In is fifth week, IN STORES NOW finally moves out of a store. Before you ask, The Golden Thread Gallery isn’t the tacky kind of gallery where pictures of cows are for sale and stuff like that. It’s a proper bona fide exhibition space.

What better space than for Belfast troupe Kitty & The Can Openers to premiere a brand new song “Henry’s Like A Little Dragon”.

What with all the talk of this little event, 40 years ago this month - we thought this track was weirdly appropriate. No UFOs in sight.

Kitty & The Can Openers - Henry’s Like A Little Dragon

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Director/Camera: Will McConnell
©200 Bandwidth Films

NEXT WEEK: THE GOOD FIGHT

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For this weeks’ instalment of Live@, we’re very proud to bring you something a little mind-bending to say the least.

Rhys Chatham’s composition “Guitar Trio” is a performance piece in the art-noise rock mould. I’ll let Kiran Acharya from Culture Northern Ireland explain a bit better than I can: “The piece is established as a sort of academic/sonic precursor to what later became noise rock – lots of volume and overtones clanging together to create a large sound that exposes the ear to sounds it wouldn’t normally hear. While the song may at first appear to be a simple repetition, if you listen to it through a couple of times and relax into it, it’s an incredibly rewarding piece. You hear all types of mad sonic warfare; textures, dancing trebly tones. Maybe I’m mad but I’ve had an almost transcendent experience listening to it”.

Well said, I think.

The Guitar Dectet - Rhys Chatham Guitar Trio Part 1

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Belfast collective The Guitar Dectet is, first off, a misnomer. For this performance at least, it consists of twelve guitarists, a bassist and a drummer - made up from members of The Continuous Battle Of Order, Panda Kopanda, Three Tales, Tracer AMC and Heliopause. To name a few!

The Guitar Dectet - Rhys Chatham Guitar Trio Part 2

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Filmed by Will McConnell
2009 Bandwidth Films

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Another Wednesday, another episode of IN STORES NOW. This week, Coleraine/Derry people Under Stars & Gutters admire the “water pipes” and Korn hoodies in a little shop called Fresh Garbage in Belfast. It brings me back.

Watch for the camera shy die hard fans at 2:08. They specifically asked that we mention them.

Under Stars & Gutters - Just Like A Movie

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Camera: Will McConnell
Sound: David Donnelly

©2009 Bandwidth Films

NEXT WEEK: KITTY & THE CAN OPENERS

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