A new series of DiY gigs upstairs at BottleCraft on the 3rd Saturday of the month.

AUGUST LINE UP LOOKS LIKE THIS....................

Bloody Head (Nottingham)
https://bloodyhead.bandcamp.com

Nottingham-based 4-piece Bloody Head deliver a crushing blend of noise rock, post-punk psychedelia and industrial heaviness in a similar vein to the likes of Part Chimp, Hey Colossus, Swans, Gnod. Hypnotic and ritualistic their sound fuses raw energy with sprawling riffs, bleak atmospheres and relentless intensity. Cult favourites on the UK experimental scene with links to Wrong Speed Records, Hominid Sounds, Viral Age, At War With False Noise and Bitter Dose.

Recent releases include 'The Temple Pillars Dissolve Into The Clouds' (2021) 'Perpetual Eden' (2024) 'Eden in Retrograde' (2024 remix/reimagining project) 'Bend Down And Kiss The Ground' (2026)

Pound Land (Midlands)
https://poundland1.bandcamp.com

The Midlands-based noise-punk collective described as “kitchen-sink punk-dirge absurdism”
Industrial repetition, post-punk bleakness and savage black humour. Pound Land's music channels the frustrations of modern Britain into a chaotic, hypnotic barrage of heavy grooves, surreal social commentary delivered in Adam Stone's demented howl and moan vocals . A Pound Land live show is loud, darkly funny and utterly uncompromising.

Thick Richard (Manchester)
https://youtu.be/xoV0-nRy73Q?si=glnqa1fkuhGI01Jj

Cult Northern spoken-word performer who sits somewhere between punk poet, stand-up comic and performance artist. Heavily associated with Manchester’s alternative poetry and cabaret circuit Thick Richard has a reputation for darkly funny, profane, highly performative poetry rooted in Northern life, cynicism, social observation and absurd storytelling.

Published work includes: 'Read ’Em and Weep' and 'Vaudavillain', through Flapjack Press.


Rhizocorp (Leeds)
https://youtu.be/Zg_54CzHklA?si=yZpDN1aBpI-NY0l0

Rhizocorp is the experimental audio-visual project of Leeds-born artist Jim Osman — a collision of sci-fi dance-punk, industrial dub, post-punk noise, and drone. A soundscape of hypnotic rhythms, live manipulation, dub techniques and post-cyberpunk themes. Rhizocorp creates immersive performances that are equal parts underground club ritual and experimental sound art. Heavy bass, fractured electronics, surreal futuristic atmospheres pushing beyond conventional genre boundaries.

£7.50 + BF