Thanks to everyone who came out to the gig last night. A massive thanks to Death Ohh Eff and TEETH!!! for playing. Extra special thanks to Duncan from Autumn Store for his pasta recipe, Dave Molloy for lending us stands and to Jake and Charlotte for djing for us at the last minute.

If anyone took photos last night we’d love to see them!

Words & Photos By Heather Connor

Normally on this site we like to check out the latest bands tonight however we headed to the Rainbow to see legendary Post Punk all female band The Slits. Ari Up and Tessa Pollit the only long term members of The Slits were joined by Paul Cook’s (Sex Pistols) daughter Hollie Cook along with two other young ladies.

Tonight’s set mixed Dubby Reggae and Post Punk classics. New album Trapped Animal was showcased with old favourites such as Shoplifting, Typical Girls and Newtown. Heard It Through The Grapevine was retitled Heard It Through The Bassline which was probably the crowd favourite as it was the loudest singalong of the evening.

Couldn’t help but notice that Ari was getting a bit sweaty round her nether regions which she then decided to pour almost an entire bottle of water down her leggings to cool her pum pum before launching into a song called Lazy Slam about letting your lover have sex with you while you sleep. Ari and Hollie’s bumping and grinding seemed to go down very well amongst the male members of the audience. Couldn’t help but laugh when Ari’s dreads got caught in Tessa’s bass as she was taking it off to hand back to Tessa and Ari in her weird Rasta meets Euro accent said ‘Me ‘air dun wanna le go o mi bass!’. Hollie took to main vocals on Cry which was one of the slower songs although I didn’t think her voice was strong enough for lead.

Was pleasantly surprised at how enthusiastic Ari seemed at playing live even after over 3 decades and she seemed genuinely pleased that the audience was singing and  dancing away throughout the show. Had heard from a friend who’s seen them play in Manchester earlier on this tour that the audience there fully participated in that show and the Brummie crowd tonight didn’t disappoint as they were constantly singing along and dancing and over several points in the evening even ended up on stage which helped make it one the funnest gigs I’ve been to at this venue.

Here’s a little reminder that we at This Is Happening Without Your Permission are putting on a show at The Sunflower Lounge on 28th October with our good friends Chicks Dig Jerks. Headlining are TEETH!!! supported by E + E and Death Ohh Eff.

Tickets are £5 and it all kicks off at 8pm. Check out http://www.myspace.com/teethdance for their tour promo featuring e+e

This Is Happening Without Your Permission have hooked up with Chicks Dig Jerks to put on a show featuring TEETH!!! and Є+Э who are embarking on a joint tour. We got them to interview each other.

TEETH!! questions for Є+Э. Elijah answers.

1. Digital or Analogue?

Both have their qualities- I use whatever works. My tape recorder busted so I’ve been doing digital recordings on this 90’s boss thing; I like easy.

2. Synthetics or Natural?

It’s important to incorporate both. The juxtaposition of the two is always interesting. One can also help the other. I recently bought a heap of old drums- African, Tibetan, South American- and put them on my sampler. I’ve really been into synthetic woodwind sounds. Synthetic opiates are fine too.

3. High or Low?

I gotta stay high

4. Where do you keep your ghosts?

In my music- just happens that way

5. Tell me a secret

I’ve lost six pounds on my cake diet

Elijah from Є+Э’s questions to TEETH!!! Veronica So (Vox) answers

1. Do you consider TEETH!!! a gay band?

Teeth a gay band? More gay than Kiss or the Village People. Simon is trans, n Whybray (the drummer) is a herm. So toats. We like to think of our music as non-gender specific.

2. Would you say UK is a dorky place?

As in whales penis? UK is dorky? Sometimes. Not as much as Afghanistan probably.

3. What’s the appeal of Los Angeles to you?

LA is nice, its has this weird celebrity thing happening, also a bunch of Indians got murdered there. Its a very special n spiritual place. The Smell scene is dear to our hearts for the obvious reasons.

4. Is it really necessary to separate music from art?

You can totally talk about more abstract ideas with music n painting I guess.

5. What’s your favorite thing about my body?

The way you can stretch yr back, unless that was the oxy

TEETH!!! and  Є+Э play The Sunflower Lounge 28th October and The Chameleon in Nottingham on 22nd October

http://www.myspace.com/chicksdigjerks

http://www.myspace.com/teethdance

http://www.myspace.com/fuckeande

Words by HEATHER CONNOR

Photos by Andy ‘Woo’ Wootton

ColdRice whether it be underground or at venues such as The Victoria has long been one of our favourite nights playing all the best music in Garage trash, punk blues, rock & roll, rock & soul. Since 2001 they have hosted events featuring acts such as Bob Log III, Speedball Baby, The Soledad Brothers,  David Viner, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, The Breeders, The Von Bondies, The Dirtbombs, Weird War, The Ponys, The Black Lips,  Modey Lemon, Thee Ohsees, The Hentchmen, The Kills, T-Model Ford, The Coachwhips, Immortal Lee County Killers, Heavy Trash, Entrance, The Rogers Sisters, Les Georges Leningrad, Whirlwind Heat, Rob K & Uncle Butcher and Boss Hog. Their house bands include Copter, Swampmeat, The Big Bang, Black Mekon and Vinny and the Curse.

Run by members of Copter and local promoter Carlton Wainwright they pride themselves on operating on a strict DIY or die attitude, so it’s no surprise that their latest venture is ColdRice Records. Stevie Copter gave us the lowdown.

Are you still planning on doing the ColdRice Singles Club? If so what’s the plan for that?

Who would be your dream band/artist to release a single or album?

In the first of a new series of interview This Is Happening Without Your Permission decided to get you the readers to put your questions to a band. First up is Teen Sheikhs a three piece lo-fi punk-rock band from Brighton.

Vocalist/guitarist Andy answered your questions.

Amanda - What’s your favourite cheese?

Andy- Any that can be found on “a rad slice of pizza bro”. But seriously, as long as its melted on top of some dough and mingling with some tomato puree, cracked black pepper and jalpenos then all is well with the world.

Juan - What’s the last record you bought that you don’t want anyone to know about?

Sam - Biggie or Tupac?

Andy -We wasted a lot of time hanging out and drinking beer before the band so we figured we might as well legitimise our alcoholism and do something vaguely productive at the same time. In seriousness, we like music, anyone can pick up an instrument and book some shows for themselves, we did so and now we’re having a bunch of fun.

Carmel - If you were a pigeon who would you pooh on?

Charlotte - How do you “shake” it?

Teen Sheikhs have a 7″ coming out on Captured Tracks in November and are appearing on compilations on Paradise Vendors, Sex Beat Records and more.

They support Nodzzz in Birmingham at The Sunflower Lounge on 22nd September and in Nottingham at The Chameleon on 23rd September

For further live dates and more go to http://www.myspace.com/proteensheikhs

This Is Happening Without Your Permission has teamed up with Chicks Dig Jerks to bring you TEETH!! supported by  E+E and Death Ohh Eff at The Sunflower Lounge on 28th October. More details to come shortly.

we have a brand new feature starting where we get you the readers to ask a band any question you like. the first band up is teen sheiks http://www.myspace.com/proteensheikhs the best 10 questions will be published. send them in to us by friday 28th august please either via here or thisishappening@hotmail.co.uk

we look forward to reading your questions!

The lovely ladies from Sugarfoot Stomp will be entertaining the revellers of Green Man Festival in the film tent curated by 7 Inch Cinema. Their set will be leading up to British Sea Power’s live score for the film Man of Aran (dir: Robert Flaherty, 1934), follow the link below for further details

http://www.thegreenmanfestival.co.uk/line-up/Friday%20Curated%20by%207%20Inch%20Cinema

Gemma Wan is a Birmingham based DJ specialising in playing the freshest Indie sounds around. She has appeared at 444 Club events and has DJed as part of Ladies Of Leisure and at various venues in Wolverhampton.

Gang Of Four - Naturals Not In It
The Kinks - Girl You Really Got Me Going
Kings Of Leon - Red Morning Light
The White Stripes - Fell In Love With A Girl
The Beatles - I Wanna Hold Your Hand
Of Montreal - She’s A Rejecter
TV On The Radio - Playhouses
The Maccabees - Latchmere
The Coral - Dreaming Of You
Mystery Jets - Young Love
Ladyhawke - Paris Is Burning
Metronomy - Heartbreaker
Hot Chip - Out At The Pictures
Friendly Fires - Photobooth
Neon Neon - I Lust You
The Knife - Heartbeats
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Heads Will Roll
Beastie Boys - Intergalatic
Ratatat - Lex