it's being made up as it goes along.
also (apparently): whitehouse, current 93, cramps, datblygu, fall, suicide, pavement, sonic youth, throbbing gristle, black sabbath, led zep, blur/coxon, neu!, big black and other assorted bits and pieces of ripped off riffs and beats.
new track "gorsedd" written and recorded a few months back for the national museum wales "ymateb/respond" project available to download for FREE from http://www.museumwales.ac.uk/en/music09/respond/gindrinker/ along with information about the project and the background to the song and the project.
also available are songs from little my, silence at sea, circa regna tonat and many others. coming soon (oct 22nd) is a track from the victorian english gentlemans club.
***FRESH NEWS***
new 7" single out now on businessman records! go to http://www.gindrinker.co.uk/sounds.html for full discography and availabillity. or straight to http://www.businessmanrecords.co.uk/shop.htm. also available to download from http://www.kimberleyrecords.co.uk.
***NEWEST NEWS***
recording and mastering is now completed for debut 7" single (on businessman records. that's ... businessman records.) release MARCH THE 10th the two tracks are available here now for preview/evaluation purposes only (no stealing please!) more details to follow.
***INTERIM NEWS***
El-Ton, recorded for the free cd given away with octobers edition of Plan B magazine in association with the 1st Swn Festival, is now available on here. in fact, if yr speakers and ears are on you are probably listening to it right now.
also ...
5 track cdr demo available now.
it has all (some of) the hits (our songs) on it and comes in an attractive (shinyish) modern plastic sleeve.
come and see us at a gig and a copy shall be yours (subject to availabilty).
thanks.
*** EXCITING NEWS ***
"This Town Aint Big Enough For The 22 Of Us" compilation cd featuring 22 of cardiff's bands/groups/musicians was released on the 27/11/2006 on the twisted by design label. this will be gindrinker's 1st official release as "hey! greengrocer" is on there, along with the likes of little my, the loves, attack + defend, los campesinos!, last partisan, kutosis, the wave pictures, silence at sea, hornby pylons, threatmantics, etc etc.
the cd will be initialy only be avaliable from spiller's records and by mail order from twistedbydesign.co.uk and costs a mere £5 (+£1.22 p&p in the uk from the website).
so, yeah, support the scene innit? please buy it. thanks.
*** OLD NEWS ***
in theoretical existence since feb 2004 (in actuallity since dec 2004) gindrinker are a cardiff based band featuring Mr D.C. Gates on improvised cornet, bass and vocals and Mr G. McGraf on guitar, drum machine and sampler wrangling.
they have been described as many things by many people, including:
"cardiff's best cult band"
"the liver-swollen bile of The Fall circa 'Hex Enduction Hour'"
"glowering Cardiff publicans"
"caustic and surreal Northern wit"
"cheap drum machine beats and wincingly literal bass rhythms, plus a bit of improv cornet"
"an unwell british skronk duo who regularly sleep in their clothes"
"the best band in Britain"
"messy post-punk tuneage"
"like Pop Will Eat Itself only shitter"
"the funnest music"
(see http://www.gindrinker.co.uk for sources)
some of which we agree with, some of which we don't. and some we don't really understand.
Hello from Pontypool! Just wanted to let everyone know that we have posted our latest tune "SIGNS" on our myspace profile. Please check it out sometime and let us know what you think. Also our newly updated WEBSITE www.the-transporters.com is NOW ONLINE. So feel free to go have a nose around (there is a link on our myspace profile). In our media room we have our debut lp "TRANSPORTED" re-available on i-tunes as well as a preview of our follow up lp "MY ESCAPE". Not only that there is a live/folk page and a re-mix/radio page with more new and exclusive tracks. Kisses Grace.x
We thank you for the add! We’re just a small band, but we’d be delighted if you listened to our Garage Rock songs and you sent us any kind of comment!! ☠
Just to let you know I've invested in some new printing presses so we can now print much larger quantities of full colour flyers, leaflets, posters etc. If you've got a big gig coming up, check out my website for some amazing launch deals on leaflet printing, flyer printing and poster printing.
The Donde Stars launch their brand new single, 'America' at Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. Support comes from 'Cutting the Beef' and 'Black Russian'. £5 Entry gets you a free copy of the single! Advance tickets from... http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/user/?region=gb_wales&query=detail&event=335143 Or Spillers Records ***The Donde Stars also play a stripped down instore gig at Borders book store on the Hayes at 1pm***
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