ON WWW.SUBBA-CULTCHA.COM THIS WEEK:
This week we interview noise duo F**k Buttons, post-punk legends The Slits, hot up n comers Local Natives, Wayne Coyne’s nephew Stardeath & White Dwarfs, and rising talent in the shape of The Young Republic and ex-threemovements member’s new band EastStrikeWest. We’re giving away Spooks 7 DVD Boxset, 30 Days of Night, Splinter and The Grudge 3, Looking For Eric (Special 2 Disc Edition) & Later Live 2 W/Jools Holland. We let our writer sing along to Singstar Motown for the PS3, as well as bringing you front row reports from recent shows by Speech Debelle, Zero 7, Deastro, OK GO & Swimming. We review DVDs in the shape of Britain's Got the Pop Factor, Telstar, Fragments, Is Anybody There, Bundy: A Legacy of Evil & Wasting Away, plus the usual smorgasbord of album reviews including Pearl Jam, Kraftwerk, Rain Machine. Shudder To Think, Animal Kingdom, Sufjan Stevens, Volcano Choir, Kurt Vile, David Bazan, Sunny Day Real Estate, Senser, The Holloways, Marduk, The Cave Singers, Arch Enemy, Gordon Gano & The Ryans, Blackhole, Fear of a Wack Planet, Liam Hayes and Plush, Herve: Cheap Thrills Volume 1, Paradise Lost, Spinefarm UK Sampler, Sufjan Stevens/Osso, Alice Donut, Strung Out, Zeep, Breed 77, Sergeant, Young Fresh Fellows & Cate Le Bon...
INTERVIEWS: http://www.subba-cultcha.com/features.php
F**k Buttons - The Bristol noise duo with a sweary name catch up with Subba before the release of their sophomore album
The Slits - The Re-return Of The (Giant) Slits
Local Natives - Warm lush harmonies on a backdrop of sun drenched beats, it’s simply too good to be true!
Stardeath & White Dwarfs - Subba quizzes the band after they dropped their Wayne Coyne-produced debut on the wider world...
The Young Republic - Tennessee based six-piece and Subba tips for 2009/10 get to grips with our probing questions ahead of their second album and tour...
EastStrikeWest - threemovements member’s new band dazzle us with their new album, so we just had to quiz them…
COMPETITIONS: http://www.subba-cultcha.com/competitions.php
1 Spooks 7 DVD Boxset
3 Bundles of Horror DVDs (incl: 30 Days of Night, Splinter and The Grudge 3)
1 Copy of Looking For Eric (Special 2 Disc Edition)
3 Copies of Later Live 2 With Jools Holland on CD
3 Copies of Beyond Remedy on DVD
3 Copies of House: Season 5 on DVD
3 Copies of My Name Is Earl: Season 4 on DVD
3 pairs of tickets to ALL TOMORROW’S PARTIES screening (with a live concert from Les Savy Fav & a DJ set by ATP founder Barry Hogan) from 23 October 2009
3 Copies of Deadmau5's 'For Lack Of A Better Name' CD
3 Copies of The Big Fat Important Movie on DVD
3 Copies of Fast & Furious on DVD
3 Copies of Fighting on DVD
3 Copies of Hed Kandi’s Disco Heaven CD
4 pairs of guestlist tickets for Pama Outernational Uk dates, copies of the new album and the bands last 7" Happenstance and 12" vinyl High Rise Ft Michie One.
3 Copies of Deadline on DVD
5 Buster Shuffle tshirts and albums
3 Copies of Jack Said on DVD
3 Copies of Anything For Her on DVD
OCTOBER’S SINGLES & EPS REVIEW: http://www.subba-cultcha.com/singles.php?id=36
Your guide to the best and the rest of the Singles and EP’s out this month - hundreds of release judged, loved, and in some cases pounced upon and spanked to death! Featuring: AIR/ALPHABEAT/ANTI-POP CONSORTIUM/THE BIG PINK/IAN BROWN/JULIAN CASABLANCAS/COBRA STARSHIP/ENTER SHIKARI/EVERY TIME I DIE/CALVIN HARRIS/IDLEWILD/THE LEMONHEADS/METRONOMY/MICACHU/UNGDOMSKULEN/WILD BEASTS/WOLFMOTHER/THE X X& Much, Much More…
GAME REVIEWS: http://www.subba-cultcha.com/games.php
Singstar Motown - PS3 - Like Ronseal, does exactly what it says on the tin ***GAME OF THE WEEK***
LIVE REVIEWS: http://www.subba-cultcha.com/live.php
Speech Debelle @ Mine, Leeds - Mercury Music Prize award winner charms leeds
Zero 7 @ UEA LCR, Norwich - Replacing the hushed melodies for danceable pop; The Masters of the ambient lo-fi take to the road to spread the word of ‘Yeah Ghost’.
Deastro @ Norwich Art Centre, Norwich - On a one man mission to confuse UK’s indie youth comes the kaleidoscopic warrior Deastro.
OK GO @ Cargo - Chicago tread-mill rockers play an intimate set in one of London’s finest sweat-boxes!
Emil / Charli XCX / Swimming @ Centro Bar –
DVD REVIEWS: http://www.subba-cultcha.com/dvds.php
Britain's Got the Pop Factor - How celebrity is born
Telstar - Fascinating, 1960’s musical period piece
Fragments - Some splendid performances from an excellent cast in this quality drama ***DVD OF THE WEEK***
Is Anybody There -
Bundy: A Legacy of Evil - Ted Bundy the TV. Movie.
Wasting Away -
Messengers 2: The Scarecrow -
It's Alive –
ALBUM REVIEWS: http://www.subba-cultcha.com/albums.php
Pearl Jam - Backspacer - Grunge titans Pearl Jam discover happiness, and rediscover their mojo
Kraftwerk -
Rain Machine - Rain Machine - TV on the Radio’s Kyp Malone tries to falsetto his way out his day job’s long shadow. TV on the Radio’s Kyp Malone fails.
Shudder To Think - Live From Home - Back and still bewilderingly brilliant
Animal Kingdom - Signs and Wonders - Cinematic, celestial indie with dashes of Sigur Ros, early Radiohead and Elliot smith
Sufjan Stevens - The BQE - A cinematic suite in tribute to the Brooklyn/Queens expressway: Surely it could only be Sufjan!
Volcano Choir - Unmap - Honest brevity from Vernon and co.
Kurt Vile - Childish Prodigy - Philly’s War on Drugs strummer with some engaging lo-fi psych pop
David Bazan - Curse Your Branches - Pedro the Lion founder constructs a solo debut sweeter than a pussy cat
Sunny Day Real Estate - LP2 (The Pink Album) - Brilliant but ultimately flawed second album from Seattle’s indie-kings
Senser - How To Do Battle - It should have been the second album, but it’s here at last
The Holloways - No Smoke No Mirrors - Holloways try too hard for meaning, in slow starting pop-fest
Marduk - Wormwood - Swedish Black Metallers, Marduk continue the violence
The Cave Singers - Welcome Joy - You know how they say the past is a foreign country? Well, this is kind of proof of that…
Arch Enemy - The Root of All Evil - Swedish death-metallers revamp old material, with mixed results
Gordon Gano & The Ryans - Under The Sun - Ex Violent Femme grows up. Gone daddy gone, the choons aint gone!
Blackhole - Dead Hearts - The little bro of Gallows' mainman Frank Carter takes centre-stage, and unequivocally kicks his sibling's a**
V/A - Fear of a Wack Planet - Probably the most uplifting compilation you’ll ever come across that doesn’t suck…
Liam Hayes and Plush - Bright Penny - MOR is thy name, Bacharach wannabees come on down!
V/A - Herve: Cheap Thrills Volume 1 - Herve’s label releases its first collection, prepare to dance
Paradise Lost - Faith Divides Us, Death Unites Us - Yorkshire metallers go back to basics … and sound astounding
V/A - Spinefarm UK Sampler - Cream of the crop in modern metal represented by a label that actually gives a shit
Sufjan Stevens/Osso - Run Rabbit Run - ‘Run Rabbit Run’ sees Sufjan Stevens’ album ‘Enjoy Your Rabbit’ arranged for the acclaimed Osso string quartet
Alice Donut - Ten Glorious Animals - Homer Simpson’s favourite alterna-punks return
Strung Out - Agents Of The Underground - A storming return from Jason Cruz & co.
Zeep - People & Things - What's in a name anyway...
Banner Pilot – Collapser - Minneapolis gruff punk newly signed to Fat Wreck release second effort.
Nephu Huzzband - Elementary - Brilliant and inventive
Breed 77 - Insects - Flamenco metallers come in hard and heavy for their latest album
Sergeant - Sergeant - Fife’s favourite sons aspire to revive Postcard but sound like The La's. ‘Got different badges but they wear them just the same.’
EsOterica - The Riddle - Free of NIN producerJohn Fryer, EsOterica take on their second album alone.
Young Fresh Fellows - I Don’t Think This Is - Friend of the stars gets the band back together and Peter Buck adds his 12 string to the mix
Cars On Fire - Dig Your Own Grave - Bristol tearaways make some of the catchiest sh*t we’ve heard all year, and leave bodies in the wake on the way to the top
Between the Screams - Our Last Days on Earth - Essex’s Between the Screams produce some of the years most beautiful metal
Above Them – Blueprint for a Better Time - Yorkshire upstarts release promising, Biffy-worshipping debut
Soul Control - Cycles - Oddly named hardcore band Soul Control unleash the venom…
Cate Le Bon - Me Oh My - Gruff from Super Furry Animal launches his label in style with 10 tracks of Nico meets Silver Jews beauty
Cowboy Prostitutes - Let Me Have Your Heart - Sleaze rock dudes offer pretty much what you expect
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