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BLANG @ THE 12 BAR PRESENTS:
12 BAR CLUB, DENMARK STREET, WC2
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 7TH
DAVID CRONENBERG’S WIFE
THE BLUE TACKIES
SERGEANT BUZFUZ
£6
Doors 7.30
Bar ‘till 2 am.
8 30 SERGEANT BUZFUZ
Modern folk songs about death, desire and drinking. And that’s just
the ones about the papacy.
"Imagine XTC singing Celtic folk music, and you'll be half-way to
appreciating the beautiful anarchy of the opening track. But then it really
does get ever-more weird and strangely wonderful. I can only imagine the
sheer joy and possible mayhem that their live gigs contain." (Sandman
album review)
www.sergeantbuzfuz.com
9 15 THE BLUE TACKIES
The Blue Tackies started in 2009 as a computer generated band created
by artist Gaya Giacometti and have evolved into a mischievous and anarchic
cut-up of electro, punk, cabaret, noise, classical and other random voices.
www.myspace.com/thebluetackies
10 00 DAVID CRONENBERG’S WIFE
Modern folk tales about death, desire and drinking. All intoned over a
repetitive 60s garage-meets-Krautrock 2 chord 2 note holy din.
“If Nick Cave just isn’t unpleasant enough for you these days,
this will be a record to treasure” (Time Out) “Where genius
meets idiocy” (Mark Lamarr, Radio 2)
www.davidcronenbergswife.com
www.blang.co.uk
www.12barclub.com
PREVIOUS BLANGS:
MONDAY JULY 12
8 30 JOE INNES
9 15 LOCAL GIRLS
10 00 SERGEANT BUZFUZ
MONDAY JUNE 14
7 30 ITALY V PARAGUAY
9 30 LUCY'S DIARY
10 15 THE SOFT CLOSE-UPS
11 SERGEANT BUZFUZ
MONDAY MAY 10
8 30 LISTEN LISSE
9 15 ERIN K AND TASH
10 00 MR B THE GENTLEMAN RHYMER
MONDAY APRIL 12
8 30 LUGE
9 15 CORPORAL MACHINE AND THE BOMBERS
10 00 FILTHY PEDRO AND THE CARTHAGINIANS
MONDAY MARCH 8
8 30 REIPAS
9 15 SERGEANT BUZFUZ
10 00 CHRIS OLLEY
MONDAY FEBRUARY 8
8 30 SERGEANT BUZFUZ
9 15 ANNA MADELEINE
10 00 MR B THE GENTLEMAN RHYMER
10 45 LEILA MUSIC
SATURDAY JANUARY 30
AT THE WHITE LION, STREATHAM
11 00 THE GOODBYE SERGEANTS
10 00 MILK KAN
9 00 DEXTER BENTLEY
MONDAY JANUARY 11
8 30 JEEPS
9 15 KEVIN HEWICK
10 00 SERGEANT BUZFUZ
10 45 TIM BERRY
MONDAY DECEMBER 14
8 45 DAVE BRYANT
9 00 SERGEANT BUZFUZ
9 45 ROB AUTON
10 00 MICHAEL EDEN
10 45 THE SOFT CLOSE-UPS
MONDAY NOVEMBER 9th
HYPNAGOGUES LAUNCH NIGHT with:
8 30 LOCAL GIRL SAVES PLANET
9 15 SGT BUZFUZ
10 00 DAVID CRONENBERG’S
WIFE
MONDAY OCTOBER 12th
8 30 SUZY ALMOND
9 15 GOOD WEATHER GIRL
10 00 SATAN’S COCK
10 45 JOE BUZFUZ
MONDAY SEPTEMBER 14th
8 30 LUCY'S DIARY
9 15 SERGEANT BUZFUZ
10 00 DAN EDELSTYN AND THE ORCHESTRA OF CARDBOARD (SINGLE LAUNCH)
10 45 NAT THE HAMMER
MONDAY AUGUST 10th
8 30 SERGEANT BUZFUZ
9 15 ANNA MADELEINE
10 00 KINKAJOU
10 45 STEVE ESPINOLA
MONDAY JULY 13th
8 30 THE BIG FIBBERS
9 15 ERIN K
10 00 HEATHER CHRISTIAN
10 45 SERGEANT JOE BUZFUZ
MONDAY JUNE 8th
8 30 STEPHEN EVENS
9 15 LISTEN LISSE
10 00 THE HENRY ROAD
10 45 HANNAH
MONDAY MAY 11th
8 30 THE EXPLORERS COLLECTIVE
9 15 BEN CALVERT
10 00 LIL’ LOST LOU
10 45 LOCAL GIRL SAVES PLANET
MONDAY APRIL 13TH
8 30 PISCO SOUR HOUR
9 15 MESPARROW
10 00 ALBINO
10 45 THE SNEEZY T’s
WEDNESDAY MARCH 9th
8 30 TABLOID
9 15 MOLLY MACLEOD
10 00 THE EMPTY GESTURES
10 45 NEV HAWKINS
WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 4TH
8 30 THE WHOLE SCHEBANG
9 15 SATAN’S COCK
10 00 SERGEANT BUZFUZ
11 00 DANNY FOY
MONDAY JANUARY 12th
8 30 ILL’A’NOIZE
9 15 CORPORAL MACHINE AND THE BOMBERS
10 00 TELEVISION PERSONALITIES
11 00 SERGEANT JOE BUZFUZ
WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 10TH
8 30 PARTITION
9 15 HUNGRY DOG BRAND
10 00 MICHAEL EDEN
10 45 SPARKY DEATHCAP
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 12th
10 45 DAN EDELSTYN
10 00 GOODBYE SERGEANTS
9 15 THE MOMERATHS
8 30 SOFIZEL
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 8th
10 45 DAN EDELSTYN
10 00 KIRSTEN MORRISON
9 15 MESPARROW
8 30 L’ETRANGER
WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 10th
10 45 NIKESH SHUKLA
10 00 ASHLEY REAKS
9 15 KING AND THE OLIVE FIELDS
8 30 SATAN’S COCK
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 13th
11 30 IAMPRIMATE
10 45 MALCOLM KAKSOIS
10 00 MISS SILLS
9 15 SERGEANT BUZFUZ
8 30 EXTRADITION ORDER
WEDNESDAY JULY 9th
10 45 KNUDT TOURETTE
10 00 THE ARGONAUTS
9 15 SERGEANT BUZFUZ
8 30 WOLFPACK OF ONE
WEDNESDAY JUNE 11TH
10 45 HEAD AND SHOULDERS
10 00 MICHAEL EDEN
9 15 SERGEANT BUZFUZ
8 30 THE BOYCOTT COCA-COLA EXPERIENCE
WEDNESDAY MAY 14TH
10 45 SUZY ALMOND
10 00 KINKAJOU
9 15 MATT DOLPHIN
8 15 SIMON CHAUKE AND PAMOJA
WEDNESDAY APRIL 9TH
10 45 PAUL VICKERS AND THE LEG
10 00 STEVE WHITE
9 15 JARMEAN?
8 30 JOE BUZFUZ
WEDNESDAY MARCH 12th
10 45 THE STAGE SAGES
10 00 MARY EPWORTH AND THE JUBILEE BAND
9 15 ASHLEY REAKS (cancelled)
8 30 JOE BUZFUZ
WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 13th
10 45 SENSATION SMITH
9 45 THOMAS TRUAX
9 00 THE STAR FIGHTER PILOT
8 15 JOE BUZFUZ
2008 WEDNESDAY JAN 9th
1045 THE OUTDOOR TYPES
10 00 ALBINO
9 15 KIRSTEN MORRISON
8 30 LUCY’S DIARY
WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 12th
10 45 ASHLEY REAKS (cancelled, replaced by MALCOLM KAKSOIS)
9 30 BEING 747 present AMOEBA TO ZEBRA
8 45 SERGEANT BUZFUZ
8 00 HILLFIELDS
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 14th
8 30 SERGEANT BUZFUZ
9 15 THE FIGHTING COCKS
10 00 PAUL VICKERS AND THE LEG
11 00 DAVE HUGHES
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 10th
8 30 SERGEANT BUZFUZ
9 15 KINKAJOU
10 00 SUBTERRANEANS
11 00 NADEGE
WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 12th
8 30 SERGEANT BUZFUZ
9 15 KICK ME UGLY
10 00 MALCOLM KAKSOIS (Sexy Dentist single launch)
10 45 ELLIOT MAKES NOISE
11 30 JESSICA DELFINO
12 00 JASON TRACHTENBURG
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 8TH
8 30 SOMETHING IN THE WATER
9 15 DAVID CRONENBERG'S WIFE
10 00 JOHN OTWAY
11 30 THE BIG FIBBERS
WEDNESDAY JULY 11th
8 30 SERGEANT BUZFUZ
9 15 LI’L LOST LOU
10 00 NEIL MCSWEENEY
10 45 EXTRADITION ORDER
11 30 BEN ANSTIS
WEDNESDAY JUNE 13th
8 30 WOLFPACK OF ONE
9 15 FILTHY PEDRO (SINGLE LAUNCH PARTY)
10 15 SERGEANT BUZFUZ
11 00 LEFT WITH PICTURES
WEDNESDAY MAY 9TH
8 30 TIM TOMLINSON
9 15 KINKAJOU
10 00 THE SHADOW ORCHESTRA
10 45 SALT AND BLUE
11 30 SERGEANT BUZFUZ
WEDNESDAY APRIL 11th
8 30 VAMOS/THE DEAD CLASS
9 00 SHIBUYA CROSSINGS
9 45 JJ CRASH AND THE DISASTERS
10 30 NAOMI HATES HUMANS
11 15 JOE BUZFUZ
WEDNESDAY MARCH 14TH
8 30 SIMON CHAUKE AND PAMOJA
9 15 RICHARD TYRONE JONES
9 45 NEIL MCSWEENEY
10 30 MALCOLM KAKSOIS
11 15 SERGEANT BUZFUZ
WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 14th:
VALENTINES NIGHT/BLANG 5TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL
8 04 CORMAC HERON
9 15 SERGEANT BUZFUZ: cancelled: ill
10 00 PAUL HAWKINS AND THEE AWKWARD SILENCES
10 45 SOFIZEL
11 30 GARY DUNNE cancelled: ill
WEDNESDAY JANUARY 10TH 2007
8 30 KEV KEREKESH
9 45 STEVE WHITE
10 00 LEFT WITH PICTURES
10 45 ASHLEY REAKS’ ITCHY CIRCUS ODOUR
11 30 SERGEANT BUZFUZ
WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 13th 2006
8 30 PARTITION
9 45 SERGEANT BUZFUZ
10 00 deXter Bentley
10 45 PAUL HAWKINS AND THEE AWKWARD SILENCES
11 30 DAVID GOO
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 8th
8 30 JJ CRASH
9 45 BLANKET
10 00 AGENT KOOPER
10 45 WOLFPACK OF ONE
11 30 KING!
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 11th
8 30 THE BIG FIBBERS AND THEIR MAIDEN AREN'TS
9 15 MRS PILGRIMM
10 KINKAJOU
10 45 MALCOLM KAKSOIS
11 30 BOYD
WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 13th:
8 30 SHIBUYA CROSSINGS
9 45 THE WAVE PICTURES
10 00 ANGEL RACING FOOD
10 45 MATT DOLPHIN
11 30 WILLIAM NEIN
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 9TH
8 30 SERGEANT BUZFUZ
9 45 KEVIN HEWICK
10 00 ROXY RAWSON
10 45 HAPPYCASIO!
11 30 THEE INTOLERABLE KIDD
12 15 URBAN DOGS (CHARLIE HARPER/KNOX)
WEDNESDAY JULY 12th
8 30 SERGEANT BUZFUZ
9 45 STUART JAMES
10 00 SONVER
10 45 !JOHNNY HATRACKET!
11 30 WOLFPACK OF ONE
WEDNESDAY JUNE 14th
8 30 SERGEANT BUZFUZ
9 45 SIMON CHAUKE
10 00 DAVID CRONENBERG'S WIFE
10 45 DAVID HAIRCUT LTD
11 30 BEN ANSTIS
FRIDAY MAY 12th Blang at The Luminaire
8 30 LOU PSYCHE
9 15 UM
10 00 FILTHY PEDRO AND THEE INTOLERABLE KIDD
10 45 SETH OF DUFUS
WEDNESDAY MAY 10th
8 30 SERGEANT BUZFUZ
9 45 SIMON KITCHENER
10 00 BEN CALVERT
10 45 ALBINO
11 30 PHOEBE KREUTZ
11 50 DIBS
WEDNESDAY APRIL 12th
8 30 SERGEANT BUZFUZ
9 45 THE SWAYS
10 00 NAKED AND THE BOYS
10 45 JINX LENNON
11 30 KING!
WEDNESDAY MARCH 8th
BLANG 50
8 30 BAD ANORAK 404
9 45 FILTHY PEDRO
10 00 SERGEANT BUZFUZ
10 45 DAVID CRONENBERG’S WIFE
11 30 BOYD
WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 8th
8 30 SERGEANT BUZFUZ
9 15 KEVIN 2 SHEDS
10 00 MILK KAN
10 45 PETE AND THE PIRATES
11 30 BELT MOTEL
WEDNESDAY JANUARY 11th
8 30 WILLIAM NEIN
9 15 SERGEANT BUZFUZ
10 00 UM
10 45 STUART JAMES
11 30 NAKED AND THE BOYS
WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 14th
8 30 PARTITION
9 15 SERGEANT BUZFUZ
10 00 JINX LENNON
10 45 HARVEY HALF DEVOURED
11 30 PAUL HAWKINS
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 9th
8 30 JOE BUZFUZ
9 15 KEVIN HEWICK
10 00 KINKAJOU
10 45 THEE NEERLYMEN
11 30 J J CRASH AND THE LIPS
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 12th
I'M A PEEL-EVER: A JOHN PEEL EVE SPECIAL
On the eve of John Peel Day as celebrations kick off a mile or so south
at the Festival Hall we’re celebrating Peelie’s legacy in
the more humble and perhaps more appropriate environs of our favourite
17th Century music and ale establishment.
Between the acts we’ll be playing cassette tapes of Peel radio shows,
they’ll be a bit hissy but we promise not to play ‘em at the
wrong speed.
8 30 SERGEANT BUZFUZ
“It is a fact that REM would kill, hopefully each other, for songs
like these. If you need proof that a Gibson & a stack of Marshals
isn’t a prerequisite to produce ferocious tracks you need this album”
(Unpeeled, “the publication that covers the kind of music played
by John Peel as well as material he’s never heard of”)
http://www.unpeeled.co.uk/
9 15 BEN CALVERT
From the stable of Birmingham’s Bearos Records. Dark modern folk
sung with beguiling West Midlands inflections. Peel played Ben’s
“Leeds For The Winter” several times. His latest EP “Love;
Defenestrated” is a collection of folk melancholia haunted by the
shadows of Nick Drake, Bert Jansch and The Smiths.
10 00 STUFFY/THE FUSES
The Fuses were one of the very last bands to record a John Peel session.
Setting his drums up on the 12 Bar floor singing drummer Stuffy will bash
with loose limbed abandon, scream and go walkies while the Fuses behind/above
him will pump out a lethal cocktail of high energy riffs and cooing backing
harmonies. They’re as tight as a gnat’s chuff. Playing songs
from the soon-to-come new album recorded by Steve (Surfer f***ing Rosa!)
Albini.
10 45 THE SWAYS
What have we here? It’s life Jim, but not as we know it. The Sways
call their style of music “tangerine”. Judging by their new
album “International Orange” (see how we’ve worked fruit
into this Peel night?) “tangerine” appears to be a punchbowl
of mariachi jazz, English tea and cucumber sandwich eccentricity, Ry Cooder
Beefheart-era slide guitar (prone to bumble bee impersonations), double
bass, nasal vocals and knees-up hoedown country punk. My, how Dave Lee
Travis and Mike Read would love this.
11 30 LEILA ZERAI
After being fused and tangerined we’ll be in need of some ear balm
and we have the perfect prescription in Leila Zerai’s soothing and
fragile melodies which verily could charm MacBeth into an untroubled night’s
dreaming. Originally (hey, like John Peel) from the Wirral, Leila used
to front metal and hardcore bands and wore very baggy jeans until one
day someone gave her an acoustic guitar and some Pavement records. Later
she was drawn to the East Village, NYC, where she played at the Sidewalk
Café. Eventually she returned to London and began work on her home
recordings. She has a soft spot for pink shoes and melancholy autumn weather.
WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 14th
8 30 SERGEANT BUZFUZ
9 15 CHAMPION KICKBOXER
10 00 LOU PSYCHE
10 45 BRAINS AND VIRGIN
11 30 THE BIG FIBBERS
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 10th
8 30 ADRIAN R TEENBEAT
9 15 JOE BUZFUZ
10 00 THE ORIGINAL BEEKEEPERS
10 45 THE DIRTY PINS
11 30 MIKI HUBER
WEDNESDAY JULY 13TH
8 30 SGT BUZFUZ
9 15 SARA SCHIRALLI
10 00 DAVID CRONENBERG'S WIFE
10 45 DANIEL FELL
WEDNESDAY JUNE 8
8 30 SGT BUZFUZ
9 15 THE MORNING PEOPLE
10 BRAINS AND VIRGIN
10 45 MAERSK
11 30 BREADFOOT
WEDNESDAY MAY 11th 2005.
8 30 SGT BUZFUZ
9 15 FILTHY PEDRO
10 00 MILK KAN
10 45 THE FUTURISTS
WEDNESDAY APRIL 13th 2005.
8 30 SGT BUZFUZ
9 15 LOU PSYCHE
10 00 MISTERLEE
10 45 THE MINK TROUBADOR KAMIKAZE SQUADRON
WEDNESDAY MARCH 9TH 2005.
8 15 JJ CRASH
8 30 SGT BUZFUZ
9 15 DAVID CRONENBERG'S WIFE
10 00 ANGEL RACING FOOD
11 00 NEOSUPERVITAL
WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 9TH
8 15 SPINMASTER PLANTPOT
8 30 GREEN PEPPERS
9 15 SERGEANT BUZFUZ
10 00 THE RESEARCH
11 00 SARA SCHIRALLI
WEDNESDAY JANUARY 12th 2005.
8 30 SERGEANT BUZFUZ
9 15 PARTITION
10 00 ANNA PAGE
10 45 LIONSHARE
11 30 CHLOE AND MR CUSTARD
WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 8th 2004.
THE BROKEN FAMILY BAND
SERGEANT BUZFUZ
MILK KAN
And a late set from THE MINK TROUBADOR KAMIKAZE SQUADRON
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 10th 2004.
8 30 SERGEANT BUZFUZ
9 15 KINKAJOU
10 00 MISTY’S BIG ADVENTURE
10 45 EMMY THE GREAT
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 13th 2004
8 30 SERGEANT BUZFUZ
9 15 KATY CARR
10 00 CHRIS T-T
11 00 NORMAN LAMONT
WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 29th 2004.
8 30 JIM FLANAGAN
9 15 SERGEANT BUZFUZ
10 00 DAVID CRONENBERG’S WIFE
10 45 BREADFOOT
11 30 SARA SCHIRALLI
WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 8th 2004.
8 30 SERGEANT BUZFUZ
9 15 THE MAN FROM URANUS
10 00 RICKY SPONTANE
10 45 JOSHUAGABRIEL
WED AUGUST 11th
8 30 SERGEANT BUZFUZ
9 15 SOFIZEL
10 00 UM
10 45 FINK
WED JULY 14th 2004
8 30 BUZFUZ
9 15 THE REBEL
10 KEITH JOHN ADAMS
10 45 ADRIAN TEENBEAT
WEDNESDAY JUNE 23rd 2004.
8 30 SERGEANT BUZFUZ
9 15 MISTY’S BIG ADVENTURE
10 15 THE BROKEN FAMILY BAND
11 15 MILK KAN
12 00 LACH
WED JUNE 9
8 30 SERGEANT BUZFUZ
9 15 THE-LOW-COUNTRY
10 00 DAVID CRONENBERG'S WIFE
10 45 THE DIRTY PINS
11 30 RAGGY FARMIER
12 30 SKY SAXON AND THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC BAND
WEDNESDAY MAY 12TH 2004.
8 30 THE ARGONAUTS
9 15 SERGEANT BUZFUZ
10 00 BEN CALVERT
10 45 MILK KAN
WEDNESDAY APRIL 14TH 2004.
8 15 SERGEANT BUZFUZ
9 00 FILTHY PEDRO
9 45 SPINMASTER PLANTPOT
10 00 PARTITION
10 45 SASSPRILLUH
WEDNESDAY MARCH 10TH 2004.
8 15 SERGEANT BUZFUZ (dope)
9 00 LACH (speed)
Songwriter. Wit. Godfather of antifolk. Iconoclast. The one. The only........Lach.
Prime mover behind New York's antifolk community Lach is a Woody Allen
film starring Jonathan Richman as a poet wandering Manhattan in a caffeine
induced psychosis. Caustic, tender, hilarious. Lach at last plays the
club named after his 1998 album Blang! Unlike the other nights of this
UK tour to promote new album "Today" Lach gives Billy (Television/Marquee
Moon!) Ficca and Roy Edroso a rest tonight and plays a special solo set.
"Lach is a star! More Woody Allen than Woody Guthrie and a raised
middle finger to the folk purists."-NME
"Lach is the mastermind of Antifolk, a loose concept involving acoustic
guitars and punk-rock attitude, like a Lower East Side rendezvous of Bob
Dylan and Patti Smith. Like black snow, stalled subway cars and random
violence, Lach is a Manhattan institution."- NY Times
"NYC's living legend, riotously catchy!"-Timeout London
"Something admirably maverick is stirring!"- Mojo Magazine
"Speed assaults and whimsy. Recommended!"-Uncut
"Genius"-Penthouse
Lach will leave you stunned and our next guests
will then wave their wands and send you floating, laughing and dancing
to the ceiling like that scene in Mary Poppins, yes it's the return of....
10 00 MISTY'S BIG ADVENTURE (acid)
Grandmaster Gareth leads the 8 merry minstrels and their mix of psychedelia,
pop, jazz, ska, nursery rhymes, nightmares, day dreams, fun, chaos and
melody down the M6 and straight down our synaptic pathways.
"impeccable musicianship, melodies to die for and best of all it
makes you grin like an idiot for hours" (The Big Issue)
"wonderful stuff" (TimeOut)
11 00 PRETTY MOUTH (heroin)
It's comedown time so let Folk Orchestra guitar man Toshi's new "oufit"
soothe you down with their intense lo-fi visions.
Wed Feb 11th '04
8 30 SERGEANT BUZFUZ
9 15 SOFIZEL
10 00 STUFFY/THE FUSES
10 45 KEITH JOHN ADAMS
WEDNESDAY JANUARY 14TH 2004.
8 30 DIET OF SPIRES
9 15 TIMOTHY VICTOR
10 00 SERGEANT BUZFUZ
10 45 DAVID CRONENBERG'S WIFE
MONDAY DECEMBER 8
8 30 BEN CALVERT
9 15 SERGEANT BUZFUZ
10 00 MISTY'S BIG ADVENTURE
10 45 JUST ABOUT TO BURN
MONDAY NOVEMBER 10th.
8 30 PARTITION
9 15 SERGEANT BUZFUZ
10 00 KINKAJOU
10 45 STEVE SHIFFMAN
11 30 ANTHONY ATKINSON
MONDAY OCTOBER 13th.
8 30 SASSPRILLUH
9 15 SERGEANT BUZFUZ
10 00 PICTUREBOX
10 45 THE CONTRABAND
MONDAY SEPTEMBER 8th.
8 30 BOYD
9 15 SERGEANT BUZFUZ
10 00 MISTY'S BIG ADVENTURE
Misty's are Pop music with a capital P, fulfilling the 4 definitive criteria
of "brilliant pop group" ie, they're fun, they're melodic, they're
experimental, and, crucially, they look like a gang of mates who formed
the band at a school disco and first rehearsed at the back of the coach
on the zoo trip. Listen with amazement to their 2 classic singles. Gasp
as the 9 piece (nontet?) squeeze onto the stage. Grin at their eclectic
mix of Julian Cope, The Specials, Dufus, Happy Mondays, jazz and The Goons.
The best new band in the country. By a country smile.
"fun-loving multi-instrumental outfit from Birmingham. Comparisons
with the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band are not unfounded - arguably the most
original band to come out of Birmingham in a very long time" (ents24.co.uk)
Just be there!
10 45 MATT DOLPHIN
MONDAY AUGUST 11th
8.30 SERGEANT BUZFUZ
9.15 BEN CALVERT
10 00 STUFFY AND THE FUSES
10 45 THE LOVELY LADS
12 BAR CLUB MONDAY JULY 14th
8.30 SERGEANT BUZFUZ
9.00 THOMAS TRUAX
9.15 JET JOHNSON
10.00 CHRIS T-T
10.45 GARY DUNNE
12 BAR CLUB MONDAY JUNE 30th
8.30 SERGEANT BUZFUZ
9.15 PAUL THE GIRL
10 00 RACHEL LIPSON
10 45 THE JEFFREY LEWIS BAND
Genius songwriter and comic book artist Jeff Lewis returns to the 12 Bar
to play songs from forthcoming 2nd Rough Trade album 'It's The Ones Who've
Cracked That The Light Shines Through' accompanied by brother Jack on
bass and legendary antifolk drummer Anders Griffen. Songs that are horrified
and bewitched by the beauty and brutality of life. Songs that are sad,
sweet, hilarious and dark, often all at the same time. As if the lyrics
weren't spell-binding enough on their own they're sometimes illustrated
by home-made 'videos', ie, giant books of drawings held up and leafed
through Subterranean Homesick style. Roberts Zimmerman and Crumb dancing
in the street.
"the product of fevered imagination, you should hear the stunning
vignettes on Lewis' debut album 'The Last Time I Did Acid I Went Insane',
a collection of thrillingly scuffed, home-recorded songs culled from the
last few years spent busking and playing open-mic nights around NYC -
not unlike Roky Erickson chainsawing apart Lou Reed's 'Transformer"...
featuring the hilarious blow-job-that-got-away 'The Chelsea Hotel Oral
Sex Song' and the hellish title track recollection" (Rob Hughes,
Uncut)
MONDAY JUNE 9th
8.30 SERGEANT BUZFUZ
9 15 MINDLOBSTER
10 00 ADRIAN TEENBEAT
10 45 THE CONTRABAND
MONDAY MAY 12th
8 15 BRENDAN BE
9 00 BAD ANORAK 404
9 45 SERGEANT BUZFUZ
10 30 SPINMASTER PLANTPOT
11 00 BREADFOOT
MONDAY APRIL 14th
8 30 UM
the return of cambridge's one man whirlwind of family entertainment. All
families are dysfunctional right? 'one bloke on a stage singing and talking
over mini-discs of himself singing and talking. Sounds crap, but is in
fact…totally 120% inspirational. The songs were humorous, short
and absolutely hilarious. Um delighted us with his clownish dance moves
and self-effacement. A breath of fresh air" (Silver Juice zine)
9 15 SERGEANT BUZFUZ
10 00 THE BROKEN FAMILY BAND
Returning from Cambridge with 1st Peel session under their belts and the
Bard of Norfolk wearing out the grooves on their upcoming 1st single.
'wonderful, fractured, off-kilter alt.country compositions' (Nigel Williamson,
Uncut)
'the lyrics mix wry Ray Davies mundanity with starry-eyed surrealism'(Careless
Talk Costs Lives)
'halfway between Smog and Bonnie Prince Billie' (www.soundsxp.com) (but
far more uplifting than that dour combination sounds - Buzfuz)
'charmant, vrolijk, met een melancholieke ondertoon…typisch Engels,
maar toch ook Hank Williams…een moderne varian op Parsons-Harris'
(http://www.altcountry.nl/)
10.50 SIMON KITCHENER
MONDAY MAR 10th
8.00 SERGEANT BUZFUZ
8.40 ADRIAN TEENBEAT
9.20 KEITH JOHN ADAMS
10.00 DIANE CLUCK
Diane Cluck's music reverberates with the same unearthly sensual ache
of mid-period Tim Buckley. Her 2 and a ? cd albums recorded in her Brooklyn
apartment are a kind of lo-fi minimalist soul music, her voice accompanied
either by sole acoustic guitar or accordion or piano, occasionally augmented
by spooked vocal harmonies like the paeans of haunted angels.
I had the privilege of seeing her perform in nyc in the summer. It was
as if the music was just falling out of her like water, like she was receiving
it from some distant planet. All the songs sounded as though they were
being composed on the spot. Like she hadn't so much written them as breathed
them.
Diane's song 'Monte Carlo' features on Rough Trade's 'Antifolk Vol 1'
compilation. Jeff Lewis fans over here may also have the 'Collaborations'
cd he sells at gigs containing 3 beautiful duets co-written and performed
with Diane.
And does she have a record deal in the US? No, she's a waitress. A fucking
waitress. American record industry: die in shame.
11.00 TURNER CODY
MONDAY FEB 10th
8 30 SERGEANT BUZFUZ
9 15 MEETS GUITAR
10 00 THE FOLK ORCHESTRA
10 45 PICTUREBOX
MONDAY JAN 13 '03
8.30 SERGEANT BUZFUZ
9.15 LIONSHARE
10 00 THE LOVELY LADS
10 45 ROBERT WARD
MONDAY DEC 9th '02
8.15 SPINMASTER PLANTPOT
8.30 SERGEANT BUZFUZ
9.15 THE MOOKS OF HAZARD
10.00 BREADFOOT
10.45 JOAN COFFEY
MONDAY NOV 11th
CAMBRIDGE VS. NEW YORK SPECIAL
wherein 2 colossal songwriters and 2 oddball weirdos,
one of each from each city, do battle, refereed by sgt. buzfuz
8.30 THOMAS TRUAX
the mad scientist of the antifolk scene. in addition to guitar and looped
layers of noise TT plays instruments he invents and builds himself. he's
bringing a portable version of one of these, the Hornicator, to the uk.
this comprises an antique Victrola horn with tunable strings and springs
stretched across it. and a kazoo attached. sounds gimmicky, right? wrong.
thomas applies equal care to songwriting as he does to his inventions.
embraced by the city's antifolk and experimental scenes TT plays to packed
houses and a growing buzz in new york. catch his 1st visit here.
so the yanks have laid down the 1st gauntlet. who can fly in to represent
us brits against such oddball power? especially when we're being represented
by cambridge? but wait, who is that besuited figure?
9.15 UM
looking like a cross between ian curtis and pike from dad's army Um stumbles
across the stage pressing 'play' on his DAT player and singing/reading
diary extracts/'hand jiving' to the ensuing wobbletronica. occasionally
assisted by his mysterious friend Kevin.
'not fitting into any particular musical genre...the all convention defying
Um is the most original thing you will ever see in cambridge...trust me,
you will leave the room a changed person, and want to take Um home with
you, prop him up in your bedroom, and just have him there on constant
tap' (Varsity)
10.00 THE BROKEN FAMILY BAND
fresh from touring with goldrush and supporting the incredible string
band steve adams brings a stripped down version of cambridge's finest
to blang! to celebrate the release today of debut single 'The Perfect
Gentleman' (Snowstorm Records). Are they alt-country? Country punk? Anticountry?
Who gives a flying one Cosmo? Cos like the Silver Jews on their 'Bright
Flight' album Adams may be working within the country idiom but ya don't
have to be a countryhead to be affected by his tender, cheeky, poignant
and unflinching lyrics. You'll cry into your gin and dance with the barstaff.
beat that yanks! ha! we can even equal you at your own genres. who you
got to equal the melodic nous and the wit of the BFB? what? someone from
Kansas? ha, ha, ha! but wait, who is this songhero wading through the
crowd with just an acoustic guitar?
10.45 MAJOR MATT MASON USA
from Kansas originally but now a driving force in NYC's antifolk movement
running Olive Juice Records (home to the legendary Prewar Yardsale) and
recording many AFNY artists in his home studio. debut album 'Me, Me, Me'
was picked up here by Teenage Fanclubber Francis MacDonald's Shoeshine
label. every 1 of it's 19 songs has at least 1 killer couplet. and he
ain't just a worder, his tunes stick in your head for days on end. 2nd
lp 'honey are you ready for the ballet?" out soon.
'ramshackle-yet-poetic lo-fi folk....the joy of MMM comes through his
lyrics, perfectly formed vignettes, invariably bittersweet' (drownedinsound.com)
'the sort of album you buy so you can learn the words, big melodies with
understated vocals... like all the folks i've seen from this east village
collective of eclectics MMM does what he does fucking great, without trying
to be someone else' (trakmarx.com)
'a pioneer of the antifolk scene that includes the moldy peaches and lach,
matt shares a similar ability to laugh at his misfortunes while simultaneously
tugging on heartstrings' (jerry thackray, mojo)
11.30 SERGEANT BUZFUZ
after ensuring fair play in tonight's contest sergeant buzfuz wraps up
the evening. with the sergeant on bike and kate arnold hitting her strings
in the side-car the world's most talked about guitar-and-hammered-dulcimer-duo
go speeding and kerb crawling, blanging and chiming up a variety of musical
avenues checking that the citizens of london can go safely home to their
beds.
PREVIOUS 2002 BLANG LINEUPS:
OCTOBER
spekki chris/the folk orchestra/ little big mouth/sergeant buzfuz
SEPTEMBER
blusher/brendan be/sergeant buzfuz
JULY
the rebel/the lovely lads/adrianne sebastian-scott/sergeant buzfuz
JUNE
seth uv dufus/kinkajou/the beggars/sergeant buzfuz
MAY
dufus/herman dune/the folk orchestra/joan coffey/sergeant buzfuz
APRIL
prewar yardsale/joie dead blonde girlfriend/sergeant buzfuz
FEBRUARY
the folk orchestra/joan coffey/matt dolphin/norman lamont/sergeant buzfuz
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