ORGAN - OTHER ROCK SHOW with Marina Organ – Sunday 30th September 2007, 10.00pm - all over London via 104.4FM or worldwide via www.resonancefm.com
INTRO: PHANTOMSMASHER - Bishop Hopping (Ipecac)
1: UPSILON ACRUX - Expiration Date Alaska, My Darkness (Cuneiform)
2: YOU AND THE ATOM BOMB - Heads And Tails (Sink And Stove)
3: METSATÖLL - Saaremaa Vagimees (Hyper Records)
4: LIARS - Cycle Time (Mute)
5: SLEEPING PEOPLE - ...Out Dream (Temporary Residence)
6: HAPPY PENGUIN HUNGRY BEAR – Demo track
7: EFTERKLANG - Mirador (The Leaf Label)
8: CARDIACS - Ditzy Scene (ORG)
9: PRE - Greasers (Skin Graft)
10: FUNANORI - Tidy Your Mess Up (Transduction)
11: UPSILON UCRUX - Touched By God Innapropriately (Cuneiform)
12: LITE - EF (Transduction)
13: INSTRUMENTS - American Football or American Football? (demo)
14: EFTERKLANG - Cutting Ice To Snow (The Leaf Label)
15: ATHLETIC AUTOMATON - Achilles Last Tendon (Skin Graft)
OUTRO: PHANTOMSMASHER - Bishop Hopping
Hello again peoples, here is the Other Rock Show hasty essential playlist guide so that you can hunt down which of these beauties you want to spend the rest of your days obsessing about:
The breathtaking UPSILON ACRUX are possibly the finest avant rock band on the planet -they're from the US - the Organ review is here, and these two tracks are from their recently released album Galapagos Momentum. Ten melodically, rhythmically, gratuitously complex compositions, not one second of filler. Go into your local HMV and violently demand a copy until they throw you out of the shop, then try www.myspace.com/upsilonacrux or www.cuneiformrecords.com.
YOU AND THE ATOM BOMB are from Bristol, this was from new mini-LP 'The Spirit Of Things' on Sink And Stove records - a recent album of the week here at Organ - more info at www.youandtheatombomb.co.uk and www.sinkandstove.co.uk.
METSATÖLL are from Estonia, they appear to be of the pagan persuasion and their album Hiiekoda and others is available in the UK via Nailboard Records - www.nailboard.org - see ORGAN #222 for lots more details
Legendary LIARS had a no-messing self-titled album out while we were off air - here's the review - they're probably on tour again soon, do not miss them live - www.liarsliarsliars.com
San Diego four-peice SLEEPING PEOPLE (not to be confused with UK prog outfit Sleepy People) have this delightful album out October 22nd on Temporary Residence - and reviewed by us here, its called Growing and features a final track with Rob Crow (Heavy Vegetable, Thingy) on vocals - www.myspace.com/sleepingpeople, available in the UK via www.cargorecords.co.uk
HAPPY PENGUIN HUNGRY BEAR we came across playing one of their first gigs down at the Fiddler's Elbow in Camden (excellent little venue by the way, keep it to yourself) - astonished to find UK band playing complex proper progressive instrumental stuff-this was from a two-track demo, contact www.myspace.com/happypenguinhungrybear
The beautiful and uplifting EFTERKLANG are so emotional and delicate they make Sigur Ros sound like Whitesnake: these two tracks are the album versions of their new single - single of the week this week on the Organ pages. It is called Mirador, the band are from Denmark. This single is released Oct 8th, the album is out on Oct 15th tour in mid-November - www.myspace.com/efterklang
Another band touring the UK in early-mid November is CARDIACS - this is from their new (!) three-track single out as part of the limited edition Org-An-Ised Singles series, out on Nov 5th, get it from here - yes, we're talking about those Cardiacs, who were doing this stuff when it was illegal, new material and on top form and never more relevant - hear more and download some older material free from here www.cardiacs.com
A first helping of PRE on the radio from us, a London band put an album out with the wonderful Skin Graft Records of Chicago, and no wonder Skin Graft have jumped on this one, they're already legendary live - album of the week here back at the start of Sepember. Hear them at www.myspace.com/prepreprepre www.skingraftrecords.com/audio
FUNANORI and LITE are sharing a split album - Funanori is multi-instrumentalist Kaori505 from The Go! Team aided in places by Mike Watts from Minutemen, The Stooges and Firehose, whilst LITE (they always use capitals) are a mega-tight instrumental avant/math/prog outfit from Japan...album is called 'A Tiny Twofer', you can get it from www.transductionrecords.com
London-based INSTRUMENTS are making lovely mathy warm stuff and this was from a recent Organ demo of the week... www.myspace.com/instrumentsmakemusic
finally ATHLETIC AUTOMATON are a two-piece in the burgeoning tradition of avant rock noise duos, with the added pedigree of Arab On Radar's utterly distinctive guitarist, Steve Mattos, working with his perfect drummer Patrick Crump - this was from excoriating new album Journey Through Roman's Empire out now on Skin Graft. You could describe it as Arab On Radar on acid. Let's think about that for a moment. Arab on Radar... on acid - the Organ album review is here explore over at - www.skingraftrecords.com
...good hunting/listenin’, Marina Organ
Next week, same place, same time for Sean Organ - on Sunday October 7th at 10.00pm
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by SeanOrgan » Mon Oct 01, 2007 1:11 pm
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by SeanOrgan » Sun Oct 07, 2007 11:46 pm
LATEST ORGAN RADIO SHOW / RESONANCE 104.4FM PLAYLIST
Sean Organ Show on London’s finest radio station - Resonance 104.4fm – Sunday 10.00pm 7th 2007 – London wide on FM radio or worldwide via www.resonancefm.com
1/intro: TRANSISTOR SIX - Back Yard Rocketship (Blackbean & Placenta) - Our adopted introduction theme tune so you know where you are. Transistor Six is Frances Castle, there’s for yourselves and find links to her art, music and lots more over at - www.myspace.com/transistorsix
2: EFTERKLANG – Polygyne (Leaf) - Efterklang are from Denmark, this is the opening track from their wonderful new album Parades – the album is released next week and everything on it is as fine as this track, they really do all sound like Parades - Grand Parades – www.efterklang.net or www.theleaflabel.com
3: VENUS BOGARDUS – Motorman (Patchogue) - Take wing and sink your mudded claws in to their literate post-punk (as someone else called it) - named after a character in a classic work of late-fifties lesbian pulp fiction - “We are an artrock band that regularly collaborates with avant-garde artists in the UK, Europe and the US. Motorman was made in collaboration with writer David Ohle, an associate of William S. Burroughs, and author of the astounding cult novels Motorman, The Age Of Sinatra and The Pisstown Chaos”. They’re from Bath (via Texas), the album cost then thirty quid to record and they released it themselves on their own label – www.patchoguerecords.com / www.myspace.com/venusbogardus
4: MOHA! – Jolly Four (Rune Gramophone) – From the album Norwegianism, You know those noises that mice make when they eat in to your beautiful vintage valve guitar amp, all those squeaks and cracks and wheezes and fizzes and those echo sounds and the squeaky bits that insects make when they’re moving heavy machinery - and the way moths squeak at each other when communicating electronically? blips and blurts and unobtrusive crashes and refined arcs and restrained screams, nothing that uncomfortably noisy though – free form electro jazz that in truth isn’t really that jazzy either.– www.runegrammofon.com / www.myspace.com/themoha
5: ME FIRST AND THE GIMME GIMMES – Jolene (Fat Wreck) - Released as a black square vinyl limited edition 7” as part of Me First’s Square Dance Series of vinyl released on October 16th. This is their version of the Dolly Parton classic, originally released on their fine album of fast punk rock style country covers “Love Their Country” – more details over at www.fatwreck.com
6: THE FLYING LUTTENBACHERS – Demonic Velocities/20,000,000 Volts (Skin Graft) – From the classic Destroy All Music album that was re-issued earlier this year (with loads of extra tracks) Weasel Walter is working on new Luttenbacher music although he did question this week if it was all worth it? Seems to think no one is interested and no one will play any new Luttenbacher music – go explore the world of Weasel Walter and all his bands and projects, go tell him we love his radio friendly pop music - www.skingraftrecords.com or www.myspace.com/weaselwalter
7: TINY MASTERS OF TODAY vs LIARS – Hey, Mr DJ (Mute) – Liars remix of Tiny Masters, you can find this on the CD version of the single that came out last week. – lead track is a gritty slice of soul-filled lo-fi raw edged fuzzing garage guitar stomp from the duo who’s average is just twelve. Powered by the drums and raw production skills of Mr Russell Sims (of the Blues Explosion). Then you get the Liars remix – you don’t need to be told who it is, only one band gets a sound like that – locked on, stripped down and Liar’d up, everything those Liars go near turns to gold, Liars really are the coolest band in the world right now – www.liarsliarsliars.com / www.tinymasters.net / www.myspace.com/tinymasters
8: BLUT AUS NORD - Mystic Absolute (Candlelight) – “Post Black Metal” is what they’re calling this – is that a first? Don’t you just love pigeonholes! Actually that is rather acurate. There’s a new album out on 6th November, goes by the name of Odinist: The Destruction Of Reason By Illumination – They’re from France, they once made an album and decided to issue it as an instrumental rather than make any of the lyrics public, a challenge to the listeners preconceptions so they said - www.myspace.com/thehowlingofgod or www.candlelightrecords.co.uk
9: LA ZAG – Gaudeamus (download) “We take songs and dances from the Renaissance period (15th-16th century) and arrange them in a pop-folky way, making Historical Folk out of them” say the Italian band on their My Space page – they’re on a UK tour late in October, dates on their page www.myspace.com/gazal
10: FIGHT LIKE APES – Jake Summers (Cool For Cats) - This came out back at the start of Spetember while we werre off air – like Kentucky Fried Chicken with all the taste and none of the guilt and driving Miss Daisy everywhere with a parking violation and a maggot on your nose. This is brilliant – they’re from Dublin and they sound like junk television and Bis and Beck in a food fight all at the same time, this has to be a very very very good thing. She sounds sugar sweet and she buys presents and they feed the geese (and stupify them) and butter wouldn’t melt in her mouth and then she screams about your stupid face! And hey you! Get some grace!! You're like Kentucky Fried Chicken but without the taste! - Is this the single of the year? Taht is certainly lyric of the year! - www.myspace.com/fightlikeapesmusic
11: THUMPERMONKEY LIVES! – Schrodinger’s Cat Lives (demo) – Twisted churning progressive metal from South London, the demo is called Bring Me The Sun For Breakfast – a ferocious mix of Isis, Van Der Graaf and Melvins – oh yes! www.thumpermonkey.com or www.myspace.com/thumpermonkey – they play London’s Bull & Gate on October 21st
12: GALLHAMMER – Blind My Eyes (Peaceville) – A Japanese all girl trio who manage to churn up an impressive and rather original mix of classic old school death metal grindcore crust and throw it right out there with the bleakest serving of blackness. An offering that comes with just the right amount of avant edge and an occasional hint of way left field Deerhoof style creative J-rock bounce to add to the Neurosis (capital N) bleakness and Sunn0)) flavours. Their new album came out last week - www.peaceville.com
13: CARDIACS – Ditzy Scene (ORG) – Cardiacs have some new material, this is the first fruits, a new three track single out on November 5th and the band set out on a UK tour on November 12th – full details on the ORG Records pages at www.organart.com or www.cardiacs.com
14: TOTAL F***ING MAYHEM – The Duck Is Evil (ORG) – And while we’re in the pond, this obscure slice of TFM gabber (banging away at 216bpm) is cleverly constructed entirely from Cardiacs parts, it came out in the last century as one of the bonus tracks tagged on to the end of the Beatmolls 24 single, you can get it from the ORG Records pages at www.organart.com
15: SEA NYMPHS - The Sea Ritual (John Peel Session version) – The great lost track from the other day, lost somewhere in the Brain Surgery - this version of The Sea Ritual was recorded (one wonderful day - we really must write out the tale) for John Peel's radio show. Sea nymphs are Tim, Sarah and Bill Drake from Cardiacs – if you liked this then William D.Drake and His Very Big Band play the Bush Hall in London on October 12th – The lineup includes Robert Leith (Drums), Dean Gaisburg-Watkyn (Bass Guitar), Terry Pitt (Trumpet, Vocals), Ben Davies (Mellotron), James Larcombe (Harmonium), Darryl Anthony (Guitars), Bernard Holden (Clarinet, Saxophone) and Sarah Jones (Recorder, Vocals) . more from www.cardiacs.com or www.myspace.com/williamddrake
16:EFTERKLANG – Mirador (Leaf) - Another track from the wonderful Parades album to close the show tonight - see track 2
Next week, same time same place (all being well) with Marina and her OTHER ROCK SHOW – an exploration of rock music that’s played using time signatures beyond the convention of 4/4.
More details from http://www.organart.com
Sean Organ Show on London’s finest radio station - Resonance 104.4fm – Sunday 10.00pm 7th 2007 – London wide on FM radio or worldwide via www.resonancefm.com
1/intro: TRANSISTOR SIX - Back Yard Rocketship (Blackbean & Placenta) - Our adopted introduction theme tune so you know where you are. Transistor Six is Frances Castle, there’s for yourselves and find links to her art, music and lots more over at - www.myspace.com/transistorsix
2: EFTERKLANG – Polygyne (Leaf) - Efterklang are from Denmark, this is the opening track from their wonderful new album Parades – the album is released next week and everything on it is as fine as this track, they really do all sound like Parades - Grand Parades – www.efterklang.net or www.theleaflabel.com
3: VENUS BOGARDUS – Motorman (Patchogue) - Take wing and sink your mudded claws in to their literate post-punk (as someone else called it) - named after a character in a classic work of late-fifties lesbian pulp fiction - “We are an artrock band that regularly collaborates with avant-garde artists in the UK, Europe and the US. Motorman was made in collaboration with writer David Ohle, an associate of William S. Burroughs, and author of the astounding cult novels Motorman, The Age Of Sinatra and The Pisstown Chaos”. They’re from Bath (via Texas), the album cost then thirty quid to record and they released it themselves on their own label – www.patchoguerecords.com / www.myspace.com/venusbogardus
4: MOHA! – Jolly Four (Rune Gramophone) – From the album Norwegianism, You know those noises that mice make when they eat in to your beautiful vintage valve guitar amp, all those squeaks and cracks and wheezes and fizzes and those echo sounds and the squeaky bits that insects make when they’re moving heavy machinery - and the way moths squeak at each other when communicating electronically? blips and blurts and unobtrusive crashes and refined arcs and restrained screams, nothing that uncomfortably noisy though – free form electro jazz that in truth isn’t really that jazzy either.– www.runegrammofon.com / www.myspace.com/themoha
5: ME FIRST AND THE GIMME GIMMES – Jolene (Fat Wreck) - Released as a black square vinyl limited edition 7” as part of Me First’s Square Dance Series of vinyl released on October 16th. This is their version of the Dolly Parton classic, originally released on their fine album of fast punk rock style country covers “Love Their Country” – more details over at www.fatwreck.com
6: THE FLYING LUTTENBACHERS – Demonic Velocities/20,000,000 Volts (Skin Graft) – From the classic Destroy All Music album that was re-issued earlier this year (with loads of extra tracks) Weasel Walter is working on new Luttenbacher music although he did question this week if it was all worth it? Seems to think no one is interested and no one will play any new Luttenbacher music – go explore the world of Weasel Walter and all his bands and projects, go tell him we love his radio friendly pop music - www.skingraftrecords.com or www.myspace.com/weaselwalter
7: TINY MASTERS OF TODAY vs LIARS – Hey, Mr DJ (Mute) – Liars remix of Tiny Masters, you can find this on the CD version of the single that came out last week. – lead track is a gritty slice of soul-filled lo-fi raw edged fuzzing garage guitar stomp from the duo who’s average is just twelve. Powered by the drums and raw production skills of Mr Russell Sims (of the Blues Explosion). Then you get the Liars remix – you don’t need to be told who it is, only one band gets a sound like that – locked on, stripped down and Liar’d up, everything those Liars go near turns to gold, Liars really are the coolest band in the world right now – www.liarsliarsliars.com / www.tinymasters.net / www.myspace.com/tinymasters
8: BLUT AUS NORD - Mystic Absolute (Candlelight) – “Post Black Metal” is what they’re calling this – is that a first? Don’t you just love pigeonholes! Actually that is rather acurate. There’s a new album out on 6th November, goes by the name of Odinist: The Destruction Of Reason By Illumination – They’re from France, they once made an album and decided to issue it as an instrumental rather than make any of the lyrics public, a challenge to the listeners preconceptions so they said - www.myspace.com/thehowlingofgod or www.candlelightrecords.co.uk
9: LA ZAG – Gaudeamus (download) “We take songs and dances from the Renaissance period (15th-16th century) and arrange them in a pop-folky way, making Historical Folk out of them” say the Italian band on their My Space page – they’re on a UK tour late in October, dates on their page www.myspace.com/gazal
10: FIGHT LIKE APES – Jake Summers (Cool For Cats) - This came out back at the start of Spetember while we werre off air – like Kentucky Fried Chicken with all the taste and none of the guilt and driving Miss Daisy everywhere with a parking violation and a maggot on your nose. This is brilliant – they’re from Dublin and they sound like junk television and Bis and Beck in a food fight all at the same time, this has to be a very very very good thing. She sounds sugar sweet and she buys presents and they feed the geese (and stupify them) and butter wouldn’t melt in her mouth and then she screams about your stupid face! And hey you! Get some grace!! You're like Kentucky Fried Chicken but without the taste! - Is this the single of the year? Taht is certainly lyric of the year! - www.myspace.com/fightlikeapesmusic
11: THUMPERMONKEY LIVES! – Schrodinger’s Cat Lives (demo) – Twisted churning progressive metal from South London, the demo is called Bring Me The Sun For Breakfast – a ferocious mix of Isis, Van Der Graaf and Melvins – oh yes! www.thumpermonkey.com or www.myspace.com/thumpermonkey – they play London’s Bull & Gate on October 21st
12: GALLHAMMER – Blind My Eyes (Peaceville) – A Japanese all girl trio who manage to churn up an impressive and rather original mix of classic old school death metal grindcore crust and throw it right out there with the bleakest serving of blackness. An offering that comes with just the right amount of avant edge and an occasional hint of way left field Deerhoof style creative J-rock bounce to add to the Neurosis (capital N) bleakness and Sunn0)) flavours. Their new album came out last week - www.peaceville.com
13: CARDIACS – Ditzy Scene (ORG) – Cardiacs have some new material, this is the first fruits, a new three track single out on November 5th and the band set out on a UK tour on November 12th – full details on the ORG Records pages at www.organart.com or www.cardiacs.com
14: TOTAL F***ING MAYHEM – The Duck Is Evil (ORG) – And while we’re in the pond, this obscure slice of TFM gabber (banging away at 216bpm) is cleverly constructed entirely from Cardiacs parts, it came out in the last century as one of the bonus tracks tagged on to the end of the Beatmolls 24 single, you can get it from the ORG Records pages at www.organart.com
15: SEA NYMPHS - The Sea Ritual (John Peel Session version) – The great lost track from the other day, lost somewhere in the Brain Surgery - this version of The Sea Ritual was recorded (one wonderful day - we really must write out the tale) for John Peel's radio show. Sea nymphs are Tim, Sarah and Bill Drake from Cardiacs – if you liked this then William D.Drake and His Very Big Band play the Bush Hall in London on October 12th – The lineup includes Robert Leith (Drums), Dean Gaisburg-Watkyn (Bass Guitar), Terry Pitt (Trumpet, Vocals), Ben Davies (Mellotron), James Larcombe (Harmonium), Darryl Anthony (Guitars), Bernard Holden (Clarinet, Saxophone) and Sarah Jones (Recorder, Vocals) . more from www.cardiacs.com or www.myspace.com/williamddrake
16:EFTERKLANG – Mirador (Leaf) - Another track from the wonderful Parades album to close the show tonight - see track 2
Next week, same time same place (all being well) with Marina and her OTHER ROCK SHOW – an exploration of rock music that’s played using time signatures beyond the convention of 4/4.
More details from http://www.organart.com
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by SeanOrgan » Tue Oct 16, 2007 1:52 am
OTHER ROCK SHOW on RESONANCE 104.4FM all over London and worldwide via www.resonancefm.com - Sunday 14th October 2007 (10.00pm)
INTRO: UPSILON ACRUX "Petrovich(Cuneiform)
1: YOU AND THE ATOM BOMB "Return Of The Condor" (Sink And Stove)
2: THAT F*CKING TANK "The Awesome Magnet" (On The Bone)
3: RING "It" (demo)
4: SLEEPYTIME GORILLA MUSEUM "Formicary" (The End Records)
5: SLEEPING PEOPLE "People Staying Awake" (Temporary Residence)
6: SLEEPY PEOPLE "Heroes And Sheroes" (Org)
7: RASHOMON "The Mascot" (Mirrors)
8: CARDIACS "Hurricane" (Alphabet)
9: QUACK QUACK "Spinach" (On The Bone)
10: PLAID and BOB JAROC "I Citizen The Loathesome (Warp)
11: PHANTOMSMASHER "Bishop Hopping" (Ipecac)
12: ROLOTOMASSI "Curby" (Holy Roar)
OUTRO: Koenjihyakkei "Grahbem Jorgazz" (Skin Graft)
Hello again peoples, here is the Other Rock Show hasty essential playlist guide so that you can hunt down which of these beauties you want to spend the rest of your days obsessing about:
UPSILON ACRUX are possibly the finest avant rock band on the planet - they're from the US, and tonight's intro track is from their recently released album 'Galapagos Momentum'. Ten melodically, rhythmically, gratuitously complex compositions, not one second of filler. Available from www.cuneiformrecords.com.
YOU AND THE ATOM BOMB are from Bristol, this is from new mini-LP 'The Spirit Of Things' on Sink And Stove records - more info at www.youandtheatombomb.co.uk and www.sinkandstove.co.uk.
THAT F*CKING TANK (yeah I know, but some of you are having a sneaky surf at work or school where foul language gets a site blocked aincha) have a new single coming out on On The Bone records (Leeds, UK) released as 7" picture disc and tour DVD; more info from www.onthebonerecords.com and www.myspace.com/landsandbody....
The legendary RING recorded this around 1989, originally coming out as a tape-only album sold at gigs and mail order called Nervous Recreation. No re-release as yet.
Oakland California-based cult outfit SLEEPYTIME GORILLA MUSEUM released this earlier this year on the superb album 'In Glorious Times'... rumoured to have an amazing stage show and play self-built unique instruments, see www.sleepytimegorillamuseum.com
San Diego four-peice SLEEPING PEOPLE have this delightful album just out on Temporary Residence, the album is called Growing and this track had the welcome guest voice of Rob Crow (Heavy Vegetable, Thingy).... not to be confused with UK band SLEEPY PEOPLE - this track was originally on one of their early 90s tape EPs sold at gigs, then re-released by Org Records with other rare tracks as Blunt Nails In A Sharp Wall (still available from Org mail order)...Sleepy People split and remodelled as the late Ultrasound, more recently reforming as Sleepy People with some original members..
RASHOMON is a project from ex-Guapo member Matt Thompson and the two tracks played are from the just-released album 'The Ruined Map (Film Music Volume 1)' which is very much worth hunting down - email rashomon68 at lycos.com to find out how. 'Each track on the album is based on a different film - not specifically in the form of soundtracks, but rather as companion pieces to the psychic states invoked by the more bizarre outher reaches of experimental narrative cinema' - a mixture of avant prog, Balkan folk, trad metal, modern composition, drone and psyche rock... includes mellotrons!
This CARDIACS instrumental can only be found on the b-side of 1996 single 'Odd Even' ...I may be wrong, but I'm think it commemorates the English Hurricane of October 1987... that night, Cardiacs were playing the Bull & Gate in London (as a secret gig that I really really wanted to go to but couldn't...). Afterwards they recounted how strange the air was, as many remember the night was completely calm until about 10pm, when it suddenly it wasn't... As they were loading in the gear via the Bull & Gate's dark, somewhat Dickensian little courtyard at the back, everyone noticed how crackly, still and electric the air was, and they swear they saw two shooting stars make a cross in the sky... well, it reminds me of that night! Ok, Cardiacs are ON TOUR!!!! in November: dates at www.cardiacs.com - they have a brand new (new!!) single out as part of the limited edition Org-An-Ised Singles series, Nov 5th, available direct from www.organart.demon.co.uk/mocardiacs...
The lovely QUACK QUACK are another band from Leeds, and this was also on On The Bone records, off their label sampler Compilation No 1- www.onthebonerecords.com
'I Citizen The Loathsome' is from PLAID's cd/DVD album with video maestro BOB JAROC - out on Warp last year, still breathtaking - www.warprecords.com.
A proper play for 'Bishop Hopping' the PHANTOMSMASHER track that has been the Other Rock Show theme tune for quite some time now. Phantomsmasher is DJ Speedranch, James Plotkin and Dave Witte, still available on Ipecac - www.ipecac.com
The third Leeds band of the show - ROLOTOMASSI are a five-piece, currently gigging lots, this was from their five track EP on Holy Roar records, London, see www.holyroarrecords.com.
Outro from KOENJIHYAKKEI who are Yoshida Tatsuya (main man in Ruins) and a full band, this from 'Angherr Shisspa' on Skin Graft, hear lots of samples at www.skingraftrecords.com
Good hunting/listning, Marina Organ
INTRO: UPSILON ACRUX "Petrovich(Cuneiform)
1: YOU AND THE ATOM BOMB "Return Of The Condor" (Sink And Stove)
2: THAT F*CKING TANK "The Awesome Magnet" (On The Bone)
3: RING "It" (demo)
4: SLEEPYTIME GORILLA MUSEUM "Formicary" (The End Records)
5: SLEEPING PEOPLE "People Staying Awake" (Temporary Residence)
6: SLEEPY PEOPLE "Heroes And Sheroes" (Org)
7: RASHOMON "The Mascot" (Mirrors)
8: CARDIACS "Hurricane" (Alphabet)
9: QUACK QUACK "Spinach" (On The Bone)
10: PLAID and BOB JAROC "I Citizen The Loathesome (Warp)
11: PHANTOMSMASHER "Bishop Hopping" (Ipecac)
12: ROLOTOMASSI "Curby" (Holy Roar)
OUTRO: Koenjihyakkei "Grahbem Jorgazz" (Skin Graft)
Hello again peoples, here is the Other Rock Show hasty essential playlist guide so that you can hunt down which of these beauties you want to spend the rest of your days obsessing about:
UPSILON ACRUX are possibly the finest avant rock band on the planet - they're from the US, and tonight's intro track is from their recently released album 'Galapagos Momentum'. Ten melodically, rhythmically, gratuitously complex compositions, not one second of filler. Available from www.cuneiformrecords.com.
YOU AND THE ATOM BOMB are from Bristol, this is from new mini-LP 'The Spirit Of Things' on Sink And Stove records - more info at www.youandtheatombomb.co.uk and www.sinkandstove.co.uk.
THAT F*CKING TANK (yeah I know, but some of you are having a sneaky surf at work or school where foul language gets a site blocked aincha) have a new single coming out on On The Bone records (Leeds, UK) released as 7" picture disc and tour DVD; more info from www.onthebonerecords.com and www.myspace.com/landsandbody....
The legendary RING recorded this around 1989, originally coming out as a tape-only album sold at gigs and mail order called Nervous Recreation. No re-release as yet.
Oakland California-based cult outfit SLEEPYTIME GORILLA MUSEUM released this earlier this year on the superb album 'In Glorious Times'... rumoured to have an amazing stage show and play self-built unique instruments, see www.sleepytimegorillamuseum.com
San Diego four-peice SLEEPING PEOPLE have this delightful album just out on Temporary Residence, the album is called Growing and this track had the welcome guest voice of Rob Crow (Heavy Vegetable, Thingy).... not to be confused with UK band SLEEPY PEOPLE - this track was originally on one of their early 90s tape EPs sold at gigs, then re-released by Org Records with other rare tracks as Blunt Nails In A Sharp Wall (still available from Org mail order)...Sleepy People split and remodelled as the late Ultrasound, more recently reforming as Sleepy People with some original members..
RASHOMON is a project from ex-Guapo member Matt Thompson and the two tracks played are from the just-released album 'The Ruined Map (Film Music Volume 1)' which is very much worth hunting down - email rashomon68 at lycos.com to find out how. 'Each track on the album is based on a different film - not specifically in the form of soundtracks, but rather as companion pieces to the psychic states invoked by the more bizarre outher reaches of experimental narrative cinema' - a mixture of avant prog, Balkan folk, trad metal, modern composition, drone and psyche rock... includes mellotrons!
This CARDIACS instrumental can only be found on the b-side of 1996 single 'Odd Even' ...I may be wrong, but I'm think it commemorates the English Hurricane of October 1987... that night, Cardiacs were playing the Bull & Gate in London (as a secret gig that I really really wanted to go to but couldn't...). Afterwards they recounted how strange the air was, as many remember the night was completely calm until about 10pm, when it suddenly it wasn't... As they were loading in the gear via the Bull & Gate's dark, somewhat Dickensian little courtyard at the back, everyone noticed how crackly, still and electric the air was, and they swear they saw two shooting stars make a cross in the sky... well, it reminds me of that night! Ok, Cardiacs are ON TOUR!!!! in November: dates at www.cardiacs.com - they have a brand new (new!!) single out as part of the limited edition Org-An-Ised Singles series, Nov 5th, available direct from www.organart.demon.co.uk/mocardiacs...
The lovely QUACK QUACK are another band from Leeds, and this was also on On The Bone records, off their label sampler Compilation No 1- www.onthebonerecords.com
'I Citizen The Loathsome' is from PLAID's cd/DVD album with video maestro BOB JAROC - out on Warp last year, still breathtaking - www.warprecords.com.
A proper play for 'Bishop Hopping' the PHANTOMSMASHER track that has been the Other Rock Show theme tune for quite some time now. Phantomsmasher is DJ Speedranch, James Plotkin and Dave Witte, still available on Ipecac - www.ipecac.com
The third Leeds band of the show - ROLOTOMASSI are a five-piece, currently gigging lots, this was from their five track EP on Holy Roar records, London, see www.holyroarrecords.com.
Outro from KOENJIHYAKKEI who are Yoshida Tatsuya (main man in Ruins) and a full band, this from 'Angherr Shisspa' on Skin Graft, hear lots of samples at www.skingraftrecords.com
Good hunting/listning, Marina Organ
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by SeanOrgan » Mon Oct 22, 2007 4:44 pm
LATEST ORGAN RADIO SHOW / RESONANCE 104.4FM PLAYLIST
Organ show with Sean O on RESONANCE 104.4FM, Sunday October 21st, 10.00pm – On your FM dial all over London and worldwide via www.resonancefm.com.
Who got played this week? How do you find our more?
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 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: COUNTRYSIDE – Click.Submit.Send (demo) - This fine eight track demo turned up in the post this week, know nothing about it, never heard of them, love it to bits! I guess they’re from the Bristol area and they play this glowing mix lo-fi experimental textured pop with all kinds of unobtrusive little details that add so so much – bright glowing glorious songs laced with radio noises and found sound and sunshine and just so so right in every way This is what Organ is about, fine new exciting rewarding crafted music made with creative delight that just lands in our life so that we can hopefully land it in yours, I haven’t stopped playing this wonderful CD since it landed here – www.myspace.com/countrysideland
3: VESSELS - Clear & Calm (Cuckundoo) – b-side of the new Vessels single that comes out as a limited pressing of just 500 seven inchers on November 5th, the a-side is just as good, they’re from Leeds and they play delicate refined post rock flavoured songs – ‘songs’ being the important part of that statement – www.myspace.com/vesselsband or www.vesselsband.com or www.myspace.com/cuckundoorecords
4: AKIMBO – Wizard Van Wizard (Alternative Tentacles) - A track of the new (5th) album from the Seattle band of alternative/punk/metal/garage old school hard rock makers – hell they’re just a rock band – they just turn up, plug in and rock! Released on Alt.Tentacles in UK on October 29th – how about those drums?! Big crushing riffing get-in-the-van old school stoner-edged punk-ass filthy blues based prog-fused hard rock monster riffing righteous goodness – more from www.myspace.com/akimbo – Alternative Tentacle releases are available in the UK via www.cargorecords.co.uk
5: LONG DISTANCE CALLING – Aurora (Viva Hate) – A beautiful eight and a half mellow minutes and a mostly instrumental piece of melancholic post-rock from Germany’s very fine Long Distant Calling. Taken from their new album Satellite Bay – the album is released in the UK on October 22nd, one for appreciators of bands like Explosions In The Sky or Pelican or... – www.longdistancecalling.de or www.myspace.com/longdistancecalling or www.vivahaterecords.com
6: FIGHT LIKE APES – Jake Summers (Cool For Cats) - This came out back at the start of September while we were off air – like Kentucky Fried Chicken with all the taste and none of the guilt and driving Miss Daisy everywhere with a parking violation and a maggot on your nose. This is brilliant – they’re from Dublin and they sound like junk television and Bis and Beck in a food fight all at the same time, this has to be a very very very good thing. She sounds sugar sweet and she buys presents and they feed the geese (and stupify them) and butter wouldn’t melt in her mouth and then she screams about your stupid face! “And hey you! Get some grace!! You're like Kentucky Fried Chicken but without the taste!” - Is this the single of the year? That is certainly lyric of the year and I make no apologies for this repeat playing - www.myspace.com/fightlikeapesmusic
7: PRE – Slash In The Snakepit (Skingraft) – A manic 48 second track from the thrilling London band’s recently released insane screaming new wave high speed post punk pronk beast of an album that tastes like early Cardiacs feasting on Melt Banana. They have a new split 7” single out now (also featuring Aids Wolf). Album of the week here back at the start of September. Hear them and explore more over at www.myspace.com/prepreprepre or www.skingraftrecords.com
8: TIME.SPACE.REPEAT – The End Of The World (God Is In The TV) – A new and rather atmospheric smouldering download only DIY single from the very fine post-rock shoegazing alternative band from London. Released in conjunction with God is in the TV fanzine (single of the week this week on the Organ web pages). They play a free gig at The Dragon’s Ball in Croydon on October 24th – more details from www.myspace.com/timespacerepeat
9: BASTARD OF THE SKIES – Kubrick Zirconia (demo) – Why are this band still putting out demos? Why aren’t they big news? Demo of the week (again) on the Organ pages this week (along with Mehe), they’re from Blackburn, Lancashire (no more wise-ass comment about all the holes they’ve made) - massive alt.metal for people who love things like intensely heavy things such as Neurosis, St.Vitus or The Melvins – I’m rather pleased with the number of demo tracks we got into this week’s show - www.myspace.com/bastardoftheskies
10: COUNTRYSIDE – Estuary (demo) – See track two, another fine track from their very fine Click.Space.Repeat demo that’s so good that some of it sounds like Sea nymphs (that is high high praise) – www.myspace.com/countrysideland
11: ME FIRST AND THE GIMMIE GIMMIES – Jolene (Fat Wreck) - Released as a black square vinyl limited edition 7” as part of Me First’s Square Dance Series of vinyl released on October 16th. This is their version of the Dolly Parton classic, originally released on their fine album of fast punk rock style country covers “Love Their Country” and yeah I know, I played it again, but it is a brilliant slice of inspired punk rock and hey, it is only a minute and a bit, and you know – all this new stuff flying at you, treat this as a one minute break where you can relax with a song you already love – more details over at www.fatwreck.com
12: CANDY PANIC ATTACK – Operator (demo) – A new demo from the rather pro-active DIY riot-grrl flavoured punk band from London. They handed this to us at a Vile Vile Creatures gig (that they had helped organise – thanks for the demo and the gig) a few weeks back, (sorry Candies it got lost in my chaos),explore lots more over at www.myspace.com/candypanicattack
13: THE WINCHESTER CLUB – Settle Down (WHI) A five minute slice of their nine minute piece (hey, we only have an hour on air, lots to cram in – all their tracks are long - long tracks are good thing), fine mellow and rather original post-rock/refined prog from the London band’s long awaited and rather GodspeedYBEish new album Britannia Truimphant – the album is out on November 5th as a download or mailorder only DIY handmade CDr - www.thewinchesterclub.org
14: HERE & NOW – Stoned Innocent Frankenstein (4 Zero) – Here And Now, the legendary alternative anarcho punk/head band have a new live album out, couldn’t resist this classic slice of proper punk and floating anarchy opium for you people...www.4zerorecords.co.uk or www.myspace.com/herenowplanetgong
15: CARDIACS – Gen (ORG) – First ever bit of radio play for this new Cardiacs track, one of the b-sides off the forthcoming single – out on November 5th- the band head out on a UK tour on November 12th, full details of the tour from www.cardiacs.com or more about the single, limited to just 1000 as part 35 of the ORG-AN-ISED SINGLES SERIES from us over at www.organart.com
16: MEHE – well the excellent three demo they sent in (from Oslo, Sweden) has no tracklisting, so we’ll just say we played track 2 and tell you this is (joint) demo of the week on the Organ website this week and that they’re a rather monolithic avant-metal band. They say their biggest influence is the weather and you can find out more over at www.myspace.com/musicinthevoid
17: COUNTRYSIDE - You’ve Changed = Now You’re Boring (demo) – See track two for details, third slice for tonight (and if we had more time we would have played more)
Next Sunday it’s a week off while Resonance broadcast a live evening from the Brussels Radiophonic festival – the week after, all being well, will be Marina’s turn and her OTHER ROCK SHOW – where rock music comes laced with unusual time signatures and sounds just a little less conventional than normal.
Organ show with Sean O on RESONANCE 104.4FM, Sunday October 21st, 10.00pm – On your FM dial all over London and worldwide via www.resonancefm.com.
Who got played this week? How do you find our more?
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 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: COUNTRYSIDE – Click.Submit.Send (demo) - This fine eight track demo turned up in the post this week, know nothing about it, never heard of them, love it to bits! I guess they’re from the Bristol area and they play this glowing mix lo-fi experimental textured pop with all kinds of unobtrusive little details that add so so much – bright glowing glorious songs laced with radio noises and found sound and sunshine and just so so right in every way This is what Organ is about, fine new exciting rewarding crafted music made with creative delight that just lands in our life so that we can hopefully land it in yours, I haven’t stopped playing this wonderful CD since it landed here – www.myspace.com/countrysideland
3: VESSELS - Clear & Calm (Cuckundoo) – b-side of the new Vessels single that comes out as a limited pressing of just 500 seven inchers on November 5th, the a-side is just as good, they’re from Leeds and they play delicate refined post rock flavoured songs – ‘songs’ being the important part of that statement – www.myspace.com/vesselsband or www.vesselsband.com or www.myspace.com/cuckundoorecords
4: AKIMBO – Wizard Van Wizard (Alternative Tentacles) - A track of the new (5th) album from the Seattle band of alternative/punk/metal/garage old school hard rock makers – hell they’re just a rock band – they just turn up, plug in and rock! Released on Alt.Tentacles in UK on October 29th – how about those drums?! Big crushing riffing get-in-the-van old school stoner-edged punk-ass filthy blues based prog-fused hard rock monster riffing righteous goodness – more from www.myspace.com/akimbo – Alternative Tentacle releases are available in the UK via www.cargorecords.co.uk
5: LONG DISTANCE CALLING – Aurora (Viva Hate) – A beautiful eight and a half mellow minutes and a mostly instrumental piece of melancholic post-rock from Germany’s very fine Long Distant Calling. Taken from their new album Satellite Bay – the album is released in the UK on October 22nd, one for appreciators of bands like Explosions In The Sky or Pelican or... – www.longdistancecalling.de or www.myspace.com/longdistancecalling or www.vivahaterecords.com
6: FIGHT LIKE APES – Jake Summers (Cool For Cats) - This came out back at the start of September while we were off air – like Kentucky Fried Chicken with all the taste and none of the guilt and driving Miss Daisy everywhere with a parking violation and a maggot on your nose. This is brilliant – they’re from Dublin and they sound like junk television and Bis and Beck in a food fight all at the same time, this has to be a very very very good thing. She sounds sugar sweet and she buys presents and they feed the geese (and stupify them) and butter wouldn’t melt in her mouth and then she screams about your stupid face! “And hey you! Get some grace!! You're like Kentucky Fried Chicken but without the taste!” - Is this the single of the year? That is certainly lyric of the year and I make no apologies for this repeat playing - www.myspace.com/fightlikeapesmusic
7: PRE – Slash In The Snakepit (Skingraft) – A manic 48 second track from the thrilling London band’s recently released insane screaming new wave high speed post punk pronk beast of an album that tastes like early Cardiacs feasting on Melt Banana. They have a new split 7” single out now (also featuring Aids Wolf). Album of the week here back at the start of September. Hear them and explore more over at www.myspace.com/prepreprepre or www.skingraftrecords.com
8: TIME.SPACE.REPEAT – The End Of The World (God Is In The TV) – A new and rather atmospheric smouldering download only DIY single from the very fine post-rock shoegazing alternative band from London. Released in conjunction with God is in the TV fanzine (single of the week this week on the Organ web pages). They play a free gig at The Dragon’s Ball in Croydon on October 24th – more details from www.myspace.com/timespacerepeat
9: BASTARD OF THE SKIES – Kubrick Zirconia (demo) – Why are this band still putting out demos? Why aren’t they big news? Demo of the week (again) on the Organ pages this week (along with Mehe), they’re from Blackburn, Lancashire (no more wise-ass comment about all the holes they’ve made) - massive alt.metal for people who love things like intensely heavy things such as Neurosis, St.Vitus or The Melvins – I’m rather pleased with the number of demo tracks we got into this week’s show - www.myspace.com/bastardoftheskies
10: COUNTRYSIDE – Estuary (demo) – See track two, another fine track from their very fine Click.Space.Repeat demo that’s so good that some of it sounds like Sea nymphs (that is high high praise) – www.myspace.com/countrysideland
11: ME FIRST AND THE GIMMIE GIMMIES – Jolene (Fat Wreck) - Released as a black square vinyl limited edition 7” as part of Me First’s Square Dance Series of vinyl released on October 16th. This is their version of the Dolly Parton classic, originally released on their fine album of fast punk rock style country covers “Love Their Country” and yeah I know, I played it again, but it is a brilliant slice of inspired punk rock and hey, it is only a minute and a bit, and you know – all this new stuff flying at you, treat this as a one minute break where you can relax with a song you already love – more details over at www.fatwreck.com
12: CANDY PANIC ATTACK – Operator (demo) – A new demo from the rather pro-active DIY riot-grrl flavoured punk band from London. They handed this to us at a Vile Vile Creatures gig (that they had helped organise – thanks for the demo and the gig) a few weeks back, (sorry Candies it got lost in my chaos),explore lots more over at www.myspace.com/candypanicattack
13: THE WINCHESTER CLUB – Settle Down (WHI) A five minute slice of their nine minute piece (hey, we only have an hour on air, lots to cram in – all their tracks are long - long tracks are good thing), fine mellow and rather original post-rock/refined prog from the London band’s long awaited and rather GodspeedYBEish new album Britannia Truimphant – the album is out on November 5th as a download or mailorder only DIY handmade CDr - www.thewinchesterclub.org
14: HERE & NOW – Stoned Innocent Frankenstein (4 Zero) – Here And Now, the legendary alternative anarcho punk/head band have a new live album out, couldn’t resist this classic slice of proper punk and floating anarchy opium for you people...www.4zerorecords.co.uk or www.myspace.com/herenowplanetgong
15: CARDIACS – Gen (ORG) – First ever bit of radio play for this new Cardiacs track, one of the b-sides off the forthcoming single – out on November 5th- the band head out on a UK tour on November 12th, full details of the tour from www.cardiacs.com or more about the single, limited to just 1000 as part 35 of the ORG-AN-ISED SINGLES SERIES from us over at www.organart.com
16: MEHE – well the excellent three demo they sent in (from Oslo, Sweden) has no tracklisting, so we’ll just say we played track 2 and tell you this is (joint) demo of the week on the Organ website this week and that they’re a rather monolithic avant-metal band. They say their biggest influence is the weather and you can find out more over at www.myspace.com/musicinthevoid
17: COUNTRYSIDE - You’ve Changed = Now You’re Boring (demo) – See track two for details, third slice for tonight (and if we had more time we would have played more)
Next Sunday it’s a week off while Resonance broadcast a live evening from the Brussels Radiophonic festival – the week after, all being well, will be Marina’s turn and her OTHER ROCK SHOW – where rock music comes laced with unusual time signatures and sounds just a little less conventional than normal.
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by SeanOrgan » Mon Nov 05, 2007 2:39 pm
LATEST ORGAN RADIO SHOW / RESONANCE 104.4FM PLAYLIST
Organ show with Sean O on RESONANCE 104.4FM, Sunday November 4th, 10.00pm – On your FM dial all over London and worldwide via www.resonancefm.com.
Who got played this week? How do you find our more? Here come the details...
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 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: HAWKWIND – This Is Your Captain Speaking (Liberty) The classic slice of 70’s counter culture that is the Greasy Truckers Party has just been re-issued as a three disc CD set (comes with excellent notes). We couldn’t resist dipping in for a quick taste as part of the start of tonight’s show.
3: DEARHUNTER – Lake Somerset (Kranky) – A track from the recently released Cryptograms album. Deerhunter are from Atlanta and this time they’re like some sparse visceral sharkhunt of an American alt.rock road trip (somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert...). Kind of Sonic Youth for Spaceman 3 disciples who don’t mind a dark slice of strung-out primal space-rock Joy Division via the minimal side of those beautiful Liars. Deerhunter finally make it over to the UK for a host of dates – they were in London at the Forum last Friday playing with Deerhoof, Liars, F*ck Buttons and Black Lips. Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs fame has described their live performance as "A religious experience" – the dates are almost over now but you can still catch them on 6 Nov at Liars Club in Nottingham and Cafe Saki, Manchester on 7th November (a bill that also features To The Bones) - www.kranky.net - available in the UK via www.southern.net
4: DEARHOOF – Makko Shobu (ATP) - A new single from the ever wonderful Dearhoof, out of 3rd December as a limited edition 7” picture disc. This is the b-side, a track preciously unreleased outside of the USA
5: CARBOMB – Hypnotic Worm (Relapse) – An overdue re-visit to the Long Island (New York) band’s twisted album of vicious math metal and jazz-inspired extreme blast thrashing – www.myspace.com/carbomb
6: TERA MELOS – Party With Tina (Temporary Residence) – A track from the new BY THE END OF TONIGHT / TERA MELOS split CD album - Complex Full Of Phantoms. Tera Melos are jaw-dropping. If we'd heard this blind we would have assumed it was some kind of supercharged Hella/Rob Crow collaboration, Holy Smokes with the hyperspeed madness knob turned to eleven. Tera Melos come from Sacramento, California. Outrageously complex as each song is - imagine entire Yes albums in one song - the sound has clarity, emotional purpose and strong, bright melodies, frilled and punctuated with glitch and keyboard flourishes and beautiful harmonies. Upsilon Acrux are an obvious comparison, but Upsilon keep it cool and cerebral and hint their emotion – Tera Melos humanise the cutting edge in a way few have yet done. www.myspace.com/teramelos or www.temporaryresidence.com available in the UK via www.cargorecords.co.uk
7: ODD SHAPED HEAD – Robot Werewolf (Construction) – The b-side from the forthcoming In The Kitchen single. Things are coming together really nicely for Odd Shaped Head now. A fine fine follow up to Egomatic Annie and another couple of slices of “infectiously clever catchy slice of impressive bouncy energetic jerky new wave English pop” (to quote our last review that they now quote on their press release). Driving punchy urgent poppy angular Devo flavoured flowing awkward poisoned electric heads with vampire robot girl issues – her head goes rusty if she stands too close to water, spot on new wave pop – www.myspace.com/oddshapedhead
8: MY DEVICE – Everything Is Inflatable (Shifty Disco) – A track from the Brighton band’s new album Jumbo Fiasco (the album is out tomorrow – November 5th) - A scratchy set of slightly angular fidgety slightly abrasive indie rock new wave things from Brighton. My Device play an Artrocker night on Tuesday 6th Nov at London’s Buffalo Bar (Highbury). www.my-device.co.uk or www.myspace.com/mydevice
9: EFTERKLANG – Maison Of Reflection (Leaf) - Efterklang are from Denmark, this is from their wonderful new album Parades – the album came out two weeks ago, and everything on it is as fine as this track. And Efterklang are heading this way, their UK tour starts on the 21st Nov in Bristol and takes in London’s Bush Hall on Friday November 23rd and ends in Brighton on Dec 1st - Efterklang are just wonderful, they’re Mew and Sigur Ros and Cardiacs good – they’re just wonderful and unique – www.efterklang.net or www.myspace.com/efterklang or www.theleaflabel.com -
10: THE JELAS – Boys On Bikes (demo)- A track from the Bristol band’s excellent Mistakes Drives The Blunder Bus demo (Organ demo of the week) Ten well crafted and well recorded DIY tracks, some girl fronted, some boy fronted, all deliciously lo-fi and thrillingly bendy – hard-boiled mathematics, difficult - good – not that they’re hard to listen to, no this flow easily, they just soothe you in a slightly different way – they’re incredibly infectious with their clandestine designs and pumping goodness into you veins. Any band who have a song called Asparagus have to be worth checking out, and a song called Pure Mathematics might help you add things up a little.– www.myspace.com/thejelas
11: NICK CAVE and WARREN ELLIS (Mute) – A taste of the forthcoming new soundtrack album “Music From The Motion Picture The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford” - A haunting compelling and rather beautifully intense instrumental soundtrack to the rather ‘savage’ film from director Andrew Domink. A semi acoustic rather plaintive melancholic set of pieces. Slow and errie violins, mournful piano – things pretty much stick to the one very slow downbeat pace for the entire length of the soundtrack. A captivating compelling thing of beauty, everything you’d expect from Cave and Ellis – www.nickcaveandthebadseeds.com or http://jessejamesmovie.warnerbros.com
12: TODD - Black Skull (Southern) – A just short of two minute revisit to Todd’s avant-punk noise attack of an album “Comes To Your House”. Todd have just announced a London show on 26th Nov at the King’s Cross Scala, London with Scout Niblett – www.toddranch.com
13: THE DRONES – Cockeyed Lowlife Of The Highlands (ATP) - A new single as part of ATP’s Custom Made series. Released on December 3rd as a limited edition of 1000 (first 100 in hand made sleeves)
14: VERNON ELLIOTT ENSEMBLE – Ivor The Engine: Main Theme (Trunk) - Now this is an absolute treat of a treasure - thank you Mr Trunk! An album featuring the original music from Ivor The Engine and Pogles Wood animated television series. An album lovingly put together from the rather fragile forty year old original real to real tapes that were stored in Oliver Postgate’s basement. The album is released on December 3rd and this is the first time this music has been available – wonderful - www.trunkrecords.com
15: TURBO NEGRO – No, I’m Alpha Male (Cooking Vinyl) – New single from the havoc raising Turbo boys and some more of their explosive liberating garage punk – liberating and oblivious, this is the new single out in December. And what should have happened tonight is that we should have followed it up with a slice of San Francisco’s TURBO NEGRA – Damn those faulty CDrs! www.myspace.com/turbonegro or www.turbonegro.com Hang on though, CD malfunctions can't stop us, move over Turbonegro, you just got your sweet sailor-boy asses kicked! Blown off! A gang of Denim Demons from deepest San Francisco, TURBO NEGRA! An all girl mean as f Turbonegro! Self Destructo! This is one fire that does not need putting out, (I’ve got erection! Yeah, I know, but it had to be said didn't it) - Turbonegra are Shelley from Bimbo Toolshed, Sally from Fabulous Disaster, Tish from Van Gogh's Daughter, Erica from MDC, Rina from Psychadelic Wedding rounding it out on vocals, & Amanda from Blue Rabbit throwin down some tamborine & keys! “These 6 hot rockin babes will kick you in the teeth and throw your ass in the pit, so check 'em out in a town near you!” - www.myspace.com/turbonegra666
16: JAPANISCHE KAMPFHORSPIELE – Der Angriff Startet (Bastardize) – A track from the new album Rauchen Und Yoga (released last week) – “Forget about grind punk, this is pop grind” – well that’s what they said – sounds like some insane bunch of babbling German extreme avant-industrial thrashing grind nihilists to us - www.myspace.com/jaka or www.bastardized.net
17: THE JELAS – Lead Vest (demo) – Another taste of this week’s Organ demo of the week – see track 10 for more details.
18: UNGDOMSKULEN - Spartacus (Ever) - Using dirty guitars to make clean, clear statements, Ungdomskulen blaze with confidence right from the start of this debut album. A three-piece from Norway who sound like they've absorbed all kinds of American underground rock, taking avant influences and taming them, going for tunes and compelling listenability - www.everrecords.com
19: CARDIACS – Gen (ORG)– Another slice of this new Cardiacs track, one of the b-sides off the forthcoming single – out on November 5th - the band head out on a UK tour on November 12th, full details of the tour from www.cardiacs.com or more about the single, limited to just 1000 as part 35 of the ORG-AN-ISED SINGLES SERIES from us over at www.organart.com (yes I know, playing our own release again, we didn’t mean to, we had a CD malfunction and grabbed this!)
20: COUNTRYSIDE – Tape Dysfunctional #4 (demo) This fine eight track demo turned up in the post a couple of weeks ago, we knew nothing about it, never heard of them, loved it to bits! We play some tracks last time around and got loads of positive feedback so here’s some more. They’re from the Bristol area and they play this glowing mix lo-fi experimental textured pop with all kinds of unobtrusive little details that add so so much – bright glowing glorious songs laced with radio noises and found sound and sunshine and just so so right in every way This is what Organ is about, fine new exciting rewarding crafted music made with creative delight that just lands in our life so that we can hopefully land it in yours, I haven’t stopped playing this wonderful CD since it landed here – www.myspace.com/countrysideland
21: THE DRIFT – Streets (Temporary Residence) – New album out this very Monday on the consistently good Temporary Residence label. A forward thing jazz/rock hybrid of an album that ventures in to the darker areas of post-rock flavoured ambient creativity that tastes of Isotope217, Miles Davis and with just a hint of Beefheart-inspired guitar. The album is a collection of rare vinyl only 12”ers and such, including remixes by Four Tet and Sybarite - www.thedriftmusic.com or www.temporaryresidence.com
Next Sunday, all being well, will be Marina’s turn and her OTHER ROCK SHOW – where rock music comes laced with unusual time signatures and sounds just a little less conventional than normal.
WHAT IS RESONANCE FM?
Resonance104.4fm is London's first radio art station. Its brief? To provide a radical alternative to the universal formulae of mainstream broadcasting. It features programmes made by musicians, artists and critics who represent the diversity of London's arts scene,
Resonance104.4fm is bringing a multitude of experimental sound, new music, radio art and interaction to the capital's airwaves. Resonance104.4fm broadcasts from the heart of London and is simultaneously streamed on the web at www.resonancefm.com where you can also check out our full programme listings. Resonance104.4fm is the only station of its kind in the UK, providing access radio for London's arts community.
Imagine a radio station like no other. A radio station that makes public those artworks that have no place in traditional broadcasting. A radio station that is an archive of the new, the undiscovered, the forgotten, the impossible. That is an invisible gallery, a virtual arts centre whose location is at once local, global and timeless. And that is itself a work of art. Imagine a radio station that responds rapidly to new initiatives, has time to draw breath and reflect. A laboratory for experimentation, that by virtue of its uniqueness brings into being a new audience of listeners and creators. All this and more, Resonance104.4fm aims to make London's airwaves available to the widest possible range of practitioners of contemporary art.
Organ show with Sean O on RESONANCE 104.4FM, Sunday November 4th, 10.00pm – On your FM dial all over London and worldwide via www.resonancefm.com.
Who got played this week? How do you find our more? Here come the details...
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 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: HAWKWIND – This Is Your Captain Speaking (Liberty) The classic slice of 70’s counter culture that is the Greasy Truckers Party has just been re-issued as a three disc CD set (comes with excellent notes). We couldn’t resist dipping in for a quick taste as part of the start of tonight’s show.
3: DEARHUNTER – Lake Somerset (Kranky) – A track from the recently released Cryptograms album. Deerhunter are from Atlanta and this time they’re like some sparse visceral sharkhunt of an American alt.rock road trip (somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert...). Kind of Sonic Youth for Spaceman 3 disciples who don’t mind a dark slice of strung-out primal space-rock Joy Division via the minimal side of those beautiful Liars. Deerhunter finally make it over to the UK for a host of dates – they were in London at the Forum last Friday playing with Deerhoof, Liars, F*ck Buttons and Black Lips. Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs fame has described their live performance as "A religious experience" – the dates are almost over now but you can still catch them on 6 Nov at Liars Club in Nottingham and Cafe Saki, Manchester on 7th November (a bill that also features To The Bones) - www.kranky.net - available in the UK via www.southern.net
4: DEARHOOF – Makko Shobu (ATP) - A new single from the ever wonderful Dearhoof, out of 3rd December as a limited edition 7” picture disc. This is the b-side, a track preciously unreleased outside of the USA
5: CARBOMB – Hypnotic Worm (Relapse) – An overdue re-visit to the Long Island (New York) band’s twisted album of vicious math metal and jazz-inspired extreme blast thrashing – www.myspace.com/carbomb
6: TERA MELOS – Party With Tina (Temporary Residence) – A track from the new BY THE END OF TONIGHT / TERA MELOS split CD album - Complex Full Of Phantoms. Tera Melos are jaw-dropping. If we'd heard this blind we would have assumed it was some kind of supercharged Hella/Rob Crow collaboration, Holy Smokes with the hyperspeed madness knob turned to eleven. Tera Melos come from Sacramento, California. Outrageously complex as each song is - imagine entire Yes albums in one song - the sound has clarity, emotional purpose and strong, bright melodies, frilled and punctuated with glitch and keyboard flourishes and beautiful harmonies. Upsilon Acrux are an obvious comparison, but Upsilon keep it cool and cerebral and hint their emotion – Tera Melos humanise the cutting edge in a way few have yet done. www.myspace.com/teramelos or www.temporaryresidence.com available in the UK via www.cargorecords.co.uk
7: ODD SHAPED HEAD – Robot Werewolf (Construction) – The b-side from the forthcoming In The Kitchen single. Things are coming together really nicely for Odd Shaped Head now. A fine fine follow up to Egomatic Annie and another couple of slices of “infectiously clever catchy slice of impressive bouncy energetic jerky new wave English pop” (to quote our last review that they now quote on their press release). Driving punchy urgent poppy angular Devo flavoured flowing awkward poisoned electric heads with vampire robot girl issues – her head goes rusty if she stands too close to water, spot on new wave pop – www.myspace.com/oddshapedhead
8: MY DEVICE – Everything Is Inflatable (Shifty Disco) – A track from the Brighton band’s new album Jumbo Fiasco (the album is out tomorrow – November 5th) - A scratchy set of slightly angular fidgety slightly abrasive indie rock new wave things from Brighton. My Device play an Artrocker night on Tuesday 6th Nov at London’s Buffalo Bar (Highbury). www.my-device.co.uk or www.myspace.com/mydevice
9: EFTERKLANG – Maison Of Reflection (Leaf) - Efterklang are from Denmark, this is from their wonderful new album Parades – the album came out two weeks ago, and everything on it is as fine as this track. And Efterklang are heading this way, their UK tour starts on the 21st Nov in Bristol and takes in London’s Bush Hall on Friday November 23rd and ends in Brighton on Dec 1st - Efterklang are just wonderful, they’re Mew and Sigur Ros and Cardiacs good – they’re just wonderful and unique – www.efterklang.net or www.myspace.com/efterklang or www.theleaflabel.com -
10: THE JELAS – Boys On Bikes (demo)- A track from the Bristol band’s excellent Mistakes Drives The Blunder Bus demo (Organ demo of the week) Ten well crafted and well recorded DIY tracks, some girl fronted, some boy fronted, all deliciously lo-fi and thrillingly bendy – hard-boiled mathematics, difficult - good – not that they’re hard to listen to, no this flow easily, they just soothe you in a slightly different way – they’re incredibly infectious with their clandestine designs and pumping goodness into you veins. Any band who have a song called Asparagus have to be worth checking out, and a song called Pure Mathematics might help you add things up a little.– www.myspace.com/thejelas
11: NICK CAVE and WARREN ELLIS (Mute) – A taste of the forthcoming new soundtrack album “Music From The Motion Picture The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford” - A haunting compelling and rather beautifully intense instrumental soundtrack to the rather ‘savage’ film from director Andrew Domink. A semi acoustic rather plaintive melancholic set of pieces. Slow and errie violins, mournful piano – things pretty much stick to the one very slow downbeat pace for the entire length of the soundtrack. A captivating compelling thing of beauty, everything you’d expect from Cave and Ellis – www.nickcaveandthebadseeds.com or http://jessejamesmovie.warnerbros.com
12: TODD - Black Skull (Southern) – A just short of two minute revisit to Todd’s avant-punk noise attack of an album “Comes To Your House”. Todd have just announced a London show on 26th Nov at the King’s Cross Scala, London with Scout Niblett – www.toddranch.com
13: THE DRONES – Cockeyed Lowlife Of The Highlands (ATP) - A new single as part of ATP’s Custom Made series. Released on December 3rd as a limited edition of 1000 (first 100 in hand made sleeves)
14: VERNON ELLIOTT ENSEMBLE – Ivor The Engine: Main Theme (Trunk) - Now this is an absolute treat of a treasure - thank you Mr Trunk! An album featuring the original music from Ivor The Engine and Pogles Wood animated television series. An album lovingly put together from the rather fragile forty year old original real to real tapes that were stored in Oliver Postgate’s basement. The album is released on December 3rd and this is the first time this music has been available – wonderful - www.trunkrecords.com
15: TURBO NEGRO – No, I’m Alpha Male (Cooking Vinyl) – New single from the havoc raising Turbo boys and some more of their explosive liberating garage punk – liberating and oblivious, this is the new single out in December. And what should have happened tonight is that we should have followed it up with a slice of San Francisco’s TURBO NEGRA – Damn those faulty CDrs! www.myspace.com/turbonegro or www.turbonegro.com Hang on though, CD malfunctions can't stop us, move over Turbonegro, you just got your sweet sailor-boy asses kicked! Blown off! A gang of Denim Demons from deepest San Francisco, TURBO NEGRA! An all girl mean as f Turbonegro! Self Destructo! This is one fire that does not need putting out, (I’ve got erection! Yeah, I know, but it had to be said didn't it) - Turbonegra are Shelley from Bimbo Toolshed, Sally from Fabulous Disaster, Tish from Van Gogh's Daughter, Erica from MDC, Rina from Psychadelic Wedding rounding it out on vocals, & Amanda from Blue Rabbit throwin down some tamborine & keys! “These 6 hot rockin babes will kick you in the teeth and throw your ass in the pit, so check 'em out in a town near you!” - www.myspace.com/turbonegra666
16: JAPANISCHE KAMPFHORSPIELE – Der Angriff Startet (Bastardize) – A track from the new album Rauchen Und Yoga (released last week) – “Forget about grind punk, this is pop grind” – well that’s what they said – sounds like some insane bunch of babbling German extreme avant-industrial thrashing grind nihilists to us - www.myspace.com/jaka or www.bastardized.net
17: THE JELAS – Lead Vest (demo) – Another taste of this week’s Organ demo of the week – see track 10 for more details.
18: UNGDOMSKULEN - Spartacus (Ever) - Using dirty guitars to make clean, clear statements, Ungdomskulen blaze with confidence right from the start of this debut album. A three-piece from Norway who sound like they've absorbed all kinds of American underground rock, taking avant influences and taming them, going for tunes and compelling listenability - www.everrecords.com
19: CARDIACS – Gen (ORG)– Another slice of this new Cardiacs track, one of the b-sides off the forthcoming single – out on November 5th - the band head out on a UK tour on November 12th, full details of the tour from www.cardiacs.com or more about the single, limited to just 1000 as part 35 of the ORG-AN-ISED SINGLES SERIES from us over at www.organart.com (yes I know, playing our own release again, we didn’t mean to, we had a CD malfunction and grabbed this!)
20: COUNTRYSIDE – Tape Dysfunctional #4 (demo) This fine eight track demo turned up in the post a couple of weeks ago, we knew nothing about it, never heard of them, loved it to bits! We play some tracks last time around and got loads of positive feedback so here’s some more. They’re from the Bristol area and they play this glowing mix lo-fi experimental textured pop with all kinds of unobtrusive little details that add so so much – bright glowing glorious songs laced with radio noises and found sound and sunshine and just so so right in every way This is what Organ is about, fine new exciting rewarding crafted music made with creative delight that just lands in our life so that we can hopefully land it in yours, I haven’t stopped playing this wonderful CD since it landed here – www.myspace.com/countrysideland
21: THE DRIFT – Streets (Temporary Residence) – New album out this very Monday on the consistently good Temporary Residence label. A forward thing jazz/rock hybrid of an album that ventures in to the darker areas of post-rock flavoured ambient creativity that tastes of Isotope217, Miles Davis and with just a hint of Beefheart-inspired guitar. The album is a collection of rare vinyl only 12”ers and such, including remixes by Four Tet and Sybarite - www.thedriftmusic.com or www.temporaryresidence.com
Next Sunday, all being well, will be Marina’s turn and her OTHER ROCK SHOW – where rock music comes laced with unusual time signatures and sounds just a little less conventional than normal.
WHAT IS RESONANCE FM?
Resonance104.4fm is London's first radio art station. Its brief? To provide a radical alternative to the universal formulae of mainstream broadcasting. It features programmes made by musicians, artists and critics who represent the diversity of London's arts scene,
Resonance104.4fm is bringing a multitude of experimental sound, new music, radio art and interaction to the capital's airwaves. Resonance104.4fm broadcasts from the heart of London and is simultaneously streamed on the web at www.resonancefm.com where you can also check out our full programme listings. Resonance104.4fm is the only station of its kind in the UK, providing access radio for London's arts community.
Imagine a radio station like no other. A radio station that makes public those artworks that have no place in traditional broadcasting. A radio station that is an archive of the new, the undiscovered, the forgotten, the impossible. That is an invisible gallery, a virtual arts centre whose location is at once local, global and timeless. And that is itself a work of art. Imagine a radio station that responds rapidly to new initiatives, has time to draw breath and reflect. A laboratory for experimentation, that by virtue of its uniqueness brings into being a new audience of listeners and creators. All this and more, Resonance104.4fm aims to make London's airwaves available to the widest possible range of practitioners of contemporary art.
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LATEST ORGAN RADIO SHOW / RESONANCE 104.4FM PLAYLIST
Organ show with Sean O on RESONANCE 104.4FM, Sunday November 18th, 10.00pm – On your FM dial all over London and worldwide via www.resonancefm.com.
Who got played this week? How do you find our more? Here come the details...
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 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: EFTERKLANG – Horseback Tenors (Leaf) - Efterklang are from Denmark, this is from their wonderful new album Parades – the album came out last month, and everything on it is as fine as this track. And Efterklang are heading this way, their UK tour starts on the 21st Nov in Bristol, takes in London’s Bush Hall on Friday November 23rd and ends in Brighton on Dec 1st - Efterklang are just wonderful, they’re Mew and Sigur Ros and Cardiacs/Sea Nymphs good – they’re just wonderful and unique – www.efterklang.net or www.myspace.com/efterklang or www.theleaflabel.com
3: LITTLE TROPHY – Potty Stumble (demo) – New demo we picked up yesterday when the excellent Brighton band played one of those free RoTa afternoon shows – we Organ team put on the show this week and Little Trophy were wonderful again – fizzing new wave that tastes of things like Cardiacs and Ring and comes full of frothing X factor uniqueness. They really are one of the best new bands around right now, make every effort to see their very pleasing live show - www.myspace.com/littletrophy
4: WILLIAM D.DRAKE – Kiln (She Bear/Onomatopocia) - Mr Drake has a new four track EP out in December that perfectly illustrates the many sides of his two recent albums, the EP is called Earthy Shrine and this is the new track on there. William also has some shows coming up including a performance at the London Borderline on 21st December – www.williamddrake.com
5: ESCALADE – Pleasure Treasure (Cuckundoo) –B-side on the new single. Escalade (aka Greg Sullivan) is originally from New York via a self-imposed exile in New Zealand and now based in Tokyo. Cuckundoo is a rather good new label from Leeds, the single is a limited edition 7” and download thing and Escalade with be over in the UK for some shows in December and January, including a free afternoon RoTa show at the Nottinghill Art Centre – www.myspace.com/escaladers or www.myspace.com/cuckundoorecords or www.myspace.com/rotaclub
6: DIMENSION X – The Martian Chronicles (KML) – A debut album from a new trio and some extreme avant-Jazz noisecore meets 50’s b-movie alien invasion. The trio are Chris Corsano (Sunburned Hand Of The Man/Bjork/Thurston Moore ) Massimo Pupile (Zu) and David Chalmin (B For Bang) and the album is based on the stories from the cult 50’s radio show. The first great album of 2008? Out on January 7th – radioart meets avantrock, a perfect Resonance combination! www.myspace.com/dimensionxxx
7: TERRY EDWARDS & THE SCAPEGOATS - Cat People (Sartorial) - Out on limited edition (500) Romany blood red 7”vinyl - Single of the week last week well before we flipped it over for this slice of outrageous Bowieness in the shape a smoldering gasoline on the fire saxophone-drenched ska version of Cat People – Bowie never sounded so good! Brilliant, both sides of it! Outrageously brilliant! The other side features the born again Department S and their version of Alvin Stardust’s My Coo Ca Choo. Terry Edwards also plays as part of Gallon Drunk at the London Borderline on November 29th - www.myspace.com/satorialrecords or www.myspace.com/gallondrunk
8: GIANT PAW – Early Riser (Feral Electronics) Giant Paw put out these great limited edition CD singles that come with great screen printed cards, or do they put out these great cards that come with CDs that are laced with this rather unique locked on electronic/kraut sound that’s really nothing like that? If you liked this track then find out more over at www.myspace.com/giantpaw. Giant Paw feature one time Creaming Jesus frontman Andy, and they play a free show in London on the 27th November at The Social, Great Portland St.
9: NOFX – You’re Wrong (Fat Wreck) – NOFX have a new live album out this very Monday - politically charged US no messing straight-down-the-line establishment-baiting good-time punk rock. The new album is called “They’ve Actually Gotten Worse Live” – www.fatwreck.com is where you find out more.
10: CANDY PANIC ATTACK – What’s He Got That I haven’t (Cherryade) – From the London band’s debut Fruit Is Nature’s Candy EP - this week’s Organ single of the week – six slices of two minute hit and run lo-fi scratchy shouty raw-and-sore candy stealing panic attack punk rock lo-fi punker-than-punk songs that will steal your heart and yer cockney car while you’re still driving in the bleedin’ thing! Don’t you dare disagree, they can live without yer! Eastender hair pulling riot grrl attitude with more sherbet dib-dabs than you so shut it right! Two girls, one boy, six songs, and a debut single proper (before it was demo tapes and such). A do-not-mess take it or leave it attitude and all even better than last time – more vital love-heart crunching DIY lo-fi riot girl punk fizz and sugar rush chaos and here’s the link – www.myspace.com/candypanicattack or www.cherryademusic.co.uk
11: ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE & THE MELTING PARAISO UFO – Douchbag (Riot Season) – There’s a new album from the way out there psych/space/jazz/prog legends out in December, this was a slice of a 21minute track that demanded we play it – www.riotseason.com
12: TO THE BONES – Tycho (ORG) – The Bolton band who are talked of in terms of a mix of Motorhead/Pixes/80’S B-Line Matchbox (and who just played with Deerhunter and bonded so it seems) are back in London tomorrow at London’s Oxford Street Metro tomorrow (Monday 19th) on an Organ bill that also features the thrilling ten piece London ska/hip-hop experience that is Imperial Leisure and the excellent Bee Stings – if you want to get on the cheap guest list then e.mail us via www.organart.com before 3.00pm. More about To The Bones via www.tothebones.com
13: BEE STINGS – Show Me Happy (Council Pop) - London four piece fronted by a rather powerful girl called Valkyrie and dealing out a collision of pristine leftfield pop, experimental dance and dirty rock. They were excellent over at Diablesse last week, they’re at London’s Oxford Street Metro tomorrow (Monday 19th) on an Organ bill (and we’re very picky!) – www.beestings.co.uk
14: THE JELAS – Pure Mathematics (demo) - Another track from the Bristol band’s excellent Mistakes Drives The Blunder Bus demo (Organ demo of the week a couple of weeks ago) Ten well crafted and well recorded DIY tracks, some girl fronted, some boy fronted, all deliciously lo-fi and thrillingly bendy – hard-boiled mathematics, difficult - good – not that they’re hard to listen to, no this flow easily, they just soothe you in a slightly different way – they’re incredibly infectious with their clandestine designs and pumping goodness into you veins. Any band who have a song called Asparagus have to be worth checking .– www.myspace.com/thejelas
15: IQ – Born Brilliant (GEP) – The nowadays neo-prog band from the South of England have just announced a London show as part of their European tour, they’re at the Astoria on December 15th. They’ve been about since 1981 doing their epic/underground prog thing, not quite so left field now as they were in their darker/quirkier early days, the survivors are still worth an ear and a play though - this was a track from their 2004 album. Find out more via - www.gep.co.uk/iq
16: SUBHUMANS – Mickey Mouse Is Dead (Fat Wreck) – From the classic Subhumans live album Live In A Dive, played in anticipation of their December UK tour that drops in to London’s Camden underworld on December 16th (also played because Mickey’s Disney corporation has threatened to take over Rip Cruncher’s Derby County) – www.citizenfish.com is where you find out more about Subhumans
17: F*CK BUTTONS – Bright Tomorrow (ATP/R) – The debut single from the Bristol two piece and their uniquely colourful pronk/drone that goes to a point where drone becomes melody. Out on 3rd December as a limited edition 7” picture disc. The debut album is out in February, find out more via www.atpfestival.com
18: EFTERKLANG – Maison De Reflexion (Leaf) – And the only way to end tonight’s show is with another slice of the beautiful Efterklang in anticipation of Bush Hall on Friday – see track two for details/links.
Next Sunday, all being well, will be Marina’s turn and her OTHER ROCK SHOW – where rock music comes laced with unusual time signatures and sounds just a little less conventional than normal.
Organ show with Sean O on RESONANCE 104.4FM, Sunday November 18th, 10.00pm – On your FM dial all over London and worldwide via www.resonancefm.com.
Who got played this week? How do you find our more? Here come the details...
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 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: EFTERKLANG – Horseback Tenors (Leaf) - Efterklang are from Denmark, this is from their wonderful new album Parades – the album came out last month, and everything on it is as fine as this track. And Efterklang are heading this way, their UK tour starts on the 21st Nov in Bristol, takes in London’s Bush Hall on Friday November 23rd and ends in Brighton on Dec 1st - Efterklang are just wonderful, they’re Mew and Sigur Ros and Cardiacs/Sea Nymphs good – they’re just wonderful and unique – www.efterklang.net or www.myspace.com/efterklang or www.theleaflabel.com
3: LITTLE TROPHY – Potty Stumble (demo) – New demo we picked up yesterday when the excellent Brighton band played one of those free RoTa afternoon shows – we Organ team put on the show this week and Little Trophy were wonderful again – fizzing new wave that tastes of things like Cardiacs and Ring and comes full of frothing X factor uniqueness. They really are one of the best new bands around right now, make every effort to see their very pleasing live show - www.myspace.com/littletrophy
4: WILLIAM D.DRAKE – Kiln (She Bear/Onomatopocia) - Mr Drake has a new four track EP out in December that perfectly illustrates the many sides of his two recent albums, the EP is called Earthy Shrine and this is the new track on there. William also has some shows coming up including a performance at the London Borderline on 21st December – www.williamddrake.com
5: ESCALADE – Pleasure Treasure (Cuckundoo) –B-side on the new single. Escalade (aka Greg Sullivan) is originally from New York via a self-imposed exile in New Zealand and now based in Tokyo. Cuckundoo is a rather good new label from Leeds, the single is a limited edition 7” and download thing and Escalade with be over in the UK for some shows in December and January, including a free afternoon RoTa show at the Nottinghill Art Centre – www.myspace.com/escaladers or www.myspace.com/cuckundoorecords or www.myspace.com/rotaclub
6: DIMENSION X – The Martian Chronicles (KML) – A debut album from a new trio and some extreme avant-Jazz noisecore meets 50’s b-movie alien invasion. The trio are Chris Corsano (Sunburned Hand Of The Man/Bjork/Thurston Moore ) Massimo Pupile (Zu) and David Chalmin (B For Bang) and the album is based on the stories from the cult 50’s radio show. The first great album of 2008? Out on January 7th – radioart meets avantrock, a perfect Resonance combination! www.myspace.com/dimensionxxx
7: TERRY EDWARDS & THE SCAPEGOATS - Cat People (Sartorial) - Out on limited edition (500) Romany blood red 7”vinyl - Single of the week last week well before we flipped it over for this slice of outrageous Bowieness in the shape a smoldering gasoline on the fire saxophone-drenched ska version of Cat People – Bowie never sounded so good! Brilliant, both sides of it! Outrageously brilliant! The other side features the born again Department S and their version of Alvin Stardust’s My Coo Ca Choo. Terry Edwards also plays as part of Gallon Drunk at the London Borderline on November 29th - www.myspace.com/satorialrecords or www.myspace.com/gallondrunk
8: GIANT PAW – Early Riser (Feral Electronics) Giant Paw put out these great limited edition CD singles that come with great screen printed cards, or do they put out these great cards that come with CDs that are laced with this rather unique locked on electronic/kraut sound that’s really nothing like that? If you liked this track then find out more over at www.myspace.com/giantpaw. Giant Paw feature one time Creaming Jesus frontman Andy, and they play a free show in London on the 27th November at The Social, Great Portland St.
9: NOFX – You’re Wrong (Fat Wreck) – NOFX have a new live album out this very Monday - politically charged US no messing straight-down-the-line establishment-baiting good-time punk rock. The new album is called “They’ve Actually Gotten Worse Live” – www.fatwreck.com is where you find out more.
10: CANDY PANIC ATTACK – What’s He Got That I haven’t (Cherryade) – From the London band’s debut Fruit Is Nature’s Candy EP - this week’s Organ single of the week – six slices of two minute hit and run lo-fi scratchy shouty raw-and-sore candy stealing panic attack punk rock lo-fi punker-than-punk songs that will steal your heart and yer cockney car while you’re still driving in the bleedin’ thing! Don’t you dare disagree, they can live without yer! Eastender hair pulling riot grrl attitude with more sherbet dib-dabs than you so shut it right! Two girls, one boy, six songs, and a debut single proper (before it was demo tapes and such). A do-not-mess take it or leave it attitude and all even better than last time – more vital love-heart crunching DIY lo-fi riot girl punk fizz and sugar rush chaos and here’s the link – www.myspace.com/candypanicattack or www.cherryademusic.co.uk
11: ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE & THE MELTING PARAISO UFO – Douchbag (Riot Season) – There’s a new album from the way out there psych/space/jazz/prog legends out in December, this was a slice of a 21minute track that demanded we play it – www.riotseason.com
12: TO THE BONES – Tycho (ORG) – The Bolton band who are talked of in terms of a mix of Motorhead/Pixes/80’S B-Line Matchbox (and who just played with Deerhunter and bonded so it seems) are back in London tomorrow at London’s Oxford Street Metro tomorrow (Monday 19th) on an Organ bill that also features the thrilling ten piece London ska/hip-hop experience that is Imperial Leisure and the excellent Bee Stings – if you want to get on the cheap guest list then e.mail us via www.organart.com before 3.00pm. More about To The Bones via www.tothebones.com
13: BEE STINGS – Show Me Happy (Council Pop) - London four piece fronted by a rather powerful girl called Valkyrie and dealing out a collision of pristine leftfield pop, experimental dance and dirty rock. They were excellent over at Diablesse last week, they’re at London’s Oxford Street Metro tomorrow (Monday 19th) on an Organ bill (and we’re very picky!) – www.beestings.co.uk
14: THE JELAS – Pure Mathematics (demo) - Another track from the Bristol band’s excellent Mistakes Drives The Blunder Bus demo (Organ demo of the week a couple of weeks ago) Ten well crafted and well recorded DIY tracks, some girl fronted, some boy fronted, all deliciously lo-fi and thrillingly bendy – hard-boiled mathematics, difficult - good – not that they’re hard to listen to, no this flow easily, they just soothe you in a slightly different way – they’re incredibly infectious with their clandestine designs and pumping goodness into you veins. Any band who have a song called Asparagus have to be worth checking .– www.myspace.com/thejelas
15: IQ – Born Brilliant (GEP) – The nowadays neo-prog band from the South of England have just announced a London show as part of their European tour, they’re at the Astoria on December 15th. They’ve been about since 1981 doing their epic/underground prog thing, not quite so left field now as they were in their darker/quirkier early days, the survivors are still worth an ear and a play though - this was a track from their 2004 album. Find out more via - www.gep.co.uk/iq
16: SUBHUMANS – Mickey Mouse Is Dead (Fat Wreck) – From the classic Subhumans live album Live In A Dive, played in anticipation of their December UK tour that drops in to London’s Camden underworld on December 16th (also played because Mickey’s Disney corporation has threatened to take over Rip Cruncher’s Derby County) – www.citizenfish.com is where you find out more about Subhumans
17: F*CK BUTTONS – Bright Tomorrow (ATP/R) – The debut single from the Bristol two piece and their uniquely colourful pronk/drone that goes to a point where drone becomes melody. Out on 3rd December as a limited edition 7” picture disc. The debut album is out in February, find out more via www.atpfestival.com
18: EFTERKLANG – Maison De Reflexion (Leaf) – And the only way to end tonight’s show is with another slice of the beautiful Efterklang in anticipation of Bush Hall on Friday – see track two for details/links.
Next Sunday, all being well, will be Marina’s turn and her OTHER ROCK SHOW – where rock music comes laced with unusual time signatures and sounds just a little less conventional than normal.
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by SeanOrgan » Mon Nov 26, 2007 12:14 am
well it wasn't well... we couldn't get in to the studio tonight, stood outside woth no respnose from the studio, guess everyone went home early - sorry listeners... it was bloody cold outside as well!
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by SeanOrgan » Sun Dec 02, 2007 1:18 pm
so this Sunday al lbeing well we are on at 9.00 rather tha nten, which in turn should make life easier for engineers - us being live on air rather than a recorded show, catch Marina and her OTHER ROCK SHOW at 9.00 - exploring rock music that is not obeying the conventions of 4/4
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by SeanOrgan » Mon Dec 17, 2007 11:37 am
Organ show with Sean O on RESONANCE 104.4FM, Sunday December 16th, 9.00pm – On your FM dial all over London and worldwide via www.resonancefm.com.
Who got played this week? How do you find our more? Here come the details...
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 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: REBSIE FAIRHOLM – Julia Dream (demo) – Rebsie has this absolutely wonderful album’s worth of entrancing whispered glowing heart-warming Celtic/old English (Pagan?) folk, embroided with cleverly delicate instrumentation. Lush golden strings and seductive woodwind, haunting glowing beauty and Rebsie has the most beguiling of voices – she really is something special. Just beautiful, uncluttered, refreshing. Delicately arranged folk familiars (and a beautiful version of Pink Floyd’s Julia Dream that I couldn’t resist). Calming, uplifting, ethereal and a slightly new feel on something very traditional and unashamedly rooted in very old ways – for fans, followers and lovers of Fairport Convention, Sandy Denny, the leaves turning golden orange and the Albion spirit that can still be found (beautiful artwork as well) – www.rebsiefairholm.co.uk
3: COWTOWN – Science (Brew) - BREW RECORDS VOL 1 is a compilation that comes out this week and well worth the fiver it will set you back it is! Sixteen slices, 16 tracks, seventy-six minutes of music from Yorkshire – the album a healthy mix of alt.rock, post-rock, math, the more intelligent side of metal/rock/indie and comes on new DIY/underground label Brew. The album gets off to an impressive start with THE BUTTERFLY and their attention grabbing Faith No Bungle flavours, I CONCUR follow with their Editors-ish indie drama and the standards are set. You need one main thing from a compilation album – you need it to flow as one whole listenable body of music, this open shot from Brew Records does just that. THE PLIGHT kick in with some aggressive hardcore, YEAR OF THE MAN rage and growl in a left field way that demands more investigation – and on we journey through BILGE PUMP, VESSELS, THESE MONSTERS, HUMANFLY and more – SOLUS LOCUS weigh in with a rather heroic Explosions In The Sky feel, THE PATTERN THEORY delivery some interesting instrumental math rock that has us rather curious, COWTOWN and their flowing awkward instrumental rubber band fluidity demand you get on line and fine them straight away...and onward we go with MUCKYSAILOR, IMMUNE and more This is a fine fine compilation that does just what you need it to do on several levels. This is rather recommended, nice one Brew team, we look forward to more – www.myspace.com/brewrecords
4: VILE VILE CREATURES – City Lights (ORG) – One more visit to one of England’s finest DIY underground bands of 2007 and the racing riot girl flavours of Manchester’s vile ones, you can find this tracks as one of the bonus cuts on our Herzoga/To The Bones CD (that comes with loads of bonus bands and tracks) – More details from the Org pages at www.organart.com or head straight for www.myspace.com/vilevilecreatures
5: CHICKENHAWK – Perception Parts 1-111(Brew) - See track two.
6: BIONIC – Got Skin (Signed By Force) – From their seriously seriously good Black Blood album that landed here this week! Aggressive rocked-out driving hard-edged alt-blues with a healthy line in swerving off line and down an awkward side road or two – no, hang on! They’re actually flying way over the line and all over the place! Some kind of cool as f*** 70’s hard rock band who suddenly, here and there in the middle of a song, feel the need to want to be Devo or The Go Team and all without ever losing focus. It all makes perfect sense They’re from Canada, they were formed in 1998 by one time Doughboys guitarist Jonathan Cummings, and this hits all the spots in all the right gasoline drinking hard rocking ways - www.bionicland.com or www.myspace.com/bionic or www.signedbyforce.com
7: HAZEL MILLS – Freestanders (Xpress) – Pop music that boldy claims to be more Battles than Britney. A track from her debut five track EP, five rewarding slices of confident Kate Bush flavoured intelligent progressive trip-pop and yes we can hear the post-rock undercurrent and that clever hint of glitch and Battles and 65Daysofchallenge and Porcupine Tree drama.. Mostly we can hear richly detailed intelligent beautifully-voiced dark moody pop songs - torch songs, fine songs and warm classical piano and clever textures. Spot on production, spot on everything. She’s from Bristol (I think) – www.hazelmills.com or www.myspace.com/hazelmills or www.xpressrecords.com
8: NAVEL – Manners And Philosophies (demo) – Raw blistering electric blues, grunge ‘n garage bluster with an edge of their own. Screaming tension and beautiful broken glassed jagged edge feedback. They’re from Switzerland and these four songs swaggered in here on a messy CDr full of raw attitude. They can deal out a little restraint as well – more Sonic Youth or Neil Young’s way of doing things than the obvious routes, all kinds of good manners and healthy philosophies... www.myspace.com/navelofswitzerland
9: MORAL DILEMMA – Wasting Your Time (Madman) - Hundred mile an hour blister-punk, proper oldschool ranting hardcore speed punk. Their country is the world and their god is their mind. Ten raw and live slices of frontline punk rock attitude and energy – male/female voiced three piece, they may be raw and messy, they can play though, they deliver things with a just the right amount of focussed clarity and positive conviction – and nothing that comes anywhere near hinting at compromise – good for your soul wholesome London punk rock, go join in.. They were playing in London with Subhumans tonight while I was in here missing it just so I could play all this for you - www.myspace.com/moraldilemmalondon
10: PRE – Ace Cock (Skingraft) – A track from the absolutely thrilling London band’s recently released insane screaming new wave high speed post punk pronk beast of an album that tastes like early Cardiacs feasting on Melt Banana. They have a new split 7” single out now (also featuring Aids Wolf). Album of the week here back at the start of September and up there in our top ten albums of the year. Hear them and explore more over at www.myspace.com/prepreprepre or www.skingraftrecords.com – they’ve been playing in the US since the album came out, they’re in London on Jan 22nd – check their My Space for details.
11: DIMENSION X – Beyond Infinity (KML) – A debut album from a new trio and some extreme avant-Jazz noisecore meets 50’s b-movie alien invasion. The trio are Chris Corsano (Sunburned Hand Of The Man/Bjork/Thurston Moore ) Massimo Pupile (Zu) and David Chalmin (B For Bang) and the album is based on the stories from the cult 50’s radio show. The first great album of 2008? Out on January 7th – radio art meets avant rock, a perfect Resonance combination! www.myspace.com/dimensionxxx
12: FIGHT LIKE APES – Battlestations (Cool For Cats) – OK so I’ve maybe played the a-side a little too much but hey, I think Jake Summers is just about single of the year (just ahead of Ditzy Scene) and this is the b-side of the Irish band’s single (I haven’t played this before on Resonance!) This came out back at the start of September while we were off air. She sounds sugar sweet and she buys presents and they feed the geese (and stupify them) and butter wouldn’t melt in her mouth and then she screams about your stupid face! And hey you! Get some grace!! You're like Kentucky Fried Chicken but without the taste! - www.myspace.com/fightlikeapesmusic
13: CREEDLE – Pretty Ugly Act 1 (Headhunter) – This eight and a half minute utter avant prog classic is from the San Diego band’s 1996 album When The Wind Blows. Now I must confess I hadn’t given Creedle that much thought since we reviewed this album and their other material in Organ back in the last century when it came out. I knew I really liked the albums back then, but hey, their name hadn’t really popped up in an age and the albums have just been there, ignored on the shelf – until this morning and an e.mail from one of the band arrived and announced that they had reformed for a one off reunion in their home town – hey, weren’t they really good! Off I went to rediscover the albums and to actually find that they were in fact far better than I remembered and way ahead of their time and why doesn’t their name crop up all the time? We put up a news story on the Organ news pages: “CREEDLE have reformed and are hinting at a new album! The cult 90’s Californian “avant-jazz-punk-art-damaged” band are playing on Sunday, December 30th, 2007 at the Casbah in San Diego, California. The line up is Pieboy, Dr. Gein, Devon E. Levins, Cochemea Juan Gastelum! And they say if all goes well, possible album and tour to follow”.- Wow, what a treasure! And judging by all the e.mail waiting for us when we got home, we weren’t the only ones to think so – find out more via www.myspace.com/creedlepiecompany and also check out Devon E. Levins’ excellent sound track radio show on www.eastvillageradio.com – there’s a show archived there where he strays and play a whole two hours of Creedle stuff.
14: HIGH ON FIRE – Hung Drawn and Quartered (Relapse) – A slice of left-field galloping stoner doomcore from the Oakland California band’s 2002 album Surrounded By Thieves, played in frothing anticipation of their show tomorrow (17th December) at London’s ULU with Pelican! www.myspace.com/highonfireslays or www.highonfire.net
15: WILLIAM D. DRAKE – Dark Ecstasies (SheBear) – A track from Mr Drake’s rather unique Briny Hooves album and his rather uniquely English style, this track, probably more than anything else from his fine solo releases reminds you that he was once a Cardiac. William D Drake And His So Called Friends play at the London Borderline on December 21st – www.myspace.com/williamddrake
16: EFTERKLANG – Horseback Tenors (Leaf) - Efterklang are from Denmark, this is from their wonderful album Parades –we reckon this is the album of the year (see album number two through to number fifty here) - Efterklang are just wonderful, they’re Mew and Sigur Ros and Cardiacs/Sea Nymphs good – they’re just wonderful and unique and we make no apologies – www.efterklang.net or www.myspace.com/efterklang or www.theleaflabel.com
17: WAX AUDIO/GEORGE BUSH – Merry Christmas War Is Over (Metal Postcard) – The 43rd president of the United States Of America and his heartfelt uranium enriched version on the John Lennon Christmas message of hope and joy – war is over if you want it, thank you George. Cut, paste, run and down load it for free from here – merry Christmas from us Organs – www.waxaudio.com.au
And that was 2007, thank you everyone, thank you Resonance team. Thank you...
FOOTNOTE ON THAT DEVON E.LEVINS RADIO SHOW...
Avid soundtrack collector and guitarist of CREEDLE/MORRICONE YOUTH Devon E. Levins will hosts two hours of "all-things cinematic" every Saturday at midnight. Film and television soundtracks from around the globe past, present and future. Music from the Spaghetti Westerns of Sergio Leone and Corbucci, the Italian gialli of Argento and Baza, the Japanese Kaiju popularized by Godzilla and Mothra, the Edgar Wallace thrillers from Germany, Bollywood, the French New Wave, Blaxploitation, Film Noir...ok, you get the picture! But the soundtrack universe just might be vastly more diverse than you realize. Expect the usuals: Schifrin, Goldsmith, Rota, Komeda, Mancini, Umiliani, Legrand and, of course, Ennio Morricone, but don't forget that The Germs, Magma and De La Soul have all written for film as well. If it was written for the moving image, it's fair game – explore it at www.eastvillageradio.com
Who got played this week? How do you find our more? Here come the details...
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 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: REBSIE FAIRHOLM – Julia Dream (demo) – Rebsie has this absolutely wonderful album’s worth of entrancing whispered glowing heart-warming Celtic/old English (Pagan?) folk, embroided with cleverly delicate instrumentation. Lush golden strings and seductive woodwind, haunting glowing beauty and Rebsie has the most beguiling of voices – she really is something special. Just beautiful, uncluttered, refreshing. Delicately arranged folk familiars (and a beautiful version of Pink Floyd’s Julia Dream that I couldn’t resist). Calming, uplifting, ethereal and a slightly new feel on something very traditional and unashamedly rooted in very old ways – for fans, followers and lovers of Fairport Convention, Sandy Denny, the leaves turning golden orange and the Albion spirit that can still be found (beautiful artwork as well) – www.rebsiefairholm.co.uk
3: COWTOWN – Science (Brew) - BREW RECORDS VOL 1 is a compilation that comes out this week and well worth the fiver it will set you back it is! Sixteen slices, 16 tracks, seventy-six minutes of music from Yorkshire – the album a healthy mix of alt.rock, post-rock, math, the more intelligent side of metal/rock/indie and comes on new DIY/underground label Brew. The album gets off to an impressive start with THE BUTTERFLY and their attention grabbing Faith No Bungle flavours, I CONCUR follow with their Editors-ish indie drama and the standards are set. You need one main thing from a compilation album – you need it to flow as one whole listenable body of music, this open shot from Brew Records does just that. THE PLIGHT kick in with some aggressive hardcore, YEAR OF THE MAN rage and growl in a left field way that demands more investigation – and on we journey through BILGE PUMP, VESSELS, THESE MONSTERS, HUMANFLY and more – SOLUS LOCUS weigh in with a rather heroic Explosions In The Sky feel, THE PATTERN THEORY delivery some interesting instrumental math rock that has us rather curious, COWTOWN and their flowing awkward instrumental rubber band fluidity demand you get on line and fine them straight away...and onward we go with MUCKYSAILOR, IMMUNE and more This is a fine fine compilation that does just what you need it to do on several levels. This is rather recommended, nice one Brew team, we look forward to more – www.myspace.com/brewrecords
4: VILE VILE CREATURES – City Lights (ORG) – One more visit to one of England’s finest DIY underground bands of 2007 and the racing riot girl flavours of Manchester’s vile ones, you can find this tracks as one of the bonus cuts on our Herzoga/To The Bones CD (that comes with loads of bonus bands and tracks) – More details from the Org pages at www.organart.com or head straight for www.myspace.com/vilevilecreatures
5: CHICKENHAWK – Perception Parts 1-111(Brew) - See track two.
6: BIONIC – Got Skin (Signed By Force) – From their seriously seriously good Black Blood album that landed here this week! Aggressive rocked-out driving hard-edged alt-blues with a healthy line in swerving off line and down an awkward side road or two – no, hang on! They’re actually flying way over the line and all over the place! Some kind of cool as f*** 70’s hard rock band who suddenly, here and there in the middle of a song, feel the need to want to be Devo or The Go Team and all without ever losing focus. It all makes perfect sense They’re from Canada, they were formed in 1998 by one time Doughboys guitarist Jonathan Cummings, and this hits all the spots in all the right gasoline drinking hard rocking ways - www.bionicland.com or www.myspace.com/bionic or www.signedbyforce.com
7: HAZEL MILLS – Freestanders (Xpress) – Pop music that boldy claims to be more Battles than Britney. A track from her debut five track EP, five rewarding slices of confident Kate Bush flavoured intelligent progressive trip-pop and yes we can hear the post-rock undercurrent and that clever hint of glitch and Battles and 65Daysofchallenge and Porcupine Tree drama.. Mostly we can hear richly detailed intelligent beautifully-voiced dark moody pop songs - torch songs, fine songs and warm classical piano and clever textures. Spot on production, spot on everything. She’s from Bristol (I think) – www.hazelmills.com or www.myspace.com/hazelmills or www.xpressrecords.com
8: NAVEL – Manners And Philosophies (demo) – Raw blistering electric blues, grunge ‘n garage bluster with an edge of their own. Screaming tension and beautiful broken glassed jagged edge feedback. They’re from Switzerland and these four songs swaggered in here on a messy CDr full of raw attitude. They can deal out a little restraint as well – more Sonic Youth or Neil Young’s way of doing things than the obvious routes, all kinds of good manners and healthy philosophies... www.myspace.com/navelofswitzerland
9: MORAL DILEMMA – Wasting Your Time (Madman) - Hundred mile an hour blister-punk, proper oldschool ranting hardcore speed punk. Their country is the world and their god is their mind. Ten raw and live slices of frontline punk rock attitude and energy – male/female voiced three piece, they may be raw and messy, they can play though, they deliver things with a just the right amount of focussed clarity and positive conviction – and nothing that comes anywhere near hinting at compromise – good for your soul wholesome London punk rock, go join in.. They were playing in London with Subhumans tonight while I was in here missing it just so I could play all this for you - www.myspace.com/moraldilemmalondon
10: PRE – Ace Cock (Skingraft) – A track from the absolutely thrilling London band’s recently released insane screaming new wave high speed post punk pronk beast of an album that tastes like early Cardiacs feasting on Melt Banana. They have a new split 7” single out now (also featuring Aids Wolf). Album of the week here back at the start of September and up there in our top ten albums of the year. Hear them and explore more over at www.myspace.com/prepreprepre or www.skingraftrecords.com – they’ve been playing in the US since the album came out, they’re in London on Jan 22nd – check their My Space for details.
11: DIMENSION X – Beyond Infinity (KML) – A debut album from a new trio and some extreme avant-Jazz noisecore meets 50’s b-movie alien invasion. The trio are Chris Corsano (Sunburned Hand Of The Man/Bjork/Thurston Moore ) Massimo Pupile (Zu) and David Chalmin (B For Bang) and the album is based on the stories from the cult 50’s radio show. The first great album of 2008? Out on January 7th – radio art meets avant rock, a perfect Resonance combination! www.myspace.com/dimensionxxx
12: FIGHT LIKE APES – Battlestations (Cool For Cats) – OK so I’ve maybe played the a-side a little too much but hey, I think Jake Summers is just about single of the year (just ahead of Ditzy Scene) and this is the b-side of the Irish band’s single (I haven’t played this before on Resonance!) This came out back at the start of September while we were off air. She sounds sugar sweet and she buys presents and they feed the geese (and stupify them) and butter wouldn’t melt in her mouth and then she screams about your stupid face! And hey you! Get some grace!! You're like Kentucky Fried Chicken but without the taste! - www.myspace.com/fightlikeapesmusic
13: CREEDLE – Pretty Ugly Act 1 (Headhunter) – This eight and a half minute utter avant prog classic is from the San Diego band’s 1996 album When The Wind Blows. Now I must confess I hadn’t given Creedle that much thought since we reviewed this album and their other material in Organ back in the last century when it came out. I knew I really liked the albums back then, but hey, their name hadn’t really popped up in an age and the albums have just been there, ignored on the shelf – until this morning and an e.mail from one of the band arrived and announced that they had reformed for a one off reunion in their home town – hey, weren’t they really good! Off I went to rediscover the albums and to actually find that they were in fact far better than I remembered and way ahead of their time and why doesn’t their name crop up all the time? We put up a news story on the Organ news pages: “CREEDLE have reformed and are hinting at a new album! The cult 90’s Californian “avant-jazz-punk-art-damaged” band are playing on Sunday, December 30th, 2007 at the Casbah in San Diego, California. The line up is Pieboy, Dr. Gein, Devon E. Levins, Cochemea Juan Gastelum! And they say if all goes well, possible album and tour to follow”.- Wow, what a treasure! And judging by all the e.mail waiting for us when we got home, we weren’t the only ones to think so – find out more via www.myspace.com/creedlepiecompany and also check out Devon E. Levins’ excellent sound track radio show on www.eastvillageradio.com – there’s a show archived there where he strays and play a whole two hours of Creedle stuff.
14: HIGH ON FIRE – Hung Drawn and Quartered (Relapse) – A slice of left-field galloping stoner doomcore from the Oakland California band’s 2002 album Surrounded By Thieves, played in frothing anticipation of their show tomorrow (17th December) at London’s ULU with Pelican! www.myspace.com/highonfireslays or www.highonfire.net
15: WILLIAM D. DRAKE – Dark Ecstasies (SheBear) – A track from Mr Drake’s rather unique Briny Hooves album and his rather uniquely English style, this track, probably more than anything else from his fine solo releases reminds you that he was once a Cardiac. William D Drake And His So Called Friends play at the London Borderline on December 21st – www.myspace.com/williamddrake
16: EFTERKLANG – Horseback Tenors (Leaf) - Efterklang are from Denmark, this is from their wonderful album Parades –we reckon this is the album of the year (see album number two through to number fifty here) - Efterklang are just wonderful, they’re Mew and Sigur Ros and Cardiacs/Sea Nymphs good – they’re just wonderful and unique and we make no apologies – www.efterklang.net or www.myspace.com/efterklang or www.theleaflabel.com
17: WAX AUDIO/GEORGE BUSH – Merry Christmas War Is Over (Metal Postcard) – The 43rd president of the United States Of America and his heartfelt uranium enriched version on the John Lennon Christmas message of hope and joy – war is over if you want it, thank you George. Cut, paste, run and down load it for free from here – merry Christmas from us Organs – www.waxaudio.com.au
And that was 2007, thank you everyone, thank you Resonance team. Thank you...
FOOTNOTE ON THAT DEVON E.LEVINS RADIO SHOW...
Avid soundtrack collector and guitarist of CREEDLE/MORRICONE YOUTH Devon E. Levins will hosts two hours of "all-things cinematic" every Saturday at midnight. Film and television soundtracks from around the globe past, present and future. Music from the Spaghetti Westerns of Sergio Leone and Corbucci, the Italian gialli of Argento and Baza, the Japanese Kaiju popularized by Godzilla and Mothra, the Edgar Wallace thrillers from Germany, Bollywood, the French New Wave, Blaxploitation, Film Noir...ok, you get the picture! But the soundtrack universe just might be vastly more diverse than you realize. Expect the usuals: Schifrin, Goldsmith, Rota, Komeda, Mancini, Umiliani, Legrand and, of course, Ennio Morricone, but don't forget that The Germs, Magma and De La Soul have all written for film as well. If it was written for the moving image, it's fair game – explore it at www.eastvillageradio.com
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by SeanOrgan » Mon Jan 21, 2008 12:38 am
Organ show with Sean O on RESONANCE 104.4FM, Sunday JANUARY 20th 2008, 9.00pm – On your FM dial all over London and worldwide via www.resonancefm.com.
Who got played this week? How do you find our more? Here come the details...
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 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: CHROME HOOF – Circus 9000 (Southern) – A track from Chrome Hoof’s recent album that mixes up all kinds of Magma-esq prog rock and P-funk flavoured groove. The 12 piece play are playing together with PART CHIMP and WET PAINT in London at the Hoxton Square Bar on January 24th: - brought to you by the Trial and Error people – chromehoof More info on the gig over at www.trialanderrorrecordings.com
3: PLAAYDOH – Oh Jay (Winning Sperm Party) - From the The Plaaydoh EP, we loved it from the moment the first note hit us. No, loved it as soon as we opened the envelope and got our hands on the home-made package. “Plaaydoh are a lo-fi pop band from Glasgow” says the scribbled piece of paper – and yes, the piece of paper is correct. Plaaydoh are a brilliantly spiky shouty poppy lo-fi diy band from Glasgow with five songs - three of which are instant bites of creative punk rock attitude and abrasive pointy adrenaline (the other two aren’t that far behind either). Comes is an excellent hand made sleeve – tactile, inviting, demand your instant attention. Limited to 100 (ours is orange and number 11). Purple sounds like The Fall meet a very edgy Go Team via a shouty Vile Vile Creatures (or Bis), Boyscout sounds like lo-fi Bananarama for pop loving Liars fans, Oh Jay is just a brilliant delight. Plaaydoh are charming, messy, Plaaydoh are full of bite, most of all they have these great songs that are laced with delicious energy and dangerous character, Plaaydoh are brilliantly different. We love this EP, we want more... and these Winning Sperm Party people look like they’re up to good things tooooooo – go investigate – this is why we do this Organ thing! - www.winningspermparty.com or www.myspace.com/plaaydoh
4: DäLEK – Spiritual Healing (Ipecac) – Now how good was the Dälek experience last night at the Borderline!? Hip-hop from New Jersey and some MCing over serious avant soundscapes of a Neurosis, My Bloody Valentine flavour – one of the best live shows for a long long time. This is a track from 2002 album From Filthy Tongue Of Gods and Griots – we’ll have an interview up on line at organart.com this week – grab a taste and the latest news over at www.myspace.com/dalek
5: FANTAPLASTIC – Lifetime’s Dedication (demo) - Ah, things are coming together, another impressive demo from the London band and more frantic running away from a million different (vile vile) insects and giraffes that eat leaves and run oh so very fast. The last Fantaplastic demo we reviewed was very good indeed, nowhere near as good as this glorious noise though! Raw frantic manic cardiac twitching and going off and things – raw, edgy, punky in a slightly alt.rock Melvins /Sonic Youth/Jesus Lizard manner – hang on though, Fantaplastic suddenly found some angles all of their own, some frantic (yes we said frantic again) moves that suggest the time has come for us to do some shouting about them. Fantaplastic are not always frantic though, they can break things down mid song and get almost folky in a scratchy left field kind of (frantic) way (there goes a little bit that sounds like Deerhoof). This is an excellent two track demo – recorded raw and gloriously live and wrong pop and yes! Good artwork as well. These two tracks are causing arguments now, time changing around architecture and Sonic Youth textures - Ring bites? But there’s no blues in there, you can’t say they sound anything like those Melvins! Yes but I suspect they’ve never heard Cardiacs, they’ve come at it from a whole different American infulenced alt.punk route and sounding like Garage Concerts era Cardiacs is just a beautiful coincidence – but Sonic Youth don’t take on time changes like that! Enough of these arguments, everyone around here agrees that Fantaplastic are well worth arguing about, another fine demo and we’re off and running like eating giraffes and things – did we say they were frantic? www.myspace.com/fantaplastictheband
6: THAO With The GET DOWN STAY DOWN – Violet (Kill Rock Stars) – From Thao’s new album, the album is released on Jan 28th. A recent album of the week on the Organ website, We Brave Bee Stings and All is the second album from the 23 year old singer songwriter from Virginia with a rather fine line in Cat Power goes Alt.Country/jazzy/folky style mellowleft-field breeziness and colour. - www.myspace.com/thaomusic or www.killrockstars.com
7: PLAAYDOH - Purple Minijack (Winning Sperm Party) – See track three...
8 : BLACK MOUNTAIN – Tyrants (JagJagWar) – How prog is this! Listen to those Mellotrons! An eight minute epic from the Canadian band’s new album – another recent Organ album of the week and out in the UK this Monday – now if only we had the time to play the seventeen minute epic – giant slices of Zep and Floyd and Buffalo Springfield and www.blackmountainarmy.com or www.myspace.com/blackmountain
9: DJ MOULE – Black Sabotage – Beastie Boys vs Led Zep (download) - BEST OF BOOTIE 2007? Tricky Sandman - Run-DMC vs. Metallica? Love Will Tear You Apart She Wants Originality - She Wants Revenge vs. Joy Division vs.Bauhaus? Passenger Fever - Peggy Lee vs Iggy Pop? Sympathy For Teen Spirit - Rolling Stones vs. Queen vs. Nirvana? Here's the link to download it all for free - the best one is the Chemical Brothers vs Empire Strikes back Imperial March thing, or maybe The Gossip vs Elastica? Or maybe the Placebo/Kate Bush/Pet Shop Boys or? or L7 vs CSS - oh we don't know! The Jackson 5 v Guns 'n Roses one... seemless - get the albums free from here- http://bootieusa.com/bestofbootie2007/
10: PRE - Drool (Skin Graft) - Pre are back home and playing shows in London again, this is a track off last year’s excellent Epic Fits album - catch them on Jan 22nd at Bardens Boudoir and 3rd Feb at the all day Howlfest thing – find out about Howlfest at www.myspace.com/daisyhowl and more about Pre via www.myspace.com/prepreprepre
11: CHICKENHAWK – Perception Parts 1-111(Brew) - BREW RECORDS VOL 1 is a compilation that came out back in December and well worth the fiver it will set you back it is! Sixteen slices, 16 tracks, seventy-six minutes of music from Yorkshire – the album a healthy mix of alt.rock, post-rock, math, the more intelligent side of metal/rock/indie and comes on new DIY/underground label Brew. The album gets off to an impressive start with THE BUTTERFLY and their attention grabbing Faith No Bungle flavours, I CONCUR follow with their Editors-ish indie drama and the standards are set. You need one main thing from a compilation album – you need it to flow as one whole listenable body of music, this open shot from Brew Records does just that. THE PLIGHT kick in with some aggressive hardcore, YEAR OF THE MAN rage and growl in a left field way that demands more investigation – and on we journey through BILGE PUMP, VESSELS, THESE MONSTERS, HUMANFLY and more – SOLUS LOCUS weigh in with a rather heroic Explosions In The Sky feel, THE PATTERN THEORY delivery some interesting instrumental math rock that has us rather curious, COWTOWN and their flowing awkward instrumental rubber band fluidity demand you get on line and fine them straight away...and onward we go with MUCKYSAILOR, IMMUNE and more This is a fine fine compilation that does just what you need it to do on several levels. This is rather recommended, nice one Brew team, we look forward to more – www.myspace.com/brewrecords
12: LES SAVY FAV – The Sweat Descends (Witchita) – B-side of the new single that’s out the 25th Feb – classic challenging alternative rock that’s on that Pixies / Husker Du line of sophisticated splendor. Catch them at the Bedford Esquires on Feb 9th and the London Astoria on Feb 10th – www.wichita-recordings.com
13: DIEBOLD – Chinqsix (Bangor) – from the new album Listen To The Heartbeast, Diebold are Sophie Trudeau (Godspeed You! and Silver Mt. Zion) and Ian Ilavsky (Sofa, Silver Mt. Zion) and this is a very fine album (in a neat hand silk screened cover – both the CD and vinyl versions are in silk screened covers). “Diebold formed in Montreal in 2002 as an exciting new experiment in controlled, technologically-enhanced, two-party democracy...”. Refined two piece drum and bass guitar post-rock interplay - this is progressive in the most real of senses – clever weaving of distorted bass and responsive colourful drums. A (mostly) instrumental album, six tracks, thirty-five minutes – some of these tracks were available via a very limited CDr back in 2005, these tracks will all be new to most though. The bass distortion is cleverly used; subtle, never overpowering – dark, churning, looming, clammy, relentlessly locked-on, brooding, recorded live, free-form? The almost ten minute excellently named title track (and album closer) slows down to a brooding dooming sludge before it pulls itself out again, by that time you’re right in there with them. An album that’s as highly creative and artistically rewarding as you’d expect from the two of them, rather different as well – hypnotic, enticing, rather thrilling, play it really loud and watch everything shake. www.bangorrecords.com. Available in the UK via Southern – www.southern.net
14: ATLAS SOUND – Cold As Ice (Kranky) A track from the forthcoming solo album from Deerhunter’s Bradford Cox, the album is called Let The Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel – not had much time to explore this yet, appears to be everything you’d expect (or not expect) from the Dearhunter.. Available in the UK via Southern distribution, find out more via www.southern.net
15: PLAAYDOH – Boy Scout (Winning Sperm Party) - See track three... We make no excuse for playing a third track from the Glasgow band’s fine EP, things like this are why we do this Organ thing.
16: ONE MORE GRAIN – Confession Time (White Heat) – A fine track, and another journey (for that is what One More Grain take you on with their unique style) from One More Grain’s forthcoming album Isle Of Grain. We played quite a few tracks from their last album, this one appears to be equally as good – www.whiteheatrecords.com
17: JIMMY JAMMES – Sgt. Pepper’s Paradise – Guns ‘n Roses vs Beatles (download) – See track nine and go download the whole album for free
18: THUMPERMONKEY LIVES – Schrodinger’s Cat Lives! (Demo) – A revisit to the London band’s excellent demo from last year. The band tell us they are nearly ready to launch some new material and they’ve made all their old material available to download for free – www.thumpermonkey.com
19: DIEBOLD – Listen To My Heartbeat (Bangor) – See track 13 – Another (partial) slice from this week’s Organ album of the week to close this show...
Next Sunday, all being well, will be Marina’s turn and her OTHER ROCK SHOW – where rock music comes laced with unusual time signatures and sounds just a little less conventional than normal.
Who got played this week? How do you find our more? Here come the details...
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 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: CHROME HOOF – Circus 9000 (Southern) – A track from Chrome Hoof’s recent album that mixes up all kinds of Magma-esq prog rock and P-funk flavoured groove. The 12 piece play are playing together with PART CHIMP and WET PAINT in London at the Hoxton Square Bar on January 24th: - brought to you by the Trial and Error people – chromehoof More info on the gig over at www.trialanderrorrecordings.com
3: PLAAYDOH – Oh Jay (Winning Sperm Party) - From the The Plaaydoh EP, we loved it from the moment the first note hit us. No, loved it as soon as we opened the envelope and got our hands on the home-made package. “Plaaydoh are a lo-fi pop band from Glasgow” says the scribbled piece of paper – and yes, the piece of paper is correct. Plaaydoh are a brilliantly spiky shouty poppy lo-fi diy band from Glasgow with five songs - three of which are instant bites of creative punk rock attitude and abrasive pointy adrenaline (the other two aren’t that far behind either). Comes is an excellent hand made sleeve – tactile, inviting, demand your instant attention. Limited to 100 (ours is orange and number 11). Purple sounds like The Fall meet a very edgy Go Team via a shouty Vile Vile Creatures (or Bis), Boyscout sounds like lo-fi Bananarama for pop loving Liars fans, Oh Jay is just a brilliant delight. Plaaydoh are charming, messy, Plaaydoh are full of bite, most of all they have these great songs that are laced with delicious energy and dangerous character, Plaaydoh are brilliantly different. We love this EP, we want more... and these Winning Sperm Party people look like they’re up to good things tooooooo – go investigate – this is why we do this Organ thing! - www.winningspermparty.com or www.myspace.com/plaaydoh
4: DäLEK – Spiritual Healing (Ipecac) – Now how good was the Dälek experience last night at the Borderline!? Hip-hop from New Jersey and some MCing over serious avant soundscapes of a Neurosis, My Bloody Valentine flavour – one of the best live shows for a long long time. This is a track from 2002 album From Filthy Tongue Of Gods and Griots – we’ll have an interview up on line at organart.com this week – grab a taste and the latest news over at www.myspace.com/dalek
5: FANTAPLASTIC – Lifetime’s Dedication (demo) - Ah, things are coming together, another impressive demo from the London band and more frantic running away from a million different (vile vile) insects and giraffes that eat leaves and run oh so very fast. The last Fantaplastic demo we reviewed was very good indeed, nowhere near as good as this glorious noise though! Raw frantic manic cardiac twitching and going off and things – raw, edgy, punky in a slightly alt.rock Melvins /Sonic Youth/Jesus Lizard manner – hang on though, Fantaplastic suddenly found some angles all of their own, some frantic (yes we said frantic again) moves that suggest the time has come for us to do some shouting about them. Fantaplastic are not always frantic though, they can break things down mid song and get almost folky in a scratchy left field kind of (frantic) way (there goes a little bit that sounds like Deerhoof). This is an excellent two track demo – recorded raw and gloriously live and wrong pop and yes! Good artwork as well. These two tracks are causing arguments now, time changing around architecture and Sonic Youth textures - Ring bites? But there’s no blues in there, you can’t say they sound anything like those Melvins! Yes but I suspect they’ve never heard Cardiacs, they’ve come at it from a whole different American infulenced alt.punk route and sounding like Garage Concerts era Cardiacs is just a beautiful coincidence – but Sonic Youth don’t take on time changes like that! Enough of these arguments, everyone around here agrees that Fantaplastic are well worth arguing about, another fine demo and we’re off and running like eating giraffes and things – did we say they were frantic? www.myspace.com/fantaplastictheband
6: THAO With The GET DOWN STAY DOWN – Violet (Kill Rock Stars) – From Thao’s new album, the album is released on Jan 28th. A recent album of the week on the Organ website, We Brave Bee Stings and All is the second album from the 23 year old singer songwriter from Virginia with a rather fine line in Cat Power goes Alt.Country/jazzy/folky style mellowleft-field breeziness and colour. - www.myspace.com/thaomusic or www.killrockstars.com
7: PLAAYDOH - Purple Minijack (Winning Sperm Party) – See track three...
8 : BLACK MOUNTAIN – Tyrants (JagJagWar) – How prog is this! Listen to those Mellotrons! An eight minute epic from the Canadian band’s new album – another recent Organ album of the week and out in the UK this Monday – now if only we had the time to play the seventeen minute epic – giant slices of Zep and Floyd and Buffalo Springfield and www.blackmountainarmy.com or www.myspace.com/blackmountain
9: DJ MOULE – Black Sabotage – Beastie Boys vs Led Zep (download) - BEST OF BOOTIE 2007? Tricky Sandman - Run-DMC vs. Metallica? Love Will Tear You Apart She Wants Originality - She Wants Revenge vs. Joy Division vs.Bauhaus? Passenger Fever - Peggy Lee vs Iggy Pop? Sympathy For Teen Spirit - Rolling Stones vs. Queen vs. Nirvana? Here's the link to download it all for free - the best one is the Chemical Brothers vs Empire Strikes back Imperial March thing, or maybe The Gossip vs Elastica? Or maybe the Placebo/Kate Bush/Pet Shop Boys or? or L7 vs CSS - oh we don't know! The Jackson 5 v Guns 'n Roses one... seemless - get the albums free from here- http://bootieusa.com/bestofbootie2007/
10: PRE - Drool (Skin Graft) - Pre are back home and playing shows in London again, this is a track off last year’s excellent Epic Fits album - catch them on Jan 22nd at Bardens Boudoir and 3rd Feb at the all day Howlfest thing – find out about Howlfest at www.myspace.com/daisyhowl and more about Pre via www.myspace.com/prepreprepre
11: CHICKENHAWK – Perception Parts 1-111(Brew) - BREW RECORDS VOL 1 is a compilation that came out back in December and well worth the fiver it will set you back it is! Sixteen slices, 16 tracks, seventy-six minutes of music from Yorkshire – the album a healthy mix of alt.rock, post-rock, math, the more intelligent side of metal/rock/indie and comes on new DIY/underground label Brew. The album gets off to an impressive start with THE BUTTERFLY and their attention grabbing Faith No Bungle flavours, I CONCUR follow with their Editors-ish indie drama and the standards are set. You need one main thing from a compilation album – you need it to flow as one whole listenable body of music, this open shot from Brew Records does just that. THE PLIGHT kick in with some aggressive hardcore, YEAR OF THE MAN rage and growl in a left field way that demands more investigation – and on we journey through BILGE PUMP, VESSELS, THESE MONSTERS, HUMANFLY and more – SOLUS LOCUS weigh in with a rather heroic Explosions In The Sky feel, THE PATTERN THEORY delivery some interesting instrumental math rock that has us rather curious, COWTOWN and their flowing awkward instrumental rubber band fluidity demand you get on line and fine them straight away...and onward we go with MUCKYSAILOR, IMMUNE and more This is a fine fine compilation that does just what you need it to do on several levels. This is rather recommended, nice one Brew team, we look forward to more – www.myspace.com/brewrecords
12: LES SAVY FAV – The Sweat Descends (Witchita) – B-side of the new single that’s out the 25th Feb – classic challenging alternative rock that’s on that Pixies / Husker Du line of sophisticated splendor. Catch them at the Bedford Esquires on Feb 9th and the London Astoria on Feb 10th – www.wichita-recordings.com
13: DIEBOLD – Chinqsix (Bangor) – from the new album Listen To The Heartbeast, Diebold are Sophie Trudeau (Godspeed You! and Silver Mt. Zion) and Ian Ilavsky (Sofa, Silver Mt. Zion) and this is a very fine album (in a neat hand silk screened cover – both the CD and vinyl versions are in silk screened covers). “Diebold formed in Montreal in 2002 as an exciting new experiment in controlled, technologically-enhanced, two-party democracy...”. Refined two piece drum and bass guitar post-rock interplay - this is progressive in the most real of senses – clever weaving of distorted bass and responsive colourful drums. A (mostly) instrumental album, six tracks, thirty-five minutes – some of these tracks were available via a very limited CDr back in 2005, these tracks will all be new to most though. The bass distortion is cleverly used; subtle, never overpowering – dark, churning, looming, clammy, relentlessly locked-on, brooding, recorded live, free-form? The almost ten minute excellently named title track (and album closer) slows down to a brooding dooming sludge before it pulls itself out again, by that time you’re right in there with them. An album that’s as highly creative and artistically rewarding as you’d expect from the two of them, rather different as well – hypnotic, enticing, rather thrilling, play it really loud and watch everything shake. www.bangorrecords.com. Available in the UK via Southern – www.southern.net
14: ATLAS SOUND – Cold As Ice (Kranky) A track from the forthcoming solo album from Deerhunter’s Bradford Cox, the album is called Let The Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel – not had much time to explore this yet, appears to be everything you’d expect (or not expect) from the Dearhunter.. Available in the UK via Southern distribution, find out more via www.southern.net
15: PLAAYDOH – Boy Scout (Winning Sperm Party) - See track three... We make no excuse for playing a third track from the Glasgow band’s fine EP, things like this are why we do this Organ thing.
16: ONE MORE GRAIN – Confession Time (White Heat) – A fine track, and another journey (for that is what One More Grain take you on with their unique style) from One More Grain’s forthcoming album Isle Of Grain. We played quite a few tracks from their last album, this one appears to be equally as good – www.whiteheatrecords.com
17: JIMMY JAMMES – Sgt. Pepper’s Paradise – Guns ‘n Roses vs Beatles (download) – See track nine and go download the whole album for free
18: THUMPERMONKEY LIVES – Schrodinger’s Cat Lives! (Demo) – A revisit to the London band’s excellent demo from last year. The band tell us they are nearly ready to launch some new material and they’ve made all their old material available to download for free – www.thumpermonkey.com
19: DIEBOLD – Listen To My Heartbeat (Bangor) – See track 13 – Another (partial) slice from this week’s Organ album of the week to close this show...
Next Sunday, all being well, will be Marina’s turn and her OTHER ROCK SHOW – where rock music comes laced with unusual time signatures and sounds just a little less conventional than normal.
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Here's who got played on last night's radio show and where you go to explore more...
LATEST ORGAN RADIO SHOW / RESONANCE 104.4FM PLAYLIST
Organ show with Sean O on RESONANCE 104.4FM, Sunday JANUARY 20th 2008, 9.00pm – On your FM dial all over London and worldwide via www.resonancefm.com.
Who got played this week? How do you find our more? Here come the details...
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 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: AUTOCOLT – Resonator (demo) Demo track from a new instrumental band from London who learly have a love of early synths, analogue fuzz, Hawkwind, Primal Scream, Neu and such – www.myspace.com/autocolt
3: THE DICKIES – Paranoid (Secret) – The track they made their own (much to the annoyance of the metal fana at the time) back when they released it as a super fast helium fuelled punk rock single back in the day. This is from the forthcoming Go Bananas live album. Classic US punk rock – www.secretrecordslimited.com or www.thedickies.com
4: MARCIA X - Goat Chorus - From the Californian desert with some sound art creativity and two goats called Sassy and Bessie May
5: EVERYONE TO THE ANDERSON – Activate (Toy Solder) – Lead track from the post-hardcore flavoured angular indie rock band’s four track EP. Released on their own Toy Solder label – www.everyonetotheanderson.com or www.toysoldierrecords.co.uk
6: HASWELL & HECKER – UPIC (Warp) - if this got you curious... the electronic fuzz and the hum and the buzz and just what is it? Multichannel electro-acoustic performance? This is what links are for - www.myspace.com/haswellheckler or www.warprecords.com
7: DR SLAGGLEBERRY – Scat (Crash) – A new band from Oxfordshire with a demo that’s now been picked up by Crash Records and is set for download release on March 3rd – the band in deal in high octane Bungle-ised math metal – www.myspace.com/reslaggleberry.
8: HARLOTS – The Concept Of Existence (Lifeforce) – A track from the US extreme hard boiled progressive metal band’s rather excellent (and violently challenging) new album Betrayer. The album comes out next week on German label Lifeforce - this week’s Organ album the week – www.lifeforcerecords.com or www.myspace.com/harlots
9: INSTRUMENTS – American Football or American Football (demo) – A track from the London band’s latest set of demo recordings, beautifully refined uplifting rewarding instrumental post rock. You can download the track yourself from their My Space site and you can catch them live next in London at the Kilburn Luminaire (with Enon) on Feb 4th or the Buffalo Bar Feb 13th (with Vessels) – www.myspace.com/instrumentsmakemusic
10: MOLLOY – It Broke Apart (demo) – A new recording from the excellent London five piece new wave girl/boy electro rock outfit. They play Indiesexual @ Catch, Shoreditch, London on Feb 13th and The industry in Shoreditch on Feb 29th – oh, that means we’re in a leap year – they say it all with their My Space URL – www.myspace.com/thisisf*ckingbrilliant
11: ONLY UNTIL – Kabalaean City (Hollow Soul) – From the London (slightly lo-fi) post hardcore/post-rock/progressive band’s rather ambitiously good debut/newly released album – www.onlyuntil.com or www.myspace.com/onlyuntil
12: KUNK – We Are Not Who You Think We Are (Plastic Sun) – Lead track from the Norwich band’s forthcoming (debut?) single on new independent label Plastic Sun (always good to see a new and real independent label getting out there and just doing it). Slightly awkward indie alt.rock – www.kunk.co.uk
13: STOLEN BABIES – Awful Fall (Ascendance) – Track from the US avant rock band’s recent There Be Squabbles Ahead album. Stolen Babies will be in the UK/Europe later in February as guests on the Dillinger Escape Plan tour – including Feb 23rd at the London Astoria. More from www.myspace.com/stolenbabies
14: MARCIA X - Goat Chorus - From the Californian desert with some sound art creativity and two goats called Sassy and Bessie May
15: COUNTRYSIDE – Tape Dysfunctional #4 (demo) – A revisit to the Bristol band’s absolutely beautiful demo – lo-fi texture and delightfully English post-rock/other-pop. One of the most beautifully inspiring demos we’ve been sentin a long long time – www.myspace.com/countryssideland
16: CRASS – Sheep Farming In The Falklands (Crass) – I do feel a certain obligation to pepper the airwaves with a healthy dose of Crass now and again – classic politically aware, caustic, challenging, life changing DIY punk rock and so so much more – www.southern.com/southern/label/CRC/
17: TED MAUL - Forest... With This Memory Of A Free Festival (Game) – Track from the self proclaimed mentalist-metal band’s critically acclaimed debut album from last year – seriously forward looking original sounding extreme metal. The London band have just been confirmed as being on the forthcoming HIMSA / TOO PURE TO DIE / A LIFE ONCE LOST UK tour that includes a London date on 19th March at the Camden Underworld - www.tedmaul.com
18: MANCHESTER UNITED CALYPSO – the classic Jamaican 1950’s calypso celebrating the legendary Busby Babes. No need to say anything else this week 50 years on from the Munich disaster.....
19: PLAAYDOH – Oh Jay (Winning Sperm Party) - From the The Plaaydoh EP, we loved it from the moment the first note hit us. No, loved it as soon as we opened the envelope and got our hands on the home-made package. “Plaaydoh are a lo-fi pop band from Glasgow” says the scribbled piece of paper – and yes, the piece of paper is correct. Plaaydoh are a brilliantly spiky shouty poppy lo-fi diy band from Glasgow with five songs - three of which are instant bites of creative punk rock attitude and abrasive pointy adrenaline (the other two aren’t that far behind either). Comes is an excellent hand made sleeve – tactile, inviting, demand your instant attention. Limited to 100 (ours is orange and number 11). Purple sounds like The Fall meet a very edgy Go Team via a shouty Vile Vile Creatures (or Bis), Boyscout sounds like lo-fi Bananarama for pop loving Liars fans, Oh Jay is just a brilliant delight. Plaaydoh are charming, messy, Plaaydoh are full of bite, most of all they have these great songs that are laced with delicious energy and dangerous character, Plaaydoh are brilliantly different. We love this EP, we want more... and these Winning Sperm Party people look like they’re up to good things tooooooo – go investigate – this is why we do this Organ thing! - www.winningspermparty.com or www.myspace.com/plaaydoh
20: BAUHAUS – Zikir (Cooking Vinyl) – Now what’s this, a rather Resonance friendly track from the new Bauhaus album – the new album is called Go Away White and comes out on 17th March 2008 – www.cookingvinyl.com
21: MARCIA X - Goat Chorus - From the Californian desert with some sound art creativity and two goats called Sassy and Bessie May
Next Sunday, all being well, will be Marina’s turn and her OTHER ROCK SHOW – where rock music comes laced with unusual time signatures and sounds just a little less conventional than normal.
LATEST ORGAN RADIO SHOW / RESONANCE 104.4FM PLAYLIST
Organ show with Sean O on RESONANCE 104.4FM, Sunday JANUARY 20th 2008, 9.00pm – On your FM dial all over London and worldwide via www.resonancefm.com.
Who got played this week? How do you find our more? Here come the details...
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 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: AUTOCOLT – Resonator (demo) Demo track from a new instrumental band from London who learly have a love of early synths, analogue fuzz, Hawkwind, Primal Scream, Neu and such – www.myspace.com/autocolt
3: THE DICKIES – Paranoid (Secret) – The track they made their own (much to the annoyance of the metal fana at the time) back when they released it as a super fast helium fuelled punk rock single back in the day. This is from the forthcoming Go Bananas live album. Classic US punk rock – www.secretrecordslimited.com or www.thedickies.com
4: MARCIA X - Goat Chorus - From the Californian desert with some sound art creativity and two goats called Sassy and Bessie May
5: EVERYONE TO THE ANDERSON – Activate (Toy Solder) – Lead track from the post-hardcore flavoured angular indie rock band’s four track EP. Released on their own Toy Solder label – www.everyonetotheanderson.com or www.toysoldierrecords.co.uk
6: HASWELL & HECKER – UPIC (Warp) - if this got you curious... the electronic fuzz and the hum and the buzz and just what is it? Multichannel electro-acoustic performance? This is what links are for - www.myspace.com/haswellheckler or www.warprecords.com
7: DR SLAGGLEBERRY – Scat (Crash) – A new band from Oxfordshire with a demo that’s now been picked up by Crash Records and is set for download release on March 3rd – the band in deal in high octane Bungle-ised math metal – www.myspace.com/reslaggleberry.
8: HARLOTS – The Concept Of Existence (Lifeforce) – A track from the US extreme hard boiled progressive metal band’s rather excellent (and violently challenging) new album Betrayer. The album comes out next week on German label Lifeforce - this week’s Organ album the week – www.lifeforcerecords.com or www.myspace.com/harlots
9: INSTRUMENTS – American Football or American Football (demo) – A track from the London band’s latest set of demo recordings, beautifully refined uplifting rewarding instrumental post rock. You can download the track yourself from their My Space site and you can catch them live next in London at the Kilburn Luminaire (with Enon) on Feb 4th or the Buffalo Bar Feb 13th (with Vessels) – www.myspace.com/instrumentsmakemusic
10: MOLLOY – It Broke Apart (demo) – A new recording from the excellent London five piece new wave girl/boy electro rock outfit. They play Indiesexual @ Catch, Shoreditch, London on Feb 13th and The industry in Shoreditch on Feb 29th – oh, that means we’re in a leap year – they say it all with their My Space URL – www.myspace.com/thisisf*ckingbrilliant
11: ONLY UNTIL – Kabalaean City (Hollow Soul) – From the London (slightly lo-fi) post hardcore/post-rock/progressive band’s rather ambitiously good debut/newly released album – www.onlyuntil.com or www.myspace.com/onlyuntil
12: KUNK – We Are Not Who You Think We Are (Plastic Sun) – Lead track from the Norwich band’s forthcoming (debut?) single on new independent label Plastic Sun (always good to see a new and real independent label getting out there and just doing it). Slightly awkward indie alt.rock – www.kunk.co.uk
13: STOLEN BABIES – Awful Fall (Ascendance) – Track from the US avant rock band’s recent There Be Squabbles Ahead album. Stolen Babies will be in the UK/Europe later in February as guests on the Dillinger Escape Plan tour – including Feb 23rd at the London Astoria. More from www.myspace.com/stolenbabies
14: MARCIA X - Goat Chorus - From the Californian desert with some sound art creativity and two goats called Sassy and Bessie May
15: COUNTRYSIDE – Tape Dysfunctional #4 (demo) – A revisit to the Bristol band’s absolutely beautiful demo – lo-fi texture and delightfully English post-rock/other-pop. One of the most beautifully inspiring demos we’ve been sentin a long long time – www.myspace.com/countryssideland
16: CRASS – Sheep Farming In The Falklands (Crass) – I do feel a certain obligation to pepper the airwaves with a healthy dose of Crass now and again – classic politically aware, caustic, challenging, life changing DIY punk rock and so so much more – www.southern.com/southern/label/CRC/
17: TED MAUL - Forest... With This Memory Of A Free Festival (Game) – Track from the self proclaimed mentalist-metal band’s critically acclaimed debut album from last year – seriously forward looking original sounding extreme metal. The London band have just been confirmed as being on the forthcoming HIMSA / TOO PURE TO DIE / A LIFE ONCE LOST UK tour that includes a London date on 19th March at the Camden Underworld - www.tedmaul.com
18: MANCHESTER UNITED CALYPSO – the classic Jamaican 1950’s calypso celebrating the legendary Busby Babes. No need to say anything else this week 50 years on from the Munich disaster.....
19: PLAAYDOH – Oh Jay (Winning Sperm Party) - From the The Plaaydoh EP, we loved it from the moment the first note hit us. No, loved it as soon as we opened the envelope and got our hands on the home-made package. “Plaaydoh are a lo-fi pop band from Glasgow” says the scribbled piece of paper – and yes, the piece of paper is correct. Plaaydoh are a brilliantly spiky shouty poppy lo-fi diy band from Glasgow with five songs - three of which are instant bites of creative punk rock attitude and abrasive pointy adrenaline (the other two aren’t that far behind either). Comes is an excellent hand made sleeve – tactile, inviting, demand your instant attention. Limited to 100 (ours is orange and number 11). Purple sounds like The Fall meet a very edgy Go Team via a shouty Vile Vile Creatures (or Bis), Boyscout sounds like lo-fi Bananarama for pop loving Liars fans, Oh Jay is just a brilliant delight. Plaaydoh are charming, messy, Plaaydoh are full of bite, most of all they have these great songs that are laced with delicious energy and dangerous character, Plaaydoh are brilliantly different. We love this EP, we want more... and these Winning Sperm Party people look like they’re up to good things tooooooo – go investigate – this is why we do this Organ thing! - www.winningspermparty.com or www.myspace.com/plaaydoh
20: BAUHAUS – Zikir (Cooking Vinyl) – Now what’s this, a rather Resonance friendly track from the new Bauhaus album – the new album is called Go Away White and comes out on 17th March 2008 – www.cookingvinyl.com
21: MARCIA X - Goat Chorus - From the Californian desert with some sound art creativity and two goats called Sassy and Bessie May
Next Sunday, all being well, will be Marina’s turn and her OTHER ROCK SHOW – where rock music comes laced with unusual time signatures and sounds just a little less conventional than normal.
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by SeanOrgan » Tue Feb 19, 2008 3:30 am
LATEST ORGAN RADIO SHOW / RESONANCE 104.4FM PLAYLIST
Organ show with Sean O on RESONANCE 104.4FM, Sunday FEBRUARY 17th 2008, 9.00pm – On your FM dial all over London and worldwide via www.resonancefm.com.
Who got played this week? How do you find our more? Here come the details...
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 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: FIGHT LIKE APES – Canhead (Fifa) – An ode to fish and chips and a track from the brilliant Dublin band’s recent David Carradine Is A Bounty Hunter Who’s Robotic Arm Hates Your Crotch EP The band have just been confirmed as support on the Von Bondies UK tour that started yesterday and ends here in London at the Scala in Kings Cross – I think they’re just about the best band around right now – www.myspace.com/fightlikeapesmusic
3: DÄLEK – Heads (Ipecac) – Another slight return to a minute and bit long track from Dalek’s 2002 album of boundary pushing avant hip hop. You’ll find a new interview with the New Jersey MC up on the Organ web pages (and bites of it running with this month’s print version of Organ). Explore more Dälek here – www.deadverse.com or www.myspace.com/dalek
4: DR SNAGGLEBERRY – Hitss (demo) - Another play from a brand new band from Oxfordshire and a demo that’s now been picked up by Crash Records and is set for download release on March 3rd – the band in deal in high octane Bungle-ised, Locust flavoured intense math metal – and now we’ve actually caught them live and oh yes, exciting new young band brewing up here, lots of small London shows coming up - www.myspace.com/reslaggleberry.
5: DIE DIE DENEUVE – The Wire (demo) – A new band to us, saw they were on a Noisestar bill (at the Buffalo Bar, Islington, 2nd March) and figured that was a good enough reason to go check them out. Three girls from deepest London with a rather tasty set of scratchy bite-size post-punkish songs – go explore and download it for yourself via www.myspace.com/diediedeneurve
6: FOXY SHAZAM – Introducing Foxy Shazam (New Weathermen) – Track from the new album from the self proclaimed “Evil Knievel of Rock ‘n Roll” and some piano propelled chaos and screaming stunt-rock. Fractured garage soul and Turbonegro explosions and all face to face with a grizzly bear and Meat Loaf and various bats out of hell and give me friction baby – I like it! They’re a quartet from Cincinnati and there’s a bag load of screaming and piano abuse and jumping about and yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees it is a messy job and someone’s got to do it. Tubes and Jerry Lee and big slices of soul and funk and cool looking artwork and yeeeeeeeesssssss again - www.myspace.com/foxyshazam
7: THE FLYING LUTTENBACHERS – Storm Of Shit (Skin Graft) – A classic slice of chewy avant noise from one of the finest bands in the world. This is a piece of action from the Chicago free jazz sons of Satan’s 1996 album The Revenge of The Flying Luttenbachers – now that’s what we call radio friendly - www.skingraftrecords.com
8: THE POP GROUP – We Are All Prostitutes (Mute) – For those of you who fell in to the BBC’s Ashes To Ashes time hole this week and were itching to hear this early 80’s slice of classic English Thatcher biting post punk properly.
9: STE McCABE – Huyton Scum (Cherryade) – Raging angry queercore punk from the North West of England and a track from Ste’s new Pink Bomb EP - his finest release to-date, his releases are always good – right back to the very home-made raw-as-hell Stephen Nancy demo days. “Manchester’s Queen of queer punk” heralded the Manchester Evening News – and how right they are – infectiously catchy ranting riot-boy punk pop and no hint of any compromise yet (we didn’t expect there would be!). Snarling sarcastic biting and homophobe baiting angry bite bite bite - “Pro-feminist, anti-church”. Angry pop music, not so angry that it isn’t fun though. He’s actually a Scouser, bit of a Holly Johnson voice (he’ll probably rage at us for saying that!), he’s got a missive chip on his shoulder – and we wouldn’t want it any other way, he’s a positive hero... and he’s got the sound and production nailed down just right now – a fine balance somewhere between raw lo-fi and studio polish. – a one man ranting DIY queercore punk rock riot with a drum machine and a hint of Morrissey and a large slice of Buzzcocks or maybe a bit of Carter USM along with some Bikini kill/Vile Vile Creatures attitude and songs that just get inside your head and make you smile (well OK, they may not actually make you smile that much if you’re a Daily Express reading Tory homophobe or your name is Tommo). www.myspace.com/stemccabe or www.cherryademusic.co.uk
10: HERZOGA – Nice Car (We Like Danger) – Second single from the self-declared leaders of the Wrong Pop movement. Herzoga are from Stoke-On-Trent, this new single is due out tomorrow (Monday 18th). Edgy new wave post-punk angular pop flavours and a rather new and rather healthy DIY record label from Staffordshire - www.myspace.com/herzogaband or www.welikedanger.com
11: GALLHAMMER – Beyond The Hate Red (Peaceville) – A taste of one of the finest extreme death metal bands in the world right now, they have a dark moody avant-rock edge, they make for really hard-boiled listening, they’re from Japan, there’s three of them and they’ll be in the UK for a tour in March that kicks off on the 12th at the Water Rats in London. Fine out more about the three girls via www.peaceville.com or www.myspace.com/ghammercrust
12: AIRBOURNE – Hellfire (Roadrunner) – a two minute blast of Australia’s finest up front of their debut London show tomorrow night Monday Feb 18th - thousands will claim they were there in the coming years, like those people who claim they were at AC/DC’s first London gig at the Hammersmith Red Cow – www.airbournerock.com or www.myspace.com/airbourne
13: THE DEATH SET – Intermission (Counter) – The Baltimore new wave punk rock riot of a band blew through London this week and blew up a storm – this is a raging slice of beautifully shouty chaos off their UK single on Ninja Tune offshoot label Counter – www.myspace.com/thedeathset
14: DOLLY PARTON – Stairway To Heaven (download) - Country version of the Zeppelin song, so search the web and find it yourself....
15: DAS WANDERLUST – The Orange Shop (Don’t Tell Clare) – A revisit to the Middlesborough band’s rather fine 2006 single and more of that new wave shouty angular wrong pop and played because they’re on their way down to London for a show at The Fly (New Oxford Street) on Feb 26th - www.myspace.com/daswanderlust
16: PICTURES – Cross, Cross Eyed (Tangle Talk) – Another fine new band on another fine new DIY record label – this time both parties are from Brighton. Pictures sound rather like a whole mix of things in there amongst the very busy rather angular twists and the high-pitch vocal yelps and the frantic mathematical high-wire indie cut and thrust and the bits that taste of Rolo Tomassi and Cutting Pink With Knives and Colossamite and These Arms Are Snakes and Meet Me In St. Louie - and their more restrained gulps of air that are more Vessels or I Was A Cub Scout flavoured (very small gulps of air mind you, far too frantic to stand still for more than a second or two). They sound like they threw everything in there, they sound like they’re striving for a little more than just being part of the pack, they sound like they’re bursting with ideas and we want more from this band. Limited edition pressing of just 200 so jump quick before you have to pay thirty quid on ebay. Excellent single, excellent band, fine intent – and loads of gigs coming up as well including a show with Rolo Tomassi at the Camden Underworld on Feb 27th - www.myspace.com/wearepictures or www.tangledtalk.com
17: SURROUNDED – 21st Century Paradise Traveler (One Little Indian) – A track from the forthcoming album The Nautilus Years – released in the UK on March 10th – “Sweden’s answer to The Flaming lips” according to All Music Guide – sound like a lot more than just that to these ears. This week’s Organ magazine album of the week, the band play London this Tuesday 19th Feb, on at 8.15 at the Water Rats in King’s Cross - www.surrounded.se
18: YOU FANTASTIC – Track 1 (Skin Graft) – Another slice of classic Skin Graft and one minute fifty seconds from the Riddler album and the slightly mysterious You Fantastic – people from Cheer Accident, Dazzling Killmen and such - www.skingraftrecords.com
19: NEW ORLEANS BUSKER – Glass Stairway To Heaven (download) – a busker with a glass barrel organ and two minutes of obscure found sound beauty
20: CURRENT 93 - Moonlight You Will Say (Durtro) – 1994’s rather beautiful Of Ruine Or Blazing Starre album has just been re-issued. David Tibet and Current 93 at their most experimentally folk-based most English of English phases. More of those most healthy of obsessions with life, death, Christ, Christian ritual, runes, the spirit of Albion, of trees, of rivers, of wicker men - and the words of Crowley, of Ligotti, the land of Blake, and root systems, popular willows, great fire gods and... Current 93 are a quite remarkable band/project and this is probably one of their most remarkably intriguing works. More details from www.brainwashed.com/c93 or www.durtro.com – find this re-issue via www.southern.net - oh look, the alternative one liner: Comus in thee temple ov William Blake
Next Sunday, all being well, will be Marina’s turn and her OTHER ROCK SHOW – where rock music comes laced with unusual time signatures and sounds just a little less conventional than normal.
Organ show with Sean O on RESONANCE 104.4FM, Sunday FEBRUARY 17th 2008, 9.00pm – On your FM dial all over London and worldwide via www.resonancefm.com.
Who got played this week? How do you find our more? Here come the details...
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 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: FIGHT LIKE APES – Canhead (Fifa) – An ode to fish and chips and a track from the brilliant Dublin band’s recent David Carradine Is A Bounty Hunter Who’s Robotic Arm Hates Your Crotch EP The band have just been confirmed as support on the Von Bondies UK tour that started yesterday and ends here in London at the Scala in Kings Cross – I think they’re just about the best band around right now – www.myspace.com/fightlikeapesmusic
3: DÄLEK – Heads (Ipecac) – Another slight return to a minute and bit long track from Dalek’s 2002 album of boundary pushing avant hip hop. You’ll find a new interview with the New Jersey MC up on the Organ web pages (and bites of it running with this month’s print version of Organ). Explore more Dälek here – www.deadverse.com or www.myspace.com/dalek
4: DR SNAGGLEBERRY – Hitss (demo) - Another play from a brand new band from Oxfordshire and a demo that’s now been picked up by Crash Records and is set for download release on March 3rd – the band in deal in high octane Bungle-ised, Locust flavoured intense math metal – and now we’ve actually caught them live and oh yes, exciting new young band brewing up here, lots of small London shows coming up - www.myspace.com/reslaggleberry.
5: DIE DIE DENEUVE – The Wire (demo) – A new band to us, saw they were on a Noisestar bill (at the Buffalo Bar, Islington, 2nd March) and figured that was a good enough reason to go check them out. Three girls from deepest London with a rather tasty set of scratchy bite-size post-punkish songs – go explore and download it for yourself via www.myspace.com/diediedeneurve
6: FOXY SHAZAM – Introducing Foxy Shazam (New Weathermen) – Track from the new album from the self proclaimed “Evil Knievel of Rock ‘n Roll” and some piano propelled chaos and screaming stunt-rock. Fractured garage soul and Turbonegro explosions and all face to face with a grizzly bear and Meat Loaf and various bats out of hell and give me friction baby – I like it! They’re a quartet from Cincinnati and there’s a bag load of screaming and piano abuse and jumping about and yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees it is a messy job and someone’s got to do it. Tubes and Jerry Lee and big slices of soul and funk and cool looking artwork and yeeeeeeeesssssss again - www.myspace.com/foxyshazam
7: THE FLYING LUTTENBACHERS – Storm Of Shit (Skin Graft) – A classic slice of chewy avant noise from one of the finest bands in the world. This is a piece of action from the Chicago free jazz sons of Satan’s 1996 album The Revenge of The Flying Luttenbachers – now that’s what we call radio friendly - www.skingraftrecords.com
8: THE POP GROUP – We Are All Prostitutes (Mute) – For those of you who fell in to the BBC’s Ashes To Ashes time hole this week and were itching to hear this early 80’s slice of classic English Thatcher biting post punk properly.
9: STE McCABE – Huyton Scum (Cherryade) – Raging angry queercore punk from the North West of England and a track from Ste’s new Pink Bomb EP - his finest release to-date, his releases are always good – right back to the very home-made raw-as-hell Stephen Nancy demo days. “Manchester’s Queen of queer punk” heralded the Manchester Evening News – and how right they are – infectiously catchy ranting riot-boy punk pop and no hint of any compromise yet (we didn’t expect there would be!). Snarling sarcastic biting and homophobe baiting angry bite bite bite - “Pro-feminist, anti-church”. Angry pop music, not so angry that it isn’t fun though. He’s actually a Scouser, bit of a Holly Johnson voice (he’ll probably rage at us for saying that!), he’s got a missive chip on his shoulder – and we wouldn’t want it any other way, he’s a positive hero... and he’s got the sound and production nailed down just right now – a fine balance somewhere between raw lo-fi and studio polish. – a one man ranting DIY queercore punk rock riot with a drum machine and a hint of Morrissey and a large slice of Buzzcocks or maybe a bit of Carter USM along with some Bikini kill/Vile Vile Creatures attitude and songs that just get inside your head and make you smile (well OK, they may not actually make you smile that much if you’re a Daily Express reading Tory homophobe or your name is Tommo). www.myspace.com/stemccabe or www.cherryademusic.co.uk
10: HERZOGA – Nice Car (We Like Danger) – Second single from the self-declared leaders of the Wrong Pop movement. Herzoga are from Stoke-On-Trent, this new single is due out tomorrow (Monday 18th). Edgy new wave post-punk angular pop flavours and a rather new and rather healthy DIY record label from Staffordshire - www.myspace.com/herzogaband or www.welikedanger.com
11: GALLHAMMER – Beyond The Hate Red (Peaceville) – A taste of one of the finest extreme death metal bands in the world right now, they have a dark moody avant-rock edge, they make for really hard-boiled listening, they’re from Japan, there’s three of them and they’ll be in the UK for a tour in March that kicks off on the 12th at the Water Rats in London. Fine out more about the three girls via www.peaceville.com or www.myspace.com/ghammercrust
12: AIRBOURNE – Hellfire (Roadrunner) – a two minute blast of Australia’s finest up front of their debut London show tomorrow night Monday Feb 18th - thousands will claim they were there in the coming years, like those people who claim they were at AC/DC’s first London gig at the Hammersmith Red Cow – www.airbournerock.com or www.myspace.com/airbourne
13: THE DEATH SET – Intermission (Counter) – The Baltimore new wave punk rock riot of a band blew through London this week and blew up a storm – this is a raging slice of beautifully shouty chaos off their UK single on Ninja Tune offshoot label Counter – www.myspace.com/thedeathset
14: DOLLY PARTON – Stairway To Heaven (download) - Country version of the Zeppelin song, so search the web and find it yourself....
15: DAS WANDERLUST – The Orange Shop (Don’t Tell Clare) – A revisit to the Middlesborough band’s rather fine 2006 single and more of that new wave shouty angular wrong pop and played because they’re on their way down to London for a show at The Fly (New Oxford Street) on Feb 26th - www.myspace.com/daswanderlust
16: PICTURES – Cross, Cross Eyed (Tangle Talk) – Another fine new band on another fine new DIY record label – this time both parties are from Brighton. Pictures sound rather like a whole mix of things in there amongst the very busy rather angular twists and the high-pitch vocal yelps and the frantic mathematical high-wire indie cut and thrust and the bits that taste of Rolo Tomassi and Cutting Pink With Knives and Colossamite and These Arms Are Snakes and Meet Me In St. Louie - and their more restrained gulps of air that are more Vessels or I Was A Cub Scout flavoured (very small gulps of air mind you, far too frantic to stand still for more than a second or two). They sound like they threw everything in there, they sound like they’re striving for a little more than just being part of the pack, they sound like they’re bursting with ideas and we want more from this band. Limited edition pressing of just 200 so jump quick before you have to pay thirty quid on ebay. Excellent single, excellent band, fine intent – and loads of gigs coming up as well including a show with Rolo Tomassi at the Camden Underworld on Feb 27th - www.myspace.com/wearepictures or www.tangledtalk.com
17: SURROUNDED – 21st Century Paradise Traveler (One Little Indian) – A track from the forthcoming album The Nautilus Years – released in the UK on March 10th – “Sweden’s answer to The Flaming lips” according to All Music Guide – sound like a lot more than just that to these ears. This week’s Organ magazine album of the week, the band play London this Tuesday 19th Feb, on at 8.15 at the Water Rats in King’s Cross - www.surrounded.se
18: YOU FANTASTIC – Track 1 (Skin Graft) – Another slice of classic Skin Graft and one minute fifty seconds from the Riddler album and the slightly mysterious You Fantastic – people from Cheer Accident, Dazzling Killmen and such - www.skingraftrecords.com
19: NEW ORLEANS BUSKER – Glass Stairway To Heaven (download) – a busker with a glass barrel organ and two minutes of obscure found sound beauty
20: CURRENT 93 - Moonlight You Will Say (Durtro) – 1994’s rather beautiful Of Ruine Or Blazing Starre album has just been re-issued. David Tibet and Current 93 at their most experimentally folk-based most English of English phases. More of those most healthy of obsessions with life, death, Christ, Christian ritual, runes, the spirit of Albion, of trees, of rivers, of wicker men - and the words of Crowley, of Ligotti, the land of Blake, and root systems, popular willows, great fire gods and... Current 93 are a quite remarkable band/project and this is probably one of their most remarkably intriguing works. More details from www.brainwashed.com/c93 or www.durtro.com – find this re-issue via www.southern.net - oh look, the alternative one liner: Comus in thee temple ov William Blake
Next Sunday, all being well, will be Marina’s turn and her OTHER ROCK SHOW – where rock music comes laced with unusual time signatures and sounds just a little less conventional than normal.
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by SeanOrgan » Mon Feb 25, 2008 3:05 am
LATEST ORGAN RADIO SHOW / RESONANCE 104.4FM PLAYLIST
OTHER ROCK SHOW with Marina A on RESONANCE 104.4FM, Sunday FEBRUARY 24th 2008, 9.00pm – On your FM dial all over London and worldwide via www.resonancefm.com.
Who got played this week? How do you find our more? Here come the details...
INTRO: PHANTOMSMASHER "Bishop Hopping" (Ipecac)
1: TIME OF ORCHIDS - Gem (Cuneiform)
2: AHLEUCHATISTAS - RPG3 (Tzadik)
3: DR SLAGGLEBERRY - Gobo (Crash)
4: PICTURES - Cross, Cross Eyed (Tangled Talk)
5: ROLO TOMASSI - Curby (Holy Roar)
6: CARDIACS - The Stench Of Honey (Alphabet)
7: VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR - We Are Not Here (Virgin)
8: THINKING PLAGUE – Maelstrom (live) (Cuneiform)
9: YOU SLUT! - On-The-Spot Tina Turner Fine (Stressed Sumo)
10: KAYO DOT -Marathon (excerpt) (download)
11: UPSILON ACRUX - Get Down Upon It!/AWOL (Hactivist)
12: YOU SLUT! - Pie To The Death-Faced Indie Kid (Stressed Sumo)
13: BIRDBATH - Silence Is The New Heavy Metal (Ingue)
14: RUINS - Messaien (Skin Graft /God Mountain)
15: AHLEUCHATISTAS - The Day The Earth Stood Still (Tzadik)
OUTRO: KAYO DOT – Wayfarer (download)
Yes, feed me info now!
TIME OF ORCHIDS - a New York four-piece taking complex avant rock to yet another level. Bewildering, mind-blowing and often beautiful album 'Namesake Caution' out on Cuneiform - www.cuneiformrecords.com has sound clips of all, and more.
John Zorn's label Tzadik have just re-released AHLEUCHATISTAS' second album, 'The Same and the Other' on their Full force Composer Series imprint (other albums include Mick Barr, Kayo Dot and Time Of Orchids' earlier work). Originally out in 2004, it's co-produced by Zorn and features unreleased tracks. www.ahleuchatistas.com
DR SLAGGLEBERRY are an impressive four-piece from Oxford/Reading, currently gigging everywhere; this is from their debuy EP available from www.crash-records.co.uk - hear more of their Bungle/Fantomas Locust madness at www.myspace.com/drslaggleberry
...the excellent PICTURES are from Brighton, and releasing their debut single this week as well as touring with I Was A Cub Scout and ROLO TOMASSI - Underworld London on 27th and across UK, more info at www.tangledtalk.com or www.myspace.com/wearepictures (single is limited 7" and download). Rolo Tomassi track from their great self-titled EP possibly still available from www.rolotomassi.tk
From 'On Land And In The Sea', CARDIACS showing everyone the way in 1989 and in so getting banned from the NME "solely on taste grounds" - you can actually get this album direct from the band at www.cardiacs.com ...we expect new sounds and gig news from them any day now...
and astonishingly 70s legends VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR are releasing a stonking new album 'Trisector' on 17th March, playing the UK and Europe in March/April; this is perhaps the first airplay! more from www.sofasound.com
THINKING PLAGUE are another who were band ahead of things, now word-of-mouth legends: this live track recently recorded (I believe at Nearfest) - currently on Cuneiform Records (see Time Of Orchids).
From Derby/Nottingham, YOU SLUT! release their first single, 'Critical Meat' (my copy has eight cracking tracks, could this actually be their album 'Mybloodyjesusexploreronfire' or just a bargain?) Touring UK in Feb/March, they play Panic, Leicester Square London on 29th Feb and the Social Portland ST 11th March - more at www.stressedsumorecords.co.uk
...a couple of tracks from UPSILON ACRUX's hard-to-find 'Last. Train. Out.' album on Hactivist Media, try their current label Cuneiform for more info
Don't know much about KAYO DOT except that they've gigged with Time Of Orchids and used to be called Maudlin Of The Well - I went looking for info on the latter and came up with several downloads from their web site that are currently blowing my tiny mind. These excepts didn't do them justic, tracks are usually ten minutes long and go from ecstatic raging to extreme delicacy, packed with imagination and emotion. These were (apparantly) from 'Choirs Of The Eye' and there's a more recent album out.
BIRDBATH (or bIRdbATh) are a Bristol based four piece who've evolved from an on-off friends' project to a band proper, just releasing a DIY nine-track album called "..and Then" available from Ingue records for £6 inc p&p - www.inguerecords.com or myspace.com/birdbath
a blast of early-ish RUINS (from 'Tzomborgha') (Ruins many of you know, massively influential Japanese duo who compose with lyrics in an invented language similar to but not quite the same as Kobaian, the invented language of Magma - yes the French 70s avant rock band... what a rich and strange world we live in). Ruins samples at www.skingraftrecords.com ....
So much earfood, which one will you eat? Marina Organ
Next Sunday, all being well, will be Sean O's turn and the ORGAN HOUR – a round up of new demos, releases and the best new underground/alternative bands who are playing London in the coming days...
OTHER ROCK SHOW with Marina A on RESONANCE 104.4FM, Sunday FEBRUARY 24th 2008, 9.00pm – On your FM dial all over London and worldwide via www.resonancefm.com.
Who got played this week? How do you find our more? Here come the details...
INTRO: PHANTOMSMASHER "Bishop Hopping" (Ipecac)
1: TIME OF ORCHIDS - Gem (Cuneiform)
2: AHLEUCHATISTAS - RPG3 (Tzadik)
3: DR SLAGGLEBERRY - Gobo (Crash)
4: PICTURES - Cross, Cross Eyed (Tangled Talk)
5: ROLO TOMASSI - Curby (Holy Roar)
6: CARDIACS - The Stench Of Honey (Alphabet)
7: VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR - We Are Not Here (Virgin)
8: THINKING PLAGUE – Maelstrom (live) (Cuneiform)
9: YOU SLUT! - On-The-Spot Tina Turner Fine (Stressed Sumo)
10: KAYO DOT -Marathon (excerpt) (download)
11: UPSILON ACRUX - Get Down Upon It!/AWOL (Hactivist)
12: YOU SLUT! - Pie To The Death-Faced Indie Kid (Stressed Sumo)
13: BIRDBATH - Silence Is The New Heavy Metal (Ingue)
14: RUINS - Messaien (Skin Graft /God Mountain)
15: AHLEUCHATISTAS - The Day The Earth Stood Still (Tzadik)
OUTRO: KAYO DOT – Wayfarer (download)
Yes, feed me info now!
TIME OF ORCHIDS - a New York four-piece taking complex avant rock to yet another level. Bewildering, mind-blowing and often beautiful album 'Namesake Caution' out on Cuneiform - www.cuneiformrecords.com has sound clips of all, and more.
John Zorn's label Tzadik have just re-released AHLEUCHATISTAS' second album, 'The Same and the Other' on their Full force Composer Series imprint (other albums include Mick Barr, Kayo Dot and Time Of Orchids' earlier work). Originally out in 2004, it's co-produced by Zorn and features unreleased tracks. www.ahleuchatistas.com
DR SLAGGLEBERRY are an impressive four-piece from Oxford/Reading, currently gigging everywhere; this is from their debuy EP available from www.crash-records.co.uk - hear more of their Bungle/Fantomas Locust madness at www.myspace.com/drslaggleberry
...the excellent PICTURES are from Brighton, and releasing their debut single this week as well as touring with I Was A Cub Scout and ROLO TOMASSI - Underworld London on 27th and across UK, more info at www.tangledtalk.com or www.myspace.com/wearepictures (single is limited 7" and download). Rolo Tomassi track from their great self-titled EP possibly still available from www.rolotomassi.tk
From 'On Land And In The Sea', CARDIACS showing everyone the way in 1989 and in so getting banned from the NME "solely on taste grounds" - you can actually get this album direct from the band at www.cardiacs.com ...we expect new sounds and gig news from them any day now...
and astonishingly 70s legends VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR are releasing a stonking new album 'Trisector' on 17th March, playing the UK and Europe in March/April; this is perhaps the first airplay! more from www.sofasound.com
THINKING PLAGUE are another who were band ahead of things, now word-of-mouth legends: this live track recently recorded (I believe at Nearfest) - currently on Cuneiform Records (see Time Of Orchids).
From Derby/Nottingham, YOU SLUT! release their first single, 'Critical Meat' (my copy has eight cracking tracks, could this actually be their album 'Mybloodyjesusexploreronfire' or just a bargain?) Touring UK in Feb/March, they play Panic, Leicester Square London on 29th Feb and the Social Portland ST 11th March - more at www.stressedsumorecords.co.uk
...a couple of tracks from UPSILON ACRUX's hard-to-find 'Last. Train. Out.' album on Hactivist Media, try their current label Cuneiform for more info
Don't know much about KAYO DOT except that they've gigged with Time Of Orchids and used to be called Maudlin Of The Well - I went looking for info on the latter and came up with several downloads from their web site that are currently blowing my tiny mind. These excepts didn't do them justic, tracks are usually ten minutes long and go from ecstatic raging to extreme delicacy, packed with imagination and emotion. These were (apparantly) from 'Choirs Of The Eye' and there's a more recent album out.
BIRDBATH (or bIRdbATh) are a Bristol based four piece who've evolved from an on-off friends' project to a band proper, just releasing a DIY nine-track album called "..and Then" available from Ingue records for £6 inc p&p - www.inguerecords.com or myspace.com/birdbath
a blast of early-ish RUINS (from 'Tzomborgha') (Ruins many of you know, massively influential Japanese duo who compose with lyrics in an invented language similar to but not quite the same as Kobaian, the invented language of Magma - yes the French 70s avant rock band... what a rich and strange world we live in). Ruins samples at www.skingraftrecords.com ....
So much earfood, which one will you eat? Marina Organ
Next Sunday, all being well, will be Sean O's turn and the ORGAN HOUR – a round up of new demos, releases and the best new underground/alternative bands who are playing London in the coming days...
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LATEST ORGAN RADIO SHOW / RESONANCE 104.4FM PLAYLIST
Organ show with Sean O on RESONANCE 104.4FM, Sunday MARCH 2nd 2008, 9.00pm – On your FM dial all over London and worldwide via www.resonancefm.com.
Who got played this week? How do you find our more? Here come the details...
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 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: B FOR BANG – Helter Skelter (KML) – A track from the forthcoming album “Across The Universe of Language” in which B For Bang “rewire” The Beatles. B For Bang are a collective of respected avant music creators – people from Dimension X, Zu and such, and this album (out on March 10th) is laced with way left field interpretations of Fab Four classics along with assorted bits of sound collage and experimental electronica – this is basically Beatles reworked and rewired for Resonance! www.kmlrecordings.com or www.bforbang.com
3: PLAAYDOH – Purple Mini Jack (Winning Sperm Party) – One more play of a track from that excellent Plaaydoh EP, we loved it from the moment the first note hit us. No, loved it as soon as we opened the envelope and got our hands on the home-made package. “Plaaydoh are a lo-fi pop band from Glasgow” says the scribbled piece of paper – and yes, the piece of paper is correct. Plaaydoh are a brilliantly spiky shouty poppy lo-fi diy band from Glasgow with five songs - three of which are instant bites of creative punk rock attitude and abrasive pointy adrenaline (the other two aren’t that far behind either). Comes is an excellent hand made sleeve – tactile, inviting, demand your instant attention. Limited to 100 (ours is orange and number 11). Purple sounds like The Fall meet a very edgy Go Team via a shouty Vile Vile Creatures (or Bis), Boyscout sounds like lo-fi Bananarama for pop loving Liars fans, Oh Jay is just a brilliant delight. Plaaydoh are charming, messy, Plaaydoh are full of bite, most of all they have these great songs that are laced with delicious energy and dangerous character, Plaaydoh are brilliantly different. We love this EP, we want more... and these Winning Sperm Party people look like they’re up to good things tooooooo – go investigate – this is why we do this Organ thing! - www.winningspermparty.com or www.myspace.com/plaaydoh
4: EFTERKLANG – Caravan (Leaf) – The wonderful Efterklang have announced a spring tour of the UK and Ireland. Like their hugely successful tour in November/December last year, the group will perform as an 8-piece. The line-up will include Anna Brønsted, whose solo act Our Broken Garden, will perform as support for the tour.The Danish collective, currently on tour in Europe, will release “Caravan” as a strictly limited edition 7” (and download) to coincide with the tour. The single is taken from the acclaimed album Parades (last year’s Organ album of the year). You can listen to Caravan here: www.myspace.com/theleaflabel, find out more at www.myspace.com/efterklang “Highlight of the Efterklang tour is a headlining show at London's Queen Elizabeth Hall on April 2nd - and we can announce that the latest Leaf signing, Wildbirds & Peacedrums, from Gothenburg in Sweden, will make their debut UK performance at the show. Their album, Heartcore, will be released on April 28. - www.myspace.com/wildbirdsandpeacedrums
EFTERKLANG have now been confirmed for the Supersonic festival in Birmingham on Saturday 12th July. The festival, put on by the Capsule people, takes place at the Custard Factory on the 11th and 12th – and what a bill it looks to be! BATTLES, HARMONIA, EARTH. OXBOW, GUAPO, DALEK and lots lots more – serious Other Rock... www.capsule.org.uk/Supersonic
5: VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR – Over The Hill (Virgin) – A wondrous twelve and a half minute epic from the forthcoming (March 17th) album Trisector... When Van Der Graaf made that comeback a couple of years ago with those unexpected shows and the Present album people refused to believe it was going to happen until they were actually stood there in front of us singing of black days at the bottom of the blackest sea. The euphoria, the disbelief and the celebration is behind us now, one of the finest bands ever are properly back and the second album from this new period of Van Der Graaf life is here. Stripped down to a trio of original 1968 members now – Hugh Banton, Peter Hammill and Guy Evans - the first thing to say about Trisector is that there is material on here to stand up next the best from any period of the band’s many lives. Peter Hammill is on top form with his extremely personal lyrics - inward looking, unflinching as ever as age takes hold; the melancholy, that wonderfully distinctive voice, that clock that’s always ticking and a lifetime spent unlearning all that he knows. The twelve and a half minutes of Over The Hill is classic Van Der Graaf Generator with all those breathtaking rollercoaster rides and stabs of jarring drama that lead us to that euphoric grandness. We Are Not Now is seriously progressively challenging rock – Van Der Graff are not the kind of band who you expect to just rehash things, they don’t here! There are moments on Trisector that are genuinely pushing at musical edges – and if you want emotion that Peter Hammill is still the (emo? This is the real stuff). The best moments more than make up for the risks that don’t really pay off – the album opens with a rather uneventful four minute instrumental that really did lower my expectations and had me fearing the worst. Start your first listen with the opening moments of Interference Patterns lose yourself in more ceremonial quicksand... Another very fine album from probably the greatest English band ever.
Trisector is out March 17th – you can catch them on tour in early April, including the 3rd here in London at the Queen Elizabeth Hall – taste some classic VdGG downloads at all the news at www.vandergraafgenerator.co.uk
6: CARDIACS – A Little Man And A House (Alphabet) – Well how on earth were we expected to follow the brilliance of Van Der Graaf other than with a classic slice of the world’s other greatest band of all time? – www.cardiacs.com
7: YOU SLUT! – 1s, 2ns, The Original Door (Stressed Sumo) - A track from the Derby/Nottingham band’s Crucial Meat album that’s release this Monday 3rd March. Tight-as-you-like mathyness that's clear, big and well on the rockout side of things, from a band with a name that is either ridiculous or inspired, depending on how compulsively you stroke your chin. Yep, You Slut don't mess about, doing agile heaviness with a deft, easy touch. They're fat and chunky yet bright and breezy, plonked in some happy intersection of the effing Champs and Don Caballero, leaning more to the former. Quoting Oxes as an influence, they're more accessible because they're more focused; if they sound like anyone, it's a fatter Rumah Sakit. If you want to talk purist math rock, this is as good an example as any: lots of gratuitous time-changes and pointed unexpectedness, but overall tempo and volume staying the same. You Slut! Do complex - but not too complex - chugging upbeat rock with neat imaginative flourishes and a sly sense of fun. Next London show is at the Social, Portland St, London on 11th March – www.stressedsumorecords.co.uk or www.myspace.com/youslut1
8: M.I.A – The Modern Way (download) - Recorded off the radio in 1984 when the classic American hardcore punk band played a show at the Concert Factory in Costa Mesa, Calif., The show was aired on the UC Irvine radio station. You can download the track yourself from the band’s website. Sadly, we played some MIA this week in remembrance of front man Mike Conley, Mike was found dead last Thursday night, details are not that clear right now, initially his death was reported as murder, seems that might not be the case now – this track was played for Mike, his friends and family - www.miaband.com
9: B FOR BANG – Come Together (KML) – see track two...
10: SON LUX – Weapons (Anticon) - There’s an otherworldy ethereal whispered quality that eases you in to this expressively rewarding piece of work. At War is a deceptively easy knowing work that’s actually in reality is very busy and bursting with organic goodness. The artistic challenge you come to expect from the consistently good Anticon people – a label that you know are never going to settle for the same old thing. A forever evolving musical outlook, clever textures, sublime beats, classical ambience and a work that without really shifting that much and almost without you noticing, evolves in to delicate songs as those seductively soulful vocals come in - and then, just as unobtrusively give way to lush strings and something far more avant post-rock oriented – born of hip-hop composition, revolving around single piano notes. A drawn string here an echo there, a plaintive female voice... They will wither, always.... “Classically trained and rewired by his own hands”. Ryan Lott, for this is his project, is a frequent collaborator, occasional curator and “consummate man behind the curtain”, this is him emerging at the front of something rather challengingly different – and more importantly, something rather beautifully easy to lose yourself in, something to really connect with. Operatic, classical, other-rock, very accessible high-art and the turning of ideas on to heads and taking them all in a different way – and somehow for all the rewarding challenging At War is a classical piece of other pop music - post-rock, post hip-hop, post whatever. An alternative palate, aural hues, arranged as much around rhythm as melody. Snippets of this, bites of that, filtering through the radio waves, pulsing orchestration, transcendent beauty, always the beauty shining through and pulling you up there with it. This really is something different, something special, something inspiring, challenging and most of all something to put on repeat and just simply enjoy again and again. www.myspace.com/sonlux available in the UK via www.southern.net
11: TRICLOPS – Duende War (Alternative Tentacles) – Savaged prog-fused acid punk from San Francisco and a track from the forthcoming album Out Of Africa. Triclops are people from Lower Forty-Eight, Bottles And Skulls, Victim’s Family and The Fleshies and yes, a lab experiment gone horribly right! (that’s a borrowed quote – hey its late!) – www.triclopsband.com or www.alternativetentacles.com
12: NOTORIOUS HI-FI KILLERS – Queen O’Fuck (Rocket) They have a new album out, raw garage blues that feeds in a rather raw and wired progressive way on the legacy of The Stooges, MC5, Pere Ubu and dirty filth feedback. The London band play Herzoga’s Wrong Pop first birthday party on Friday 7th March in Stoke (at The Glebe), they share a stage with Herzoga and loads of other fine bands at Silver Rocket’s Long Good Friday at London’s Buffalo Bar on Good Friday 21st March – www.myspace.com/hifikillers or www.rocketrecordings.com or www.myspace.com/wrongpoppresents or www.myspace.com/silverrocketclub
13: ATTACK! VIPERS! – One For One (Rat Patrol) - Blistering hardcore metal with a desire to be just a little bit different, to challenge and to peel back your skin and rip your metaphorical throat right out. A band with a pedigree, a band who clearly know their stuff and know how to grab hold of things and push them a little bit more rather than just following the latest moves. Out of Portsmouth with a serious blend of old school hardcore and scathing screaming progressive metal violence. Scathing riffs, relentless onslaughts. They talk of Grade and Drowningman and Pelican and As Friends Rust, they’ve done time in bands like Jets Vs Sharks, Thirst and such – they know what they’re doing, they know what they’re talking about and they’re well worth your time, money and your bruises, and we revisited the album this week because they’re playing a Smash EDO benefit in Brighton in association with our comrades over in Brighton at Hair Of The Dog Radio/zine – www.myspace.com/hairofthedogurf or www.ratpatrolrecs.com or www.myspace.com/attackvipers – probably the best place to find links to explore what Smash EDO is www.schnews.org.uk
14: CHRIS SCHLARB - Extract from Twilight And Ghost Stories (Asthmatic Kitty) – This is a remarkably beautiful album/piece of work, wonderfully detailed restraint. Raindrops, dust, vinyl crackle (on a CD), background sound, field art. Twilight And Ghost Stories is a delicate restrained quiet set of atmospheric whispers, a 40 minute composition alive with atmosphere, warmth and delicious detail – spoken word, background colour, hints of of free-jazz, electronica, folk, post-rock - and all put together as one whole body of deliciously detailed slowly unwinding unobtrusive beauty. Dense yet very very light and with so much space and time to breath and soak in all the smells and tastes. Twilight And... is a forty minute piece, a composition featuring “a disparate cross-section of musicians from the avant-garde, independent folk, jazz and electronic communities” - the work includes contributions from Dirty Projectors, Sufjan Stevens, Walter Kitindu, Catanets, Parker Paul, Bhob Rainey, Mick Rossi and more... This is a wonderfully resonant piece of work, a beautiful modern challenging composition and a piece of wonderfully creative art – most of all though this is just simply a very beautiful, highly original and very easy to listen to piece/album that you’ll want to get lost in again and again – www.asthmatickitty.com
15: B FOR BANG – Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (KML) – See track 2...
16: TRANSISTOR SIX – Back Yard Rocketship (Blackbean & Placenta) – A proper play for our intro... see track 1.
Organ show with Sean O on RESONANCE 104.4FM, Sunday MARCH 2nd 2008, 9.00pm – On your FM dial all over London and worldwide via www.resonancefm.com.
Who got played this week? How do you find our more? Here come the details...
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 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: B FOR BANG – Helter Skelter (KML) – A track from the forthcoming album “Across The Universe of Language” in which B For Bang “rewire” The Beatles. B For Bang are a collective of respected avant music creators – people from Dimension X, Zu and such, and this album (out on March 10th) is laced with way left field interpretations of Fab Four classics along with assorted bits of sound collage and experimental electronica – this is basically Beatles reworked and rewired for Resonance! www.kmlrecordings.com or www.bforbang.com
3: PLAAYDOH – Purple Mini Jack (Winning Sperm Party) – One more play of a track from that excellent Plaaydoh EP, we loved it from the moment the first note hit us. No, loved it as soon as we opened the envelope and got our hands on the home-made package. “Plaaydoh are a lo-fi pop band from Glasgow” says the scribbled piece of paper – and yes, the piece of paper is correct. Plaaydoh are a brilliantly spiky shouty poppy lo-fi diy band from Glasgow with five songs - three of which are instant bites of creative punk rock attitude and abrasive pointy adrenaline (the other two aren’t that far behind either). Comes is an excellent hand made sleeve – tactile, inviting, demand your instant attention. Limited to 100 (ours is orange and number 11). Purple sounds like The Fall meet a very edgy Go Team via a shouty Vile Vile Creatures (or Bis), Boyscout sounds like lo-fi Bananarama for pop loving Liars fans, Oh Jay is just a brilliant delight. Plaaydoh are charming, messy, Plaaydoh are full of bite, most of all they have these great songs that are laced with delicious energy and dangerous character, Plaaydoh are brilliantly different. We love this EP, we want more... and these Winning Sperm Party people look like they’re up to good things tooooooo – go investigate – this is why we do this Organ thing! - www.winningspermparty.com or www.myspace.com/plaaydoh
4: EFTERKLANG – Caravan (Leaf) – The wonderful Efterklang have announced a spring tour of the UK and Ireland. Like their hugely successful tour in November/December last year, the group will perform as an 8-piece. The line-up will include Anna Brønsted, whose solo act Our Broken Garden, will perform as support for the tour.The Danish collective, currently on tour in Europe, will release “Caravan” as a strictly limited edition 7” (and download) to coincide with the tour. The single is taken from the acclaimed album Parades (last year’s Organ album of the year). You can listen to Caravan here: www.myspace.com/theleaflabel, find out more at www.myspace.com/efterklang “Highlight of the Efterklang tour is a headlining show at London's Queen Elizabeth Hall on April 2nd - and we can announce that the latest Leaf signing, Wildbirds & Peacedrums, from Gothenburg in Sweden, will make their debut UK performance at the show. Their album, Heartcore, will be released on April 28. - www.myspace.com/wildbirdsandpeacedrums
EFTERKLANG have now been confirmed for the Supersonic festival in Birmingham on Saturday 12th July. The festival, put on by the Capsule people, takes place at the Custard Factory on the 11th and 12th – and what a bill it looks to be! BATTLES, HARMONIA, EARTH. OXBOW, GUAPO, DALEK and lots lots more – serious Other Rock... www.capsule.org.uk/Supersonic
5: VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR – Over The Hill (Virgin) – A wondrous twelve and a half minute epic from the forthcoming (March 17th) album Trisector... When Van Der Graaf made that comeback a couple of years ago with those unexpected shows and the Present album people refused to believe it was going to happen until they were actually stood there in front of us singing of black days at the bottom of the blackest sea. The euphoria, the disbelief and the celebration is behind us now, one of the finest bands ever are properly back and the second album from this new period of Van Der Graaf life is here. Stripped down to a trio of original 1968 members now – Hugh Banton, Peter Hammill and Guy Evans - the first thing to say about Trisector is that there is material on here to stand up next the best from any period of the band’s many lives. Peter Hammill is on top form with his extremely personal lyrics - inward looking, unflinching as ever as age takes hold; the melancholy, that wonderfully distinctive voice, that clock that’s always ticking and a lifetime spent unlearning all that he knows. The twelve and a half minutes of Over The Hill is classic Van Der Graaf Generator with all those breathtaking rollercoaster rides and stabs of jarring drama that lead us to that euphoric grandness. We Are Not Now is seriously progressively challenging rock – Van Der Graff are not the kind of band who you expect to just rehash things, they don’t here! There are moments on Trisector that are genuinely pushing at musical edges – and if you want emotion that Peter Hammill is still the (emo? This is the real stuff). The best moments more than make up for the risks that don’t really pay off – the album opens with a rather uneventful four minute instrumental that really did lower my expectations and had me fearing the worst. Start your first listen with the opening moments of Interference Patterns lose yourself in more ceremonial quicksand... Another very fine album from probably the greatest English band ever.
Trisector is out March 17th – you can catch them on tour in early April, including the 3rd here in London at the Queen Elizabeth Hall – taste some classic VdGG downloads at all the news at www.vandergraafgenerator.co.uk
6: CARDIACS – A Little Man And A House (Alphabet) – Well how on earth were we expected to follow the brilliance of Van Der Graaf other than with a classic slice of the world’s other greatest band of all time? – www.cardiacs.com
7: YOU SLUT! – 1s, 2ns, The Original Door (Stressed Sumo) - A track from the Derby/Nottingham band’s Crucial Meat album that’s release this Monday 3rd March. Tight-as-you-like mathyness that's clear, big and well on the rockout side of things, from a band with a name that is either ridiculous or inspired, depending on how compulsively you stroke your chin. Yep, You Slut don't mess about, doing agile heaviness with a deft, easy touch. They're fat and chunky yet bright and breezy, plonked in some happy intersection of the effing Champs and Don Caballero, leaning more to the former. Quoting Oxes as an influence, they're more accessible because they're more focused; if they sound like anyone, it's a fatter Rumah Sakit. If you want to talk purist math rock, this is as good an example as any: lots of gratuitous time-changes and pointed unexpectedness, but overall tempo and volume staying the same. You Slut! Do complex - but not too complex - chugging upbeat rock with neat imaginative flourishes and a sly sense of fun. Next London show is at the Social, Portland St, London on 11th March – www.stressedsumorecords.co.uk or www.myspace.com/youslut1
8: M.I.A – The Modern Way (download) - Recorded off the radio in 1984 when the classic American hardcore punk band played a show at the Concert Factory in Costa Mesa, Calif., The show was aired on the UC Irvine radio station. You can download the track yourself from the band’s website. Sadly, we played some MIA this week in remembrance of front man Mike Conley, Mike was found dead last Thursday night, details are not that clear right now, initially his death was reported as murder, seems that might not be the case now – this track was played for Mike, his friends and family - www.miaband.com
9: B FOR BANG – Come Together (KML) – see track two...
10: SON LUX – Weapons (Anticon) - There’s an otherworldy ethereal whispered quality that eases you in to this expressively rewarding piece of work. At War is a deceptively easy knowing work that’s actually in reality is very busy and bursting with organic goodness. The artistic challenge you come to expect from the consistently good Anticon people – a label that you know are never going to settle for the same old thing. A forever evolving musical outlook, clever textures, sublime beats, classical ambience and a work that without really shifting that much and almost without you noticing, evolves in to delicate songs as those seductively soulful vocals come in - and then, just as unobtrusively give way to lush strings and something far more avant post-rock oriented – born of hip-hop composition, revolving around single piano notes. A drawn string here an echo there, a plaintive female voice... They will wither, always.... “Classically trained and rewired by his own hands”. Ryan Lott, for this is his project, is a frequent collaborator, occasional curator and “consummate man behind the curtain”, this is him emerging at the front of something rather challengingly different – and more importantly, something rather beautifully easy to lose yourself in, something to really connect with. Operatic, classical, other-rock, very accessible high-art and the turning of ideas on to heads and taking them all in a different way – and somehow for all the rewarding challenging At War is a classical piece of other pop music - post-rock, post hip-hop, post whatever. An alternative palate, aural hues, arranged as much around rhythm as melody. Snippets of this, bites of that, filtering through the radio waves, pulsing orchestration, transcendent beauty, always the beauty shining through and pulling you up there with it. This really is something different, something special, something inspiring, challenging and most of all something to put on repeat and just simply enjoy again and again. www.myspace.com/sonlux available in the UK via www.southern.net
11: TRICLOPS – Duende War (Alternative Tentacles) – Savaged prog-fused acid punk from San Francisco and a track from the forthcoming album Out Of Africa. Triclops are people from Lower Forty-Eight, Bottles And Skulls, Victim’s Family and The Fleshies and yes, a lab experiment gone horribly right! (that’s a borrowed quote – hey its late!) – www.triclopsband.com or www.alternativetentacles.com
12: NOTORIOUS HI-FI KILLERS – Queen O’Fuck (Rocket) They have a new album out, raw garage blues that feeds in a rather raw and wired progressive way on the legacy of The Stooges, MC5, Pere Ubu and dirty filth feedback. The London band play Herzoga’s Wrong Pop first birthday party on Friday 7th March in Stoke (at The Glebe), they share a stage with Herzoga and loads of other fine bands at Silver Rocket’s Long Good Friday at London’s Buffalo Bar on Good Friday 21st March – www.myspace.com/hifikillers or www.rocketrecordings.com or www.myspace.com/wrongpoppresents or www.myspace.com/silverrocketclub
13: ATTACK! VIPERS! – One For One (Rat Patrol) - Blistering hardcore metal with a desire to be just a little bit different, to challenge and to peel back your skin and rip your metaphorical throat right out. A band with a pedigree, a band who clearly know their stuff and know how to grab hold of things and push them a little bit more rather than just following the latest moves. Out of Portsmouth with a serious blend of old school hardcore and scathing screaming progressive metal violence. Scathing riffs, relentless onslaughts. They talk of Grade and Drowningman and Pelican and As Friends Rust, they’ve done time in bands like Jets Vs Sharks, Thirst and such – they know what they’re doing, they know what they’re talking about and they’re well worth your time, money and your bruises, and we revisited the album this week because they’re playing a Smash EDO benefit in Brighton in association with our comrades over in Brighton at Hair Of The Dog Radio/zine – www.myspace.com/hairofthedogurf or www.ratpatrolrecs.com or www.myspace.com/attackvipers – probably the best place to find links to explore what Smash EDO is www.schnews.org.uk
14: CHRIS SCHLARB - Extract from Twilight And Ghost Stories (Asthmatic Kitty) – This is a remarkably beautiful album/piece of work, wonderfully detailed restraint. Raindrops, dust, vinyl crackle (on a CD), background sound, field art. Twilight And Ghost Stories is a delicate restrained quiet set of atmospheric whispers, a 40 minute composition alive with atmosphere, warmth and delicious detail – spoken word, background colour, hints of of free-jazz, electronica, folk, post-rock - and all put together as one whole body of deliciously detailed slowly unwinding unobtrusive beauty. Dense yet very very light and with so much space and time to breath and soak in all the smells and tastes. Twilight And... is a forty minute piece, a composition featuring “a disparate cross-section of musicians from the avant-garde, independent folk, jazz and electronic communities” - the work includes contributions from Dirty Projectors, Sufjan Stevens, Walter Kitindu, Catanets, Parker Paul, Bhob Rainey, Mick Rossi and more... This is a wonderfully resonant piece of work, a beautiful modern challenging composition and a piece of wonderfully creative art – most of all though this is just simply a very beautiful, highly original and very easy to listen to piece/album that you’ll want to get lost in again and again – www.asthmatickitty.com
15: B FOR BANG – Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (KML) – See track 2...
16: TRANSISTOR SIX – Back Yard Rocketship (Blackbean & Placenta) – A proper play for our intro... see track 1.
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by SeanOrgan » Wed Mar 12, 2008 12:13 am
LATEST ORGAN RADIO SHOW / RESONANCE 104.4FM PLAYLIST
OTHER ROCK SHOW with Marina A on RESONANCE 104.4FM, Sunday MARCH 9th 2008, 9.00pm – On your FM dial all over London and worldwide via www.resonancefm.com.
Who got played this week? How do you find our more? Here come the details...
OTHER ROCK SHOW
9th March 2008
INTRO: PHANTOMSMASHER "Bishop Hopping" (Ipecac)
1: YOU SLUT! "Cut and Shut By You Slut!" (Stressed Sumo)
2: AHLEUCHATISTAS "Imperceptability" (Tzadik)
3: ENABLERS "Pauly's Days In Cinema" (Neurot)
4: DARLING FREAKHEAD "I Don't Care (If You Don't Like Me) Part 5,000,002" WIP
5: CATNAP "The Plague" (Snakes & Ladders)
6: KAYO DOT "Gemini (excerpt)" download
7: SINE STAR PROJECT "The Temptress" (Blood Light)
8: TIME OF ORCHIDS "Windswept Spectacle" (Cuneiform)
9: RUINS "Pallaschtom" (Skin Graft /God Mountain)
10: DR SLAGGLEBERRY "Scat" (Crash)
11: ATLAS "Catatonic"
12: ZACH HILL & HOLY SMOKES "Pretty Much None Of Us Know Anything" (Skingraft)
13: ENABLERS "On Monk"
Greetings from the stormy Isis...
From Derby/Nottingham, YOU SLUT! release their first album, 'Critical Meat' and a single called Mybloodyjesusexploreronfire They play the Social Portland St 11th March with Das Wanderlust and Truckers Of Husk - more at www.stressedsumorecords.co.uk
the AHLEUCHATISTAS are a three piece from Asheville, USA, playing warm, raw mega-complex avant roc; John Zorn's label Tzadik have just re-released AHLEUCHATISTAS' second album, 'The Same and the Other' on their Fullforce Composer Series imprint (other albums include Mick Barr, Kayo Dot and Time Of Orchids' earlier work). Originally out in 2004, it's co-produced by Zorn and features unreleased tracks. Superb recent album 'Even In The Midst...' is out now on Cuneiform. www.ahleuchatistas.com
the ENABLERS are a four-piece from San Francisco - do not miss their gig at the Monto Water Rats, King's Cross London on 14th March! These tracks were from 'Output Negative Space' and 'End Note' - both albums available from Neurot records/dist by Southern
The rather post-watershed DARLING FREAKHEAD is a composer/musican from Oakland California; his somewhat mad often genius work can be obtained from www.darlingfreakhead.com but this new piece is, I believe, exclusive to the Other Rock Show!
DR SLAGGLEBERRY are an impressive four-piece from Oxford/Reading, currently gigging everywhere; this is from their EP available from www.crash-records.co.uk - hear more of their Bungle/Fantomas Locust madness at www.myspace.com/drslaggleberry ...
This mindblowing track by KAYO DOT is available as a nearly-full free download from www.kayodot.net - great web site to discover more about this astonishing outfit. They used to be called Maudlin Of The Well, they're from Brooklyn, as the site says, short excepts don't do them justice, (so they've put up tracks with just the beginnings and ends shortened), songs are usually ten minutes long and go from ecstatic raging to extreme delicacy, packed with imagination and emotion.
Based in Southampton, SINE STAR PROJECT are a gigging five-piece plus a varying amount of strings, brass and wind, making gorgeous Queen/Muse/Sparks orchestral rock - this from their new album, just out, 'Building Humans' - www.sinestarproject.com ...
TIME OF ORCHIDS - a New York four-peice taking complex avant rock to yet another level. Bewildering, mind-blowing and often beautiful album 'Namesake Caution' out on Cuneiform - www.cuneiformrecords.com has sound clips of all, and more.
a blast of early-ish RUINS (from Pallaschtom) (Ruins many of you know, massively influential Japanese duo who compose with lyrics in an invented language similar to but not quite the same as Kobaian, the invented language of Magma - yes the French 70s avant rock band... what a rich and strange world we live in). Ruins samples at www.skingraftrecords.com ....
ATLAS are from somewhere in the UK, just got this 3-track demo, try www.myspace.com/atlasbandUK for info...
HOLY SMOKES are Zach Hill, the world-renowned drummer/composer from avant super-duo Hella...
Next Sunday, all being well, will be Sean O's turn and the ORGAN HOUR – a round up of new demos, releases and the best new underground/alternative bands who are playing London in the coming days...
OTHER ROCK SHOW with Marina A on RESONANCE 104.4FM, Sunday MARCH 9th 2008, 9.00pm – On your FM dial all over London and worldwide via www.resonancefm.com.
Who got played this week? How do you find our more? Here come the details...
OTHER ROCK SHOW
9th March 2008
INTRO: PHANTOMSMASHER "Bishop Hopping" (Ipecac)
1: YOU SLUT! "Cut and Shut By You Slut!" (Stressed Sumo)
2: AHLEUCHATISTAS "Imperceptability" (Tzadik)
3: ENABLERS "Pauly's Days In Cinema" (Neurot)
4: DARLING FREAKHEAD "I Don't Care (If You Don't Like Me) Part 5,000,002" WIP
5: CATNAP "The Plague" (Snakes & Ladders)
6: KAYO DOT "Gemini (excerpt)" download
7: SINE STAR PROJECT "The Temptress" (Blood Light)
8: TIME OF ORCHIDS "Windswept Spectacle" (Cuneiform)
9: RUINS "Pallaschtom" (Skin Graft /God Mountain)
10: DR SLAGGLEBERRY "Scat" (Crash)
11: ATLAS "Catatonic"
12: ZACH HILL & HOLY SMOKES "Pretty Much None Of Us Know Anything" (Skingraft)
13: ENABLERS "On Monk"
Greetings from the stormy Isis...
From Derby/Nottingham, YOU SLUT! release their first album, 'Critical Meat' and a single called Mybloodyjesusexploreronfire They play the Social Portland St 11th March with Das Wanderlust and Truckers Of Husk - more at www.stressedsumorecords.co.uk
the AHLEUCHATISTAS are a three piece from Asheville, USA, playing warm, raw mega-complex avant roc; John Zorn's label Tzadik have just re-released AHLEUCHATISTAS' second album, 'The Same and the Other' on their Fullforce Composer Series imprint (other albums include Mick Barr, Kayo Dot and Time Of Orchids' earlier work). Originally out in 2004, it's co-produced by Zorn and features unreleased tracks. Superb recent album 'Even In The Midst...' is out now on Cuneiform. www.ahleuchatistas.com
the ENABLERS are a four-piece from San Francisco - do not miss their gig at the Monto Water Rats, King's Cross London on 14th March! These tracks were from 'Output Negative Space' and 'End Note' - both albums available from Neurot records/dist by Southern
The rather post-watershed DARLING FREAKHEAD is a composer/musican from Oakland California; his somewhat mad often genius work can be obtained from www.darlingfreakhead.com but this new piece is, I believe, exclusive to the Other Rock Show!
DR SLAGGLEBERRY are an impressive four-piece from Oxford/Reading, currently gigging everywhere; this is from their EP available from www.crash-records.co.uk - hear more of their Bungle/Fantomas Locust madness at www.myspace.com/drslaggleberry ...
This mindblowing track by KAYO DOT is available as a nearly-full free download from www.kayodot.net - great web site to discover more about this astonishing outfit. They used to be called Maudlin Of The Well, they're from Brooklyn, as the site says, short excepts don't do them justice, (so they've put up tracks with just the beginnings and ends shortened), songs are usually ten minutes long and go from ecstatic raging to extreme delicacy, packed with imagination and emotion.
Based in Southampton, SINE STAR PROJECT are a gigging five-piece plus a varying amount of strings, brass and wind, making gorgeous Queen/Muse/Sparks orchestral rock - this from their new album, just out, 'Building Humans' - www.sinestarproject.com ...
TIME OF ORCHIDS - a New York four-peice taking complex avant rock to yet another level. Bewildering, mind-blowing and often beautiful album 'Namesake Caution' out on Cuneiform - www.cuneiformrecords.com has sound clips of all, and more.
a blast of early-ish RUINS (from Pallaschtom) (Ruins many of you know, massively influential Japanese duo who compose with lyrics in an invented language similar to but not quite the same as Kobaian, the invented language of Magma - yes the French 70s avant rock band... what a rich and strange world we live in). Ruins samples at www.skingraftrecords.com ....
ATLAS are from somewhere in the UK, just got this 3-track demo, try www.myspace.com/atlasbandUK for info...
HOLY SMOKES are Zach Hill, the world-renowned drummer/composer from avant super-duo Hella...
Next Sunday, all being well, will be Sean O's turn and the ORGAN HOUR – a round up of new demos, releases and the best new underground/alternative bands who are playing London in the coming days...
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