Grave Jibes Party vol.3: May Death Holiday (Saint-Petersburg)

Do you celebrate the May holidays? Grave Jibes Fanzine offers you to celebrate one, but it is a bit weird and unconventional… May Death Holiday! The holiday of obscure and creepy gothic punk music. All night, from 23:59 of May, 1st to 06:00 of May, 2nd you’ll see the shows of the bands:

Death Formation (deathrock, Novgorod the Great)

http://vk.com/club14557249

Mix the hysteria and deadly sexuality of “Only Theatre of Pain” with early Valor’s Christian Death’s “thick” sound and “gothic” visual approach and you’ll get something close to this band. Then, add that primary gothic punk underground approach which took the place when the scene was born and you’ll understand why this show can’t be missed.

LusthauS (electro deathrock, Moscow)

http://vk.com/club14572751

Now Russia has its own representatives of the modern “electro deathrock” trends, and they’re called LusthauS. And on May Death Holiday the Saint-Petersburg audience will get the first chance to see them live as they are, – chilling, spooky, sexy and dance!

Le Phonographe (strange wave, Saint-Petersburg)

http://vk.com/club11317847
http://www.myspace.com/Phonographe
http://www.lastfm.ru/music/Le+Phonographe
http://www.youtube.com/user/lePhonographe

Batcave, coldwave, cabaret, punk gothique, deathrock revival, French chanson… – all this and many more creates the band’s unique style which they themselves consider as “strange wave”. The band just released the home-recorded demo and gave several gigs, but it has already aroused interest in them not only in Russia, but in Europe too. This cold cabaret from the batcave hardly will keep you indifferent.

Grotesque Sexuality (art post-punk, Saint-Petersburg)

http://vk.com/club8106393
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=352063764324
http://www.myspace.com/grotesquesexuality
http://www.lastfm.ru/music/Grotesque+Sexuality
http://www.youtube.com/user/grotesquesexuality

“One of the most interesting new bands <…>, more steeped in literature and theatre, than anything tacitly and discernibly musical…”, – said about them Michael Barrie from the UK fanzine “Return to the East”.  And indeed, these art post-punkers get more and more mad in their artistic approach from gig to gig! And you’re invited to take part in this schizoid play with the band to the accompaniment of avant-garde post-punk tunes with the touch of coldwave, deathrock and US no wave.

Пора Кончать (post-punk, Moscow)

http://vk.com/club365913
http://www.myspace.com/porakonchat
http://www.lastfm.ru/music/Пора+Кончать
http://community.livejournal.com/pora_konchat/

The patricians of the Russian post-punk are back to Saint-Petersburg! This band has always been full of contrasts, – punk tension and aristocratic self-confidence, Russian roots and Factory records sound influences, artificiality and sincerity. The band recently released their debut album (which you’ll be able to buy at the show), which got much interest in Russia. But the band is good not only in studio, – it has the ability to obtain the audience’s attention and keep it during the entire show.

[Attention!] You’ll be able to buy the tickets in advance, and the first twenty who do that will get the limited edition Grave Jibes DVD-bootleg with the videos from the past GJ shows! And also you’ll be able to take a part in the common promo-action of Grave Jibes and the great French cold label Brouillard Definitif! More details to come soon.