Bloody Awful Poetry present their House Warming Party at Madame Jojo’s, including:

Live Bands (see below); Frankmusic DJ set + Bloody Awful Poetry DJs; Confession Booth; The Bloody Awful Poetry Art Gallery; The Bloody Awful Poetry Competition; Free Giveaways – and more!

Live bands:

The Ghost Frequency
A self-proclaimed giant genre gangbang is the driving force behind The Ghost Frequency’s unique cacophony of sound. With influences ranging from Kate Bush, through Balitomore to At The Drive-In, this 5 piece have set the indie scene alight with their fierce dance punk. With a Hadouken support tour under their belts, sell out singles and shows across the country they have been hailed by just about every music publication in the UK. Their debut single ‘Nightmare’ having been voted number 2 in NME’s club chart of the year 2007, they hit 2008 running with the thumping, ecstatic, mind boggling ‘Never Before Have I Seen A Man Alive That Looked So Exactly Like A Skeleton’. This is a frequency that should be tuned into.
‘An exercise in mounting paranoia and unrest’ – NME.
‘A combination of the Rapture’s electropop and the posthardcore of At the Drive-In’ – The Guardian.

The Clik Clik
The Clik Clik are self-produced prodigies, destroying dance floors from Barnsley to Brighton with their debut single ‘My Dunks’. Their contagious blend of ‘wonky pop’, indie, hip-hop and electro, is the product of an exciting new, musically diverse Britain. Writing and producing everything, they make music that sounds like all your favourite iTunes playlists rolled into one.
‘This Thamesbeat foursome make amazing tunes that sound like Jamie T and Kate Nash flirting over a pint of battery acid’ – NME.

Rosalita
The Young Knives meet Joy Division in a new rave soup. Road To V winners and XFM darlings play their quirky jerky electro indie post-punk pop.
‘Clever, inventive songs set this East Anglia five-piece apart from their contemporaries and have steered Rosalita this far in the Road To V competition’ – Channel 4 Music.
‘Madness meets Depeche Mode. On Manga Girl the singer even yelps, you know, like Adam Ant used to. They love 1981′ – Paul Lester, Guardian.

Frankmusik (DJ set)
As well as making some of the most remarkable pop tunes of our time, Frankmusik is messing about with other people’s stuff too, remixing the likes of Alphabeat and Sam Sparro.

Plus Bloody Awful Poetry DJs spinning the best in Indo (New Indie), Electro and Retro.

Bloody Awful Poetry
Thursday 21st August, 2008
Time: 7.30pm – 3am
£6, £5 before 9pm/with flyer or night pass
Madame JoJo’s, 8 –10 Brewer Street, London, W1F 0SE. Nearest Tube: Piccadilly Circus.
020 7734 3040
events@madamejojos.com
Madame JoJo’s Official Website

Relentless NASS returns for its tenth consecutive year on June 13th – 15th 2008 for three days of action sports and live music at the Royal Bath and West Showground in Somerset, England. The highly charged festival has seen crowds in excess of 15,000 attending to take in not only a premier music and sports line-up, but also an extensive trade and adrenaline village, paintball arena and climbing area. Traders selling everything from clothing to action sports equipment are set to make this year’s festival the definitive destination for any action sports and music enthusiast.

This year’s Relentless NASS marks a return to form with the festival promising fans more action sports than ever seen before, including everything from skate to FMX. The Vans European skate team will be making a welcome first appearance to the festival bringing with them local heroes and top international names.

Tony Hawk protege Jean Postec will be stepping up to try and level with his mentor by completing the near impossible fakie-to-fakie 900. The King Ramps vert ramp will also be graced by some of the best riders on the US circuit taking time out from the world renowned Action Sports Dew Tour.

Relentless NASS will also be delivering a top-end BMX course. Some of the world’s most notorious riders including UK heavyweights, Mark Webb and Dew Tour 07 victor Daniel Dhers, will be battling it out to try and take home some of the total event prize purse of over $80,000.

FMX fans will not be disappointed at this year’s Relentless NASS, UK legends Gary Taylor, Danny Veale and the Relentless UK FMX team will be taking the helm ensuring that this year’s course and prize fund will be the most competitive to date.

Alongside some top ranking action sports, Relentless NASS will feature an impressive music bill boasting 35 internationally renowned acts across two live stages and the Relentless Bar.

Friday night’s main stage which is sponsored by Rock Sound magazine, will play host to a live set from Pendulum. The drum and bass collective hailing from Perth, Australia have been in heavy rotation on the dance and commercial circuit for the past five years, reaching critical acclaim with their debut album ‘Hold Your Colour’ in 2007. Pendulum will be supported by newcomers Late of the Pier. The four-piece are no strangers to the likes of NME, MTV2 and Channel 4’s cult show Skins. The band are taking new rave into a second season, ditching the glow sticks and reaching for the synthesizers to create heavy electro inspired indie with nods to everyone from The Cure to Klaxons. Friday will also feature Does It Offend You, Yeah?, Metronomy, Ghost Frequency, Devils Gun and We Smoke Fags.

The Subways

Saturday night will welcome some of the best names in rock and punk with headliners Less Than Jake and The Subways setting the standard with another very special band that is yet to be announced! Less Than Jake, the ska-punk five-piece veterans have been a household name on the skate and BMX scene for over 15 years spreading their sun-soaked Floridian sound worldwide, filling up stadiums, skate parks and just about every skate movie you can think of. Their headline show at NASS 08 will be their only UK date this summer and is set to be a welcome return after 6 consecutive sell-out shows in London last year. Saturday’s stage will also feature music from Elliot Minor, Beat Union, In Case of Fire, Skirtbox, *Shels and Lioness.

Relentless NASS’s music bill also includes two days of renowned drum and bass and electro in the Indoor Arena. A 3am late license has paved the way for some big name DJ’s including Eddy Temple Morris, Micky Slim, Adam F and Subfocus.

The final facet of the music-based entertainment comes in the form of the Relentless Bar – hosted by Streetwise Music. With DJs all day and a few acoustic sets from bands, this bar will be rounding off musical proceedings perfectly.

This year’s Relentless NASS will be home to a host of world class action sports and music acts, for the latest information on attendees and tickets please go to www.nassfest.com.

Tickets are £24.50/day and £59.50/weekend on sale now from www.nassfest.com and locally from Shepton Mallet Tourist Information centre and Bristol Ticket Shop.

Full June 13th, 14th 2008 line-up is as follows:

(Subject to change)

ROCK SOUND STAGE

Friday 3.00pm – 10.30pm

PENDULUM
LATE OF THE PIER
DOES IT OFFEND YOU, YEAH?
METRONOMY
THE GHOST FREQUENCY
DEVILS GUN
WE SMOKE FAGS

Saturday 3.00pm – 10.30pm

LESS THAN JAKE
THE SUBWAYS
ELLIOT MINOR
BEAT UNION
IN CASE OF FIRE
SKIRTBOX

*SHELS

LIONESS

SECOND STAGE

Friday 6.00pm – 3.00am

AUDIO: PRESSURE PRESENTS:
EDDY TEMPLE MORRIS
UTAH SAINTS (DECKS & FX)
STREETLIFE DJS
MICKY SLIM
UNCLE BUCK
CHARLIE G
FREERANGE PARTY SOCIETY

Saturday 6.00pm – 3.00am

HOSTED BY: JAKES, SCRIPT MC, BENNY C
FRICTION
ADAM F
SUB FOCUS
JUNGLE DRUMMER vs DJ FU
CRISSY CRISS
DJ KLIMAX & SCRIPT MC

FREERANGE PARTY SOCIETY

RELENTLESS BAR – HOSTED BY STREETWISE MUSIC

Friday 13th June – BREAKS / DNB / DUBSTEP

01:00-03:00 BEAT MANIACS (BREAKS)
03:00-05:00 A:B:S (BREAKS)
05:00-07:00 DEF STEREO (ECLECTIC)
07:00-09:00 T_! (DUBSTEP)
09:00-11:00 BUD (DNB)
11:00-01:00 PERFECTION (DNB)
01:00-03:00 DEETOX (DNB)

Saturday 14th June – BREAKS Live all Day on www.nsbradio.co.uk

01:00-03:00 THAT GIRL DJ
03:00-05:00 MJOOGOO
05:00-07:00 DOUBLE U & 2TONE (Streetwise Set)
07:00-09:00 RICHIE BALBOA
09:00-11:00 BEN & LEX
11:00-01:00 HIGH EIGHT
01:00-03:00 MERKA

NASS fest Official Website

We have just a handful of bands for you to peruse, here on Band Weblogs. Don’t forget to click on the bands’ website links to learn more about them and to listen to their music.

5 Bands to watch in 2008:

1. The Rushes
The Rushes are Gerard, Dan, Joe and James. Most of them met studying in Leeds. James and Gerard are post-irish, pseudo-catholic-guilt-ridden brothers from Birmingham, Dan is from London and Joe is from Colchester. They like songs more than scenes and are currently near completion of recording their first album for Island Records with producer Victor Van Vugt (Athlete, Nick Cave, PJ Harvey). The Rushes will release the first single from the album, ‘Corners’, in March 2008. Other tracks to watch out for are the brilliant “Will You Won’t You” and “What You Waiting For” – the early demo’s of these songs were released last year and can be heard on the bands myspace.

The Rushes on Myspace
The Rushes Official Website

2. Parka
Hailing from Scotland but now based in East London, Parka have already toured with the likes of Switches, Foals, Boy Kill Boy and The Young Knives this year and amassed more and more supporters along the way. Their recent XFM Scotland session saw the band cover Shakira’s “Hips Don’t Lie” and had the studio rolling about in hysterics by the time they got to the chorus. Parka have also been featured in the Hot New Ones in the NME chart on MTV2 with the angular video for previous single “If You Wanna?”. Parka prepare to release a brand new version of “Disco Dancer” on January 7th, 2008.

Parka on Mypace
Parka Official Website

The three bands below have had a single out in 2007, but we are feeling them for 2008 so have a listen:

3. The Courteeners
Liam Fray was known around the North West prior to the formation of The Courteeners as one of Manchester’s most promising and popular songwriters. Having tired of being unable to make the big sound that he yearned for on his own, he recruited fellow Middleton dwellers, Campbell (drums), Cupello (bass) and Conan (guitar). All known to each other since school days, (Campbell lived next door but one), the transition from solo singer to band was a short and seemingly pre-ordained transition. Early shows at D-Percussion and around the Manchester area saw the band build a fanatical local following in a very short space of time and their shows soon became must attend events in the city.

When the 500 capacity Academy 3 show sold out in July prior to the band signing a record deal or even releasing a note it was clear that they were on the verge of something very special. Tickets for their Academy 2 show (1000) in October sold out as they went on sale. The Courteeners made their first appearance in London in August, playing to another sold out room that saw the mania of their Northern shows translated into a Southern context. That gig saw the music industry fall for the band and “Cavorting” became an NME single of the week whilst mentions in the tabloids and plays on Radio One only served to increase the sense that something important was happening. The next single “What Took You So Long” is set for release January 14th, 2008.

The Courteeners on Myspace

4. The Ghost Frequency
Armed with shards of broken guitar and the acidic crunch of retro analogue synths, The Ghost Frequency came screaming out of North East London like a heart on fire. In a small besmirched bedroom, with a driving fascination with electronic sound and Post-Hardcore, Doran, Murphy, Barney and Ross began piecing ideas together 10 months ago.

An impressive plethora of diverse influences (from At The Drive-In and Dead Kennedy’s, to Dead Boys, Richard Hell and all things New York punk, to the raw driving 80’s synthesis of DAF and The Normal) began to encourage The Ghost Frequency’s fast and unforgiving sound. Coupled with a love for Electro Breakdance from Cybotron plus Spank Rock and MIA and the writings of Haruki Murakami, the amalgamation was set to completion by Doran’s unhealthy preoccupation with Kate Bush, and the arrival of drummer Ben.

The Ghost Frequency are: Doran (vocals / synth), Ross (guitar / synth), Ben (drums), Murphy (guitars) and Barney (synths / computers).

The Ghost Frequency on Myspace
The Ghost Frequency review on Band Weblogs

5. Malakai
Malakai are a two-piece band from Bristol, UK. They comprise of Gee (vocals) and Scott (music). Their sound is a mix of beats and samples, drawing on a wide range of influences from dub to sixties pop, all tied together by Gee’s distinctive voice.

Discovered by Geoff Barrow from the Bristol band Portishead, to date Malakai have released a limited-edition 12″ on Barrow’s Invada label, called ‘Fading World’. ‘Fading World’ was followed up by their debut EP 1 on Island Records in September 2007. The lead track from EP 1, titled “The Battle” was Radio 1 DJ Zane Lowe’s “Single of the Week” for w/c 9th July 2007 and The Guardian newspaper featured Malakai as their “New band of the day”.

Malakai on Myspace
Malakai Official Website

Is there a new trend happening? It seems electro has been creeping it’s way into the airwaves at a higher rate than normal recently and I’m beginning to have a new outlook on electro music.

See if you can get your head around this: The Ghost Frequency have mixed electro with cool synths and bass sounds, clever changes, they’ve added an indie like feel at times with punk, rock and dance beats in such a way, that they’ve certainly peaked my ears and have caught my attention. It’s always great to come across a band that’s difficult to describe.

The Ghost Frequency’s latest single, “Nightmare” is set for release 13th August 2007 on Buddhist Punk/City Rockers. “Nightmare” will be available on 7″ vinyl and digital formats.

Watch The Ghost Frequency – “Nightmare” video:

The Ghost Frequency’s 2007 tour dates:

Dates could be added or changed! Go to The Ghost Frequency’s Official Website for the latest news and information.

8 August 2007 Rough Trade In Store @ new brick lane store london
10 August 2007 Year Zero Club London
11 August 2007 Leeds Faversham Leeds
12 August 2007 Manchester Roadhouse Manchester
13 August 2007 Endingburgh Festival @ liquid rooms sppt Duke Special Edingburgh
16 August 2007 Nottingham Social Nottingham
18 October 2007 Hadouken Tour – Newcastle University Newcastle
19 October 2007 Hadouken Tour – Glasgow ABC Glasgow
20 October 2007 Hadouken Tour – Aberdeen Moshulu Aberdeen
21 October 2007 Hadouken Tour – Edingburgh Liquid Rooms Edingburgh
23 October 2007 Hadouken Tour – Preston 53 Degrees Prston
24 October 2007 Hadouken Tour- Tamwoth Palace Tamworth
25 October 2007 Hadouken Tour – Brighton Corn Exchange Brighton
26 October 2007 Hadouken Tour – Southampton Uni Southampton
28 October 2007 Hadouken Tour – Bristol Academy Bristol
29 October 2007 Hadouken Tour – Newport TJ’s Newport
30 October 2007 Hadouken Tour – Exeter Lemon Grove Exeter
31 October 2007 Hadouken Tour – Yeovil Ski Lodge Yeovil
3 November 2007 Hadouken Tour – Leeds Metro Leeds
4 November 2007 Hadouken Tour – Manchester Academy Manchester
5 November 2007 Hadouken Tour – Liverpol Academy Liverpool
6 November 2007 Hadouken Tour – Wolfun Hall Wolverhampton

For more information, go to The Ghost Frequency’s new blog. There’s pictures and some blog entries. Hopefully they’ll continue to keep it up to date!

The Ghost Frequency Nightmare YouTube video link

www.theghostfrequency.com (website coming soon)
The Ghost Frequency on Myspace

By: Jenny May – Band Weblogs