THIS IS A SHORT FEATURE AIRED ON MTV2 THESE DAYS ABOUT THE CLERKS : THIS WAS SHOT AT LA FLECHE D'OR IN PARIS IN MARCH 07. IN JULY, ON MTV2, THERE WILL ALSO BE A 30 MINUTES PROGRAM SHOWING THE BAND (AS MAUDITE DANCE) IN LONDON.
DOWLOAD THE DISSIDENTS AND B-SIDE STILL FROM PURE GROOVE DIGITAL
THE CLERKS WERE MAX VOX/GUITAR ALEX VOX/GUITAR/MACHINES GASP BASS/BACKING VOX CAM DRUMS/KEYS
Joy Division, Kate Bush, The Beatles, Tori Amos, Radiohead, The Clash, Sonic Youth, Laurie Anderson, New Order, Nine Inch Nails, Marlon Brando, Marvin Gaye, Badly Drawn Boy, The Rapture, Bernard Hermann, Monty Pythons, Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese, Peter Saville, The Smiths, Trail Of Dead, Prince, Primal Scream, The Cure.
Sounds Like
Children in jail.
WATCH AND LISTEN TO THE DISSIDENTS VIDEO RIGHT NOW
THE CLERKS HAVE DISBANDED.
GO TO MYSPACE.COM/MAUDITEDANCE THIS IS THE ONLY THING YOU CAN DO NOW
BUT THIS IS ALL THAT YOU NEED.
NME BEST MYSPACE NEW BAND OF THE WEEK 19/05/2007
BIO
We formed in Paris in 2004. We moved to Manchester in early 2006.
We have been gigging all around UK and France for the past two years. We've played with The Sunshine Underground, Mercury Rev, Starsailor, the Earlies, The Automatic, Dead Disco, Polytechnic, The KBC, Liars, Islands, Captain, Tiny Dancers, Peter And The Wolf, Gang Gand Dance, Modernaire and many other.
We released a single on Art Goes Pop in August 2006. It was called The Dissidents. Steve Lamacq played it a lot, it got rave reviews and sold out.
We died in may 07. Just as we were Best New Band on Myspace in the NME.
But we're alive now and we're MAUDITE DANCE.
Thanks a lot for listening.
REVIEWS
"Top new_wave guitar band." NME
"This is a band who won't stay anonymous for long thats for sure. Despite their Gallic roots maybe we can lay claim to them for Manchester...."
Manchester Music Scene
"They have such an aura, a presence about them you wish you could suck it out of them, store it in a bottle and sell it making you filthy rich along the way."
Leeds Music Scene
"Potentially France's best import since Eric Cantona..."
No Ordinary Music
"Since they've now made Manchester their home, there's no excuse not to catch them live before they go on to bigger and better things."
BBC Online
"Music that is both chartable and alternative."
Manchester Evening News
"Simply file under potentially the coolest thing on eight legs."
Losing Today
"Outstanding melodic qualities"
Magic RPM
The ClerKs lives in Maudite Dance.'s Friend Space (Top 16)
The ClerKs lives in Maudite Dance. has 9779 friends.
New Music Video from Mono Taxi's last single: "The Sound Of You" out now. Single available through Apple Itunes as a digital Download or as a 7" through Rough Trade / Pure Groove's website.
Hey! If you're around Leeds on Sat, Feb 2nd, come help us celebrate our second birthday at the Brudenell Social, with Cobra Dukes, O Fracas, Mr Beasley, Quip and Speculum from 7.30pm! Some £3 tickets still left @ www.wegottickets.com/event/25648. Free T shirts & CDs to the first 50 folk in!
T1 Samim - Ultraviolet (original mix) T2 Tricky Disco - Tricky Disco (The Martin Brothers Thizzy Disco Remix) T3 Sebastien Leger - Uranus T4 Noir - SuperSkunk (EdKanePullingAWhiteyMix) T5 Tom Neville - Slide (Deadmau5 remix) T6 Jude Sebastian - Rubber Man (Miles Dyson remix) T7 d.i.m. - Is You (original) T8 Chris Lake - To the point (BSOD remix) T9 Duran Duran - Falling Down (Sebastien Leger Mix) T10 Filthy Rich - turn the screw (gaz james and hauswerks screw you remix) T11 Micky Monzza and Joseph Disco - Bounce Baby (original) T12 DJ. Tocadisco - Morumbi (original mix)
our old friends THE RESEARCH and THE LODGER are playing out, plus wrist! . There will also be a grand christmas tombola with amazing prizes of tights and dart boards, plus christmas grotto and buffet of christmas goods! do come, it would be lovely to see you all again!
Yo!! Sex Music returns THIS WEDNESDAY (tomorrow night) 11pm til 4am at Ruby Lounge in the Northern Quarter. The best music from the last 50 years of Rock n' roll, indie, motown, soul, funk and dare we say pop music! to shake and wiggle your bits too from DJ's Sam, Jo and Dom. Cheap drinks, free sweets, a friendly atmosphere and only £3 in - and you get a free shot on the door!!
We've finally managed to nail down our line-ups for the coming months, check our page for more details. To Start us off we have the amazing Sky Larkin, fresh from BBC Six Music Session, a support slot with Architecture In Helsinki and The Leeds festival, its bound to be a hot show. Support from Manchester's The Ending Of...
Thursday 20th Sept Cafe Saki £4/£3 NUS / Flyer
Sky Larkin reviews
"Sky Larkin are one of the best bands Ive heard in the last year because they are frequently overwhelming, dark, upbeat, frantic and utterly charming. They on a par with absolutely no-one. Not because their music is obscure and unplaceable, but because every track will angrily shake off any comparisson you try to stick on it." nothingbutgreenlights.net
"Bit odd, very Brilliant." -NME
"Now that the Yorkshire mania has receded somewhat, and wave after wave of ¡Forward, Russia! copyists, Long Blondes-lites and Faketic Monkeys have been and gone, the cream is left on the top (notably those three bands) and we're finally able to take the area seriously again. Step to Sky Larkin: three pretty kids with many pretty songs. Think of them as a glorious mixture of stupendous pop melodies, pleasing-to-the-eye personnel and a host of quirks to boot. The band's debut single drops on Dance to the Radio later this month; expect the explosion to begin shortly after." -Drowned in Sound
You're going to kick yourself if you miss this one. It's easy to get involved just click on the flyer below to get tickets. Yes it's that easy and yes they are only a fiver. Sorry the night is strictly over 18's
Also we are looking for people to help us. If you want to be involved email us at bookings@theaftershow.net
ee been wearing out my vinyl of 'Still/The Dissidents' but I shan't dwell on the past, even though the tunes remain amongst my modern classics :) ooh Maudite Dance @ Woodhouse Liberal like yeahhhhhhh X
