I love Lovvers just like I love Butthole Surfers, No Age, Mika Miko, and the Black Lips.
There is virtually no information about the band online except for that they are from the UK, on Wichita, and make wonderful music videos like this:
WHO WANTS TO PARTY?!?!
We have 2 pairs of tickets to give away to the Lovvers show w/ Baltimore's Deep Sleep, a bikini kill cover band named Rah! Rah! Replica, and Darlings....
Plead your case in the comment section!
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- 4/17: Hangin' Tough with The D.C. Rollergirls
- 2/24: BYT Archives: Geek It Out
- 12/28: Terrible Boyfriend/ Girlfriend Generator.
- 12/1: The John Waters Advent Calendar-it starts today
- 11/28: It Chooses You: All I Want for Christmas is Everything from Miranda July's Pop-Up Shop
- 11/3: Things I'd Move to Minnesota For
- 9/6: PHOTOS: Maloof $$ Money Cup
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- 9/1: Libby's List: 5 Things I Want Right Now...
God loves a cheerful giver.
As you likely know, The Black Lips and Mika Miko have both been through Sonar in the past month or so. Amazing shows.
Actually, Mika Miko was at COMET in DC too, its just that Comet sometimes forgets to let us know what's up. (Lovvers will be there too this Thursday, if you're not into making a Baltimore trip)
when they have a video like this, no other information about the band online is really required. lets paint our faces and buy starfish balloons.
I saw Lovvers in the UK a few times last August and they totally slay live. They were one of my favorite bands at Reading/Leeds Festivals. Their sound is reminiscent of the SST Records glory days and their live show is bonkers. Bet.
(from Panache Booking)
On their sole internet presence Lovvers concisely sum up their influences as "Germs. Wipers. SST." And there's little arguing that Lovvers' aural blitzkrieg is built from the spare parts of the first decade of American punk rock, though it's the way they combine the sloppy and the furious that truly sets them apart. Comprised of Shaun Hencher on vocals, Henry Withers on guitar, Michael Drake on bass, and Stephen Rose on drums, Lovvers formed in Nottingham ENGLAND in 2006, and within two weeks of their first rehearsal the band started playing their first shows. Seemingly willing to play anywhere at any time, Lovvers racked up over 200 gigs in their first two years, in both the U.K. and Europe, opening for the likes of Times New Viking, the Black Lips, Fucked Up, Mika Miko, No Age, Abe Vigoda, Jay Reatard and even the Butthole Surfers. After self-releasing their first recordings on CD-R, Lovvers then went on to issue three 7"inch records in 2007. This was then followed by seven-song 12"/CD Think in the fall of 2008 which was released via Wichita Recordings in the UK and Europe and is scheduled to be released state side in the spring of 2009. This will be followed by a debut full length later in the Fall.
I've never seen them, everything I know about them is what's here, I like what I hear, and I'd like to learn more.
does anyone realize that they requested Deep Sleep to open - how cool is that? Plus any band that spazzes themselves on a mix of Greg Sage and Bob Mould and is English must be reading/ hearing/ doing something right.