Cops and Robbers - June 2009

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JOAN OF ARC, LOVE OF EVERYTHING,THIS TOWN NEEDS GUNS

Tuesday 2nd June, 7.30pm, Brudenell Social Club

5.50 adv / 7 door

JOAN OF ARC (USA - Polyvinyl Records)The experimental indie rock gods from Chicago, Illinois.They began in 1995, following the break up of a formerband, Cap n Jazz. Members of Joan of Arc have been in

many other bands including American Football, Owls,Ghosts and Vodka, Everyoned, and most recently MakeBelieve and Sharks and Seals.LOVE OF EVERYTHING (USA - touch and go / ameshovel)Beautifully crafted indie-folk from Bobby Burg, renowned

for his unforgettable live shows, looping instruments andcreating epic full band songs from simple instruments.THIS TOWN NEEDS GUNS (UK - Big Scary Monsters)Intricate indie rock and catchy riffs, inspired by theincreasingly inuential Chicago scene and some of it soccupants (past and present) such as Owls, Don

Caballero, and Maps and Atlases. Stunning latest albumAnimals was recently released on Big Scary Monsters tocritical acclaim.


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Manifesta presents :Tuesday 2nd June 2009, 8pm at The Packhorse, 4

Lovely Eggshttp://www.myspace.com/thelovelyeggsHotpants Romancehttp://www.hotpantsromance.com/ http://www.myspace.com/hotpantsromanceAmazon Molly

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Thursday 4th June, 8pm at The Packhorse, Leeds3 waged, 2 unwaged

Join us for a glorious 5-band mixed bill extravaganza ofcharming twee indie, electro-surf, crushing stoner rock andshredding skate-punk.

BEASTS , a rockin ensemble of melodic thrashy skate-punk played by 5 of the nicest men in Leeds.

Trapdoor MInotaur , a former Bonsai Kitten and a currentSeven Inch continuing their punishing World Tour Of ThePackhorse with their unique blend of melodic garageysurf-punk and octopeds falling out of trees.

Monsters Killed By Laser , the well-known Prog stalwartsreturning to The Packhorse unapologetically causing aruckus, with added electronica!

This Many Boyfriends (tbc) this gig sees the return ofendearing indie cherubs TMB to the packhorse, who last

month rocked it with a selection of charming, tuneful twee-pop. Not to be missed!

Orgone Accumulators - new surf-pop project from an ex-member of Unicorn Love. As seen in The Guardian!And the most satised winner of all YOU, the

AUDIENCE.


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C H I N C H I L L A F E S T 7

Oh hell yeah!

We have booked The Brudenell Social Club (as usual!) forthe 7th annual extravaganza of joyous stupidity, laughter,and fucked up super ace party time musics that is knownglobally as the wonderous, brilliant, fantasmicalCHINCHILLAFEST !

When we started up Chinchillafest back in 2003, therewere considerably fewer small, independent festivalsgoing on, and now there s probably fucking hundreds onyour doorstep (though many of the so-called independentfestivals are awash with advertising and sponsorship

none of that here, thank you very much). So, why do wecontinue?

Well, perhaps you could call us egotistical buckos, but wereckon we ll give you more bang for your buck, more smileper mile, over a ton of fun, and, most importantly, we think

we manage to cram in the absolute cream of the UK sbestest, most musically adventurous bands from all sortsof ilks, normally with a few of our European and Americanfriends to keep it nice and spicy!

WEEKEND TICKETS 10 ADVANCE/12.00 ON THE

DOOR // AVAILABLE FROM SEE TICKETS,BRUDENELL SOCIAL CLUB AND PROBABLYJUMBO // PLEASE CHECK C&R FORUM FOR NEWS/ TIMINGS


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Friday 5th June at 7.30pm, 4

MONSTER KILLED BY LASER - emit a certain presence

and sex appeal in the live situation, with an underlyingaroma of mystiquePRINTED CIRCUIT - bright, melodic and carefully-craftedelectronic pop... tessellate simple melodies into far morecomplex compositionsTWO MINUTE NOODLES - Casually swinging drums duo

with a large organ, joyfully crafting memorable discolounge popEXECUTIVE LEGS - members of bands such as Polaris,Pifco, D'Astro, etc.


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Saturday 6th June at 2.30pm, 7

A.P.A.T.T - are not to be described

CLECKHUDDERSFAX - Life-afrming progressive pophooks and unassuming grandiose stadium rock anthemsof 5 string bass, tasteful synth fanfares, and far-out sing-a-longsCOWTOWN - plenty of riffs, tunes, klangs andexclamations

HANDS ON HEADS - Their nervous, trebly, dizzy racket isthe sound of a balding middle manager regressing toplayschool stateBALLOONS - erratic, infectious hysteria popBROKEN ARM - killer frantic bozo riff and vocal spitgarage punk

POLTERGROOM - scratchy and shrouded with mist andmysticism with moulding twangs of Beefheartian-countryand prangs of frazzled rockTHE JELAS - Infectious hard-boiled lo- conundrumpuzzle-crush pop and vocal harmonyTIGERS! - exotic, inverted & wildly effected guitar, tech-

chep beats and synth smatterings with ferocious low growland aggrevated yelpsCHICKENHAWK - Crunching riffs swing themselvesbetween battering rhythms and off-kilter tempo changesHIRED MUSCLE - Dirt infused abacus blocks of exingfun funk skronk rock


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Sunday 7th June at 5pm, 7

MAHJONGG - Prime number polyrhythm Warning Orbs ofboundless and indeneable spectacle! Dabbling withbeatbox punk, world harmony, intermittent dance beats,and playful pop sensibilities on Calvin Johnson's KRecordsTALIBAM - part the sea by not sticking to genre, aesthetic

predisposition or the usual norms of what being a 'band' isA MIDDLE SEX - a fantastic double helix of decayingnoise, guitars and vocalsCHOPS - the egalitarian fun-house pleasure ofdisorientationTHE LONG LONESOME GO - Sparse migrations of

blissed out minimalist synth haze, itting percussion andsubtle beats with a uid, gooey centre of low endthrobbing.NOPE - Repeato drone rock trio of hard hit drums,baritone guitar and synth


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Wednesday 17th June, 7.30pm at Brudenell Social Club6.50 advance / motd

ACOUSTIC LADYLANDEnthusiastically adventuring amongst sensitive andmesmeric free jazz, kneading their knuckles into a spaceyand understated dough which is baked in a series ofseamless rapid-re explosions of raucous instrumental

exuberance, avant-garde new/no wave post punk and,indenably but unmistakably, joyous hope and over-ridingoptimism! Just as Acoustic Ladyland throw out the rulebooks, it s probably best for you to forget about all thesewords, and forget about listening, assessing andappreciating; it s far more elemental than that, so stand up

and enjoy the ride!QUACK QUACKOn the surface, Leeds favourite trio Quack Quack seem toexist in some animated part-prog, part-post-rock indiehinterland, but closer inspection reveals a tight-knitinstrumental trio who, in absorbing and acknowledging

everything from dub, jazz, funk, and electronic music,subvert all tidy enclosures of prog-this or post-that.TWO MINUTE NOODLESDeceptively simple in their make up (two people, oneorgan, one synth, one drum kit), Two Minute Noodlesproduce huge swathes of euphoric noise, constantly

building rhythms and incredibly passionate playing.Moz and Goose make a krautpop noise in the style ofAAVIKKO or maybe even ZOMBIE ZOMBIE.


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Friday 19th June, 8pm at 1in12 Club, Albion St, Bradford5 (4 members); nish in time for last trains

THOUcrawling out of the festering New Orleans swamps Thouserve up some crusty sludge riddled doom. Noothgrush,Burning Witch and yeah, Eyehategod. they ve beensteadily churning out sick slabs on a variety of kvlt diylabels like Feast Of Tentacles. Rimbaud, Halo Of Flies and

Level Plane. Their Tyrant album is soon to be reissued bySouthern Lord.

GRUELdestructive storms and evil winds are theyan evil blast, herald of the baneful storm

an evil blast, forerunner of the baneful stormthey are mighty children, ancient onesheralds of pestilencethrone bearersthey are the ood that rusheth through the landa one off ritual to summon up Gruel s double LP on Feast

Of Tentacles into physical form. goats will be sacriced.heads will be crushed.

MOLOCHsick. brutal. sludge. riffs. pulverising.named after a man is the bastard song. occasionally bust

out a rorschach cover. ex-members of various diyhardcore bands.they dig shit like dystopia and corrupted.lthy.


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Saturday 20th June, at The Fenton, Leeds 4/3Cooper s Market Presents:

LE SINGE BLANC - According to Luxembourgsunderground music ezine---> 'The strong bass orientationis inuenced by Primus, but the choir parts and thestrange song titles show parallels to Magma, maybe themost intriguing band ever to come from France.' (Le SingeBlanc - Strak!)

for anyone who likes that kind of thing; the drummer is aturps-off-of-bilge-pump-doppleganger in both looks andvery closely in drummering posture and (slightly less)style. not that you'd get that from the 'ofcial' bandpicture. - Andy Abbott

SPIN SPIN THE DOGS ...take the bare bones of what scommonly known as the post-punk sound andimmediately swing off course into uncharted waters,constructing an inherently surreal and energetic pile ofmess that almost resembles the Trout Mask-era MagicBand playing Prayers on Fire-era Birthday Party, with a big

(probably unintentional) nod towards underrated trouble-makers Prolapse. And the singer is something else,charging around wild-eyed, spewing out head-spinningreams of dadaist beat blather like his life depends onkeeping his mouth moving quicker than his brain canimplement coherence. Stereo Sanctity

PLEASE 3 piece which contains Keeby fromCleckhuddersfax, all manner of mystery nonesense is tobe expected.


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Saturday 20th June, 7.30pm at The Library, Leeds 5Brew Presents:

Tired IrieSigned to Try Harder records the original homes of Foalsand Blood Red Shoes, Tired Irie, a Leicester-based fourpiece, formed in late 2004. Like. Gentle. Men. was theirdebut single back in November 2005.A band with a bleak and unnerving intensity playing songs

made up of twinkling blankets of crystalline guitars,effortlessly accurate vocal interplay and triumphantmelodies of uplifting and intangible quality.Somehow they re a party band too.

Wintermute - punchy and pop-infected, akin to The

Futureheads poising notes at sharper angles. Ditch thedoubts at the door: expect to be impressed. - Rock Sound

Itch - Occupying ground somewhere between The Cureand yourcodenameis:milo, and fronted by a man whoinexplicably wears an army helmet onstage, Itch deliver an

enthralling and exciting performance. Signed to Big ScaryMonsters, new album is out this year.

Yonderboy - Appealing, capricious and quintessentiallyBritish indie material executed with great air, brilliantlydown-to-earth Northern quips and some elastic

instrumental noodling.


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Saturday 4th July, 8pm at The Royal Park Cellars, Leeds.Forest of Sound and Gizeh Records present:

Svarte Greiner is Erik K. Skodvin, half of the Norwegianduo Deaf Center. Through his Svarte Greiner alias, Erikproduces a hugely evocative and haunting ambience,never bludgeoning the listener with walls of sound, butinstead relying on the dark emotion and subtlety of hismusic. His approach is incredibly effective and brilliant

minimalist.

The Sight Below - Hailing from Seattle, USA, The SightBelow melds the kind of warm hearted organic ambiencethat would make Tim Hecker, Fennesz or Stars of the Lid

jealous with a true understanding of the 4/4 of minimal

techno. This is truely awe inspiring stuff, techno music fora dark winter s night or for a hazy summer s evening. Somuch so, he s even shown up on Thom Yorke s radar inmaking the Radiohead s lynchpin s top ten playlist.

Simon Scott - His debut album Navigare soon to feature

on Erik Skodvin s (aka Deaf Center / Svarte Greiner)Miasmah label, Simon Scott is set to be a householdname in conceptual music. Simon is the former Slowdivedrummer who puts out international experimental musicwith integrity on his label KESH Recordings. ThroughSimon s dimly-lit soundscapes, we encounter shimmering

melodies that gather and disperse through apocalypticrhythms, surrounded by layers of harmony that hover overfound-sounds.


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Friday 3rd July, at The Packhorse, Leeds. 5A+J Present:

Finally Punk

Hailing from Austin, Texas, Finally Punk swap instrumentsand play inspired abstract garage/ art punk (for want of abetter description.) Think Kleenex, The Raincoats, Ludusmeets Mika Miko, The Frumpies.

The Sticks (Brighton)

Primitive 60's garage inspired swamped-out soundz.

The SceptresIncredible fast paced melodic punk akin to that of X, Sado-Nation and X-ray Spex.

plus more tbc, possibly Wet Dog and Chaps


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