The Mekano Set, smoke machines and carnage.

Have I written about The Mekano Set yet? They're from Brighton and used to feature the vocal talents of Blindness front women Beth who I wrote about back in June.

Now a three piece they take an industrial rock sounding shoegaze for a ride through a world of phazing guitar and driving beats, Depeche Mode vocals and slick electronic walls of sound.

The first track featured here is a new one and heads into heavier dancier territory while the second is more their usual sound.

Dirty Hand Job (Original Seb Cox Tantric Manwhore Mix) by mekanoset

Now You Know You Know by mekanoset

Last time I saw them live the soundsystem in the venue wasn't working properly and as a result the band got pissed off, turned the smoke machine on full blast until you literally could not see your hand in front of your face and howled their guitars before stopping and leaving after one song! Brilliant!

Get there stuff from iTunes here.

Little Specks of Blood Lust Blood and Blindness.

Recently I've been loving so much of the Chicago EBM sound, bands like Valis, White Car and Houstons //Tense// that I've neglected to point out that we have two equally awesome female fronted bands in a similar vein over here on the south coast of England!

Blindness are an unsigned four piece, who create a great industrial, shoegaze, EBM sound that brings up elements of bands like Curve or Nine Inch Nails.

Live its drums, guitars, bass all fronted by an amazing singer Beth Rittig.

If //Tense// played over here this band would have to support them!

I still haven't caught them live but from seeing past projects from some of these guys I just know it cant fail!

Little Speck Of Blood Lust Blood are a duo that have a great livesound, part Zola Jesus part Jesus and Mary Chain and quite a bit of electronic beatery. I saw them play to an almost empty club a month ago but their performance was no less epic because of a lack of audience. Allen plays total shoegaze fuzzed out guitar while Helen projects a voice that can go from a whisper to a gunshot in seconds.

The tracks recorded below really don't do them justice to their live sound to be fair!

Check them at their Facebook. Twitter. Myspace.