Originally written by Mike Diver · 29 September 2004
First up, the Oxford quartet have a mighty tour supporting the mighty Oxes. They stand on boxes, you know:
SEPTEMBER 2004 Thurs 30th – London Brixton Bar Lorca (with Part Chimp & The Edmund Fitzgerald)
OCTOBER 2004 Fri 1st – Exeter St James Centre (with Diego Garcia) Sat 2nd – Oxford Zodiac (Audioscope all-dayer*) Sun 3rd – Birmingham Medicine Bar Mon 4th – Belfast Pavilion Bar (with Yakuza & The Killing Spree) Tues 5th – Dublin Voodoo Lounge Wed 6th – Edinburgh Studio 24 Thurs 7th – Newcastle Companions Social Club (with This Ain't Vegas) Fri 8th – Leeds The Vine Sat 9th - Wigan The Tavern Sun 10th – Liverpool venue tbc Mon 11th – Worcester Marr's Bar (with The Murder Of Rosa Luxembourg) Tue 12th – Nottingham Rescue rooms (with Circle)
*Audioscope is an annual all-day music event held at Oxford Zodiac in aid of Shelter, the national charity for homeless and badly-housed people. Since 2001, Audioscope has raised over £6,000 for this worthy cause and hopefully with your support this year they will be able to add much more to that total. Tickets are £7 in advance (available here) and £8 on the day. The music runs from 2pm through till 11pm and the full lineup is as follows: Damo Suzuki (Ex-Can) Oxes The Telescopes Bikini Atoll Vibracathedral Orchestra Large Number (ex-Add N to (X)) Youthmovie Soundtrack Strategies Querelle Sunnyvale Noise Sub-element
Following that tour, YMSS play three dates in London:
Sun 24th Oct - All-dayer @ Whitechapel Rhythm Factory (with 65daysofstatic, The Edmund Fitzgerald, Trencher and more) in association with Monotreme, Jonson Family and Silver Rocket Wed 3rd Nov - London Camden Underworld (with Fightstar) Wed 10th Nov - London ULU (with New Rhodes)
A new, as-yet untitled (and unfinished) single will appear through Fierce Panda in February 2005. B-sides will be Xfm session tracks. Said session is due to be broadcast sometime in November. Keep them ears open.