Ace of Cups presents
HELTER SWELTER 2014
Saturday, August 16, 2014
3pm—11pm outside in the Ace of Cups parking lot
Featuring performances by:
The Clean (New Zealand legends!)
Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments
Scrawl (performing “Plus, Also, Too”)
Moviola
Unholy 2
Washington Beach Bums
Raw Pony
Pretty Pretty
Plus!
outdoor: Shang-a-lang stage inbetween bands, "mist connections" tent, Ray Ray's BBQ, and food trucks, beer!
inside: record swap all day and DJ George Brazil.
The Clean
What can be said about The Clean? In 1978, they were the seeds of New Zealand, and as such, they carved out a big sandbox for everyone to play in. Their influence resonated not only in New Zealand but around the world. Not only do bands like Yo La Tengo, Guided By Voices, Sonic Youth, Pavement, and their ilk owe a debt to The Clean, but many of today’s young upstarts such as Times New Viking, Eat Skull, and a band from China called Carsick Cars have the Dunedin godfathers deeply etched into their DNA. Hamish and David Kilgour formed The Clean in 1978. Hamish played drums, and David picked up a guitar and figured out how to play it as he went along. Various other folk passed through the Kilgour brothers’ orbit during the first two years or so before Robert Scott (The Bats) joined on bass. Hamish, David, and Robert all wrote songs and sang in The Clean, who made their first recordings for the renowned New Zealand label Flying Nun in 1981. Merge Records this summer is releasing Anthology, a career-spanning four-album set, which serves as a celebration of The Clean, a band whose influence extends so far beyond their New Zealand home. Even if you have never heard of The Clean before, you have surely heard of some of the bands who have been influenced by their unique blend of homemade garage rock, hook-filled melodies, and psychedelic experimentalism. The album is a compilation of songs from across The Clean’s legendary musical career, which began in 1981 and continues today. Merge originally released the 2-CD Anthology in 2003, but in celebration of our 25th anniversary, we felt the time was right to release this essential collection on quadruple LP. more: http://www.mergerecords.com/the-clean
Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments
http://www.magnetmagazine.com/2009/04/15/lost-classics-thomas-jefferson-slave-apartments-bait-and-switch/
Scrawl
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrawl
Moviola
http://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/4129
Unholy Two
http://12xu.net/unholy-two/
Raw Pony
https://www.facebook.com/rawponyoh
Washington Beach Bums
http://www.columbusalive.com/content/stories/2012/11/15/local-music-the-washington-beach-bums.html
Pretty Pretty
http://prettypretty.bandcamp.com/