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Demo reviews
Sounds like the sort of tunes Sonic Youth used to make before their creativity crumbled to pointless self-indulgence... A requiem to dead-end suburban lifestyles, with zigzagging drums and sharp guitar lines peppering the melodies with a Cure-tinged claustrophobia. Whoever says geek can’t be chic needs to swiftly revise their opinions - Metro
Very DIY-Garage; it works really well... Good stuff indeed - Sohostruts.co.uk
Obscure, feisty electro-punk... Like a couple of kids who’ve unwrapped a Smiths album and a Casio keyboard on Christmas morning, indulged in too much of their selection box and presented the end result to their pissed parents as they watch the Queens speech... [Cut My Hair has] an ace, pissed-off punk riff matched with a tale of scenesters wearing ripped jeans - The Crack (Nov ’06)
Crazily lo-fi... Just really great... Very very fine indeed - James Clark, BBC Radio Newcastle
The Colt .45s = the finest demo I’ve received in 2007. Love it, love it, love it! - Filthy Little Angels
The Colt .45s chant over a broken break-beat...Clang! Clang! Clang! Butter wouldn’t melt in their dirty little mouths... The kind of record that all the crap record labels wouldn’t touch with someone else’s stick. That’s what being truly independent is all about: taking risks! - trakMARX
Live reviews
The Colt .45s would probably be more at home playing in a sweaty underground warehouse at 3am. Whilst not the most popular band this night, their loud lashings of electro-punk make them the most interesting. The apathetic ferocity of What A Difference may as well be directed at their less than perfect PA, as they proceed topple amps and fling mics with abandon -NARC
The band blast straight into a set of electro fused shouty punk. Dance beats clatter into pop moments, punk attitude meets battered Casio keyboard melodies... Playing their unique brand of pop; it’s a catchy lo-fi pop which is shining out in a stagnating indie-centric north-east scene - The Crack (June ’07)
Fast making a name for themselves in the North East scene; programmed electro beats meets DIY punk. Catchy shouty vox, and the short sharp electro punk is an exciting proposition. The crowd loved them as they ripped into their hits. They stand out in a boring North scene with their progressive attitude to genres and their lack of boundaries - Badrobot.co.uk
...Like The Yeah Yeah Yeahs playing Fisher Price toys - Cherry Bomb Disco
Richard was blown away by the talent on show which included The Colt .45s - The Evening Chronicle
The Colt .45s have been ripping up the north east music scene... Not to be missed by any music lover - Scenesters.co.uk
Record Label
Unsigned/Filthy Little Angels/Leaving Home Records
12 track album including remixed versions of single tracks.
Recorded/mixed/mastered at C90 Studios. Packaged in Digipak.
NOW ONLY £4 (inc. p+p) Praise for Let's Have An Accident!
"Album of the Month: Packed full of potential singles, from electro fused punk to addictive pop gems" - The Crack Magazine, Jan 2008
"Uncomfortably fun" - Rockbeatstone.com
"From the bleak and sinister to Casio fuelled electro punk... Refreshingly youthful; magnificent" - The Devil
"Something special waiting to be heard; it doesn't disappoint" - Norman Records
"They demand attention. A giant slab of concrete brilliance covered in chocolate" - Tasty Fanzine
Limited debut single "LHR EP003" OUT NOW!
Split 7" The Star Fighter Pilot vs. The Colt .45s
£4 (inc. p+p) - LIMITED COPIES REMAINING! Praise for LHR EP003
"Pretty magnificent; snarly and fuzzed up" - The Cuckoos Press
"Unique and creative" - DJ Gene, WRIR 97.3FM (USA)
"This single sets me on fire" - Magasin Magazine (France)
"Hauntingly original" - Durham21.co.uk
"Carving out sparse yet coolly blank despondency for the masses... Somehow we think you need this" - Losing Today
PRE-ORDER!
If you cant make it to the release party, pre-order your copy now and get it delivered to your door! Dot 45 Presents... Planet Durham
Durham music scene compilation CD featuring exclusive tracks from over 20 bands and artists + full colour glossy A5 fanzine with articles and interview with To My Boy
£5 + £0.50 P+P
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Biography:
We are a 4 piece from Durham. We play clatter-pop!!!
We've played nealy 100 gigs across the UK from London to Glasgow including Edinburgh Fringe Festival, had radio play in the UK, Germany, Spain and the USA, supported fantastic bands like Neils Children, Das Wanderlust and The Chapman Family, played Oxjam and other charity gigs, released a 7" split single and an album, and Mr Rezistor made a class dance remix of our track Dry London Gin. Stockholm Syndrome was no. 4 in The Devils Top 10 Tracks of 2007 and our LP was Album of the Month in January's Crack Magazine. As well as some great live, demo, single, EP and album reviews in the UK we've also had press in Paris and done interviews for The Talk Magazine and Scenesters.co.uk. Members of the band run club nights and DJ at Durham venue Fish Tank and are currently launching a DIY/indie record label and local bands compilation CD titled PLANET DURHAM!
On Thursday 31st July Hessian brings you our most exciting gig yet:
RATATAT at the newly opened Duchess, York - a fantastic underground lair of a venue.
Support comes from Leeds' awesome Wintermute, and with DJing from Grim Beeper, Tim Prudames and Ollie Harvey to look forward to it should be a great night.
THIS SATURDAY 19TH JULY: THE CUCKOO'S NEST STAGE AT NARC FEST 2008
full details on our page and on our facebook event for the gig. Five amazing bands, stalls, caster sugar soundsystem, tombolas, and cakes. ALL FREE FROM 6PM, don't be late!
Then: SUNDAY 27TH JULY Jose Vanders plus Rebecca Jones
full details on our myspace and on facebook - Jose's first tour with a full band. Previous collaborations include Adem and Johnny Flynn. Live performances & interviews on Radio 1's Rob da Bank show; features on Perez Hilton's blog & appearing on BBC3 every night at 7pm.
£4 only; 14+. The Cumberland Arms (near the Cluny), 8pm.
"Telos is clearly not here to hand out sweets. ...a collection of experimental snapshots from one possible future, a dark meditation that just might be about the enslavement of mankind by machines or the dislocation of urban communities in the 21st Century. ...Ace. Doom-laden electronica, dissonance and fractured vocals." - narc. Magazine
Hope you're all well :) Could we have a really mint chilled out night when I get back? Music and Beer and Chat in a garden somewhere. Best of luck with your upcoming gigs and festivals! Oh and are you all going to Leeds Fest?
Bought the album the other daym can't wait for it to arrive. My speakers need to experience a bit more clatter-pop I think! (oh, and Anne-marie's vox rock! IT's a lie, IT's a lie, IT's a lie!)
800 tickets have been allocated for Freaky Weasel's Peterlee Music Festival. Tickets are priced £10, which will be exchanged for a wristband at the entry of the festival site on Saturday 28th June 2008 from 12noon til aroun 9pm.
Over the next few days we are taking reservation of tickets. A max. of 5 tickets per reservation is the limit. Reserved tickets may only be picked up at Burnhope Way Campus of East Durham College, Peterlee or posted out to you (this will come at an extra 50p charge for each reservation not each ticket).
Tickets will be on general sale to the public from late next week. A list of places to buy will be placed on our myspace as soon as can be sorted.
If you'd like to reserve a ticket please contact us here at our Myspace: http://www. myspace. com/fw2008 and nowhere else until tickets are readily available.
Room 1: Disco Dancing, dressing up, huge prize tombola, new Caster Sugar visuals by Ratty, and run through a maze! with
FOOD SOUNDSYSTEM LIVE!!! www. myspace. com/freshoutofdeathsoundsystem 'All the dance music genres having a scrap' plus Debbora Sim and quite possibly Dinosaur World keeping it fun fast and dancing all night!
Room 2: The Cinema Films all night from Brooklyn artist and film maker Torsten UN:ART:IG. Grainy and noisy featuring live footage of the New York noise scene, the last days of CBGB, Old School Hip Hop shows, Black Dice, Lightning Bolt, Die! Die! Die!, and many more. For a preview: http://www. youtube. com/unARTigNYC
Room 3: The Weird Cafe Last time we took over the star and shadow, the foyer was lit only by a strobe and everyone had a headache. This time it will be similarly dark and strange, with flashing light displays, the buffet of sweets and cakes, neon tables, candles, a giant pyramid of caster sugar boxes, chandeliers, and much more!
£5 to get in, Saturday June 14th 8pm till 2.30am don't be late!! message us for guaranteed entry list xx
