BRENDAN KELLY AND THE WANDERING BIRDS – WITH GUERILLA POUBELLE!
Brendan Kelly has been voted “Best Twitter” by Chicago Reader, was a TV host, is the guy behind Nihilist Arby’s, sings in The Lawrence Arms and The Falcon, works at The Onion, makes weird art… the list goes on. Now after a couple years crafting deviant songs he has something new for his cult to consume: a 10-song album called Keep Walkin’ Pal. He releases his “solo” material under the name Brendan Kelly and the Wandering Birds, but this is not some emo boy with a guitar or another “punk goes acoustic” outing, this is an artist collective like Wu-Tang Clan or Crass. It involves musicians, visual artists, studio nerds, and even a college film professor. We’re not sure how to describe this wild record (Space Rock? Chiptune?), but we know it’s a likable mix and a real departure from what you’re used to hearing from Brendan and this scene. He’s done a couple LPs and some 7”s with Red Scare, and it’s all pretty freaky stuff: songs about torture, songs about drugs, songs about pervs, songs about serial killers, and songs about your mom. The recordings are definitely not your typical punk acoustic fare as he works with a full band of deviant collaborators, and the live show has been described as Andy Kaufman goes Kafka, but with songs about your mom.
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Guerilla Poubelle doesn't shout it in vain: "Nowhere is home for me." More than 1,300 concerts, from the tiny associative bar to the biggest festival stage, scouring all of France and the rest of the world (Europe, USA, Brazil, Japan, Canada, Thailand...) 20 years of pessimistic punk rock and hopeful DIY carried by explosive live performances and songs full of slogans and cynicism, acid humour turned to black vitriol. Awareness-raising... rebellious firebrands that shake everything up and hammer the head until they become necessary and daily food for the spirit. Punk rock hits thrown before the tabernacle of the mediocrity of the time....
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With guests Sam Russo and In The Meantime
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