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xNoBBQx Skewer 10" LP (Ltd to 300 copies) - Out May 12th

We first came across xNoBBQx (just call them No Barbeque, I guess) in Piccadilly Records last year when the Siltbreeze vinyl reissue of their first CD-r appeared on its shelves. The Siltbreeze label being a bastion of all that is great in terms of dirgy, lo-fi, transcendental unmusicality, we were thus intrigued to hear this slab. And, we have to say, it was one of the greatest shop-listening experiences of all time. Here was a duo, probably of fully grown men, bashing away at their instruments in a manner that suggested they had never really learned any 'proper' technique.
We later read a review, in fact, that put it thus:

"So what exactly is the difference between an xNoBBQx recording and a couple of 14 year olds bashing instruments in the garage with record pressed down on one of their mum’s old tape recorders? Probably not a whole lot, actually, but I get the feeling that’s precisely the point.
" (Cyclic Defrost)

Well, yes, that does largely seem to be the point. But it's a helluva point. The Australian duo, in spite of their unabashed simplicity, manage to create sounds that are warm as an old-fashioned blanket, each piece having the ability to induce a state of complete, dribbling mental stasis. It's disjointed, scratchy and 'difficult', yes. But it also manages to be completely absorbing. If you like your rock deconstructed to the nth degree, we highly recommend you dig this.

xNoBBQx will be touring the UK from 10th May 2009.
We'll be putting them on in Manchester on 12th May (venue TBC), so keep yr eyes on this page.

For now, you can pre-order your copy of this stellar new 23 minute masterpiece at myspace.com/goldenlabrecords

on sunday 30th march THREADS - Bringing the stadium to a shoebox near you, ex-Lee Malvo/Month of Birthdays/Khang take us on a winding Led Zeppelin/Thin Lizzy trip. They were recently left one member down, but don't worry, I have been informed they will still be rocking on this date.
END THE AGONY - Cathartic sludgy emo/hardcore from Brighton. Dan and Jamie used to do the much missed Cat On Form with steve of recent Blood Red Shoes fame. Of course this band are nothing like BRS.
MONGLOLIA - Stoner instrumentals from Dublin. Hard to do non-obvious descriptions so what the hell, like Kabinboy/Goatsnake.
8-11pm at the klondyke club, burnage range (off albert road), levenshulme. there are 2 trains after 11 and the regular 192 bus back to city centre. venue is only a couple of mins walk from the station/bus route. £4 on the door, all ages welcome.