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ORGAN #199 > MAR 22nd 2007 - new issue on line every Thursday afternoon
More flying monkeys hanging off the signposts on the organbrick road...
So the whole world went to Texas last week, lemming-like and cliffs and panic panic panic. Find me the next big thing, meanwhile back in the real world  we’re off down the organbrick road once more and here are the next big things – or maybe not, who cares? We’re not here for the next big thing and there’s no panic here. The music industry maybe in panic, the underground grows stronger and stronger, book it all in to your book of bad breaks. Do we need another intro? Nah, places to go, people to see, dogs to bark at, no points to prove. Here’s this week’s signposts. 
IS THIS WHY YOU BOOKMARKED ME?
CHILDISH TO DEBUT NEW BAND AT MEDWAY FEST – Sir Billy Childish will unveil his new band The Musicians Of The British Empire at a festival in his home town of Chatham in May. The band will officially launch their debut album, 'Punk Rock At The British Legion Hall', at an event on 26 May as part of the Fuse-Medway festival. You'll find more info about the festival, which also includes burlesque theatre and roller skating dancers, plus the always good Ukulele Orchestra Of Great Britain, at http://www.fusefestival.org.uk

SONIC YOUTH are now playing three nights at London's Roundhouse, where they'll perform the album 'Daydream Nation' in its entirety. Two of the dates - August 31 and September 1 – are sold out, tickets are available for August 30.

A message from Pete from Enablers 

Strings of Consciousness 
Hello all,

Go check out the Strings Of Consciousness site and a great project out of Marseilles, France. I had the privilege of collaborating with the musicians listed below. I encourage you to visit their site and  see what's in store for June '07. Also included in the project - among others - are Eugene Robinson from Oxbow, and Jim Thirlwell of  Foetus. Coming out on Barry Adamson's Central Command. Enjoy, and thanks.

Pete, Enablers 

In Between Lyrics by Pete  Simonelli
http://www.myspace.com/enablers
http://enablerssf.com/

Pete  Simonelli (spoken words) + Hervé Vincenti (guitars/keys) + Alison Chesley  (cello) + Stefano Tedesco (vibraphone) + Philippe Petit  (laptop/turntables)
 

THINGS TO GET SHOUTING  ABOUT? 
Divine Agency presents a Club Integral Benefit Gala for Resonance FM at Cross Kings, 126 York Way, N1 on Saturday 31st March.  ENTRY FREE! 

Performances start at 8.00pm, until 2.00am - Featuring music from: Shimmy Rivers and and Canal + Duke Garwood + Superstrings and Karl Blake + Bing Selfish + Kay Grant and Chris Weaver +  I am a Kamura + The Boycott Coca Cola Experience + Jaw + Kenny Process Team + Nigel Noise + Louisa Martin, Ben Drew and Alisdair Leslie + Naked Ruby + Chris Cornetto

From micro-surf post-rock through eco agit-prop pop to exquisite Japanese chanson, the cream of the left-field London underground perform on two stages for London's most important cultural institution. The venue will donate six hundred pounds of the bar takings to the radio station. Drink! 

For more details go to www.divineagency.org / www.resonancefm.com
 
John on the phone......
The sheriff can't be happy as Nottingham was hit with the debut edition of "The Sparrow" newletter this month. Produced by members of the local Anarchist Federation it dishes the dirt on the council, Nottingham's radical history and more. Get it online at www.afed.org.uk/ nottingham/nottingham_sparrow_1.pdf

The Vortex may have fallen (SchNEWS 579) but some of London's elite S.Q.U.A.T Team have found themselves a new communal home. The long-dormant old Good Food Cafe in Camberwell has been turned into a vibrant open space for people to meet, eat and perhaps conspire. A collective of South London malcontents, young and old, have reclaimed this space from dereliction - and yuppie 'development' - and would welcome support. Suits have been seen sniffing around and licking their chops. A host of events are planned - films on Wednesdays; every Friday from the 23rd will see a home-cooked food night; Sunday (25th) they'll be serving up a cooked breakfast followed by painting and maintenance in the building. So get down to 192 Warham Street, Camberwell, SE5 


The new year long series of ORGAN TV  is on your screens in the UK right now. Every   Wednesday evening, 10.30pm  on the OPEN ACCESS 2 Channel on SKY 173. And now due to the fine response, repeated every Sunday on SKY 883 at 11.15pm.

What's it all about? Simple, just good music, and the art of good video making...  Same musical policy as we've always had with Organ - the labels are just handy signposts, as long as the music and video making has that X factor - expect a healthy eye/earboiling mix of metal, punk, prog, beats, post rock, post punk, post man pat, hardcore, indie, alternative, pronk, whatever..... music and creativity for the open minded 
 


ORGAN TV - WEDNESDAY 21st Mar -10.30pm on OPEN ACCESS 2 via SKY 173 so you probably missed it, but but but you still have time to catch the repeat that's  on OPEN ACCESS 1 via SKY 883 on Sunday 25th March at 11.15pm

THIS WEEK WE HAVE THE FOLLOWING VIDEOS.... 

1: 65DAYSOFSTATIC - Drove Through Ghosts To Get There
2: STASI - Mixed Inglish
3: TIME.SPACE.REPEAT. - Joy 
4: BEYOND DAWN - Among The Sedatives
5: DRESDEN DOLLS - Backstabber 
6: DUREFORSOG - Living In Vain 
7: SUNS OF THE TUNDRA - Monkey Dance 

And then on WEDNESDAY 28th Mar -10.30pm on OPEN ACCESS 2 via SKY 173 or catch the repeat that's on OPEN ACCESS 1 via SKY 883 on Sunday 1st April at 11.15pm

1: WENDYKURK - Freckles - 
2: LIARS - it Fit When I Was A Kid
3: PURE REASON REVOLUTION - Intention Craft 
4: MY VITRIOL - This Time 
5: ASSDROIDS - Daft Crunk 
6: SIKTH - How May I Help You 
7: YIP YIP - Candy Dinner 
8: BEECHER - Function Function 

And the week after next? Expect, oh I don't know what you can expect, let's just kick those rat-bastards out and put our own people in charge, get off the air MTV. We have nothing to lose except fun and the joy of watching... That and the words of the good Doctor

Now that's what I call music TV. 

Want to get your video on? Well all you need to do is make us aware of what you have, send
us a link to your video on MySpace or You Tube or wherever, or a VHS or a DVD and if you have something that we want to broadcast then we'll chase you for a master broadcast format and wallop, sorted 

DEMO TIME
Like we already said - we shall no longer be reviewing a million demos, we're just going to tell you about the very very best once a week, no more time for the average, only the most exciting - we're very very selective, when we tell you it's goood then it really is goooooooood

DEMO OF THE WEEK

OXYGEN THIEF - We’re in The Best Of Hands - Sometimes something just turns up and in a totally unexpected unanticipated understated way just really impresses. Something that makes everything feel good, that makes life and trawling through demos and dealing with bands and promoters and everything else just a little bit more worthwhile and inviting than it seemed to be yesterday. This fine six track demo just turned up and politely waited in the pile with all the others, took a day or two to reach the top, we know nothing of Bristol’s Oxygen Thief, so it just had to wait there with the other (yeah, we admit it, if something we’ve been anticipating or excited about turns up it gets to jump the queue, everything else waits in line). Oxygen thief wages solo acoustic warfare, something that, following the demise of his previous band, he clearly has to do. He says he sings loud and plays his guitar to within an inch of its life, I de believe him as well, there’s so much energy in here with the passion. Now it would be very lazy of us to throw in names like Frank Turner or Get Cape, does give you a vague idea of where we’re at through. You need to take a little time with Oxygen Thief, you need to let his energy and his craft seep in, this is subtle (and subtle is not overrated) and he’s not going to grab you by the collar and demand you attention from the off, let his intentions shine through though, after a couple of plays you’ll know it was right to do so. This CD has been occupying days of my listening time (while the pile waiting over there waiting grows bigger). Just really good, really positive, energetic committed DIY acoustic emotion and bite and just six fine songs. Thank you Oxygen Thief.  He knows how to make things better, a simple formula to break the pattern...    www.oxygenthiefmusic.com / www.myspace.com/oxygenthief

DEMO OF THE WEEK 2

THE DAWN CHORUS – Town/City EP - Really fine, well crafted, very easy, inviting Americana that’ll put a home made bandage on your heart. Where are they from with their delightfully upbeat mellow American country twang? Hampshire, South Coast of little old England. Actually they do have an English heartbeat and a little bit of Bright Eyes meets The Kinks playing alt.country music with occasional trumpets and little details that could easily go by unnoticed feel. They claim to be not very fashionable of rock ‘n roll, could be they’re wrong there,sound very fashionable to me – fashionable or not they (or we) clearly couldn’t care less and what they very clearly are is very honest and very real and heartfelt. The problem with most English bands that come our way is that they almost always sound like they’re compromising and following the latest fashion or that new band they heard on the radio the other day – that kind of thinking has clearly never ever entered the brilliant uplifting mellow country rock heads of The Dawn Chorus. A fine five piece from nowhere in particular, as honest and beautiful as the day is long. Breezy, English sweethearts of the rodeo, take everything they have, I think you might need it - there’s very little left in life that hasn’t been destroyed, this is the celebration my dear. Just very fine mellow English Americana and crafted honesty from nowhere in particular. www.thedawnchorus.com

Last week's demo of the week - THE SCARLET LETTER UNION

Previous demo's of the week - KOE / DEATH LIST FIVE / BITCH SLAP BARBIE / STRAY BORDERS / FOUR LETTER FRIEND / ALSATIAN / THE VIPERS / LILY GREEN / THE VELCROS / MAYORS OF MIYAZAKI / FANTAPLASTIC / CLUB LE SHARK / THEY DIED TOO YOUNG / INVASION / OPHELIA TORAH / THE MERLIN BIRD / LEAVE THE CAPITAL / GRAVANZIA / CHET / LADY PROMISE / FTSE100 / STEAL GANDHI / ALL DARK MORNINGS / SHADY BARD / SHILOE / THE RAMPTON RELEASE DATE / BATTLEWITCH / THE FLESH HAPPENING / VESSELS / BLACK JACKSON / INNER RAGE / ALLERGO / BROOKE / CARTRIDGE / PERHAPS CONTRAPTION / THE PROCESS VOID

' BURN THE... NO, LIVE...
No, don't burn things down, buy things goddamn.

MAYORS OF MIYAZAKI Live: The Grosvenor, London – 15/3/07

We’ve been itching to catch up with the Mayors since they sent us their Kancho EP a few months ago. We described it as “…a bendy, shouty, pointy, churning thing, some wired kind of urgent math rock that doesn’t quite add up…” Well, as good as the EP was, the Mayors themselves in the flesh are an even better proposition. Excuse me for shouting but, honestly, WE HAVE GOT ONE HELL OF A NEW BAND HERE, PEOPLE. 

The Mayors were hard to fault. Had I bothered to look inside their lovingly-crafted CD sleeve, I’d have known that they were a three-piece, but I didn’t bother, and so busy and inventive was their sound that I assumed we were dealing with a four or five piece, so I was taken aback and wondered how just three of ‘em could reproduce the material. Without the slightest bit of bother was the answer. Three urchins, all of whom looked too young to enjoy a legal pint, took to the stage and almost apologetically said hello. They then launched into a set of writhing, twisting and utterly dynamic rock music that had the couple of dozen of us watching hugging ourselves in delight.

Live they have less of the smart-arsed, abrasive edge that’s apparent on the demo. The sound is fuller, more melodic, and there’s no clever posturing, just three kids utterly into the buzz of playing their music for us. They manage to be inventive without losing drive or momentum – even on tracks like ‘Critics lack Conviction’, where for a moment the three of them bark madly at each other – they sandwich this strange interlude between two quite different but compelling, multi-riffed passages of driving rock. The musicianship is excellent. All three wrestle from their instruments a variety of sounds and textures (we see a five string bass actually being played to the full, rather than just being posed with) and they’re accomplished enough to avoid the impression that they’re just playing for themselves.

US influences seem apposite to mention – the Mayors take the flow and thrust of Stinking Lizaveta and play it through the jagged arrangements of At The Drive In. In their more straightforward moments (such as the chorus to ‘Queen Mary vs. the Robots’) they come close to the commercial metal of Hundred Reasons, but they’re rarely that obvious for any length of time. Shellac and Hose.Got.Cable are other reference points, but they also bring a mischievous English wit to the intensity, as well as a readiness to throw any number of ideas into a song, not unlike the Optimist Club at times. Though they’d be appreciated by a prog lover or the Cardiacs cognoscenti, the Mayors of Miyazaki are definitely a rock band in the noisy, raucous sense of the term, just one infinitely more interesting than usual. They’d go down a storm with the more open-minded of the ATP crowd. And the next challenge for the Mayors of Miyazaki is precisely that – to find an audience beyond the pitifully small number of punters here tonight. If you get the chance, you should make the effort to see them. This was as good a set as I’ve seen for ages from a new, young band starting out on their adventures. The highest of recommendations.
(Phil Whalley)

www.mayorsofmiyazaki.com
www.myspace.com/tootingbizarre
 

'NEW ALBUMS WE’RE LISTENING TO THIS WEEK
ALBUM OF THE WEEK
THEE MORE SHALLOWS – Book Of Bad Breaks (Anticon) - Forecasters of delight and no disasters ever, every twinkle of every light, they have such an instantly recognisable sound, a finger print all of their own these Thee More Shallows. And you know we’re going to gush about them again, like turkeys with the gift of flight. What are they going to pull out of their red case this time? How are things in that warm twilight world, no, in that 2am world of deserted streets and quiet crashes, that peaceful world where street lights hum and electric flickers with so much beautiful colour? The warm San Francisco band were always going to have a tough task coming up with something better than 2005’s vitally wonderful More Deep Cuts – they wisely haven’t tried, they’ve taken their fingerprints over to different scapes, to explore different shades and moods - away from depression and towards mania (so they say). Far less dark and inward this time, still that gloriously prog edge and that richly detailed orchestrated post-pop, still those whispered words and French horns and Casio warmth and subtle beats - lyrical one liners that paint whole pictures. Another film of an album, another set of Hopper paintings and hints of Wire, Granddaddy, early Bowie and graceful Tortoise, and yes as pointed out elsewhere, hints of Vaughn Williams. Delicate white noise and shorting neon signs in the rain-light, that and white masks and a mosquito haze of delicate detail – so much detail, something new with every listen and it clearly needs weeks before we get in to all the corners and lift all the layers and find it all. How do they make so much sound so minimal? Ah look, they could never better More Deep Cuts, they managed to equal it though, another stunning masterpiece of a film, another set of warm reward songs and more of their wonderfully rewarding and very unique sound (warned you we were going to gush again). One of the very best bands out there in a world of far far too any very fine bands. www.theemoreshallows.com / www.space.com/theemoreshallows / www.southern.net

ALSO CHECK OUT

THE CHINESE STARS – Listen To Your Left Brain (Three One G) – We gots here some rather fine American new wave circa 1982 coming at in a fresh sounding 2007 kind of way. The Stars feature Craig Kureck and Eric Paul,ex, both of the now disbanded Arab On Radar – and like everything else that has evolved out of the glorious Radar, this is good good good. Infectious, bendy bouncy new wave of a Pere Ubu, Devo American pop rock nature. Oh, bass player from Six Finger Satellite as well, there’s quite a pedigree here. The Chinese Stars are reinventing that that has already been invented, admire and indeed celebrate their resolve, fine new wave pointy bouncy newwaveness.  www.threeoneg.com

PUBLIC RELATIONS EXERCISE – Come You Are Safe We Are From The Bombs (Field) – More of that relentless refreshing post-hardcore post-rock post-post post-everything urgent noise that PRE do so very very well. They’ve been building and building, we’ve been telling you about the gigs and demos for quite a time now (one day you’ll thank us) and you will in time come to love their invigorating inventive relentless edgy screaming energy and the violent musical craft of it all. They’re from Leicester, there’s five of them, they’re brilliant live and now they have an excellent high speed roller-coaster ride of a compelling debut album to back the live experience up. Inventively discordant, relentlessly in your face and confronting your every thought, this is not a comfortable sound and you should find comfort in that. We have ourselves a thankless task, go enjoy the Public Relations Exercise ride, don’t take anyone or anything for granted, it don’t make for good public relations – Scissormen I tell you! Hold on tight. Thank you. www.field-records.com / www.myspace.com/publicrelationsexercise

SHAM 69 – United (Dream Catcher/Secret) – 28 track double live CD set. Selected cherry-picked live recordings from 78 and 79 rather than just one whole gig so there’s no real sense of event (and only one in-between song ruck!). Pretty messy slack dirty faced versions but then this is Sham so you know you can expect nothing but messy raw shouty terrace chant vocals and pretty basic messy messsy massy playing and everything pretty much running on attitude, energy and that hint of pending violence. Sham were great, they sound very dated now, this is an alright live album, quality is good enough, better then going down the pub ain’t it, come on, come on... – www.secretrecordslimited.com

LAP – The Ignored Effect (Populus) – We have here a screamo beano nu metal beast and a whole slab load of melodic creaming and screaming and I don’t like Poison The Well much and I’m not that impressed with the direction Biffy Clyro have taken in recent times but hey, if you are, and Deftones still get your ears cooking then this Manchester three piece are pretty good at it. They have some colour and restrained and an appreciation of light and shade and yeah, they’re alright I guess. Seven track mini album/EP thing,or is it jut a demo? Not that clear really.. www.myspace.com/lap / www.myspace.com/populusrecords

ANTI NOWHERE LEAGUE – Secret Radio Recordings (Dream Catcher/Secret) – Filthy twenty track live album, wreckorded live in 2005 and the return of The League captured in full on obnoxious nasty shouting cussing metal-edged street punk effect  Law breaking, people hating, filthy dirty animals, it shouldn’t be allowed, where’s my MP? The thing with live albums is they’re only really for the already fanatically converted and all the converted really need to know is does the album capture the band? Is the recording any good? Are they just trying to flog us a naff bootleg quality load of old toss or is it live and dangerous? Is it any good? Who got branded and who did what with the peep-hole panties? Yes, this is well recorded, yes it does captured the gloriously obnoxiousness of The League, yes the sound quality is good, yes they are wonderfully dumb and hell bent on self destruction, self mutilation, self flagellation and whatever else you got for ‘em, and no, they shouldn’t really still be sounding this good in 2005... Hey look, this is the League, you either love them or you stay a million miles away - if you love ‘em, then this is a good documentation and I got to go wash my hands now. No, you can’t have a sip of my beer, go buy your own and go buy your own Anti Nowhere League live album as well yer fuggin scabby scrounging filthy crusty punk - I hate people. Excellent live album, actually, not a bad introduction for those of you who’ve never encountered Animal and his crew before, so I was talking crap back there wasn’t I, punk rock mate. www.secretrecordslimited.com

AWESOME COLOR -  Awesome Color (Ecstatic Peace) Some kind of Germanic 70’s flavoured space rock alternativeness from Ann Arbor Michigan. A kind of Stooges/Sonic Youth/Who blues rock American dream chasing thing for Hawkwind/Pink Faries fans. www.ecstaticpeace.com

999 – Nasty Tales (Secret)  - Must be release a live album from an ageing British punk band week or something. 999 always seemed a little pedestrian and workman-like to me, nothing here on this nineteen track CD changes my mind. Decent enough quality live album, should keep those who are already fans happy, doubt if it will win over any new ones though. www.secretrecordslimited.com

SLAUGHTER AND THE DOGS – Manchester 101 (Secret) – Another live album, Manchester’s cut-price take on the New York Dolls recorded in 2005, they were probably well past their sell by date (twenty years past...) and a little too pub rock by 2005, anyway, there’s a live album out, here’s the link, follow it up if you want to - www.secretrecordslimited.com
 
Last week's album of the week - SHINING / LEFTOVER CRACK / CITIZEN FISH

Previous album's of the week -THIS ET AL / FRANK TURNER  / CAR BOMB / MONOGONO / BILLY NO MATES / APSE / HOLLY THROSBY / MINSK / BLACK ELK / NUM 9 / SHORT SHARP SHOCK / DEATHSKULLS / FUCKED UP / INTRONAUT/ MICROWAVES / RONDELLUS / DUSTIN’S BAR MIZVAH / CRIME IN CHOIR / THE RUBY SUNS / THE SIEGFRIED SASSOON / DON CABALLERO / REIGNS / STREET DOGS / ME FIRST AND AND THE GIMME GIMMES / ALEUCHATISTAS / BLUT AUS NORD / CATS AND CATS AND CATS / I LOVE POLAND / HOLY SMOKES  / GALLOWS / SICBAY / THE LOST PATROL BAND / SQUAREPUSHER

terrorists!! mice!! prostitutes!! 
STRIP SHOWROOM - The sheer climate-killing folly of gas guzzling 4X4s was stripped bare in Hereford last week - well if it wasn't, at least a few SUVs were. It seems the 'Discovery' of a Land Rover dealership flogging their wares to middle-class school-running Mum's angered local 'Defenders' of the environment who arrived to chuck paint stripper over 14 of the nearest offending vehicles, leaving a trail of destruction and slogans to boot. The action was carried out in the name of the Earth Liberation Front, who presumable are a bunch of real 'Freelanders'... For more on international anti 4X4 action see www.4x4network.org. And of course we should point out that this kind of direct action isn’t big and isn’t clever and no no no, naughty naughty,you just stick to buying records and don't ne questioning any of these things now,free thought is bad for you...

65DAYSOFUPDATES - 
Hello. This is a news update for the band 65daysofstatic, written from a house in Sheffield where we are discussing who pays the water bill while 65 go to Texas tomorrow morning. If you are new to this mailing list, and you were expecting something a little more in keeping with the brief, optimistic style that the media has conditioned us to expect, then we can only apologise.

We have a new album called 'The Destruction of Small Ideas'. It is out in the UK, Europe & the United States on 30th April through Monotreme Records (distribution is through either Cargo or Redeye, depending on your place in the world). The album is out in Japan on 25th April on Zankyo Records.

The Tracklisting looks like this:

1. When We Were Younger & Better.
2. A Failsafe.
3. Don't Go Down to Sorrow.
4. Wax Futures.
5. These Things We Can't Unlearn.
6. Music is Music as Devices are Kisses is Everything.
7. Lyonesse.
8. The Distant & Mechanised Glow of Eastern European Dance Parties.
9. Little Victories.
10. Primer.
11. White Peak/Dark Peak.
12. The Conspiracy of Seeds.

Upon careful listening, you will be able to hear contributions from The Mirimar Disaster, Digitonal and Circle Takes the Square. 

Deep breath. Calm down. Count to ten. You read that right. Please note that this isn't in some kind of '65-are-running-out-of-ideas' way. This is in a 'Let's-make-the-best-fucking- noise-it-is-in-us-to-make-and-if- this-involves-bringing-in-people-we -trust-to-hit-blow -bow-or-scream-things-then-so-be-it'' kind of way. 

You know how some bands find their sound, make a crossover album with some kind of 'name' producer and the SLICKEST of sounds to try and reach a bigger market, whilst losing all the urgency, panic and soul that made you fall for them in the first place?

That's not what you're going to get with this album. If you are anything like us (and you're on this list so we figure you must be) then you have studied your heroes and the music they made. You can plot graphs charting the rise and fall of bands that tricked you into thinking they were the ones you'd been waiting your whole life for, only for them to let you down the second they get snared by the major label machine, or get used to the taste of phone adverts.

Most likely bands fail despite their best intentions. Perhaps The Destruction of Small Ideas will be a self-fulfilling prophecy? Let's hope not, huh? The 65 family has staked a lot on this one. We're messing with the big boys, armed with nothing but battered guitars, an EXCELLENT ability to be rude to people, some f**king cool new songs and the enforced naivety that is required to believe that what we do still counts for something, somewhere, somehow. How can we possibly hope to bring this, our fight, to the Money and the Brand Monkeys and the Cross-marketing Promotions Advisers and the Shareholders and the Fucking Money that dictates what people should hear and buy and expect them to even notice our presence!?

Let's find out! We'll see you on the road and on the way down. Come and see us on the road, where we'll either be weeping with delight, or weeping. And listening to Dee-lite.

GROOVE IS IN THE HEART:

- A cut (hacked)-down version of 'Don't Go Down to Sorrow' will be released as a single in the UK on 9th April. You can see the uncharacteristically slick video, produced by 65's brothers-in-arms Medlo on our website. The B-Sides are ace and details are on to be found at 65daysofstatic.com. Go there from here at the end of all this.

- We have nothing to offer you but this album. Nothing here will save you. It is designed only to soften the blow.

- There are bands everywhere selling things for money. We?re just selling this, (except for a few t-shirts that keep us in petrol. When the petrol runs out, who knows what we’ll spend that money on?) But for now, we have come to terms with our contribution to capitalism by making this album into a CD. If you can afford to buy it, please know your purchase will go directly into putting 65daysofstatic on the road. The opposite of this theory is LIMEWIRE. 

-Somewhere on the planet we have buried treasure in the form of a Seed Bank, deep underground, so when the day comes that the air is no longer breathable, 65's grandchildren can hide down there and wait for a time when it is safe to re-emerge and plant life back into the soil. We're calling this project 'Fucking Hell, the Government appears to be acting on behalf of multinational companies. I thought our vote counted? ' and we are working in conjunction with the Norwegian Science Board in order to bring it to fruition. Deal with it. Or buy the album and read the inlay to your sweet, innocent children as they lay in bed, unable to comprehend the trouble we have got them into.

- We're getting close to finally being able to get back down to the fundamentals of being in 65daysofstatic, which is touring and touring and touring hard. Here's what's lined up for starters:

March 2007.
25th: JAPAN. Tokyo, Club Quattro.

April 2007
6th: RUSSIA. Moscow, Apelsin Club.
16th: ENGLAND. Oxford, Zodiac. With Youthmovies and Cats & Cats & Cats.
17th: ENGLAND. Cambridge, Junction. With Youthmovies and Cats & Cats & Cats.
18th: ENGLAND. Brighton, Concorde 2. With Youthmovies and Cats & Cats & Cats.
19th: NETHERLANDS. Utrecht, Ekko.
20th: NETHERLANDS. Haarlem, Patronaat.
21st: FRANCE. Reims, Capharnaum Festival.

THE DESTRUCTION OF SMALL IDEAS TOUR.

27th: Glasgow, Admiral. Triptych Festival.
28th: Aberdeen, Tunnels. Triptych Festival.
29th: Edinburgh, Caberet Voltaire. Triptych Festival.

May 2007
1st: Dublin, Crawdaddy.
3rd: Belfast, Venue TBA.
4th: Galway, Roisin Dubh.
5th: Cork, Cyprus Avenue
7th: Sheffield, The Plug.
8th: Leeds, Cockpit.
9th: Preston, 53 Degrees.
10th: Manchester, Academy 3.
11th: Newcastle, Academy 2.
13th: Nottingham, Rock City.
14th: Birmingham, Academy 2.
15th: Cardiff, The Point.
16th: Portsmouth, Wedgewood Rooms.
17th: Exeter, Phoenix.
18th: Reading, Fez Club.
20th: London, Koko.
21st : BELGIUM. Bruge, Cactus.
22nd: BELGIUM. Leuven, Stuk.
23rd: NETHERLANDS. Groningen, Vera.
24th: GERMANY. Hamburg, Molotow.
25th: DENMARK. Copenhagen, Stengade 30.
26th: DENMARK. Aarhus, Musikcafeen.

June 2007
1st: GERMANY. Bielefeld, Forum.
2nd: GERMANY. Leipzig, Conne Island.
3rd: GERMANY. Berlin, Magnet.
4th: GERMANY. Cologne, Prime Club.
5th: GERMANY. Munich, Ampere.
6th: SWITZERLAND. Zurich, Hafenkneipe.

We’re also trying to get to America for a full tour, but nothing is confirmed enough to be revealed. If they don't sell socks in the airport we're f**ked.  Bye. The 65 kids.
 

SINGLES
So we have three singles of the week this week, so what? We had a good week for singles and we don't mean on no hornymatch dot com either...

SINGLE OF THE WEEK
STRIPLIGHT – Hold It Down (Tummy Touch) - New single (with lots of b-sides and mixes and such) from London’s rather feisty, rather angular Striplight. They have that kind of Monkey Boy lead bass drive and an angular groove that’ll sweep you up, do let it. They talk of noir-wave angular artrock and singer Liz has that classic staccato bark, she has style, she’ll drag you in to their sharpness and their impressively smooth jerky Pere Ubu/Lena Lovich discordance. Fine single, sounds like a early days of Stiff treasure. Recommended. www.myspace.com/striplight

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FUTON – Strap It On (Dirte) – Stomping, slick, clean cut, slick slick, dirty mouth Glam pop from Bangkok with Simon Gilbert from Suede in there somewhere, very modern sounding retro glam, T.Rex, Bowie, little too slick for us, but hey, if you’re curious then go find out for yourself  – www.dirterecords.com

GREEN PITCH – Unpredictable, Illogical (Ryko) – Creamy indie pop from Denmark, warm girl-fronted Sugarcubes meets Whipped Cream kind of thing, kind of sparse yet inviting and soothing. www.greenpitch.dk

MALPRACTICE – Breath (7  Records) – Slick, modern sounding hard edged big rock from a new UK band featuring Mark Chapman from A and Ben Calvert from Vex Red. www.malpractice.com

Last week's single of the week - ALMOS

Previously - THE LOW LOWS / I LIKE TRAINS / DINOSAUR Jr  / RADIO LUXEMBOURG / HONEY RIDE ME A GOAT / MOTHGUTS / KILLA KELA / CHARLES CAMPBELL JONES / TOBIAS FROBERG / THE FLESH HAPPENING / GIRL SCOUT HAND GRENADE / ZERO / BEATNIK FILMSTARS / DAN LA SAC vs SCROOBUIS PIP / FEAR OF MUSIC / THE RUBY SUNS / THE SCHLA LA LAS / THOMAS TANTRUM / DUSTIN’S BAR MITZVAH / SUPERSUCKERS /GIANT PAW / CHROME HOOF/ FRANK TURNER / ESKIMO DISCO / THE RACE / OCTOBER FILE / MOISTBOYZ / THE LOVES / THE EDUCATION / JESUS LICKS / EINSTELLUNG / SPIDERBABY

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