COSMETICS

Cosmetics are great, one for fans of Glass Candy and Chromatics for sure.

COSMETICS - BLACK LEATHER GLOVES

SCARS

I haven't had much time to devote to this blog so I will try and update a little more from now on.

Scars were an awesome band from Scotland in the early 80's who often get overlooked when people talk about Orange Juice, Josef K, the Fire Engines and that Postcard scene. If you like the aforementioned bands and new stuff like Veronica Falls or Sea Lions then your bound to be into it. Click on the artwork to download one of their classic singles, the A-side of which 'Horrorshow' was sampled by Lemon Jelly recently so may be familiar-sounding.

Here's a pretty vitriolic but entertaining bio that they have up on their myspace;

Chances are that you won't remember post-punk band Scars. Their moment in the sun was both tragically and gloriously brief. They stormed out of Edinburgh in the early 1980s possessed of equal parts glam audacity, art-rock solemnity and futuristic zeal. They were roundly hailed as the next great white musical hope. Two Peel sessions and a handful of music-paper covers later, they vanished in a fog of egotism and frustrated desires. But not before they delivered their one and only album, 1981's maddeningly beautiful Author! Author!
In the intervening years, Scars have been effectively forgotten. Years ago, Mark E Smith namechecked them as his favourite band ("because they were the complete opposite of the Fall"), and more recently, Lemon Jelly briefly raised Scars' profile by sampling them on their '64-'95 album. But despite guitarist Paul Research's sterling efforts to keep the name alive on his Scars website, the band appeared to be permanently consigned to the dustbin of history. Even in Simon Reynolds' supposedly "encyclopaedic" post-punk history, Rip it Up & Start Again, Scars merit only the most fleeting of mentions. Tosser. Meanwhile, down the last 25 years, every other once-forgotten band of their era has been either endlessly repackaged and/or critically rehabilitated to enable them to enjoy an extension on their fifteen minutes by virtue of their appearance on a thousand and one dodgy service-station compilations. As for Scars, their fate has hardly been helped by the convoluted copyright situation that has held up the reissue of Author! Author! for all these years. Now that it's finally out and sounding as edgy and lovely as it always did, maybe the band can finally enjoy some of the critical and commercial acclaim that has long been denied them.

On a similar token anyone know if the Sound of Young Scotland documentary's ever going to come out? Trailer here

Joel

UPCOMING

Stuff in Nottingham

Oct 30th
DESOLATION WILDERNESS, (K Records)
SPECTRALS (Captured Tracks)
BLACK RAT (Pub Pop)
At The Central
£5

Oct 31st
Exalt Exalt Horror Disco with
BOTTIN (Italians Do It Better / Bearfunk)
ZARCORP (Late of the Pier)
Prufrock
William Anthony
Matt Exalt
At The Bodega
£5 adv

Nov 1st
THANK YOU (Thrill Jockey)
JO ROBERTSON AND MATTHEW ASHWORTH
THE EXPLOITS OF ELAINE
DRIED SINS
At The Chameleon
£4 adv

Nov 2nd
Liars Club with
COLD CAVE
FACTORY FLOOR
At the Bodega
£5


If anyone wants to send me any music that they would like considered for feature on here or the vice blog just email Jwawright@googlemail.com.


Joel

UPCOMING!

Loads of stuff coming up in Nottingham - Check it out....

September 23rd:

w/ New Weird Nottingham

NODZZZ

LOVVERS

TEEN SHEIKHS

£6 adv

The Chameleon Arts Cafe

8pm Doors

September 28th:

w/ Liars Club

NITE JEWEL

Plus guests

£5 adv

The Chameleon Arts Cafe

8pm doors

October 30th:

w/ out of the woods...

DESOLATION WILDERNESS (K Records)

SPECTRALS

£5 adv

Venue tbc

8pm doors

November 1st:

w/ New Weird Nottingham

THANK YOU (Thrill Jockey)

Plus guests

£5

The Chameleon Arts Cafe

8pm Doors

Tickets will be available from Anarchy Records and www.gigantic.com for all these shows eventually. 

If you are a local band wanting to get on one of these shows email Jwawright@googlemail.com 

WEIRDAPALOOZA

So I've been away for too long writing blogs for Vice, neglecting this blog. Well I'm back now. Rejoice! 

We've got a very exciting event coming up in Nottingham...

New Weird Nottingham/Care In The Community/Three Cheers
Present

WEIRDAPALOOZA

STRANGE BOYS
The Strange Boys come on like a mid-'60s Rolling Stones messed over by the Black Lips; all major keys and jangling guitars, but with a filthy agenda.
NME: 8/10
THIS BAND ARE SO AWESOME!
Releases on In The Red...
http://www.myspace.com/thestrangeboys

LOVVERS
Hometown heroes return after 2nd US tour to celebrate the release of their debut LP OCD GO GO GO GIRLS. Expect a lot of jiving.
http://www.myspace.com/letscommunicate

MALE BONDING
to quote the vivians ‘they’re like if three dudes from pre were obsessed with nirvana.’ yup. or like sonic youth with tunes. which is what i want from sonic youth these days as they’re getting really goddam boring. write a two and a half minute nugget of shiny pop squall please kim and thurston. in fact you don’t need to since male bonding beat you to it. chumps. anyway this is ace. (Cowsarejustfood)
http://www.myspace.com/malebonding

TEEN SHEIKHS

THEY FUCKIN' RULE STRAIGHT GOOD TIME ROCK'N'ROLL, OK, I'LL DROP THE REFERENCES I CAME UP WITH AGAIN, IE: BIG STAR, REPLACEMENTS, MAYBE EVEN SOME HÜSKER DÜ.
(Black Mamba Beat)
http://www.myspace.com/proteensheikhs

THE HIPSHAKES
Blistering UK teenpunk angst, straight from the garage -- blares so loud that we applied a warning label for your speakers. Fans of GG ALLIN, GUITAR WOLF, OBLIVIANS, REATARDS, KBD, take note! (Slovenly Goner Records Releases)
http://www.myspace.com/thehipshakes

THE DISSOLUTES
Drunkest, sloppiest, tightest, craziest garage band ever to come from Worcesters fair streets. 
http://www.myspace.com/thedissolutesuk

GUILTY PARENTS
Nottingham three piece punk slime. Featuring best facial hair since ZZ top.
http://www.myspace.com/guiltyparents

Plus Djing from Sex is Disgusting, Three Cheers, William Withers, NWN & lots more.

And a BBQ

And Distro Stalls

And other stalls - message us if you want to do something!

"Wow isn't that less than a pound a band?"

"Yes, wow that's so cheap."

"Yes, yes it is."

The Bodega Social
16th August
5pm
£6 advance tickets

http://gigantic.com/gigantic/home_the_strange_boys.html

LITTLE KIDS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO DO

AUDACITY

Four Californians with short attention spans...

A fittingly succinct interview below plus you can download slop pop anthem "Teenage Town" off their first record "Power Drowning." (Available from Burger Records.)

How did Audacity Come together?

the band started in sixth grade (2001) w/ kyle matt and two other guys. during high school cameron and thomas joined and were much better fits. the other two quit due to religious and girlfriend issues, as we are an anti-god and anti-girl band. this all took place in fullerton california (north orange county)

What were your primary reasons/influences for starting the band?

when we began we didn't have much as far as influences, we just made what we thought music should sound like. the only emphasis we had was on making original and creative music. these first few years we only practiced and played our own birthday parties and school carnivals/talent shows. everyone made fun of us, but these were our awkward years, and in high school we lost our innocence thanks to Thee makeout party! . some early influences were

"a wizard, a true star",



Mission of Burma,



The Modern Lovers,



"pink flag".



but when we started it was just cause we were little kids looking for something to do.

Along with Thee Makeout Party, what modern bands are you currently into?

modern bands like

The Rantouls,



Danger Strangers,



White Night,



Nobunny,



Bad Antics,



The Tuberculosis Boys,



ANYTHING ON BURGER RECORDS




Have you got any plans to release / tour in Europe and the UK?

we're tryin to get to europe, hopefully next year.

See you then.

AUDACITY - TEENAGE TOWN

INCOMING

Last weekend was great - Mika Miko's show at the chameleon is perhaps best illustrated by this picture.



SPEX FEST was even better:

LOVVERS



SHITTY LIMITS



TIMES NEW VIKING



TELEPATHE



All the bands were good, but my personal favourites were Times New Viking and Lovvers, both of these played lots of new material and it ruled!

Dot to Dot is on Saturday and I will mostly be watching Abe Vigoda, Vivian Girls, Titus Andronicus & Crystal Stilts.

Forthcoming Three Cheers Shows:

JEREMY JAY / GHOSTS / POPPY SEED

I will be going to London for 2 months after this so this is something of a going-away party!



FINALLY PUNK / THE STICKS / PRIZE PETS



1st July
The Chameleon
£5 O.T.D.
8pm Doors


Could be some more exciting stuff to announce soon!

x