Cat #: 063TZM
Tape release for South East Asia/Australia thru Ricecooker and tenzenmen. Vinyl in the US thru Wantage and in Australia thru We Empty Rooms
For digital download go here: weemptyrooms.bandcamp.com/album/dead-thundaaaaah
Rainbow Danger Club – Where Maps End – 14th July 2011
Cat #: 067TZM
Who is Rainbow Danger Club?
RDC is a Shanghai, China-based rock quartet with elements of experimental, indie-pop, post-rock, progressive, and electronica. Their unique brand of “experimental pop” has been featured on international mixtapes and podcasts. Their colourful and bombastic stage-presence makes them one of China’s praised live acts. They have attained critical and popular acclaim for their epic pop songs, fingerpick-style guitar riffage, heavy distorted bass, effect-laden trumpet, vocal harmonies, fantastical lyrics, and unconventional songwriting and production.
RDC’s first full-length album, Where Maps End, is an ambitious, fully-charged musical narrative ripe with leitmotifs and mythological ingredients. Musically, it melts different styles, instrumentations and moods while remaining sonically focused. WME was released in China in March 2011 and has garnered praise from Chinese and international press and blogs including the UK Guardian, MTVIggy, and CNNgo.
Alternative China – 2nd July 2011
Trash a Go Go, Shanghai 24/7, Andy Best, Kungfuology, Monkey Shoes, Color4, Chaile, Punkcast.com, Xiao He, Carsick Cars, P.K.14, Zhang Shouwang, He Fan, GetItLouder.com, Rock In China, Pangbianr, Old What Bar, Hedgehog, Beijing Gig Guide, Jake Newby, Latabozi, Maybe Mars, Proximity Butterfly, Chengdu, CNNGo, ArtSpace China, Beijing Daze
LAVA|OX|SEA – NEXT EPISODE: Lord Smart Vs. Dr Jin – 1st June 2011
Cat #: 043TZM
Lava|Ox|Sea throw down the gauntlet and challenge western rock dictatorships effortlessly pissing over anything referencing ‘rock’ in the last ten years. Move over Radiohead.
Originally released on ground breaking Shanghai label miniless (tenzenmen kindred spirits).
Alternative China – 6th June 2011
Xiao He, Chinese Culture Institute, NoJiJi, Raying Temple, Mafeisan, Time Out, Tongzhou, Demerit, Push Shove, Vans, Warped Tour, S.T.D., Layabozi, Joyside, Peter Baird, Suite 101, Dear Eloise, P.K.14, Altered Zones, tenzenmen, CNNGo, This Town Touring, Birdstriking, Streets Kill Strange Animals, Mr Graceless, Glow Curve, Offset Spectacles, Lonely Planet
Going off! – 22nd May 2011
Chatswood Youth Centre went off last night, rammed with kids!
13th May 2011 – Not sure who was playing and I was probably just passing by to grab some dinner but it was great to see kids coming out to check out the music and for a while, shows were happening there almost once a month. Picture is taken from a video of Legions playing there at some other time.
When not found in the warehouses and alleyways – 20th May 2011
Group: ‘I Want Live Music Venues – So I Go To Gigs
A few bands headed out to Orange last year – I think folks are keen to play outside Sydney even if the audience is small.
Hmm – in the punk scene Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth have new vital music scenes and Melbourne bands travelling to there (and Sydney) say how much better it is than Melbourne. Get out of the pubs and make your own venues.
There’s a whole stack of things on tonight outside mainstream venues. I reckon I’ve been to about 6 shows in the last 18 months at regular ‘pub’ venues but I still manage to get to see bands every weekend. I love Sydney!
I’m mostly at Black Wire (blackwiretocommonground.blogspot.com) when not found in the warehouses and alleyways of Marrickville.
Red Rattler also has a good show tonight with UV Race, Holy Balm and Bed Wettin’ Bad Boys (not far from the international noise conference venues) – redrattler.org
Orlacs Hände – CD – May 1st 2011
Cat #: 057TZM
Not much good comes from Brisbane, but when something breaks through and makes an impact, it makes the city and those who pay attention to its music take an awestruck step back. During their all-too-short lifespan, Orlacs Hände was a band that did just that.
For years, the record meant to be Orlacs Hände’s debut EP laid in a state of dormancy. It saw a limited cassette release overseas and quickly became impossible to track down, and those wondering if it would ever see the light of day finally lost hope. Now, tenzenmen is proud to announce that we will be righting that wrong and releasing the EP ourselves – the way it was meant to be.
Everything that made Orlacs such a formidable and affecting live act is here: the gut-tearing screams; the shattered-glass guitars; the polyrhythmic, driving drums – but the six songs that make up the record are the real stars here. There aren’t many releases in this genre that pack so much originality and anguish into a package as compact as this one. This is a lost classic, and it’s about time it got the attention it deserves.
FOR FANS OF: Portraits of Past, Noisy Sins of the Insect, Funeral Diner, & Tristan Tzara.
31st Mar 2021 – I remember this first sentence causing some controversy with some Brisbanites but this text was actually written by a local!
Alternative China – 1st May 2011
Wooozy, Pangbianr, Carsick Cars, China Music Radar, P.K.14, Vietnam, Supersize Saigon, 10, Itta, Marqido, 2Kolegas, D-22, Lowbrow, Zoomin’ Night, Matthew Niederhauser, MDN Photo, Xiao He, Maybe Mars, Soviet Pop, The Offset: Spectacles, City Weekend, Liz Tung, Alok Leung, Hong Kong, Lona, Unixx, Helen Feng, Pet Conspiracy, QingDaonese, Beijing Daze, Midi Festival, Strawberry Festival, China Music Valley, Subs, Voodoo Kungfu, Suffocated, Skip Lunch, You Mei You, Flying Mantas, Rustic, Yang Haisong, New York Times, NeoChaEdge, AV Okubo, 24 Hours, HangGai, Duck Fight Goose, Mamer, Jennifer Conrad, Little Punk, Layabozi, Boys Climbing Ropes, Lucifer, Urbanatomy, Kazutoshi Chiba, Mao Live, Queen Sea Big Shark, SXSW, Converse, Italy, Xinhua
Michael Crafter – A Hessian’s Confession – 18th April 2011
Cat #: 058TZM
The songs tell the story of a private man who is equally compelling and complex; “Chicks Dig Me” explains Michael Crafter when asked to delve deeper into his 7 inches of powerviolence glory, obviously struggling with his raw talent and the mistakes that nearly cost him everything.
Out now through tenzenmen limited to 100 hot pink and 150 black vinyl.
Recorded at 301 studios, 18 tracks of positive brutality.
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