It started as a fairly ordinary week,until Dry Riser recieved an invite to particpate in the Play Music Band Olympics.i know what your thinking,bands and drinking yes,bands and olympics!!

six insane events was the order of the day Dry Riser battled against Raid in Table tennis...i know its not very rock n roll,but how often are you sat in studio waiting for something to do? your skills at table tennis,pool or any other games available become honed.....they have to.

it got more raucous as we moved into throw the microphone-shot putt stylie,then lift the beer barrels (weightlifting in case you wondered) yes they were full at the start anyway!

Then on to some seriously dangerous stage diving,which if memory serves me saw a high flying swallow dive by the Dry Riser Bassist-still on a high from his table tennis victory and smelling medals-how he played later in the day is still a wonder.The same could be said of the drummer who held 2 beer barrels shoulder high for a week...i look forward to the pictures in this month Issue

The Lads from Raid went on to take the final 2 events (javelin)throw the coke bottle at the singer,and to Dry Risers shame the drinking relay,but it was not enough to stop the boys From DR.taking the gold.

I know thier manager now has them in serious training for further drinking events,starting from that evening.

All in all it was a good laugh and we wait in anticipation of the feature,so help the PMs owner recoup some of the money and buy next months issue-oh and get the free CD with it with Dry Risers  Febuary release "DUST "included

The days entertainment generously hosted by the guys at Play Music and the Forum Tunbridge Wells,it was quite literally as much fun as you can have with your clothes on......mmmm.perhaps a female band olympics needs hosting and the winners could meet in a face off? or something!

Dry Riser Debut the Fly-New Oxford Street

After their recent success in the Live Sessions MSN final, where they supported Boy kill Boy. Dry Riser played a debut gig at the Fly on the 25^th November

 A busy Saturday night was in store for all those present, the Fly is an intimate venue with a great sound for those of you who haven’t been there yet, like the rest of the Barfly venues it serves up excellent music.

It was a busy night with 4 bands playing and Dry Riser took the stage around nine opening with Black Sands in a new set they quickly grabbed the crowds attention and moved through the gears hitting a peak with the new Single Dust, I believe this is to be a self release…….. well worth buying.

I understand from the bands manager some A&R representation was expected from an independent label, whilst it appears they did not turn up I think it be their loss as this band will be signed shortly in my opinion, so if you A&R guys don’t want to miss out best you get down to the Halfmoon Putney on the 18^th of January, which is currently the scheduled gig I understand, due to some overseas commitments,  for I am sure there will be a battle royal to get these guys on the books soon, you heard it here first!!

So don’t beetle about, fly down there, ant see what’s going down you worms, bee seen at the next live gig from DRY RISER, if you can tune into Radio sunlight this Thursday 7 th December, they are live again on the internet, playing and being interviewed.

C.A.Terpilla for Insect world today.

Hoxton the return 30/10/06

A night of drunkenness ensued at what should have been an AA meeting at a secret venue.

Unfortunately the meeting was overrun by excited revellers listening to what they said were the “the best f****ng band around”

Whilst I have little interest in the art of rock n roll I am more of classical buff I found my self strangely lured to the sound of the beat it was almost hypnotic.

I was aghast to find that our venue had been disturbed by Dry Riser or as the chap who said he was the manager described them Dry F****ng Riser Mate.

To my shock and horror there were a group of young musicians playing on the stage in what seemed to me an inebriated condition.

The lead singer yelled F**k Tuesday, I assumed the title of his next ditty but that was not the case.

Apparently this was some sort of reference to not feeling to good in the morning following this sort of alcoholic excess.

Sadly as I tried to leave I was overcome by the fumes from the breath of the bassist as he jumped from the stage yelling another obscenity, this resulted in my five year abstinence being blown away in one blast of air and I got the old queasy desire for a drink again.

Before I knew what was happening I was there with the fans in frenzy of dancing and drinking…yes I did succumb and bought a pint of lager and it was good!

Before I knew what had happened to me I was awash in friends dancing and singing to the Dry Riser beat, wrapped up in alcoholic mist blasted by a tidal wave of raw rock n roll.

I would like to say that this will never of course happen again, but I discovered that the next night they were to play in the final of a major competition at the barfly in Camden, and I will be there I will be drinking I will be having a good time!

I am now additcted to Dry Riser, a far more challenging addiction that my previous ones for this combines the booze and the beat… I fear I shall not recover this time.

Let this be a warning to you all don’t listen to Dry Riser THEY ARE JUST TOO ADICTIVE.

Herr O. Fdedog.  German attaché to AA UK.

Dublin Castle Camden 25/9/06

Was it just my imagination, is this reality.

Surely my eyes did not deceive me, there at the Dublin Castle in Camden

Crammed into a post-box of an amphitheatre through the narrowest of entrances, I worked my to the stage from whence the sound came, and there I saw I heard I felt the beat of the new Indie band Dry Riser.

This is no ordinary band; tie my yellow ribbon round an old oak tree! And take me to the river! Put me on my Mustang Sally and Lay me down.

In all my years as a gynaecology student I have never seen anything as sexual and seldom felt as engorged by any rhythm as the opening number, you must get” Head for Christmas” if you don’t it will be your loss, find it try it buy it! What a sound it makes.

This and the repetitive but entrancing Echo, (something I am used to in my work) took hours to get from my mind after the show, its not always good to take your work home with you. I know in the past some people have missed things, when I have taken bits home, but how can you avoid it when it is so addictive as the Pulsating rhythms of Dry Riser.

Lead Vocalist Nik Bolanesque Hair and Gyrations, mixed with Matts pounding Bass and swaying hips driven along by Jacks Relentless beating Drums reminded of my early days at Uni, watching the girls shower through a peephole, it was that exciting.

Come to think of it I now understand how I ended up in this line of work!

Just when I thought the night could get no better I bumped into Alison Steadman of stage and screen fame, who had also come to see a band “The Distressors” who took the stage around 10pm,I didn’t get a chance to talk at length with Alison whose work I have admired for some time. I explained I was in theatre also and we swapped a story or two, although she seemed a little uncomfortable at mine, before the hypnotic sound of The Distressors with the haunting vocals of lead singer Rae took over the auditorium.

If I was forced watch these two bands through a letterbox in a crouched position for an hour I would be more than willing, taking my work home again!

 A fantastic show at an excellent venue, I hope I can see both bands in the same night again, if I can stand the excitement.

Mike Hunt     Head of Gynaecological Research (Indie Whole Today)

The Old Bull and Gate  “the return”

Kentish Town 09/11/06

There I was, in Kentish town nowhere near Kent at all, expecting to see and possibly purchase a bull or two.

Imagine my disappointment to find that there was no market and worse still no bulls, my old heifer wont be happy I can tell you.

I stopped for quick refreshment before commencing my return to the old country and my smallholding.

I entered the bar and was greeted by some fine Irish hospitality “what do you fecking want” which I understood to mean would you like a drink?

When I heard a sound almost primal in its origins coming from the gent’s toilet.

With pint in hand I wandered toward the sound, into one door and straight out through another where I found a large hall a gathering crowd, and what I now know to be the indie rock gods that are Dry Riser!

I was transfixed not since My Bessie doubled her milk yield have I been so excited by what I saw and heard and felt.

More amazing to me was I seemed to have found some kind London ritual which apparently takes place almost nightly its called a gig, and boy were we gigging,

Dry Riser were pumping out the tunes faster than my milking machine on full throttle, the opening number is a tune worth the entrance fee alone, although I don’t know how I will get the ink from the door stamp of me Sunday best shirts cuff, I might just go back when the Risers are on again and have the other side stamped.

As I began to watch the pagan gyrating and dancing I felt quite at home, and merrily joined in hoping I wasn’t the one meant for the wicker man at the end.

I felt an awakening in my soul as I listened to the boys pound out the beat, Paralyse Your Mind, the singer was chanting and they did – and I could nothing about it, other than buy it when its released, which it surely will be.

As I looked round me I saw celebrities from the world of TV strutting what they said was their stuff, Ashley Hames from sin Cities, was there and glad of the photo opportunity presented to him to be pictured with the Dry Riser Boys and management and of course the fact he could keep his clothes on.

I also saw Phil Daniels of east enders fame, and of course” Park Life” Blur Fame, although he was keeping a lower profile than Ash, But its safe to say that all were getting it down and dirty to the beat.

I will be at the next gig, which I believe is just along the road at the Dublin Castle Camden, in 2 weeks 25^th September.

I have found something better than mating my hieffers, watching Dry Riser, and I don’t need steps to do it.

Farmer Giles, Best Tilality Farm – For farmers Weekly

Spice of life. 3/09/06

I found myself out for a quite drink in Soho on Sunday and wandered into the spice in Cambridge circus.

On obtaining a small beer I heard a furore coming from the music bar and decided to take a look at what the fuss was about.

There I discovered playing to an enthusiastic crowd Dry Riser, now as some one more in tune with group sex rather than a groups set, I am unaccustomed to writing anything like a review.

However, in the dimly lit downstairs bar, I found a band whose penetration into the mainstream must be inevitable, they covered the attending masses in a sheath of sound, from the opening barnstormer of a track Head for Christmas, into the driving almost sexual rhythms of Black sands, and the dirty Lay down where I sensed a south American almost Peruvian entry in the drumming.

Tearing on through two encores, they pulsated, gyrated and whipped the crowd into a frenzy, the sexual posturing of the lead singer, swaying hips of the bass player and the dirty beat of the drummer left an audience wet with excitement.

I believe they will be playing this venue again and I for one will be there, I may try to catch the shows at the Bull and Gate, or the Dublin Castle to get another dose.

If they release a single I hope its head for Christmas, because that’s certainly what I want on my list of things I must have.

I.S. Uckewoff .  Knave Magazine

Hoxton Bar and Kitchen Hoxton square 21/8/06

A great night’s music was heard at an excellent venue, Dry Riser headlined on their debut at Hoxton to an enthusiastic crowd.

The  rhythms were tight and the beat drove on in the normal Dry Riser Style.

To those of who haven’t seen Dry Riser yet I suggest you catch them soon, and I would recommend this venue as a good place to start.

The set included Black Sands, Paralyse your mind, and the new Head for Christmas, which really has something, it’s a foot stomping fist clenching beast of a tune.

Who says unsigned acts are unsigned because they aren’t good, enough-not me, I heard enough good material at Hoxton to know the only problem unsigned bands have is getting heard by a label.

Keep up the good work!

Leta Awspice                Horse and Groom

Ric Rawlins