Heat And Light

20/4/10

2010-05-08T06:42:00.000-07:00

Team Brick live at The Victoria April 20th. Photos by Matt Snowden.

TEAM BRICK + GUESTS APRIL 20TH

2010-03-23T20:25:00.000-07:00

TEAM BRICK
"Matt Williams is a Bristol based multi instrumentalist who has previously worked with Portishead and played in the bands Crippled Black Phoenix, Gonga and more recently Beak. References have been made to John Zorn, Merzbow, Mr Bungle, Secret Chiefs 3, Steve Reich, Dalek and Cardiacs."

THEE MOTHS
"Thee Moths live builds arcing walls of improvised choral singing, buzzing massed synths, twinkling bells, and rattling percussion, before pulling members of the audience into the collaborative Circle of Trust, an exercise in breaking down of barriers between strangers. Has shared bills with Mount Eerie, Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, YACHT, Bobby Birdman, Lucky Dragons, and many more."

+ Guests

April 20th at The Victoria, 48 John Bright Street
(by Alexandra Theatre), Birmingham, B1 1BN
8pm start, £3.00 on the door upstairs.

2010 SO FAR

2010-03-23T20:24:00.001-07:00

28/2/10:

U.S. Girls:

Child Abuse:

Devilman:

DJ Scotch Egg:

Fuck Your Haircut:

All photos copyright Jessica Duffy.
See more here.

U.S. GIRLS + HEATSICK - FEB 28TH

2010-01-30T17:21:00.000-08:00

U.S. GIRLS
On tour from America, U.S. GIRLS return to Birmingham after first ever UK show here in 2009. This time touring with live visuals, Meghan Remy uses vocals and reel to reel tape to make primal pop music, with past covers of Ronettes and Springsteen. New record out soon on Siltbreeze (Harry Pussy, Times new Viking, Dead C).

HEATSICK
Solo project of Steve Warwick from UK droners Birds Of Delay.

VULCAN

February 28th at The Victoria, 48 John Bright Street
(by Alexandra Theatre), Birmingham, B1 1BN
8pm start, £4.00 on the door upstairs.

* Ink Guts zine distro and 2 for 1 cocktails all day.

CHILD ABUSE + DJ SCOTCH EGG - JAN 28TH

2009-12-24T12:49:00.000-08:00

First show of 2010 is a crazy one:

CHILD ABUSE (on tour from USA)
Labelmates of Health and Indian Jewelry, Brooklyn trio Child Abuse have a huge sound of controlled chaos and fun. Bass, drums, keyboards and vocals going off like light flares, with similiarities to The Locust, Flying Luttenbachers, Fantomas etc.

DJ SCOTCH EGG (Japan)
Notorious leader of Drum Eyes playing fucked up gameboy gabba electronic wild times. Albums on Load Records/ Adaadat/Wrong Music. Crazy live!

DEVILMAN
Heavy dub featuring DJ Scotch Egg and Dokkebi Q.

+ FUCK YOUR HAIRCUT
January 28th at The Victoria, 48 John Bright Street
(by Alexandra Theatre), Birmingham, B1 1BN
8pm start, £5.00 on the door upstairs.

* Ink Guts zine distro!

FBS

2009-11-23T10:30:00.000-08:00

A video excerpt of Family Battle Snake at The Victoria last night. Amazing huge sound that totally filled the room. One of my favourite sets of the year. Part Wild Horses... and Swallows were incredible too. Thanks to everyone that came out!

PART WILD HORSES... ADDED TO FAMILY BATTLE SNAKE!

2009-11-11T17:16:00.000-08:00

This is shaping up to be a truly sick ass line up. I got a tickly feeling in my tum at one point...

Part Wild Horses Mane On Both Sides now confirmed as support! Wire magazine this month say they are part of the 'new' sound of Sheffield. I don't really know what that means but they are super duper.

FAMILY BATTLE SNAKE (On tour from Berlin)
PART WILD HORSES MANE ON BOTH SIDES (France/UK)
SWALLOWS

November 23rd at Victoria,
48 John Bright Street, Birmingham, B1 1BN.
8pm start, £4.00 on the door upstairs.

SUDDEN INFANT + NIC BULLEN - DEC 13TH

2009-10-14T16:41:00.000-07:00

Too pumped for words would describe Heat & Light's mood after confirming a gig with seminal performance artist Sudden Infant. Joke Lanz aka Sudden Infant creates an unique blend of physical sound-poetry and dadaistic vocal expressions, using contact microphones, prerecorded soundloops and noises. "Sudden Infant is Berliner Joke Lanz's artistic vehicle to both explore extreme physical and emotional states, and to hold on to the innocence of childhood" -The Wire.

The only time I’ve seen Sudden Infant perform he was running around the venue giving his son a piggy back whilst they both blew whistles – on a large screen was a video of someone taking a shit and straight after a woman with a giant bird head came on stage and threw glitter at us all. It was awesome.

SUDDEN INFANT

NIC BULLEN
Member of Napalm Death, Scorn, Black Galaxy and most recently Light Trap. Sound artist Nic Bullen will be performing a new experimental vocal based work.

PRESLAV LITERARY SCHOOL
Live tape collages referencing Emeralds, William Basinski, Aki Onda.

POLDR
Founder of the cult Razzle Dazzle label and one half of the French/US improv-duo Crystal Plumage, Benjamin Laurent Aman deals with texture, frequency and field recordings with a distinct and unafraid ear.

December 13th at Vivid arts space,
140 Heath Mill Lane, Digbeth, Birmingham, B9 4AR.
Big thanks to the Capsule grannies for letting us crash their 10 year birthday party.

FAMILY BATTLE SNAKE + MORE - NOV 22ND

2009-09-16T07:42:00.000-07:00

FAMILY BATTLE SNAKE:
Berlin based artist gracing Birmingham for the first time. Bill Kouligas has collaborated with Chris Corsano, Damo Suzuki, Karen Constance, Sudden Infant and more, conjuring up a hazy psychedelic mayhem of mind blowing drones from lulling numbness to fierce noise outbreaks."

PART WILD HORSES MANE ON BOTH SIDES

SWALLOWS
Colourful free sounds from local sound artist Sian MacFarlane (What The Moon Is Like, Wings & Claws, Dream Dreams The Dreamer).

November 22nd at The Victoria,
48 John Bright Street, (by Alexandra Theatre), Birmingham, B1 1BN.
8pm start, £4.00 on the door upstairs

HEAT - FEB 1ST PHOTOS

2009-02-05T20:30:00.000-08:00

U.S. Girls live at The Old Wharf, Birmingham.

And I never noticed the venue's stuffed fox under the ceiling till now!

THIS IS GONNA WORK

2009-02-03T19:05:00.000-08:00

Thanks to everyone who braved the weather and came to the U.S. GIRLS show. I'm so glad we made this happen. Maybe the people who couldn't get there can make the next night we're doing. We got home in time to see Bruce Springsteen rock the superbowl halftime, knee sliding into a camera with his crotch and doing the guitar swing like 10 times in a row. AMAZING.
Next day, I took Meghan to the station, pushing through the extreme snow to make the train in time. London looks CLOSED for the day. Wow. Birmingham closed too shortly after for blizzard warnings.

U.S. GIRLS & MORE - FEBRUARY 1ST

2009-01-13T15:48:00.000-08:00

U.S GIRLS
On tour from America. First ever UK show!
Primal transcendent music sung from the heart on Siltbreeze Records (Times New Viking, Harry Pussy, Dead C). U.S. GIRLS come from the experimental/ punk DIY underground but with a deep love of classic pop, including covers of Springsteen, Ronettes, The Kinks and more.

Siltbreeze

STINKY WIZZLETEAT
Seems like they've appeared out of nowhere. Young and fearless energy. Riffs upon riffs with harsh vocals upfront. The influence of Sabbath goes through Melvins, EHG, etc and comes full circle back to Birmingham in this trio.
Watch

February 1st at The Old Wharf/Go Club,
Oxford Street, Birmingham, B5 5NR.
8pm start, £4.00 on the door