The Virtual Turntable

So whats on the Red Baron virtual turntable for March?

First up, ANIMAL MATHS

"We're Dan, Dave, Jonny & Arthur. We started playing together at Christmas time. Our songs are very short. One is about WITCHCRAFT and sounds like Hawkwind and Black Sabbath. We'll start playing gigs in London soon.
Hope you enjoy the new tunes. We recorded them ourselves at Survival Rehearsal studios and Dan's front room. They're rough but we like them"


The virtual turntable is playing:
Animal Maths - Why Why Why

I cant seem to find out a busting lot about Animal Maths. Cant seem to find any upcomin live outings, but I think you'll agree, they have a very bright future! All I can offer are their own words: "We have no control over the things that thrill us"

Next up: COPTER

The band are:
Stevie Copter (Preacher)
David Evans (Guitar)
Warren Szpalek (Bass)
Stef Grindley (Moog)
Mark Aldridge (Drums)

Copter's Myspace website

The Virtual Turntable is playing: Copter - Testify (I Wanna)

Upcoming UK dates are:
29th March Sonic Dirt - Nottingham
8th April - Audio Montage Festival - Nottingham

"Five men and one robot, needle-down rock & soul from outer space to your inner ear. They play with a fierce right side of the brain and are all about fire and soul. They don't understand why you are crying. They don't care why you are crying. They just want your sandwich."
Copter's debut album 'STRANGEST TALES' was recorded by Matt Verta-Ray (Madder Rose/Speedball Baby/Heavy Trash) in 1 week at his NY Hed Studios on Ludlow Street, Lower East Side, New York City.
Strangest Tales has the honour of being the last album to be recorded at NY Hed, a place with a rich underground rock 'n' roll heritage... Andre Williams, Mick Collins (Dirtbombs), Blues Explosion, Kid Congo Powers (Gun Club/Cramps/Bad Seeds), Dolemite.... and the punk rock and soul history can definitely be heard and felt on the album too.
11 tracks clocking in at under 24 minutes, the high octane recording features guest appearances by Verta-Ray, Christina Campanella (Parker And Lilly/Heavy Trash), Ali Smith (Speedball Baby/The Oubliettes), Big Bang, Cameron Blain (Bakelite) and Mr. James Chance (The Contortions). Strangest Tales, from outer space to your dancing feet via your brain at 5000 mph. Dig it!

Also in the ears are THE MIGHTY ROARS

The Mighty Roars are:
Lara Granqvist: Sings & Bass
David Pringuer: Drums & Sings
Martin Pilkington: Guitar & Sings

The Mighty Roars My Space site

The Virtual turntable is playing: The Mighty Roars - Kiss It

"The Mighty Roars debut album 'Swine & Cockerel' is now available for sale CD and Vinyl in all good shops across Europe. UK Release 15th April. Record Label: One Little Indian.
Hailing from Sweden and London by way of Berlin, three piece female fronted indie rockers The Mighty Roars are a band with real teeth, a blistering combination of the Pixies, The Breeders and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs; frontwoman Lara Granqwist howling excitably against thrusting guitar riffs and powerful drum beats.
Blistering through proceedings on debut album SWINE AND COCKEREL, The Mighty Roars approach matters at breakneck speed, all punk rock guitars, frantic drum beats and screeching vocals. An explosive burst of energy this is a record that delivers an excitable and energised experience here; a frenzied sounding album that is as glorious as it is bloodied and bruised.
Opener SELLOTAPE finds The Mighty Roars taking all the very best bits from the Throwing Muses, Echobelly and The Breeders, throwing in some Pixies-esque guitar shapes and a healthy dose of infectiously hook laden melodic charm to produce the very best kind of effortlessly brilliant indie rock noise. Lara Granqwist purrs and hollers like the perfect mix of Kim Deal, Patti Smith and Karen O whilst the rest of the band basically make out like they've just discovered The Throwing Muses and the Pixies for the first time; giddy on the power of music.
Elsewhere, the similarly joyous indie rock of DADDY OH is another effortlessly brilliant slice of guitar driven pop that skips along on skewed guitar jerks and off centre rhythms. Former single WHALE is still as riotous, melodic and angular as ever whilst KISS IT manages to sound like Queens Of The Stone Age seducing Veruca Salt down the local indie disco. The acoustic driven WISH EVERYTHING is a more laid back affair that gives you chance to catch your breath, sweet nursery rhyme melodies enticing you in, whilst the abrupt FUNKY MACHINE sees The Mighty Roars getting back to business as usual, the trio oozing indie rock majesty, bristling with genius pop attitude and hook laden guitar abuse. Massive riffs and thunderous drum beats are the order of the day with ROMEO, Lara Granqwist yet again providing the melodic undercurrent with her howled vocal asides whilst the pretty JUDE AND SIENNA proves this a band also capable of softer sounding material when the time calls for it.
Climaxing with the explosive power punk of THE MUFFIN MAN and WHIPPED MY BITCH, The Mighty Roars end things much as they began; delivering upfront melodic indie rock that bridges the gaps between the Breeders, Veruca Salt and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.A band to cherish and adore, The Mighty Roars make a sound that's bruised, brilliant, vital and fresh and with SWINE AND COCKEREL deliver a record chock full of infectious slices of brilliant alt-rock glory."

Next, Australias finest, THE DEATH SET

"You really only need to know two things about Sydney’s The Death Set, that is they are two guys, one part insanity the other part profanity. Beau Velasco and Johnny Siera are the two members, with the third arguably an electronic accompanist that plays some disco beat while the two main men sing abrasive half coherent ludicrousies into two vintage microphone stands. I saw them for the first time at the AM Eyewear party at Sydney’s Gaelic Theatre in Surry Hills, armed with guitars and without inhibition they had the crowd in a psychotic state, and were systematically stripped, abused and close to molested by a number of the audience members throughout the high energy set. Not only did they enjoy it, but they provoked it!
It’s an abrasive strand of dance pop they play, and definitely one of the most entertaining local live acts I’ve seen this year. Though with much of their time being favoured to shows in the US, they prove a rare act to catch locally, and don’t really have a huge name for themselves at least amongst scenesters in Sydney, however their EP To is out in Australia with a full length release rumored to be due out sometime in early 2008. It will be interesting to see how they attempt to capture blood, near death and two tattooed tortured bodies on record, but one thing’s for sure, The Death Set are armed with a musical recipe for mayhem."

The virtual turntable is playing: The Death Set - Intermission

The Death Set's My Space website

And, from Ireland, DELORENTOS

"Delorentos are a Dublin based alternative rock band. The four-piece have been together for less than three years and in that time have produced two independent releases, the Leave It On EP and the recently released single, The Rules. Both went into the Irish charts, The Rules reaching number 14 in May 2006.
With songs jointly and individually written by Ronán (guitar, vocals) and Kieran (guitar, vocals) with Níal (bass, vocals) and Ross (drums, vocals), Delorentos resultant sound ranges from soft acoustic melodies to angular, driven guitar rock. Riffs and rhythms combine to produce powerful, intimate and captivating songs that have already won them a dedicated fan-base around Ireland through their regular live appearances.
The band have been compared to Talking Heads, Television, and Interpol, but comparisons change with each new song and exhilarating live performance.
This year Delorentos played a storming set on RTEs Other Voices: Songs from a Room, were nominated for Best New Irish Band at the Irish Meteor awards in February and over the summer played to rapturous crowds at this years Oxegen and Electric Picnic Festivals. November saw them play the CMJ Festival in New York, play the launch of Radio Station Phantom FM and join Bell X1 on their Irish Tour.
The band are currently finishing the recording of their debut album, and are gearing up for its release in spring 2007."

The virtual turntable is playing: Delorentos - Basis of Everything

Upcoming gigs
29 Mar 2007, 20:00 Osprey Hotel, Devoy Quarter, Naas, Co Kildare
30 Mar 2007, 20:00 Wexford town, Co Wexford
07 Apr 2007, 20:00 Music Factory, 52-54 Tullow Street, Carlow, Co Carlow

Delorentos My Space website

And last, but by no means least: BIRDMONSTER

Birdmonster are:
Zach Winter: Drums, Cello
Peter Arcuni : Vocals, Guitar
Justin Tenuto : Bass, Rhodes, Melodica, Banjo
David Klein : Guitar, Piano

The virtual turntable is playing: Birdmonster - Cause You Can

Birdmonsters My Space website


"Like Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, with whom they share a sonic resemblance, San Francisco's Birdmonster have opted for the D.I.Y. self-released approach for their debut album. Based on the results here, they may have an equally bright future. On first listen, Birdmonster are just another interchangeable cog in the new wave revival machinery, and the rubber band basslines and angular guitars sound like familiar retreads of the Strokes and Interpol. Upon a more careful hearing, though, they mostly sound like no one but themselves. Sure, the first single, "'Cause You Can," sounds like a lost track (and a great one at that) from Is This It — but the understated use of banjo, cello, and melodica adds organic warmth to these songs that is missing from most of their icy new wave revival brethren, and lead singer/songwriter Peter Arcuni is surprisingly original, upping the ante on the wild-eyed schizophrenia of David Byrne and CYHSY's Alec Ounsworth by unleashing some memorably unhinged and desperate singing. Arcuni's songwriting is a consistent highlight, and his songs are full of artful, idiosyncratic details. The film noir storytelling of "Balcony" and the gothic horror trappings of the title track belie an English major behind the rock & roll bravado. Sonically it's all about fun, though, and the band is fond of the whisper-to-a-roar dynamics that the Pixies and Nirvana perfected. "Ice Age" starts out slowly and acoustically, and winds up somewhere just this side of frothing at the mouth, and that's a pattern the band reprises on several tracks. "The Bar at the Back of the Basement" adds some hoedown elements, with the banjo featured prominently, and serves as a fine cowpunk interlude between the more straightforward new wave tracks. Otherwise, these songs are characterized by frenetic energy, buzzsaw guitars, and over the top vocals. In short, they rock, and Birdmonster are off to a big, roaring, impressive start."

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