The Aftermath of Scumfest (SA)
This will just be a quick self-indulgent write up to cover the Scumfest 2009 festival that took place over the Australia Day long weekend in Adelaide. All I can say is that it was fucking awesome. From the venue Worldsend, the crowds and the mix of bands that played, the festival really exceeded my expectations.
Kill A Celebrity was invited alongside Dining in Tuscany to participate in Scumfest, and I can recall from memory that Beyond Terror Beyond Grace (NSW) was invited over last year as one of their first interstate shows. What I was really impressed with was the vibe of the festival; the promoter Kegan (vocalist of Space Bong and Death-Cult Jock) goes out of his way to invite bands that he is truly passionate about rather than fill up the bill with token acts. Not only is he a great promoter, but he is extremely hospitable - offering us free accommodation and even food from his kitchen. We made sure we sent him something as a token of our great appreciation.
As for the bands themselves there were a few solid standouts. Death-Cult Jock and Corruptors both stood out as two extremely fast, tight and violent new old-school grind bands to look out for. Dining in Tuscany delivered their typically energetic and ultra-tight brand of epic blackened grindcore to an absolutely mesmorized crowd. Captain Cleanoff and Robotosaurus absolutely destroyed the fucking venue as the headliners of each night, boasting enormous live sound and ridiculously catchy mid-paced mosh-friendly grind. Unfortunately the killer Zappa-meets-Parilament-esque party band God God Dammit Dammit wasn't able to play on the Sunday night, but we were able to catch them in a jam earlier in the day.
The highlight of the weekend for me by far was Space Bong. Man did they fucking CRUSH me (and why wouldnt they with members of no less than FOUR killer SA bands; The Rivalry, The Guantanamo Bay City Rollers, Meat Wallet and God God Dammit Dammit). A sledge hammer of some of the heaviest, vile, sludge-ridden stoner doom I have ever heard. Rumour has it that Anna V of Crux is releasing their upcoming album, and I for one am extremely jealous. These guys are no doubt one of the best doom bands I have seen in Australia - so don't miss a chance to catch them. If I have my way we should hopefully be seeing them in Sydney before the year is out.
Scumfest is another welcome addition to the growing mini-festivals across Australia (a la East/West Death Grind Fest, Grindcore 2009, Devils Kitchen, Chaos ACT, Slaughterfest, Brutalfest and so on). I definitely endorse it and urge anyone keen to attend. We're going to have to see if we're welcome back for Scumfest 2010.
Scumfest II Set Times – 24/25 Jan
Saturday Jan 24th 9pm $10
9:15pm Death-Cult Jock
9:45pm Corrupters
10:30pm Ok Peligro
11:15pm Dining in Tuscany (NSW)
12am Kill A Celebrity (NSW)
12:45am Prison Bitch
1:30am Captain Cleanoff
Sunday Jan 25th 4pm $15
Upstairs--Downstairs
11pm God God Dammit Dammit--10:30 Robotosaurus
10pm Dining In Tuscany (NSW)--9:30 Space Bong
9pm Kill A Celebrity (NSW)-- 8:30 Patriarchal Death Machine
8pm Thunderclaw-- 7:30 Craterface
7pm Ok Peligro-- 6:30 0010
6pm Bronze Chariot-- 5:30 Thunder Express
Scumfest 2009 (SA) featuring Capt. Cleanoff
The Australia Day long weekend seems to be a hotbed of killer festivals. You've got Grindcore 2009 in VIC, Scumfest 2009 in SA, Decolonise Festival in NSW, Big Day Out and who knows what else.
Anyway here is the super-sexy Scumfest line-up that was at least in part - if not in its entirety - arranged by Keagan of the suffocating doom/grind band Spacebong. The line-up has some killer names on it including Captain Cleanoff, Kill A Celebrity (NSW), Dining in Tuscany (NSW), Prison Bitch, Corrupters, Robotosaurus, God God Dammit Dammit, Spacebong, Ok Peligro and S.A. Waste.
It's an awesome mix of grind, hardcore, metal, punk, crust and doom and it all goes down at Worldsend in Adelaide over 2 days, the 2nd night being an all-ages kinda deal. Can't fucking wait.
http://www.myspace.com/captaincleanoff
http://www.myspace.com/killacelebritygrind
http://www.myspace.com/diningintuscany
http://www.myspace.com/prisonbitchhardcore
http://www.myspace.com/spacebong
http://www.myspace.com/godgoddammitdammit
http://www.myspace.com/corruptorsnoise
http://www.myspace.com/robotosaurus
Scumfest (SA) rumours for 24-25 Jan
Well it's good to see that Matheson kept you up to date with all the latest grind news homosexual folk scandals. The inadequate faux-grinder also had his birthday a little while ago. Good on him.
In more important news I just got word that SCUMFEST is going down on January 24-25 in Adelaide and I've got some promising rumors for bands that might be playing;
- Captain Cleanoff
- Dining in Tuscany (NSW)
- Robotosaurus
- God God Dammit Dammit
- Kill A Celebrity (NSW)
- Prison Bitch
- The Corruptors (grind feat. members of The Guantanamo Bay City Rollers)
- Thrush (grind feat. members of Jungle Fever)
- Space Bong
I'll be tharr (right tharr). None of this has been officially announced and I'll keep you all up to date.
These things happened last time Adelaide was unfortunate enough to host Kill A Celebrity:
Tonight: crust and grind in Sydney and Melbourne
Any self respecting Melbournite will be watching The Kill destroy all alongside Super Fun Happy Slide and Pathetic Human at the Arthouse tonight; just like most self respecting Sydney folk will be scoping out Dining in Tuscany, Crux and Walrora (VIC) at Maggotsville.
http://www.myspace.com/thekillgrind
http://www.myspace.com/superfunhappyslide
http://www.myspace.com/pathetichuman
http://www.myspace.com/cruxhc
http://www.myspace.com/walrora
http://www.myspace.com/diningintuscany
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