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Bassist Wanted in Nottingham

2010-03-12T13:03:01Z

Bassist Wanted in Nottingham for band playing epic/progressive crusty metallic hardcore a la Cursed/Tragedy/HHIG/Converge/Perth Express/Hope Conspiracy etc. Maybe a bit of black metal in the mix too.

You must have:
- Gig experience
- Own gear (at least a bass amp head, ideally a cab too)
- Availability for weekend out of town gigging
- Desire to be AWESOME!!!

Own transport is a big bonus but not essential.

Also we're not after anyone who is already in another band as things get too complicated.

We're planning to do at least one release in 2010 as well as gig fairly regularly in the UK and possibly do some gigs in Europe.

Anyone interested please email direct to bazzathespaz at hotmail dot com.

Cheers

Lady Gaga - Telephone

2010-03-12T13:02:46Z

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQ95z6ywcBY

2:51 - 3:00

Strife

2010-03-12T13:00:49Z

So I just checked this band out today for the first time - was thinking about the film Godmoney and realised I'd never listened to the band that Rick Rodney was in. Really fucking good! I guess a load of you know about them and have opinions, let's talk. Last.fm tells me they are considered one of the big three from Victory records in its early days along with Earth Crisis and Snapcase.

Playlist

2010-03-12T12:55:38Z

Ripcord - this is 20 years old and still raging
Gavin Portland - icelandic band featuring fighting shit peeps doing the noisy post hardcore thing, really good and solid
a bad case of post-gig ringing in my ears

The Great St Louis-In Your Own Time-Now Shipping!

2010-03-12T12:31:20Z

Thanks to everyone who has preordered THE GREAT ST LOUIS "In Your Own Time" album! These will be going out first thing Monday morning!.. the CD is not available in record shops until 22nd March, but remember if you order it from us you will also get an exclusive download of 3 bonus songs not on the CD! Don't miss out, this is a mighty album!!

http://www.bosstuneage.bigcartel.com/pr … wn-time-cd

Constant State of Terror Gigs - 12 March, London / 13 March, Boston

2010-03-12T11:50:34Z

CONSTANT STATE OF TERROR have two gigs coming up this weekend.
These are the penultimate gigs with our original line up.

Friday 12 March
w/ BROKEN BONES @ The Grosvenor, London

and as per the other thread:

Saturday 13 March
CONSTANT STATE OF TERROR (fast crusty noise from Brighton)
CRY HAVOC - (fast crusty noise from Sheffield)
WOLFBEAST DESTROYER - (new fast fen punk with Craig Urko in)

The Indian Queen
Dolphin Lane
Boston

ALSO:

Sunday 11 April
CONQUEST OF STEEL
WAR ALL THE TIME
CONSTANT STATE OF TERROR
WHOLE IN THE HEAD
+ one more

@ The Albert, Brighton

Fudge Tunnel

2010-03-12T11:40:17Z

Hate Songs In E Minor must be one of the greatest albums of all time. that is all.

Bristol - Uk

2010-03-12T11:12:46Z

Gigs - almost all gigs happen at `the junction` which is a punk dive and has randomly great or terrible sound. Everyone from Fucked up to Uk Subs and all in between. Small and punk friendly. The Croft also on the same streetis more upmarket and professional. Hardskin and Brutal Truth are the last couple of gigs i`ve been to there. Other DIY venues, The Queens head in Easton, White Hart in Redfield, Thekla (a boat) sometimes has decent stuff but after recent buy out seems to prefer promoting next to nothing of interest. The Cooler on Park St. does some alright stuff. Gallhammer and more stone doomy stuff. The Denim and Leather promoters seem to run things there.

Avoid - The Fleece, crappy high stage, dead expensive and usually rubbish bands. Same goes for the huge Carling Academy.

Record Shops. Pretty dire after the closure of Replay records. However there`s The Croft bar which runs a record shop during the day located on Stokes Croft. There is also Plastic Wax on Gloucester Road which is a huge 2nd hand shop with stacks of vinyl. If you spend several hours in there you could turn any number of bargains up. I picked up the old swedish comp. `Vargra for helvete` for £1
Besides this there are some shops like repsycho also on Glos. Rd which is occasionally worth a look. Bristol is seriously rubbish for record fiends.

Food wise - check out Cafe Kino on Stokes Croft which is a veggie / vegan co-operatively run place which is probably the best for vegans in town. Also opens late on a night. Bristol has a massive selection of veggie / vegan eateries, from Falafel king stall on the waterfront to Matraiya in easton which is up market veggie restaurant. There are tonnes of health food shops dotted around the city like Harvest, Wild Oats, Southville Deli, Royce Rolls deli etc seriously easy to be vegan in Bristol. There`s also the bog standard wagamama`s. Curry houses galore and if yuo like Thai / asian food Dragon Express does MSG laced takeaways which are hard to beat. There fake everything on the menu.

If you`re an anracho activist check out the Kebele cafe / info shop in Easton. Where all therevolutionaries reside. You can`t miss it, huge murals onthe side of it. Open mostthe time and does cheap vegan breakfasts on a weekend, bike workshops, solidarity groups and such like.

Drinking Holes - venues is where i tend to end up. The junction has a bad rep. for its booze, people nip round the corner to The Bell which is a nice place to hang out. Most pubs in the centre are expensive and best avoided. The Plough in Easton is very popular with lefty types and has very late drinking. The Easton Cowboys / Cowgirls football, cricket, netball etc teams are in full effect here and they are always off touring mexico and other crazy places forming solidarity groups or setting up the Alternative World Cup. Other than that i`m lost as i don`t drink enough to be informed on the subject.

Drugs - bristol is awash with everything you could wish for and if you don`t like that kind thing you just don`t have to indulge but most people seem to enjoy it.

lil wayne

2010-03-12T11:12:31Z

a pretty awesome article this: http://www.noisefloorcrew.com/2008/12/i … -american/

Let's talk about.... video games

2010-03-12T11:10:17Z

What are your favourite video games?

In no particular order:

Legend of Zelda (Nes) - Amazing. Still holds up today
Final Fantasy VII (PS) - Clichéd but i've played this game start to finish more than any other.
Twisted Metal 2 (PS) - Playing this drunk over link up as a young teenager was sick.
Suikoden III (PS2) - One of my favourite ever RPG's
Shining Force (Earlier the better) - One of the only reasons to own a Sega.
Power Stone (Dreamcast) - Again it's not too great but i spent so long playing multiplayer
Sensible Soccer (Amiga) - Pro Evo's better but playing friends with 2 shitty joysticks was so fun.

Crane

2010-03-12T10:54:32Z

i think Crane are my favourite british band ever. i'm gonna rip the lp and tapes of peel sessions sometime. the 3x45s are incredible. anyone have any live recordings? anyone agree?

Is "dreamy" music trendy again?

2010-03-12T10:36:28Z

With the success of the XX and there massive crossover appeal, along with a few more decent independant label based bands, is the UK gonna move towards a dreamy, potentially shoegazey sound? is it happening in any other genres?

would make a change from the boring twinkly twinkly delay pedal "post rock" shite

Sunny Day Real Estate...

2010-03-12T10:33:50Z

Has anyone else heard that there may be a reunion?

Is it old news and I am well out of touch?

American Splendor

2010-03-12T10:29:58Z

Before I go back to bed:
Been reading one of the most recent issues of American Splendor (Another Day, Another Dollar?) recently and digging the film a lot, too. Love it so much! Can we all just fan out now please? Thnkz.

shirts for sale

2010-03-12T10:08:41Z

All new except Voorhees & Descendents top (descendents has been worn 2 or 3 times max)

all include postage (uk)

Descendents (milo back print) Medium £5
Grey Area Large (tag cut out of back of shirt) £5
Spacemen 3 Medium £5
Bad Reaction Medium £5
Gorilla Angreb Medium £7
Voorhees Large gone ------- (might have another one somewhere)

PM me on here for paypal details.