LULU'S JUNE 2024 NEWSLETTER
LULU'S JUNE 2024 NEWSLETTER
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LULU’S JUNE '24
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This month:
MOM GALLERY NEWS
PROGRAM - ‘’IT’S A SIGN” LP
VA - "SKYWAY SOUL: GARY, INDIANA" LP
SUPER-X - ‘’PARADISE’’ LP
OSBO – “OSBO” 7”
ROMANSY & PHANTASM - “CRISIS APPARITION” SPLIT 2x7”
DYSPORTA & NERVE DAMAGE - "GABBER REMIX" 10"
BLACK DEITY – “BLACK DEITY” LP
DEGENERATE - "CRIME MYSTICS" 10"
FECKARSE - "BURN AFTER READING" ZINE
CUTTERS – “PSYCHIC INJURY” LP
MOM GALLERY NEWS
The first half of the year has come and gone, as has some amazing shows and supportive patrons. Big thank you to anyone that made it down to ‘Portal’ by Hannah Nikelsson and thanks to Han for putting on such a great show.
We now have a group show in the Gallery called ‘Papery’. The show is curated by Lilly Skipper and Aaron Ashwood exploring the medium of drawing through the diverse practices of eleven Naarm-based artists. Some of the chosen artists have established drawing practices whilst others are generally working outside the medium. Each artist has been asked to produce a ‘drawing’ with no specific parameters other than its size, being no larger than A3. What may be considered a ‘drawing’ has been left up to personal interpretation. Through this vague prompt, Lilly and Aaron aim to share a collection of works that contemplate the medium of drawing and highlight its precariousness.
PROGRAM - ‘’IT’S A SIGN” LP (Antifade)
The suburban charm of Program is yet again alluring & ultimately as sweet as a Sunday drive in a 2003 Commodore Hatchback. As with their debut, ‘It’s a Sign’ gleefully perpetuates a vibe somewhere between the slacker-era of Matador & Arthur Russell’s seminal work with The Necessaries on their classic ‘Event Horizon’ LP, all the while tastefully tipping the baseball cap to those that delivered local honey before them (E.G Boomgates, The Stevens). The very complimentary style of dual songwriting responsibilities(not to mention a penchant for a lovely tone & a lovelier lick) between two high-school best friends feels seemless & super warm. By design ‘It’s a sign’ feels best enjoyed amongst close friends & loved ones out the back on a sun filled patio.
VA - "SKYWAY SOUL: GARY, INDIANA" LP (Numero Group)
It ain’t ever a bad idea to go in blind on any of these ominous looking compilations from the ever reliable Numero Group. They will eventually have their way with you, torturing your soul through a black hole of discovery & ultimate obsession. As is the case with a lot of these comps, Skyway Soul exists as a showpiece for a collective of artists whose close proximity to stardom adds an extra layer of intrigue to an already hella slick batch of funky little ditty’s & bops. Superlatively paced with genuinely something for everybody, Skyway Soul unearths an untapped yet burgeoning Soul/Funk scene buried deep beneath the steel capital of America & the birthplace of the Jackson 5. Delivering what feels like a snapshot to what might’ve also been played on local Gary, Indiana radio during the ‘I Want You Back’ live on Ed Sullivan era, causing names such as General Lee or Wilton Crump to be ultimately forgotten about or even ignored under the planet’s ever growing obsession with the noisy kids next door.
OSBO – “OSBO” 7” (Blow Blood Records)
Proper snarly shit. Mid tempo basherz with a cheekily dark sense of melody; not shy about being (a bit) Stranded and the guitar leads are speckled beyond belief. But I don’t think this is trying to please any fucker. There’s been a crop of punk music since 2020 where these crtain groups have taken it back to the primordial and it makes sense to me. At a time where there’s more access to the annals of classics and rarities than ever before, you’ve got so much bloody noise to choose from and obsess over but if you’re gonna make music you still need to figure out how to do it for yourself make it yours. When you’re picking over the carcass of a fifty year old genre you eventually gotta bury the chewed bones you dig for yourself and spit out the rest for the others to scrap over. OSBO got them teeth sharpened, nutrients absorbed and they’re ready to flex fleas and all. It’s feral and it’s alienated. Rapid Dye said “Keep Sydney Ugly” and OSBO heard that loud and clear.
ROMANSY & PHANTASM - “CRISIS APPARITION” SPLIT 2x7”(Winter Garden Records)
Two savage beast gathering to take over the world and heavens. Fierce fucking punk is what you’ll get. The release is split into two seven inch records – one featuring a track from each band and the other being a single-sided disc with a collaborative track. Romansy rip shreds with a classic minimal three riff stroke of insanity. Phantasm bring the fear in their anarchic hardcore styles. And together they destroy on the joint SEE YOU DIE – a noisy film-sampled introduction sets the stage (it’s a horrible one), Phantasm jumping off it and taking to the skies and finally Romansy slamming it into some kind of fucking netherworld.
The price tag is high but given the scope and hand made nature of these foul beast, it’s worth it for any die hard core who lament and cream over rarities of the past. Limited to 100 copies, each record has been hand cut by Spider Death and housed in an extraordinary package: printed folder sleeve, printed acetate front front, two-sided poster, sticker and calling card.
DYSPORTA mangles traxx from prior NERVE DAMAGE releases and it’s some real filthy work. Maybe a little less insane than the old Rotterdam or Bloody Fist catalogue, it’s still pummelling gabber hardcore techno for fanatics of the fast genre/s THEN and NOW. Would love to see this payed out in a club set, reckon you’d get the new crop of Hardy Boyz lookin’ kids in a spin so hard they’d forget how much they overpaid for their tattered DISTURBED shirt.
BLACK DEITY – “BLACK DEITY” LP (Bad Habit Records)
Osiris is a Black God. Black Deity is a raw blues expression of pain and triumph through foggy conic haze. Plume rises and darkness shreds to pieces the magnificent herb. Imbibe and give thanks. This is a loose unit. Seeing them live recently felt like I was watching the last rock and roll band on earth. It’s not pretty. In fact it’s ugly as sin. This feels right. They play the sort of music that makes you want to ask if they’re alright, and then you glance up and realise they’re more than alright; they’re standing in their destiny and their auras flash a monstrous grin. Yes. It’s the Black Deity. Heavy stoned blues rock and a voice you wonder if a mother could love.. It just is what it is. It is right. It is Rock and Roll. High.
FECKARSE - "BURN AFTER READING" ZINE (Self Published)
Youth gangs, a rapper, delivery drivers, a shot of heroin, a Kawasaki, overpriced rail systems, a head tattooed on a head. 18+
Fifteen tracks of large sound quickie and cutty snot hardcore punk with rock and roll light switches flicking on and off and vocals that sound surprisingly like Cal from Discharge sometimes which is obviously a very cool thing so even if it has a plastic bag on the front cover you should check it out if you like razor guitars and grubby bars to pierce your arse. Recommended for fans of tough and speedy guitar music like Civic, Geld, Leather Lickers.
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