Audioscope @ the Zodiac , Oxford - Your thoughts?

YSS were very noisy indeed – I’m not sure if I’d like them on record but live they just blew me away. NME should champion them rather than the godawful Razorlight.

The reason I went was to see The Telescopes who are presently in full-on experimental noise mode. They played one long track which consisted of some bloke on a theremin, Jo strumming wildly and continuously and Stephen doing something with two guitars and an electric sander or some other weird gizmo and a violin bow. At times it was satisfyingly brutal but it's hardly ground breaking.

The Oxes started promisingly, I know nothing about them and was slightly surprised when I found myself standing next to one of the guitarists as I was hiding at the back of the venue. Hooray for wireless guitar shenanigans. They soon became intensely though annoying with their repetetive empty rock riffs and tiresome stage antics.

Damo Suzuki was awesome. He hd a great band behind him who buried themselves in some huge industrial grooves while the sprightly Damo yelled incomprehensively at the audience like a bereaved Yoko Ono. Truly great and a privelege.

I've got some photos up on my website if you're interested... http://www.nunuworldmusic.co.uk

Nice photos, anyone know what that thing is Stephen Telescope was abusing his guitars with?

- hahaha! I think you have the wrong band; I'm sure Graeme will be flattered though.

"I spent ages trying to work out if the singer/guitarist was Johnny Greenwood"

- he wasn't.

I want both bands to play Bristol.

The Line up
Saturday 29 October
Four Tet
Explosions In The Sky
Data Panik
Shooting at Unarmed Men (ex-Mclusky)
Ill Ease
Giddy Motors
Bullet Union
Fell City Girl

Sunday 30 October
Luke Vibert
Scout Niblett
Billy Mahonie
Super Numeri
Lords
Quack Quack
Nøught
Sunnyvale Noise Sub-element

Particularly looking forward to FourTet, Data Panik and Luke Vibert

Oh good grief, 2 days was ruin but it was WORTH IT for Quack Quack.

Anyway! 2007! Rother and Moebius!! Plus Shit and Shine and some other folks. I am so excited. I haven't made it to a gig in Oxford for ages but I'd better be able to make it to this.

Woo, yay, etc.

Tomorrow! Michael Rother! Dieter Moebius!

Also looking forward to Shit & Shine, who I hear are awesome live; Rothko, who I haven't really caught up with lately but I'll be interested to see since the lineup has changed so much since I last saw them; and Einstellung, who I'm quite excited about as the CD I bought of theirs from the nice Bearos guy at this last year was a one-track half-hour slab of motorik goodness. And a chance to see the new look ex-Zodiac, because I've been slack about gig-going lately and not made it in yet.

http://www.audioscope.co.uk/

Nobody?

(Last year I spoke to one Whiney G Weingarten and did not realise until afterwards who he was, not that I'm on ILX enough to expect anyone not to be creeped out by recognition anyway. So, uh, hi. Great day all round.)

Shit&Shine are pretty rad, you'll prob not be disappointed

The new look Zodiac (well downstairs anyway) is a bit rubbish. Apparently upstairs hasn't changed much.

I'm not going though, because I'm going to see Beirut in London!