chilli Posted April 28, 2004 Report Share Posted April 28, 2004 Interesting Music announce another superb night of eclecticaMonday 17th May 04Dr Drakes Doors 8pmDoor tax 5featuring Puerto Muerto + special guests Descfull details to follow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unknown pleasures Posted April 28, 2004 Report Share Posted April 28, 2004 as I believe I may have mentioned elsewhere: yahoo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilli Posted April 29, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2004 yep PM are fantastic live & in these days of humdrum live performers on tour, its great to get people like Puerto Muerto & Thomas Truax etc to come to Aberdeen & WOWan Aberdeen audience. Come see pepole........... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Cynic Posted April 30, 2004 Report Share Posted April 30, 2004 I thought Puerto Muerto were fab when they played the Lemon Tree......the only thing stopping me going is a feeling that's the same night as Richard Thompson, but I may be wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Satyam Shivam Sundaram Posted April 30, 2004 Report Share Posted April 30, 2004 No the Richard Thompson gig is on Tuesday 18th!Puerto Muerto were indeed ace at the Lemon Tree and real nice people as well. Quite amazing what you can do with a voice, guitar and a floor tom! We played with them the following night in Glasgow where they were equally as good as the Lemon Tree gig. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme Posted April 30, 2004 Report Share Posted April 30, 2004 We plan these things carefully you know! We want to see Richard Thompson as well and I, at least, am very keen to check what Jim Moray (support) is doing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Satyam Shivam Sundaram Posted April 30, 2004 Report Share Posted April 30, 2004 Originally posted by Graeme:We plan these things carefully you know! We want to see Richard Thompson as well and I, at least, am very keen to check what Jim Moray (support) is doing. You crafty sods! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Cynic Posted April 30, 2004 Report Share Posted April 30, 2004 Ok....deal me in!!Mr Green....you're not perchance going to Drakes tonight are you? I've a couple of CDs to give you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Satyam Shivam Sundaram Posted April 30, 2004 Report Share Posted April 30, 2004 Originally posted by Alan Cynic:Ok....deal me in!!Mr Green....you're not perchance going to Drakes tonight are you? I've a couple of CDs to give you. I wasn't planning on doing so... CD's of whom? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Cynic Posted April 30, 2004 Report Share Posted April 30, 2004 Carol Grimes & Delivery, plus one by Tonton Macoute which I think you'll enjoy. I'll maybe see you at the next Open-mike then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Satyam Shivam Sundaram Posted April 30, 2004 Report Share Posted April 30, 2004 Originally posted by Alan Cynic:Carol Grimes & Delivery, plus one by Tonton Macoute which I think you'll enjoy. I'll maybe see you at the next Open-mike then. Wow, thanks... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilli Posted May 2, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2004 band detailsPurto MuertoFucked-up alt.country, which cuts Kurt Weill with Tom Waitsand the Handsome Family, mixing mazurkas with sea shanties,polskas with noir-ish, cinematic sweeps and Spanish folk withpost punky fury as it goes. Marvelous, mad and mordacious stuff.See them live a totally fantastic experience.DescFormerly known as Khaya, who recorded three albums records andrecorded two sessions for John Peel. Out of theses ashes, Desc have formed& are inspired by many things but to put their songs into context they havebeen said to sound like an acoustic Sonic Youth or Ennio Morricone on speed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ragudave Posted May 6, 2004 Report Share Posted May 6, 2004 Yep I shall be in attendance for my shot of alt country as I remember them playing at the Ltree as well. I think it'll work well with the intimate nature of Drakes.I seem to remember having a Khaya track somewhere on a compilation of Edinburgh labels or something ? Must have a dig for that. DavePS just realised that this gig was not on the last Int Music flyer I got Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Cynic Posted May 6, 2004 Report Share Posted May 6, 2004 The Thomas Truax night is still being discussed in awe by those present, and I reckon Puerto Muerto will get the same reaction from the audience at Drakes. When the female singer was belting out that red wine song, and bashing seven shades of shite from her floor tom I was in ecstascy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilli Posted May 6, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2004 Originally posted by ragudave:just realised that this gig was not on the last Int Music flyer I got yes thats right, just like the Thomas Truax event this is a late booking, weve decided just to put this gig out by word of mouth. Believe the hype from those that saw Puerto Muerto last time, thet were pretty damn fantastic, believe the description Iput out for them above. They are a very SPECIAL live act, come see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unknown pleasures Posted May 7, 2004 Report Share Posted May 7, 2004 Originally posted by Alan Cynic:The Thomas Truax night is still being discussed in awe by those present, and I reckon Puerto Muerto will get the same reaction from the audience at Drakes. When the female singer was belting out that red wine song, and bashing seven shades of shite from her floor tom I was in ecstascy. my money is on her doing herself a mischief on the ceiling during San Pedromight be worth pointing out they had a tune on the soundtrack of the recent Dawn of the Dead remake too, just in case people heard them but didn't know who it was ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Cynic Posted May 7, 2004 Report Share Posted May 7, 2004 I haven't seen it yet,......Shawn of the Dead was a good laugh, mind. I can see how PM would fit the soundtrack, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost Posted May 10, 2004 Report Share Posted May 10, 2004 http://www.actiondriver.com/ has sounds by Puerto Muerto I >think< - couldn't get them to play unfortunately... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Cynic Posted May 10, 2004 Report Share Posted May 10, 2004 No...I couldn't find it either....just a site under construction. Still, the real thing will be here very soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilli Posted May 10, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2004 Originally posted by Alan Cynic:No...I couldn't find it either....just a site under construction. Still, the real thing will be here very soon! Thanks for the info ghost here's more info on PM, just amazing........Puerto Muerto was formed in early 1999 by Tim Kelly and Christa Meyer. In its earliest incarnation, they were known as Johnny Deformed. People violently opposed the name, throwing their bodies at the feet of the two members, begging them not to use Johnny Deformed any longer. As the pair traveled, they wrote and performed for anyone that would have them. Eventually, they decided to be called Puerto Muerto, after an imaginary bar in Tim's mind. The duo moved to Chicago in the fall of 1999 to make friends and play music for appreciative throngs of people. The have many influences, including such artists as THE KINKS, CHARLES MINGUS, KURT WEILL, THE CLASH, and so on. People have compared their music to LEONARD COHEN, THE MEKONS and EDITH PIAF. They live with a dog named Lenya. She is developmentally disabled.Puerto Muerto has been picked up by Fire Records of London which has released Elena, Your Bloated Corpse Has Washed Ashore and a new one called See You In Hell (which has an amazing looking cover). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Cynic Posted May 10, 2004 Report Share Posted May 10, 2004 I also thought it was damned sexy music....in a warped, sado-masochistic kind of way. (Not that I know anything about these kind of things).?( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilli Posted May 11, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2004 Originally posted by Alan Cynic:I also thought it was damned sexy music....in a warped, sado-masochistic kind of way. (Not that I know anything about these kind of things).?( I know what you mean, the sexiness is similar in many ways to Arabic/North African music which oozes sex, but I must say, not in a sado................way. I think you are talking about the sexiness with reference to the brutality of lyrical content, very similar to say Marc Almond/Soft Cell, Nick Cave, The Dirty Three, Cat Power etc whoose output is always dark, brooding & full of sexiness. Most westernised music I think by and large misses this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilli Posted May 16, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2004 its tomorrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Cynic Posted May 16, 2004 Report Share Posted May 16, 2004 It'll be another of those nights that the folk who don't go will regret not making the effort, when they hear how ace it was.(Sorry about the convoluted sentence, but you get my drift). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilli Posted May 17, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2004 Alan,U are very perceptive & correct, Puerto Muerto are a very special & different bandfrom what audiences normally see in Aberdeen. We were warned Thomas Truax's live shows were very good, but not as extraordinary as it turned out. At least this time we have band we know are a live spectical & everyone with an open mind & some spare cash should attend...........Believe the hype Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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