GW Sok – founder of The EX – joins no wave, improve-punk drum noiseniks, Action Beat, on the 9th August in London for a full-on day of pounding noise. Support comes from chaotic, primal trio Trash Kit, raw noise merchants Poino and a heavy, mathy Silent Front. Longer: Action Beat return to London, this time with the legendary G.W. Sok on lead vocals. For the uninitiated, G.W. Sok founded The EX and fronted them for the best of part 30 years; naturally we’re delighted to have got these two together for this show. For those not familiar with Action Beat, their live shows have a tendency to pound onlookers with multiple drummers, guitarists and intense noise.
Also on the bill, Silent Front, who will bring their own brand of stop/start razor sharp post-hardcore. The urbane and primal Trash Kit, who draw on the potential of punk and the naturalism of and folk. Poino’s off-beat-off, avant-noise-rock provides a thunderous and choking soundscape. WEM bring a sound palate that is dark and uncompromising: at times a pounding dirge, at others ambient, spacious and meditative. Grimm Grimm is London-based acid folk solo project by Koichi Yamanoha (ex. Screaming Tea Party). Expect DJ sets from Artrocker, New Heavy Sounds and Club.The.Mammoth
The Lexington, London
9 August 2014
4pm – 11pm
Limited £5 advance tickets available at: billetto.co.uk/actionbeat
ACTION BEAT ft. G.W. SOK
For the uninitiated, G.W. Sok founded and fronted the The Ex for the best of part 30 years; naturally we’re delighted to have got these two together for this show. Action Beat are an intense semi-improvised noise/no-wave punk ensemble, inspired by early Sonic Youth, The EX, Glenn Branca and other avant guitar ensembles. Based a core of five musicians, but often expanding to as many as fourteen for live shows, a normal gig will have at least three guitarists, a bassist and between one to four drummers. Action Beat, however, concentrate their excess into focused, yet ragged, grooves punctuated by bursts of screeching avant-punk noise and evil disco rhythms. Their blistering live shows are a riot of urgent punk energy and frequently descend into chaos (and sometimes semi-nakedness), so it’s not surprising that they’ve gained much recognition in the UK and Europe https://soundcloud.com/actionbeat/w-g-w-sok-spoonfeed-hell
TRASH KIT
Formed in 2009, they’ve been lighting up London, energising the UK underground with their raw performances, as well as recently touring with the The Ex. Trash Kit have a sound of their very own, it’s both urbane and primal, drawing on the potential of punk and the naturalism of an internal folk music. http://trashkitrules.blogspot.co.uk/
SILENT FRONT
Another band we’ve followed for ages and delighted to have playing for us, Silent Front bring their brand of stop/start razor sharp post hardcore to The Lexington.
https://www.facebook.com/silentfront
POINO
Poino are a three-piece from London doing full-on authentic ferocious-yet-deep explorative Albini influenced rock. http://poino.bandcamp.com/
GRIMM GRIMM
Remember SNH faves Screaming Tea Party? Grimm Grimm is lead man Koichi’s multi-instrumental dreamscapes for the dreamers. http://grimmgrimm.bandcamp.com/
WEM
WEM’s music ranges from the brutal to the beautiful. The sound palate is dark and uncompromising: at times a pounding dirge, at others ambient, spacious and meditative. Listen to WEM if you like Nick Cave, Swans and Einstuerzende Neubauten.
https://soundcloud.com/w_e_m
DJs
Artrocker
One of the most respected music publications going nowadays, alongside a killer radio show and a knack for spotting out and out outrageously talented bands.
http://www.artrocker.tv/
New Heavy Sounds
The label that are all about taking the dirty, greasy riffage of the best heavy bands of the 70’s, the musical invention of prog (bypassing Tolkien and his elves) and the best of the new noise core. Mashing it up and making it now.
http://www.newheavysounds.com/
Club The Mammoth
As Time Out put it, “This rising leftfield indie-electro night is everywhere in London… alternative mix of across-the-board cool new stuff like disco, garage and ‘new’ new wave”
