On Monday March 5th Cass Mccombs, returns to Manchester for the first time in over two years to perform two sets at Band On The Wall. We will be playing some records betwixt the sets.
On Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday Golden Lab present MANCHESTER ZAP! at Night And Day, WAITERS and FORMER BULLIES play the Tuesday with FREEDOM SCREECH.
And then on Friday VERONICA FALLS, NOVELLA and PINS all play at The Deaf Institute. Above is a poster made by Lucy Jones
We have much more news to disclose soon, including a BIG announcement tomorrow. Check back here or here
Night School Records have released two of our favourite records so far this year (Beautifully screen-printed and hand-stamped 7"s by Golden Grrrls and Terror Bird) and are readying a tape compilation called 'APPEAL', the artwork of which is above. One Hundred Per Cent of the funds generated by the sale of the tape will go directly to helping those affected by the recent humanitarian disaster in Japan. We are honoured and delighted to contribute to this worthy and worthwhile project (via donating songs from WAITERS, IRMA VEP and FORMER BULLIES) and urge you to buy it immediately from HERE . Here is the full and fully amazing tracklist:
If you still want to do more to help those affected in Japan, all of the songs on WAITERS bandcamp are now available on a 'pay-what-you-like' basis (including the 15-minutes recorded for and released at the Bijin Record Festival in Tokyo this January) and, again all of the proceeds will go directly to Japan.
Furthermore, BIG LOVE (our favourite record shop in the world), has organised an exhibition and made a charity zine to raise money too! you can buy it, along with special totes, keyrings, tapes and records HERE. Here's a couple of photos of the exhibition:
Remember, A Generous World Demands Generous Living.
has released about 10 of our favourite records of this millennium on some of the best record labels around----John Dwyer's CASTLE FACE, Nodzzz' MAKE-A-MESS, Kill Shaman, Wizard Mountain, Trouble In Mind and GONER.
He also had a brief stint playing the drums in SIC ALPS who along with John Dwyer of the Oh Sees contributed to his most-recent and best lp 'MELTED'. He also used to play in the Traditional Fools and Epsilons with Mikal Cronin. Somehow he found time to record/engineer the last brilliant colors record too. And he's only 23 years old.
Check out this video, directed by Mike Donovan of SIC ALPS :
or this live clip form RVCA San Francisco:
And then come to the Deaf Institute tonight to see him play. Former Bullies, Milk Maid and Waiters are also playing, it's going to be a party.
GOOD GRIEF! ARE ALSO MOVING THEIR SHOP TO PECKHAM FOR THE WEEKEND! ALSO THEY'VE JUST LAUNCHED THE MOST AMAZING SUBSCRIPTION DEALS! GO CHECK THEM OUT HERE.
KLAUS KINSKI HAVE A NEW VIDEO AND A NEW 45 ON THE WAY.
WE HAVE A MOUNTAIN OF OTHER EXCITING NEWS- FORMER BULLIES/WAITERS SPLIT 7"S ARE ON THE WAY, FOLLOWED HOT ON THEIR HEELS BY THE COMPILATION WE MADE FOR MUSEUMS ON CASSETTE AND VINYL! PLUS IN OCTOBER WAITERS/ NISENNENMONDAI SPLIT SINGLE IN TIME FOR NISENNENMONDAI'S UK TOUR! KEEP YOUR EYES WIDE FOR A MANCHESTER DATE!
ALSO VERONICA FALLS AND CLOUD NOTHINGS SHOW COMING UP IN NOVEMBER!