School Tour? Yes Way!

Back at the tail end of the summer, the inimitable Upset The Rhythm set up a three day festival here in London showcasing art and underground music. Most of it was UK based, but there was one 'outsider' - Ireland's School Tour. Sculpting short stabs of electronic drone and pulsing rhythms, School Tour is an ever-growing work in progress, and is getting better. Yes Way really seems to have been an important stepping stone in this move onwards and upwards, as he has put out an EP in its honour! Yes Way is seven tracks of lo fi pulsing waves of ethereal mysticism, and is a nice snapshot for where he is heading. Check it out here.

School Tour - Skating With Another

Slowcoaches just catch fuzz

As Brendan pointed out recently Sonic Masala (especially me) likes a good old manic mess sometimes. Sometimes you have to forget all the niceties and subtle touches and make a bloody great noise, all raw energy and detuned angst. Ideally it comes with a mosh pit in a small, packed sweaty dive of a venue and frankly you're in a small corner of Sonic Masala heaven, and Leeds trio Slowcoaches fit that bill.

Unfortunately I missed Slowcoaches when they played Upset The Rhythm's Yes Way, gutted all round, as their mess of distorted, laid back girl vocals and thrashed out guitar squiggles would have been a perfect fit for any gig with such an emphasis on lo-fi DIY fun. That'll do nicely.

Slowcoaches - Fuzzy Felt