LIMB 7" VINYL

At the beginning of March The mighty Limb traveled up from Londinium on the mega bus, gear and all, to play a Big Spaceship gig at Santiago's with Barricades and Back mass.  All the bands were killer but a special mention needs to go out to Black Mass who executed a serious face melting onslaught of frightening brutality.

When the gig was over I picked up this little gem from the band and what a treat it turned out to be.  An orange 7" vinyl, fold out poster, sticker and digital download coupon, all released on New Heavy Sounds, they even threw in a 3 track demo CD that was put out which hunter records.

Side A, Gift Of The Sun is definitely a triumph for the band, its not easy listing to this track without smashing your fist in the air and shamelessly banging your head. The first side of this record is produced by Ross Halden and the band, together they have perfectly captured the bass heavy fuzzed out tones found in their live performance with the right balance of riff clarity and outrageous filth.

Side B is made up of Quiet Earth and Dead Voice.  At 1:33 Quiet Earth is an obnoxious little outburst of solid bullshit free aggressive behavior, expressing the bands talent for cutting out anything they don't need, this is apparent in the next tune, Dead Voice which is a signature offering of their own brand of doom. As heavy as Limb are, they travel light, injecting no filler into their tunes whatsoever.

Side B carries a slightly different flavor, produced by Samir Eskanda and Tim Garratt as well as the band, Side B definitely holds a more DIY sludgy vibe. This is not to suggest that one side is better that the other but each side of the record holds a different mood.  Having that subtle nuance of dynamic not only in the music but in the styles of recording really is the cheery on top with this release.  This 7" beauty is available from the band or from New Heavy Sounds each can be found on bandcamp. Be sure not to miss these guys play the next time they pay us a visit.

WORDS: Dan Standish

AEROPLANE FLIES HIGH / SUPER LUXURY / HUMANS AS ORNAMENTS

Big Spaceship Presents...

Welcoming to Leeds for the first time we have Liverpool 3-piece AEROPLANE FLIES HIGH.

'fuzz, dischords and vocal acrobatics'

Heavy noise rock in the vein of early nineties indie such as Dino Jr, Barkmarket

Currently touring the release of single, "Blossom":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW5InD4_LFg

Supporting them are Leeds own mayhem inducing heavy rockers SUPER LUXURY.

New addition of Leeds' fuzz wielding sons of bitches HUMANS AS ORNAMENTS.

more bands to be announced soon...

CANAYA / OLD MAN LIZARD / EARTHMASS / BARRICADES

BIG SPACESHIP PRESENTS...

CANAYA
http://canaya.bandcamp.com/

These dudes have been going for about four years now and have all previously been in some awesome bands. Tangaroa, Year Of The Man, Imposters, Executive Distraction Tasks, Hot Prophecy and Daigoro. They have all individually mastered the art of heavy. There is nothing in Canaya's music that doesn't need to need to be there, this is pure refined balls out heavy metal.

OLD MAN LIZARD
http://oldmanlizard.bandcamp.com/album/old-man-lizard

Riff heavy 3 piece from Suffolk. Their self titled release needs to be in your collection, recorded in an old factory with some sweet fuzzed out drive, meandering guitar licks and some nice dynamic while the whole thing sounds kind of sleazy.

EARTHMASS
http://earthmassband.com/

Earthmass began in 2012 and provide massive doses of heavy prog. In April of last year they released Lunar Dawn (Keep, Relics & Ritual) a tremendous first release displaying waves of spacey drone edged with a folk(y) haunting vocal intermittently crushed by a release of war bound riff.

BARRICADES
http://barricadesnoise.bandcamp.com/album/homeward-demo

Opening the show will be Leeds 5 piece post-metal/sludge machine BARICADES. Their demo 'homeward' is aggressive as fuck to begin with only to swerve though some nice melodic delayed guitar. Despite these moments of release, after listening to the whole thing I kind of feel like some ruckus. The demo is available on their bandcamp, name your price.

1st band about 8:30...ish
£4 entry


 

SPACE TRUCKIN'

 This is on Sunday (25th Nov)

Aboard the Big Spaceship we appreciate all forms of technological progression within the changing universe, but, it was the age of analog that was the initial catalyst for our musical voyage.

Vinyl is a format which is making somewhat of a comeback, a format that in the last few years has been creeping its way back into the public eye.  Bands are releasing their vibrations on vinyl, pop-up record fairs appearing up and down the country, and each visit to your parents house resulting in a quick look in the attic, hoping to find the non-biodegradable artifacts of their youth. This instills a journey and a need to dig through whatever sweet crates of vinyl the people of earth may stumble upon, searching for 12 & 7 inch circles of plastic, old and new.

In this modern age it would seem that we are often looking back in time, seeking musical offerings possessing more character and texture, away from the compressed limitations of the all to familiar MP3.  In our fine city of Leeds there just so happens to be a magical place, seldom seen in our futuristic universe, that caters for the ears of the analog cosmonaught earthling dweller.  This place is known as Wax Bar.  Wax Bar offers a variety of beers and cocktails crafted by some of the cities most highly accomplished bar tenders, and... And! They only play Vinyl. It is this, and the fact that the employees are fellow comrades of the riff that inspired us to host our vinyl appreciation night 'Space Truckin' here, at Leeds finest Juke Joint, Wax Bar.

'Space Truckin' is a name born of Wax Bar Co-owner and bar tender Lee Jones, when we asked him what he expects from the monthly event he replied " I'm always after new music, especially anything with a great groove to it, usually drowned in fuzzy guitars and epic sounds. I want this night to bring some more to my attention and also, allow me to share my own"
The idea behind 'Space Truckin' is to host a monthly event where we play records akin to our riff worshiping desires.  We will be playing Psychedelic / Prog / Stoner / Garage Rock / Krout Rock etc etc from Blues Magoos to Black Sabbath - From Acid King to Electric Wizard and everything in between. Delving into all genres to create a setlist of head nodding, fuzz face laced ear ticklers! Expect the common and uncommon likes of....

DEEP PURPLE, FOCUS, DANAVA, LITTLE FEAT, KING CRIMSON, RUSH, IRON BUTTERFLY, SANTANA, BOWIE, KADAVER, APHRODITES CHILD, ZAPPA, ZEPPELIN, CREAM, GRAND FUNK RAILROAD, BUDGIE, TAME IMPALA, BLACK MOUNTAIN, WOLF PEOPLE, SIR LORD BALTIMORE, T-REX, CAPTAIN BEYOND, FREE, LEAFHOUND....

Words by Dan Standish

WET NUNS || MOTHER/DESTROYER || THOMAS WILBY GANG

WET NUNS

If you aren’t already aware of this band then you may have been in some sort of coma for the past 12 months as Sheffield’s finest, Wet Nuns have been tearing their way through a long list of tours, festivals and video shoots as well as the recording of their debut album. Leaving in their wake a pile of partied out gig goers in a seizure of valve driven electric Riff.

MOTHER/DESTROYER

This 3 piece mountain of noise have been somewhat dormant for the past few months, aching to erupt their heavy riff laden smog upon the people of Leeds once more. Its hard to decipher what shelf to out these guys on, its heavy but they’re not a metal band, its dirty but they’re not a punk band and they have a certain theatrical charisma but this aint the rocky horror. lets just say they put on a good show and the rest you can figure out yourselves.

THOMAS WILBY GANG

Pulled together from a variety of Yorkshires finest market towns the Tomas Wilby Gang will be making their live debut on this faithful night with offerings of good time blues wizardry and the righteous justification of dancing attire

 @ SANTIAGOS BAR, LEEDS

FIRST BAND 8PM

£4

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Review: ALBUM: 'Beyond The Pale' by Shields

If you like crippling down-tuned riffs, growling bass lines, pummeling drums and emphatic, triumphant vocals then I direct you to this blistering debut album by Leeds medieval power rockers SHIELDS.

'Beyond The Pale' emits a monstrous signal reaching far back to ancient realms where pillaging and other primitive acts scorn the earth. A grave reminder that when four individuals come together to play music, it can be ultimately magical. Yes this band are unsigned and yes this band are local, which pains for me to say it. It pains me because there are so many other bands in Shields' situation; recording music that deserves more attention. However, that aside, Shields are a band on the rise and one can only hope that this album gets the reception that it deserves.

The album kicks in with the creatively named 'My buddy went to Azeroth & all I got were these lousy arrows' which is a whip cracking track on your quest through 'Beyond the Pale'. it features plenty of heavy, in-your-face transitions that strip and then dress right in front of your ears.

BS GIG: Telepathy / Himself / Cattle

Big Spaceships Presents...

It would appear that we may have smashed this gig together, sourcing four completely different bands as the main ingredients to some kind of riff soup, accompanied by a bread roll, buttered in a musical spread, churned in the mill of Rock.

So come join us aboard the Big Spaceship, spoon in hand, and prepare yourselves to enter a void of arcane vibrations....


TELEPATHY

These four gentlemen will be travelling light-years to come fourth and play this gig, from the distant land of Colchester. Bringing with them a metallic instrumental, prog offering of their own interpretation. Their EP, Fracture (available for free download from their bandcamp) is a culmination of mellow, dreamy prog crecendoes, some solid grooves and some spectacular fist in the air headbanging moments. It would be pretty daft to pass up a free download of this magnitude.

HIMSELF

And now for something completely different... 5 dudes from YORKSHIIIRE known as Himself, each member contributes to the vocal arrangment as well as playing an instrument, which lends itself kindly to the bands erratic pop sensibilities and comedic narrative. It would seem that some of the best bands around are the ones that don’t take themselves too seriously and effortlessly achieve a sound that many try very hard to accomplish. A few guys having a laugh + Talent = Awesome band. Its for that reason that you will see Himself playing gigs with bands of completely different stylings, regardless of whether you think they fit on the bill or not, this is because, all sub genres aside, they’re just really fuckin good.

CATTLE

Cattle are not your average 4/4 rock 'n' roll band. They formed earlier this year with nothing and everything in mind. Their music is a wobbly wheeled shopping trolly laden with noisy jazz and question mark ending riffs, taking influence from each aisle of the supermarket and producing a chunky stew soaked in a base of rhythmic precision and heavily seasoned with screaming feed back and fuzz groove.

First band around 8pm

400p