BAF in Music Weeek

We're in Music Week! I remember reading that at uni. It's like an industry mag, but I think mainly for PR and office people in the music industry. That's all I know.



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VIDEOCRIME

Hey BAFstards

i was bored bored BORED at work today and I started playing loads of flash games. There's this totally awkward geek boy with a nasal voice who's just started and he's well into them. He's so obvlivious he goes full circle and turns out he's actually pretty safe.

these are the two i got addicted to, mostly cos you kill loads of people and the programmers took lots of time over the gory death animation.

The Last Stand
It's a zombie survival game, a bit like Dawn of The Dead meets 28 Days Later and you have to hold out and shoot zombies. My advice is get all the weapons until you get the secret 'Barrett' sniper rifle which can take out three zombies in one shot.

Stag Knight II
You're Staggy the black knight and you have to kill boy scouts. They're armed with sticks, you've got a giant sword. It's so fucking stupid but it's in the spirit of Moonstone (see below), which is in turn in the spirit of this:



But anyway, Moonstone, such a good game I might have to make some kind of tribute to it:



DAN

P.S. here's another i just found called FPS in real life.

DJ setlist from the Mixtape party

WOO. Last night was BUSY. Tapedeck released their mixtape on So Sweet Records, and had a DJ battle to celebrate. It was downstairs at the Old Blue Last. Upstairs ws a 1234 Records night with Man Like Me playing. It was WELL BUSY.



We got 15 minutes of DJ time. Here's what we managed to squeeze in.

Atari Teenage Riot - Speed
Rowdy Superstar - Queen Sheba
Nine Inch Nails - Head Like A Hole
Chrome Hoof - Pronoid
BOLT ACTION FIVE - Tree Friend (Run Hide Survive Remix)
Prince - When Doves Cry

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SOOOOOO Many Releases...

We've releasing lots of stuff, on lots of labels - just in case you got confused, here's the list...

IN CASE YOU'RE CONFUSED, THIS IS HOW IT GOES....

AUGUST 6th
FILE UNDER WOLVES [EP]
So Sweet Recordings [US & Japan]

OCTOBER 15th
THINK FAST/CAN THE FREEDOM 7" SINGLE
This Is Fake DIY Records [UK]

NOVEMBER 15th
TREE FRIEND TREE FOE REMIXES 12"
Lost In Paris Records [UK]

TFTF REMIX 12"

So the last of our mental year of releases is out in NOVEMBER - we're releasing a 12" of remixes of the first single, Tree Friend Tree Foe. It's coming out on Lost In Paris records, which is Puregroove's new label [we're PARIS001!] on November 15th.

It's got two of the best of the previous remixes on it - Kissy Sell Out's mix and Dan Le Sac's mix, and two exclusive NEW remixes - one by JAMES HADOUKEN and one by new wonderkids Run Hide Survive Soundsystem. Extra-spangly artwork by Dan.



A. Tree Friend Tree Foe [Kissy Sell Out Remix]
A. Tree Friend Tree Foe [Dan Le Sac Remix]
B. Tree Friend Tree Foe [Jamdouken's Supertastic MDMA New Rave Remix]
B. Tree Friend Tree Foe [Run Hide Survive Remix]

YESSSSSSSS

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You'll be glad to know

That the London Paper said Johnny's gig was shit. And THEY'RE the ones to know. OUR gig, on the other hand, went quite well really. We played, and narrowly missed all the rain, and we reckon we were louder than everyone else [which is the important thing] and we met Mark Beaumont of the NME fame, who's actually really nice.

Then we made Johnny-baiting Tshirts, but I don't think he saw them. [pic by Si The Photo Guy]



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We're in fucking I-D

Look! Us in ID magazine. We are now officially FASHIONABLE. Soon, you'll all be wearing crows on your shoulder and dressing as red indians. The Old Blue Last shall be full of bowl-cut indie kids with viking helmets and fake beards. Almost certainly...



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Throw bricks at celebrities

It's a rare gig promotion post. We're playing the Proud Galleries on sunday 19th! And it's for FREEEEEEEE!

How good is that? Anyway, we were due to play in the evening, before Johnny "I'm a bit of a wanker" Borrel, of experimental avant garde rock geniuses RAZORLIGHT. Look, look at how much of a tosser he is.



However, since Johnny "I look like a confused horse" Borrel's head is WAY TOO BIG to allow anyone else near his stage, we're playing OUTSIDE. In the RAIN. At 5pm. With a PA so competely useless you won't be able to hear Dan. Of course, we've borrowed every amp we could find to make it ten times louder than the Proud galleries actaully want, so HA!

Ok?

So, come to Proud Galleries at 5pm and watch us play with too many amps. And Look See Proof also. They're very good too.

And then we can all hang around till the evening and test theories by throwing bricks at Johnny "My pecs are impervious to bricks" Borrell.

Cunt

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Tin Pan Alley - Rocklouder Review

They like us they do.

Rocklouder TPA Feature

"As the day progresses we shift from pokerfaces to utter mysteries. When Bolt Action Five come to entertain us a double take has to be made. Dan (vox) looks like a child with a bowl-cut and an oversized (borrowed) green jumper, while Tobias (guitar) looks like a new rave cave man – complemented by drainpipes and a headband to tame his messy, dirty-blonde hair.

Though petite, Dan busts out some phenomenal yelps while moon-walking his way around the stage. Blips and beats whiz around him and intertwine with erratic guitars and intense bass lines.

“We had some technical fuck ups and everyone [audience] was a bit ‘errr’ because they don’t know us,” Dan expresses. “We got here in a rush, so just jumped straight on stage. We didn’t even have time to line check.” We were too hooked on the danceable-ness to notice. Tree Friend Tree Foe was a whirlwind of high hats and dirty effects, with sexy, husky vocals. Meanwhile on the slower side of the BAF spectrum, Can The Freedom carried shrill vocals that rocked us gently on an ocean of genius."

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Tobias first BAF blog!!!

Hello Tobias guitarist from BAF here to write about stuff.

Firstly I got some really cool computer soundtracks y'all should listen too. Some of which are from my favorite games of yesteryear:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6jNosHmHG8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qN9VMFlhVV4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2RKKRWCX-g

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHldGIjMhVs

NIN did quake music. Rob Zombie did Quake II how cool!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tLX8KK6eiY

Wow seriously fuckin cool! But I guess the daddy of video game music is Doom I & II. I drew loadsa inspiration writing songs for BAF from doom. Fuck! that reminds me ages ago I made a BAF first person game for the Pc. I didn't put it on the net or anything. The idea was that your walking around Shoreditch shooting indie kids with a bolt action rifle. The sound track was springheeled jack. This would have been much better if I turned the song into midi, totally doom like. The last boss was Mr Sizzle our drum machine that was stolen. Well if anyone wants to play the game I'll try and send it to them. If its possible...


Well anyway I hope people like the vid game music. Will probably update the blog a lot more regularly now.

Just one more thing.

You might be wondering what the picture is of at the top of the screen. Let me tell you. They are the people responsible for Mass famine, Dolphins being nuked to death and Hitler.

Just think about that one...

Tobias

File Under WOLVES - OUT NOW!

Our EP was released today on So Sweet Records in the US and Japan! It's a 6-track CD EP featuring the first single, some early tracks and two remixes, limited to a couple of hundred copies. If you live in the US or JAPAN you can get it from So Sweet, but if you live in the UK worry not - Puregroove will be shipping in some copies for import...

USA - So Sweet Records
JAPAN - So Sweet Japan
UK - Puregroove



1. Tree Friend Tree Foe 2. Gurl Howl 3. Spring Heel Jack 4. Spree 5. Tree Friend Tree Foe [Kissy Sell Out Remix] 6. Tree Friend Tree Foe [Dan Le Sac Remix]

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1234 fuck no what's going on

We played the 1234 festival yesterday. The ACTUAL GIG was fucking great [if a bit short] - thanks to everyone who came - we couldn't look into the crowd without seeing people we knew, it was really nice...

The REST of the day was a bit shit, though. We got there two hours early to see other bands, but ended up arguing with security guards and trying to find the right way in instead. In the end we lugged all our kit from a nearby street, over a field, and up to the stage cos security wouldn't let us drive in. Thanks to Trash Fashion for the lifts...

THEN we rushed off to play the afterparty, but all the promoters got fucked and went AWOL. At half twelve [when we were meant to go on] there were still two bands left to play. And it SHUT at half one, so we DIDN'T PLAY! FUCK!

Anyway, look at these photos by www.myspace.com/pap_press

VIDEO SHOOT 2

Second day of the video shoot this weekend - thanks to everyone who came down - here's a few highlights from the day. We'll do another shoot in a couple of weeks time..:)

Duloks!

um... Tobias!!

Rowdy Superstar

Look! Look! [Dancing Boys]

Safari Claws

Boom The Cat & Yes Sir Idol

Why Whiskey Why

Trash Fashion


Cleft Palettes

Nic Nell

Think Fast Video!

We did the first day of our Think Fast video shoot last saturday - the next day is this saturday... We're going to get every band/dj/producer we know to be in it..







More to come next week!

ianx

Recommended Listening - Chrome Hoof

Oh my jesus christ. I absolutely fucking love these guys. There's about a million of them, playing indie/funk/black metal in silver cult costumes. And they have a giant Ram's head onstage. What's not to like???



CHROME HOOF MYSPACE

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