I went to a concert last night by Japanese outfit Acid Mothers Temple (actually various sub-projects thereof) and met a chap from popular local band the Rollers/Sparkers. My special friend was wearing an ampersand t-shirt, and this triggered a conversation about the band. Mr R/S is one of those people who feel that B&S went all wrong when other members of the band started being let write & sing songs. I asserted in the strongest possible terms that this is an objectively false view which will not be tolerated when the Republic of Tobit is inaugurated. The Acid Mothers Temple bands rocked like motherfuckers. Main AMT guy Kawabata Makoto engaged all forward thinking people with his guitar dronings, which managed to incorporate that Occitanian tune 'La Novia' that AMT love so much. The Pardons (Higashi Hiroshi & mad woman Cotton Casino) served up some quirky synth music that some felt was the weak link of the evening. Then our night was rounded off by Tsurabami (Makota on guitar, Hiroshi on bass, and Emi Nobuko on drums (bollocks, do Japanese people have their surnames first or second? Ah well, in this context it doesn't really matter)). This was the most straightforwardly hard rocking of the three acts. It would be great if B&S were more like AMT... if they all lived on an island together in a somewhat cultish setup, and all were in sub-bands which staffed by subsets of the B&S collective. Eh, why would this be great? It just would, trust me on this. The Acid Mothers Temple Soul Collective are playing various other concerts in these islands over the next week or so... if they play near you you should go and see them. In other developments, I feel I must tell you that important Dublin band The Jimmycake are playing in London next Friday at the ICA with Manitoba (are Manitoba an Irish band? I don't know). The Jimmycake's textured instumental sounds might appeal to London based Sinister subbers, or it might not. There will be a lot of them onstage, so you'll get good value for money. and now I will roll away and leave you alone, bless DV +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister@missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo@missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+