from www.losingtoday.com.....
Black Helium / The Teeth ‘split’ (death pop). If we had our own way we’d decree that those loved up dudes of fuzz over at death pop HQ would by the law of the land be forced to release one of their rare as hen’s teeth 7 inch beauties at least once a week and in celebration we’d declare a national holiday. As it is we have to content ourselves with these rare visitations to our hi-fi - ho hum. People with fairly good memories (hell it was only a missive or two ago) may well recall us proverbially falling arse over tit for their last outing wherein they paired together an audacious face off between The Swankers and Atomic Suplex - a slab of wax to which all good homes deserve - well at least those with musical taste. Next up on the ramp and limited to just 500 copies and sure to sell out faster than a non Jay-Z headlining festival is a killer split from London based combo Black Helium and the insanely zany the Teeth. Black Helium stump up ’consumed with doom’ which if we’re honest sounds like its been dragged from some fuzz i9nfested swamp from the basement of a primitively fucked up Mudhoney shimmying up to the Halo of Flies and found amping it up big time kicking out hip grinding gnarled glam blues boogie that’s suffering psychotic reaction 60’s coated flashbacks. Well smart. While you’re there we thoroughly recommend you check out ‘sugar sugar’ on their my space site which sounds like some god like glam meets space rock sort with some seriously mental Hawkwind styled riffing with a rough as a bears arse production in tow the type of which we’ve not heard around these parts since we last unearthed those gem like Mummies discs. Flip the disc for the Teeth’s ridiculously infectious ’high hair’ which we gave an early warning of way back at missive 142, this booty shaking futuroid funk babe is set to do mental things on a club floor near you and though we’ve said it before still sounds to us like the Pizzicato 5 being rogered by Ladytron with Fireball XL5’s Robbie the Robot taking up lead vocals - stupidly sassy and in time could be the most annoying thing to have connected to a stylus since Lipps Inc’s ’funkytown’ - just lo the S’Express samples - a hit in any well ordered record buying society. Buy and be disturbed. Frankly I suspect we spoil you.
www.myspace.com/deathpoprecords
www.myspace.com/blackhelium
www.myspace.com/wearetheteeth
Influences
* Lee 'Scratch' Perry * Girls Aloud * Spacemen 3 * On-U- Sound * P.I.L. * New Order * Bonde do Role * The Fall * Jeffrey Lewis * The Happy Mondays * Kraftwerk * The White Stripes * Os Mutantes * Suicide *
Oct 1 @ The Cross Kings – Stephen Grew + Graham Clark + Eddie Prevost (Free improv giants)
Oct 9 @ The Good Ship – SonVer (Epic ambient rock) + Rocket Number Nine intense electronics/drums duo) + Metamorphic (groove/folk/jazz) + Juice (crazy a'cappella trio)
Hope you can make our party on Friday... It's credit crunch FREE! X
'BONANZA IS 5 YEARS OLD'
Bonanza is five years old this month and to celebrate this momentous occasion Bonanza in association with TouchWood Events is throwing a very special FREE party just for you this Friday 12th September @ The Slaughtered Lamb.
We are also relaunching and relocating Tripping In Country at the same event.
Live acts include: Piney Gir & Emit Bloch Country Roadshow + surprise acts + guest djs for drinking & dancing til late.
Tripping In The Country will then go monthly @ The Slaughtered Lamb on first Sat of the month from November 1st.
Thought we’d let you know that we played your track "Clap Your Stupid Hands" on BBC Radio Bristol Introducing this Saturday morning just gone. Sorry we couldn’t let you know earlier but you can still hear it anytime this week using the on line "Listen Again" feature on the BBC i-Player, there’s a link to it from our profile.
Happy Dynamic Living!
Richard Pitt & Gary Smith BBC Radio Bristol Introducing
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