But Listen: 025: Bring Out Your Dead – 2006 demo
A local grindcore band, so let’s be honest – I wasn’t expecting a long CD. I got, in fact, six minutes and 23 seconds spread over four tracks. Which is pretty long, really.
Into the Pit: 031: Apoptygma Berzerk – Live at Corporation Sheffield – 21-May 2006
This was one of those gigs that really took me by surprise. I mean, Apop are no longer the draw they once were, right?
DJ: Guest: 014: JUDDER! – 12-May 2006
…onto Judder for a good five hours plus of madness – then sleep, food and a wander ’round town, then back up to Sheffield at nearly the corresponding time that we left at yesterday.
Into the Pit: 030: The Dresden Dolls – Live at the Leadmill Sheffield – 07-May 2006
Frankly, I can’t think of a single band that sound anything like the melting pot of sound that DeVotchKa boil up. A truly unique mix of eastern-European folk music, indie rock and tinges of a mariachi feel, not to mention rather proficient with their instruments (we counted about fifteen – played by just four of […]
Into the Pit: 029: The Dresden Dolls – Live at the Leadmill Sheffield – 07-May 2006
Frankly, I can’t think of a single band that sound anything like the melting pot of sound that DeVotchKa boil up. A truly unique mix of eastern-European folk music, indie rock and tinges of a mariachi feel, not to mention rather proficient with their instruments (we counted about fifteen – played by just four of […]
Into the Pit: 028: Covenant – Live at Corporation Sheffield – 06-May 2006
We arrived to hear “Thank you, goodnight…“, confirming that we had indeed missed Revolution By Night. Oddly, I heard nothing from anyone telling me how good/whatever they were.
But Listen: 024: Autoclav 1.1 – You Are My All And More
“Noise” in the industrial sense is a very broad church – and perhaps a definition that is nowadays overused. It nowadays seems to me that it is used as a lazy definition for anything remotely “difficult” that can’t really be pigeonholed anywhere else, and thus notionally similar artists are often anything but.
Into the Pit: 027: Zeitgeist All-Dayer – Live at The Shed Leicester – 30-April 2006
First off, I am going to mention the logistics and organisation, as both were seriously lacking. My girlfriend and I decided that we wouldn’t rush into town (we were staying at her dad’s in south Leicester anyway), and when we got to The Shed we were glad that we did – despite doors being 1400, […]
Into the Pit: 026: Mortiis – Live at Corporation Sheffield – 28-April 2006
I’ve been waiting to see Gothminister for a while, and they really didn’t disappoint last night. Little room, of course, for their legendary stage antics and costume changes, so the Gothminister himself stuck to just the one outfit. No real problem, as it was still a treat visually, and even better was the music.
DJ: Guest: 013: Sunday Goth Social – 16-April 2006
Aside from a few technical issues, it was good fun – although I still can’t get used to the almost total darkness of the venue!
/DJ/Stormblast/024/13-April 2006
A rare Thursday night off from Stormblast last night, and it appears I missed a rather good (and busy!) one. D’oh! Foreverguardian and Nekrodrako stepped in for me.
DJ: Guest: 012: Resurrected – 08-April 2006
Last night’s late finish was thanks to my guest DJ slot at Resurrected in Leeds. As it turned out, it was a pretty good night. Having never been to The George before, and despite being warned, I was still surprised over just how small (and dark!) it actually is. Nice place though, and good to […]
/DJ/Stormblast/023/06-April 2006
Last night at /Stormblast was a tad strange – and you could certainly tell that the students have mainly headed home for the Easter break. Still, thanks to those that did come down. Next week it is Foreverguardian and Nekrodrako (3ulogy/Nekrodrako) bringing the noise…
But Listen: 023: 3ulogy – 2006 Demo
I wasn’t going to review this, initially. As it is, it’s an unmastered demo, clearly unfinished. However, the band decided to give out a number of copies of this at a recent gig, and after just one listen the review started to formulate. So here we are.
/DJ/Stormblast/022/30-March 2006
/Stormblast last night was another of those…interesting nights. Turnout was pretty good, a lot of positive comment, and the realisation that word travels further than you might expect on the internet. But then, I should have known that.
/DJ/Stormblast/021/23-March 2006
/Stormblast last night was a bit of a strange one. Not a bad turnout, and an interesting set of people, too. We have gained a new set of regulars in addition to the rest whose requests are sending us in a different direction again! Look for some new developments with Stormblast in the coming month […]
But Listen: 022: In Strict Confidence – Where Sun And Moon Unite
They’re back, and still evolving. Moving further along from the more darkwave feel of Holy, this “EP” (10 tracks, over 50 minutes!) is a taster for the forthcoming album Exile Paradise. And what a taste. The sound of this is fresher, more alive than before, and perhaps more straightforward sounding. The one criticism, perhaps, in […]
But Listen: 021: Red20 – Citizen Stain
Right, I’ll own up now. I’ve never been a fan of concept albums. Although the album is loosely based around a story, it has many parallels in our current time. And with the recent releases of films about dark future worlds (Aeon Flux and V for Vendetta, of course…), it perhaps could not arrive at […]
/DJ/Stormblast/020/16-March 2006
Thanks to those that did make it out last night through the nasty weather to /Stormblast. Slightly busier than last week, although our numbers appeared to be down a little on normal thanks to a metal gig elsewhere.
DJ: Guest: 011: Quarantine – 14-March 2006
it was a quick dash through the late evening onto Quarantine, where the turnout was pretty good, as it goes, for 3ulogy’s live appearance. What did surprise me first off was that the Hubs venue seems better suited to live bands than club nights – the cavernous rooms do nothing for club sound, as I […]