CHILD ABUSE + DJ SCOTCH EGG - JAN 28TH

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

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!

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

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

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

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

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.