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Coming Up .....Wednesday 21st May
New Wave_Indie

Stop Scratching + Chicks Dig Jerks present Aids Wolf + Mirror! Mirror! + Chupacabra

‘AIDS Wolf embraces the hate. If they can’t draw you in, they will make you run away cursing and bitching. Their songs speak to the terminally alienated, the relentlessly negative, the inherently repugnant. The Montréal four-piece (two guitars, drums and insane warbling) formed in early 2003, to the protestations of most of humanity. Since the beginning, they’ve sought to live the life: to practice complete aesthetic immersion, create music in some form every day, and live healthfully to facilitate their creative endeavors, no vacations allowed. AW greets our modern gloom with heady zeal.’

Venue: The Rainbow, High Street, Digbeth, B12 0LD
Time: 8pm – 1am
Cost: £5 on the door
Links:
www.myspace.com/aidswolf
www.myspace.com/chicksdigjerks
www.myspace.com/mirror
http://www.myspace.com/wearechupacabra

Coming Up .....Wednesday 21st May

Drone_Soundscape_Classical_Alt

Polar bear promotions present Stars of the Lid + Chris Hibbert

Although it has been since the turn of the millennium that either member of Stars of the Lid has lived in Austin, the story began as such.... In 1990, Adam drunkenly wandered into the former KTSB radio station on 21st. and Speedway where Brian was rockin the airwaves with some nifty records by Rod Mckuen. He was proclaiming that his car was out of gas, and he hit a deer. It turned out that he was definitely drunk. And although there was blood on his car, Brian saw no deer. This incident was the catalyst that ignited their strange musical relationship. Originally formed in Austin, Texas on Christmas day 1992, Stars of the Lid (one of the most apropos names in all of music) have scratched out quite a niche for themselves in the amorphous world of ambient classical music. From their almost-rock beginnings to the almost-classical fugues of recent albums, Stars of the Lid have excelled at designing subtle, minimalist epics which sound like they’re being played on a single multifaceted organic instrument. They offer subtle, endlessly evolving stories about the dynamics of sonic texture, at the same time seeming to offer a picture of pure, unfettered consciousness. Their music are largely beatless soundscapes composed of droning, effects-treated guitars along with piano, strings, and horns; volume swells and feedback fill the gap of rhythmic instruments, providing dynamic movement within the songs. A wise man once described SOTL as "divine classical drones without the tedious intrusion of drums, or vocals."

Venue: The Hare and Hounds, High Street, Kings Heath
Time: Doors 8pm
Cost: £12 (from Polar Bear Records, York Rd, Kings Heath)
Links:
www.myspace.com/starsofthelid
www.myspace.com/polarbearrecords1
http://www.hareandhoundskingsheath.co.uk/