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Just under a month to the Odd Box Weekender.

Nice little write-up on some of the bands on this blog:

http://littleindieblogs.blogspot.co.uk/ ... ckets.html

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So yeah, Volume 3 of the 100 Club Series is rumbling into the rearview mirror.

So here's a brief low down on the 5 bands that will be featured:

The already mentioned Year Of Birds. It's a 9 song 7". From Middlesborough. They are a prolific bunch of noiseniks. http://yearofbirds.bandcamp.com/ last seen around these parts on the Crackle! Fuzz! Pop! singles club in 2013. Comparison to Bogshed, The Fall and Stump have been garnered thus far.

Heathers from L.A. are about to blow peoples minds as they take on a whistle-stop tour of the UK culminating with an appearance at the ODD BOX weekender. New single 'Fear' is picking up a lot of notice at the moment. http://hhheathers.bandcamp.com/ Heathers are raw jangle pop - "punk’s energy meeting the broken-hearted crusade of 60s pop. It’s loud and it’s bright and it’s irresistible" so say Did Not Chart

Chorusgirl bring big chiming pop songs to the party. Dirty surf tones. Recently awarded 'Song Of The Day' on Collapsed Board for the instant classic 'Oh, To Be A Defector'. https://soundcloud.com/chorusgirl take a listen for yourself. Fall in love. Fall hard.

The Manhattan Love Suicides are about to play their first show for 5 years. They have a brand new album recorded. They will also be recording new songs for the 100 Club Series. Fuzzy feedback 60s infused pop. To die for.

The last hit on the third volume of the 100 Club Series is Sweet Benfica. This lo-fi slacker duo are from Wales can be folky or fucked-up and noisy as their want takes them. Diverse comparisons reflect this approach (Daniel Johnston, The Cramps and Richard Hell!). The fact that they're from my old hometown only adds to their mystery for me. How can something this good be from where I am from?

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It's the Weekender this weekend.

Might I see some of you there?

Got a wee write-up in Timeout this week, too.

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Some of you might be interested in this one:

SQRL 40/BOX 026 - THE MANHATTAN LOVE SUICIDES - MORE HEAT ! MORE PANIC ! - LIMITED EDITION RED VINYL VERSION

The Manhattan Love Suicides burnt bright between 2006 and 2009. Taking their ferocious sonic assault all over the UK and further afield to New York (The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart formed to support them at a Loft Party in Brooklyn) and SXSW in the USA (twice). They released one full rough and raw sounding studio LP, a clutch of 7" singles and EPs, plus a bumper 27 track compilation CD in their 4(ish) years together.

In 2009, the band came to an unexpected halt. Darren and Caroline regrouping as The Blanche Hudson Weekend, while Adam John Miller returned with T.O.Y.S and former side projects The Wednesday Club and The Medusa Snare. That, so we thought, was that for The Manhattan Love Suicides.

At the tail end of 2013, a new song appeared completely out of the blue on YouTube - ‘(Never Stop) Hating You’. A rough mix, and unmastered, but a taste of what was to come. The band were back ! They’ve since gone on to play a handful of ‘comeback’ shows, including the Odd Box Weekender, Indietracks and the Nottingham Pop All Dayer in 2014. More shows are coming in 2015.

The band have teamed up with Odd Box and Squirrel Records to release their second full length LP, ‘More Heat! More Panic!’ which once again shows there are none better at delivering 3 minute buzzsaw guitar attacks. This record also showcases a band comfortable in trying new things and tempering the noise with a tender side. But noise fans can rest assured that the band haven’t forgotten about their fuzz pedals. This album delivers all the noise and fury you’d expect. It also delivers a few things that might just surprise you.

Pre-order here: https://oddboxrecords.bandcamp.com/albu ... more-panic

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All red vinyl copies of the pre-order have sold out. That took less than 24 hours......

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Just been putting together some information for the new (no idea when) Odd Box website.

It looks like I am very close to the 100th release:

Albums (27)
BOX03o – Two White Cranes – coming soon
BOX029 – T-Shirt Weather – coming soon
BOX028 – The Ethical Debating Society – New Sense (LP/Digital) (June 2015)
BOX027 – Anguish Sandwich – An Actual Thing (Cassette/Digital) (2014)
BOX026 – The Manhattan Love Suicides – More Heat! More Panic! (LP/Digital) (2015 – joint release with Squirrel Records)
BOX025 – Tyrannosaurus Dead – Flying Ant Day (CD/LP/Digital) (released November 2014)
BOX024 – Nervous Twitch – Get Back In Line (Cassette/Digital) (released January 2015)
BOX023 – The Wolfhounds – Middle Aged Freaks (CD/Digital) (released November 2014)
BOX022 – We Luv’d Ya – A Tribute To Ace Bushy Striptease (CD/Digital) (released January 2015)
BOX021 – Ace Bushy Striptease – Slurpt (CD/Digital) (released June 2014)
BOX020 – The Wendy Darlings – The Insufferable Fatigues Of Idleness (CD/Digital) (released 2013)
BOX018 – Frozy – Lesser Pop (LP/Digital) (released August 2015)
BOX016 – Tyrannosaurus Dead – Greatest Hits (CD/Digital) (released February 2014)
BOX015 – The Blanche Hudson Weekend – How Many Times Have You Let Me Die (CD/Digital)(2013)
BOX014 – Ace Bushy Striptease – Outside It’s Cold Just Like The Inside Of Your Body And (LP/Digital) (2012 – joint release with Discount Horse)
BOX013 – Pale Man Made – Red Box Secrets (CD/Digital) (2012)
BOX012 – One Happy Island – A Purpose Of The Surface (CD/Digital) (2012)
BOX011 – The Rosie Taylor Project – Twin Beds (CD/Digital) (2012)
BOX010 – Proto Idiot – Idiot Proto (CD/Digital) (2012)
BOX009 – Ace Bushy Striptease – The Words That You Said Are Still Wet In My Head (CD/Digital) 2011
BOX008 – Pocketbooks – Carousel (CD/Digital) (2011)
BOX006 – Sarandon – Sarandon’s Age Of Reason (CD/LP/Digital) (2011 – joint release with Slumberland)
BOX005 – Various – Broadcast One – New Music hand picked by Dandelion Radio (CD/Digital) (2010)
BOX004 – The Humms – Lemonland (CD/Digital) (2010)
BOX003 – One Happy Island – One Happy Island (CD/Digital) (2010)
BOX002 – The Wednesday Club – Katapult (CD/Digital) (2009)
BOX001 – The Millipedes – Shake Your Bones (Triple 7″ with CD Boxset) (2009)

Singles & EPs (68)
ODD074 – The Manhattan Love Suicides (7″) (2015)
ODD073 – Fredd Velvet – Fredd Velvet (Cassette) (2015)
ODD072 – Flemmings – Shake Well Before Use (Cassette) (2015)
ODD071 – T-Shirt Weather – Flutter/Breathe (Cassette) (2015)
ODD070 – Tyrannosaurus Dead / Joanna Gruesome split 7″ (Post Holiday Dead Song & Anti-Parent Cowboy Killers) (7″) (2014)
ODD065/CLUB012 – Chorusgirl – The 100 Club Series Vol.3#2 (7″) (2015)
ODD064/CLUB011 – Year Of Birds -The 100 Club Series Vol.3#1 (7″) (2015)
ODD063/CLUB010 – King Of Cats – The 100 Club Series Vol.2#5 (7″) (2015)
ODD062/CLUB009 – City Yelps – The 100 Club Series Vol.2#4 (7″) (2014)
ODD061/CLUB008 – Dog Legs – The 100 Club Series Vol.2#3 (7″) (2014)
ODD060/CLUB007 – Bloomer – The 100 Club Series Vol.2#2 (7″) (2014)
ODD059/CLUB006 – Sock Puppets – The 100 Club Series Vol.2#1 (7″) (2014)
ODD058 – The Hundredth Anniversary – Wreckers (CD/Digital) 2014
ODD057 – T.O.Y.S – EP3 (CD/Digital) 2014
ODD056 – The Wolfhounds – Anthem / Middle Age Freak (7″/Digital) 2014
ODD055 – The Wolfhounds – Divide and Fall (7″/Digital) 2014
ODD054/CLUB005 – Cars Can Be Blue – The 100 Club Series Vol.1#5 (7″) (2013)
ODD053/CLUB004- Martha – The 100 Club Series Vol.1#4 (7″) (2013)
ODD052/CLUB003 – Gum – The 100 Club Series Vol.1#3 (7″) (2013)
ODD051/CLUB002 – Fever Dream – The 100 Club Series Vol.1#2 (7″) (2013)
ODD050/CLUB001 – Flowers – The 100 Club Series Vol.1#1 (7″) (2013)
ODD049/CFP008 – Humousexaul – Crackle Fuzz Pop EP 8 (CD) (2014)
ODD048/CFP007 – Sock Puppets- Crackle Fuzz Pop EP 7 (CD) (2014)
ODD047/CFP006 – Anguish Sandwich – Crackle Fuzz Pop EP 6 (CD) (2015)
ODD046/CFP005 – Good Grief – Crackle Fuzz Pop EP 5 (CD) (2013)
ODD045/CFP004 – Noun Verb Adjective – Crackle Fuzz Pop EP 4 (CD) (2013)
ODD044/CFP003 – Ace Bushy Striptease – Crackle Fuzz Pop EP 3 (CD) (2013)
ODD043/CFP002 – City Yelps – Crackle Fuzz Pop EP 2 (CD) (2013)
ODD042 – Giant Burger – Fridges Etc. (Cassette) 2013
ODD041 – Tyrannosaurus Dead – Pure // Apart (12″) 2013
ODD040/CFP001 – Year Of Birds – Crackle Fuzz Pop EP 1 (CD) (2013)
ODD039 – The Blanche Hudson Weekend – The Deep Thrust EP (CD) (2012)
ODD038 – The Wolfhounds – Cheer Up (7″/Digital) (2012)
ODD037 – Ace Bushy Striptease – More Parts Per Milijas (CD) (2012)
ODD036 – Martha – Martha (Cassette) (2012)
ODD035 – T.O.Y.S – EP2 (CD/Digital) (2012)
ODD034 – Anguish Sandwich – Bermuda Triangle (7″) (2012 – joint release with Slum)
ODD033 – The Blanche Hudson Weekend – (Just Like) Susan George (7″/Digital) (2012)
ODD032 – Baaneex – Weird Dance Plus (CD) (2012)
ODDo30 – One Happy Island – Unsummer (CD + songbook) (2011)
ODD029 – Chapter 24 – Spindle /4454 (7″/Digitak) (2011)
ODD028 – The Understudies – Everyone Deserves At Least One Summer Of Love (7″/Digital) (2011)
ODD027 – Sock Puppets – Sock Puppets EP (CD/Digital) (2011)
ODD026 – Baaneex – Weird Dance (CD) (2011)
ODD025 – Singles Club – The Ketamines / The Vignettes (7″) (2011)
ODD024 – Singles Club – Gold-Bears / Bracelettes (7″) (2011)
ODD023 – Singles Club – The Hairs / The Medusa Snare (7″) (2011)
ODD022 – Singles Club – One Fathom Down / The Humms (7″) (2011)
ODD021 – Singles Club – The Give It Ups / Santa Monica Swim and Dive Club (7″) (2011)
ODD020 – Singles Club – The Blanche Hudson Weekend / Horowitz (7″) (2011)
ODD019 – The Understuddies – Wanting Vs. Getting (CD) (2010)
ODD018 – Liars Beware – The Last 24 Hours (CD) (2010)
ODD017 – The Smittens – Dancing Shoes: The Smittens Remixed (CD) (2010)
ODD016 – Hot Booth – The Whole Thing (Cassette) (2010)
ODD015 – Various – Bless Me Iggy For I Have Sinned (CD) (2010)
ODD013 – Falling and Laughing – Bunnyhood EP (CD & Zine) (2010)
ODD012 – Ace Bushy Striptease – A Little More Suspicion In Our Fairytales Plz (CD) 2010)
ODD011 – The Blanche Hudson Weekend – The Rats In The Cellar EP (CD) (2010)
ODD010 – Proto Idiot – Is You Is You My EP? (CD) (2010)
ODD009 – The Manhattan Love Suicides – Dandelion Radio Session (CD/Digital) (2010)
ODD008 – The Monorals – Surf 4 Fuzz (CD) (2009)
ODD007 – Lovelust – Spaced Out EP (CD) (2009)
ODD006 – Various – Accidental (An Odd Box Sampler) (CD) (2010)
ODD005 – The Give It Ups – Sing (CD) (2009)
ODD004 – The Humms – Are You Dead? (CD) (2009)
ODD003 – Pinkshinyultrablast – Happy Songs For Happy Zombies (CD) (2009)
ODD002 – The Crack Babies – Smoking At Gas Stations (CD (2009)
ODD001 – The Kick Inside – Oh, Vanity! (7″) (2009)

I make that 95 physical releases thus far.

Blimey.

What to do.

Sarah quit at this point.

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