mikami plays the meanest Wah-bass heard since Holy Mountain era
Sleep. Vocalist: Yoshiaki Negishi has a throaty yell not unlike
Lemmy, “Ripping Into Pieces” any melodic outbreaks. Blistering DOOM
hacking away while wardrums beat beneath
http://www.d7.dion.ne.jp/~church/
Sourvein came crawling into the East Coast / Southern
underground in
late 1992 with a single mission; to become one of the heaviest and
most
tour worn bands in America. Mission accomplished!
Inspired by heavy-weights like The Accused, Motorhead, Saint
Vitus,
Black Flag and early COC, Sourvein took the DIY approach with
their
vision and created a lurking monster of audible despair and a
word-of-mouth campaign that continues to build a cult-like
following.
“There’s something diseased about their sound; the tracks have
a
morbid sickness to them, and the gut reaction of good, decent folk
is
to stay the hell away.” – StonerRock.com
http://www.southernlord.com/sourvein.html
Nog, stupidly low-tuned eight string baritonal, polyrhythmic, instrumental disco metal. Inspired by such artists as Meshuggah and Whitney Houston. Guaranteed to make you bang your head clean off and/or dance like a broken robot. NOG are your new gods little boys.
http://www.myspace.com/nogulism
CRIPPLED BLACK PHOENIX
VOICE OF THE SEVEN WOODS
ESQUILAX
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Born from a blizzard of horned cats, Crippled Black Phoenix bring you a twisted cinematic experience, handcrafted by a mercenary crew of underground heavyweights, giving depth and gravity to regal songs about love, loss, tragedies and redemption.
Back in the summer of 2004, Electric Wizard drummer Justin Greaves (also of Iron Monkey, Teeth of Lions Rule the Divine) started recordings songs and soundscapes he’d had in his head for several years onto minidiscs, looping them through an old stereo to achieve the multi-layers, these were the bones of what would eventually become the international outfit that is CBP. The songs that marked that moment in time would take on a new strength, initially aided by good friend (and Mogwai bassist) Dominic Aitchison. Other great compadres followed, Panthiest members Andy Semmens and Kostas Panagiotou, Nial McGaughey of 3D House of Beef and -(16)- amongst others and solo folk singer-songwriter Joe Volk, who also fronts heavy rock band Gonga, all stepped up to bring a variety of influences and skills to complete the line-up.
Bringing us up to date in 2006, CBP enter SOA Studio (Portishead, Gonga, The Heads etc..) in Bristol, UK, to record the debut full-length album “A Love of Shared Disasters”, a collection of self-penned “Endtime Ballads”. During this, one of the hottest summers on record, the old friends aligned and the fully realized visions that had been pestering Greaves for the past few years were finally given life. The album, the first of a trilogy, deals with in the timelesness of honesty and tragedies laid bare, featuring sordid tales from the pages of literary history combined with personal stories of contemporary loss and love. Musically, the songs are driven by a need to stretch out and do something timeless and different from the band-members previous musical ventures but at the same time carrying over a little of their collective influences. This is about pushing personal musical boundries and taking the listener on a journey of their own. Using a blend of modern amplified and Victorian era equipment plus an esoteric collection of strange but wonderfull ways of creating the dark-americana type ambience, the crew of CBP have lovingly fasioned a soundtrack for the “endtime” that has the impact of a Marshall stack, but with the timeless voice of classic instruments.
“A Love of Shared Disasters” is to see it’s release through Invada Records (owned and run by Geoff Barrow of Portishead) and will see the band enter into the live on stage phase, playing shows in selected cities, bringing the public the melodic-but-twisted carnival that is Crippled Black Phoenix.
http://www.myspace.com/crippledblackphoenix
Rick Tomlinson, self taught jack of all musical trades has since drawn influence from an oblique archive of obscure LPs and bizzare instruments and forged his own unique approach to making music. A potent cocktail of krautrock, folk, jazz, tropicalia and Welsh progressive rock has seduced stalwarts of Manchester’s alternative music scene into countless collaborations with Rick at the helm. Brandishing a masala of instruments ranging from brass and acoustic to electric varieties Rick has shared studio sessions with the likes of Lone Pigeon, Jane Weaver, Badly Drawn Boy, Dave Tyack and Aidan Smith, as well as stage time supporting Lincoln, James Yorkston, Turin Brakes and David Kitt. Various impromptu appearances at local folk clubs have earned Rick a bourgening reputation amongst hard core enthusiasts and mainstays of the folk scene such as John Renbourne who recently asked Rick to accompany him on future live appearances.
Website: www.voiceofthesevenwoods.com
Also: www.myspace.com/voiceofthesevenwoods
Midlands based free-noise/chaos/ambient/everything project, esquilax,
will be playing a rare collaboration set and join forces with
Maya-Victoria Kjellstrand, founder/member of the Brighton groups
Leopard Leg, Polly Shang Kuan Band, Blood Stereo, Injury Chic and Flesh
Failure.
www.weareesquilax.tk
Red Sparowes
Una Corda
Wires
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Red Sparowes is epic without bombast, heavy without a single
barre-chord riff and eviscerating without any clearly audible
vocals. The chiming, spindly layers of effect-laden guitars and the
swinging, entrancing drums on its Neurot Recordings debut At the
Soundless Dawn create textures reminiscent of Goblin, Tones on
Tail, Godspeed You Black Emperor and early Sonic Youth. Its attack
is syrupy and serpentine; subtle but frighteningly
deliberate.
Red Sparowes is comprised of Bryant
Clifford Meyer on guitar (Isis), Josh Graham on guitar (Neurosis
visuals and acclaimed video director), Greg Burns on bass and pedal
steel (also of Temporary Residence dark chamber folk sextet Halifax
Pier), Andy Arahood on bass/guitar (Angel Hair) and David Clifford
on drums (The VSS, Pleasure Forever).
http://www.redsparowes.com/
Una Corda
Featuring two guitarists, two bass players and una drummer.
http://www.myspace.com/unacorda
WIRES
ultra-bleak, minimal chamber duo
http://www.myspace.com/wires
Dj sets from:
Lee Seafood (Birmingham Nihilism/Experimental Seafood)
Una Corda boyz
Geoff Dolman (Static Caravan)
Brian Duffy (modified Toy Orchestra)
Acoustic sets in the back room:
Bethan Marshall
Simon Harris
Vincent Gould
John Napier
Pub Quiz . Cakes . Raffle
Doors 7.30pm
Two years on from John Peel’s untimely death, a legion of bands, promoters and music-lovers will be gathering at events up and down the country to celebrate his legacy. During an unparalleled 40-year broadcasting career Peel was responsible for introducing UK listeners to everything from crackly old bluegrass to pounding techno, as well as giving a vital first break to countless influential artists including David Bowie, Joy Division, The Smiths and more recently the White Stripes. As with so many other cities, Birmingham’s music scene owes him a huge debt for the inspiration, exposure and encouragement which his programmes provided. On Thursday 12th October, a selection of acts who benefitted from his adventurous ears will be gathering at the Jug of Ale in Moseley to raise a glass in tribute and provide the kind of mixed-up musical entertainment that the man himself might have enjoyed. With dj sets from Lee Seafood (Birmingham Nihilism), Geoff Dolman (Static Caravan), Una Corda Boyz, and Brian Duffy of the Modified Toy Orchestra. Also expect a Peel related pub quiz, Raffle and of course homemade cakes.
PSYCHIC TV
+ PRAM
+ COURTESY GROUP
Doors 7.30pm
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Swordfish
Yes HE was in Throbbing Gristle, but PTV are more than that, so
much more, inventive and unpredictable this is a rare chance to see
this group on British soil. True musical visionaries with a
renegade spirit, anything could happen and probably will when they
take to the stage.
http://www.genesisp-orridge.com/
Pram make beautiful, ethereal music which doesn’t so much evoke a distant time but a far away world, one full of wonder and ripe for discovery. A soundtrackto Victorian England as seen through the eyes of a Monte Carlo cocktail, haunting and mesmerising.
www.myspace.com/pushthepram
Big egos, rambling post-punk grooves and twisted West Midlands wisdom are the ingredients in the Courtesy Group’s over-blown and over-stated sonic attack.
Larger than life frontman Al Hutchinson, who could only be described as the camp bastard son of Mark E. Smith and Screaming Lord Sutch, rants over the top of a heaving rhythm section.
http://www.myspace.com/thecourtesygroup
Special guest djs this month:
Mr & Mrs Bullen
+ give aways courtesy of INVADER RECORDS
Hey kids!!!
This has become our regular monthly night, where you can come and listen to some records, eat cake with the grannies and
have a bit of a gossip, this is not a disco, more of a get
together.
Each month we’ll be inviting special guests to delve into their
record collections and share some aural delights, this months
special guest dj slot comes from Mr & Mrs Bullen, which means you can expect to hear anything from The Obsessed to 60’s French pop music.
+ The Capsule Girls will be djing so you can expect to hear some of the following + loads of other
random shit:
Black Sabbath, Melvins, Lungfish, Zeni Geva, Shellac, Fugazi,
Lightning Bolt, Khanate, Sunn 0))), v/vm, The Bug, Slayer, Merzbow,
Iron Monkey, Eyehategod, Don Caballero, Melt Banana, Oxbow, Noxagt,
Indian Summer, Universal Order of Armageddon, Danzig, Palace, Mule,
Circle, Cavity, PCM, Shitmat, Venetian Snares, Jesu, Isis,
Soundmurderer, Calvados Beam Trio, Mistress, Modified Toy
Orchestra, Formation Flight, Knives, Mike In Mono, Black Galaxy,
Tunng, Bonnie Tyler and so much more…
Only £2 or free with cakes you can share.
Get Baking.
WE HAVE PLENTY OF GIVE AWAYS THIS MONTH COURTESY OF INVADA RECORDS – HOME TO CRIPPLED BLACK PHOENIX, RAMESSES + GONGA
http://www.invada.co.uk/
As well as a host of films, afternoon tea and special guest djs we have live performances from
SERAFINA STEER (latest Static Caravan signing)
THE DESTROYERS vs. Mitchell and Kenyon
MIKE IN MONO
all taking place in Curzon Street Station
Curzon St, Digbeth, Birmingham B4 7XG
(Over the road from Millennium Point)
.
7 Inch Cinema and Capsule have been given the keys to Curzon St Station for the day, and will be laying down some serious audio-visual entertainment as part of a motley affiliation of arty stuff happening around Digbeth under the moniker of the EASTSIDE ARTS PICNIC. Other folks involved include Ikon Gallery, Vivid, BIAD and Craftspace.
Platform 9 will be playing host to absolutely loads of topnotch films and live music, with a running order that looks something like this…
14:00: Lucky dip
Some shorts to get you started.
14:30: Artists Valley Super 8 Showreel
Half an hour of homemade cine film and music, put together by Wolverhamptonites Stephen Wilkinson (aka Bibio, 2nd lp just out on Mush records) and Andrew Harber.
15:00: Train shorts
Railway heaven, courtesy of British Transport Films. Includes Geoffrey Jones’ Oscar-nominated Snow and a day out with John Betjeman.
16:00: Sefa Steer (live)
Brilliant singer-songwriter and harpist recently signed up with Static Caravan records.
16:30: Afternoon Tea
Refreshments, games and nice tunes courtesy of DJ Geoff (Static Caravan).
17:30: YouTube Odyssey
A journey through the netherworld of internet video with your guide, the intrepid VJ Hooker.
18:00: Slomo Video
Concentrated blast of slow-motion strangeness, including a selection of one-minute films made for the 7inch Summer Slomo Challenge.
18:30: The Destroyers vs. Mitchell and Kenyon (live)
The Mitchell and Kenyon Collection comprises over 800 films made for travelling film-shows in the 1900s, discovered in a basement in Blackburn ten years ago and painstakingly restored by the British Film Institute. Earlier this year the Destroyers were commissioned by the Flatpack Festival to accompany a few of these amazing films live, and this evening they’ll be performing a selection of the resulting scores.
19:30: Mike in Mono (live)
Exhilarating electro-pop climax courtesy of Birmingham’s own ambidextrous disco diva. Find him on Warm Circuit records.
CURZON ST STATION
Curzon St, Digbeth, Birmingham B4 7XG
(Over the road from Millennium Point)
The Eastside Arts Picnic is supported by Arts Council England.
Price: Free!
For more info about the Eastside Arts Picnic check:
http://www.ikon-gallery.co.uk/currentExhibitionsEastsidePicnic.htm
For more info about Serafina Steer:
http://www.myspace.com/drumstreetsefa
The destroyers:
http://www.thedestroyers.co.uk/
Mike In Mono:
http://www.warmcircuit.com/