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Saturday, October 25, 2008 
Every show we ever played...

2007

12th Oct. Lille, Aéronef. France

11th Oct. Paris, La Flèche d'Or. France
w/ handsome furs

22nd Sept, London, The Fly.

28th July. Bath, Purr @ Moles.

26th July. Emmaboda Festival, Sweden.

15th July. London, Tin Pan Alley Festival.

29th June. Paris, La Maroquinerie. France.
w/ hexstatic

16th June. London, Deadly Rhythm All Dayer @ The New Cross Inn.

4th June. Cardiff, The Point.
w/ Los Campesinos!, Napoleon IIIrd

2nd June. London, Roundhouse Studio.
w/ die! die! die!, plastic passion

27th May. Nottingham, Dot to Dot Festival.

26th May. Bristol, Dot to Dot Festival.

18th May. Brighton, The Great Escape Festival @ The Arc.

17th May. Southampton, Joiners.
w/ the pistolas

16th May. Cardiff, Barfly.
w/ the pistolas, kick box riot

15th May. Guildford, Boileroom.
w/ the pistolas.

14th May. London, the Spitz.
w/ the pistolas

13th May. Birmingham, Bar Academy.
w/ the pistolas, kategoes

12th May. Manchester, Satan's Hollow.
w/ the pistolas

11th May. Bristol, Academy 2.
w/ the pistolas

10th May. Taunton, Cafe Mamba
w/ the pistolas

9th May. Leicester, Leicester Square.
w/ the pistolas, you slut

8th May. Liverpool, Academy 2.
w/ the pistolas

7th May. York, Fibbers.
w/ the pistolas, chow chow

6th May. Edinburgh, Caberet Voltaire.
w/ good books

5th May. Glasgow, Barfly.
w/ the hussys, bricolage, the draytones, the invisibles

4th May. Preston, Bad Apple Club @ The Adelphi

3rd May. Cambridge, The Loft.
w/ the pistolas

2nd May. Hertford, The Marquee.
w/ the pistolas

26th April. Nottingham, the Social.
w/ lovvers

24th April. Paris, France. Dad Records Night @ Showcase.
w/ the immediate, hey gravity

23rd April. Brighton, Pressure Point.
w/ tiger force, the answering machine

21st April. London, Chalk @ the Scala.
w/ blood red shoes, the whip, yr mum ya dad, born ruffians, bricolage, the more assured

20th April. Margate, Lido.
w/ lovvers

13th April. Sunderland, club nme @ the Independent.

12th April. Middlesbourgh, club nme @ the Empire.

12th April. Middlesborough, Live set for BBC Radio Tees.

5th April. Bardford, Love Apple.

26th March. London, Hospital Drama single launch @ The Metro.
w/ chow chow

6th March. London, Artrocker @ the Buffalo Bar.
w/ black lips

12th Feb. Brighton, O.I.B records night @ The Albert.
w/ pope joan, future corpses

26th Jan. Oxford, Zodiac.
w/ the blood brothers

25th Jan. Cardiff, Clwb Ifor Bach.
w/ the blood brothers

24th Jan. Bristol, Academy 2.
w/ the blood brothers

23rd Jan. Birmingham, Academy 2.
w/ the blood brothers

22nd Jan. London, Islington Academy.
w/ the blood brothers

19th Jan. Manchester, Acedemy 3.
w/ the blood brothers

18th Jan. Leeds, Cockpit.
w/ the blood brothers

17th Jan. Glasgow, King Tuts.
w/ the blood brothers

16th Jan. Aberdeen, The Tunnels.
w/ the blood brothers

2006

16th Dec. Southampton, Joiners.
w/ dead! dead! dead!, rival joustas, soma high, chin music, dumbfounded

13th Dec. Bristol, Spaz your Pants @ Joe Public's.
w/ munch munch, lovvers

8th Dec. London, The Forum, Kentish Town.
w/ CSS, the 1990s, shy child, shakes

1st Dec. Coventry, Ginger people are wizards @ Taylor Johns House.
w/ munch munch, darlings of the split screen

25th Nov. London, Kill 'em all @ the Barfly, Camden.
w/ Rat Att Agg, Filthy Dukes, Punks Jump Up, Deven Miles, Late Of The Pier

17th Nov. Bath, Purr @ Invention.
w/ the retro spankees, wolfie

13th Nov. Cambridge, Junction.
w/ forward, russia!, pull tiger tail

20th Oct. London, Oxjam presents One Man's Meat @ Barden's Boudior.
w/ ping pong bitches, yellotone, bellagios

20th September. Berlin, White Trash Fast Food {as part of Popkomm). Germany
w/ shitdisco, mit, sickboy

19th July. London, Hoxton Bar and Grill.
w/ the victorian english gentlemans club, chow chow

10th June. Nottingham, the Social.
w/ kubichek!, nikol, lost alone

9th June. Oxford, Wheatsheaf.
w/ t.i.t.s, tiger force, disco drive

8th June. Bath, Moles.
w/ tiger force, you and the atom bomb

7th June. Liverpool, Barfly.
w/ tiger force, the jakpot

6th June. Manchester, Music Box.
w/ tiger force, bureau

5th June. Leeds, Faversham.
w/ tiger force, downdime, bam bam francs, the scaramanga six, when we were six

3rd June. Glasgow, Barfly.
w/ tiger force, gay against you

2nd June. York, Fibbers.
w/ tiger force, evelyn

1st June. Cardiff, Barfly.
w/ tiger force, grace

29th May. Bristol, Fiddlers.
w/ sleater kinney

28th May. Brighton, Concorde 2.
w/ sleater kinney

25th May. Birmingham, Academy.
w/ the cribs, the paddingtons

30th April. Exeter, Cavern.
w/the light sleepers, another early start

29th April. Birmingham, we gat kicks @ the Barfly.

27th April. Tunbridge Wells, Forum.
w/ the retro spankees, haemostatic picnic races, the pins

30th March. London, Metro.
w/ bearsuit, the retro spankees

19th March. Bristol, Louisiana.
w/ white trash ambition, cobra kai

18th March. Brighton Freebutt.
w/ joeyfat, das wanderlust

***free instore show***
18th March. London. Rough Trade Instore, Covent Garden Shop.

17th March. Belfast, Laverys.

16th March. Manchester, High Voltage @ Music Box.
w/ smarty pants, dirt blonde

***free instore show***
16th March. Preston, Action Records.

15th March. Newcastle, The Cluny.
w/ DARTZ!, ever since the lake caught fire

***free instore show***
15th. Newcastle, RPM records.

14th March. Glasgow, King Tuts.
w/ we are the physics, the hype

March. Liverpool Uni, Double Vision Club.
w/ alfa 9

12th March. Southampton, Joiners.
w/ organs as black, laura lost, shockshock!horror

11th March. London, Club Motherfucker, Upstairs @ the Garage.
w/ headless, (hooker)

10th March. Hamburg, Sunday Service Festival @ Knust. Germany.

18th Feb. Bear Rock Festival, Andenne. Belgium.

2nd Feb. London, ULU.
w/ test icicles, lethal bizzle

1st Feb. Stoke, Sugarmill.
w/ test icicles, damn arms

31st Jan. Oxford, Zodiac.
w/ test icicles, damn arms

30th Jan. Sheffield, Leadmill.
w/ test icicles, damn arms

28th Jan. Nottingham, Rescue Rooms.
w/ test icicles, damn arms

27th Jan. Birmingham, Barfly.
w/ test icicles, damn arms

26th Jan. Cardiff, Barfly.
w/ test icicles, damn arms

25th Jan. Brighton, She Likes Parties @ the Ocean Rooms.
w/ test icicles, damn arms

17th Jan. Leeds, Faversham.
w/ test icicles, damn arms

16th Jan. Newcastle, the Cluny.
w/ test icicles, damn arms

15th Jan. Glasgow, Barfly.
w/ test icicles, damn arms

14th Jan. Edinburgh, Venue.
w/ test icicles, damn arms

13th Jan. Manchester, Academy 3.
w/ test icicles, damn arms

2005:

8th Dec. Leeds, Metropolitan University.
w/ the cribs, the chalets

7th Dec. London, the Mean Fiddler.
w/ the cribs, the chalets

19th Nov. London, Frog @ the Mean Fiddler.

18th Nov. Lancaster, Feedback @ the Farmers Arms.
w/ yr impossible, 3d tanx

17th Nov. Glasgow, Barfly.
w/ electroluvs, the hedrons

16th Nov. Newcastle, Head of Steam.
w/ DARTZ!, the bubble project, since the lake caught fire

15th Nov. Nottingham, The Social.
w/ the retro spankees, heart [yeah]

14th Nov. Bristol, Louisiana.
w/ the loves, you and the atom bomb

13th Nov. Stockton-on-tees, FYR collectives 1st birthday @ The Georgian Theatre.
w/ melt banana, red pen letter, DARTZ!, flamingo 50, penny broadhurst, the seven inches

12th Nov. Leeds, The Faversham.
w/ mika bomb

11th Nov. Edinburgh, Unknown Pleasures @ Teviot Underground, Edinburgh University.
w/ the retro spankees, chris rigg

10th Nov. Manchester, High Voltage @ Music Box.
w/ new graffiti, duty now, aristocrash

4th Nov. Tunbridge Wells, the Forum.
w/ fleeing new york, good books, frank turner

2nd Nov. Exeter, Cavern Club.
w/ duels, thousand natural shocks

1st Nov. London, white heat @ Madam JoJo's.
w/ kiosk

31st Oct. Joiners, Southampton.
w/ they don't sleep, cathode ray mission, dias corporation

15th Oct. Brussels, Yeah! @ Recyclart, Belgium.
w/ test icicles

12th Oct. Brighton, Freebutt.
w/ the retro spankees, the bobby mcgees, dj crummy dog

11th Oct. London, Go Native! @ LSE.
w/ blood red shoes, hands on heads, shimmy rivers and and canal, spinmaster plantpot

17th September. London, Smalltown America Charity All Dayer @ 93 feet east.
w/ hell is for heroes, seafood, the pipettes, fleeing new york, we rock like girls don't, boom in the diamond industry, the young playthings, fighting the wire, get cape. wear cape. fly., sleeping states, the loose salute, the diamond family archive, andy park, the tailors, hunters palace, treecreeper

13th August. London, Brixton Windmill.
w/ the hot puppies, the retro spankees, the zapatistas

16th July. Rock-Herk Festival. Belgium.

16th July. Dour Festival. Belgium.

17th June. Oxford, the Wheatsheaf.
w/ cassette for cassette, go! team! go!

10th June. Norwich, the Waterfront.
w/ bearsuit, evader

9th June. Bristol, Stutter @ the Zanzibar Rooms.
w/ supersystem, the fold

3rd June. Guildford, The Star.
w/ the oracle boy, red martian, the pluto, champion hardcore fighters

31st May. Birmingham, the Jug of Ale.
w/ oneida, knives

21st May. Berlin, Magnet (Karrera Klub). Germany.
w/ the rakes

20th May. Hamburg, Gruner Jager, Germany.
w/ clara bow

19th May. Hannover, Glocksee. Germany.
w/ von spar

18th May. Wiesbaden, Schlachthof. Germany.
w/ koufax

17th May. Heidelberg, Karlstorbahnhof. Germany.
w/ biffy clyro

16th May. Munchen, Atomic Cafe. Germany.

15th May. Stuttgart, Rocker 33. Germany.
w/ jumbo jet

14th May. Innsbruck, Treibhaus, FM4 Festival. Austria.
w/ deichkind, quit your day job, florian horwath

30th April. Amsterdam, London Calling Festival @ the Paradiso. Holland.
***2 shows. 1st on the outdoor stage. 2nd upstairs at the paradiso***

29th April. Saint Lo, Le Normandie. France.
w/ 50 foot wave, metric, first floor power

28th April. Orleans, Le Astrolabe. France.
w/ 50 foot wave

27th April. Nantes, Le Olympic. France.
w/ 50 foot wave, jomi massage

26th April. Paris, La Maroquinerie. France.
w/ 50 foot wave, the rogers sisters, jomi massage

23rd April. Brighton, Freebutt.
w/ hyperkinako, [heart] yeah

19th April. London, Buffalo Bar.
w/ ex models

26th March. Nottingham, Rescue Rooms.
w/ the blood brothers

25th March. Glasgow, King Tuts.
w/ the blood brothers, bad dancer

23rd March. London, Mean Fiddler.
w/ the blood brothers, bullet union

22nd March. Leeds, Cockpit.
w/ the blood brothers, white circle crime club

21st March. Manchester, Academy 3.
w/ the blood brothers, white circle crime club

7th March. Leeds, Josephs Well.
w/ ari up and the true warriors

6th March. Sheffield. The Grapes.
w/ the retro spankees, [heart] yeah

4th March. London. Upstairs @ the Garage, Highbury.
w/ ted leo and the pharmacists, lords

25th Feb. Reading, Club Velocity @ Rising Sun Arts Centre.
w/ hot silk pockets, the november 5

17th Feb. London, Plan B night @ the Spitz.
w/ the research, errors

15th Feb. London, White Heat @ Infinity.
w/ snow white, blood red shoes

31st Jan. Manchester, High Voltage @ Night and Day.
w/ i had inkling, the VCs, nick ainsworth & the former bullies

30th Jan. Newcastle, The Archer.
w/ written from negative, the amateur dramatics, a woman of no importances

29th Jan. Glasgow, the Barfly.

26th Jan. Brighton, Freebutt.
w/ kid commando, prinzhorn dance school

25th Jan. Exeter, Cavern Club.
w/ resonate, team brick

21st Jan. Plymouth, Phoenix.
w/ sllab, callum mixes paint

20th Jan. Taunton, Aura.
w/ dead fly buchowski

14th Jan. London, Prison @ The Purple Turtle.
w/ the blue minkies, headless

2004:

20th December. Southampton, Joiners.
w/ reserved for nothing, the eldora parade

15th December. Norwich, Arts Centre.
w/ bearsuit, fixit kid

7th December. London, the Buffalo Bar.
w/ cherubs

2nd December. Brighton, artschool dropouts @ the Engine Room.

15th November. Bristol, Fiddlers.
w/ the blood brothers, an emergency

7th November. London, Betsey Trotwood.
w/ bearsuit, fixit kid

6th November. Brighton, Freebutt.
w/ bearsuit, fixit kid

29th October. Reading, Club Velocity @ Rising Sun Arts Centre.
w/ desdemona, melitzer

26th October. London, Dublin Castle.
w/ rock n' roll soldiers, after the silence, echo-static

24th October. London, the Rhythm Factory.
w/ 65 days of static, jason and the astronauts, cove, charlottefield, spraydog, the edmund fitzgerald, phil collins 3, ships a going down

13th October. Southampton, Lennons.
w/ ultralyd, the hunting lodge

4th October. London, The Marquee.
w/ kaito, art brut, french kicks

3rd October. Exeter, Cavern Club.
w/ calliope

30th September. Nottingham, Stealth.
w/ scanners

29th September. Bournemouth, Consortium.
w/ the rakes, garrett, kill speed kill

27th September. London, potty mouth @ the Ghetto.

25th September. Cardiff, Tommys Bar.
w/ art brut, marc lee

24th September. High Wycombe, the White Horse.
w/ love ends disaster, i.r. tiger, with stones in his pockets

23rd September. Bath, Moles.
w/ nine black alps, 28 costumes

19th September. Brighton, Freebutt.
w/ trouble everyday, moulsecoomb sword gang

18th September. Chorley, Community Centre.

17th September. Preston, the Mitre.
w/ jimmy light foot, acid test radio, lee malvo, the baker street irregulars

15th September. London, the Metro.
w/ trouble everyday, nemo, decoration

19th August. Brighton, Freebutt.
w/ deerhoof, epideme

12th August. London, 93 Feet East.
w/ from monument to masses, souvaris, the edmund fitzgerald

11th August. Bristol, Here Shop and Gallery.
w/ cat on form, the battys

30th July. Reading, Club Velocity @ Rising Sun Arts Centre.
w/ yumiyumi, rebus

22nd July. Bath, Moles.
w/ kaito, big joan, the retro spankees

2nd July. London, Upstairs at the Garage.
w/ torgas valley reds, distophia

29th June. London, the Buffalo Bar.
w/ the seconds

25th June. London, the Buffalo Bar.
w/ the a-lines, the house of lords

2nd June. Brighton, Po Na Na.
w/ ikara colt, yourcodenameis:milo

1st June. Southampton, Joiners.
w/ ikara colt, yourcodenameis:milo

29th May. Exeter, Cavern Club.
w/ ikara colt, yourcodenameis:milo

25th May. London, Islington Bar Academy.
w/ bearsuit, laasko

4th May. London, the Buffalo Bar.
w/ trouble everyday

20th April. London, Infinity.
w/ new black, manic cough

17th April. Exeter, Cavern Club.
EXETER LADYFEST
w/ klang, hooker, die all bears, the climb

9th April. Chichester, The Cave.
w/ bearsuit, finlay

30th Mar. Brighton, Freebutt.
w/ french toast, shrag

19th Mar. London, Infinity.
w/ pink grease, the kitchen

4th Mar. Bath, Moles.
w/ mr airplane man, the a-lines

18th Feb. Oxford, Wheatsheaf.
w/ youthmovie soundtrack strategies, 65 days of static

13th Feb. Brighton, Freebutt.
w/ neenor, tempertwig

10th Feb. London, the Buffalo Bar.
w/ neil's children

6th Feb. London, Upstairs at the Garage.
w/ kaito, hyperkinako

22nd Jan. London, Brixton Windmill.
w/ mighty fraff, b monster

18th Jan. Brighton, Freebutt.
w/ the mojo fins, my tour of duty

2003:

22nd Dec. Bournemouth, The Consortium.
w/ real/sweet/deal, kill speed kill, the taxidermists


Monday, September 15, 2008 

Hi everyone.

Don't Get Lost or Hurt, the mini-album by Lonely Ghosts (Tom's new project) is OUT NOW in the UK, and will be out Oct 6th in Europe, on OIB Records. It should be in all good reord shops now or is available from www.oibrecords.com where you get a free 4 badge set with the CD.

please have a listen. hope you enjoy.

peace

x

reviews:

"Comparisons of HSCS are inevitable - but this is gentler bedroom indie with layers of lush instrumentation... Proof that sometimes it can be an idea to give up your day job" - Plan B

"Delectable slices of symphonic pop... a bracingly enjoyable set." 7/10 - Rocksound

"Scratchy guitar, drum machine and synthesizer...turning out the sort of breathless indie (think Bright Eyes, Los Campesinos! Xiu Xiu) that twitches and flinches and bruises at the touch...it's bracing like a fistful of caffeine pills" - NME

"It doesn't dissapoint. It has that feel of one man at work you find on all the best solo albums... the rhythm box ticks away under tumbling guitars and semi-distorted vocals delivering snap shot songs. Nice one, Tom." - Artrocker

"A love note to 90s indie... the album pulls together disperate influences and indie/folk/electro sounds, blending them, with sweeping strings and the overtones of joy, heartbreak and touches of Idlewild. Lovely." - Kruger Magazine

"It's inventive and packed with twists and turns, but with pop with a capital P running all the way through all eight songs in one way or another... you will love this." Plus One Magazine

"Tom Denney has risen from the ashes of Help She Can't Swim to bring us this slice of lo-fi, heartfelt and at times explosive electro-pop" 4/5 - F**k Magazine

"The music veers between peppy, in-vogue, synth-based pop and new-folk laments... The boys got a chance." - AU Magazine

"Musically more accomplished and eclectic than Help! She Can't Swim... Somehow infusing the emotion of Bright Eyes or Onelinedrawing, the tenderness and honesty of gigging buddy Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, the coolness of Bloc Party and synths to almost rival Presets, Denney's deliverance is outstanding. Whether he is spitting out lyrics with venom or softly presenting his words, Denney seems to be intuitive in just how is best to say this, that or the other. When wrapped cleverly around the vast mix of sounds that have been used on this album, it makes for a very fun, interesting ride." - Subba-Cultcha

"This is actually a project with much potential... there is some real feeling, flair and flavor... you might soon have your new favourite band here." - New Noise

"Machine + guitar + emotion = ace" 7/10 - This is fake DIY

"Masterful... a lovely little album that reminds you what it's like to worry too much about all the things that you get used to... It's indie, people, just the way you like it." - Unpeeled

Monday, May 26, 2008 
We are sad to announce that Help She Can't Swim are no more. Some of you may have noticed we have been inactive for a little while now and we have decided not to continue with the band. There are a lot of things that the four of us need to do personally that being in the band does not allow. We have had an amazing time being in HSCS; we got to release our music, tour, play shows with some great bands and met lots of lovely people.

We would like to thank everyone who has shown us support, bought our records, come to the shows, said or written nice things about us or had any positive influence on this band over the years. We couldn't have done it without you.

We will keep the myspace page updated with the new music we are making post-HSCS.

Lots of love
Team Help
x

If you are looking for any of our releases Fantastic Plastic have a few
copies of the most recent album THE DEATH OF NIGHTLIFE on CD & vinyl LP (CD comes with a bonus disc) and some other bits n pieces of HSCS back catalogue.
Fantastic Plastic Record Shop

Also all HSCS catalogue is available digitally from
7 Digital
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 
here's some footage filmed after our recent paris show of tom and leesey playing hospital drama acoustic. enjoy.

Currently listening:
Jumbo Fiasco
By My Device
Release date: 06 November, 2007
Thursday, October 04, 2007 
We will be releasing the 'Pass the Hat Around' ep on Fantastic Plastic records on November 4th on download only. The ep features 3 new songs; 'Dead Leaves' the last cut from the Death of Nightlife recording session and 'Heads or Tails' and 'Hey what's new', which were recorded at the end of last year and are the first recordings we've made as a 4 piece band.

We hope you will enjoy them!

pass the hat around ep

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(Fantastic Plastic Records)

download only - available on itunes and FP Digital shop



1. pass the hat around

2. heads or tails

3. hey what's new

4 dead leaves



Currently listening:
Spiderman of the Rings
By Dan Deacon
Release date: 08 May, 2007
Friday, September 28, 2007 

Current mood:  sad
Hey everyone,
sorry to bring bad news but due to circumstances beyond are control we are unable to play the shows we had coming up in exeter, southampton, brighton and cardiff. we're very sorry to disapoint anyone who was planning on coming to the shows, we're disapointed too.

our next live shows will be in France.

sorry everyone. : (

xxxx
Sunday, September 02, 2007 
The debut release by Toms solo project  Lonely Ghosts will be coming out on September 10th. Lonely Ghosts has a track on a 4 way split 7", also featuring Gay Against You, The Tumbledown Estate and Munch Munch, coming out on O.I.B Records. The 7" also comes with 4 changable covers and badges designed by each of the bands.

BUT... if you don't want to wait you can order it online now direct from O.I.B Records.

The 7" is also being ditro'd throughout the UK, Europe and USA... so if you want to get a copy ordered into your local record show order 'OIB split series Vol by various artists' (or something like that anyway).

 

Currently listening:
Cryptograms
By Deerhunter
Release date: 06 February, 2007
Monday, August 20, 2007 
i found this... it's a cover of what would morrissey say:
Currently listening:
I Fed Thee Rabbit Water
By Birdengine
Release date: 13 March, 2007
Sunday, August 05, 2007 
thank you to these people...

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...you were great. so much fun!
xxx
Currently listening:
Young Adults Against Suicide
By Ninja High School
Release date: 11 October, 2005
Monday, July 16, 2007 
thanks everyone who came and watched us at tin pan alley yesterday. here's a video of fermez la bouche and hospital drama... enjoy.


Currently listening:
Holiday
By Magnetic Fields
Release date: 12 January, 1999