Live: The Janitors

Conjuring heavy drones and sinister garage psych freak outs, Stockholm outfit The Janitors have been a formidable presence on the European underground since they formed back in 2004.

Channeling the freewheeling spirit of Hawkwind with equal smatterings of Sabbath and Spacemen 3, the band are masters of taking hold of a gnarly fuzzed out groove and beating it within an inch of its life. Probably not for the faint of heart, their druggy wig-outs are totally relentless and unforgiving.

For the uninitiated, perhaps we should turn to the late Hunter S. Thompson who famously wrote: “But the ticket, take the ride.. and if it occasionally gets a little heavier than what you had in mind, well… maybe chalk it up to forced consciousness expansion: Tune in, freak out, get beaten.” Those words serve as a perfectly apt instruction manual – or warning, perhaps – for entering the Janitors nightmarish world.

In May 2024 the drone machine collective from Stockholm presented their latest offering to the altar of fuzz and drone, the critically acclaimed An Error Has Occurred released on Rocket Recording. To everyone’s surprise the album charted on the UK top 100 and The Janitors did a small run of sold out shows in the UK. The Janitors have released 7 albums and a bunch of EP’s on labels like Fuzz Club (UK), Bad Afro Records (DK), Little Cloud Records (US), Cardinal Fuzz (UK) to name a few.

The Janitors will play for you live at 2100 hours, and they won’t charge you a cent in admission fee. They would like to point out however, that despite their name, they will not be responsible for mopping up your brain substance from the floor after they are done blowing your minds.

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