NPUC 2006: A HAWK AND A HACKSAW, MAGOO, ALTO45, HAPPY J FOST DJs @ norwich arts centre (£5)

A Hawk And A Hacksaw

A Hawk And A Hacksaw is a project of Neutral Milk Hotel's Jeremy Barnes. They have just applied the finishing touches to their third album (due for release in October) in their hometown Albuquerque, New Mexico. The album
was recorded in the Moldovan village of Zece Prajini, Romania, aided by local Gypsy brass band Fanfare Ciocarlia (who were voted best European
artist at the BBC Radio 3 World Music Awards). Apart from NPUC, this summer's dates include Big Chill, Summer Sundae and the Green Man festival.

http://www.ahawkandahacksaw.co.uk

http://www.myspace.com/ahawkandahacksaw

Magoo

A long time ago (about 1992) in a village far far away, a band called Magoo was formed. Influenced by bands such as guided by voices, stereolab, pavement, the flaming lips and a healthy dollop of radio peel, the band took its first steps towards being able to play. this achieved they set about writing, recording and playing local gigs in and around norwich after releasing three singles on noisebox records they were snapped up by those canny scots chemikal underground, where they released two albums : the soateramic sounds of magoo and vote the pacifist ticket today during this time magoo played all over britain, did some european jaunts, played CMJ festival in new york and at glastonbury in glastonbury. fun fun fun after parting ways with the chemikals the band started recording their third album realist week at their own sickroom studios, eventually releasing it on london label global warming to great reviews but little else 2003 / 2004 saw magoo recording their fourth LP. the all electric amusement arcade and 8-track mini LP. popsongs. magoo live in norwich and surrounding areas and london and are still wowing audiences up and down the country

http://www.thesickroom.co.uk

http://www.myspace.com/magoouk

Alto45

Formed in 1999 almost by accident having been in a band together at school (a five piece 'organ driven mod funk' monstrosity called Gingko), after a chance weekends playing around with four tracks and FX pedals. We spent weekends and holidays of the next year writing and recording songs in our hideaway ramshackle studio in rural Suffolk (as well as playing a couple of disastrous gigs) before releasing 'the beck ep' and finding our lo-fi pop feet. This was followed a year later by the three track 'leaving suburbia ep'. By this time we'd gathered the courage to venture out of the countryside into the bright lights of Norwich to start playing occasional gigs again - with more success this time. After a bit of a break we're all back in East Anglia and playing with new songs as well as various other projects for our own Happy Capitalist Recordings label. We love broken guitars, tape players, cheap keyboards, distorted basses, omnichords, FX pedals, drum machines, harmoniums, telephones, record players, vibroslaps, maracas and all the mid range audio frequencies.

http://www.alto45.co.uk

http://www.myspace.com/alto45

Happy J Fost DJs

They regular take over the NAC bar... and they're doing it again tonight with another fine selection of fine sounds.

Sunday August 6 2006