March 2014

March 2014

Contents:

Editorial



October 2013

October 2013

Contents:

Editorial

Our 10 October 2013 showcase

10-12 October
Norwich Sound & Vision 2013

DOE

Horse Party

The Mondegreens

Our next full gig –
Friday 13 December 2013

our 13th birthday and Christmas party

Drugstore

She Makes War

BUOYS



June 2013

June 2013

Contents:

Editorial

Our next gig -
Friday 7th June 2013

Loom

Die You Now

Darwin & the Dinosaur



April 2013

April 2013

Contents:

Editorial

Our next gig -
Friday 26th April 2013

violet violet

Cthru27

Arrows of Love

The Nightingales


Recommended:

April 2013 @ NAC



January 2013

January 2013

Contents:

Editorial

Our next gig -
Wednesday 23rd January 2013

The Joy Formidable

WE//ARE//ANIMAL


Recommended:

January 2013 @ NAC

21 January 2013, Blood Red Shoes @ NAC



December 2012

December 2012

Contents:

Editorial

Our next gig -
Friday 14th December 2012

Cold In Berlin

Tortoise Family Connections

There's Someone In The Pond


Recommended:

December 2012 @ NAC



October 2012

September 2012

June 2012

June 2012

Contents:

Editorial

Our next gig -
Friday 22nd June 2012

Yeti Lane

collider

The Thinking Men


Reccommended:

Norwich Arts Centre selected June 2012 highlights




May 2012

April 2012

April 2012

Contents:

Editorial

Our next gig -
Friday 13th April 2012

Drugstore

Fiel Garvie

Port Isla




February 2012

February 2012

Contents:

Editorial

Our next gig -
Friday 24th February 2012

Electricity in our Homes

Octagon Court

Invisible Cities




December 2011

December 2011

Contents:

Editorial

Our next gig -
Friday 16th December 2011

Magoo

We Can't Dance

Khan

Tim Clare

John Osborne



October 2011

October 2011

Contents:

Editorial

Our next gig -
Friday 7th October 2011

The Victorian English Gentlemans Club

Olympians

The Shadow Project



September 2011

September 2011

Contents:

Editorial

Our next gig -
Friday 16th September 2011

Sarabeth Tucek

Alloy Ark

Rory McVicar


Reccomended:

BBC Music Video Festival

Norwich Sound & Vision convention



June 2011

June 2011

Contents:

Editorial

Our next gig -
Friday 17th June 2011

Underground Railroad

Fever Fever

The Day The Robots Came




April 2011

April 2011

Contents:

Editorial

Our next gig -
Friday 8th April 2011

Talons

Deers

Embarrassing Machines




February 2011

February 2011

Contents:

Editorial

Our next gig -
Friday 25th February 2011

Blue on Blue

C.O.L.L

Typewriter Radio




December 2010

October 2010

September 2010

August 2010

August 2010

Contents:

Editorial

Our next gig -
Sunday 1st August 2010
Waterloo Park Walkabout Our compere

Black Vox

Blue on Blue

Glory Glory

Hellhound Oconnor and the Winkles

KunK

Olympians

These Ghosts



June 2010

Male Bonding headline wombatwombat on Friday 11 June 2010 @ NAC

What are the five most important things we need to know about Male Bonding?

1. Nothing
2. Is
3. Ever
4. That
5. Important

You're signed to the legendary Sub Pop label: please share your thoughts about the importance of keeping DIY culture alive and supporting events like Record Store Day.

It was putting out our own records/tapes and running out own label that brought us to the attention of Sub Pop. So that's testament to the benefit of doing things yourself. Also you just do things how you want to do them. Treat yourself how you wish to be treated. And then it's a much more interesting culture. It seems obvious really.

We've all worked/work in record stores: they brought us together. They are still important and still have a relevance that has adapted to the way music commerce had changed. It's good to celebrate Record Store Day. We were in LA and played at Origami Records, Echo Park. It was a good day. Lou Barlow played too. All over, tons of people came out and hung at record stores. Across the city, Slash was signing his book at Amoeba Records. All for the record store.

Please tell us about the highs and lows of your lengthy March/April US tour.

Highs:

1. Detroit's Heidelberg Project.
2. Adirondack, NY – kayaking and drinking from growlers.
3. Los Angeles – the most fascinating and stimulating and welcoming city.
4. Columbus, Ohio – dog walk solace.
5. Playing with amazing bands: Soft Pack, Vivian Girls, Dum Dum Girls, Smith Westerns, Beaters, Dunes, Nodzzz, Silk Flowers, Happy Birthday, Gun Outfit... and more.

Low: smash and grab in Montreal.


Male Bonding will be hitting St Benedict's Street on Friday 11 June 2010 and cordially
invite you to join them. Copyright Steve Gullick.


What's your advice for new bands?

Please don't put your life in the hands of a rock and roll band.

Which new bands do you rate as ace?

Gun Outfit, Eternal Summers, Dunes, Let's Wrestle, Veronica Falls.

As if the band's psyche, being loved by Huw Stephens and signed to Sub Pop didn't offer enough credibility...

...here's what some other so-called tastemakers have to say about Male Bonding:

"Male Bonding find the perfect home in Sub Pop records and release a blinding debut album. It sucks up all the best 80s hardcore influences – extracting those genius parts of Minutemen and Hüsker Dü that make the hairs on the back of your neck stand on end – and blending them with their own punk sensibilities and occasional shoe gaze /psyche tendencies.

The production is choice too – rough cut without ruining what are exceptionally catchy melodies and hooks.

Album of the year so far." (artrocker.com)

"With the Americans doing the lo-fi/no-fi thing fairly damn well it's nice to get a bit of English representation... Their show today is rabble-rousing in the most literal sense as thirty or so fresh-faced fans clamber onto the stage attempt to dance but actually get in the way... If Vivian Girls were boys, they'd be Male Bonding." (drownedinsound.com)

"Two-and-a-half minutes of surf-grunge that somehow manages to be frantic, lo-fi, anthemic and introspective all at once." (nme.com)

Which instrument bonds with each male?

John: guitar, vocals.
Robin: drums.
Kevin: bass, vocals.

Get into Male Bonding at their myspace and blog

See you down the front on 11 June: you so need to be there dudes.