THE MERMAIDS Record Launch - Newcastle - 26 Novemeber

THE MERMAIDS 'for more smoking pleasure' newcastle record launch.

w/ LIFE GROOVE ORCHESTRA
PWRDRILL
ROD COOLPER [melb]
ENDURO
ANTI-PIX
DINO PEE PEE

4pm - Croatian Wickham Sports Club - 5 Bux

Comedy & Tragedy - Eric & Robyn Werkhoven Opening Nov 4 at 2pm

"Eric & Robyn Werkhoven, who exhibit together under the title of Studio La Primitive, present an exhibition of drawings, paintings and assemblages. For the past thirty years Eric and Robyn Werkhoven have lived and worked as a professional contemporary artists in the Hunter Valley, NSW. Both are award winning artists and have been Finalists in major Australian art prizes. Their work has been selected for exhibitions nationally and internationally.

Art Music by Michael from The Mermaids– explores their perpetual intrigue with the rituals, mysteries and absurdities of existence.

“Revealing the world of human caprice, with a sheer delight and a touch of irony”.

The artist’s individual styles are evident in their collaborative works; Robyn’s passion for portraiture and figuration, and Eric’s stylised mythical beasts and human creatures, as is their shared attraction to bold colour and line. Their styles come together in these works complementing each other and creating an exciting collection of new works.

The exhibition includes a series of drawings and paintings by Robyn and sculptural assemblages by Eric and several works by Monique Werkhoven.

The exhibition will be officially opened by Joe Eisenberg OAM

Art Music by Michael from The Mermaids."

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THE MERMAIDS & VAVENGE double launch party in Sydney

Back again it's No Refunds #70 with the experimental double record launch of the proverbial Travelling Wilburys of Australian exploratory artists Vavenge and Newcastle's perennially excellent The Mermaids

Vavenge comprises the dual synth & vocal attack of Nick Dan (xNoBBQx) and Nicola Morton (Club Sound Witches), the gothic bass melodies of Anthony Guerra (Love Chants) along with the semi-random automated whizzer percussion contraption courtesy of Matt Earle (Breakdance the Dawn, etc). Their fourth release contains four lengthy, disembodied moods appropriate for zoning out within spacious surrounds. Each enveloping field whisks one away into a subtle background of negative density, pausing in time for a reflection on nothingness.

The Mermaids are the duo of Mikey Liestins (Grog Pappy) and Nic French from Newcastle, Australia. Their album ‘For More Smoking Pleasure’ sees the aural trouble makers manipulate a cornucopia of recording devices such as 8-track tape, turntables, circuit bent toys and other loopers to mangle the Aussie spirit of ‘taking the piss’ to a level of the absurd that would disturb the mind of even the most rational cynic. This psychedelic layer cake bubbles with ecstatic noises and has inhaled the vapour of joyful flippancy.

DEAL OF THE CENTURY:
VAVENGE OR THE MERMAIDS LP FOR 20 DOLLARS

FREE ENTRY
5 DOLLAR BEERS

19 October 2017
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SHITMAS in JULY

It's SHITMAS in JULY (I cleaned out the cupboard)

three cassettes= $13.00 post paid in Australia (while they last. first in dressed the best.)

Here is whats left:

CRABBY BOGMAN/COCKSAFARI 'split c60' (last copy)
THE PIDEPHILES/UNIQUE OIL FREE AIR 'split' (last copy)
CRAB SMASHER 'scum puzzle' (last copy)
PLUTO 'It's over'
CONE PUNCHER 'she's not crying anymore'
CRABBY BOGMAN/MOOCOCKCOWSAFARI 'split c30'
SICK BOY 'sprinkle emporium'
SYNCHRONISED PERIODS 'crimson tide I'
SYNCHRONISED PERIODS 'crimson tide II'
SINDRE BJERGA 'breaking down the speed of sound'
MYJERCALL LEASHTINS & ONE STRING JIM 'dolphin purring'
CONE PUNCHER 'cone puncher c60'

listen here: https://grogpappy.bandcamp.com/

Also here are a few things from other labels. all single copies:

2 HANDS ON KNOBS/STUDIO SS 'home office' (gift tapes)
DEVELOPER c20 (mazurka editions)
JUNK SICK 'rising damp' (majik crowbar)
LLYR 'psychotic enlightenment' (smell the stench)
MMMOOWWCOWTITUGZ 'in the living room at 141 slug oven' (essential minerals)
MORNING & THE SLEEPY KIDS 'songs 2004-2007' (albert's basement)
MURDERAT ''kapitalisme penuh ilusi' (dissident noize records)
OCCULT BLOOD 'peace'
ROB & STEFAN 'manic guitar sessions' (albert's basement)
SCATTERED ORDER 'bodram bogota' (iceage productions)
TORTURING NURSE/MEI SHIYONG 'profile' (72826 productions)
XNOBBQX 'koenji/wellington' (dungeon taxis)

offer expries when the month does

contakt: grogpappy(at)gmail.com

BLOODY BURKA & POPTARD split c60

So I have a couple of the BLOODY BURKA (Myjercall/Karen Constance) & POPTARD (Bonnie Hart/Nicola Morton) split cassettes on Chemical Imbalance. $9.00 post paid. First in worst dressed. Alternatively get it, and some other neat shit directly from CHEMICAL IMBALANCE, or better yet just go listen to it, whack a cassette in the deck and tape it yourself ;) Cut out the middle men :) https://chemical-imbalance.bandcamp.com/…/bloody-burka-get-…

Grog Pappy

AUTUMN SELECTION 2017

| title: SINDRE BJERGA 'breaking down the speed of sound' cassette | running time: approx 47 minutes | grogpappy47 | released: 07 May 2017 | hand numbered edition of 20 copies | black on sky blue paper | email: grogpappy(at)gmail.com

Two live offerings from Sindre Bjerga (Gold Soundz) recorded in Hamburg and Augsburg, Germany. radios, contact mics, scatching and scratching and rattling and rolling. 

ALL GONE

| title: MYJERCALL LEASHTINS & ONE STRING JIM 'dolphin purring' cassette | running time: approx 73 minutes | grogpappy48 | released: 04 May 2017 | hand numbered edition of 20 copies | two different covers. ten on light yellow. ten on fluro yellow | comes with two inserts by Myjercall | email: grogpappy(at)gmail.com

Myjercall Leashtins (Cock Safari, The Mermaids, Synchronised Periods, Hacked To Chunks) & One String Jim (Party Ov One, Skin Prison, Liquid Diet) from Newcastle, NSW jamming out tracks with eight tracks, electronics, guitar, processing (Myjercall) and Violin (One String Jim). Eerie prescription feel. Must have for the lonely pill popper. Comes with two inserts by Pappy himself. 

ALL GONE

| title: CONE PUNCHER 'cone puncher' c60 | running time: approx 60 minutes | grogpappy49 | released: 07 May 2017 | edition of 20 copies | black on lilac coloured paper | comes with two two stickers | email: grogpappy(at)gmail.com

The third Cone Puncher release and the first full length 'albumish' slab of bong fuelled miasma. travels between authentic harsh noise with home made synth and gadgets, walks into a drunkards idea of the perfect infants electronic toy collection before it spills into a glitched out 8 or so bit shoot 'em up. Hot stuff. comes with a sticker of ganja queen Schapelle Corby and a sketch of a bong. fuck off!


ALL GONE

THE MERMAIDS - in Newcastle

(flyer by Da Slav)