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[::..latest blogs..::]
:: MAISIE, BUDDY J FRANCIS
and SAM PAGE; RICKY
ALBECK & THE BELAIR
LINE BAND (Single Launch)
w/ THE CONDOS and
MORTAL AMBITION
:: TUCKSHOP and
BRAVE MISTAKES; NIGHT
RITES and THE GENEVIEVES;
MODERN RELICS
(Single Launch) w/ THE MAX
HEADROOM; CARLA LIPPIS &
MONDO PSYCHO and BRIXX
:: SHODASHI, HEPÉ MATEH
and LIVE SLUG REACTION
:: SOYLENT GREEN,
WONDERWALLS JAM BAND
REVIVAL BAND and ADAM
PAGE; THUNDER SPEAKS
(Single Launch) w/ BREWER,
KILLING CENTRE, VERZANSKI,
NEW LIFE ODYSSEY and
MOUNTAIN SONGS
:: PIMPIN' HORUS
(Farewell Show) w/ TWITCH;
VELVET VOID, NORMAL
BEHAVIOUR and PELVIS
:: HALL OF FAME ::
:: 20TH CENTURY GRADUATES** :: ANNIE SIEGMANN :: ARTAX MISSION :: THE AVES :: AVIATOR LANE :: BASTARD SONS OF RUINATION :: THE BATTERY KIDS :: BEARDED GYPSY BAND* :: BOOSTER :: CENTRAL DELI BAND :: CHEER ADVISORY COUNCIL :: CIRCLE CLAN :: COERCE :: COOPS & THE BIRD :: CONCHILLIA :: DANVERS & GHOST KNIFE :: DEAD POPES OF THE VATICAN :: DELUSIONS OF GRANDMA :: DIRT PLAYGROUND :: DOUBLE HANDED* :: THE DUNES :: EGYPT :: ENCARTA / COLONEL KERNEL** :: FIRE! SANTA ROSA FIRE!*** :: FRIENDS :: GLASS SKIES :: GOD GOD DAMMIT DAMMIT* :: THE HONEY PIES** :: HORROR MY FRIEND* :: ISLE OF VISION :: JUNGLE CITY :: KAMIKAZE :: THE KEEPSAKES* :: THE KILLGIRLS*** :: KORAL & THE GOODBYE HORSES :: LADY STRANGELOVE** :: LEADER CHEETAH* :: LIKE LEAVES** :: LUMONICS* :: LYLA :: MAX SAVAGE & THE FALSE IDOLS*** :: MERE THEORY :: MORALS OF A MINOR* :: THE MOTIVE :: MR WEDNESDAY** :: NO THROUGH ROAD*** :: QUIET CHILD :: QUIET IN THE LAB! :: REALIST FEW :: RIDE INTO THE SUN** :: THE SEA THIEVES* :: THE SHINY BRIGHTS* :: SINCERELY, GRIZZLY*** :: SKELETONS :: SOFT WHITE MACHINE* :: SONS OF ZOKU :: SPARKSPITTER* :: SQUEAKER :: ST. MORRIS SINNERS :: STEERING BY STARS* :: SWIMMING :: TEA :: THE TIMBERS :: TONY FONT SHOW** :: TRACER :: THE TRANSATLANTICS** :: TWO SUNS :: TYGER TYGER* :: THE VILLENETTES* :: WEST THEBARTON BROTHEL PARTY :: WOLF & CUB** :: ZETA ::
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[::..festival blogs..::]
:: Fringe Festival 2012
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[::..b&w episodes..::]
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:: In Limbo - 1 | 2 |
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[::..special features..::]
:: ARTIST INDEX ::
:: !!! :: THE 1NE :: 20TH CENTURY GRADUATES :: 20TH CENTURY GRADUATES (DUET) :: 200 MOTELS :: 4 KINGS LOUD :: 4 VOICE :: 67 SPECIAL :: THE 7.4.5. :: 78 SAAB :: A.B. ORIGINAL :: A.D.K.O.B. :: A FILM FOR THE FUTURE :: A GAZILLION ANGRY MEXICANS :: A RED DAWN :: A YOUNG MAN DRESSED AS A GORILLA DRESSED AS AN OLD MAN SITS ROCKING IN A ROCKING CHAIR FOR FIFTY-SIX MINUTES AND THEN LEAVES :: AAARRR! ALL ABOARD FOR PIRATEY VARIETY :: AARON THOMAS :: AARON THOMAS & THE HUMAN PATTERNS :: AARON THOMAS TRIO :: ABBEY HOWLETT :: ABBEY HOWLETT & THE GOLDEN REALM :: ABLACKWELL :: ABOLISHED :: ABRASKA :: ACID MOUNTAIN :: ACID WOLF :: ACROSS THE ATLAS :: ADALITA :: ADAM GEOFFREY COLE :: THE ADAM HIGGS FIELD SUPERCOLLIDER :: ADAM PAGE :: ADELAIDE'S PIPE GUY :: ADNAAN BARAKY :: ADRIAN BELEW :: ADRIAN DEUTSCH :: AFFAIRS OF MEN :: AFI :: AFTER THE FALL :: AGAPANTHER :: AIDAN J JONES :: AIRBOURNE :: ALANA JAGT :: ALANA JAGT & THE MONOTREMES :: ALARM BIRDS & THE SEA THIEVES :: ALBANY AVENUE :: ALDOUS HARDING :: ALEKSIAH :: ALEX K :: ALEX K & THE SPUTNIK SWEETHEARTS :: ALEXANDER BLACK :: ALIAS & THE JAMS :: ALISON COPPE :: ALISON COPPE & THE JANES :: ALITHIA :: ALL FLIGHT CREW ARE DEAD :: ALL MADE OF RUBIES :: ALL NIGHT GIRLS :: ALMA KALORAMA :: ALNITAK KID :: ALPEN :: ALPHA BETA FOX :: ALPHA STREET :: ALPHABETTE :: ALPINE :: ALREADY GONE :: ALRIGHT PSYCHO :: ALT. :: ALUKA :: AMBUSH MARKETING :: THE AMCATS :: AMENDS :: AMUNDSENS FLAG :: AMY SHARK :: ANCIENT DESIGN :: ANDERSON .PAAK & THE FREE NATIONALS :: ANDREW HIGGS & THE SAND CASTLE HARUM :: ANDREW MCCUBBIN feat. MELINDA KAY :: ANDREW P. STREET :: ANDY BULL :: ANDY ROBERTS :: ANGEL & THE BADMAN :: ANGEL EYES :: ANGEL OLSEN :: ANGELIK :: ANGELS OF GUNG-HO :: ANGIE HART :: ANIMAL SHADOWS :: ANIMAL TRAPS :: ANNIE BASS :: ANNIE OK :: ANNIE SIEGMANN :: ANNY DUFF :: ANTHONY ANT :: ANTHONY WIGNALL :: ANTI PSYCH :: ANTONY OF THE FUTURE :: ANTY! :: ANYA ANASTASIA :: ANYA ANASTASIA & THE BIRD WIZDOM CABARET :: ANYA MCNICOL-WINDRAM :: THE APE :: APHELION :: APPARITION :: APPOMATTOX RUN :: THE AQUARIAN MYSTERIES :: ARAKEYE :: THE ARCADE FIRE :: ARCHERS :: ARCHIE :: ARCHITECTURE IN HELSINKI :: ARE YOU DRINKING COMFORTABLY? :: ARGUS & THE LIAR :: ARIEL PINK'S HAUNTED GRAFFITI :: ARIES :: ARIES FLOW :: ARIS SPEED :: ARLO COOK :: ARMITAGE SHANKS :: ARMOUR FOU :: ARRAY :: ART OF ESCAPE :: THE ART OF FLYING KITES :: ARTAX MISSION :: AS THE PENNY DROPS :: THE ASTEROID BELT :: ASTRO ELEVATOR :: THE ATLANTIC STREET BAND :: ATLASIS & AMICA :: ATTILA MY HONEY :: ATOMIC SISTER :: ATTONBITUS :: ATTONBITUS (SOLO) :: AUBERON DANCE ACADEMY :: AUDIUM :: THE AUDREYS :: AUGUSTE :: AURA FORM :: AURORA :: THE AUTHENTIC REPLICAS :: AUXILLA :: AVANT GARDENERS :: THE AVES :: AVIATOR LANE :: AWKWARD LOVE TRIANGLE :: AXE & THE IVORY :: BABES ARE WOLVES :: BABY CANDY :: BABY MO :: BABYLON BURNING :: BABYTEETH :: BACHELOR OF ARTS :: BACHELORETTE :: THE BACKYARDERS :: BACKSEAT ROMEOS :: BAD//DREEMS :: BAD LUCK CABARET :: BADBADNOTGOOD :: BADLAND CARAVAN :: THE BAIT FRIDGE :: BAKER BOY :: THE BAKER SUITE :: THE BAKER'S DIGEST :: BAKEWELL STREET :: BALL PARK MUSIC :: BANG! BANG! AIDS! :: BANJO JACKSON :: BANJO WEATHERALD :: BANOFFEE :: BARCODE :: THE BARON :: BARON VON DOODIE :: THE BARONS OF TANG :: BART'S NIGHTMARE :: BASEBALL :: THE BASKERVILLES :: A BASKET OF MAMMOTHS :: BASTARD SONS OF RUINATION :: BASTY & FRIENDS :: BASTY H :: BAT FOR LASHES :: BATHAWK :: BATPISS :: BATRIDER :: THE BATTERY KIDS :: BATTLEHOUNDS :: BATTLE POPE :: BATTLES :: BEACH HOUSE :: BEACH LEECH :: BEANIE MY FRIEND :: BEAR THE MAMMOTH :: BEARDED GYPSY BAND :: THE BEARDS :: THE BEASTIE BOYS :: THE BEAUTIFUL MONUMENT :: BEC STEVENS :: BECCY ZAHO :: BED WETTER :: BEDHEAD :: THE BEDROOM PHILOSOPHER & HIS AWKWARDSTRA :: BEE PREFECT :: THE BEERBELLY BUSKERS :: BEFORE THE AFTERMATH :: THE BELAIR LIP BOMBS :: BELITTLE LEAGUE :: THE BELLE CURVE :: THE BELLRAYS :: BELOVED ELK :: BEN GEL & THE BONEYARD SAINTS :: BEN ELY'S RADIO 5 :: BEN REVI :: BEN REVI ALL-STAR REVIVAL BAND :: BEND :: BERMUDA BAY :: BETTY AIRS :: BIG BAD BARRY & THE DEAD SETS :: BIG DADDY'S DISCOTHEQUE :: BIG RICHARD INSECT :: BIG ROMANCE :: BIG SCARY :: BIG SKY THEORY :: BIG SLOE :: BIG TOWN :: BIG YAWN :: BIKE WRECK :: BILLIE EILISH :: BILLY BISHOP GOES TO WAR :: BILLY BOB'S BBQ JAM BAND :: BING GOES TO MONACO :: BINKY & THE BUNG MICS :: THE BIRD :: BIRD DETECTIVE :: BIRD WIZDOM :: BIRDS ARE SPIES :: BIRTHGLOW :: BIT BY BATS :: BITCH PREFECT :: BITCHSPAWN :: THE BITTER DARLINGS :: BITTER SWEET KICKS :: BJORK :: THE BLACK AND WHITE :: BLACK CHROME :: BLACK CORAL :: THE BLACK DOVES :: BLACK GOLD :: THE BLACK HEART DEATH CULT :: BLACK KNIGHT :: BLACK LIPS :: BLACK STONE FROM THE SUN :: BLACKCHORDS :: BLACKPENNY :: BLAKE SABAN 3 :: BLAST RHOMBUS :: THE BLEEDING FLARES :: BLEEDING KNEES CLUB :: THESE BLESSED BONES :: THE BLIND HERD :: BLISTERED PALMS :: BLOOMING :: BLOOD PLASTIC :: BLOOD SUCKING FREAKS :: BLOODHOUNDS ON MY TRAIL :: BLOODSTONE VILLAINS :: BLOW UP BETTY :: BLUE LUCY :: BLUE LUNACY :: BLUE SKY HOLIDAY :: THE BLUEBERRIES :: BLUEJUICE :: BLUSH :: BLUSH (SOLO) :: BLUSH RESPONSE :: BOB DOWNE :: BOB LOG III :: BODY HORROR :: BOHOEFFER :: THE BON SCOTTS :: BONG COFFIN :: BONOBO :: BOOBY TRAP :: A BOOGIE WIT DA HOODIE :: BOOMSKULLY :: BOOSTER :: THE BORDERLAND :: BORN LION :: BOS :: THE BOTANICALS :: THE BOTTLEROCKETS :: BOX ELDER :: THE BOX ROCKETS :: BOY YOUNG :: BRAVE MISTAKES :: BREE TRANTER :: BRENDAWG & THE DROID :: BRETT LITTLEFAIR :: BREWER :: THE BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE :: BRIANNA MAHONEY :: BRIARS :: BRIDGET FAHEY :: BRIDGET FAHEY & THE BONE RATTLERS :: BRILLIG :: BRIT TRUEACK :: BRITISH INDIA :: THE BRITISH ROBOTS :: THE BRITISH ROBOTS (DUO) :: BRIXX :: BROMHAM :: BRONZE CHARIOT :: BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE :: BROKERS :: THE BROTHERS GOON :: BROTHERSISTER :: THE BROUHAHA :: BRUNATEX :: BUCK IT :: BUDDY J FRANCIS :: BUFFALO BOYFRIEND :: THE BUMBLEBEEZ :: THE BUOYS :: BURAKA SOM SISTEMA :: BURIED FEATHER :: BURJON :: BURLESQUE BEAUTIES :: BURN THE ASHES :: BURNING BRIDGES :: THE BURNING SEA :: BURNING TOWER :: BURNSIDE MUMS :: BURNT FISH :: BUSHIDO :: BUSSEYS :: BUSTER FIDEZ :: BUTTERFLY SPINE :: BYE BYE MOUNTAIN :: BYSEA :: THE BYZANTINES :: C.H.O.P. ::CABBAGE & KINGS :: CABIN CULTS :: CABLE TIES :: CAGEFLY :: CAL WILLIAMS JR :: CALIFORNIA COUSIN :: CALLERDENIGHT :: CALLING ALL CARS :: CAM GOODALL :: CAMEROM MCTERNAN :: CAMP COPE :: CAN MASTER SMASH & MOTUS COLLECTIVE :: CANDIDA :: CANIDAE :: CANIS VULPES :: CAPTAIN CLEANOFF :: CAPTAIN HELLFIRE & THE WRETCHED BRETHREN :: THE CAPTAINS OF INDUSTRY :: CAPTIVES :: CAR SEAT HEADREST :: CARL DOVER & 3 DEEP :: CARLA LIPPIS & THE MARTIAL HEARTS :: CARLA LIPPIS & MONDO PSYCHO :: CAROLINE REID :: THE CASIO BROTHERS :: CASKET CASE :: CASS McCOMBS :: CASSETTE KIDS :: CAT DOG BIRD :: CAT LUCKY :: CAT PARTY :: CAUSING HAMMOCK :: CELESTITE :: CENTAURZ :: CENTRAL DELI BAND :: CERES :: CESARE :: CHAMP :: CHANCERY LANE :: CHAPMAN STREET :: CHARLIE MONSOON :: CHASING GHOSTS :: CHASING LANA :: CHASING PHOENIX :: THE CHATS :: CHEER ADVISORY COUNCIL :: CHEESE WORLD :: CHELSEA LEE :: CHELSEA MANOR :: CHERRY GRIND :: THE CHEVRON WHORES :: CHÉRIE DE KLERK :: CHILD :: CHILDREN COLLIDE :: CHINA CRISIS :: CHINA ROSES :: CHINESE NEW YEAR :: CHRIS FINNEN :: CHRIST DISMEMBERED :: CHORAL GRIEF :: CHOOSING SIDES :: CHURCH MOMS :: CHVRCHES :: CIARAM GRANGER :: CIRCLE CLAN :: CIRCUS ARCADE :: THE CITRADELS :: CITRUS JAM :: THE CITY :: CITY CALM DOWN :: CITY FEET :: CITY RIOTS :: THE CLANGERS :: CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH :: THE CLASHING PUMPKINS :: CLAY J GLADSTONE :: CLIENT LIASON :: THE CLIQUE :: CLOUD CONTROL :: CLOUD NOTHINGS :: CLOVER :: THE CLOWNS OF DECADENCE :: CLUB LOCK :: CLUE TO KALO :: COBRA :: COCK :: C.O.F.F.I.N :: CODRA NEGRA :: COERCE :: COG :: THE COLD FIELD :: COLDWAVE :: COLLARBONES :: COLLIDE/ESCAPE :: COLLIDER :: COLONEL KERNEL :: COLORBLIND :: COLOURBLIND :: COLOURBLIND DUO :: COLOURISE :: COLTER :: COLUMBUS :: CONCHILLIA :: THE CONDOS :: THE CONFESSIONALS :: CONOR DEERY :: CONSOLE WARRIORS :: COOKIE BAKER :: COOKIE BAKER & HER SPECIAL SECRET SPELLS :: COOL JUMPER :: COOL JUMPER & TANTIVY FAIR :: COOPS & THE BIRD :: COPIOUS DRIBBLE :: CORPUS :: THE CORTEX SHIFT :: CORTEZ :: COSMIC FOSSIL :: COSMIC SHEPHERD :: COSMO BLACK :: COSMO THUNDERCAT :: COSMO THUNDERCAT (DUO) :: COUNTERFEIT TRAITOR :: COURTNEY BARNETT :: THE COURTNEY LOVES :: COVE STREET :: COY CARP :: CRACKWHORE :: THE CRAVES :: THE CRAYON FIELDS :: CREEPERS :: CROSSFIRE HURRICANE :: CRUSTY SUITCASE BAND :: THE CRYING GAME :: CRYSTAL IGNITE :: CUB SCOUTS :: CUB SPORT :: CULL - THE BAND :: CURIOUS PALMS :: CURSES :: CUT COPY :: CUT OFF YOUR HANDS :: THE DAINTY MORSELS :: THE DAIRY BROTHERS :: DAISY BUCHANAN :: DAIYE SPA :: DALLAS FRASCA :: DALLI :: DAMN ARMS :: DAMN TERRAN :: DAMNED MEN :: DAMO SUZUKI NETWORK :: DAN DEVLIN :: DAN GASKIN :: DANCE TIL YOU CAN'T SAY YEAH! :: DANDY BUZZKILLS :: THE DANGER DOLPHINS :: DANGER & PLASTIC :: DANGEROUS! :: DANIEL VARRICCHIO :: DANIELE VILELLA :: DANVERS :: DANVERS & GHOST KNIFE :: DAPPLED CITIES :: THE DARDANELLES :: DARK DAZE :: THE DARK LIGHTS :: DARTS OF PLEASURE :: DAS UBBERDUNG :: DAVE PHILLIPS :: DAVID BLUMBERG :: DAVID BLUMBERG & THE MARABY BAND :: DAY RAVIES :: DAYDREAM :: THE DAYLIGHT BRAVES :: DAYSWORTH FIGHTING :: THE DEAD BELLS :: DEAD END FRIENDS :: DEAD FRENCHMEN :: DEAD JOE :: DEAD POPES OF THE VATICAN :: THE DEAD REGULARS :: DEAD ROO :: DEADLY ARE THE NAKED :: DEAFAULT :: DEAN FOREVER :: DEAR PLASTIC :: DEATH BY CARROT :: DECOS :: DED//WESZ :: THE DEE MAJOR MYSTERY BAND :: DEEP SEA ARCADE :: THE DEER JOHNS :: DEERHUNTER :: DEJA :: DEJA ENTENDU :: DELIA OBST :: THE DELTA RIGGS :: DELUSIONS OF GRANDMA :: DENTAL JAMS & EZROH :: DESCRIBE ELIZA :: DESERT CROOKS :: DESTINEZIA :: A DEVIL AMONGST THE TAILORS :: DEVIL ELECTRIC :: THE DEVILROCK FOUR :: DEXTER JONES :: DIAMOND SINS :: DIAMOND SKIES :: DIANA SCALZI :: DICK DIVER :: DIE! DIE! DIE! :: DIESEL WITCH :: DIETER HORVAT :: DIETER HORVAT & THE $5 MYSTERY SHOTS :: DIIV :: DILATED :: DILETTANTES :: DIPLOMAT :: DIPSTONE :: DIRT PLAYGROUND :: THE DIRTY MONKS :: DIRTY PAGANS :: DIRTY WOLVES :: THE DIVINE FLUXUS :: DIZZEE RASCAL :: DJ KELE OKEREKE :: DJ SHADOW :: DJ SPOZ :: DJANGO ROWE QUARTET :: DJANGO ROWE TRIO :: DMA'S :: DOC DISORDERS :: DOCTOR TREK IN SPACE :: DOE :: DOM TRIMBOLI & THE WIZARDS :: DON MORRISON :: DONNARUMMA :: DON'T BRING STACEY :: DOOM POP :: DORKZ :: DOUBLE DENIM :: DOUBLE DRAGON :: DOUBLE HANDED :: DOWN & OUT :: DOZERS :: DR SURE'S UNUSUAL PRACTICE :: DRAINING :: DRAINING (ACOUSTIC) :: DRASTIC PARK :: DRAWN FROM BEES :: DREAM WIFE :: THE DREAMBOATS :: DRESS CODE :: DREW & SEAN :: DRILLER JET ARMSTRONG :: THE DRONES :: DROPLET :: DRUID FLUIDS :: DRUID FLUIDS (DUO) :: DRUNK MUMS :: DUD PILLS :: DUKES OF WINDSOR :: DUMB EARTH :: DUNE RATS :: THE DUNES :: DUNGEN :: DUSTY LEE :: DUSTY LEE & THE ANGELS OF GUNG HO :: DUSTY LEE'S BLUES JAM BAND :: DUSTY LEE'S WASTED WANDERERS :: DUZZMERALDA :: DYSPORA :: DZ :: DZ DEATHRAYS :: EARL SWEATSHIRT :: EAST BRUNSWICK ALL GIRLS CHOIR :: EAST END VILLAINS :: ECCENTRICK - FANTASY EDITION :: ECDYSIS :: ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN :: ECHO & THE EMPRESS :: EDDY CURRENT SUPPRESSION RING :: THE EFFENDS :: EFFIE :: EGYPT :: THE EL CAMINOS :: EL COLOSSO :: EL FARINHO :: ELECTRIC EXILES :: ELECTRIC FIELDS :: ELECTRIC SEX PANTS :: ELECTRIC WIDOWS :: ELENA & AIDAN CIBICH :: ELEPHANT :: ELEPHANT HIVE :: THE ELEVENTH HOUR :: THE E.L.F. :: ELK :: ELLA ION :: ELLEN KIBBLE :: ELLI BELLE :: THE ELLIOTT JOHNSON BAND :: EL BOTTLE O' PARADISO :: EL-P :: ELSY WAMEYO :: ELVIS :: EMDEE :: EMERAULD :: EMERGENCY RULE :: EMILY DAVIS :: EMILY DAVIS TRIO :: EMILY WYATT :: EMMA HORWOOD :: EMMA JAYNE :: EMPERORS :: EMPIRE VAGABOND :: THE EMPTY SLEEPS :: THE EMPTY THREATS :: ENCARTA :: ENDLESS NAMELESS :: ENEMY OF :: ENERGY ANGEL :: ENNIS TOLA :: ENVY STREET :: ER@SER DESCRIPTION :: ERIN BUKU :: ERIN MO :: ES IST SUPER :: ETHAN HUBBARD :: ETHANOL BLEND :: ETHANOL BLEND (DUO) :: EVEN :: EVERYDAY APATHY :: EXOTIC POTION COOKIES :: EXPATRIATE :: THE EXPLODERS :: EXPLODING PLASTIC INEVITABLE :: THE EXPLOSIONING :: EYES MORE SKULL THAN EYES :: EZRA HOPE :: FACEMEAT :: FACEMEAT - A ROCK OPERA :: FAFI D'ALOUR & THE DELINQUENTS :: FAIR CALL :: FAITH NO MORE :: FAIR MAIDEN :: THE FAK :: FAKE LAKE :: FAKE TAN :: FASCINATOR :: THE FAT SACK :: FAT TAILED ANTICHINUS :: FATHER JOHN MISTY :: FAVOUR THE BRAVE :: FEAR AND LOATHING :: THE FEARLESS VAMPIRE KILLERS :: FEBRUARY CLOUDS :: FEIST :: FEMME FATALES :: FERGUS O'REGAN :: FEZ FAANANA :: THE FIDDLE CHICKS :: FIGHTERPILOT :: FILTHY LUCRE :: THE FINISHING SCHOOL :: FINNEN & DAVIDSON :: THE FINNS :: FIRS :: FISHING WITH HENRY :: FIRE! SANTA ROSA, FIRE! :: FIST PUMP, FIST BUMP :: FISTFUL OF TROJANS :: FKA TWIGS :: FLAVELLA L'AMOUR :: THE FLEEING MINDS :: FLEUR GREEN :: FLEUR GREEN & THE KEEPERS :: THE FLOORS :: FLORENCE & THE MACHINE :: FLUME :: THE FLYING SQUAD DUO :: FLYYING COLOURS DUO :: THE FOLKO-OH-NOES :: FONT PLAYS FONT :: FOOL'S IDOL :: FORCES :: FOREIGN/NATIONAL :: FOREST OF GNOMES :: FORMER CHILD STARS :: FOX FAEHRMANN :: FOXX ON FIRE :: FRANKIE SUNWAGON :: FRANZ FERDINAND :: FRAUD MILLIONAIRES :: FREE DRINKS :: FREESTATE :: FRESH KILLS :: FRIDAY'S FOX :: FRIENDS :: FROM THE DEAD SEA :: FULL CONTACT SAFARI :: FULL TONE GENERATOR :: THE FUMES :: FUNK LATIN UNION :: FUNKOARS :: FUNKY C FUNKY DO :: FUTURE FARM :: FUTURE ISLANDS :: THE FYOOGS :: G FLIP :: GALAPAGOOSE :: GALAXY CAT :: GALLEON :: GALLERY ONE :: GANG OF YOUTHS :: GARDEN RUIN :: GAVIN DE ALMEIDA :: GAY PARIS :: THE GELS :: GEMINI DOWNS :: GEMMA THORNE :: GENERATION SWINE :: THE GENEVIEVES :: GEORDIE LITTLE :: GEORGE GLASS :: GEORGIA NIELSEN :: GERMEIN SISTERS :: GET SOME :: GG ALAN BINDIG :: GHOST THIEF :: GHOST WALK :: GHOUL :: GHYTI :: GHYTI (DUO) :: GHYTI & THE PHILANTHROPIC ORCHESTRA :: GINDIANA BONES AND THE SEVERAL KIDNEYS OF THE UNDERGROUND TRAIN STATION :: GINFOX VS HELLO NEWMAN :: GIRL :: GIRL TALK :: THE GIVEAWAYS :: GLASS :: GLASS DUNES :: GLASS SKIES :: GLASS TOWERS :: GLEN AVENTI :: GLENN OSMOND & THE FULLARTONES :: GLISK :: GLITORIS :: GLOWING :: GNARLS BARKLEY :: GOD GOD DAMMIT DAMMIT :: GOD GOD DAMMIT DAMMIT (Lounge Set) :: GOLD BLOOM :: THE GOOD CHINA :: GOOD BOY :: GOODBYE, MOTHER LEOPARD :: GOONBOMB :: GOON WIZARRD :: GOTYE :: GRACE: THE SONGS OF JEFF BUCKLEY :: GRACE CUMMINGS :: GRACE GOODFELLOW :: GRAFTON PRIMARY :: GRAFTON STREET :: THE GRAND RAPIDS :: GRASSHOPPER & THE BUTTERFROGS :: THE GRATES :: GRAVEYARD TRAIN :: GREAT GABLE :: GREEN CIRCLES :: GREENLEAF :: THE GREETING METHOD :: GRENADIERS :: GREY DATURAS :: GRIMES :: GRIMEY :: GROOVE ARMADA :: GROUND COMPONENTS :: THE GROWL :: GUILLAUME SOLO ACOUSTIC :: GUINEAFOWL :: GUN IT :: GÜNTER & THE SAFEWORD :: GYRO :: HÄGÖL :: HAIM :: HAL BIRD :: HALCYON DRIVE :: HALFWAY TO FORTH :: HANA & JESSIE-LEE'S BAD HABITS :: HANNAH FAIRLAMB :: HANNAH YATES :: THE HAPPY ENDINGS :: HAPPY SOMETIMES :: HAR MAR SUPERSTAR :: THE HARD ACHES :: HARD RUBBISH :: HARMLESS HUNTER :: HARMONY :: HARRY FREEMAN :: HARTS :: HARTWAY :: HARVEY RUSSELL :: HAWKS OF ALBA :: HAYSTACKS CALHOON :: HAZY J & THE WASTED DAZE :: HEAPS GOOD FRIENDS :: HEARTLINE :: HEATH WEBER :: THE HEGGARTIES :: HEINOUS CRIMES :: HEKYL :: HELLO ENEMY :: HELLO, LOVER :: HELLO NEWMAN :: HELLS HOIST :: HELMET :: HENRY WILSON :: HEPÉ MATEH :: HESTON DROP :: HEY FEVER :: HEY HARRIETT :: HEY LADY! :: HI, I'M RECLUSIVE AUTHOR THOMAS PYNCHON :: HIDDEN INTENT :: THE HIGH BEAMERS :: HIGH STAKES :: HIGH TENSION :: HIGH VIOLET :: HIGHTIME :: HILLS & TRAINS :: HIT THE JACKPOT :: HOCKEY DAD :: HOFMANN & THE COSMONAUTS :: THE HOLD STEADY :: THE HOLIDAYS :: HOLLY HASTINGS :: HOLOGRAPHIC CHARIZARD :: HOLOGRAPHIC COLTS :: HOLY FORREST :: HOLY FUCK :: HOLY HOLY :: THE HOLY SEA :: HOLY SERPENT :: HOME COURT :: HOME FOR THE DEF :: HOMELY SMELLS :: THE HONEY PIES :: HONEYBEAM :: HORROR MY FRIEND :: HORSE LORDS :: HOSPITAL THE MUSICAL :: HOT MESS :: HOT WINGS :: HOUSE IN THE TALL GRASS :: HOUSE OF JADE :: HOWL AT THE MOON :: HOWL N' BONES :: HOWLING BELLS :: THE HOWLING FOG :: HUBRIS :: HUMBLE BEE :: HUMMINGBIRD :: HUMPHREY B. BEAR :: HUNGRY KIDS OF HUNGARY :: THE HUNTED CROWS :: HURRICANE JANE :: HURRICANES :: THE HUSHES :: HUSTLE HOUSE :: HUXLEY :: THE HYDES :: HYDROMEDUSA :: I, A MAN :: I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S NOT WEEZER :: I HEART HIROSHIMA :: I, ICARUS :: ICE ON MERCURY :: ID :: IDLY BY :: IGGY POP & THE STOOGES :: IIAH :: ILLICIT EVE :: IMMIGRANT UNION :: IMOGEN BRAVE :: IMPARTIAL :: THE IMPOSSIBLE QUICHE :: THE INCHES :: INDIAGO :: INSOMNICIDE :: INSTITUT POLAIRE :: INTERCOOLER :: INTERNATIONAL HOUSE OF MOJO :: THE INTERNET :: INTERPOL :: INTERSECTION :: INTERZONE EXPRESS :: INTROVERT :: INUETTE :: INWOODS :: IRAAN SANADZADEH :: IRIDIUM :: IRIE KNIGHTS :: THE IRRESPONSIBLES :: ISAAC THOMAS :: ISLE OF CAPRI :: ISLE OF VISION :: IT'S A HOAX :: IT'S A HOAX (INSTRUMENTAL) :: IT'S NOT A PHASE :: IT'S WARSAW :: IVORY :: THE JAY WALKERS :: J-LO BIAFRA :: J-WAH :: JACK HARLON & THE DEAD CROWS :: JACK LONDON :: JACKSON FIREBIRD :: JACKULSON :: JAMES HICKEY :: JAMES PARRY :: JANE'S ADDICTION :: JAPAM :: JAPANDROIDS :: JAPANTHER :: JARVIS :: JARVIS COCKER :: JASON KATSARAS :: JASON SIMON (DEAD MEADOW) :: JAY WALKER AND THE PEDESTRIANS :: JAYNE-ANNE POWER :: JEFF MARTIN & TEREPAI RICHMOND :: JESS DAY :: JESS JOHNS :: JESS KENT :: JESS PORTER :: JESSE DAVIDSON :: JESSE DAVIDSON BAND :: JESSE FRANCIS :: JESSICA RAE :: JESUS CHRIST POSSE :: JETTISON :: THE JEZABELS :: JIKA :: JIMMY & THE MIRRORS :: JIMMY EAT WORLD :: JIMMY MARIN :: JIMMY MOUNTAIN :: JIMMYBAY :: JIMMYBAY & OLLIE KABBANI :: JODECI & SAM :: JOE MCKEE :: JOEL STERN :: JOEL STERN, CURED PINK & TIMOTHY TATE :: THE JOHN STEEL SINGERS :: JOHNNY AMERICAN HORSE :: JOHNNY SEAGULL & THE HOT CHIPS :: JON ADDAMS :: JON ANN :: JON MARCO :: JON MORTIMER :: JONGO BONES & THE BAREFOOT BANDITS :: JONNY BLIZZARD :: JORDAN TITO :: JOSH CALLIGEROS :: JOSHUA JAMES MORPHETT :: JOURNEY WELL SPACE WIZARD :: JOY & SPARKS :: JP COE & THE DELEGATES :: JUDGE MENTAL :: JULIETTE SEIZURE & THE TREMOR DOLLS :: JUMP OVER FENCES :: JUMP! YOU REVOLUTIONARY :: JUNGLE CITY :: JUNGLEMIRE :: JUNIOR V :: JUPITER :: JUPITER (DUO) :: JUPITER LEAD :: JUST DESSERTS :: KAB SAVVY :: KACEY STEPHENSEN :: KAHL WALLIS :: KÁLI SAVILL :: KAMIKAZE :: KAMIKAZE TRIO :: KANGAROO SKULL :: KARL MELVIN :: KASABIAN :: KASAVETT :: KATE VIGO & THE UNDERGROUND ORCHESTRA :: KATIE BRIANNA :: KATIE MILLER :: KATIE POMERY :: KAURNA CRONIN :: THE KAVS :: KAZKARIV :: THE KEEPSAKES :: KELLIE LLOYD :: KELLY MENHENNETT :: KELSHY :: KEMP BROTHERS :: KETTERING :: KHAN :: KIAN :: KICKASS COWGIRLS :: KID SAM :: KIDS IN CULTS :: KIDS WITH TEETH :: KIKUYU :: THE KILL DEVIL HILLS :: KILLED BY CUPID :: KILLER BIRDS :: THE KILLBOT FACTORY :: THE KILLGIRLS :: KILLING CENTRE :: KING DADDY :: KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD :: KING JEFF & THE HOW ARE YOUS :: KING KRILL :: KING KRULE :: KING OF THE NORTH :: KINGS WITHIN :: KINGSTON DOWNES :: KINGSWOOD :: KINS :: KIRK SPECIAL :: KIRK WATT :: KITCHEN WITCH :: KITTEN KONG :: KITTYHAWK :: KLLO :: KOI CHILD :: KOLEH :: KORAL :: KORAL & THE GOODBYE HORSES :: KOSHER SALAMI :: KOTARA :: KRIS WANDERS :: KRISTINA MILTIADOU :: KUČKA :: KURRULTA PARK :: KURT VILE :: KYLE CHARLES HALL :: KYLIE BRICE TRIO :: KYM RÖBEY & THE DEVIL'S LETTUCE :: KYRI :: KYTES OF OMAR :: L.R. MARSH :: LA FEMME LE FEVER :: LACHY BRUCE :: LADY GUNG-HO & THE ANGELS OF STRANGELOVE :: LADY STRANGELOVE :: THE LADYBEATLES :: LADYHAWKE :: LAHARA :: LANCE LAZER & TALIBAND :: LARSEN :: LAST DAYS OF KALI :: LAST DINOSAURS :: LAST THYLACINE :: THE LAST SUPPER :: LATE NIGHT LIES :: LATE NIGHT MATINEE :: LATER THAT NIGHT :: LAURA HILL :: LAURA IMBRUGLIA :: LAUREN ABINERI :: LAW & DISORDER :: LAZARO'S DOG :: LC3'S :: LEAD WORM :: LEADER CHEETAH :: LEAF & STEM :: LEFT :: LEFT ON SEEN :: LEGENDS OF MOTORSPORT :: LEIGHSTARDUST :: THE LEITMOTIF :: LEITMOTIV LIMBO :: LIVE SLUG REACTION :: LEITH JAMES :: LE GATEAU CHOCOLAT :: LEMMINGS :: LEMURIAN :: LENI :: LENIN MCCARTHY :: LEO :: LEAPING FELIX :: LES SAVY FAV :: THE LEVITATORS :: LEX MONSERRAT :: LICKITY SPLIT :: LIFE IN LETTERS :: LIGHTS :: LIKE KITES :: LIKE LEAVES :: LIL VALENTINE :: LILAC COVE :: LILY MOJITO :: LILY ROSE :: LILLY SIM :: LILLYS RADIO :: LIMB KING :: LIMBS AKIMBO :: LINE HONOURS :: LIPSMACK :: LITTLE BRIDGET :: LITTLE CAPTAIN :: LITTLE DRAGON :: LITTLE DUST :: LITTLE ICE AGE :: LITTLE PRINCE :: LITTLE TWO EYES :: THE LIZARDS :: LLAMAGEDDON :: LLEWELLYN THOMAS :: LO! :: LOADED LEOPARD :: LOCAL REVOLUTION :: LOEMAX :: THE LOFTY MOUNTAIN BAND :: LOLA :: THE LONDON ROAD POETS :: THE LONELINESS OF A MIDDLE DISTANCE RUNNER :: LONELY FIRE :: LONELYSPECK :: LONG WALK HOME :: LONI RAE :: LOOCH :: LOON LAKE :: LOOPOLE :: LORDE :: LOREN KATE :: LOS PALMS :: LOST COSMONAUT :: LOST IN TRANSLATION :: THE LOST SHOW :: LOST VALENTINOS :: LOST WOODS :: LOUIS DONNARUMMA :: LOUIS FARK :: LOUISE ADAMS :: LOUISE & THE TORNADOS :: LOUISE ADAMS & THE FRINGE DWELLERS :: LOVE CREAM :: THE LOVE JUNKIES :: LOVE OF DIAGRAMS :: LOVE STEREO :: LOVE ZOMBIES :: THE LOVES :: LUCI :: LUCINDA GRACE :: THE LUCKSMITHS :: LUCY THE BAND :: LUCY ZOLA :: LUKE ASHBY BAND :: LUKE CARLINO :: LUKE DUX :: LUKE ESCOMBE :: LUKE EYGENRAAM :: LUKE GOLDING :: THE LUKE LOUIE TRIO :: LUMENS :: LUMONICS :: MABIINA PARTY :: LYLA :: MAC DEMARCO :: MACH PELICAN :: MACKENZIE :: MAD SHAPES :: MADCLASSIC :: MADURA GREEN :: MAGGIE & LOUIS :: THE MAGGIE PILLS :: MAGIC BONES :: MAGIC MOUNTAIN :: THE MAGNETS :: MAISIE :: MAISIE B :: MAJOR SHADE :: MAKING :: MALLRAT :: MAMMAL :: MAMMOTH :: MAMMOTH LOGIC :: THE MAN HIMSELF :: MANE :: MANI NEUMEIER & THE BITCHES OF ZEUS :: MANNEQUIN DEATH SQUAD :: MANNIX :: MANOR :: MANSIONAIR :: MÄNTRÄ :: THE MARABY BAND :: MARCUS COROWA :: MARCUS WARNECKE & SAM PORTER :: MARDEN :: MARGARET LLOYD & SEB TONKIN :: MARK CURTIS :: MARK CURTIS BAND :: MARK CURTIS & THE FLANNELETTES :: MARLA SINGER :: MARY TREMBLES :: MARY WEBB :: MASEGO :: MASSIVE :: MASTER'S CURIOUS DELIRIUM :: THE MATEHS :: MATHEMATIC :: MATHIEU WERCHOWSKI :: MATT BANHAM :: MATTHEW BARLOW :: MATT HAYWARD :: MATTHEW MILES :: MATT WARD DUO :: MATT WARD & THE RISING SONS :: MATT ZENGERER :: MAUVE :: THE MAX HEADROOM :: MAX SAVAGE :: MAX SAVAGE & THE FALSE IDOLS :: MAYDAY FAIR :: MAYFIELD :: MCKISKO :: MEAKE :: MEANWELL COLLEGE :: THE MEDICS :: MEGAFAUNA :: MELLOW YELLOW :: MELTON PEACH :: MEMORY CASTLES :: MENAGERIE :: MERCY ARMS :: THE MERCY KILLS :: MERE THEORY :: THE MESS HALL :: MESSRS :: METHYL ETHEL :: METZ :: MEZZA, ROACH & HOG :: MEZZANINE :: MICHAEL STOWERS :: MICHAELA JENKE :: MICK ARMSTRONG, ANDY ARMSTRONG & STAN BASTIRAS :: THE MIDDLE EAST :: MIDDLE KIDS :: MIDNIGHT JUGGERNAUTS :: THE MIDNIGHT MARES :: THE MILTON EXPERIENCE :: MIKE MCKEON :: MIKE RADZEVICIUS :: MIKE TILBROOK :: MIKEY (EX ARTAX MISSION) :: MINDSHOWER :: MIO :: MIRRORLINE :: THE MISCHIEF :: MISCHIEF THE CAT :: MISS GOLLY GOSH :: MISS OHIO :: MISS RENEE SIMONE :: THE MISSION IN MOTION :: MM9 :: MODERN DAY RIOT :: MODERN RELICS :: MOGERLAINE :: MOLLY ROCKET :: THE MOLTING VULTURES :: MOMOKO SODA :: MONA LISA OVERDRIVE :: THE MONDAYS :: MONDO PHASE BAND :: MONEY FOR ROPE :: THE MONIKERS :: MONKEY PUZZLE TREE :: THE MONSTER SOCIETY OF EVIL :: MONTES JURA :: MOODY BELLES :: THE MOON DIGITS :: MOONFAKER :: MOONHUNTER :: MORALS OF A MINOR :: THE MORNING AFTER GIRLS :: THE MORS :: THE MORS MODERN MYSTERY SEXTET :: MORTAL AMBITION :: MORTAL WOMBAT :: MOSES SUMNEY :: MOSHPIT GIRLFRIEND :: MOTHER'S CAKE :: THE MOTHERFUCKING MOTHERFUCKERS :: MOTHERSLUG :: THE MOTION BELOW :: THE MOTIVE :: MOTOWN CONNECTION :: MOUNT SELDOM :: MOUNTAIN SONGS :: MOUNTAIN STATIC :: MOUNTAIN STRANGER :: MOUNTAINS IN THE SKY :: MOUNTBATTEN :: MOURGOS GRUND :: THE MOURNING SONS :: MOVE TO STRIKE :: MOVIN' MELVIN BROWN :: M.J. TURNER :: MR. 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:: Wednesday, July 14, 2010

NO THROUGH ROAD + BATRIDER + DIPLOMAT
BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FUNDRAISER @ JIVE / Friday July 9th 2010

So here I am on yet another Friday night, or July 9th 2010 to be exact.. "whoop-di-doo and shit!". I'm standing outside of Jive and I don't know about you maaan but I'm completely fucking fried. Duuude I'm totally and utterly destroyed, I'm circling the drain fast and I don't know if I can stand another night of this.. FUUUCK!! And I don't mean physically fried here, pfft.. of course not! I'm in totally kickarse shape! I could totally run a marathon in a blizzard, go toe to toe in a bareknuckle boxing ring with a rhinoceros, drink all you dribbling fools under the table doing doubles shots to your singles (laughing like the righteous bastard that I am) and STILL be up for a sequel.. SHIT YEAAAH!! I mean suuure I could probably do with a shave while I'm at it, one of those pine tree airfresheners, a comprehensive liver detox diet, an exorcism and a few days of R&R in a "stainless steel box" (aaaah I DO love the smell of formaldehyde in the morning!) but that's NOTHING maaan! No this, THIS is some deep grained psychological, metaphysical, chicken fried existential shit I've got going here. This is some serious up shit creek to kill Colonel Kurtz a-grade madness I've got fermenting here. No really! I feel like I haven't had a decent night's sleep in yeaaars, like every week's a month, a season, a century as much as it's pissed by in a second. My eyes are like aged cheddar, all inkblot bloodshot and propped open with toothpicks. My mind's a half deflated balloon creased in crows feet, like all the colours are receding, like all the sound are distant and muffled and all my thoughts are circling like a swarm of bees.. BEEEES!! and I can hear them even now buzzing "buzz buzz buzz", and you want to know WHY!? Because this blog's been driving me screaming up the fucking walls THAT'S WHY!! For the past month here that's all I've been doing! writing! nonstop fucking blogs! I've been writing in my sleep! in my dreams! in my nightmares! in my half waking delerium! writing them through hangovers like I'm pushing a giant fucking boulder up a hill over and over! and then I look at my browser window again AND THERE'S STILL NOTHING THERE!? HA HA HA I'm coming apart at the seams! And yet here I am going back for more tonight? WHY DAMNIT WHY!? Well why else duuude? I love this shit I truly do.. even if it fucking kills me!



The good news is.. I've been anticipating this shit for quite some time now. It doesn't make it any easier mind you but it's definitely not the first time I've completely lost the fucking plot here. Every winter without fail, like clockwork, writing this blog has me completely unwound going "cuckoo for caca". It's a seasonal condition, call it what you will: "cabin fever", "the winter blues", "a gross lack of vitamin D" or too much time spent playing "Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker" on the PSP (maaan I can't get enough of that shit!) while all the US TV networks go on summer hiatus.. yeaaah it's pretty much the same thing, the same thing repeating over and over like Groundhog Day until I fucking explode from all the insanity of it only to wake up the next day, it's still the SAME day, and I'm repeating it all over again. I have documented cases of this shit, every year it happens, it's hilarious! And the only way I can survive it is to simply "ride out the storm" until spring, take it out in public, take it somewhere loud and let it thrash about for a while (if only in my own head) and duuude did I pick a good night for it here at Jive tonight! And it's not necessarily thanks to these two DJs: Preyhounds (aka: Alex Fimeri from Robotosaurus) and Kid Kane (aka: Kane Banner, aka: The Gimp) requesting a photo from me just now.. you fiends! Although admittedly the latter is cooking up a shit awesome "oldskool mix" of everything from Faith No More, Pornos For Pyros, The Cult and Gary Numan (duuude it's like he could do no wrong with it!). It's more to do with all the awesome live bands on offer (two of them I hadn't seen in two years.. and trust me it's felt like at least five) that are damn near tailor made for blasting all those "winter blues" out of my system!



And better yet all these live bands are playing a fundraiser tonight? Awesome huh!? TOTALLY!! I mean granted it was pretty low on a long list of reasons for why I chose this gig, or more accurately four reasons why.. as this IS a music blog afterall (ie: in those rare fleeting moments when it isn't ostensibly about binge drinking). But what can I say I'm a sucker for supporting the "no brainer" cause for this blog: whether it be something bleedingly obvious like a political fundraiser for The Greens (arguably the least retarded political party we have), encouraging people to enrol to vote (so they can vote The Greens in?), bringing about an end to child slavery (but.. but.. who else is going to work in our diamond mines? dwarves!?) and all that other feel good "volcano relief fund" whatever-the-fuck that all our celebrities love to cash in on after they get busted for cocaine possession. And seriously how can you go wrong with "Breast Cancer Research"? YOU CAN'T THAT'S THAT!! It's the least controversial cause we could ever endorse! And better yet they're totally selling tickets to a raffle tonight and there's all these cool prizes we can win? (and I know all this because I read about it in the toilets!?). Oh I'm so happy I chose this gig, it might make me cry!



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And speaking of things that make me ridiculously happy (to the point you wonder if I'm suffering a fullblown aneurysm in the way I'm writing about it.. WOOOHEHEHeHAhAHaHaHAhA!!) here comes our opening act Hawks Of Alba. Yup in all the times I've seen them live this year (and this would be my fifth on record) they've been nothing but gold maaan, nothing but candy coated joy with sprinkles on top, nothing but me beaming ear to ear like all my Christmases have come at once "squeeeee! it's a puppy and it's piloting a teeny tiny toy aeroplane!" because THAT'S how head explodingly awesome they are! NO SHIT!! In fact I'm almost dead certain that all three of them are recently escaped elves from Santa's Workshop on The North Pole (they'd say "Glasgow" but they're clearly not fooling anyone) possibly in a disagreement over only "celebrating it once a year"; and if ever they teamed up with 20th Century Graduates and The Honey Pies for a show headlined by The Grates!? they'd either usher in The Apocalypse (as foretold by Walt Disney) or every single one of us would contract Type 2 Diabetes and die; but hey that'd be perfectly OK because naturally it'd be a fundraiser show in search for the cure.. FUUUCK!! Which is just what I was looking for tonight, because I don't know if you could tell from the intro but I was in the worst possible mood walking in just now. Duuude it's been nothing but chronic insomnia, writer's block and me shivering my arse off in the winter cold for the past 2-3 days screaming insults at a computer screen. And now I'm caffeinated to high hell to compensate (never a good idea), head pounding, blood boiling and I've just spent the past twenty minutes or so pacing back and forth in front of the stage like I wanted to strangle someone, especially if they're the one twisted fuck responsible for inventing the QWERTY keyboard!? (I'd wring their necks like a chicken I would GNAAARRGGHHH!!). Oh this is SO gonna end well! But all this blissfully forgotten the minute Hawks Of Alba arrive on stage. Yup for theirs is a surefire cure delivered in a "three pronged attack" (and if possible imagine said "attack" accompanied by the sort of wacky CGI you see in a cough drop ad). First they reel you in with their signature sound: the finest in "sunshine seasoned" retro 90's, guitar pop. Secondly they deliver song after song of it crafted in such instantly catchy, bouncey, vitamin enriched glee that you can't help but throw yourself around the room like an exciteable muppet in mad celebration of it. And last but not least there's all these whimsical quirks that each band member provides in bringing it all to life. From Sarah Masters on lead vocal and bass: all chipper like a chipmunk, like a six year old singing nursery rhymes, like a cartoon character, ushering everyone to move in a little bit closer between songs. To Hannah Fairlamb on guitar (yes "lamb".. I mean how easy are they making this shit for me!?) who despite looking like a "deer caught in the headlights" when she's playing on stage: not only manages to shred into riff after monster riff (and accompanying squealing feedback) that's sure to have all the alpha and beta waves in your brain singing in harmony but also happens to be sporting this completely ridiculous Space Invaders "love heart" t-shirt tonight (with animated lights and everything) that then proceeds to LOUDLY "malfunction" with goofy videogame noises moments before their third song? I mean you just can't make that shit up, it's brilliant! To Aidan Morse on drums: near psychotically grinning as he tears into his kit with unnerving precision, coordinating the band like he's a conductor of a symphony orchestra and I know I've said it all before but it STILL totally blows my mind how he can play both the drums AND the glockenspiel at the same time! (seriously he's gotta be a fucking robot!). And when you combine all three elements and all three members into the one band? a bad mood doesn't even stand a fucking chance! Yup tonight's set, just like every one I've heard them play before, I simply can't fault (even the faults had me grinning!), for all their ridiculously catchy songs, for their cover of Magic Dirt's "Ice" with Nat Stone from Diplomat featuring on second guitar (and granted it's a slightly different take for them, much more chunky and aggressive in the attack, but they STILL pull it off) I mean what's not to love!? Hawks Of Alba. They're just like Santa Claus and The Easter Bunny combined.. only trust me they're 100% real!














DIPLOMAT (****1/2) myspace ::
Which brings us to our second act who are no less welcome to witness on a live stage, as I swear I haven't seen them in years.. maybe even decades (hey remember when they used to be called "Rash" back in '97!? goood times!) or more accurately not since December 27th 2008 when they played at Fowlers Live along with Bronze Chariot, Space Bong, Robotosaurus and God God Damnit Damnit (and when you write a blog as ridiculously comprehensive as mine you tend to remember insane shit like that.. FUUUCK!!) but it's easily felt like longer than that for the quality catharsis they unleash. Featuring members stretched across two cities (so it's rare to ever see them playing in the same room) they've had an infamous repution (once challenged and damn near "bested" by Swords back in January 18th 2008) for being the "loudest fuck off band in the Adelaide scene". And when you hear it live in the flesh it's not hard to understand why. Diplomat don't so much as make music, as bludgeon every single atom of your body with blissful skull shattering intensity. And as much as this would seem like "cruel and unusual punishment" after the likes of Hawks Of Alba? with both of them sharing an affinity for the 90's sound, and a similar antidotal aesthetic (especially appreciated by my chicken fried mindset right now.. believe me!) they actually follow on quite nicely from each other; duuude they truly do no better to cure you of all your winter woes quite like a comprehensive hit of "musical chemotherapy"! As such it can be a little difficult to pinpoint their influences; or at least it is for me writing it right now. Their decade of origin is easy enough to pinpoint: it's definitely the 90's here, it's lyrically rife with overly educated self doubt, paranoia, boredom and angst (and there's barely a four/four indie disco beat in sight). But the rest is sonically riddled in intricate complexity that's not so easily read. In a nutshell I like to think of it as Sonic Youth meets At The Drive-In, or funnier still Something For Kate with all the distortion pedals turned up; and yet I can't help but feel both my comparisons come off as an insult (also I can't help but feel I have a massive knowledge gap in my late 90's indie references as I spent a good deal of it listening to The Prodigy and Aphex Twin instead.. DAMNIT!!). Either way the impact crater they create out of our smoking innards is damn near undeniable, the appreciation instinctual, and tonight I'm bugging out to all the frequencies, maaan I'm loving this shit! (And if you want to play this game at home? you can actually download both their album and their EP here for free.. which yes I'd highly recommend you do so!). Overall what appeals to me most about Diplomat is how everything is rendered so savagely blunt and direct, and yet the meaning is so beguilingly abstract. Like using nothing but giant blocks of stone or large swathes of paint to illustrate all the vagueries of "existential ennui"; it's both simply Neanderthal and subtly nuanced at the same time. It's brought to life through long sweeping arrangements, both shreddingly ultraviolent and blissfully meditative (like a "quiet/loud" dynamic pushed to its ludicrous extreme) and a lot of it could very well take almost a lifetime to unravel.. but that's very much part of the appeal. Nat Stone on vocals vents like a screaming faucet, ripping his lungs to shreds with every word (as much as he barely surfaces a shrill whisper above the artillery fire around him). While Adam Hollinshead on guitar, Justin Hermes on bass and Ben Matson on drums pull hulking shapes in the shadows and whip up the ebb and flow intensity to new heights. Every part of their performance tonight is flawlessly delivered (or at the very least I dare not pick it apart it's THAT well crafted). The sound is spot on: in that it's abusingly loud but never painfully so. And in the end I'm nothing but a set of grinning teeth and two thumbs up suspended in space and a shadow blasted against the walls and ceiling. Yup that's Diplomat. Like the sound of your internal harddrive being defragmented with a sledgehammer and a pair of pliers? aaaah fuck it's been too long!














BATRIDER (****1/2) myspace ::
Which brings us to our third act who've been pretty much anywhere and everywhere like a complete and utter headfuck for the past few years: both figuratively and actually and especially in my lazyarse attempts to "research" it (so excuse me for all the glaring factual errors). Yup as much as I can gather they originated in Wellington New Zealand back in 2002, moved to Melbourne in 2007 (or maybe it was 2006?), moved to London in mid 2008, toured Europe twice and the US once throughout most of 2009 and now for reasons that are completely beyond me they've since moved here to Adelaide (possibly for all the cheap weed and serial killers.. aaaah fuck I dunno!?). They've frequently changed their lineup over the years (from a four piece originally to a three piece currently) with their only remaining constant being their guitarist and lead vocalist Sarah Chadwick: to feature everyone in the past from Julie Rouse on guitar (who's since left for The Twerps), Toby Morris on bass and Tara Wilcox on drums; to now feature Sam Featherstone on bass (their former band manager) and Stephanie Crase on drums (formerly No Through Road and Birthglow). *Phew*. They've also released three EPs, two albums and one 12 inch vinyl (that was only available online and at live shows), the last time I saw them live was back in March 2008 on a stinking hot 40+ degree night at The Ed Castle (and yes it was ridiculously awesome and you should've been there); and all of this obviously matters absolutely fuckall to your appreciation of them TONIGHT: as despite all their frequent relocations, line up changes and releases over the years? yeaaah they're pretty much the same shit awesome sound on a live stage. Batrider. In the loosest of terms you could describe them as being grunge at its most stereotypical (hmmm do I suspect a 90's theme developing here?) only with absolutely no pretense for wanky aesthetic, nothing but 100% authentic, beaten black and blue with a whiskey bottle and dragged through the mud. In other words think Kim Gordon from Sonic Youth rasping her throat red raw, think Hole back when Courtney Love had actual talent (I think it was a six month period back in 1995?), think oldskool PJ Harvey, think the entire Nirvana back catalogue played at half speed and twice the volume and that's pretty much your monkey.. possibly quite literally dragging its knuckles on the floor. But what really sells it as something special is in the hellfire delivery. Sarah Chadwick on lead owns it all like a lifelong drug habit, like she's leaning on it for life support, like its the only thing she has left to lose short of a pack of cigarettes and a loaded handgun. Stooping forward like an old wino leaning to piss in a gutter, guitar slung loose, chewing on the microphone (like she's trying to extract the very "marrow" from it) she makes for a visceral presence. She sings like an open wound, like she's a wounded animal howling, wailingly off-key, frequently feeding back the microphone in turn but it only makes what she sings all the more compelling. When she's not singing, she's lurching back and forth ripping her guitar to shreds, head bowed to the floor in a punchdrunk pendulum that's mirrored toe to toe by Sam Featherstone lurching back and forth on bass; while Stephanie Crase keeps time on the drums with a nonchalant sense of detachment that borders on narcolepsy. It's utterly and astoundingly mesmerising to watch, it's as utterly alienating to experience as it draws you in inextricably to share the misery. Every song vents a slow boiling pain, a raw nerve, a primal catharsis that can only be satiated by the simple self abuse that can be found in a few too many goonsacks; every note falls flat, blunt, jarring, yet beautifully arranged in one sparse composition after another. From all the heavy songs to the more contemplative I swear there's never a dull moment.. and that one song especially where both Sarah and Stephanie sing harmony with just a guitar? duuude it totally blows you away! Yup that's Batrider maaan they just can't be beat! They're like every moment Nirvana used to goof about in drag all rolled into one: Kurt in a skirt, Dave in a dress.. only it's no fucking joke and they're all out gunning for blood!













NO THROUGH ROAD (*****) myspace ::
And if all three of those supports hadn't quite "soothed the savage beast" yet, and believe me it's worked a world of wonders for MY mental state so far (so much so, if it wasn't for the "raffle draw" between bands just now I would've totally forgotten there was even a fundraiser at all!) then at the very least our headlining act will provide our "human sacrifice" to finish the job. Yup his name is Matt Banham, he's the lead singer of this band and he likely needs no introduction to any of us reading this shit right now; but what the hell I'll give you one anyways (as let's face it I gotta clock up my word count somehow). You see when Matt Banham here and his fuck up friends/band members/nursing staff aren't crafting song after song of timeless "scruffyarse brilliance" tailor made for drinking yourself to a shit grinning stupor (four albums in and counting!) or cooking up a solo album "Self Destruct" earlier this year that pretty much achieves all the above only on a much more misery guts scale (need I link you to the music video "Death Mocks Me In My Sleep" with all the fucked up medical testing and war footage!?), or acting as band booker for The Metro: he also serves as the Adelaide scene's premiere "punching bag" du jour. And no I don't quite understand how this all happened either (although some may claim the position was made vacant ever since Mike Radzecivius put Aviator Lane on "indeterminate hiatus" late last year). But what were once considered live shows here of little "ill repute" have long since devolved into all out heckling, pushing, shoving and gratuitous acts of alcohol abuse. And as much as this MIGHT sound alarmingly like a musical career skidding precipitously into ruin (a la Jim Morrison in his "public urination"/"homeless beard" period.. or see Mike Radz on any given night on the turps) and of course YOU'D BE DEAD RIGHT it also makes No Through Road's "live performance", or increasingly "lack thereof" all the more hilariously entertaining to watch (HA HA HA NO SHIT!! I haven't laughed this hard since The Crying Game!). And as much as I should hesitate to encourage such insanity (pfft.. as if!) tonight's example was definitely the best and WORST display of public drunkeness I have ever seen live (or at least since The Crying Game) duuude.. it was fucking deplorable! The minute Matt Banham walked on stage you could sense a shift in the crowd: like the flicking of a "good and evil" switch, like the adult equivalent of throwing in someone dressed as an animal mascot into a room full of red cordial riddled toddlers and they all think he's a walking piñata filled with candy; or better yet just give them all baseball bats and THAT'S what we're dealing with here. FUUUCK!! Dressed in a shirt, tie and suit jacket; lurching about stage like a karaoke singer with nothing to lose (and the lungs to match) like a court defendent who know's he's guilty as charged: he's nothing short of a "human target" to every single audience member in this room itching to unleash. I mean I could easily single out Matt Hayward (manager for Fire! Santa Rosa, Fire!, guitarist for The Crying Game.. etc.. etc) as being prime suspect in "making his life miserable" (I mean he's easily the loudest and most obnoxious) but he's hardly alone in this shit. Right from the get go we're pelted Matt Banham with ice cubes, empty beer cups, whole drinks are tossed in his face (see fourth photo down) we're punching him in the balls, it's all out war! All the rest of the band can do in response is to simply look the other way, try their best not to piss themselves laughing, and pray to hell it doesn't get shut down by security. Yup clearly the performance side of things is next to inconsequential here, but if you're at all curious: they played songs predominantly off their albums "Winner" and "Too Much Or Not Enough". There was a brand new song ("Young Skin" I think?) that they played for the first time tonight. At one point Matt Banham busted into an ill advised ditty dedicated to Breast Cancer Research: where many of the lyrics simply revolved around "your mum" and "boobs". They did an utterly shambolic cover of Kei$ha's "Tik Tok" (in fact I'm kinda embarassed on both counts that I even recognised it) and both "Explosions" in the beginning and "Party To Survive" at the end were easily the overall highlights; or at least once you got past just how blitheringly drunk "you know who" sounded in fucking it all up. Yup that was No Through Road. They were a complete and utter disgrace.. and damnit I couldn't get enough of it!














12:56AM - After seeing all that shit, all we could think to do was drink in riotous celebration. Of course we'd long since forgotten WHY we were "celebrating" but at the very least it was nice to know that it was for a "good cause". And I don't just mean for all the drinks we had thrown forming a sticky puddle on the dancefloor in front of us, or the "confetti scattered" raffle tickets that were marinating in it, or all the drunken revellers slipping and sliding through this muck and the mire as they continued to drink up a storm to the DJs spinning whatever-the-fuck for the following hour (but I'm pretty sure it wasn't Vampire Weekend). Although yeaaah let's face it: all that was still a sweet sign in the dead of winter if ever we saw one.. as much as I'm covering for it by posting THIS tranquil "blue" photo instead. Hmmm. No I mean just how many people here actually supported a "Breast Cancer Research Fundraiser" tonight. No really think about it maaan, that's fucking crazy! And so I took a moment to let it all sink in and then satisfied in a "job well done" I headed out the door.. the one show this year I was more than happy NOT to sneak in for free? yay for boobies!



1:14AM - Stepping outside just now, I suddenly became aware of the fact that I was still sober. "WHOAAAA NO WAY!!". I mean suuure it might've just been a technicality at best after everything I'd witnessed in the past hour or so (no really.. is it possible to get sympathy pains in your liver? or is that withdrawal symptoms kicking in!?) but it still needed addressing and fast. This was not going to be a repeat of last Friday night, no fucking way! I'd learn that lesson the hard way and by "hard way" I clearly mean hilarious way but I SO WASN'T GOING THERE AGAIN!! but then there was still the conundrum of where to go for it!? Hmmm. Everyone here was entertaining the notion of hitting up Supermild, I told them it was far too early and I was thinking of hitting The Ed Castle to catch the tail end of Little Red, everyone thought I was mad, but screw 'em all I'm going anyways!



1:42AM - Only to discover that when I arrived here, it had already ended well over an hour ago. Awesome! In fact short of the Strangelove DJs banging tracks by the front bar and a few "fashion trash" tumbleweeds whistling about the beer garden doing their best to be seen AND avoid eye contact, there was next to fuckall happening in here (aaaah fuck I love The Ed Castle!). So I ordered up two beers anyways, kept myself endlessly entertained with the sorry sight of one "Seth Cohen" Ciaravolo mumbling and grumbling in the band room packing away all the sound gear for another night (and I thought I was having a bad week!? wow duuude way to put all my dumb shit in perspective!) until I thought better of it and threw myself arse backwards out the door again.



2:03AM - And so it was here.. or at least half hour after lining up to get in (see I told you it was far too early!) that I spent the remainder of my night. Laughing it up having the absolute time of my life, all the better that I didn't have to take a single photograph while I was at it. No really! remember a few weeks back when all I freaking wanted was a "quiet night out"? Oh I totally got that here maaan! and it was everything I could've ever asked for AND SO MUCH MORE.. WOOOO!!



Yup sometimes you have a bad week, sometimes it feels like a bad month, or a year, or an indefinite life sentence in hell stretching out to infinity staring at the same flashing cursor and the same QWERTY keyboard and we're fists clenching, screaming at them like an expletive laden drill instructor for hours on end and STILL NOTHING'S COMING OUT!! "GNAAAARRGGHHH!! FUCK YOU YA STUPID PLASTIC PIECE OF SHIT!! FUUUCK!!". Just as I'll readily admit that all my crap is likely little more than a "silly sitcom premise" here compared to the littany of fucked up life and death issues you're struggling with on a regular basis (aaaah what can I say.. I love this shit I truly do, even if it fucking kills me!). And yet all of it maaan (or at least most of it) no matter how dire, or grim, or gargantuan in "guano" is only a single awesome Friday or Saturday night away from finding a cure! Yup it may only be in our heads and we may readily admit the drinking part is hardly a solution. We may be the "walking dead" come Monday when we rejoin you in the rank and file. But when all else fails to satiate the brute savagery of our daily lives? then damnit we'll take what we can get!

Previously on Spoz's Rant: The Honey Pies + The Sweet Decline + The Box Rockets

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