BLACK EYES (dischord records)// ESTEL // The KILLING SPREE - fri 12th dec - whelans

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BLACK EYES
http://www.dischord.com/bands/blackeyes.shtml
http://www.ruffianrecords.com



FULL TOUR DATES:

Wed 10th Dec - Belfast, the Front Page
Black Eyes / The Killing Spree / Tolka Valley Reds

Thur 11th Dec - Limerick, High Stool
Black Eyes / The Killing Spree / Giveamanakick

Fri 12th Dec - Dublin, venue tbc
Black Eyes / Estel / The Killing Spree €8



ABOUT BLACK EYES:
Black Eyes hail from Washington DC are on Ian Mc Kaye from FUGAZI's label "Dischord Records"
They utilise 2 drummers, 2 bassists, 1 guitarist and all of them share vocals.

BLACK EYES mp3 "some has their fingers broken"
http://www.southern.net/southern/band/BLCKE/sounds/19635_01_someone_has_his_fingers_broken.mp3

Some Black Eyes admire:
UK rhythm (Slits/Pop Group/Pigbag/Gang of Four/Au Pairs) US No Wave and Dance punk (Liquid Liquid/DNA) Miscellany, Einsturzende Neubaten, The Ex, Faust, Dub, Can, Black Flag, Miles Davis, Birthday Party, Fela Kuti, Brian Eno, Haitian Rara, Intelligent Dance Music.

Black Eyes have been or have played in/with:
The Rapture, Trooper The Pain, The No-Gos, Exaspirin, Epson Energy, The (LastSeconds (Of) Amalgamation, The Better Automatic.......


BLACK EYES LP REVIEWS::

ALL MUSIC GUIDE REVIEW Black Eyes self-titled debut displays a band with a hold on the experimental side of D.C. punk — a path paved by Fugazi and, particularly in this case, Q and Not U. This five-piece band takes dub, bass-driven grooves and kooky vocals of the Liars and Q and Not U's off-kilter dance punk and plays them grittier from the violent narrative of "Someone Has His Fingers Broken" to the oblique sexual politics of "A Pack of Wolves"....
This album will have to remain the a mark of a band's crazy potential and perhaps a warning siren of what is to come.
— Charles Spano

JUNK MEDIA REVIEW "Black Eyes are an innovative act that imposes scatter-shot music onto organized patterns, creating a tumbling orgy of tribal-punk...
Their music focuses on Crash Worship-style cacophonous drum beats that throb along with throaty bass lines, making the songs feel like a slap on the back that is just a bit too hard. Sometimes evocative of Joy Division on PCP, sometimes of Arab on Radar on codeine, Ian MacKaye's production maintains the right balance of tin-can sounds with bullfrog disco stylings. Screeching guitars and sex vocals fill out the space on tracks like "Pack of Wolves" while dysfunctional disco drums chain a song like "Deformative" to the bedrock....
The music they are creating is pulsing, pounding and original. And in a live setting, it should inspire the slack-jawed yokels to dance -- a valuable commodity in today's world of hipster apathy."
Jonah Flicker

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THE KILLING SPREE:

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THE KILLING SPREE - s/t CD-R
"3 tracks of off-kilter, off the wall hardcore from Belfast. Very much influenced by SLINT [in the quiet bits] and BOTCH [in the noisy bits] while the guitar sound is pure SHELLAC. The shouted vocals are sparse and low in the mix [the middle track is an instrumental] and there are wierd timing changes and unepected bits all over the place, sort of like a more dynamic, less mental CONVERGE. The whole CD weighs in at under twelve minutes long; not a bad thing for a first release as it leaves me wanting more. The packaging is handmade and simple but really nicely done in a minimal way. If you're a fan of the forementioned bands or like your music unpredictable and edgy, you could do a lot worse than check this CD out."
review taken from Jakes Wrath #6


The Killing Spree
You could call this post hardcore, but not in a Kerrang! post hardcore sense – there’s no way this is comparable to the bland nu-emo of acts like Finch. I’d much prefer to just call this rock, with balls, and probably some slight psychological instability. The Killing Spree hail from Belfast (I think), and have guitars so vicious they’d need a muzzle to be allowed out in public. Opener ‘In The Spirit Of Division’ sets the tone – stop-start quiet-loud shout-SCREAM! One part of me thinks Cat on Form, but since I don’t exactly rate them I’ll try to suppress it and just say that it’s a very strong track. Instrumental offering ‘Then The Lockjaw Set In’ drifts broodingly along without ever really breaking into a sweat, but normal service is resumed with ‘No Comply’ – a three-minute blast of impassioned angular noise, with some suitably unhinged vocals. Wrapped in some neat handmade packaging (this copy being numbered 61; out of how many I don’t know), this is a decent demo that stands up excellently to a number of signed acts. Investigate for yourself at www.thekillingspree.com.

MP3's
Extreme Pressure (Every scene needs a Pete)
http://www.thekillingspree.com/TKS%...%20Pressure.mp3
In The Spirit Of Division
http://www.thekillingspree.com/TKS%...on%20(live).mp3
No Comply
http://www.thekillingspree.com/TKS%...ly%20(live).mp3



ESTEL:
http://www.thumped.com/estel
http://www.littleplastictapes.cjb.net
drive me to hell mp3:
http://www.thumped.com/estel/music/ESTEL_drive_me_to_hell.mp3



"Estel has been inspired by eras and styles of music such as Krautrock and No Wave, the non-conformists who paved the way, largely in the 70's for bands and artists who choose to follow their instincts.
They name check artists such as Can, Neu, Devo, PiL and even Italian splatter-film soundtrackers Goblin."
Leagues O'Toole - Examiner

"Constantly changing allegiance between a hard-core post-punk aesthetic and a deep-rooted fragility, Estel effortlessly manage to offer both, with more style and substance than most"
Eclectic Honey


SKINNY WOLVES
http://www.skinnywolvesdistro.cjb.net