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Music Shit / Re: Great current UK bands?

« on: July 04, 2014, 04:16:21 PM »

Looking forward to the Snob 7". A+ HC, apparently sound a bit like Rudimentary Peni.

http://snoblondon.bandcamp.com/releases

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Non-Music Shit / Re: Rik Mayall

« on: June 09, 2014, 11:09:22 AM »

BAD NEWS.

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Music Shit / Re: Schengen Punk

« on: May 25, 2014, 05:50:43 AM »

Tried, almost succeeded. (Couldn't find Sloggy MP3s, just reviews and underpants.) Any suggestions for improvements?



Listen on 8tracks

BELGIUM: The Kids - ?Do You Love The Nazis??
ESTONIA: Propeller - ?Pankrott?
LITHUANIA: SC - ?Sodininkai?
SLOVENIA: Tozibabe - ?Nekega Lepega Dne?
SWEDEN: B?ddat f?r Trubbel - ?Inte Vant S? Tuff?
CZECH REPUBLIC: Energie G - ?Je To V?echno Hor???
GERMANY: Di?t - ?Pick A Line?
GREECE: Ex Humans - ?Meine Makria?
POLAND: Siekiera - ?Bez K?nca?
FRANCE: 'A' Bomb - ?Capitale Europ?enne?
AUSTRIA: Plastix - ?Konsumier Mich?
CROATIA: Divided Minds - ?Invitation?
SWITZERLAND: Liliput - ?Hitch-Hike?
FINLAND: Pertti Kurikan Nimip?iv?t - ?Naapurissa Asuu Nainen?
BULGARIA: D.D.T. - ?Distorted Guitars?
SLOVAKIA: Paradox - ?Policajt?
NETHERLANDS: The Nixe - ?Boring City?
DENMARK: Lower - ?Soft Option?
IRELAND: The #1s - ?Sharon Shouldn?t?
ITALY: Chain Reaction - ?Bloody Ways?
SPAIN: Belgrado - ?Świat Jest Nasz?
HUNGARY: WYX - ?Lie, Lie, Lie?
PORTUGAL: Aqui D?el-Rock ?H? Que Violentar o Sistema?
UNITED KINGDOM: Desperate Bicycles - ?Don?t Back The Front?

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Upcoming Shows/Tours/Events / Re: Condominium European Tour May/June 2014 (plus new 7" and LP repress)

« on: May 24, 2014, 04:56:51 AM »

GOOD THROB now playing the London gig.

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Music Shit / Re: What are your thoughts on Soul Jazz's Punk 45 comps?

« on: May 20, 2014, 08:20:48 AM »

2 out of the 3 contain Electric Eels tracks.

I fail to see any problems here.

(The 'Punk 45' book is nice, a good jumble of artwork, almost worth the ?25 asking price.)

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Music Shit / Re: Great current UK bands?

« on: May 20, 2014, 08:14:09 AM »

In-SEMI-nation:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXRkUMBd_5g

Thought Quango were a one-shot single type band, but ended up playing a couple of gigs earlier this year so who knows. The Lowest Form, Good Throb, Perspex Flesh records all appeared recently and are worth your attention.

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Upcoming Shows/Tours/Events / Re: Condominium European Tour May/June 2014 (plus new 7" and LP repress)

« on: May 17, 2014, 03:34:04 PM »

The Power Lunches gig appears to be a matinee. SNOB rule. Go to this gig, wander to Base Pizza, wander back, go see LAS OTRAS three hours later.

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Music Shit / Schengen Punk

« on: May 17, 2014, 01:08:07 PM »

Has there ever been a decent punk band to come out of Luxembourg (or Mallta, or Cyprus?)

Serious question. Making a mix that consists of 28 bands from each of the 28 European Union countries. (Time on my hands.) If I can't find anything I'll just include Sweden twice.

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Music Shit / Re: does anyone really take the sleford mods seriously?

« on: May 12, 2014, 05:01:40 PM »

I like 'em. Might be capable of an era-defining moment like the Specials "Ghost Town". Kind of feel they're only really gonna matter if they can fluke getting massively popular, ala the Pistols. How d'you manufacture a Bill Grundy moment now though? And what would they need to do to provoke it? Storm a live political TV debate and kick the crap out of some cunt like Nick Clegg or Michael Gove? Or set fire to Jeremy Clarkson?

I dunno, I reckon if they crossed over and got mainstream exposure it would devalue the whole thing. Much better to stay on the margins.

A mild tabloid frenzy wouldn't go amiss. Or Jools Holland.

One of them's from Grantham, town of Thatcher. 'Jobseeker' is a reassuring listen.

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / Re: ANOTHER SUBCULTURE - UK tape zine - exclusive INSTANT AUTOMATONS interview

« on: January 09, 2014, 08:57:35 AM »

Lincoln Imp remains, but has apparently turned its back on live events and letting anyone under 18 in. The Scunthorpe Telegraph Rock Open lives, but again is more about indie bands and endearingly atrocious metalheads...

(Tape's now for sale at Accidental Guest for six of your equally proportioned dollars.)

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / Re: ANOTHER SUBCULTURE - UK tape zine - exclusive INSTANT AUTOMATONS interview

« on: January 07, 2014, 04:11:18 PM »

This zine is now available to buy from Rough Trade and La Vida Es Un Mus. Posted copies to Fusetron this morning, and other distros will have some soon.

Put it online, too, so you can stream and download and what have you: anothersubculture.bandcamp.com

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / Re: ANOTHER SUBCULTURE - UK tape zine - exclusive INSTANT AUTOMATONS interview

« on: December 20, 2013, 01:04:33 PM »

ohh i'll have to get that then. i am from there too. i don't have any clue about any punk scene there tho...well but for the 90s.

There seems to have been a small scene around 1980 (sample: Product of Reason), and I remember some gigs around Scunthorpe and Grimsby in the mid 2000s, before financial crises and the allure of Sheffield meant that everyone involved moved out...

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / Re: ANOTHER SUBCULTURE - UK tape zine - exclusive INSTANT AUTOMATONS interview

« on: December 20, 2013, 05:17:35 AM »

does the tape have anything to do with scunthorpe?

Instant Automatons are from Scunthorpe (well, the surrounding area), and I'm born and bred there. The interview with Mark is about twenty minutes and covers playing gigs in Grimsby (a disaster, and with the area's own Throbbing Gristle copycats?) There's an idea to cover more of the Scunthorpe punk scene (revolving around the Household Shocks LP from 1980) in a future issue?

Tracklisting here, by the way -  http://www.discogs.com/Various-Another-Subculture-1/release/5202680 - sending some to FAN DEATH (and certain review departments) later this afternoon... 

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / Re: ANOTHER SUBCULTURE - UK tape zine - exclusive INSTANT AUTOMATONS interview

« on: December 19, 2013, 04:46:07 PM »

Well, yes?

Looking into getting this distro'd in the US in the new year, b t w

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / ANOTHER SUBCULTURE - UK tape zine - exclusive INSTANT AUTOMATONS interview

« on: December 18, 2013, 05:59:38 PM »

Here's a tape. ?3 + ?4 postage to the US, or $11.50. Buy it through http://anothersubculture.bandcamp.com/

There should also be copies heading to a distro or two in the new year (and would like to send more?). 100 copies, proceeds go towards funding a new venue in London.

Description from the site:

This is a tape magazine. Sixty minutes of DIY evidence, past and present, from London and South Humberside.

Watch the video trailer: http://youtu.be/Y4nDi00U5bo

Every ?, ? and bitcoin of profit from the sale of this cassette will go towards DIY Space For London, a co-operative looking to create an autonomous venue and social centre for musicking and radical activity in this wonderful, despicable city. Click http://www.diyspaceforlondon.org/ for more information.

On this first issue: interviews with INSTANT AUTOMATONS fronan Mark Lancaster, MATT KORVETTE (Pissed Jeans/Yellow Green Red) and two contributors to the recent MADE POSSIBLE BY SQUATTING exhibition, Matt and Bryony Beynon. There's also music from WOOLF, THE LOVE TRIANGLE, GOOD THROB, COP, FRAU, SHOPPING, WEIRD MENACE, FAMILY OUTING and HYGIENE.

MT-A1. Edition of 100. Each cassette includes a download link.