Rave punx Killdren – best known (and loved) for being kicked off the Glastonbury bill for inciting violence against Tories – are bringing their explosive show to LOUD WOMEN at the Hope & Anchor on 8 Feb and we can’t wait to see what happens! In the meantime, Killdren’s Efa answered our 5 question interview …
1. What can we look forward to on 8 Feb?
Electronic-rave punk full of satire, politics and positive nihilism… fronted by folk-punk grrrl EfaSupertramp and strange noises made by Nick Ronin!
2. Fill in the blanks…
“Our sound is like the lovechild of MONSTER ZOKU ONSOMB and DEAD KENNEDYS with a bit on the side from ATARI TEENAGE RIOT (if they were less serious)”
3. Give us your band/artist manifesto in no more than 20 words
Take the Piss, Annoy Tories, Destroy Capitalism and Laugh ‘n Dance While The World Falls Apart.
4. Who’s your favourite band/artists playing on the DIY circuit at the moment?
Petrol Girls are the best band in the universe, full stop.
5. Draw us a picture.
This is not our lead singer, despite her hair being similar to Boris Johnsons….
Pioneers of prank rock Anarchistwood are bringing their technicolour punk circus to LOUD WOMEN at the Hope & Anchor on 8 Feb and we can not wait! In the meantime, we asked mastermind Funkcutter 5 pertinent questions …
1. What can we look forward to on 8 Feb?
The first date of our Bitch’n’wooD tour. Anarchistwood embark on a convergent / divergent tour with T-Bitch. This might be the only one where we all have voices (possibly not funkcutter, unless they shut up in good time), limbs attached, nervous breakdowns shusshed, hearing intact (except Scarlet Carsen – wood drummer – who is deaf as a post-punk, “Eh? Pardon?!”) and don’t all want to kill each other. Date two is in Lancaster on Valentines Day in the St Valenstein’s Day Massacre Weekender part one with the Crippens and Slug Butter and we’ll have to be loving on that day shurley Shirley?
2. Fill in the blanks…
Our sound is like the lovechild of your worst nightmares and CIA torture with a bit on the side from Zappa, Crass, Gang of Four (according to the review in Razorcake magazine of The Nasty Album)
3. Give us your band/artist manifesto in no more than 20 words
Omnia Sunt Communia
4. Who’s your favourite band/artists playing on the DIY circuit at the moment?
Without a doubt The Crippens totally flip my wig, float my boat, tenderise my meat. Every member has hep to-die-for skills – the bass is whoppingly solid and rhythmic, vocals have a perfect timbre, width and density, guitar riffs and solos are beyond sublime and the drums – the drums, oh the drums – are excessively precise and give me mega goosey moments. The Cravats tickle us pink especially as their new album is about to be released and we are supporting them at the launch. yum yum yum…. also have to shout out to the marvelous The Sinictones with whom we have several 2020 gigs. First spotted at Griffstock featuring AJ and Nat Sinic of Kiss Me Killer, plus the previously unseen (to my eyes) Jodi Super-Mare on bass, they delivered absolutely blinding music and performance. Recently shared floor space again in The Chelsea Inn in a fund raiser for the Bristolian – their permanent drummer Abi showed superb skill and tricksy little rolls that make your belly butterflies do back flips. We have rocked and rolled by P.I.G. (Perish in Glory) but not enough – we want more please! so were playing our last Bitch’n’wooD tour gig in Southend for World Kidney Day with then and also Sarah P.I.G. and funkcutter’s birthday doo back in Bristol with another firm favourite – Kiss Me, Killer their very selves! Oh frabjous day! As ever, Jemma Freeman and the Cosmic Something pull and stretch our ears and heart strings – we are totally and utterly on their dick.
Mustn’t forget the chunky growls of PoisonousCxnt, especially as we have just co-released the album “Make me a Sandwich” by them on our label Ex Gratia Recordings and the huffin, puffin, gruff JesusHooligan who’s side project NaturalNoiseNaturalChaos CD/DVD we also put out. Other grand bands I could mention are the exceedingly good line up we have for our Spring Subterfuge 2020 on the 16th May with BlankMilk – Industrial-Rant-Rave with cyber sounds from Deex on the knobs and vocalist John Lee Bird, Igam Ogam – sublime psychedelia from South Wales, plus the not even publicly announced yet (shhhhh!) Army of Skanks – knickers were almost wet when this mega power trio was confirmed.
T-Bitch are the loudest, sparkliest, most FUN, and most important bands on the DIY punk scene right now – LOUD WOMEN hearts them big time. So how blimmin excited are we that they’re coming to play our next gig! 8 Feb at the Hope & Anchor, joining a riotous lineup of Killdren, Anarchistwood, fellow Southenders PettyPhase, and our ‘house band’ I, Doris. A night not to be missed – grab your tickets quick! And have a read of T-Bitch’s 5 question interview while you’re at it …
1. What can we look forward to on 8 Feb?
Enterfuckingtainment.
2. Fill in the blanks…
“Our sound is like the lovechild of The Clash and Nirvana with a bit on the side from Minor Threat“
3. Give us your band/artist manifesto in no more than 20 words
Make up, make noise, dress up, be pretty, fuck the patriarchy…
4.Who’s your favourite band/artists playing on the DIY circuit at the moment?
1.What have you been up to since we last saw you (at LOUD WOMEN Fest 4!)?
Well the main piece of news is that my second album, Sharp Minds, Raised Fists was released in October, so I’ve mainly been busy doing press for that. Doing PR is my least favourite thing about releasing music but it’s really nice to have it out there in the world finally for everyone to hear. The response so far has been great!
Our usual combination of shouty feminist rants, slightly chaotic musicianship, keytar stylings, distorted guitars and dancey electronic beats. And one song from the new album that’s turned out to be a fan favourite but which we haven’t played live yet. It will be the day after the General Election results so we’ll probably be either drunkenly celebrating or drunkenly commiserating. Oh, and we’ve also got sparkly Christmas outfits.
3.You’ve got a band now! How’s that working out? More fun? More logistics to work out? Change in your sound?
All of the above! Playing electronic music live is difficult as a solo act because you end up having to have quite a lot of stuff pre-recorded. Bringing in Kim and Georgia as guitarists has made a massive difference in terms of the punkier sound but also bringing much more energy to the live set. My new album is a lot more guitar-driven than the last one so having live guitarists makes it sound much more powerful.
4.What are your plans for 2020?
Gigs! We’re playing for Get In Her Ears on 13th March with Ghost Car, The Other Ones and Minimals, and we have one or two out of town gigs in the works as well as applying for festivals in the summer. I’ve been intending to scale things back a little bit because I really need to finish my PhD thesis (!) but I’m already having vague ideas of maybe releasing another single or two…
5. Have you been naughty or nice this year? What’s top of your Christmas list?
The state would say naughty, my cats would say nice. What I’d really, really like Santa to deliver is a Labour majority in Parliament and Jeremy Corbyn in Number 10. Failing that, new socks.
