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Wed 21st The Luminaire presents HAWNAY TROOF [of XBXRX] + Pre + Special Guest Ana da Silva + Upset The Rhythm DJs
Doors 7.30 "A hyperactive partystarter with some serious jones for early Beastie Boys records and wrestling outfits. Hawnay Troof has a knack for transforming crossrarmed crowds into seas of aerobicizing scenesters" said Jimmy Draper of San Francisco Gate. Either way, you can assure yourself of his raw and sophisticated beats and intelligent and nippy raps. Hawnay is also Singer of californian punk band XBXRX. Main support are Pre, bloody-fisted, Japanese-fronted, churning trash-rock, from the lady who brought you Comanechi and her destructive cohorts. Stop-start drums, shock-therapy vocals, and duelling, no-frills riffs that scrap for centre-stage. "PRE are taking things fwd in the messed-up gonzopunk party action tradition. Attitude not too far away from the recent excellent work of the likes of Les Georges Leningrad, but with the sonic difference created by a jet plane flying through the mix; no oxygen, only noise." [Rough Trade] Or, "A livelier Wives fronted by a tiny Japanese girl.' says Drowned In Sound. Opening proceedings is our special guest Ana da Silva. As the singer for The Raincoats she was no stranger to making ornery, delicately nuanced music. And her first solo release, which she wrote and recorded by herself on a mini-keyboard and sequencer, is as difficult to pin down as anything she has done. But it has a lighter, more luminous quality, woven from hovering ambient effects, faint ripples of guitar and her tremulous voice, which manages to evoke both childlike innocence and sly drama. The songs tremble and tip toe along, but always rest on a foundation of resonant melody.”
Thanks to Sarah Tomlinson for Rockpile for the words and to Upset The Rhythm, in advance, for their DJing onslaught. |
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