An ill-earned break in the Lesson pop concert diary is soon to come to an end, in not much more than a week in fact. We haven’t talked about the greatness of
Duracell for a while (see
‘Scotch Egg's Lament’, back in the archives, for excited waxings) so let’s stick that in your eye again. Andrew Diamond (aka Andre Diamant, now he lives in France – that’s pretty reverential to your adopted homeland to just change your name like that. If only the procession of expensive foreign footballers could extend the same courtesy, it could spare the blushes of so many stupid pundits who can’t be bothered trying to pronounce their names) sits in front of a drumkit that’s been modified with triggers and other electronic bits I’m too Luddite to comprehend, and does Lightning Bolt songs in the style of 80s video game music, and 80s video game music in the style of Lightning Bolt. Sort of.
He does many other turns too, like Slayer and Aphex Twin. He’s bringing a pal with him to play some synthy type stuff alongside him as well, so that’ll be yet another angle of creativity.
Watch him go crazy at London’s groovy Barden’s Boudoir venue earlier this year (he’s playing there this coming Monday with Wolf Eyes, among others)
We’re still ‘siked’ about the Welsh debut of
Shooting At Unarmed Men as a trio, too. Jon Chapple’s McLusky sideproject, as was, played as a duo many years ago. Jon has done his thing solo, supporting Vialka in Newport back in March and wearing a paper body suit, and their recent
London show seemed to go pretty tidy. But this is going to be the intimately crushed nuts.
Too Pure plan to release some product before the year is out; there's MP3s, but you eager beavers have leeched the servers dry, so curious minds will have to wait.
Also stepping into the breach as a fully-fledged band is Bristol-based
Steveless. Now technically, Steveless is a band, not a man, but it was the prolific and frenetic solo output of Dan Newman that piques people’s interest the most, thus Dan and Steveless became inextricable. When John Peel gave shoutouts to the Steveless demos last year – one of the last things he foisted upon his listeners before his passing – people began to holla back. Dan’s primary response was to form about forty new and different bands. One of these Steveless bands features members of other Bristol rock/noise bastards like Big Joan, Team Brick and White Trash Ambition, and it’s this one which’ll be gracing Cardiff. They have a very special cover lined up for us. Let’s just say it’ll be quite a challenge to the ‘status quo’! Yes. Listen to
'Run' o'er here.
