THE FAMINES
The Famines are a focused and purposeful two-piece noise-garage combo once described as "berzerker barrage" and based out of Edmonton and Montreal, Canada. Garrett plays drums and percussion, Raymond Biesinger sings, guitars and executes the aesthetic end of things. They've spread their DIY minimalist-maximalist beams across Canada coast to coast four times since 2008, put out five 7" records, four editions of a visual art book, countless B&W posters, an 8-track, an educational pamphlet, and a seven song live cassette coupled with a 268-page liner note book. They have rare heat, volume and tension, matched with a visual-audo synthesis to be jaw-dropped at. It's all true.
THE SYNDROME
Freshly baked Trash and Thrash Rock n' Roll from Forest City Purveyors of the Hardcore Spirit of '81-'82. Fans of Minor Threat, Bad Brains, the Minutemen and early Husker Du take note. But you needn't be a fan of any particular genre of music to enjoy the fun and energy that permeates the Syndrome set. Dare I say the Syndrome are London's best kept secret.
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