Saz - bass, vox, frox, wigs; Mike P -guitar, lurex trousers; Mick West - keyboard genius; Mikey Mooch - wholesome drummy goodness; Paul Weatherhead - theramin playing brain surgeon; Mabel Blue - guitar and backing vox; and assorted occaisonal backing singers, male go-go dancers and xylophone players.
Influences
The 13th Floor Elevators, Iggy and the Stooges, The Golden Dawn, The Sonics, The Standells, The Edgar Broughton Band, The Fuzztones, The Raveonettes, Sleater Kinney, Burt Bacharac, Captain Beefheart, hallucinogenic drugs
Welcome to our psychedelic 60s-garage punk-rock trashcan-glamour world. We hope you enjoy our lo-fi lo-budget garage psychedelia video for Acid is a Love Drug, featuring MTV worthy performances from all concerned. This we hope will be followed by an Ed Wood inspired B-Movie style production featuring drummy Mike dressed as a giant octopus, the lost city of Atlantis, and the Brains saving the world from imminent destruction by over-sized crustaceons. The following video gives you the idea...
Friday 11th July Wintermute + Fires Doors 8.30/Free Easily one of our best catches to date, Wintermute are currently one of the most exciting acts on the Leeds scene. Fresh from a nationwide tour supporting Oceansize and with debut Ep 'Fun With Wizard Stencils' due to be released early August, Wintermute are surely set to make it big in 2008. Support for the evening comes from promising new Hebden electro-rock outfit Fires.
"A curious combo of At The Drive-In and Interpol, splashed with a bit of Foals-ian mathletics, tight and adventurous, Wintermute are cool." NME
"...punchy and pop-infected, akin to The Futureheads poising notes at sharper angles. Ditch the doubts at the door: expect to be impressed. " Rock Sound
We really enjoyed your gig in Leeds last night - though the set was way too short and we couldn't hear Mabe in the mix. (The in-promptu cabaret sort of worked too..) You guys rock!
Hope it is good in Espanana for Saz, wherever Espanana is. I don't know, all these fancy holiday destinations they go to nowadays. In my day Spain was your lot.
It seems like years since the last Moorfest happened and to be honest I think the weather was very much a factor in whether people enjoyed themselves or not. Some thrived in the mud whilst others wept until their dads could pick them up. Moorfest is still carving an identity for itself and in the three years that it has been established I think I can say that the one thing that most people love about it is the friendly atmosphere, and this gig is a good opportunity to meet up with friends that perhaps you haven't seen since the festival, to make new friends, enjoy quality music, get a flavour of Moorfest if you haven't already been and also to talk to the organisers in order to give your opinions on how to improve the festival. We'll also be projecting your favourite photos that you've taken from previous Moorfests to create a live mashup that will adorn the walls of the Brudenell so please send them to bandsformoorfest@yahoo.co.uk and make sure that everyone in the picture is cool for you to use them like this.
There'll be much more to boot like gorgeous organic food, t-shirt stall, films and raffles to win tickets to Moorfest 4 which we're working on right now and aim to make it the best yet.
We really appreciate your continued support in making Moorfest what it is and hope to see you all there.
Come and support the Trouble at 'Mill night at The Burley Liberal Club this Saturday night which will include live music and DJ sets. Proceeds are kindly being donated to Cloth Cat so massive thanks from us for their help. It's £3 in on the door and open til late
THE SNARLS !! TONIGHT!!!!MANI D.J!!! FREE!!!!b4 10.30 THURS MAY 10TH PO NA NA charles st near BBC THE SNARLS LIVE 11PM FREE B4 10.30
When THE SNARLS arrive on stage there is a definite buzz about the room, which suddenly feels busy and filled with excitement. They cut a pretty cool image under the lights of Academy 3, all mop-tops and shades, with clothes hanging off their wiry frames like a bunch of cat-walk scarecrows. The music is instantly likeable party music: straightforward bluesy rock n roll, but done in such a way that just makes you want to smile and dance, which everybody is doing very quickly. They are perhaps a bit like Primal Scream sounding like The Rolling Stones, but in a more stylistic sense, as oppose to the Primals’ shoplifting of Exile On Main St era Stones arrangements for their occasional ‘return to rock’ albums. It seems The Snarls have really grown into their new skin after abandoning their former incarnation as The Fremen. The show is still seeped in retro appeal but as performers they are so full of energy, and it is clear that singer Mark Range was born to be on stage. Striking angular, Jaggeresque poses and gyrating around the microphone, Range looks as if he could have been doing this for ten years or more. Crusty looking dreadlocked men, NME fashionistas and girly teenie boppers dance together all around, a credit to The Snarls all-pervasive appeal. I’m not surprised to hear the calls for more as they crash off stage, but before we know it the lights are on and its all over. reveiw www.manchestermusic.co.uk
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