Monday, March 28, 2011

REVIEW FROM MISHKA BLOGIN http://mishkanyc.com/bloglin/

Review: UV Race – Homo

March 28th, 2011

UV Race - Homo (2011) [Aarght!] // Grade: B+

Add this to the list of coulda-shouldas: Why didn’t I see UV Race when I had the chance? One listen to the Melbourne band’s sophomore full-length, and I started kicking myself hard for bailing on their tour with Total Control; these jams are so sweaty raw, so studded with sax and Stooges and shrill noise, they must’ve shattered the foundations of show-houses nationwide.

But listen, they’ll shatter your speakers too, if you let ‘em. Homo’s a riot of energy, the kind that thrives in a live setting but works just as well (if a little more tempered) on record. Tracks like “Girl In My Head” and “Low” buzz with a sort of Velvet Underground meets Wipers vibe, all sloppy jangle and singalongs, while “Lost My Way” and “Nazicistic” waft around the idea of a ballad—except not really, because no number of wistful-ish progressions and airy backing vocals really take the edge off all that screech and scuzz.

Still, despite the noisy dissolves on, say, “Burn That Cat” (and lyrics that go dark as often as they do unintelligible; see “Down Your Street”), Homo is a super-upbeat record. Bouncy, grimy fun, conjuring all those images of frontman Marcus on stage in neon fringe and ballerina costumes. Not that I’d know from experience. Totally blew that opportunity. But I’ll content myself with Homo until one day, maybe, these Aussie garage-punk paragons make their way back Stateside.

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

and finally...




homo-

a combining form appearing in loanwords from Greek, where it meant “same” ( homology ); on this model, used in the formation of compound words ( homomorphic ).

Also, especially before a vowel , hom-.

Origin:
1590–1600; < Latin homō man; OL hemō the earthly one ( see humus); akin to Latin hūmānus human; cognate with Old English guma, Old Irish duine, Welsh dyn man, Lithuanian žmónės men

Origin:
< Greek, combining form of homós one and the same; akin to Sanskrit sama-; see same

Sunday, March 20, 2011

FORCED EXPOSURE


Here's something Lord Byron Coley writ on us in a fanzine about an English punk band called WIRE.

Friday, March 18, 2011

THE UV RACE AT HOPE ST

They made a film about us: http://www.noisey.com/?region=AUSTRALIA#!/view/272

They'll think im your father and your my daughter

hello everyone our next show is with our friends Divorced and Peak Twins (adelaide). Its at the gasometer in collingwood on the 8th of april.
the night after is a party at al's joint (see below) to celebrate the 21st birthday of yvonne and mel.

Sunday, March 6, 2011

THURSDAY NIGHT!!!



HOW MUCH ART CAN YOU TAKE?