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  7. Kef closing: Memories and opinions

    in Other Clubs & Venues

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    Even though I haven't been in a long time (party because I aint been in Abdn) still sad to see it go.

    I still have friends who go to Jungle Nation.

    Im not personally a fan of Drum n Bass but I appreciate the club night and the effort Tez goes to put on a good night for people who do.

    Had some great times in there. Esp back in the day when it was Glow/Lava and Andy D was at the booking helm, the place consistently had the some of the most exciting/interesting acts and Djs not just in Adbn but in Scotland.

    DJ Krush, Grand Master Flash, Muse, Mr Scruff, Public Enemy, We Are Scientists,

    Africa Bambaataa, Orbital, Franz etc etc... seen em all there.

    Those days of big name, exciting acts days have been gone for a while but, as mentioned already, it does provide a niche and it's ashame to Aberdeen's already limited interesting venues/nights that another one has gone.

  8. [GIG] Adventures Close To Home & Tak! Present: Gay Against You + Isoceles + Theatre Fall & Mash @ Mo

    in Gigs & Event Announcements

    Posted

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    For April we have...

    Gay Against You; They take everything that's good in life - bleepy arpeggiated music, smudges of neon, fanzines, screeching,

    keytars, satiny football shorts, songs about unicorns, Adaadat records, cartoon violence, bespectacled geek boys,

    -mix them together to a lip-smacking cocktail of electronic mental awesomeness!

    They are probably the only group to have both Terrorizer and Attitude magazines giving them big-ups.

    Plan B, Dazed & Confused, i-D, Vice and The Guardian are all in the GvsY appreciation society too.

    www.myspace.com/gayagainstyou

    Isosceles blend cut-up, catchy, spikey guitar riffs, grove bass, synth samples, pop melody's

    with tongue-in-cheek lyrics and it sounds ace. These Ggow boys are creating quite a buzz about themselves.

    They have tunes like 'How About It?' which turns an anti-drugs TV adv on its head to become a hit.

    And 'Darling Look at Your Hair' discusses in depth the more serious issue of hot girls with shit hair.

    Having already supported Franz Ferdinand on tour its not long till you'll be hearing ALOT more from these guys.

    www.myspace.com/isoscelestheband

    Theatre Fall; The young Inverness boys have fortunatly agreed to come in at short notice and play their great four to the floor, indie-electronica tunes for you peeps.

    They've supported a whole host of big names such as Calvin Harris, The Fratellis, CORD. And are on the road for bigger things themsleves with the likes of Radio 1, XFM and The Fly giving them their thumbs up to the bands beer spilling, dancing, electrorock sound.

    www.myspace.com/theaterfall

    MASH - Producer and DJ extraordinaire. Remixer for the likes of Peaches & Blondie.

    Favourite of Freaks and Basement Jaxx. Deck sharer with Justin Robertson & Erol Alkan.

    DJed the world over from Brazil to Paris - New York to Germany - Need we say more... POW!

    www.myspace.com/djmash

    Tickets are available from Earl Of Sandwich, One-Up and Ticketweb.

    (Next ACTH is on Sat, April 26th with South Central (Live!) and Metronomy (also live))

  9. [GIG] Adventures Close To Home + 1990s + Errors @ Moshulu

    in Gigs & Event Announcements

    Posted

    Runner order for bands are

    1990s ; 11.15pm

    ERRORS ; 12.15am

    ACTH DJs; 1AM-3AM

    Apologies if this doesn't work out with your night Ross.

    (Hey, go out with them all for the early part of the night then when there all heading to Espio/Tiger - Do one! And fire down to ACTH)

    We needed to run it this way for a few reasons.

    Also think it'll work better to have Errors on last for the more 'club' aspect of the night.

  12. [GIG] Adventures Close To Home + 1990s + Errors @ Moshulu

    in Gigs & Event Announcements

    Posted

    Hang on, this isn't difficult. You can go to the gig, enjoy yourself, decamp to Exodus with the acquaintaces you've met there for an hour or so, and then make yourself available to the birthday crowd around 2am. Your mate, being a great friend, will have spent the time in between bigging you up as an ice-cold scenester who has to turn up at events like this to keep up your profile. You may then regale them with stories of rock n' roll debauchery while snuggling up to the cutest friend of the birthday girl.

    That's my regular modus operandi in situations like this anyway. :p

    Now that sounds like a plan! How could you fail :up:

    As far as running orders go we're still sussing it out. But the earliest the Errors will be on is 11.15pm-ish.

    Hope it works oot.

  14. Aberdeen Journals and local music

    in Music Discussion

    Posted

    i'm in it for reason number 1. i've not listened to the band and don't care if they're good or bad. but i have always maintained that aberdeen journals need to step up their coverage of the music scene in aberdeen if it's to progress. it needs new people getting involved all year round not just every september and should get proper critical coverage not just fawning quarter page articles written by the cousin of the band or something.

    here here.

  15. Aberdeen Journals and local music

    in Music Discussion

    Posted

    Ok...I'm going to play devil's advocate here.

    Are the replies in this thread about the fact that the press ocverage of local music is appaling

    or...

    Is it just sour grapes that some band that no-one has heard of or likes made the papers, and none of 'us' did?

    I haven't bothered listening to the band (and I'm not planning on it), but fair play to them for getting a bit of coverage. And if it turns out they're in some way connected to the journalist, who cares - that's the way the media works.

    I'm not saying any of this is right, but I am suggesting that there's an awful lot of unwarranted bitchyness in this threa. If the band are just pure garbage, and people don't like them, fair enough. But if we're just slagging off other people's acheivements because it didn't happen to us, then I think a long, hard look at ourselves needs to be taken.

    That said, they do look rubbish, and this is local news reporting of the worst kind.

    It is a bit bitchy... but they are, in my opinion, awful!

    I don't think its sour grapes as I don't believe anyone in any half decent band would want that type of pointless press about how there drummer is still at school!

    The fact the the EE and the P&J find it worthy to print is quite embarrassing.

  24. [GIG] Adventures Close To Home + 1990s + Errors @ Moshulu

    in Gigs & Event Announcements

    Posted

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    So, we're Back! Took a break for Jan as it's rubbish.

    To kick off 08 for us we have;

    1990s

    Take two guys from The Yummy Fur (the other two went

    off to form Franz Ferdinand), one from V-Twin, some guitars, a kit, a bass, a lot of alcohol, a whole load of poppers and leave them in a room.

    The result? 1990s! Sign them to Rough Trade (probably one of the coolest label ever). Get them to create the ace

    Cookies album full of indie, pop rock goodness

    (voted as one of the top 25 albums in 2007 by Rolling Stone),

    tour the world, become famous and then play in Aberdeen for ACTH - Simple!

    ERRORS

    2008 is going to be a great year for this lot.

    Having finished off 07 supporting Underworld on their full UK tour,

    they're now Putting the finishing touches to their much anticipated debut album!

    Expected later this year on Mogwais uber cool Rock Action Records.Their music is a kind of mash up of elements

    from new-wave, electro, 90's rave, glitch electronica and

    acid-house and, in the words of The Guardian, they create

    "something Pretty damn special and slightly mental".

    ACTH DJs

    Well Will and Choaf have been busy rocking the ACTH crownds in London at Camden Barfly, Old Blue Last (Vice magazine),

    Bloomsbury Ballroom and soon ACTH will be going monthly in Fabric too!!

    Here's some wise words Will has written for Drowned in Sound,

    Check it here.

    Oh and a brand New Mix for Feb 08.Here

    Sponsored by Attic in the Academy and Earl of Sandwich on da Green.

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