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Upcoming Shows/Tours/Events / Re: UK gigs of termbro-interest thread

« on: September 14, 2011, 02:29:23 PM »

The Weirdo Guise Halloweiner presents...

Saturday 29th October 2011



RAMLEH
A rare rock trio set from the psychedelic noise outfit.
MOB RULES
So hardcore they?re barely even punk.
EARLY HOMINIDS
Neil Campbell and Paul Walsh make contact.

then later into the night: Sabbra Kebabra (Sabbath tribute group feat. members of Bilge Pump, No Guts, Uprights, Broken Arm etc) and Soft Skeleton DJs until late...

8.00pm start / ?5 entry

Wharf Chambers, Leeds

(* Important info regarding the venue: Wharf Chambers is a members' club and you need to be a member, or guest of a member, in order to attend. To join, please visit wharfchambers.org. Membership costs ?1 and requires a minimum of 48 hours to take effect.)

Other upcoming Weirdo Guise nights:

Tues 25th Dec - Film night
Fri 2nd Dec - Black Mamba Beat
Sat 14th Jan - Cut Hands

check our site soon for further info: http://www.weirdoguise.co.uk

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Music Shit / Re: Soft Skeleton Podcast #17: Land of Frappatunity

« on: August 11, 2011, 03:02:29 PM »

It's being worked on. We want it out as much as anyone, but there's always something in the way.

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Music Shit / Soft Skeleton Podcast #17: Land of Frappatunity

« on: August 11, 2011, 12:56:14 PM »

Wes, Nick J. and Nick B. bring you perhaps the most directionless Soft Skeleton yet. Please bear in mind that Wes has become an alcoholic in recent weeks and so we were lucky to have him in such a lucid state.


Available here: www.softskeletonpodcast. blogspot.com



1. The Cobras - I Wanna Be Your Love (Big Beat Records)



2. Sonic Boom - You?re the One (Silvetone Records)

3. Status Quo ? Paper Plane (A&M Records)

4. UV Race - Acid Trip (Sweet Rot Records)




5. Pere Ubu - Final Solution (Twin Tone Records)

6. The Dead C - Scary Nest (Flying Nun)

7. Heatsick - Dream Tennis (Cocktail D?amore)




8. Cut Hands - Stabbers Conspiracy (Very Friendly)

9. Sepultura - Arise (Roadrunner Records)

10. Officer Officer Brad Fiedel - Terminator II Theme (Silva Screen)




11. Slade - Summer Song (Wishing You Were Here)

12. Hookworms - Teen Dreams (Sun Ark)

13. Spin Spin The Dogs - Jumbo (Upset the Rhythym)


www.weirdoguise.co.uk

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / Re: Pheromoans - My Mind Is On The Anti-Climb Paint- 100 Copies!

« on: February 18, 2011, 10:18:06 AM »

What I want to know is how there's only 100 pressed and he's able to sell them for ?8.99 each?!

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / Re: Niche Homo #4: Sic Alps, The Homosexuals, Ramleh, Thee Oh Sees & The Pheromoans

« on: February 16, 2011, 10:36:32 AM »

Keep your orders coming in. Recent NH gushes below.

Factually incorrect Terminal Boredom review, it's 80 pages:

"Keeping things international, Issue #4 of Niche Homo out of the UK has landed and it's thick as a brick. "Superior Toilet Literature" with exceptional and lengthy interviews with Thee Ohsees and Sic Alps and a Pheromoans chat. Their Mix Tape Wars segment is the sort of gimmick I love, where two people make a tape for each other and then compare notes. Good stuff. Great 8.5x14 layout, but I think it has to be computer aided - which is cheating - or it's just one of the most meticulous cut-n-paste jobs I've seen. At 70 pages or so I can't blame them for taking some liberties though."

High praise from Dave Lang of Lexicon Devil blog:

"A quick plug from moi... the other night I had an old friend over for dinner. He's been living in the UK for the last four years, more or less, and has come back for a few months to tie up some family business. He's my vintage and similarly has been through the wringer in regards to working like a schlep in "the biz" over the years in many guises: writing, performing, retail, label, etc. By halfway through the evening, one of intense verbal diarhhea, we were both grumbling like a couple of old grouches about The Kids. "I've only noticed this lately, but for the first time in my life, I now sense a generation gap", he said. "I couldn't give a fuck about what the youngsters are doing musically these days, it's just a rehash of better things from years past. It just doesn't interest me". I concurred and sipped my Portello in agreement. And that grouchiness takes hold of me 90% of my waking life, but occassionally the mask slips and I can accept the fact that these young folks we shake our canes at - the good ones - are merely younger versions of ourselves.

Take the UK fanzine by the name of Niche Homo, for example. It's written and published by two young gents from Leeds by the names of Nick Bannerman and Nick Jones. There's interviews, reviews, rants and more, mostly covering the contemporary underground, often veterans still active, and the latest issue, # 4, is 80 A5 pages of good toilet reading. I've even perused its wares whilst off the shitter: a compliment paid. The latest ish has some excellent interviews w/ the likes of contempo hepsters Thee Oh-Sees and the Sic Alps (two bands I'm yet to even properly hear), both of which I read all the way through, despite my lack of knowledge (and possibly interest) for their sounds, as well as indepth interviews w/ veterans/old geezers, The Homosexuals and Ramleh (both well worth reading, especially since, in a former life, I was quite a fan of both). There's no real record reviews, but a rundown on what albums to listen to at what time of the day (which range from the Dead C. to Slayer to Ella & Louis) and an extended rant on the joys of record collecting (including dawn-of-the-'90s Sub Pop singles... sheesh, if you were there, you'd be aware of the fact that it wasn't that exciting back then...) by some young guy who'll no doubt regret penning the piece in years to come. In each issue there's also a "Mix Tape War" which involves three music-nerd putzes - usually involving the editors - taping 45 minutes worth of sonics by whomever they please and then getting the others to comment on their choices. I've done this before w/ friends, and whilst it may be diagnosed by medical professionals as a distinct sign of social retardation, I can also say that it is, or at least often can be, a great deal of fun.

God knows who the fuck could be bothered printing a real bricks 'n' mortar fanzine in this digital age, and I know, too: two insatiable music dorks by the names of Nick Bannerman and Nick Jones. Glad to know 'em. Their youthful enthusiasm, zest for all things obscure and relentless obnoxiousness reminds me of myself from a certain day and age, and I know that I pissed off a whole lot of old geezers w/ my similar rants."

A terrible Vice review:

"When this 80-page bumper edition flops open at the centre-fold, we learn that power-electronics stalwarts Ramleh ?quite like? dubstep, which is refreshing because when I asked Cerebral Ballzy the same thing they said it was ?some weak-ass, faggoty shit?. In this issue, Niche Homo cherrypick Sic Alps and The Homosexuals for interviews along with other hipster-adored lo-fi bands who don?t suck yet. Elsewhere, Nick Jones? adventures at the local swimming pool bless the world with the line, ?The sight of a man wearing a t-shirt?but naked from the waist down?is uniquely offensive.? True that. Makes a man look like a blindfolded elephant."

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / Re: FLORIDAS DYING JUST IN

« on: February 10, 2011, 10:36:36 AM »

Wow those Niche Homo's took a long time to reach you, but glad they finally did all the same!

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Music Shit / Re: Great current UK bands?

« on: February 09, 2011, 02:22:34 PM »

The Uprights - one of the rare bands that really make you feel like you're witnessing something truly great when you catch them live, shame they only play about twice a year and only ever in Leeds. Alex was in Blood Crips with Shaun.

Broken Arm have swung back into action and are better than ever - have a new 7" out soon on Gringo. Beards are also keeping it pretty real right now, though I've not heard their 12"

All my other favourites have already been mentioned: Hipshakes, Pheromoans, Black Mamba Beat, Wake Up Dead, Shitty Limits, Love Triangle, Mazes, Mob Rules, Former Bullies.

I'd suggest picking up Niche Homo to stay in the loop for UK stuff...

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / Re: LES DISQUES STEAK news: TYVEK 7" out next week

« on: February 08, 2011, 01:27:46 PM »

Will the band be getting more than enough to last them the tour? They hit my town on 17th March...

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Upcoming Shows/Tours/Events / Re: UK gigs of termbro-interest thread

« on: January 19, 2011, 01:42:48 PM »

Leeds

www.weirdoguise.co.uk

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Non-Music Shit / Re: Euro mail woes

« on: January 19, 2011, 01:36:43 PM »

The Niche Homo's are taking forever to reach the states. With the bad weather, increased security and so many going out in just before Christmas, we also have the issue that the Leeds post office depot had a new machine / system installed at the end of November which has caused utter chaos in our area for both incoming and outgoing mail.

A package posted to me first class from down south in the first week of January arrived 6 days later and on a Sunday?! That's unheard of.

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / Niche Homo #4: Sic Alps, The Homosexuals, Ramleh, Thee Oh Sees & The Pheromoans

« on: December 04, 2010, 08:47:32 AM »

Niche Homo #4 is one of humankind?s greatest achievements ? all 80 pages of it. Featuring interviews with Sic Alps, Thee Oh Sees, Ramleh, The Homosexuals and The Pheromoans. We have braved snow storms, high risk surgical procedures and stray apostrophes to bring you this fine spectacle of misanthropic enthusiasm. It?s filled with comic strips, high-concept illustrations and articles on geocaching, sporting leisure and coloured vinyl. Toilet Literature that is Superior in every way.

Order your copy here:
 
www.nichehomo.blogspot.c om
 
Order 3 or more copies and receive a free copy of the Niche Homo 2009 Halloween Special. Stock is extremely limited.
 
If you would just like to buy a PDF of the zine, then it's yours for ?536.00 (incl VAT).

Distros wanting more than 10 copies, get in touch at nichehomo [at] hotmail.com otherwise, just order through the site.

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Music Shit / Soft Skeleton #15: Good Morning Mr Wanker

« on: November 30, 2010, 03:06:49 PM »

www.softskeletonpodcast. blogspot.com

A back-to-basics podcast from the core, uncharismatic duo behind Soft Skeleton. Listen in awe to Stroidy's sheer incomprehensibility. Observe as Jones battles to suppress his blatant jealousy of all things Stroid. But stick it out listeners, there's some brilliant new music on there. We may have both hands down our pants, but at least one finger's on the pulse.

1. The Flesh Eaters ? So Long (Expanded Music)

2. Mob Rules ? (no name) (Zandor Records)


3. Plastic Crimewave Sound ? Shockwave Rider (HoZac Records)

4. Idle Times ? Working on Something (HoZac Records)

5. Puffy Areolas ? Noble Rot (Siltbreeze)


6. Joseph Spence ? Good Morning Mr. Walker (Mississippi)

7. The Fugs ? War Song (Reprise)

8. Royal Trux ? Stop (Drag City)


9. Plug ? You Keep The Beats (Upset The Rhythm)

10. The Vaselines ? Whitechapel (Sup Pop)

11. Spacemen 3 ? Hey Man (Fire Records)


PART II


12. Crass ? Mother Earth (Crass Records)

13. Cabaret Voltaire ? This is Entertainment (Rough Trade)

14. Gareth S. Brown ? Turtosimian Pilgrims Distracted by Rutting Insects (Black Dogs)

15. Niche Homonoid ? Baby, Come Home (Black Dogs)

16. Brainbombs ? After Acid (Skrammel Records)


17. Tyvek ? Going Under Water II (In The Red)

18. Sic Alps ? Meter Man (Drag City)

19. The Love Triangle ? Splendid Living (Dire)

20. X ? Dipstick (Rocknroll Blitzkrieg)


21. Double Negative ? Excited About Myself (Sorry State Records)

22. Hawkwind ?? We Took The Wrong Step Years Ago (United Artists Reco

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Music Shit / Soft Skeleton #13 now up.

« on: August 29, 2010, 12:35:09 PM »

www.softskeletonpodcast. blogspot.com

Nick B, Campbell and Wes hate one another.

1. Moevot - Notre Pere
2. Cockney Rejects - Badman

3. Celtic Frost - Circle of the Tyrants
4. Bathory - Armageddon
5. Mata Mata - brutalized

6. The Now - Into The 80s
7. The Users - Sick of You

8. Fleetwood Mac - I Know I'm Not Wrong
9. Hijokaidon - Silver Machine
10. Saccharine Trust - A Human Certainty
11. Dolly Mixture - Side Street Walker

12. Carnivore - Race War
13. Warzone - She Fucks For Drugs
14. Breakdown - Life of Bullshit

15. Ashdautus - As The Vile Digress
16. Flying Saucer Attack - The Drowners
17. Jesus and Mary Chain - Never Understand

18. Olho Seco - Nada
19. Svart Framtid - Disiplin
20. Zouo - Making Love With Devil

21. Howard Werth - Obsolete
22. Eyes - TAQN

23. Cheap Trick - Southern Girls
24. Suicide - Baby Dream

Campbell would appreciate it very much if you were to vote for one of his cats, 'Earl' or 'Teddy' (Leeds), on the Kitten Factor: http://www.catslikefelix.co.uk/Mischief/ 

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / Re: DISTORT FANZINE

« on: July 22, 2010, 03:34:15 PM »

For those in the UK - I'll be re-activating my small zine distro at somepoint over the next few days, loads of different issues of Distort to go up.

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Music Shit / Soft Skeleton #12: The Palalia War

« on: March 09, 2010, 11:10:54 AM »

Soft Skeleton is a podcast from the makers of Niche Homo zine. We're based in Leeds, UK.



www.softskeletonpodcast.blogspot.com

Nick Jones, Nick Bannerman and Paul Steere battle it out with their music selections. Bannerman wins. Thank you to Matt J for letting us record this in his studio - he's the fourth in the room who you'll occasionally hear.

This one's in one part, not two like the others and we ran out of time so it ends abruptly. I'll hopefully get this hosted on copsandrobbers sometime soon, in the mean time goodluck with getting it from one of these links:

Pheromoans - Suburban Despot
The Lines - Background

Spacemen 3 - Call the Doctor
The Homosexuals - Pentecost 2016
The Raincoats - You're A Million

The Sea Urchins - Day Into Day
Television Personalities - Look Back in Anger
The Move - Zing! Went the Strings of my Heart

Bill Orcutt - Pocket Underground
Sex Vid - Authority of Scripture
St. Vitus - Bitter Truth

Double Negative - Retro Abortion
Roy Orbison - Running Scared
Blondie - Sunday Girl
The Mirrors - Green Dream

Nick and the Rubber Bannerman Band - Titty Bottle

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Since the last podcast was up, www.weirdoguise.co.uk has been launched. Go check it.