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  2. Sweet times at the Hello Thor Music Exchange takeover today. (Taken with picplz.)

    Sweet times at the Hello Thor Music Exchange takeover today. (Taken with picplz.)

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  3. Utterly surreal Cantaloupe street show at the west end arcade. (Taken with picplz.)

    Utterly surreal Cantaloupe street show at the west end arcade. (Taken with picplz.)

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  4. Awesome show @ The Chameleon on 1st Dec ft Forest Fire / Hhymn / Fists / Twenty Yr Hurricane/ Fistsmusic Presents: FOREST FIRE (NYC) plus support from Hhymn, Fists & Twenty Year Hurricane. @ The Chameleon Doors: 7:30pm Entry £5 on the door on the night A cut price new album + advanced ticket offer is available from Fat Cat Records on either of these links:http://fat-cat.co.uk/fatcat/news.php?id=2072&offset=0&artistList&imprintListhttp://forestfireuk.bigcartel.com/ Forest Fire - http://www.myspace.com/fuckforestfire Brooklyn based Forest Fire were discovered by accident by influential blogger Ryan Catbird who released the ultra-rare ‘Psychic Love Star’ EP along with debut record ‘Survival’ through his little label Catbird Records in 2008. It wasn’t until a 2009 re-release on Talitres that the record gathered real momentum finally being named as one of the very best albums of the year by the likes of Rough Trade Shops and La Blogotheque. Earlier this year they signed to UK label Fat Cat Records (home to shit loads of people like Animal Collective, Mazes, No Age, Sigur Ros, Vashti Bunyan, etc) who have just released sophomore album ‘Staring at the X’. The new record is a massive departure from the slackerish, skronky free jazz meets ramshackle country n’ punk leanings of ‘Survival’. ‘Staring at the X’ is totally stacked with ambition, weird electronics, guitar fuzz and loads of ideas. The songs are huge and I’m pretty sure that Forest Fire will be too. A tough band to characterise they have played loads of shows with the likes of Cass McCombs, Phosphorescent, Gang Gang Dance, Sharon Van Etten, Julianna Barwick and Psychedelic Horseshit. Have a little listen to ‘Staring at the X’ over on Spotify now. It’s really good. Press for ‘Survival’ “raw and powerful… like a drug-hazed stroll through the history of song.” La Blogotheque “an absolute revelation.” Rough Trade “An exercise in urban folk with art-punk underpinnings… Lyrically sharp, but musically savvy too.” Uncut Magazine 4/5 Stars HHYMN - http://www.hhymn.co.uk/ Nottingham band Hhymn have been creating lots of excitement lately with their excellent debut album ‘In the Depths’ (Denizen) and awesome live show. Musically they are a lush, expansive and dreamy affair that takes off at the drop of a hat with huge verdant stabs of Morricone-esque brass, slide guitar and keys. The last time they played Nottingham (The Malt Cross) I couldn’t even get in to see them such was the turnout. Press for ‘In the Depths’ ‘In The Depths’ is, to put it quite simply, a fantastic debut with some seriously impressive tracks. Shout 4 Music 9/10 ‘Beautifully orchestrated throughout and produced with feeling, Hhymn mean serious business with their heartfelt rustic jamboree - “In The Depths” is good enough to eat.’ All Gigs - ***** ‘Their ability to turn from gentle dreaminess to swirling and infectious tunes in the blink of an eye means they call to mind acts from Bon Iver to Arcade Fire’ Room Thirteen ‘Their music embellishes a poignant subtlety, gifting a soothing antidote that spawns a beauty that can do nothing but pierce you’ Red Hot Velvet 4/5 FISTS - http://www.myspace.com/fistsmusic I will spare you the usual gubbins. We will be playing mostly new material and we’re probably going to be on first so we can concentrate on the door and looking after the bands. TWENTY YEAR HURRICANE - http://www.myspace.com/20yearhurricane Feverish, confessional, indie-rock shot through with a low-slung, post-punk rattle. This is their first live show in almost a year.

    Awesome show @ The Chameleon on 1st Dec ft Forest Fire / Hhymn / Fists / Twenty Yr Hurricane/

    Fistsmusic Presents:

    FOREST FIRE (NYC) plus support from Hhymn, Fists & Twenty Year Hurricane.

    @ The Chameleon
    Doors: 7:30pm
    Entry £5 on the door on the night

    A cut price new album + advanced ticket offer is available from Fat Cat Records on either of these links:

    http://fat-cat.co.uk/fatca    t/news.php?id=2072&offset=0&artistList&imprintList

    http://forestfireuk.bigcartel.com/

    Forest Fire - http://www.myspace.com/fuckforestfire

    Brooklyn based Forest Fire were discovered by accident by influential blogger Ryan Catbird who released the ultra-rare ‘Psychic Love Star’ EP along with debut record ‘Survival’ through his little label Catbird Records in 2008. It wasn’t until a 2009 re-release on Talitres that the record gathered real momentum finally being named as one of the very best albums of the year by the likes of Rough Trade Shops and La Blogotheque.

    Earlier this year they signed to UK label Fat Cat Records (home to shit loads of people like Animal Collective, Mazes, No Age, Sigur Ros, Vashti Bunyan, etc) who have just released sophomore album ‘Staring at the X’. The new record is a massive departure from the slackerish, skronky free jazz meets ramshackle country n’ punk leanings of ‘Survival’. ‘Staring at the X’ is totally stacked with ambition, weird electronics, guitar fuzz and loads of ideas. The songs are huge and I’m pretty sure that Forest Fire will be too.

    A tough band to characterise they have played loads of shows with the likes of Cass McCombs, Phosphorescent, Gang Gang Dance, Sharon Van Etten, Julianna Barwick and Psychedelic Horseshit.

    Have a little listen to ‘Staring at the X’ over on Spotify now. It’s really good.

    Press for ‘Survival’

    “raw and powerful… like a drug-hazed stroll through the history of song.” La Blogotheque

    “an absolute revelation.” Rough Trade

    “An exercise in urban folk with art-punk underpinnings… Lyrically sharp, but musically savvy too.” Uncut Magazine 4/5 Stars


    HHYMN - http://www.hhymn.co.uk/

    Nottingham band Hhymn have been creating lots of excitement lately with their excellent debut album ‘In the Depths’ (Denizen) and awesome live show. Musically they are a lush, expansive and dreamy affair that takes off at the drop of a hat with huge verdant stabs of Morricone-esque brass, slide guitar and keys. The last time they played Nottingham (The Malt Cross) I couldn’t even get in to see them such was the turnout.

    Press for ‘In the Depths’

    ‘In The Depths’ is, to put it quite simply, a fantastic debut with some seriously impressive tracks. Shout 4 Music 9/10

    ‘Beautifully orchestrated throughout and produced with feeling, Hhymn mean serious business with their heartfelt rustic jamboree - “In The Depths” is good enough to eat.’ All Gigs - *****

    ‘Their ability to turn from gentle dreaminess to swirling and infectious tunes in the blink of an eye means they call to mind acts from Bon Iver to Arcade Fire’ Room Thirteen

    ‘Their music embellishes a poignant subtlety, gifting a soothing antidote that spawns a beauty that can do nothing but pierce you’ Red Hot Velvet 4/5


    FISTS - http://www.myspace.com/fistsmusic

    I will spare you the usual gubbins. We will be playing mostly new material and we’re probably going to be on first so we can concentrate on the door and looking after the bands.

    TWENTY YEAR HURRICANE - http://www.myspace.com/20yearhurricane

    Feverish, confessional, indie-rock shot through with a low-slung, post-punk rattle. This is their first live show in almost a year.

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  5. Ok this poster is ridiculously small but it’s all I’ve got at the mo.

    Ok this poster is ridiculously small but it’s all I’ve got at the mo.

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  6. This is a video from our Grey Hairs rehearsal that our friend Andy Gibson filmed. It’s a new band ft me and Dave (Fists), Chris (Kogumaza) and Bod (Fonda 500). Our debut show is on the 18th November at Spanky Van Dyke’s in Nottingham.

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  7. This is the video our good friend Joseph Hallam has been working on for us. It took a total of 1700 party poppers and a couple of months worth of work which saw Joe trying to figure out the best way to pop as many of the damned things as he could in one go whilst filming it in the slowest of motions all on a shoestring budget. No mean feat I tell ya and a totally sweet result!

    x

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  9. Awesome show. July 31st in Nottingham. Let’s Wrestle / Warm Brains / Weird Menace and of course us @ The Chameleon LET’S WRESTLE (Merge / Full Time Hobby / Stolen Recordings)North London three-piece Let’s Wrestle come to Nottingham for the final date of their UK tour in support of awesome, Steve Albini produced sophomore album, Nursing Home. Comprising of Wesley Patrick Gonzalez on guitar and vocals, Sam Pillay on bass and Darkus Bishop on drums LW are an oddball amalgam of the mischievous, surreal humour of David Shrigley and a vast palette of musical influences stretching Roy Orbison, Black Flag, Cheap Trick and The Swell Maps.“Mark E Smith, Thurston Moore and Eddie Argos all bundled inside an awkward kid in sunglasses, which is basically fucking amazing” NME“’I Won’t Lie To You’ is so life affirming shambolic, it sounds like they actually split up realise they can’t live without each other and decide to make another go of it somewhere in the middle.” UNCUTVICE: http://tiny.cc/we5p6LW Blog: http://tiny.cc/rn678Drowned in Sound: http://tiny.cc/wj3pcBen Ransley videos: http://tiny.cc/u90f3Myspace: http://tiny.cc/9uagaWARM BRAINS (Marshall Teller / Brattwell Recordings)‘Warm Brains is the warped imaginings of London-based DIY producer Rory Attwell. Having burst onto the scene in 2004 as one third of short-lived dance punk provocateurs Test Icicles, Attwell subsequently played in a raft of other notable bands, goth-punks Kasms and Rat:Att:Agg among them, but more recently has made his name as east London producer du jour, recording upcoming UK bands such as Male Bonding, Fair Ohs, Teeth!!!, S.C.U.M, Veronica Falls, Weird Dreams, Please, Not Cool, Holy State and countless others.Last year, under the moniker Warm Brains, Attwell decided it was time to start work on pulling his own ideas together, the result being the just-released single “Old Volcanoes” and an album of the same due for release in early August on Marshall Teller Records.’ Dazed DigitalWarm Brains’ debut record is released on August 1st 2011. Follow the Marshall Teller link below for more details. WB Blog: http://www.warmbrains.com/Dazed and Confused: http://tiny.cc/l5qo8Marshall Teller: http://tiny.cc/e7euxWEIRD MENACEA band from London so new there is zero anywhere about them. No Myspace. Nothing. Treat them like the extra surprise gift on christmas morning. One of those moments where you’re totally blown away that you got the Sega Megadrive you asked for and you’re thinking this is the best christmas ever then you open the curtains to discover that there’s also a brand new Scootex sitting on the patio that’s your’s too. FISTS (Hello Thor) We’ll spare you the gubbins. Links are below if we’re new to you. Tumblr: http://tiny.cc/dtkewMyspace: http://tiny.cc/kz5ltHello Thor: http://tiny.cc/02lcrAdvanced tickets £4 from gigantic.com: http://tiny.cc/uazf3Entrance on the door: £5Doors 07:30 – Late

    Awesome show. July 31st in Nottingham. Let’s Wrestle / Warm Brains / Weird Menace and of course us @ The Chameleon

    LET’S WRESTLE (Merge / Full Time Hobby / Stolen Recordings)

    North London three-piece Let’s Wrestle come to Nottingham for the final date of their UK tour in support of awesome, Steve Albini produced sophomore album, Nursing Home.

    Comprising of Wesley Patrick Gonzalez on guitar and vocals, Sam Pillay on bass and Darkus Bishop on drums LW are an oddball amalgam of the mischievous, surreal humour of David Shrigley and a vast palette of musical influences stretching Roy Orbison, Black Flag, Cheap Trick and The Swell Maps.

    “Mark E Smith, Thurston Moore and Eddie Argos all bundled inside an awkward kid in sunglasses, which is basically fucking amazing” NME

    “’I Won’t Lie To You’ is so life affirming shambolic, it sounds like they actually split up realise they can’t live without each other and decide to make another go of it somewhere in the middle.” UNCUT

    VICE: http://tiny.cc/we5p6
    LW Blog: http://tiny.cc/rn678
    Drowned in Sound: http://tiny.cc/wj3pc
    Ben Ransley videos: http://tiny.cc/u90f3
    Myspace: http://tiny.cc/9uaga


    WARM BRAINS (Marshall Teller / Brattwell Recordings)

    ‘Warm Brains is the warped imaginings of London-based DIY producer Rory Attwell. Having burst onto the scene in 2004 as one third of short-lived dance punk provocateurs Test Icicles, Attwell subsequently played in a raft of other notable bands, goth-punks Kasms and Rat:Att:Agg among them, but more recently has made his name as east London producer du jour, recording upcoming UK bands such as Male Bonding, Fair Ohs, Teeth!!!, S.C.U.M, Veronica Falls, Weird Dreams, Please, Not Cool, Holy State and countless others.

    Last year, under the moniker Warm Brains, Attwell decided it was time to start work on pulling his own ideas together, the result being the just-released single “Old Volcanoes” and an album of the same due for release in early August on Marshall Teller Records.’ Dazed Digital

    Warm Brains’ debut record is released on August 1st 2011. Follow the Marshall Teller link below for more details.

    WB Blog: http://www.warmbrains.com/
    Dazed and Confused: http://tiny.cc/l5qo8
    Marshall Teller: http://tiny.cc/e7eux


    WEIRD MENACE

    A band from London so new there is zero anywhere about them. No Myspace. Nothing. Treat them like the extra surprise gift on christmas morning. One of those moments where you’re totally blown away that you got the Sega Megadrive you asked for and you’re thinking this is the best christmas ever then you open the curtains to discover that there’s also a brand new Scootex sitting on the patio that’s your’s too.


    FISTS (Hello Thor)

    We’ll spare you the gubbins. Links are below if we’re new to you.

    Tumblr: http://tiny.cc/dtkew
    Myspace: http://tiny.cc/kz5lt
    Hello Thor: http://tiny.cc/02lcr


    Advanced tickets £4 from gigantic.com: http://tiny.cc/uazf3

    Entrance on the door: £5

    Doors 07:30 – Late

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  10. We’re heading back to The Old Blue Last in London on July 12th for new club night Paint It Black. Cymbals and Mammal Club also play. It’s FREE entry.

    We’re heading back to The Old Blue Last in London on July 12th for new club night Paint It Black. Cymbals and Mammal Club also play.

    It’s FREE entry.

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