Blurt
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Fri 30 September 2005 // 20:00
(Fri 30th / 8pm / £5)
Wild, deviant sax led cacophony from Ted Milton and friends to rival the galvanising non conformism of Mark Stewart or Mark E Smith.
Active since 1979 and one of the first to release on Factory Records, the quietly legendary Blurt may well have been listening to Captain Beefheart and Charlie Parker - but it 's equally possible that they've never heard any music at all. A comparison could be drawn to New York No Wave act The Contortions, and though they share the same vitriolic rawness and tight dance grooves, there's something of the Magic Band lurch to Blurt that separates them. That there are grooves at all is impressive, given the lack of bass, which places all the emphasis on piston-like drums which slug it out with the jagged, untutored sax playing.
Math-rock local heroes Ivory Springer plus Papa Molasses & the Dane County Paragons complete this unholy bill.
Wild, deviant sax led cacophony from Ted Milton and friends to rival the galvanising non conformism of Mark Stewart or Mark E Smith.
Active since 1979 and one of the first to release on Factory Records, the quietly legendary Blurt may well have been listening to Captain Beefheart and Charlie Parker - but it 's equally possible that they've never heard any music at all. A comparison could be drawn to New York No Wave act The Contortions, and though they share the same vitriolic rawness and tight dance grooves, there's something of the Magic Band lurch to Blurt that separates them. That there are grooves at all is impressive, given the lack of bass, which places all the emphasis on piston-like drums which slug it out with the jagged, untutored sax playing.
Math-rock local heroes Ivory Springer plus Papa Molasses & the Dane County Paragons complete this unholy bill.