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Tuesday, 26 July 2011
Friday, 22 July 2011
Russell and the Wolves // Meddicine // ASSS
Low Culture and Big Spaceship Presents:
Saturday 6th August
Santiago’s, Grand Arcade, Leeds
...Doors 8.00pm
In celebration of the new split EP between ASSS and Meddicine, we present:
RUSSELL AND THE WOLVES
Almighty, well you’ll be goddamned. This band are literally the shit! Bluesy filth churned out at speed with a scary front man, what more could you ask for?
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/russellandthewolvesband?sk=app_178091127385
Well, we also have:
MEDDICINE
Describing herself as ‘psychedelic nostalgia dance’, others have called her Grave Wave, we say whatever you’re into. The fact is that Meddicine’s creepy electronic is always chilling and cinematic with hints of Kraut here and there. A one girl Suicide Machine.
http://www.meddicine.net/
and the equally impressive:
A S S S
Hailing From Portland, Oregon, A S S S deal in minimal and deliciously bleak Electro/post-punk. Their songs emerge like soviet blocks of synths and devolve into howling industrial noise.
Think somewhere between Factory Floor and A Place To Bury Strangers.
http://thisplaceisawreck.blogspot.com/
Tickets: 4 adv (5 otd)
Jumbo, Crash and WeGotTickets link here: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/126936
Hope to see you there!
http://bigspaceshippresents.blogspot.com/
http://www.wearelowculture.com/
words by NLK
Saturday 6th August
Santiago’s, Grand Arcade, Leeds
...Doors 8.00pm
In celebration of the new split EP between ASSS and Meddicine, we present:
RUSSELL AND THE WOLVES
Almighty, well you’ll be goddamned. This band are literally the shit! Bluesy filth churned out at speed with a scary front man, what more could you ask for?
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/russellandthewolvesband?sk=app_178091127385
Well, we also have:
MEDDICINE
Describing herself as ‘psychedelic nostalgia dance’, others have called her Grave Wave, we say whatever you’re into. The fact is that Meddicine’s creepy electronic is always chilling and cinematic with hints of Kraut here and there. A one girl Suicide Machine.
http://www.meddicine.net/
and the equally impressive:
A S S S
Hailing From Portland, Oregon, A S S S deal in minimal and deliciously bleak Electro/post-punk. Their songs emerge like soviet blocks of synths and devolve into howling industrial noise.
Think somewhere between Factory Floor and A Place To Bury Strangers.
http://thisplaceisawreck.blogspot.com/
Tickets: 4 adv (5 otd)
Jumbo, Crash and WeGotTickets link here: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/126936
Hope to see you there!
http://bigspaceshippresents.blogspot.com/
http://www.wearelowculture.com/
words by NLK
Monday, 4 July 2011
Etai Keshiki/ C.A.G./ Sloth Hammer/ Black Mantra
Big Spaceship Presents:
A night of noise, improv and electronic voids....
Etai Keshiki (leeds)
...If you haven't seen this band yet I am jealous. To see Etai for the first time is like washing your face with ice cream and meandering haplessly through a gauntlet of bee hives (but in the most pleasurable way). They say their sound has evolved since their last EP "Etai Or Die" and analogies aside, this band surprise with there ever more visceral and robust sound. A combination of noise, hardcore and sludgey grooves, Etai are able to create and destroy before you even have chance to realise it.
http://etaikeshiki.bandcamp.com/album/etai-or-die
Castrato Attack Group (leeds)
- "Sloth like dumbo rock"
A relatively new band spawned from the harrowing corners of Leeds. A 3-piece centered around an improvised ethos of freaking out on the tapered feedback from your amp, whilst riding the perpetual inertia of sub-bass surf and groove. Having seen their first gig as a three-piece a month or so ago, we quickly snapped these up on the Big Spaceship ride. CAG includes Luke Vollar of Lanterns and Gav Montgomery of Cissy.
No website yet- they're that new!
Sloth Hammer (leeds)
Here, I shall detail a few quotes about Sloth Hammer:
'Horrifically foul, but somehow fulfilling, and certainly entertaining to watch.' - Joe
'Twas a heavy beast. It has a godflesh / khanate vibe. Hideous' - Matthew
If you were to turn Justin Bieber inside out and plug him into a Sunn amp...it probably wouldn't do much...other than eternally scar millions of thumb-sucking disney tots, nevertheless you see what I'm getting at. Sloth Hammer portray depravity at its lowest point; blood curdling resonances that can implode minds (metaphorically of course) and distinguish any hopes of getting out alive. Circuit-bent, hell-bent and mind-bending electronic doom featuring members from Diascorium.
http://www.myspace.com/theslothhammertwo
Black Mantra (wakefield)
Beyond time and space on a small green moon, The Weed Priest smokes. Sending clouds of madness up to blackened skies. Deep chants resonate on wasted plains of crippled landscapes. Sonic boundaries fall from reality as the call of the ancients ring out. The black winged beast is stirred and takes flight!
Disparate drone from the mind's astral plain (via Wakefield).
Come down for a night of cheap thrills, cheap drinks and dense anomalous cloud-like cosmic matter.
Be inside the Fenton for 7:30 or we shall hunt you down with our far superior weaponry.
£2 in.
For more info on this event and any other Big Spaceship wanderings:
email:
bigspaceship@hotmail.co.uk
A night of noise, improv and electronic voids....
Etai Keshiki (leeds)
...If you haven't seen this band yet I am jealous. To see Etai for the first time is like washing your face with ice cream and meandering haplessly through a gauntlet of bee hives (but in the most pleasurable way). They say their sound has evolved since their last EP "Etai Or Die" and analogies aside, this band surprise with there ever more visceral and robust sound. A combination of noise, hardcore and sludgey grooves, Etai are able to create and destroy before you even have chance to realise it.
http://etaikeshiki.bandcamp.com/album/etai-or-die
Castrato Attack Group (leeds)
- "Sloth like dumbo rock"
A relatively new band spawned from the harrowing corners of Leeds. A 3-piece centered around an improvised ethos of freaking out on the tapered feedback from your amp, whilst riding the perpetual inertia of sub-bass surf and groove. Having seen their first gig as a three-piece a month or so ago, we quickly snapped these up on the Big Spaceship ride. CAG includes Luke Vollar of Lanterns and Gav Montgomery of Cissy.
No website yet- they're that new!
Sloth Hammer (leeds)
Here, I shall detail a few quotes about Sloth Hammer:
'Horrifically foul, but somehow fulfilling, and certainly entertaining to watch.' - Joe
'Twas a heavy beast. It has a godflesh / khanate vibe. Hideous' - Matthew
If you were to turn Justin Bieber inside out and plug him into a Sunn amp...it probably wouldn't do much...other than eternally scar millions of thumb-sucking disney tots, nevertheless you see what I'm getting at. Sloth Hammer portray depravity at its lowest point; blood curdling resonances that can implode minds (metaphorically of course) and distinguish any hopes of getting out alive. Circuit-bent, hell-bent and mind-bending electronic doom featuring members from Diascorium.
http://www.myspace.com/theslothhammertwo
Black Mantra (wakefield)
Beyond time and space on a small green moon, The Weed Priest smokes. Sending clouds of madness up to blackened skies. Deep chants resonate on wasted plains of crippled landscapes. Sonic boundaries fall from reality as the call of the ancients ring out. The black winged beast is stirred and takes flight!
Disparate drone from the mind's astral plain (via Wakefield).
Come down for a night of cheap thrills, cheap drinks and dense anomalous cloud-like cosmic matter.
Be inside the Fenton for 7:30 or we shall hunt you down with our far superior weaponry.
£2 in.
For more info on this event and any other Big Spaceship wanderings:
email:
bigspaceship@hotmail.co.uk
Tuesday, 21 June 2011
Holy Roar Summer Sampler 2011
Scouring the Holy Roar website and found this:
Download full 22-track Sampler HERE: http://holyroarrecords.com/album.php?id=965
Track Listing:
1. Rosa Valle - Mathemagician
2. Slabdragger - Erroneous Maximus
3. Witch Cult - Burn
4. The Ergon Carousel - Dead Banks
5. Self Loathing - Cut
6. Crossbreaker - Time Is Making Fools of Us
7. Rolo Tomassi - ...And Then The Mannequin Spoke
8. Antares - to youth and valour
9. Pariso - The Recluse
10. Kerouac - Fiends
11. Make Do And Mend - Nights The Only Time of Day
12. Grazes - Observers Paradox
13. Jackals - Mob Mentality
14. End Reign - Abyss
15. Eisberg - Salt In The Wound
16. Brutality Will Prevail - Heavy Eyes
17. Daggers - Axes
18. Brontide - Jura
19. Gallops - Eukodol
20. Hang The Bastard - The Great Devourer
21. Abolition - Shadow
22. Cthulhu Youth - Free Music For Poor Punx
For fans of upcoming bands in math, hardcore and brutality... this label is for you
Check it out!
The album features Rolo Tomassi, Slabdragger, Gallops and Leeds based Antares (who played Brutal Day Out no.1). The label also features Black Mass and We'll Die Smiling who also hail from Leeds. Keep your ears firmly to the ground for this one!
Big Spaceship will be hosting a few Holy Roar bands in AUG.
Download full 22-track Sampler HERE: http://holyroarrecords.com/album.php?id=965
Track Listing:
1. Rosa Valle - Mathemagician
2. Slabdragger - Erroneous Maximus
3. Witch Cult - Burn
4. The Ergon Carousel - Dead Banks
5. Self Loathing - Cut
6. Crossbreaker - Time Is Making Fools of Us
7. Rolo Tomassi - ...And Then The Mannequin Spoke
8. Antares - to youth and valour
9. Pariso - The Recluse
10. Kerouac - Fiends
11. Make Do And Mend - Nights The Only Time of Day
12. Grazes - Observers Paradox
13. Jackals - Mob Mentality
14. End Reign - Abyss
15. Eisberg - Salt In The Wound
16. Brutality Will Prevail - Heavy Eyes
17. Daggers - Axes
18. Brontide - Jura
19. Gallops - Eukodol
20. Hang The Bastard - The Great Devourer
21. Abolition - Shadow
22. Cthulhu Youth - Free Music For Poor Punx
For fans of upcoming bands in math, hardcore and brutality... this label is for you
Check it out!
The album features Rolo Tomassi, Slabdragger, Gallops and Leeds based Antares (who played Brutal Day Out no.1). The label also features Black Mass and We'll Die Smiling who also hail from Leeds. Keep your ears firmly to the ground for this one!
Big Spaceship will be hosting a few Holy Roar bands in AUG.
Richard Parker + The Party Program + Shields + Magnapinna @ The Well, Leeds
Instrumental astral wanderings of local lads Richard Parker can be experienced at the Well tonight with 2 other awesome Leeds bands and Party Program from Scotland.
Big Spaceship took the time to listen to Richard Parker's self-tiled EP a few weeks ago and was very much intrigued. The subtle aether that surrounds this offering is evident in the cerebral expanse of this EP. It treats the listener to a lush spatial feel that expands toward euphoric washes of speedy picked lead guitar, soaked in so much reverb it sounds almost like a glissandi string section amid a cinematic orchestral arrangement. An innocence echoes inside the interwoven harmonic registry between the arpeggios and swirling lead parts of the guitars. Reminiscent of such post rock gods as Mogwai, Sigor Ros and the rich sensuous undulations of Mono, RP invoke nostalgia you didn't think was present before you had bore witness to this EP. Dynamically, this EP takes you on a journey through serene lands alien to human presence... This record gently inebriates, exhilarates and tingles the senses... sit back, close your tired eyes and melt into your chair to the surging contrapuntal soundscapes of Richard Parker.
The first date of the brazenly named 'The Dick Party Tour' with THE PARTY PROGRAM begins tonight.
Download RICHARD PARKER's EP here:
http://richardparker.bandcamp.com/album/richard-parker
THE PARTY PROGRAM
http://www.thepartyprogram.com/
SHIELDS
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Shields/106121999460153?sk=info
MAGNAPINNA
http://magnapinna.bandcamp.com/
BS
Big Spaceship took the time to listen to Richard Parker's self-tiled EP a few weeks ago and was very much intrigued. The subtle aether that surrounds this offering is evident in the cerebral expanse of this EP. It treats the listener to a lush spatial feel that expands toward euphoric washes of speedy picked lead guitar, soaked in so much reverb it sounds almost like a glissandi string section amid a cinematic orchestral arrangement. An innocence echoes inside the interwoven harmonic registry between the arpeggios and swirling lead parts of the guitars. Reminiscent of such post rock gods as Mogwai, Sigor Ros and the rich sensuous undulations of Mono, RP invoke nostalgia you didn't think was present before you had bore witness to this EP. Dynamically, this EP takes you on a journey through serene lands alien to human presence... This record gently inebriates, exhilarates and tingles the senses... sit back, close your tired eyes and melt into your chair to the surging contrapuntal soundscapes of Richard Parker.
The first date of the brazenly named 'The Dick Party Tour' with THE PARTY PROGRAM begins tonight.
Download RICHARD PARKER's EP here:
http://richardparker.bandcamp.com/album/richard-parker
THE PARTY PROGRAM
http://www.thepartyprogram.com/
SHIELDS
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Shields/106121999460153?sk=info
MAGNAPINNA
http://magnapinna.bandcamp.com/
BS
Monday, 20 June 2011
Big thanks!
A huge thank you goes out to the bands and fans who helped made the 17th + 18th possible.
Follow these upcoming gigs for the bands that played this weekend:
Pyramido:
Jun 20 - Riders Park, Messancy - Belgium, BE
Jun 21 - Soapbox Club, Nancy / Laxou, FR
Jun 22 - Haus Mainusch, Mainz, DE
Jun 23 - AK 44, Geissen, DE, DE
Jun 24 - Crasspub, Chemnitz, GERMANY
Jun 25 - Kastanienkeller - Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin , DE
Curbcrawl:
Band in need of a few gigs.. get in touch with them if u can help em out:
crowshardcore@gmail.com
July Tour w/ Crows
27th- Manchester (TBC)*
28th- Newcastle (TBC)*
29th- Leeds (TBC)*
30th- SHOW NEEDED
31st- Norwich (TBC)*
1st- SHOW NEEDED
Magpyes:
Jul 15 - The Pilgrim Pub, Liverpool, £4
The Ergon Carousel/Foetal Juice/Magpyes/Horsebastard
Jul 17, The Hangman, Chester
Face Of Christ/Precinct 13/Horrorstruck/Magpyes/Falls
Jul 23, Lodge Park Sports Centre, Corby £5
Let It Die/Regimes/Magpyes/Crows/Black Veins/1 more TBC
Aug 7, Scruffy Murphy's, Birmingham
Tree of Sores:
June 24 - Corporation, Sheffield w/ EYEHATEGOD + CHURCH OF MISERY
Magnapinna:
25 June - Packhorse, Leeds w/ Double Muscle, Bearfoot Beware, Super Luxury
21 June - The Well, Leeds w/ Richard Parker + The Party Program + Shields
8 July - The Well, KHUDA's ALBUM LAUNCH PARTY w/ Alright the Captain, Wiht, Karhide, Wizard's Beard, Richard Parker
Keep up to date with all these band and support your local music scenes !!!
BS
Follow these upcoming gigs for the bands that played this weekend:
Pyramido:
Jun 20 - Riders Park, Messancy - Belgium, BE
Jun 21 - Soapbox Club, Nancy / Laxou, FR
Jun 22 - Haus Mainusch, Mainz, DE
Jun 23 - AK 44, Geissen, DE, DE
Jun 24 - Crasspub, Chemnitz, GERMANY
Jun 25 - Kastanienkeller - Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin , DE
Curbcrawl:
Band in need of a few gigs.. get in touch with them if u can help em out:
crowshardcore@gmail.com
July Tour w/ Crows
27th- Manchester (TBC)*
28th- Newcastle (TBC)*
29th- Leeds (TBC)*
30th- SHOW NEEDED
31st- Norwich (TBC)*
1st- SHOW NEEDED
Magpyes:
Jul 15 - The Pilgrim Pub, Liverpool, £4
The Ergon Carousel/Foetal Juice/Magpyes/Horsebastard
Jul 17, The Hangman, Chester
Face Of Christ/Precinct 13/Horrorstruck/Magpyes/Falls
Jul 23, Lodge Park Sports Centre, Corby £5
Let It Die/Regimes/Magpyes/Crows/Black Veins/1 more TBC
Aug 7, Scruffy Murphy's, Birmingham
Tree of Sores:
June 24 - Corporation, Sheffield w/ EYEHATEGOD + CHURCH OF MISERY
Magnapinna:
25 June - Packhorse, Leeds w/ Double Muscle, Bearfoot Beware, Super Luxury
21 June - The Well, Leeds w/ Richard Parker + The Party Program + Shields
8 July - The Well, KHUDA's ALBUM LAUNCH PARTY w/ Alright the Captain, Wiht, Karhide, Wizard's Beard, Richard Parker
Keep up to date with all these band and support your local music scenes !!!
BS
Monday, 13 June 2011
Dopefight / Wiht / Dead Existence / Groan @ Royal Park Cellars, Leeds – Review 03/06/11
This write-up has come a little late due to a busy schedule on board Big Spaceship but nevertheless, here it is.
As I descended the dark staircase of The Royal Park Cellars on this hot Friday night I was cloaked with the mist and humidity of this gloomy venue even before I walk through the door. Upon entering this underground sweat-box, I was greeted with the twisted psychedelic meanderings of Groan (Doomanoid Records). Solid 70’s style riffs, catchy hooks and wailing solos, Groan are like a culmination of Sabbath, Deep Purple and Grand Funk Railroad with a little Kyuss thrown in there for good measure. It’s hard not to nod your head as these guys deliver a lively performance with an obvious love for what they do. Groan present a sound that has been heard before and yet it is impossible to not admire this infallible formula of concrete 'fists in the air' groove without donning a massive set of pendulous heavy balls. Yes, I went there.
http://www.myspace.com/groanuk
The mighty DEAD EXISTENCE were next to take the stage and fuck me balls swinging they were heavy as FUCK! In all honesty I wasn’t prepared for the bludgeoning barrage they had waiting behind the first 1, 2, 3, 4. Bone crunching, earth shattering, apocalyptic, these are all common ways of describing the various forms of heavy but I promise you, This is heavier. This is what you will hear resonating from the skies as the earth comes to a slow and bitter end. The dragging riffs of Dead Existence lure you into a state of sadistic hypnosis, so much so that when you are released from their thundering tidal wall of noise you will fall forward, realising that your body had been solely held up from the force emanating from DEAD EXISTENCE's demonic tones. Check their split with Dopefight here:
http://www.deadexistence.bigcartel.com/product/dead-existence-dopefight-split
http://www.deadexistence.net/
The penultimate segment of this doom laden musical theme park was an instrumental journey through unknown arcane wilderness in the form of WIHT. There is something about them that makes you shut the fuck up and pay attention. As you cross ambient plains with them you will discover mountainous riffs that erupt into colossal states of mind warping splendour. WIHT have the ability to create an overwhelming sense of tension and anticipation that holds you on the brink of insanity, before plummeting into a void of unrelenting power. Fantastical and progressive orchestration leaves the audience with seldom-opportune moments to congratulate the band on their talent and abilities. The aftermath of Wiht's performance sees a troop of bodies stood static in awe, gawping at the heavy load just released by Wiht's musical phallus. Wiht Are in the process of finishing an album with Ghosttown recordings (leeds) and hopefully shall be with us soon. In the meantime, check out their EP and also the sneak preview of their new album:
www.myspace.com/wihtleeds
Last on the bill was London-based DOPEFIGHT. The crowd waits patiently as levels are achieved on stage before the performance; sporadic bursts of powerchords and doom riffage are rife. The first thing I noticed was the insanely heavy tone of the bass guitarist's sound. Playing through just one distortion pedal, the sound that followed rips up the air like auditory shears, trimming the air molecules before tearing into your ear drums. The Dopefight commences and waves of nodding heads answer the call of the groove portrayed by this southern trio. The breakdowns that occur twixt stoned passages, ooze aggression and intensity usually attributed to more hardcore and punk rock realms. As though during an angst fueled punk gig in the past, someone had pulled the plug, offered up a monster bong to everyone in there and slapped some Sludge on the PA leaving everyone in a hazy, trance-like state worshiping every Sabbath riff pre-Sabotage. BOOM.
Check the new album out 'BUDS', it will put hairs not only on your chest but on your lungs, hands and your mothers face. Smoke. Listen. Mosh. Mong. In that order.
http://www.myspace.com/fightdopefight
Check out "Baby Goat Sick" put to a rather cool clip from Kill Baby Kill. Awesome.
As I descended the dark staircase of The Royal Park Cellars on this hot Friday night I was cloaked with the mist and humidity of this gloomy venue even before I walk through the door. Upon entering this underground sweat-box, I was greeted with the twisted psychedelic meanderings of Groan (Doomanoid Records). Solid 70’s style riffs, catchy hooks and wailing solos, Groan are like a culmination of Sabbath, Deep Purple and Grand Funk Railroad with a little Kyuss thrown in there for good measure. It’s hard not to nod your head as these guys deliver a lively performance with an obvious love for what they do. Groan present a sound that has been heard before and yet it is impossible to not admire this infallible formula of concrete 'fists in the air' groove without donning a massive set of pendulous heavy balls. Yes, I went there.
http://www.myspace.com/groanuk
The mighty DEAD EXISTENCE were next to take the stage and fuck me balls swinging they were heavy as FUCK! In all honesty I wasn’t prepared for the bludgeoning barrage they had waiting behind the first 1, 2, 3, 4. Bone crunching, earth shattering, apocalyptic, these are all common ways of describing the various forms of heavy but I promise you, This is heavier. This is what you will hear resonating from the skies as the earth comes to a slow and bitter end. The dragging riffs of Dead Existence lure you into a state of sadistic hypnosis, so much so that when you are released from their thundering tidal wall of noise you will fall forward, realising that your body had been solely held up from the force emanating from DEAD EXISTENCE's demonic tones. Check their split with Dopefight here:
http://www.deadexistence.bigcartel.com/product/dead-existence-dopefight-split
http://www.deadexistence.net/
The penultimate segment of this doom laden musical theme park was an instrumental journey through unknown arcane wilderness in the form of WIHT. There is something about them that makes you shut the fuck up and pay attention. As you cross ambient plains with them you will discover mountainous riffs that erupt into colossal states of mind warping splendour. WIHT have the ability to create an overwhelming sense of tension and anticipation that holds you on the brink of insanity, before plummeting into a void of unrelenting power. Fantastical and progressive orchestration leaves the audience with seldom-opportune moments to congratulate the band on their talent and abilities. The aftermath of Wiht's performance sees a troop of bodies stood static in awe, gawping at the heavy load just released by Wiht's musical phallus. Wiht Are in the process of finishing an album with Ghosttown recordings (leeds) and hopefully shall be with us soon. In the meantime, check out their EP and also the sneak preview of their new album:
www.myspace.com/wihtleeds
Last on the bill was London-based DOPEFIGHT. The crowd waits patiently as levels are achieved on stage before the performance; sporadic bursts of powerchords and doom riffage are rife. The first thing I noticed was the insanely heavy tone of the bass guitarist's sound. Playing through just one distortion pedal, the sound that followed rips up the air like auditory shears, trimming the air molecules before tearing into your ear drums. The Dopefight commences and waves of nodding heads answer the call of the groove portrayed by this southern trio. The breakdowns that occur twixt stoned passages, ooze aggression and intensity usually attributed to more hardcore and punk rock realms. As though during an angst fueled punk gig in the past, someone had pulled the plug, offered up a monster bong to everyone in there and slapped some Sludge on the PA leaving everyone in a hazy, trance-like state worshiping every Sabbath riff pre-Sabotage. BOOM.
Check the new album out 'BUDS', it will put hairs not only on your chest but on your lungs, hands and your mothers face. Smoke. Listen. Mosh. Mong. In that order.
http://www.myspace.com/fightdopefight
Check out "Baby Goat Sick" put to a rather cool clip from Kill Baby Kill. Awesome.
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