tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-356119412024-03-05T17:59:37.742+00:00Honey Is FunnyChris Summerlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06182217174497742692noreply@blogger.comBlogger244125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35611941.post-61600783702364209712012-04-11T19:09:00.001+01:002012-04-11T19:10:56.037+01:00Flipper<object height="375" width="500"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=40163968&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00adef&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=40163968&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00adef&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="375" width="500"></embed></object><br /><br />"Way Of The World" from XOYO, London on April 10 2012Chris Summerlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06182217174497742692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35611941.post-15029076147513457692012-01-31T21:14:00.001+00:002012-01-31T21:17:16.385+00:00Pete Simonelli / Felix / Insect Ark / Rattle - Feb 25 2012<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sumlin/6797654537/" title="PETE SIMONELLI by Sumlin, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7033/6797654537_22451225e6_z.jpg" alt="PETE SIMONELLI " height="640" width="453" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">DAMN YOU! & GRINGO RECORDS PRESENTS:</span><br /><br />A lot of people we've spoken to have said that Enablers at Chameleon was their gig of 2011. Can't disagree with that. They enjoyed themselves so much that vocalist Pete is coming all the way back again for this solo show with a stella<span class="text_exposed_show">r supporting cast...<br /><br style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> PETE SIMONELLI</span><br /><br />"In addition to being the vocalist and co-founder of the San Francisco-based band, Enablers, Simonelli is a published poet, writer, and playwright. A native Californian, Simonelli spent eighteen formative years in San Francisco, documenting, observing, drinking, reading, loving, betraying, working, and writing--- attributes and setbacks that, over the years, have led to many a Second Chance, for which he is very grateful. And call it birthright, boon, or bane, but as one who too often veered in westerly directions (much to the amusement of his friends and bandmates), Simonelli moved east in 2008 and now makes his home in Brooklyn, New York. These shows will see Pete reading from his past book 'One Brittle Nerve' and he will also have new material on offer."<br /><br />If you saw his spoken-word performance at Lee Rosy's just over a year ago you'll know you're in for a rare treat.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.lancashireandsomerset.co.uk/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow nofollow"><span>www.lancashireandsomerset.</span><wbr><span class="word_break"></span>co.uk</a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">FELIX</span><br /><br />Felix is the musical pseudonym for Lucinda Chua, joined now (in classic power trio style) by Neil Turpin (Yann Tiersen, Bilge Pump, Quack Quack, Enablers) on drums and long-time collaborator Chris Summerlin (Lords, Kogumaza) on electric guitar.<br />This 3 piece line-up has just recorded the second Felix record, entitled Oh Holy Molar to be released on the Kranky label in April 2012 after which the band embarks on a US tour with Yann Tiersen.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.felixtheband.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow nofollow">www.felixtheband.com</a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">INSECT ARK</span><br /><br />"INSECT ARK (NYC) is the brand-new solo project from Dana Schechter (Bee and Flower, Angels<br />of Light, American Music Club). Drawing from her decidedly more aggressive and experimental<br />musical side, INSECT ARK is composed and performed as an analog-electronic hybrid: one<br />woman, a sampler, a bass, a lap steel, and a keyboard. Just off a Fall 2011 European tour with<br />Enablers, she is currently recording her first EP"<br /><br /><a href="http://insectark.tumblr.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow nofollow"><span>http://</span><wbr><span class="word_break"></span>insectark.tumblr.com/</a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">RATTLE</span><br /><br />If the idea of a band consisting of just 2 drummers brings to mind a hippy bongo nightmare then you've obviously never heard Rattle. Comprising of 2 of Nottingham's most unique and recognisable drummers (Theresa Wrigley of Fists and Katharine Brown of Kogumaza) and aided by Kogumaza's Mark Spivey they create a hypnotic and danceable music form that recalls This Heat or ESG even whilst remaining completely their own.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Rattle/196974100379051?v=info" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><span>https://www.facebook.com/</span><wbr><span class="word_break"></span><span>pages/Rattle/</span><wbr><span class="word_break"></span>196974100379051?v=info</a><br /><br /><br />What a line up eh? We're going to decide on running order on the night. The thinking is to perhaps have Pete's spoken word going on throughout the evening between bands or to somehow mix it up differently to a normal gig. We'll keep you posted on that one.<br /><br />As usual, we're keeping this cheap and cheerful so it's FIVE POUNDS ON THE DOOR.<br /><br />DOORS ARE AT 8.<br /><br />HAPPY NEW YEAR!</span>Chris Summerlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06182217174497742692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35611941.post-43988599382312165142012-01-04T00:36:00.002+00:002012-01-04T00:39:49.998+00:00Shield Yr Eyes / I'm Being Good / Grey Hairs - Jan 20 2012<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sumlin/6630849363/" title="SHIELD YOUR EYES by Sumlin, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7144/6630849363_19b9005fc8_z.jpg" alt="SHIELD YOUR EYES" width="465" height="640" /></a><br /><br />Damn You! & Gringo Records present a true winter warmer to kick off 2012 with<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">SHIELD YR EYES</span><br /><br /> With a tireless workrate that sees albums flying out seemingly by the week and constant touring, SYE have built up a deserved reputation as one of the UK's most remarkable band<span class="text_exposed_show">s. Centred around the dizzying interplay between the scattershot rhythms of drummer Henri and the bizarre, unique guitar style of Stef the results are truly impossible to classify. Yeah, their rhythms are crazy and yeah this is hard to play but it's never math rock. Underneath the complexities beats a heart of genuine beauty that infuses the urgency and clatter with a sense of epic-ness (in the original sense of the world) that recalls Neil Young.<br />True story - first time I saw these guys was at The Chameleon. I went down the front figuring I'd last a few mins, it'd be OK but it'd probably not be my thing. They blew my mind. Afterwards I pestered Stef to tell me how he did certain tricks on his guitar like a nervous kid. I've never seen anything like it before or since. I have every confidence they'll blow you away the same way </span><span style="display: block;" id="formatbar_Buttons"><span class=" down" style="display: block;" id="formatbar_CreateLink" title="Link" onmouseover="ButtonHoverOn(this);" onmouseout="ButtonHoverOff(this);" onmouseup="" onmousedown="CheckFormatting(event);FormatbarButton('richeditorframe', this, 8);ButtonMouseDown(this);"><img src="img/blank.gif" alt="Link" class="gl_link" border="0" /></span></span><span class="text_exposed_show">too.<br /><br /><a href="http://functionrecords.bandcamp.com/album/volume-4">http://functionrecords.bandcamp.com/album/volume-4</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">I'M BEING GOOD</span><br /><br />A welcome return to Nottingham for Brighton's premier noise rock outfit, now celebrating their 408th year in the business. IBG are most frequently compared to contemporaries like Trumans Water or Polvo but recent LP Mountain Language (Gringo) sees them draw out their addictive riffing and make time elastic. If you dig it when Harvey Milk tease out the greatest songs at glacial pace then you'll dig I'm Being Good in their current 2 guitar and drums formation. Not just heavy but HEAVY. Man.<br /><br /><a href="http://imbeinggood.bandcamp.com/album/mountain-language">http://imbeinggood.bandcamp.com/album/mountain-language</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">GREY HAIRS</span><br /><br />Ex-members of Pissy Leg, Skulltanker, Harvey Half Devoured, Nerve Bomb and Reynolds (and Fists, Cult Of Dom Keller, Fonda 500, Lords) play slightly-too-loud, slightly-too-fuzzy rock music that steals riffs from Skull Kontrol, Nirvana and Status Quo. They should probably know better. <br /><br /><a href="http://vimeo.com/31950012">http://vimeo.com/31950012</a><br /><br />All this starts usual time on a Friday at Chameleon so we're looking at 8pm for doors, maybe 8.40 for first band? You know the drill. It's a mere £5 on the door. Get there early.</span>Chris Summerlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06182217174497742692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35611941.post-31533491156186337652011-11-25T17:13:00.002+00:002011-11-25T17:16:08.425+00:00Grey Hairs' First Gig2 songs from the first <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Grey-Hairs/264148570291886">Grey Hairs</a> gig on Nov 18 2011, kindly filmed by Nick from <a href="http://www.hellothor.com">Hello Thor Records</a>. No titles yet.<br /><br /><object height="281" width="500"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=32509916&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00adef&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=32509916&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00adef&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="281" width="500"></embed></object><br /><br /><object height="281" width="500"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=32510307&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00adef&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=32510307&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00adef&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="281" width="500"></embed></object>Chris Summerlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06182217174497742692noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35611941.post-48938641958569814182011-11-24T17:32:00.004+00:002011-11-24T17:37:06.153+00:00For Sale - 70s Lawsuit Set Neck Les Paul Custom<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sumlin/6395268243/" title="FOR SALE: 1970s CMI Les Paul Custom by Sumlin, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6033/6395268243_47310d7975.jpg" alt="FOR SALE: 1970s CMI Les Paul Custom" height="375" width="500" /></a><br /><br />Financial ruin means I'm selling this CMI Les Paul. I bought it in a bit of a state and have invested a lot of time and effort getting it right but last-in/first-out is always the way and it's got to go. Click the photos to head to Flickr where you can read the relevant info. If you're interested drop me a line at honeyisfunny(AT)fastmail(DOT)fm<br /><br />Pics:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sumlin/6395267729/" title="FOR SALE: 1970s CMI Les Paul Custom by Sumlin, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7015/6395267729_f7f5227a6f.jpg" alt="FOR SALE: 1970s CMI Les Paul Custom" height="500" width="375" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sumlin/6395267245/" title="FOR SALE: 1970s CMI Les Paul Custom by Sumlin, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6218/6395267245_461a2de579.jpg" alt="FOR SALE: 1970s CMI Les Paul Custom" height="500" width="375" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sumlin/6395195923/" title="FOR SALE: 1970s CMI Les Paul Custom by Sumlin, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7022/6395195923_436760494a.jpg" alt="FOR SALE: 1970s CMI Les Paul Custom" height="375" width="500" /></a>Chris Summerlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06182217174497742692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35611941.post-59126324685064887842011-11-16T22:32:00.003+00:002011-11-16T23:57:54.994+00:00Grey HairsJust started doing a new band with some local types. It might be a mid-life crisis. I'm not sure and my hearing is kind of iffy so I can't hear what anyone says to me about it anyway.<br />Making a demo seemed a bit like hard work so we asked our friend Andy (aka <a href="http://brandnewbadidea.com/">brandnewbadidea</a>) to bring his budget video camera down to where we practise (in a cave) and film a couple of "songs". Here they are:<br /><br /><object height="281" width="500"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=31950012&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00adef&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=31950012&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00adef&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="281" width="500"></embed></object><br /><br /><object height="281" width="500"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=32079235&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifamp;show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00adef&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=32079235&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00adef&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="281" width="500"></embed></object><br /><br />Not content with making a video before we play a gig, we did an interview too which is largely gibberish: <a href="http://www.leftlion.co.uk/articles.cfm/title/grey-hairs/id/4071">HERE</a><br /><br />Then we thought it might be an idea to play live so here's our first 2 gigs:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">NOVEMBER</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">FRIDAY 18:</span> SPANKY VAN DYKES, NOTTINGHAM w/ULYSSES STORM, 8MM ORCHESTRA<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">WEDNESDAY 23:</span> RESCUE ROOMS, NOTTINGHAM: VICE LAUNCH PARTY w/BEATY HEART, PEACE, CANTALOUPE (FREE ENTRY, FREE BOOZE: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=156012924496810">INFO</a>)Chris Summerlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06182217174497742692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35611941.post-70825990217548979312011-11-16T22:30:00.001+00:002011-11-16T22:31:52.779+00:00Lords - Live 2005<object width="400" height="225"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=31367778&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00adef&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=31367778&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00adef&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="225"></embed></object><br /><br />Whole show by Lords at The Freebutt in Brighton, April 2 2005 (Red Monkey, The Sticks and Designer Babies were also on the bill) filmed by Dusty Bible. Goes in and out of synch a bit but then so did we.Chris Summerlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06182217174497742692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35611941.post-18035589311955964962011-11-16T22:26:00.001+00:002011-11-16T22:29:27.093+00:00Enablers Footage<object height="270" width="480"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=30662040&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00adef&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=30662040&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00adef&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="270" width="480"></embed></object><br /><br /><object height="270" width="480"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=31035590&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00adef&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=31035590&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00adef&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="270" width="480"></embed></object><br /><br />Had the great pleasure of a few days in the company of <a href="http://enablers.bandcamp.com/">Enablers</a> recently and I had the presence of mind to take my camera. Here's <span style="font-style: italic;">Tundra</span> from Nottingham Chameleon and <span style="font-style: italic;">New Moon</span> from The Hope in Brighton.Chris Summerlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06182217174497742692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35611941.post-77270744677110211882011-11-16T22:25:00.000+00:002011-11-16T22:26:37.503+00:00On My Walls<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sumlin/6344289488/" title="Noticeboard 1 by Sumlin, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6108/6344289488_0dd660756b.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Noticeboard 1"></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sumlin/6343541867/" title="Noticeboard 2 by Sumlin, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6093/6343541867_02592cfb76.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Noticeboard 2"></a>Chris Summerlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06182217174497742692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35611941.post-67749390625066751572011-11-16T22:14:00.003+00:002011-11-16T22:23:31.363+00:00Damn You! Christmas Covers Party 2011<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sumlin/6324501358/" title="DAMN YOU! XMAS COVERS PARTY 2011 by Sumlin, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6226/6324501358_2c96cef54d_z.jpg" alt="DAMN YOU! XMAS COVERS PARTY 2011" height="640" width="453" /></a><br /><br />It's that time of year again when bands in Nottingham scurry to secret practise rooms to heatedly discuss which pop classics they're going to murder in front of a paying audience in the name of good tidings. Yep, the <span style="font-weight: bold;">10th Annual Damn You! Christmas Covers Party</span> is happening at <a href="http://thebodegasocialclub.co.uk/">The Bodega in Nottingham</a> on <span style="font-weight: bold;">December 17th</span>.<br />If you socially network you can read all about it here:<br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=153536504743034">http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=153536504743034</a><br />And if you don't then the local paper The Evening Post grilled me about it last year here:<br /><a href="http://findarticles.com/p/news-articles/nottingham-evening-post/mi_8158/is_20101217/gig-damn-christmas-covers-party/ai_n56509476/">http://findarticles.com/p/news-articles/nottingham-evening-post/mi_8158/is_20101217/gig-damn-christmas-covers-party/ai_n56509476/</a><br />All proceeds from this year's event go to <a href="http://www.nottshospice.org/">Nottinghamshire Hospice</a> as if all the tomfoolery wasn't reason enough to attend. See you there...<br /><br />And if you're too young to understand why Santa is eating a piece of salmon from his beard then catch up here:<br /><br /><object width="560" height="315"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Od4nSd9AVH8?version=3&hl=en_GB&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Od4nSd9AVH8?version=3&hl=en_GB&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="560" height="315" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object>Chris Summerlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06182217174497742692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35611941.post-86180859876558817872011-11-16T22:11:00.001+00:002011-11-16T22:14:22.217+00:00Recent Poster WorkNo updates for a while so here are a few recent poster designs:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sumlin/6351010015/" title="NEW YEAR'S EVE EXTRAVAGANZA by Sumlin, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6105/6351010015_308bfbac3f_z.jpg" width="452" height="640" alt="NEW YEAR'S EVE EXTRAVAGANZA"></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sumlin/6331977421/" title="FOREST FIRE by Sumlin, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6219/6331977421_688dee6050_z.jpg" width="453" height="640" alt="FOREST FIRE "></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sumlin/6351754876/" title="ULYSSES STORM by Sumlin, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6039/6351754876_a9c65ba611_z.jpg" width="453" height="640" alt="ULYSSES STORM "></a>Chris Summerlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06182217174497742692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35611941.post-76017575923340139822011-10-12T19:07:00.001+01:002011-10-12T19:07:46.887+01:00Sack The Headline Writer<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sumlin/6236170170/" title="Sack The Headline Writer by Sumlin, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6221/6236170170_9065f19672.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Sack The Headline Writer"></a>Chris Summerlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06182217174497742692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35611941.post-33735121058311874012011-10-10T17:08:00.003+01:002011-10-10T17:15:17.855+01:00Spiritual Unity - VimeoBack in November 2006 I saw Marc Ribot's tribute to Albert Ayler <a href="http://www.marcribot.com/spiritualunity_trio.html">Spiritual Unity</a> play in one of the rooms at the Royal Festival Hall in London. Due to a traffic jam, I got there 10 mins after doors to find the doors closed and had to pretty much beg the stewards to get let in. When they finally relented I found my front row seat taken by someone else and the band whipping up a euphoric storm already. No matter, I perched at the side of the stage and left my crappy little Minolta camera running as well, so here's the 3 snippets it captured. Doesn't capture the volume but it'll do.<br /><br /><object width="480" height="360"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=30309754&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00adef&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=30309754&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00adef&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="480" height="360"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="480" height="360"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=30312237&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00adef&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=30312237&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00adef&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="480" height="360"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="480" height="360"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=30311402&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00adef&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=30311402&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00adef&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="480" height="360"></embed></object>Chris Summerlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06182217174497742692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35611941.post-11721827145879662452011-10-10T13:11:00.002+01:002011-10-10T13:14:24.576+01:00Comets On Fire - Vimeo<span style="font-style: italic;">Jaybird</span> and <span style="font-style: italic;">Holy Teeth</span> from 7th October 2006 at Nottingham Boat Club<br /><br /><object height="360" width="480"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=30306366&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00adef&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=30306366&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00adef&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="360" width="480"></embed></object><br /><br /><object height="360" width="480"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=30307333&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00adef&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=30307333&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00adef&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="360" width="480"></embed></object><br /><br /><br />Photos:<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sumlin/sets/72157594318810090/"> http://www.flickr.com/photos/sumlin/sets/72157594318810090/</a>Chris Summerlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06182217174497742692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35611941.post-39631704376504262672011-10-10T12:19:00.003+01:002011-10-10T12:47:07.259+01:00The Monorchid - VimeoBack in September 2006 a few of us from Nottingham made a last-minute decision to go to Chicago for the <a href="http://www.tgrec.com/links/tg25/photo/friday/index.html">Touch & Go 25th Anniversary</a>. It was great fun, it looked a bit like this:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sumlin/sets/72157594314716448/with/261746806/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/sumlin/sets/72157594314716448/with/261746806/</a><br /><br />The last band to get added was <a href="http://dcist.com/2010/08/secret_history_the_monorchids_let_t.php">The Monorchid</a>. I'm a fan. I got asked to write something for <span style="font-style: italic;">Careless Talk Costs Lives</span> magazine a few years ago. The plan was to interview vocalist Chris Thomson about the various bands he's been involved in but with an eye on deflating the whole revivalist/reunion culture that was on the rise at the time and now seems to have killed music stone dead. To quote Chris from another interview:<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"It’s not that this music existed in some vacuum. We toured, we played out, and we did our best to make the performances accessible. So, if you’re upset you never got to see Monorchid or Lupus, I really don’t give a shit, there were plenty of opportunities"</span><br /><br />It would have been good. Seems like every band the guy is in gets progressively less interested in referencing the past. If anyone can stick a banana in the exhaust pipe of the whole Michael Azzerad, <span style="font-style: italic;">Our Band Could Be Your Life</span>, re-assessment of gut-instinct-events-as-carefully-planned-socio-political-plans then I figured it'd be Thomson.<br /><br />The editor thought it was a shit idea. Oh well.<br /><br />On the Friday, after the first day of the festival, they played a warm-up for their Sunday slot at The Note. Here's 2 poorly-lit, horrific-quality snippets of <span style="font-style: italic;">X Marks The Spot Something Dull Happened Here</span> and <span style="font-style: italic;">The Warmers</span>.<br /><br /><object height="360" width="480"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=30306075&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00adef&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=30306075&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00adef&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="360" width="480"></embed></object><br /><br /><object height="360" width="480"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=30014290&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00adef&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=30014290&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00adef&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="360" width="480"></embed></object><br /><br /><br />Woke up on Saturday morning with a bad head and about $2 in my pocket together with this covered in what looks like dogshit:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sumlin/261809354/" title="THE MONORCHID by Sumlin, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/90/261809354_af488ac71a.jpg" alt="THE MONORCHID" height="500" width="276" /></a><br /><br />Here's how Sunday went:<br /><br /><object height="360" width="480"><param name="movie" value="https://www.youtube.com/v/R7l-LsU9k2k?version=3&hl=en_GB"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="https://www.youtube.com/v/R7l-LsU9k2k?version=3&hl=en_GB" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="360" width="480"></embed></object>Chris Summerlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06182217174497742692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35611941.post-59399196219047853602011-10-10T12:05:00.006+01:002011-10-10T12:13:41.389+01:00Felix - VimeoA few bits of Felix footage uploaded to Vimeo:<br /><br /><br /><object height="270" width="480"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=30009735&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00adef&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=30009735&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00adef&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="270" width="480"></embed></object><br /><br />"Oh Holy Molar" from The Betsy Trotwood in London, April 21st 2011<br /><br /><br /><br /><object height="360" width="480"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=30011844&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00adef&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=30011844&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00adef&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="360" width="480"></embed></object><br /><br />"What I Learned From TV" from Cardiff Arts Centre, January 24th 2010<br /><br /><br /><br /><object height="360" width="480"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=30012254&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00adef&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=30012254&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00adef&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="360" width="480"></embed></object><br /><br />"Death To Everyone But Us" from Cambridge St Paul's Church, February 12th 2010<br /><br /><br /><br /><object height="360" width="480"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=30012558&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00adef&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=30012558&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00adef&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="360" width="480"></embed></object><br /><br />"Bernard St" from Liverpool Wolstenholme Projects, January 22nd 2010Chris Summerlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06182217174497742692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35611941.post-7643790612119375262011-10-10T12:01:00.003+01:002011-10-10T12:16:19.032+01:00Nathan Bell - Vimeo<object width="480" height="270"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=29152259&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00adef&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=29152259&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00adef&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="480" height="270"></embed></object><br /><br />Nathan Bell, Bristol Cube Cinema, May 7th 2011Chris Summerlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06182217174497742692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35611941.post-3806769589989244182011-10-10T11:55:00.004+01:002011-10-10T12:01:38.000+01:00VimeoRight. My external hard drive is collapsing in on itself like anti-matter under the weight of hundreds of snippets of footage I have taken on digital cameras of varying qualities (usually of the "not that good" quality) of gigs over the last 5 years or so.<br />I posted a lot to You Tube a while ago but there's something about having to select "Do Not Allow Users To Add Comments" each time I upload that reminds me about how the world's going to end so I'm going to reassemble them all in Vimeo.<br />Most of the footage isn't that great quality but I'm an excited gig-goer with a beer not a cameraman.<br />The whole list (being added to weekly) is here: <a href="http://www.vimeo.com/user2333244/videos">http://www.vimeo.com/user2333244/videos<span style="display: block;" id="formatbar_Buttons"><span class=" down" style="display: block;" id="formatbar_CreateLink" title="Link" onmouseover="ButtonHoverOn(this);" onmouseout="ButtonHoverOff(this);" onmouseup="" onmousedown="CheckFormatting(event);FormatbarButton('richeditorframe', this, 8);ButtonMouseDown(this);"><img src="img/blank.gif" alt="Link" class="gl_link" border="0" /></span></span></a>Chris Summerlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06182217174497742692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35611941.post-68845043975818796332011-09-21T22:33:00.002+01:002011-09-21T22:37:11.077+01:00Kogumaza Interview<img src="http://www.attnmagazine.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Kogumaza.jpg" /><br /><br />Jack Chuter at ATTN: Magazine interviewed Katy and myself in advance of this year's <a href="http://www.supersonicfestival.com/">Supersonic Festival.</a><br /><br />Read it here: <a href="http://www.attnmagazine.co.uk/feature/4313">http://www.attnmagazine.co.uk/feature/4313</a><br /><br />Photo is by the lovely Mark Rietveld in Antwerp.<br /><br />Next up: photos from our May tour with Zomes.Chris Summerlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06182217174497742692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35611941.post-43362781032026959092011-09-21T22:06:00.007+01:002011-09-21T22:30:12.651+01:00New Design Work - September 2011<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sumlin/6169827645/" title="GUNPOWDER TREASON AND POT by Sumlin, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6169/6169827645_896f9e07a9_z.jpg" alt="GUNPOWDER TREASON AND POT " height="640" width="452" /></a><br /><br />First up is this poster for the <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Gunpowder Treason & Pot!</span> night of spoken word, lyricism and poetry that Nottingham Culture magazine <a href="http://www.leftlion.co.uk/">Left Lion</a> is putting on with <a href="http://www.thedealmakerlabel.com/">Dealmaker Records</a>. They wanted something bold and iconic to catch the eye in print and in poster form and get people interested in what is a pretty unusual event. You can read more about it here:<br /><a href="http://www.thedealmakerlabel.com/2011/11/gunpowder-treason-pot-a-scribal-gathering-of-poetical-dissent/">http://www.thedealmakerlabel.com/2011/11/gunpowder-treason-pot-a-scribal-gathering-of-poetical-dissent/</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sumlin/6152547135/" title="JAMES DEANE "DIAMONDS & HEARTS" CD MOONPACK by Sumlin, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6151/6152547135_f63105d826_z.jpg" alt="JAMES DEANE "DIAMONDS & HEARTS" CD MOONPACK" height="640" width="465" /></a><br /><br />Second is this "Moonpack" CD digipack for <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Diamonds & Hearts</span> by singer-songwriter <a href="http://jamesdeanemusic.com/"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">James Deane</span></a>. I'd previously worked on some album graphics for James' band <a href="http://jamesdeanemusic.com/album/green-light">Clearfield</a> and he asked me to work on his first solo album too. James wanted to combine a feeling of Americana with more English feeling touches with reference to Victorian sheet music illustration and lettering. As before, James was a pleasure to work with and had clear ideas about how to bring everything together and hopefully the results speak for themselves. More images from the package here at <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sumlin/sets/72157594212951999/with/6152547135/">Flickr</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sumlin/5704822572/" title="CARNIVAL OF CYCLING by Sumlin, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2043/5704822572_300bab814c_z.jpg" alt="CARNIVAL OF CYCLING" height="640" width="453" /></a><br /><br />Finally, back in June, <a href="http://www.sustrans.org.uk/">Sustrans</a> commissioned me to design this artwork for their <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Carnival Of Cycling</span> at the Nottingham Trent Uni. It had to be bright and summery and above all it had to quickly communicate what the Carnival was about to anyone viewing it. This type of poster can often present problems in striking a balance between necessary information, fulfilling corporate obligations (logos etc) and making the thing look appealing and uncluttered. I think the end result does the job nicely though. And what typeface says "transport" better than Gill Sans? <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Gill">Eric Gill</a> saves the day again...<span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span>Chris Summerlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06182217174497742692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35611941.post-3352512197566010672011-09-21T20:10:00.001+01:002011-09-21T20:12:58.197+01:00Nathan Bell - 26 Oct<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sumlin/6169721527/"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6168/6169721527_13c7fa8bf6_z.jpg" alt="NATHAN BELL" height="640" width="452" /></a><br /><br />DAMN YOU! PROUDLY PRESENTS; FROM BALTIMORE MD:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">NATHAN BELL </span><br /><br />Nathan Scott Bell is a banjo player hailing from Baltimore, Maryland via Brazil.<br /><span class="text_exposed_show"><br /> You may have seen Nathan play in Nottingham before as ½ of Human Bell with Bonnie Prince Billy sidekick (and now Arboreteum frontman) Dave Heumann, who we had the pleasure of putting on a few years back.<br /><br /> We tried to put him on last year but UK border control weren't so keen though they did enjoy his impromptu gig in the holding cell at Heathrow. <br />Now he's back at the invitation of Capsule for the Supersonic Festival and we've asked him back to Nottingham.<br /><br /><span> Nathan is perhaps best known for his bass playing in legendary Dischord Records band Lungfish. He manned the low-end from 1996 to 2003, meaning when you put on Artificial Horizon or The Unanimous Hour and find yourself transported to alien, subquatic lands where your balance has been flipped upside down and you get the feeling of “I-should-probably-just-la</span><wbr><span class="word_break"></span><span>y-back-down-here-that’s-be</span><wbr><span class="word_break"></span>tter” it’s this man you should be thanking.<br /><br /> That this ability to alter perception should continue will come as no surprise if you’ve heard the music Nathan makes on his own and as part of the Brassa Bell ensemble.<br />Those same transformative qualities are richly abundant but now, instead of the bass, Nathan uses the banjo.<br /> Whereas former Lungfish bandmate Daniel Higgs uses his own banjo as a grounding point for his vocals or as a raga-like instrument that always insists upon the moment, Nathan uses it’s spectral tones to explore melodic possibilities that hang in the air and bury into the brain.<br />Whether picked, bowed, sung into, scraped or drummed-on, he uses the banjo to somehow dislocate you from the present.<br />But this is no flashback or nostalgia trip. He might use tools from a past century but it’s the future you’ll be hearing.<br />Don’t be afraid.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/osmodiusbell" target="_blank" rel="nofollow nofollow"><span>http://www.myspace.com/osm</span><wbr><span class="word_break"></span>odiusbell</a><br /><a href="http://nathanscottbell.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow nofollow"><span>http://nathanscottbell.ban</span><wbr><span class="word_break"></span>dcamp.com/</a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">THE HORSE LOOM</span><br /><br />Where to start to describe The Horse Loom?<br />The best acoustic guitar player in the country? Maybe.<br />The most unique marriage between British folk music, avant garde guitar playing and punk rock spirit? Certainly.<br />Wonderful? Definitely.<br />Under-rated?<br />You’ll have to ask him about that.<br /><br /> Northumbrian guitarist and singer Steve Malley would doubtless be extremely embarrassed to read any of these things. That says a lot. Steve played guitar in Crane in the early 90s, whose post-Husker Du take on The Byrds-meets-DC hardcore earned them a deserving reputation as one of the UK's finest live bands. He would go on to play in Kodiak, Four Frame and then most notably The Unit Ama.<br />The Unit Ama existed in direct contrast to their (musical) peers from America. Whereas a cold and cool approach was favoured by the bands from across the pond, The Ama dropped any of this façade and opened themselves and their music to possibilities of accident and misfortune creating a live experience that was truly inspiring. I say with total sincerity that they changed a lot of people’s musical outlook forever.<br /><br />The Horse Loom sees Steve take this approach and apply it to his love of folk music. Combining folk structures and melodies with his incredible guitar playing has made The Horse Loom something truly unique. Getting Steve (a fireman by day) to play gigs these days is next to impossible so don’t miss this rare adventure to Nottingham.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWUcdN-2-MI" target="_blank" rel="nofollow nofollow"><span>http://www.youtube.com/wat</span><wbr><span class="word_break"></span>ch?v=OWUcdN-2-MI</a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">BLACK OCTAGON</span><br /><br /> Black Octagon brings together musicians from the same bubbling underground music world in Liverpool that brought you bands like Mugstar and Kling Klang. Take that sense of unravelling psychedelia and export it to the wilds of the countryside and you might start to imagine what sounds would occur. 2 guitars intertwine over bobbing drum patterns recalling something somewhere between the Neil Young “Dead Man” soundtrackisms of later Earth and the beautiful, layered melodies of Aerial M. But always sounding distinctly British and distinctly rural.<br /><br /><a href="http://blackoctagon.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow nofollow"><span>http://blackoctagon.bandca</span><wbr><span class="word_break"></span>mp.com/</a><br /><br /><br /><br /> This is all happening at Lee Rosy’s Tea Room. We’ll open at 8pm and kick it off at 8.30 and try and bring things to a close at 11. Lee Rosy’s will be serving teas, coffees and the usual waistband-disaster that is their cake display. There will be a full Lancashire & Somerset record stall with limited vinyl releases, books and artwork: <a href="http://www.lancashireandsomerset.co.uk/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow nofollow"><span>http://www.lancashireandso</span><wbr><span class="word_break"></span>merset.co.uk/</a><br /><br />It’s a fiver.</span>Chris Summerlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06182217174497742692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35611941.post-76684957812980664602011-09-14T00:20:00.003+01:002011-09-14T00:23:30.763+01:00Enablers - Oct 13<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sumlin/6145045589/" title="ENABLERS by Sumlin, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6191/6145045589_4d24d692bf_z.jpg" alt="ENABLERS" height="640" width="452" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">DAMN YOU! AND GRINGO RECORDS VERY PROUDLY PRESENTS; FROM SAN FRANCISCO:</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"> ENABLERS</span><br /><br /> ENABLERS are from San Fransisco, CA and are without doubt one of the most powerful and amazing live bands on the planet right now and one of only a tiny handful of bands that we all agree on as being truly something special.<br /><span class="text_exposed_show"> They combine a sinister tautness (somewhat akin to Slint maybe - and by that I mean dark, heavy, dry, bare, economical and not the dreaded "post rock" tag) with a love of heaviosity and weird riffery that sits them somewhere between the ritualistic displays of the mighty Lungfish and the more cathartic explosions of Nottingham's own Bob Tilton .<br />They employ a 2 guitars and drums set up to maximum effect whilst vocalist Pete Simonelli delivers spoken-word beat monologues and moods that either whisper below the surface or fight hard to be heard over the band's righteous racket.<br />The addition of drummer Doug Scharin (Codeine, June Of 44, HiM etc) and an increase in activity culminating in the new LP "Blown Realms And Stalled Explosions" (on Exile On Mainstream/Lancashire & Somerset) and a genuinely triumphant final-night set at the Pavement-curated ATP has seen Enablers hone and perfect their already considerable skills to the point where they are truly unstoppable.<br /><br /><a href="http://enablers.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span>http://enablers.bandcamp.c</span><wbr><span class="word_break"></span>om/</a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">KOGUMAZA</span><br /><br /> Kogumaza formed in Nottingham in 2009. They use primitive rhythms, patterns and riffs to create dense and mesmeric song-cycles. The band’s live sound is manipulated through dub delays and echoes, allowing what is basically a heavy rock trio to expand and willingly lose control of the sound they make as they make it.<br /><br />The resulting music marries fuzzed-out psychedelia to an ambient aesthetic, placing the band somewhere between the infinite repetition of Moondog and the thick gloop of Master Of Reality-era Sabbath.<br />They have recently released their first LP on the Low Point label and toured Europe with Zomes. A split 7" with Hookworms is in the pipeline and October sees shows with Nathan Bell, Enablers and an appearance at the Supersonic Festival.<br /><br /> “At times Kogumaza sounds like the future or the strange murmurings of the universe; at others, the cyclical pounding of drums conjures ghosts of ancient rituals, as if drawn from the very centre of the earth” Fluid Radio<br /><br /><a href="http://kogumaza.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span>http://kogumaza.bandcamp.c</span><wbr><span class="word_break"></span>om/</a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">WITHOUT MAPS</span><br /><br /> "Without Maps hail from Nottingham, they consist of four people who sing, play guitars and drum. They came about through a desire to create music that was as direct as it was engaging. Initial practices began in late 2010 with three mutual friends mapping out their first creations. A decision was made after these first sessions that these songs needed to sound as big as possible and a fourth member was subsequently added. Late January this year saw the band making their first trip to the studio to record their first audio offering “The Cellar Tapes EP” and February marked the bands first live appearances. In the coming months the band hope to see themselves playing many more shows and write and record as much as possible whilst holding down low paid jobs"<br /><br /><a href="http://withoutmaps.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span>http://withoutmaps.bandcam</span><wbr><span class="word_break"></span>p.com/</a><br /><br /><br />All this excellence starts with the doors to Chameleon opening at 8.00 and the first band on at 8.30.<br /><br />£5 ADVANCE FROM : <a href="http://www.wegottickets.com/event/132541" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span>http://www.wegottickets.co</span><wbr><span class="word_break"></span>m/event/132541</a><br /><br />£6 DOOR. Buy a ticket as this will be busy...<br /><br />DO NOT MISS!</span>Chris Summerlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06182217174497742692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35611941.post-10074540927111705442011-08-19T00:17:00.002+01:002011-08-19T00:19:55.570+01:00Abandoned House<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sumlin/5956268042/" title="Oakhurst House by Sumlin, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6136/5956268042_4db6f05e1a.jpg" alt="Oakhurst House" height="500" width="374" /></a>
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<br />Chris Summerlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06182217174497742692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35611941.post-39415711906676596432011-08-19T00:08:00.003+01:002011-08-19T00:15:07.275+01:00Coffin PricksWouldn't mind being in Chicago tomorrow night for the first show by new band <a href="http://twitter.com/#%21/CoffinPricks">Coffin Pricks</a>. Former Bob Tilton guitarist Chay Lawrence is manning the low end and Monorchid/Skull Kontrol/Red Eyed Legends/Circus Lupus man Chris Thomson does the vocals. Sounds about right to me. To be listened to back-to-back with the Eddy Current Suppression Ring song in the previous post. Then "Stranded" by The Saints maybe? You can make your own comp, I'm rubbish at them.
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<br />Chris Summerlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06182217174497742692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35611941.post-39077884945534197502011-08-19T00:01:00.001+01:002011-08-19T00:04:07.917+01:00Which Way To Go<iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/pIX6YbpJ5wM" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="345" width="420"></iframe>
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<br />Can someone do the right thing and import/release/re-release the <a href="www.ecsr.com.au/">Eddy Current Suppression Ring</a> albums on vinyl in the UK so I don't have to sell a ball to pay for the postage?
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