Thursday, March 15   12:15 a.m.
Beauty Bar Patio   (617 E 7th St)

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SHITDISCO consist of Joel (vocals, bass, synth, guitar), Joe (vocals, guitar, bass), Jan (bass, keyboard, vocals) and Darren (drums). They come from various parts of the UK � Berwick, Newcastle and Leeds, to name but three � but have been the talk of the art-tastic dayglo-splattered Glasgow underground scene for nigh on two years now. �Reactor Party� is the band�s second ever release following the mightily acclaimed - and indeed frequently played out - �Disco Blood� / �I Know Kung-Fu� double headed 12� release.

Building on the foundations of that �Disco Blood� debut Shitdisco have been winning friends far and wide throughout 2006, developing their reputation as DIY party mavericks with a mischievous sense of fun and a thoroughly heroic attitude to staying up late. The gigs have taken place in abandoned railway tunnels, boys� toilets, squats and supercool stages all the way from White Heat to Reading Festival. On the surface the music has followed a similarly haphazard trajectory but beneath the drunk/punk/funk-fuelled onslaught that characterises their chaotic live shows there lurks an intelligence and a two bass-driven groove which lends itself terrifically to the nation�s dance floors.

Luke Smith from Clor agrees: it was his remix of �Disco Blood� which originally saw so much nightclub action and he is now in the production seat for the gibbering trancepop hysteria of �Reactor Party� (key line �We�re never heard of the Ministry Of Sound,�) as well Shitdisco�s debut album, currently being recorded in East London.