from the album “On Patrol” here’s the video for the track “Deep Cover”:
DEEP COVER – SUN ARAW from CatCakes on Vimeo.
Oh, and here’s the myspace: myspace.com/sunaraw
Archive for May, 2010
Sun Araw video for Deep Cover
Saturday, May 29th, 2010The Huffin’ Rag Blues Hits Vinyl + live dates
Saturday, May 29th, 2010
Huffin' Rag Blues yesterday outside it's home in Dewsbury
The vinyl version will feature different mixes to the CD version and will be on “dirty dark opaque blue vinyl in beautiful gloss laminate gatefold sleeve with double sided full colour insert.”
The track listing, which I couldn’t resist publishing because of the delicious titles, is:
Side A
1. Willy The Weeper
2. Groove Grease (Hot Catz)
3. The Funktion Of The Hairy Egg
Side B
4. Black Teeth
5. Thrill Of Romance…?
6. Livin, With The Night
7. Ketamineaphonia
Side C
8. Juice Head Crazy Lady
9. Wash The Dust From My Heart
10. Cruisin, For A Bruisin
11. All Of Me
Side D
Steven Stapleton etching
The abnd play Montreal Mutek Festival in Canada on June 3rd and also at Glasgow Tramway on June 26th.
Swans announce UK tour
Tuesday, May 25th, 2010Swans had already announced a date at the UK’s Supersonic Festival in Birmingham but have now let out the dates for a full UK tour.
The recent reactivation of the band has the following line up:
Michael Gira; guitar, voice, mendicant friar act (original Swans)
Norman Westberg: guitar (original Swans)
Christoph Hahn: guitar (mid-period Swans and most Angels of Light )
Phil Puleo; drums, percussion, dulcimer etc etc (final Swans tour and most of Angels of Light)
Chris Pravdica: bass and gadgets (Flux Information Sciences / Services/ Gunga Din)
Thor Harris: drums, percussion, vibes, dulcimer, curios, keys, etc… (Angels of Light, now also with Shearwater) .
The dates are:
21-Oct Cork Cyprus Avenue special guest: James Blackshaw
22-Oct Dublin Button Factory special guest: James Blackshaw
24-Oct Birmingham Supersonic Festival special guest: James Blackshaw
25-Oct Glasgow Arches special guest: James Blackshaw
27-Oct Brighton Concorde 2 special guest: James Blackshaw
28-Oct London Koko Theatre special guest: James Blackshaw
29-Oct Leeds Uni Stylus special guest: James Blackshaw
30-Oct Manchester Academy special guest: James Blackshaw
Spectrum to release very limited 7″ picture disc
Tuesday, May 25th, 2010
The Great Pop Supplement have announced details of a new release by Spectrum:
GPS54 SPECTRUM & TIM ‘LOVE’ LEE b/w SPECTRUM & CAPTAIN MEMPHIS (aka JIM DICKINSON) 7” PICTURE DISC
Next up on The Great Pop Supplement is both a musical and visual mindbender of a 45! A total killer 7” pic disc featuring 2 collaborations between Sonic Boom / Spectrum and Tim ‘Love’ Lee and Captain Memphis aka legendary musician (Stones / Aretha Franklin / Alex Chilton) and Producer (Big Star etc…), Jim Dickinson.
Both pieces are among the very best things recorded since Sonic Boom’s days with Spacemen 3. Total whacked out Silver Apples mash up one side and a wonderful smoked out, moog fuelled blues on the reverse.
Hugely acclaimed DJ and Producer Tim ‘Love’ Lee and Spectrum offer up “Words May Shatter”, a stunning The Silver Apples / Suicide freakout on Side A, while the reverse features an unreleased out-take of the mighty “The Lonely Death of Johnny Ace” from a collaborative project between Sonic Boom / Spectrum and Captain Memphis. Recalling the tragic, true story of master bluesman Johnny Ace who shot himself dead on Christmas Day 1954 and featuring an incredible vocal from the late, great Jim Dickinson, this take debuts here.
Beautiful, op-art effect picture disc and acetate sleeving, this is a one off pressing of 1000 which is sure to go quick…
Pop over to the label’s website for more info: http://www.greatpopsupplement.com/
Current 93 Over London
Monday, May 10th, 2010Spring sees the rising of lambs, the flowers growing, the trees budding and the blossoming of Current 93.
Firstly, there are special anniversary shows in London at the HMV Forum, Kentish Town on Friday 28 May and Saturday 29 May. The shows not only celebrate 25 years of Current 93 but also celebrate David Tibet’s 50th birthday.
The Friday night sees support from Nurse With Wound [who despite being almost Siamese twin to Current 93 have never shared a bill with them before] and Simon Finn. The Saturday sees Comus and Rameses III opening the night.
The shows will be the first chance to buy the new Current 93 album “Baalstorm, Sing Omega”. The lineup of the group for the album is: Eliot Bates, James Blackshaw, John Contreras, Baby Dee, Andrew Liles, Melon Liles, Alex Neilson, Bea Taylor, Isabel Taylor and David Tibet.
The album will be released both as a CD digipak and 12″ single LP in a single sleeve with elaborate artwork by David. It is likely that the LP will only be available at the London shows and through Coptic Cat and Jnana mail order.
To top it all off, there’s a special vinyl box set on the way, “Like Swallowing Eclipses” via Dirter.
Appearing for the first time on vinyl are the complete highly acclaimed Andrew Liles remixes of the first five classic Current 93 albums. Andrew Liles has reimagined Nature Unveiled, Dogs Blood Rising, In Menstrual Night, Dawn and Live at Bar Maldoror. Also exclusive to this set is a sixth LP, ‘Haunt Invocation (Apadno)’ which is a remixed version of ‘Faust’ and ‘A Special Plan’. These influential albums by Current 93 are regarded by many as ground breaking and innovative, building upon this Andrew Liles has redreamt and reimagined these pieces with the flair and vision that he is renowned and respected for.
All the records in this 6 LP set come in individual covers and a beautiful spot varnished box and are adorned with astounding artwork by David Tibet and photographs by Simona Dalla Valle. STRICTLY LIMITED TO 1000 COPIES WITH NO REPRESS.
LP1 Nature Unveiled
LP2 Dogs Blood Rising
LP3 In Menstrual Night
LP4 Dawn
LP5 Live at Bar Maldoror
LP6 Haunt Invocation (Apadno)
See http://www.dirter.co.uk/news.html for pre-order details.