a line once said
'I’ve saw The Liftmen in that crazy oversized silver arena gazebo type structure at Ashton Court festival the summer just, and lapped it up, no fuss. They patiently glid’ through an array of groove laden rock tunes all charming and articulate with bright obscure and then direct lyricism, often with a back to nature feel, maybe it was the wellingtons.
They sing, harmonise and dish out twisty, fuzzy riffs with immediate hooks. Some of it reminded me of a funky Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci, some of it feels more jammed, cooler even, but all with a self assured modesty and style everyone including the newts dig. A proper fresh and locally sourced accompaniment'
a venue once said
'the smaller guitar/bass/drums line up suits them, though, giving the irrepressible Neil Smith the chance to play guitar for two, thrashing increasingly frenzied chord solos at every opportunity between Rasha Shaheen's twinkling vocals, unimpressed by her everyday lyrics that fit so neatly. Again there's an early 80's feel if the Au Pairs or Pere Ubu meeting the later Captain Beefheart and suddenly I remember why I used to like rock music so much. This is what 'indie' use dto mean - independent imagined and produced music full of the personality of the players, not an interchangable swamp of formulation. The Liftmen 'Have it; in bucket loads.
history:
they met in bristol. they formed in an industrial lift in an easton recording studio in 2002 while planning and executing their 1st album "ponds of beauty [ponds of terror!]. this was eventually recorded live after 1 year of rehearsal.
since then the liftmen have been on local radio and played several secret gigs; the most celebrated was at the cube in dec 2003 debuting their 1st video for the charts: "MEATRAFFLE".
The Liftmen are also on a Twisted Nerve compliation out on the 1st August 05. Now Is The Winter Of Our Discount Tents (TN060) www.twistednerve.com
Buy our double A sided red vinyl single "Meat Raffle" and " Backwards" for 5 incl. postage!!
Buy our debut album "ponds of beauty/ ponds of terror" 9.50 incl. postage
You like beer right? You might get a kick out of this Ozzy skit. Here's the new film Gabby Skab and I made last night for upcoming Pabst sales convention. The Skabs "PBR Me Right Now". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGPLSnltauk
MOST RAD NEWS ----------------------------- The awesome GANG GANG DANCE have re- scheduled the Bristol show. This will be one of two only headlining shows in the UK this year. The Bristol show will be the official warm-up for their show at Brixton Academy (supporting ANIMAL COLLECTIVE !) Wednesday 19th of August 2009 Qu Junktions & Glaive Concerts presents: GANG GANG DANCE + The Color of The Sun ~ Fleece ~ 12 St. Thomas Street Bristol BS1 6JJ 0117 945 0996 - 8PM - 12.00
Tickets 10 pounds in advance On sale at Bristol Ticket Shop, Here Shop and See Tickets. ------i-n-f-o-------------------- This gang gang from Brooklyn, have emerged from a very fertile, indigenous music scene in their neighbourhood but have branched out way WAY further with their hook ups and hooks. It is a ghetto world music that declines fey introspection but invites in disparate saturated sounds and bang bang dance dynamics. Their multi-faceted music style was first brought to our attention following a series of releases on forward-thinking label, The Social Registry; and subsequently, they have found a suitable home on Warp Records.
The bands assemblage of wonky techno, outer rock, faux arabesque and other strange, spiralling, sinuous music forms that transcend categorisation. Utterly unique and iconoclastic.
“The eclectism is exhilarating” Uncut
“Excellent… a psychotropid mind meld” – Plan B
“Gang Gang Dance may now ascend to the bona fide league of geniuses.” 8/10 – NME
Hey! Appologies if this is the second comment we've sent you recently...bit of a mix up in the bands communication :)
Anyway.. we've been a little quiet for the last few months but we are very pleased to announce our new EP is finished and up on our myspace! It's called Bright Lights and has four brand spanking new tracks to blow your mind. Please have a listen and tell us what you think and if you love it, buy it! :)
Hey! Appologies if this is the second comment we've sent you recently...bit of a mix up in the bands communication :)
Anyway.. we've been a little quiet for the last few months but we are very pleased to announce our new EP is finished and up on our myspace! It's called Bright Lights and has four brand spanking new tracks to blow your mind. Please have a listen and tell us what you think and if you love it, buy it! :)
hey y'all come and check these guys out from baltimore. way to get loose on a friday night! + i play alone but still bring the dirt pop glistening with noise sprinkles x A
Fresh from their show at Barcelona's Primavera festival, Teeth Mountain will be unleash their heavy concoction of new-wave tribal psychedelic sounds on Cube, using driving percussion like other bands use guitars.
Deep, thick layers of rhythms and overlays of ambiance, from the gritty to the sublime, this eight-piece outfit create a controlled mayhem of weighty neo-tribal trance music, part Indian, part African, part Balkan, and part Baltimore, that transforms consciousness and carries the group and their listeners to higher states.
The Wire magazine recently praised their 'refusal to acknowledge any kind of destination point for their jamming, achieving a convincing state of suspension throughout, helped by some engagingly forceful drumming.'
Teeth Mountain pummel with noise and drums but are always inviting and joyous, a new wave of tribal sounds in underground music. Be prepared to witness a heady, peyote-voodoo brew, getting you out of your seats and on your feet. Teeth Mountain will enthrall you in a rhythmic, musical spell.
"I don't know what god or gods you all are praying to but you're praying too fucking loud" Boston Police Department
MONDAY 18TH OF MAY (POST ATP WEEKEND REJUVENATION EXPERIENCE)
Icy Demons is an experimental music project started by Bablicon's Griffin Rodriguez (credited as Blue Hawaii) and Man Man / Need New Body's Christopher Powell (Pow Pow). A project of various Chicago musicians, they have released three albums, Fight Back! on the Elephant 6-associated label Cloud Recordings. Tears of a Clone on the Eastern Developments Music, and in 2007 Miami Ice on Easel (Japan release only).
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