by Rob on July 21st, 2008
This is plaaydoh’s second release on winning sperm party. For this one they’ve recorded, dubbed, and put together the artwork for a 50 limited cassette tape single, all in one day. It was recorded at home using a Tascam 4-track so the tape version of this release is purely analogue. If you don’t manage to get a copy of the cassette, it is also available as a free download right here.
by Rob on July 8th, 2008
We’re very happy to announce the latest winning sperm free download, Triple School’s debut EP, available here now. If you haven’t caught them yet, Triple School are a garage rock 2-piece based in Glasgow, featuring ex-Danananaykroyd and current That Fucking Tank vocalist Giles on guitar/vocals and Tom from The Beatles on drum kit. Enjoy the EP then catch them on tour with Plaaydoh this July.
23rd July: santiago, LEEDS
24th July: house show (email for details), LONDON
25th July: the rose of england, NOTTINGHAM
26th July: the white room, SUNDERLAND
27th July: ivy bar, GLASGOW
29th July: argyle bar, EDINBURGH
ABERDEEN TBC
by Feelding on July 6th, 2008
On Tuesday the 17th of June, 4 band’s sets were recorded live at the Ivy bar, Glasgow.
Here is the result, the best parts from each band’s set:
Everythingwesayisfact
1) Nicholas in a Cage
2) Managing Stress
The Ballad of Mable Wong
3) Gentleman’s mist
4) Bob’s your uncle
Vars of Lichi
5) Beastie Blotch
6) Rip/Burst
Grozny
7) Q.Collman
Listen to it HERE, NOW!!
PS: The 2nd podcast session is this Thursday at the Ivy Bar. Bronto Skylift, VOM, Barnowl and Groaner will be playing. 8pm doors, £4 entry… Be there!!
by bigmarty on July 2nd, 2008
Watching Terra Surfa for the third time feels like an old Simpsons repeat on BBC2, when they only seemed to have rights to one or two seasons, and a few classic episodes seemed to circulate. You laughed at the old jokes, because they were still funny, but new nuances and in-jokes came up, and each time round it was slightly better than you remember it being. This live return after time away, time out, is like this, almost a comic convention, everyone coming along stoked about seeing things the way they remember, and things are. No new songs are played, the set seems to follow much the same pattern as it did, although the accent of the priest appears to have under gone a transformation, his new hibernian twang perhaps influenced by his pint of stout.
Lyrical references to Japan, a hate for yr lovers gyrate, and a bold attempt at covering the Flash Gordon theme mix with film riffs that surf on waves of black ink, a dark, spaghetti-surf menagerie of pastiche, wit and class. Blank, faceless 50s actors run around in my mind to this soundtrack of sunglasses, mobsters and suits that could kill. Instead of speeding off into the distance, songs slow down, lose their urgency and break into effortlessly cool hypnotic swathes, wild shrieking saxophones, rude honks from a ruder player, and humming organs, droning alongside dissonant slapping guitars, and growling vocals.
The audience quickly forgives a slightly baffling introduction as the tunes are brought out with eye twinkling jokes, grins and extended fight sequences between band members, which seem to condone fox hunting. The finale sees the audience participation, waving white rubber gloves with pictures of perverts on them that the band has handed out (I had Michael Barrymore on mine..), flagging down deviants and doing hand dances with them. Bizarre humour is balanced with carefully constructed tunes, home made crafts with songwriting craft, and the sing-a-longs are not lost in the gimmickery of six men in fancy dress playing surf music. Top drawer.
by batattack on June 28th, 2008
Shellac play the ABC on Sunday the 2nd of November 2008, tickets are £13.50 + £1.50 booking fee and are available online from Tickets Scotland.
Yeah!!!
