Gringo Records

12/02/2025

Our next gig!

CNL Touring, Nottingham Record Co-op & Gr**go Records present...

THE MESSTHETICS & JAMES BRANDON LEWIS
HOLODRUM
at The Boat Club, Trentside North, Nottingham NG2 5FJ
Thurday 13th February 2025, Doors 7.30pm
£18adv
All ages welcome
Visit https://linktr.ee/nottinghamrecordcoop for ticket links

THE MESSTHETICS & JAMES BRANDON LEWIS
Where to start; an incendiary and forward looking band with a line up of incredible and legendary musicians.
Formed in 2018, Joe Lally and Brendan Canty (of Fugazi) joined forces with experimental / jazz guitarist Anthony Pirog. They released two full length LPs via Dischord in 2018 & 19.
After a couple of live performances with James Brandon Lewis on saxophone they decided to record something together and released their most recent LP on ¡Impulse!
Joe and Brendan for the most part bring a steady rhythmic bedrock for Anthony's rich guitar approach drawing freely on jazz, punk and everything in between. James brings another dimension and more interplay to it all. Although this line up is comparatively new it's foundations are on long-standing musical relationships. James and Anthony met around a decade ago at a session led by free-jazz drummer William Ho**er and instantly hit it off, going on to work together extensively in Lewis’ own groups. A pairing which by their own admission worked from the very start. Joe and Brendan have played together since the late 80's in Fugazi and in my opinion, one of the greatest rhythm sections of all time. Not everyday you get to see something this solid, intuitive and free.
They toured the UK in 2019 (seems like a maximum of 3 years ago to me - COVID for you) and were fantastic. It's great they've decided to come back.
https://themessthetics.bandcamp.com

HOLODRUM
Strong game synth-pop disco post punk supergroup from Leeds / Sowerby Bridge who released their debut album on Gr**go. Much like the headliners, it's folk who have been involved in so many solid projects - Cowtown, Hookworms, James Holden plus loads more. 1st time in Notts!
https://holodrum.bandcamp.com

06/12/2024

First single from the new Jutland Songs EP is 'Hang Me In Your Gallery'. An instant indie rock classic!

Hang Me In Your Gallery by JUTLAND SONGSFirst single from their "Autumn Trash" EP on released on Gr**go Records on 7th February 2025. Available to pre-order ...

06/12/2024

NEW RELEASE! The long gestated "Autumn Trash" EP by Jutland Songs. Available to pre-order on very limited cassette and digital over at https://jutlandsongs.bandcamp.com/album/autumn-trash

A good day to do it as it is Bandcamp Friday.

In spirit, Autumn Trash is a 10” EP, on the shelf vying for attention alongside similar sized records by Archers Of Loaf and The Grifters, Superchunk and The Breeders, Magic Dirt and Rocket From The Crypt. A spiritual cousin of indie rock’s heyday, on a straitened 21st century budget, serving the same purpose, if not the same sound, as Head To Toe or Vs The Greatest Of All Time: a distillation of a moment and a promise of more to come.

28/11/2024

We're putting on The Messthetics & James Brandon Lewis at The Boat Club in Nottingham on 13th Feb 2025! Tickets go on sale at 10am on Friday. https://linktr.ee/nottinghamrecordcoop

The Messthetics of course feature Brendan Canty and Joe Lally, otherwise known as Fugazi's rhythm section, one of the greatest of all time.

James Brandon Lewis has been lauded by jazz legend Sonny Rollins, who said: "When I listen to you, I listen to Buddha, I listen to Confucius... I listen to the deeper meaning of life", and Marc Ribot, who describes Lewis as a keeper of John Coltrane's legacy: "James Brandon Lewis' solos are like a jumbo jet - you need to give them plenty of runway space to take off and land".

This will be smoking!

Support from Holodrum, at long last playing a Nottingham gig!

21/10/2024

Posted • join at his wondrous festivities in Fell Foot woods. With and many more.
https://facebook.com/events/s/hyper-inverter-2025/2864702493700728/

09/10/2024

Got a couple of excellent gigs coming up this week in Nottingham!

On Friday SAVAK (USA) + Every Face Becomes A Skull + Clambake at The Carousel Not often we have a new venue to try out so this will be exciting! It will be marvellous to see our good friends Savak back in Nottingham.

On Sunday Redd Kross + Dale Crover (Melvins / Nirvana) at The Boat Club. Redd Kross played the first gig I ever went to almost 30 years ago. Maybe my dad will take me to this one too! I really love Redd Kross, they have been going for 45 years, since the McDonald brothers were 15 and 11! Not many bands can say they they used to hang out with Black Flag but love The Osmonds. I'm hoping for a supreme version of Crazy Horses.

Ticket links for all gigs are at https://linktr.ee/nottinghamrecordcoop
If anyone wants to pick up tickets without paying a booking fee then contact me direct.
Posters courtesy of GIANT HEAD

09/10/2024

Nottingham Record Co-op & Gr**go Records present...

SAVAK
EVERY FACE BECOMES A SKULL
CLAMBAKE

Venue change!!!
at The Carousel, 25 Hockley, Nottingham
Friday 11th October, Doors 8pm
£9 adv from https://linktr.ee/nottinghamrecordcoop

SAVAK (USA)
SAVAK operate as a loose collective of players focused around the core duo of Michael Jaworski (The Cops, Virgin Islands) and Sohrab Habibion (Obits, Edsel) along with drummer Matt Schulz (Holy F**k, Enon). The touring band has featured members of killer bands such as Girls Against Boys, Bellini, The Make Up, Nation Of Ulysses, New Radiant Storm King, Silver Jews and several million more.
SAVAK takes the edge and clang of Habibion's former band Obits and adds some light and shade, recalling everything from the DC punk rock it's members grew up with to Stiff Records new wave and danceable Nuggets garage rock. We're very happy to have them back in Nottingham after their previous tour here was cancelled due to lockdown.
“a potent and pointed agitpop racket which manages to balance the dark and moody with the catchy as f**k.” - VICE
www.savakband.com
https://savak.bandcamp.com

EVERY FACE BECOMES A SKULL
Notts punk rockers EFBAS play "urgent, spiky punk rock that takes the Revolution Summer pattern and loads it full of jitters, neuroses and modern-day anxieties." FFO Torches To Rome, Jawbreaker, 12 Hour Turn and Gray Matter circa ‘Take It Back’
https://efbas.bandcamp.com/

CLAMBAKE
Rumoured to be brothers, Clambake offer Stewed down rock'n'roll at its most primitive, featuring 4 stringed guitar, minimal drum kit and shouting. Subject matter included getting divorced, boozing, wanting to be the next James Bond, crashing your car and wanting to make the world a better place. During their time together Clambake sonically changed from their earlier 50's inspirations to a two man Motorhead, or the Ramones with a slide guitar.
https://clambake.bandcamp.com/

28/09/2024

Sara Lund is my favourite drummer in my favourite band. Please support her if you can!

Dearest people, 6 months ago I had the delightful misfortune of being diagnosed with breast cancer. Invasive Lobular Carcinoma with lymph node involvement. Since then I have had lots of tests, waiting, surgeries, more tests, more waiting, and radiation. The diagnosis came right in the middle of a big move and I have been unable to establish a new teaching practice or find other work in my new city of Tacoma. It has been a brutally anxious several months with bills piling up and my energy sapped by treatments and recovery. I was lucky to have caught this early with a routine mammogram. Allow me to use this as a public service announcement: GET YOUR MAMMOGRAMS AND COLONOSCOPIES! I was completely caught off guard by this and had no clue I was carrying this disease around in me. My soul sister Janet Weiss has graciously set up this GoFundMe for me. Don’t fret, upcoming tours are still a go. I wish rock n roll were really as lucrative and glamorous as Led Zeppelin made it seem…

https://gofund.me/8c85d82c

18/09/2024

Our next event at The Boat Club is the new band of John Reis / Speedo, most well known for his stints in Rocket From the Crypt / Hot Snakes / Drive Like Jehu.

Swami John Reis & The Bed of Nails (Speedo of Hot Snakes, Rocket From The Crypt, Drive Like Jehu) with support from Dead Mint on Thursday 26th September.

Tickets still available https://linktr.ee/nottinghamrecordcoop

This has been a tough one to promote and get the word out about, please come down if you can and also spread the word!

Here is a track to whet appetite!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dq8vVmx8gTs

FROM THE UPCOMING ALBUM "ALL OF THIS AWAITS YOU" OUT AUG. 2 ON SWAMI/BMG. SWA161Video by David Da CruzSwami John Reis: vocals and guitarJoe Guevara: organ, s...

08/09/2024

Nottingham Record Co-op & Gr**go Records present...

SAVAK
EVERY FACE BECOMES A SKULL
+1 more tbc

at The Rose of England, 36-38 Mansfield Rd, Nottingham NG1 3GY
Friday 11th October, Doors 8.30pm
£9 adv from https://linktr.ee/nottinghamrecordcoop

SAVAK (USA)
SAVAK operate as a loose collective of players focused around the core duo of Michael Jaworski (The Cops, Virgin Islands) and Sohrab Habibion (Obits, Edsel) along with drummer Matt Schulz (Holy F**k, Enon). The touring band has featured members of killer bands such as Girls Against Boys, Bellini, The Make Up, Nation Of Ulysses, New Radiant Storm King, Silver Jews and several million more.
SAVAK takes the edge and clang of Habibion's former band Obits and adds some light and shade, recalling everything from the DC punk rock it's members grew up with to Stiff Records new wave and danceable Nuggets garage rock. We're very happy to have them back in Nottingham after their previous tour here was cancelled due to lockdown.
“a potent and pointed agitpop racket which manages to balance the dark and moody with the catchy as f**k.” - VICE
www.savakband.com
https://savak.bandcamp.com

EVERY FACE BECOMES A SKULL
Notts punk rockers EFBAS play "urgent, spiky punk r1-day anxieties." FFO Torches To Rome, Jawbreaker, 12 Hour Turn and Gray Matter circa ‘Take It Back’
https://efbas.bandcamp.com/

08/09/2024

Nottingham Record Co-op & Gr**go Records present...

REDD KROSS + DALE CROVER
at The Boat Club, Trentside North, Nottingham NG2 5FJ
Sunday 13th Ocotber, Doors 7.30pm
£20 adv from https://linktr.ee/nottinghamrecordcoop
All ages welcome

REDD KROSS
Redd Kross have devoted their career to making subversive entertainment in a high pop celebrity style, reintroducing forbidden classic-rock tropes as melodies, harmonies, ripping musicianship, & primary colors-stuff that had (largely) been ditched in the underground rock's post-punk, No Wave, hardcore, & sensitive-egghead scenes. In their Phaseshifter era, they were the first proper band I ever went to see play live. It left an indelible mark! Having them play in Nottingham feels like coming full circle.

In 1979, two school-kids all hopped-up on punk-rock started their own group in their hometown of Hawthorne, Los Angeles (birthplace of the Beach Boys) and soon found themselves opening shows for notorious scene pioneers Black Flag. Jeff McDonald was 15, his brother Steven only 11. But that didn’t stop their group from becoming one of the most remarkable, enduring and unique outfits punk- rock ever belched up.

2024, then, marks Redd Kross’s 45th birthday – an important anniversary for any group whose heart pulses at 45RPM – and the brothers are celebrating the event with a veritable multimedia extravaganza. There’s a memoir, Now You’re One Of Us, due in November, author Dan Epstein telling the group’s story in the McDonalds’ unmistakable (and occasionally contrary) voices. A brilliant rockumentary, Born Innocent, directed by Andrew Reich, will premiere later in the year. Most exciting of all, a new album – an eponymous double-album, no less, packed with 18 of their sharpest, most addictive songs yet – has hit the racks, courtesy of In The Red Records.
https://reddkross.bandcamp.com/

DALE CROVER
The legendary Melvins, Nirvana and Redd Kross drummer flying solo, with a new album out on Joyful Noise which moves from Nuggets-y garage rock to crafty proto-metal riffage and gorgeously hazy psych-pop.

08/09/2024

We have another ace gig coming up in a few weeks!

CNL Touring, Nottingham Record Co-op & Gr**go Records present...

SWAMI JOHN REIS & THE BED OF NAILS
DEAD MINT
at The Boat Club, Trentside North, Nottingham NG2 5FJ
Thursday 26th September, Doors 7.30pm
£20 adv from https://linktr.ee/nottinghamrecordcoop
All ages welcome

All Hail Swami John Reis. He of Hot Snakes and Rocket From The Crypt and Drive Like Jehu and many, many others. His latest career decision is the formation of Swami And The Bed Of Nails. It is yet another band. John Reis sings and plays guitar along with Tommy Kitsos (of Night Marchers and CPC Ga*****gs) on bass, Joe Guevara (of Lady Dottie and the Diamonds) on piano and synthesizer, “session cat” Richard Larson on drums and Mark Murino (of Radio Wendy and Dirty Sweet) on second guitar. Their sound is ever evolving but at the moment is firmly rooted in the early sounds of punk rock and rock n roll. They offer an immediate blast of joy that celebrates our time on earth. It is nostalgia for a past that most likely never happened. It is the hope that the future will bring us more noise and many more parties. It is an idealized pursuit intended to elevate the status of the simplest pleasures and ridicule the unattractive lust of the unhindered ambitious. The music is a reenactment of the past lives of elderly teenagers returning once again to sustain their echo. Join them in this pursuit live and in concert. The band's set list will feature songs complaining about the crappy tools at Harbor Freight, lusting for hot dogs, getting electrocuted in the p***s, charlatans disguised as angels, refusing to ask for directions as well as songs off the Swami John Reis album “Ride The Wild Night”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCD1q64Qb90 (KEXP performance)

DEAD MINT
Bringing heavy garage riffs to your lugs. Featuring members of such Nottingham greats as Grey Hairs, Bus Stop Madonnas, Witch's Mark and I Am Lono.
https://deadmint.bandcamp.com/

08/09/2024

We have about 11 tickets left on sale for Jon Spencer in Nottingham on 13/9. Black Mekon are supporting support act.

CNL Touring, Nottingham Record Co-op & Gr**go Records present...

JON SPENCER
BLACK MEKON
at The Boat Club, Trentside North, Nottingham NG2 5FJ
Friday 13th September, Doors 7.30pm
£22.50 adv from https://linktr.ee/nottinghamrecordcoop
All ages welcome

Jon Spencer is back in Nottingham to play the hits! On this occasion with the unbelievable rhthym section of Kendal & Macky, previously of the Bobby Lees.

05/09/2024

First of several shows in the autumn. Can’t wait for this one. Tickets and details here:
https://www.terns.co.uk/event-details/13792613/trade-winds/

04/08/2024

Gr**go Records and Nottingham Record Co-op have some excellent gigs coming up in Nottingham at The Boat Club!

Jon Spencer (Blues Explosion / P***y Galore / Boss Hog) on Friday 13th September.

Swami John Reis & The Bed of Nails (new band from Speedo of Rocket From The Crypt, Hot Snakes, Drive Like Jehu) on Thursday 26th September

Redd Kross + Dale Crover (Melvins / Nirvana) on Sunday 13th October

Ticket links for all gigs are at https://linktr.ee/nottinghamrecordcoop

If anyone wants to pick up tickets without paying a booking fee then contact me direct.

Posters courtesy of GIANT HEAD

26/06/2024

New gig!

CNL Touring, Nottingham Record Co-op & Gr**go Records present...

SWAMI JOHN REIS & THE BED OF NAILS

at The Boat Club, Trentside North, Nottingham NG2 5FJ

Thursday 26th September, Doors 7.30pm

£20 advance tickets on sale now. Visit for links https://linktr.ee/nottinghamrecordcoop

All ages welcome