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Post rock? Punk rock? Electropop? On this Bank Holiday weekend...


Rob Karloff

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well definately something for everyone this bank holiday weekend at Dr

Drakes.....post rock...punk rock....electro pop....just how diverse can it

get in one weekend?!

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FRIDAY 19TH SEPT....8PM....3

MOUNTAIN MEN ANONYMOUS & YESSA DE PASO

Highly recommended for fans of Mogwai, Godspeed, Windy & Carle..!!

Formed in 1999, MMA moved to Cardiff and gigs soon graduated from local

events to gigs with the likes of Les Savy Fav, Enon, Billy Mahonie, The

Fall, Seafood, Llama Farmers, Mclusky, San Lorenzo, The Warm Jets, Zan

Lyone, Delicate AWOL, Magoo and Teflon Monkey.

Here's some reviews of their debut album..

'its pretty astonishing stuff; the complex, lyered, eerie machinations of

Sigur Ros performed with the sentiment and volume of Trail of Dead's

'Perfect Teenhood'..Drowned in Sound

'it sounds like Skullflower, it sounds like Bardo Pond. This Cardiff-based

instrumental guitar band has got the Twisted Village Sound down pat: vaguely

lo-fi drone rock with the effects pedals turned up to 'DISTORT LOUDLY'. This

is a MEGA debut, like Mogwai could be if they weren't such shy nonces: Sonic

Youth completely divested of all things Zorn'.Gideon Dwight, Careless Talk

Costs Lives magazine.

Listen to the Mountain Men Anonymous brilliant live session on Radio 1 Wales

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/alt/wales/in_session/020627mountain_men.shtml

and check out their website at www.mountainmenanonymous.freeserve.co.uk

YESSA DE PASO hail from Carnoustie, just beside Dundee. They are a

quietcore band and have drawn comparisons to bands such as Duster, Smog and

Hood. Yessa formed in Oct 2000 and their first gig was at an event in Dundee

called the 'unscene' festival. Since then they have gone on to play with

Stupid Acting Smart, The Zephyrs and Sputniks Down amongst countless others.

Local support on the night from an offshoot of experimental post rockers

Clive Ravensby under the name of THE BRONSON RESURRECTION SOCIETY and

acoustic loveliness from A GOLF TRUXESS. Also, whipping up a storm on the

decks will be DJ AL MASAMUNE.

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SATURDAY 20TH SEPT....8PM....3

MOTORMARK & ELIZIUM DJ'S

Electro-punk popsters Motormark jet back into the Doc's on Saturday! They

recently supported Ladytron at the Lemon Tree (and arguably blew them off

stage too), are lined up to support electroclash sleaze goddess Peaches this

weekend in Nottingham and provided the DHR madness at the Elvisness night

not long gone at The Lemon Tree. Their recently released album on Popchild

sold out it's first press on pre-order alone, so catch them in the intimate

surroundings of Drakes while you can. Truely unique, one not to be missed!

followed by Elizium dj's till 3am www.motormark.net

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SUNDAY 21ST SEPT....7.30PM....4

THE APERS, THE RITALINS & THE DANGERFIELDS

Punkrock'n'roll from Rotterdam. The Apers started back in 1996 as a 3 piece

in the suburbs of Rotterdam, The Netherlands. They love the sound of the

Ramones, Queers, Undertones, Beach Boys, Buddy Holly and Screeching Weasel.

The bands has done more than 400 shows, rocking countries like The

Netherlands, USA, Belgium, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia, Italy, France,

Germany, Spain and the UK, playing with bands such as the Queers, Groovie

Ghoulies, Sonic Dolls, Teen Idols, Travoltas, Hi-Fives, Hives and more.....

After a load of releases like singles, split singles and EP's they finally

released their self-titled debut record (CD & LP) in 2001 on Stardumb

Records, Europe's #1 punkrock label. The record has been well received by

punkrockers all over the world and has got great reviews in magazines like

OOR, Plastic Bomb, MRR, OX and Aardschok. In Feb 2003 they released their

2nd full-length, 'The Buzz Electric', on Stardumb Records again. To support

the record the band has toured the USA for 6 weeks, playing with friends and

label buddies the Groovie Ghoulies. Back in Europe now the band is already

booked until December 2003 playing shows across the continent, and so its

your chance to catch them here at Dr Drakes this sunday...!www.the-apers.com

with support from Dundee's THE RITALINS www.theritalins.co.uk , fast paced

Ramones influenced punk rock, THE DANGERFIELDS www.thedangerfields.tk ,

Belfasts hardest, fastest, loudest punkrock'n'roll band, and local bands

KING LIAR & THE BRUTES & HEARSE CRASH. also WARD 13 DJS playing

punk/rock/metal till 2am...

see ya there!!

Regards,

The Doctor.

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Right that's it!!!

I'm off to get myself a little venue that can produce crazy weekends such as above. And can also transform a venue from an at capacity poppunk sweatfest into a loungy chilled jazz bar in under twenty minutes, complete with candles on the tables, band on stage and low lighting. Jeez I can't wait. What? But! Oh my God!!! I already have one? Oh my Gibberish Asunder Break Neck God Lovin Motherflubber! WOW!!! Ahhhh the sweet taste of underground independence... A weekend to die for!!!!:guns::up:

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