Yeh, T.I.T.S. are coming back to the UK this week, we are seriously enraptured and enthralled! We love these guys so much, check out the dates and tell the world! x
t.i.t.s. JUNE EURO TOUR
Sat 13 - BRIGHTON – Cowley Club Mon 15 - MANCHESTER – Trof Northern Quarter Tue 16 - GLASGOW – 13th Note Wed 17 – SHEFFIELD – The Shakespeare Thu 18- LONDON - Barden's Boudoir Fri 19 - PARIS - Le Club Sat 20 - LYON - Grrrrnd Zero Sun 22 - BERLIN - To Be Announced
Yes!!! We have another tour coming up soon, this time for Pocahaunted and Sun Araw so go tell your friends and their friends and their friends and .....
POCAHAUNTED & SUN ARAW
JUNE > > > UK TOUR
13.06 - Dublin - The Joinery 14.06 - Belfast - The Menagerie 15.06 - Glasgow - Arc Studios 16.06 - Newcastle - Head of Steam 17.06 - Manchester - Islington Mill 18.06 - Sheffield - The Red House 19.06 - Nottingham - The Chameleon 20.06 - London - The Luminaire 21.06 - Cambridge - The Portland Arms
POCAHAUNTED formed in the early fall of 2006, since then the Eagle Rock sisterhood have blazed a fast path through the DIY/psych underground, evolving as quickly as their eBay-coveted cassettes and LPs sell out. Comprised of Not Not Fun Records art-designer Amanda Brown on vocals/dancing, Sun Araw main-man Cameron Stallones on organ, Diva Dompe on bass/vocals, NNF co-captain Britt Brown on guitar, and LA staple Ged Gengras on drums, Pocahaunted’s whirlwind voodoo live performances range from hypnotizing 4AD/Cocteau Twins cloudbanks to thundering afro-punk freak-outs. They’ve played with everyone from Sonic Youth to MV & EE to Yellow Swans to Ponytail to Religious Knives to Vivian Girls, and toured both the West and East coast to packed art galleries, warehouse parties, and DIY venues. Their discography runs deep, with full-length albums on underground luminary labels like Weird Forest, Arbor, Woodsist, Teenage Teardrops, Troubleman Unlimited, Not Not Fun, and Digitalis, garnering glowing press in dozens of publications (both print and digital) such as URB Magazine, LA Record (they were the cover story), Tiny Mix Tapes, and The WIRE. They recently performed at the 2008 South By South West festival in Austin, Texas and are currently recording a brand new full-length album to be released in the fall. This is their first overseas tour ever. The future is bright, and soon to be haunted. http://www.myspace.com/pocahaunted
SUN ARAW, initially launched solely as a recording project for Magic Lantern guitarist Cameron Stallones, quickly transformed into a stunning live act as well, bolstered by a string of rapturously received LPs (“Beach Head” on Not Not Fun and “Boat Trip” on the Woodsist label). Drawing equally upon 70s kraut-psych rock, Spacemen 3-style drug blues, and woozy tropical world music, Sun Araw’s universe is a rapidly expanding one. Several more full-lengths are currently in the works, as well as a handful of American tours (including one with Pocahaunted). His electric gospel landed him on a number of prominent music review “Best Of 2008” lists, and the trend seems to only be beginning. He recently performed at the 2008 South By Southwest Music festival in Austin, Texas and will have a brand new full-length CD/LP, “Heavy Deeds,” out on Not Not Fun Records this summer. This is his first out-of-the-country tour. http://www.notnotfun.com/sunaraw/main.html
Not normally a newsworthy event, except that through the extraordinary efforts of some very special friends, we are participating in three Upset The Rhythm related parties while on holiday in the US. Hope to see some of you there!
PARTY NUMBER ONE: NEW YORK Friday July 3rd @ MONSTER ISLAND BASEMENT Ambergris Lucky Dragons Silk Flowers Bird Names Soft Circle John Maus Future Islands Wet Hair ---------- Shawn from Racoo-oo-oon 128 River St @ Metropolitan Ave Williamsburg, Brooklyn L-Bedford, G-Metropolitan, JM-Marcy 8:30pm | all ages | $tba
PARTY NUMBER TWO: LOS ANGELES Sat July 11th @ The Smell Foot Village Lucky Dragons Gowns Death Sentence: PANDA! KIT Softboiled Eggies Former Ghosts The Urxed (Rob from High Places) No Age DJs all ages / $8 247 S. Main St. Los Angeles CA 90012 http://thesmell.org http://www.last.fm/event/1041975
PARTY NUMBER THREE: SAN FRANCISCO July 12th, Sunday, Club Sandwich presents Upset the Rhythm SF Showcase @ The LAB Foot Village Gowns Lucky Dragons Death Sentence: Panda TITS KIT The Urxed Former Ghosts 2948 16th Street San Francisco, CA 94103 5 pm $8 all ages http://thelab.org http://clubsandwichbayarea.com
Thank you thank you thank you to everyone involved in setting these up, the response has been awesome and totally unexpected and we are so excited!
We are going to do a London one before we go, at the newly refurbished Whitechapel Art Gallery, on 26th June, with Gentle Friendly and Trash Kit, and a few more to be announced. Details coming soon!
Hope you all have a lovely bank holiday weekend. We are going to find some sun. We will report back on any blackbird sightings.
On the way home from an evening out, myself and Mr Tipton heard a blackbird, atop a television aerial on Dawes Road in Fulham. It was singing its little heart out at the sun's last rays. It was singing a tune that was vaguely familiar. Returning home, we searched for the song of the blackbird. His refrain was the central riff to "Tarzan Boy" by Baltimora. Claire x
Yes, we booked a tour for our friends, it starts today - check it! x
PRURIENT & COLD CAVE UK TOUR
Wed 20 May – London – The Luminaire Thu 21st May – Leeds – Brudenell Social Club Fri 22 May – Glasgow – 13th Note Sat 23 May- Birmingham – Vivid Sun 24 May – Cambridge – Portland Arms Mon 25 May – London – Cargo w/ JAMIE STEWART + CRYPTACIZE Tue 26 May – Brighton – Greenhouse Effect
COLD CAVE are a cold wave / minimal synth avant-garage group out of Philadelphia, featuring members of American Nightmare, Some Girls and Xiu Xiu. PRURIENT is the nom de plume of noise musician Dominick Fernow, who works primarily with a microphone and amplifier to whip up a storm. On this short tour together in the UK they will be playing alongside each other in a mind-melting continuous set. Imagine automatic, parallel female / male vocals, that classic Euro atmosphere that defined all the best Asmus Tietchens / Absolute Body Control / Conrad Schnitzler sides, a cool sci-fi bedroom feel, vague, nocturnal electronics, and the kind of daffy leathers-and-shades approach of recent Enfant Terrible signings. If you dig minimal post-Industrial electronics, late-period Throbbing Gristle, wasteland USA basement psych and just plain weird pop / punk / new wave sounds, then this is your time capsule of choice, check out their spread of vinyl releases on the Dais, Hospital and Heartworm Press imprints now.
Yeh! Ducktails aka Matthew Mondanile aka Mister Disney is touring Europe right now, he has some great vinyl on him so please mob him at the record stall at any of the following shows with sound kindred Tomutonttu.
DUCKTAILS / TOMUTONTTU MAY TOUR 09
09.05.09 - TUFNELL PARK DOME, LONDON UK * (w/ Black Dice, Astral Social Club )
22.05.2009 OUT.FEST, BARREIRO (w/ William Basinksi, Sei Miguel Metal Music 4, Cian Nugent)
24.05.2009 BULLITT, BILBAO (w/ Tomutonttu)
26.05.2009 PARIS (w/ Tomutonttu)
28.05.2009 VILLA GRIJPSHEERT, DEN HAAG (w/ Tomutonttu)
30.05.2009 THE GREENHOUSE, BRIGHTON, UK* (w/ Joanne Robertson)
31.05.09 OLD BLUE LAST, LONDON, UK*
We picked up Matthew from the airport last Saturday and quickly discovered we shared a mutual appreciation of this classic jam by the Alessi Brothers >
The intro drums sound soooooo sick, wanted to share with you, also check out this new video from Ducktails made by Alice Cohen:
this track is going to be on Matt's forthcoming LP 'Landscapes' out of Olde English Spelling Bee this Summer! x
