SXSW 2k9 Preview: Dananananaykroyd

Myspace // "Pink Sabbath" [mp3]

Dananananaykroyd seems to be having a big couple of weeks. The Glasgow group released their first video (ever) for "Black Wax" a week and a half ago. Now, they're en-route to Austin for SXSW where they're tipped to be one of the breakout bands of the festival (along with other Exitfare favorites like Sky Larkin). So yeah... you'll want to be there. Check them out if you like super energetic punk rock meets hardcore with maybe a little math rock thrown in for good measure, I think of them as Johnny Foreigner meets Pulled Apart By Horses with a side helping of Foals.

3/18: British Party at Latitude 30 @ 7:30pm
3/18: ASCAP Showcase at Dirty Dog Bar @ 11:30pm
3/19: Clash/Relentless Party at Dirty Dog Bar @ 1pm
3/20: SAC Showcase at La Zona Rosa @ 8:30pm

Pulled Apart By Horses: New Song

[Photo Credit: Bart Pettman]

Myspace

Leeds quartet Pulled Apart By Horses have posted a new track on their Myspace page -- "EC = MC Hammer." Check it out, it's good times.

As usual, the band will be on the road this spring, supporting Blood Red Shoes, doing gigs with "We Versus the Shark," and appearances at Live at Leeds and the Great Escape. Another reason why it's better to be in England right now.

Pulled Apart By Horses "Meat Balloon"

Myspace // "The Lighthouse" [Audio]

Brand new, first video ever from Leeds's finest, Pulled Apart By Horses. This is not their fan site.

It's awesome, radical, totally bodacious.

Pulled Apart By Horses: New Single and Tour

Myspace // "The Lighthouse" [Audio]

Last February was the first (and only) time we posted about a band before we heard their music. It's not something we like to do because we don't want to get saddled with covering shit bands (although, rather ironically, we've covered our fair share of them WITH hearing the music), but we rolled the dice with this Leeds quartet because we were convinced that they were up to something very special.

Three days later we were rewarded with an absolutely wonderful digital gem called "High Five Swan Dive Nose Dive." The song made our cold winter days go by a little faster with its stunning bouts of musical tomfoolery. It was the sound of 100 bodies smashing against one another at the sweatiest house party ever.

The band's next single, a double A side featuring "I Punched a Lion in the Throat" and "The Crapsons," will be out on Monday, January 26th on Too Pure. There will be a nifty little tour (supporting Sky Larkin) going on later this month as well, but don't worry if you can't make it -- the band will be back on the road in March. All dates are on their Myspace.

Jan, 2009 UK Tour!
22nd Bristol, Louisiana
23rd Cardiff, Barfly
24th Nottingham, The Bodega
26th Glasgow, King Tuts
27th Manchester, Night & Day
28th Oxford, The Bullingdon
29th London, ICA
30th Brighton, Audio
31st Leeds, Brudenell Social Club

Black Flashes

Myspace // "Barricades" (Rough Demo) [mp3]

It's those things that you can't control that anger us the most, even trivial things like bands breaking up. There are those bands out there that should break up and when they do, you're glad that they did. On the other hand, when you become invested in an exciting new band only to have them call it quits before they actually follow through on their promise, these are the times when you are understandably gutted.

In the past year, English indie rock has already "lost" Mother Vulpine, but thankfully they were reborn as Pulled Apart By Horses. Not unexpectedly, Newcastle quartet (and eventually trio) Kubichek! called it quits, leaving an undeniably masterful debut in their wake, a nearly perfect collection of tunes that took the Bloc Party blueprint and made it better.

Recently, while I was nosing about to see what the band was up to, I saw that they had disbanded, but then quickly regrouped as Black Flashes, a band that is promising to to carry the torch of their previous outfit into new and unchartered territory. They've played just a handful of gigs up north, but as evidenced by their three demos, they are a band to get very excited about.