 1/intro:
TRANSISTOR
SIX – Back Yard Rocketship (Blackbean & Placenta) - our adopted
theme tune so you know where you are. Transistor Six is Frances Castle,
there’s lots of her fine art and creativity to explore from Francis so
please please do. You can now get the whole tune downloaded for yourselves
and find links to her artwork, albums and lots more over at www.myspace.com/transistorsix
2:
PETER
HAMMILL – Stumbled (FIE) – Peter Hammill has a new solo album
out, as good as anything the Van Der Graaf Generator frontman has been
involved in over his what must be forty years of making very fine, very
different, always challenging, provoking music. Thin Air is out now of
Peter Hammill’s own label FIE – find out more via his website www.sofasound.com
or explore some VdGG/PH treasure via the download page at www.vandergraafgenerator.co.uk
3:
PRE
– Haircutticus (Skin Graft) – Pre have a new album finished and ready to
go, the beautifully noisy thing is called Hope Freaks, once more, the bits
we’ve heard, are a screaming hardboiled screamathon delight. You can download
this very track for free and get an early taste of the album via www.skingraftrecords.com
4:
MARNIE
STERN – Don’t Stop Belivin’ (demo) – Marnie is from New York, she was
once a nice polite singer songwriter and we politely passed by her early
releases, then she discovered math rock and things like Hella and got all
experimental with her guitar and these days she makes thrilling records
and we were all excited about seeing her in London last month. Alas she
cancelled. But she’s back this July for a full UK tour including a London
date in Kilburn at the Luminaire on July 23rd. This is a demo recording
of the other American national anthem, the absolute AOR classic from Journey
done Marnie Stern style, them US radio classics reworked Resonance style,
there’s a whole show in that idea – www.myspace.com/marniestern1
5:
WIRE
– Three Girl Rumba (EMI) – A classic minute and twenty three seconds of
Wire from their classic debut 1977 album Pink Flag... And the excuse for
playing Wire (you know we always like to have a reason right?), tonight’s
excuse is one of the main writers/creators of The Wire is in town... GEORGE
PELLECANOS is in London on July 23rd to talk about the ground
breaking
piece of art that is the TV Show (yes, we’ve got as hooked as everyone
else eventually does). Catch the talk, along with a performance from Spider
Stacy And Friends – he of The Pogues... Does that mean it might tune in
to one of those Baltimore detective wake nights with McNulty and Bunk?)
See Theboogaloo.co.uk for more
information. There’s only two types of people in the world, those
already hooked on TheWire and those yet to be hooked, Omar has us eating
nothing Honey Nut here... Old news we know but everything is right, the
look, the compelling sound, the space, the pace, the way you can invest
time and emotion in every single one of the people, the dirt it digs...
perfect TV.
As for Wire the band, they’re still making great records, tune in to their
website www.pinkflag.com and explore,
loads on that site, no middle age punks here...
6:
JAZZKAMMER
– Freemix Norwave – Thurston Moore Remix (Smalltown Superjazzz) – Smalltown
Superjazzz is one of those great record labels you can really trust, a
label to always check out. They’re essentially a jazz label, hang on though,
the challenging hard-boiled end of jazz, the jazz-noise end where you find
a bit of experimental punk attitude and slabs of discordant challenge from
outfits like THE THING, ORIGINAL SILENCE, OFFONOFF, DISKAHOLICS ANONYMOUS
TRIO, LASSE MARHAUG... The label has a new compilation sampler out right
now called THE BLASTING CONCEPT – comes with excellent sleeve notes from
SST Records man Ray Farrell – that’s right, no accident that this album
has the same name as that legendary green and red covered compilation of
the 80’s. Jazzkammer are on the album, and we love a slice or two of Jazzkammer
here on the Organ show, we love lots of Smalltown stuff here, one of the
labels that gets most attention on the show... I like investing trust in
good old school style labels, Smalltown, Cunieform, Skin Graft...
www.smalltownsuperjazzz.com
7:
D.M
STITH – Issac’s Song (Asthmatic Ktty) – A track from the recently released
Heavy Ghost album from Brooklyn’s rather magical D.M. Stith. He’s over
here in the UK to open for Bat For Lashes at Somerset House this coming
Thursday 16th July, should be a rather good open air place to enjoy his
soul-drenched uniqueness. He’s also at the Hoxton Bar And Grill on 20th
July if you don’t have a ticket for the already sold out Somerset House
show – www.myspace.com/dmstith
or www.asthmatickitty.com
The Somerset House series of shows is on now and continues this Monday
July 13th with MARS VOLTA down by the River Thames in the open air
in the square inside the house Full details: www.somersethouse.org.uk
8:
THE
STUPIDS – Middle Aged Punk (Boss Tuneage) – The Stupids are back and
not sounding anything like the tired old middle ages punks that they really
should sound like. Nothing worse than born again ageing punk bands, who
needs ‘em? Ipswich hardcore punk skateboarding legends The Stupids are
a sounding better than ever, first album in something like twenty
years and they’re sounding fresher then ever. I don’t know, didn’t really
rate them back there, they were good but hey, sounding refreshingly great
now. The new album, out this Monday July 13th, is called The Kids Don’t
Like It. Serious speed-metal-thrashing bloody-knee skateboarding wholesomeness
punk rawk goodness for yer – www.bosstuneage.com
or www.stupids.moonfruit.com
9:
ORIGINAL
SILENCE – Argument Left Hanging, Rubber Cement (Smalltown Superjazzz)
– Another track from the just released Blasting Concept album, see track
six.
10:
SLAB
– Gutterbusting (Vinyl Ink) Got a new CD from a band called Slab this week,
it wasn’t that good and they can’t be called Slab, there seems to be a
million bands called Slab out there, there’s only one Slab! This originally
came out in 1987 on an album called Descension - and when John Peel played
it back then, it stopped me completely, rushed out to get it the very next
day, still sounds as powerful today. I don’t know if you can find any of
their albums these days (playing this off a compilation of their singles
called Ship Of Fools that came out in ’91 that I found in a local charity
shop a couple of years ago). They are still out there, or so I just discovered
with a quick web-search – www.slab-uk.co.uk
11:
D.M.STITH
– SPIRIT PARADE (Asthmatic Ktty) – Well his beautiful songs are rather
short and he deserves two plays ahead of his London shows. See track seven
for more details.
12:
MICHAEL
J SHEEHY – Fight For Your Right To Fight (Glitterhouse) – Mr
Sheehy has yet another fine album on the way, out on July 6th. His sixth
album – is that six solo albums or are we counting his work with Dream
City Film Club here? Whatever the score, every single record the man has
ever been involved in is worth checking out, Michael makes records that
matter and why he isn’t big big news is beyond us. This time some kind
of soul-drenched bad-ass collection of noir-blues and some sort of concept
album about boxing and taking a dive and more of his barroom stories and
East End Irishness and more of that Catholic guilt and ... He’s joined
this time by his band The Hired Mourners. Catch Michael J Sheehy at the
Lexington, here in London, on July 16th, find out more via www.myspace.com/michaeljsheehy
or www.glitterhouse.com
13:
C.R.
AVERY – The Boxer Who Just Returned From London (Bongo Beat)
- And seeing as Michael J has got us on to boxing, another play for one
of our favourite tracks from last year. C.R Avery is an American performance
poet and this piece of beat-box flavoured poetry is really something special
– you’ll find it on his 2008 album called Magic Hour Sailor Songs – www.cravery.com
or www.bongobeat.com
14:
GREYMACHINE
- Vultures Descend (Hydra Head) - Jesu and Godflesh's Justin
Broadrick and Diarmuid Dalton, Isis frontman Aaron Turner and Head Of David's
Dave Cochrane have teamed up to form a new band, Greymachine. The results,
as you would expect, are heavy. Very, very heavy. You can check out,
'Vultures Descend', a track from their forthcoming debut album, 'Disconnected',
which is due out via Hydra Head on 4 Aug, here:
www.avalancheinc.co.uk/Vultures_Descend.mp3
15:
MEXICAN
INSTITUTE OF SOUND – Sinfonia Agridulce (Cooking Vinyl) – One more
play because so many of you ask us about this. The track is from an album
called Soy Sauce that came out in May of this year. And yes that is a very
Mexican sounding Bitter Sweet Symphony - www.myspace.com/mexicaninstituteofsound
16:
WILLIAM
BLAKE – London (download) – A reading or William Blake’s poem London
that you can download from http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/romantics/poems1.shtml
(thank you BBC!). Played tonight because we should have more poetry (I
got these great Lilith Payne recordings here you have to hear soon) and
because over at Housmans rather fine bookshop in Kings Cross (radical since
1945) there’s a talk from Peter Marshall called BLAKE: London’s Visionary
Anarchist... Here’s the blurb from the book shop (well worth getting on
their mailing list, always lots of interesting events....
BLAKE: London’s Visionary Anarchist - Philosopher, historian, biographer,
travel writer and poet, Peter Marshall recounts the life of one of London’s
finest artists, William Blake. Marshall offers a lively and perceptive
account of his thought, ranging from his philosophy, his critique of existing
society and culture, to his vision of a free world.
“Come along to find out why Blake can be understood as a forerunner of
modern anarchism and social ecology, and discover the light which shines
behind his symbolism and mythology. This event celebrates the reprinting
of Peter Marshall’s book ‘William Blake: Visionary Anarchist’ published
by Freedom Press”. The event is part of Housmans’ ‘London’s Burning’ series
(Housmans – radical booksellers since 1945) see www.housmans.com/events.php.
Event information: Wednesday 15th July – 7pm to 8.30pm, Housmans Bookshop,
5 Caledonian Rd, King's Cross, London. Free entry - www.housmans.com
17:
ANTHRAX
(UK) – One Last Drop (Happy Release) – The one and only Anthrax, oh
alright, the original Anthrax, the anarcho punk band Anthrax from back
there, the days of Crass and all that. They’re back (another born again
punk band, we love ‘em around here, Stupids, Anthrax....) first time in
a recording studio for twenty years so they say – sounding as good as ever
to us, and don’t we need some proper political punk rock with a bit of
thought behind it right now. Two track CD single released on their own
Happy Release label, played the other side last time, played this side
this time – www.myspace.com/anthraxuk
or www.anthraxukoffical.com
18:
SHEARWATER
– On The Death Of The Waters (Matador) – A Revisit to last year’s rather
beautiful album Rook and one of the very best bands out there right now.
Played tonight for two reasons... Reason one: the band have just announced
a one off show at the Luminaire in London’s Kilburn on September 14th as
part of a UK tour, surely the last time you’ll get to see them in a small
intimate venue, surely the bigger halls are calling them. Grab a ticket
quick we say... www.myspace.com/shearwater
or www.shearwatermusic.com
And reason two: Shearwater may come from Austin Texas, but a shearwater
is one of the most beautiful of British birds and....
Great Birds of the British Isles is the first ever collaborative
show from artists called Milk, Dora, K148 and Amour. The four formed this
collective after meeting via underground graffiti circles, painting walls
and photographing the evolution of the artform. “Print, paint and photography
have brought these four birds together. After finding each other’s passions
they are determined to take a step forward and create something totally
fresh and unique. Expect to peer into a boudoir of colour texture and design
with solo and collaborative pieces spilling from wall to canvas and back
again, exploring an intoxicating mix of juiced up logos, great birds, female
forms and a spoon full of graffiti... seen through a very different eye.
Now sit back and watch them spread there wings and fly!”
Oblong is at 69 Southgate Road, London N1 (nearest tube is Angel, quite
a walk though, grab a bus, 141 stops outside the gallery). The show opened
on Friday 10th July and runs until August 9th – we went along to the opening
night, we’ll have some photos and words on the Organ website in a bit -
more details from www.oblonggallery.com
or www.myspace.com/greatbirds
19:
ONEIDA
– The Story Of O (Jagjagiwar/Brah) – Oneida have a new triple album
on the way, their second rather experimental instalment of their Thank
Your Parents triptych of releases, our of the 13th of July according to
sticker on the back, goes by the name of Rated O. The Brooklyn band are
at the Garage over here in London on August 18th as part of a European
tour, the record label would rather us not tell you any of this though,
so we didn’t alright – www.myspace.com/oneidarocks
or www.enemyhogs.com
20:
THE
STUPIDS – Drumshop Arsehole (Boss Tuneage) – See track eight
21:
HEIRS
– Plague Asphyx (Denovali) – The rather epic Australian band have a new
album called Alchera and some giant slabs of oppressive monolithic goodness
that tastes of things like Swans, Neurosis, Godflesh, Minsk – intense low-end
instrumental post-postsomething-or-other boulder pushing up a hill, a lurching
delight and a band with an edge of their own, perfect way to close tonight’s
show, thanks for listening (if indeed you did, if not here’s all the links
to what you missed) – www.denovali.com
or www.heirs.com.au
Next week Marina will be
in the chair once more with her OTHER ROCK SHOW and the continued exploration
of rock that goes beyond the convention on mere 4/4 time |
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