Graeme

I really don't like Testicicles as a band name, they may be the best band in the world but I'm sticking with my own hype for the moment: The Beautiful New Born Children A breathless, adrenaline-fuelled, amphetamine-spiked burst of punk rock spleen colliding with a fascination for the hypnotic motorik rhythms of so-called Krautrock and the textures of pure noise: that's THE BEAUTIFUL NEW BORN CHILDREN. This is the filthiest, dirtiest, ugliest rock and roll mess heard in years. This is Raw Power, careering recklessly between MC5, The Buzzcocks, The Stooges and The Jesus & Mary Chain. Played with the kind of intensity that suggests their fingers are bleeding by the end of each and every song, THEBEAUTIFUL NEW BORN CHILDREN are as exciting and primal a band as you are likely to hear From the Domino USA website As a record label, you're bound to get music sent to you from aspiring musicians, hoping that their creative efforts find fertile ground and we welcome these submissions. Obviously, the more well known the label, the more music you get and from further afield. Sadly, the quantity far outstrips the quality by a thousand-fold and the process of sifting through all of this, um, creativity requires the persistence and patience of a '49er panning for precious metals in a streambed. The Beautiful New Born Children are one of those bands that make such a labour of love worthwhile. Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus and, occasionally, bands do get signed off unsolicited demos. The music came on a non-descript CD-R (with no contact info, mind you) that belied the contents within: feverish blasts of raw rock 'n' roll that stomps and swaggers all over the garage. Imagine The Sonics recording Slanted And Enchanted in 1966 for In The Red Records and you're in the neighbourhood. Have I oversold? Perhaps. But what the hell, careers have been built on worse hyperbole. Much remains a mystery still. It took weeks to track 'em down through a six-degrees-of-separation game that only the internet age could possibly facilitate. And once contact was made, details were slow in coming. Sure, we've corresponded, even spoken once or twice. The lead singer plays guitar both here and with a bevy of other projects on the docket including, surprisingly, Schneider TM. The other guitarist is usually a bassist who happens to make a living designing lace patterns for women's lingerie. The drummer is usually a guitarist who picked up the sticks for the first time for The BNBC and was in a band before with the bassist, who's married to the lead singer. And, yes, they're all parents to beautiful children, though only one of them is new born.

You could just stay in Aberdeen and go and see The Beautiful New Born Children, Thursday 19th (January) at The Tunnels, another of Domino Records new kids. Raw.

19th January The Beautiful New Born Children + Project: Ven Hell (BNBC album will be released on Domino, it's raw punk; MC5, The Stooges, The Jesus and Mary Chain all come to mind) expect a little hype. 30th January-St Judes Infirmary + support (new album for release on SL) 31st January-Jess Klein + Alana Levandoski (American/Canadian, Ryko/Rounder, singer/songwriters)

Will he sing in tune?

Will he fill that?

I can confirm I met that reporter and have been fairly quoted.

I stand corrected.

The Boy Who Lacks Patience (aka Chris Murty, he sometimes does Rufus songs). The sublime, Kathryn Sawers, who you can see at Peacock Visual Arts on the 13th December.

It was. What a funny amazing little man Vinnie Riley is. Anybody into great guitar playing missed a treat.

Greyfriers car park opposite the Blue Lamp. And go down the steps at the back towards LT.

I wonder what he'll be doing? It's listed as being with Harem Scarem and I wonder whether that's together with or supported by? And it's about time he came back.

So everybody on the bus, you're on Jim's guest list!

I dunno, he seemed quite happy to offer you a beating!

You'd think so nowadays wouldn't you. I can't find any, unless your willing to pay for them. If you go here www.boomkat.com you can search for the Artists (Both Christ and Frog) and listen to short clips.

We know where we're going but some have never been, which would be mysterious enough for me.

The Magical Mystery tour to Banchory will still be okay. The snow worried us but it's going away. The Woodend Barn will be a great venue for this. Visuals on the night by Dave Falconer as well.

Probably all on the guest list!

solo this time, I would guess.

King Creosote.

Uncle Mog wins and the prize is an audience with McFly. Give Northsound a phone.