Trencher

Trencher, Rolo Tomassi, Cutting Pink With Knives at Camden Barfly, Camden Town, Sun 11 Feb

Review by Mike Diver

Rolo Tomassi are a mighty gust of brilliantly fresh air in a scene that breeds too many a carbon-copy of The Locust or Trencher; they enjoy themselves and don’t take their very seriously good music too seriously for its own good, and we reciprocate...»

Camden Barfly

Capacity: 200

Nearest tubes: Camden or Chalk Farm Road

The Barfly club used to be at a tiny venue called the Falcon. The Monarch, where it is housed now, isn't an awful lot bigger. Well, the bar is. You will enter a bar and then have to climb some stairs to get to see the bands, so god help you if you're drunk. There is a small bar upstairs too. Be warned: pints cost £3 at the weekend.

Has seen recent secret gigs by JJ72 and Puressence. Also played host to The Barfly Sessions (Channel 4 TV) and Coldplay played among others. Grrrate.

Every small band wants to play here. On a good night, the sound is great and there will be a decent atmosphere. Can get really stuffy and cramped on a busy night though.

You will get your hand stamped with INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH ink when you enter. This will not wash off for at least a week, so you might get away without paying again in that time. ;-)

- Adie Nunn

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Trencher

A trio of keyboard-wrecking, drum-smashing and bass-mangling punks. Some folk call it 'Casiocore'. We call it FUN FUN FUN. The band signed to Southern in 2005, and their debut for the label (second album in all), Lips, is released in November 2006.

Trencher are:
Pox - ass and tits
L. Monger - skins and bones
M. Shit - teeth and nails

Photo by Sanna

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Cutting Pink With Knives

Extreme grindcore band. Ish.

MySpace

Cutting Pink With Knives is:
Edi "fuck my ankle-warmers" Frankel.
Chris "taste my pie" Abitbol.
Alex "dipping between the cock and the arse" Gitzpatrick.

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Rolo Tomassi

A veritable smorgasbord of styles, these female-helmed discotech thrashers specialise in adrenaline-soaked, keyboard-laden art-punk that jerks, jolts and jigs with an ultra-camp temperamentality.

The band's debut self-titled EP was released in late 2006 via Holy Roar and subsequently sold out; a re-pressing featuring bonus tracks is available now.

Edward Dutton - drums
Joe Nicholson - guitar
Eva Spence - vocals
James Spence - keyboards
Joseph Thorpe - bass

MySpace

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