When influential Italian screamo-types, Raein, announced they would be playing their first UK shows for over six years, longterm fan Tom Doyle made sure he was one of the lucky few that crowded into the Old Blue Last to be reminded as to just why they’re such a big deal.
Six things we learnt when Raein (finally!) came back to London…
History Of The Hawk are headlining the next Thrash Hits night @ Old Blue Last on 30 November 2012 and they’ve just UNLEASHED a new video for a track off their forthcoming debut album, Future Ruins. It’s called ‘Old Wounds’ and it’s a gnarly beast of a video.
It’s been a while since we’ve put on a gig so we figured we’d put the most exciting young bands that we’ve seen recently onto one bill. Headlining is awesome Midlands experimental hardcore quintet, History Of The Hawk. They’re supported by a London-based triumvirate of awesome: doom-mongers Throne will be getting heads banging before them while atmospheric black metallers Cult Cinema and brand new prog metallers Empress will be opening the night.
Next Saturday, one of our favourite British bands of the last few years, Kerouac, will be playing their final live show. When they announced their decision to split back in April, we went and drew a big red circle around 07 July on our calendars, as there’s no way in Hell that we’re going to not be there, screaming till our lungs hurt, and giving the band the send off they so richly deserve. But until then, we figured the best use of this week’s Sunday Slaylist was to showcase just why we rate this band so highly.
Thoe UK leading thrash revivalists, Evile, are playing a charity show in London down at the Old Blue Last on Tuesday next week. It’s free entry, but since it’s a charity show, they’ll be taking donations on the door for the British Lung Foundation. That seems entirely reasonable to us – after all, what kind of prick goes to a free charity show and moans about making a donation on the door? That’s right, no-one, that’s who.
On Thursday, just when we were gearing up for a four day weekend of sitting in the park and drinking cider, Kerouac decided to announce that they were splitting up. While this news is terrible, we’re kinda glad we didn’t hear it 48 hours ago, as the feelings of sadness and disappointment this news has brought about in us would surely have soured the whole of our Easter holiday, rather than just half of it.
Thankfully, however, the band have given us a sole ray of sunshine to get us out of this black mood, by confirming one final London show before they finally call it quits.
Ancient VVisdom are about to embark upon their first ever UK tour and it’s rolling into London on 18 April 2012 at The Old Blue Last. There are three bits of good news: 1) We’re DJing inbetween and after the bands; 2) You can get your £6.50 (!) tickets here; and 3) AVV intend to release a second album, A Deathlike Inferno in 2012 via Prosthetic Records. Get excited.
Basically 29 October 2011 is the Saturday night that everyone’s dressing up as a slutty version of something, so come be slutty with us at east London’s best pub, The Old Blue Last. It is FREE and we’re DJing. Yep. FREEEEE.
After obliterating the Underworld with Church Of Misery on 26 June, Eyehategod announced they would be playing a free show the next night at Old Blue Last. FREE NOLA SLUDGE? IN OUR FAVOURITE PUB? Of course we were there!
The Ghost Of A Thousand have decided to call it a day. They’ve been one of our favourite bands over the past few years. They will always be one of the finest. We will miss them.