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Bang! Bang! Eche! – SONIC DEATH CUNTTTT EP

Published on November 30, 2009 in review. 0 Comments Tags: , , .

SonicDeathCuntttt

So do we need a background on this Christchurch, NZ and worldwide famous band?

They started around 2007 if memory serves – they’re young, and have done a hell of a lot in a really really REALLY short amount of time. If you’ve heard their music, you’ll understand why.

So the question has always been what does Bang! Bang! Eche! mean, and how did they start. I wasn’t even gonna go there in this review, except I found this comment on a random American blogsite so I had to share:

“We get the Bang! Bang! part, but what does Eche at the end of it mean? BBE’s guitarist/synth player, Charlie explains. “ECHE is native Maori for “awesome partytimes”!!!

LMAO

They released a self titled EP last year, and have released a follow up titled SONIC DEATH CUNTTTT.

SONIC DEATH CUNTTTT is brash, in your face, dance punk. It’s in the realm of Test Icicles, Rapture, Liars and Gang of Four – mixing punk and rave on another level. Everything works: the bass, the electronics, the guitar, the vocals, the speed, the screaming, the distortion. Only young people can do this well. I don’t wanna hear this stuff made by 35 year olds.

The four tracks, totalling 12 minutes of happiness, tell me to forget about my problems and come party. My favourite track on the EP is Dirt In The Water for it’s blinding guitar riffs and pace. And if you go see them live, you’re going to be happy. Everyone can play every instrument, and you can tell they enjoy it. Another bonus is that Zach vocalises in a NZ accent. YUSSSS.

I’ve always thought this group were great and they’ve surpassed that annoying generic word. They’re tight, exuberant, and the recordings are top notch. I need a new word in another language to describe this band, so because I’m in Japan I’ll do as the Japanese do. Bang! Bang! Eche = SUUUUUUGGGGOOOOIIIIII!!!!!

:: Darlene Brown (reporting from Japan)

MP3: Bang! Bang! Eche! – fist full of dollars

Spinning right now on StarlifterRadio.com

Published on November 24, 2009 in Uncategorized. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , .
Bang! Bang! Eche! Rawk!

Bang! Bang! Eche! Rawk!

Hey yo! Heaps of cats keep sending us guff to play on StarlifterRadio.com so we keep adding new shiz YO! We’ve just added a brand new song from Bang! Bang! Eche!’s latest EP Sonic Death Cunttttt, a new track from Del The Funky Homosapien & Tame One, Ed Muzik’s Disco(very) DJ mix, we’re still spinning the Time Machine Mix from Zombie Nation, Chilli JAM Episode 10 DJ mix by Johnny Kingdom [courtesy of www.Chillij.com], and there’s advice on Social Media Gurus (heh) and we’ve even got a cameo from Dolly Parton. Choice!

So heaps happening on StarlifterRadio.com, be sure to check it out. In a couple months time you’ll be able to be one of those pre-cool cats who walk around being like “yeah, I was listening to Starlifter Radio years ago. It’s not as good these days…” ;)

Peace,
Dr H

Artist: Bang! Bang! Eche! Song: Fist Full of Dollars. Reviewer: Tom Darlow

Published on September 7, 2009 in MP3 Downloads and music. 2 Comments Tags: , .
myspace.com/bangbangeche

myspace.com/bangbangeche

Finally! A new tune from ritalined vibesters Bang Bang Eche, and it trumps all their previous work in the first 30 seconds. From its cinematic intro to its glitched finale, Fist Full of Dollars packs punches. It seems the band have found their feet, figured out what they do best and done it in spades. The dominant synth line is frenetic and groovy as all hell, the guitars are edgy, glitched and reworked, the vocals are witty and delivered with savage conviction and the drums are have more groove than ever before. Overtop of all of this the tune is mixed and produced beautifully. Download it here, and hang on for the ride.

MP3: Bang! Bang! Eche! – Fist Full of Dollars



Bang! Bang! Eche! and Batman Tiddabades @ Mighty Mighty, Wellington (14-03-09)

Published on March 17, 2009 in live, music and review. 2 Comments Tags: , , , .

 

Bang! Bang! Eche! @ KEXP in NYC

Finding myself as a new appendage in a newer city, it struck me like a tour bus yesterday that it was high time I absorbed a little Wellington culture. So I did, by heading blinkingly off into the night to see one of my favourite bands… from Christchurch. It had been a while since I’d seen the young scenesters, Bang Bang Eche, in person. Despite splitting a plane with them to Auckland in January, November was the last, where, sharing a stage with Wellington band New Friend, BBE embarked on a whisky fuelled debaucherous, yet comical, set, punctuated by missed timings and mid-song fistfights (Charlie and Zach spent Nike throwing shoes at each other). However, if BBE were a cow, last night’s set with Batman Tiddabades was the cream.

Sidestepping pre-teens with eyes glazed from indulgence at the Homegrown festival, I made my way to Mighty Mighty, and was lucky to get in. The smallish venue was packed to its offbeat and creaking rafters with opshop hipsters, all jiving to the brutish beats of Batman Tiddabades. Despite only forming this year, the boys have built quite an empire. Once they’ve ironed out a few geling issues and manage to drive their grooves from the pocket, they’re truly a force to party with.

BBE appeared around an hour later in a roar of synths and hi hats, and within seconds had toes twitching, heads nodding, pours dripping and floorboards creaking the room over. The kids have definitely permeated the Wellington market with on mass rap alongs and yelps of joy from kids who recognised the opening bars from each of their myspace classics. Four To the Floor evoked waves of fist pumps, and a choral sing along that could have been heard from Masterton. They did, however, grind out as many new tunes as old and their sound showed a new maturity and development. Their new songs are both dancier and punkier, and will sound incredible on record. Here’s hoping that SXSW is going to be the starting gun for future success, and the next time I see them is in an arena somewhere.

:: Tom Darlow

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Some more TOP 5s for you MOFOs

Published on February 25, 2009 in culture and music. 0 Comments Tags: , , .

First up we’ve got TOP 5s from 2 members of Bang! Bang! Eche!, T’Nealle and James. You can also catch them on the radio too fulla ow! They host Friday Brunch (10am – noon) on RDU 98.5… CHCH-side! And then we’ve got an interesting list from Darcy Gladwin aka Emu and main man behind Cure Motel, he does heaps of other guff too ow yo.

 

 

T’Nealle from Bang! Bang! Eche!

1. Nathalie, Touch Me There Again – moron says what?!?!
2. Come Back Lover – charlie ash
3. Junk Yard Shots – Brand New Math
4. death of you – comenichi
5. ah yeah – The Grates

Prime Minister John Key and James from Bang! Bang! Eche! (Uber TOTz LOLz)
JAMES’S TOP FIVE
in no order 
Redlights – Salem
Lovely Weather – The Vandelles 
Grown Men Don’t Fall in the River, Just Like That – LIARS
A Milli – LIl Wayne
Bird – Pattern is Movement
Do you have a TOP 5 that you wanna share with everyone? Send it in, right here -> starliftertv (at) gmail (dot) com
Peace,
Dr H
xox