Live music listings: May 2006

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Sun 28th

Upset The Rhythm presents
LIGHTNING BOLT
+ An Albatross

*SOLD OUT*

Doors 8.00

*SOLD OUT*

Lightning Bolt is a duo that needs very little introduction. Emerging out of Providence, Rhode Island in 1995, they've since released three albums of elaborately rendered sonic torture, along with the infamous 'Power of Salad' tour DVD, through Load, and sealed a reputation as one of the most powerful live units operating in the world right now. Composed of two Brians, they are a force to be reckoned with - Chippendale gives us hyper-humanoid percussion and howls through an intercom mic embedded in a face mask, whilst Gibson hits us with the intestine-jarring basslines of the gods. We are delighted that they've found time to return for a second intimate UTR performance!
An Albatross is a psychedelic sonic mindfuck - a barrage of mechanical, discombobulated time signatures eclipsed by hectic Farfisa melodies. Not unike primetime television, the music is unquestionably attention-span friendly - delivered in unbelievably short, complex and infectious bursts, ideal for an ADHD-diagnosed society. Emerging from Philadelphia in 2000, An Albatross has released two inspired albums 'Eat Lightning, Shit Thunder' and 'We are Lazer Viking', plus a split 7" with XBXRX for GSL and cemented a status as a kinda East Coast Locust. But that really does their live show an injustice, as they stretch the interface between artist/audience and conventional notions of playing a 'gig' beyond their elastic limit.