In another world, Tim Westwood says this event will bang in your face. Maybe on Twitter. Yes, it’s Lesson No.1 time again which means bringing chumps like you a healthy dish of bracing music for a tasty price. A fairly punk evening by the looks of it, of trustworthy provenance. And it’ll still be almost Adam’s birthday so buy him a drink for God’s sake.
WED 14 APRIL
LESSON NO.1 PRESENTS:
FACEL VEGA
Facel Vega are in essence a South Wales band, originating in Porthcawl from the remains of the shortlived but sweet STATE RUN, but are part-resident in Leeds at the moment, so don’t get to come together too often. This makes attending this gig all the more imperative. They are an intelligent and exciting combo of Revolution Summer emo, later stuff of the sort that Ebullition Records released, and some twisty noisy, uh, alt-rock type stuff. You can hear them at http://www.myspace.com/facelv which also contains a link to their label store, where you can buy their split LP with Harbour and their split 7” with the following band…
THE SCEPTRES
Conversely, The Sceptres are not a Local Band, but they do have a singer from South Wales. They are based loosely in the south-east of England and feature members of THE SHITTY LIMITS who as you probably know are the tits. On their releases to date – the Facel Vega split mentioned above, plus two singles on their own label Dire – they retain some of that stripped-down garage punk fire, but take more influence from the Dangerhouse Records roster of the late 70s, and UK bands of the same time (vocals are very X-Ray Spex, IMO – a good thing). Listen: http://www.myspace.com/thesceptresthesceptres
EVARISTE GALOIS
Pretty new band from Cardiff who are so close to having a split EP with SATURDAY’S KIDS released it makes me want to cry. (If it has been released by the time you are reading this please disregard that bit.) Their ‘thing’ is scrappy 90s indie-punk and hook-filled college-rock: “JAWBREAKER GARDEN VARIETY SUPERCHUNK ARCHERS OF LOAF THE REPLACEMENTS POLVO SLINT BUFFALO TOM”, to quote http://www.myspace.com/evaristegaloispunk
ALL HAPPENING AT: Buffalo, Windsor Place, Cardiff
7.30-10.30pm, £4 on the door
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