The Quietus premiere new single from Goat ‘Stonegoat’!
“World Music sounds incredible – a pitch-perfect mix of Black Sabbath, Can, Fela Kuti, Funkadelic and the northern-lights psych of countrymen such as Pärson Sound or Träd Gräs och Stenar. The Guardian *****
“…surging, mercurial lead guitar battles big-mama blues wailing over bent boogie rhythms, before melting into a spooked, satanic acoustic-guitar fade.” Sunday Times
World Music…it’s fun and often dizzying, employing a kaleidoscope of unexpected tones and far-flung influences.” Pitchfork
“Ensconced deep in rhythm, it charges and pounds with tribal stomp intensity…” Loud & Quiet
“The deeply infectious rhythms and the unanimously stellar musicianship make this one of the most solid, and thoroughly enjoyable, debuts of the year.” Rock A Rolla
“A brilliant and intoxicating record.” Clash
“One of the wildest and most intriguing records you’re likely to hear this year.” Rocksound
“Goat made me pull my shirt off and start quoting Predator 2 – ‘Vooddo magic. Fucking voodoo magic, man’!” The Quietus
Goat became one of the most talked about bands in 2012 due to the success of their extraordinary debut album
World Music. Rocket Recordings are proud to announce this double ‘A’ side single, the first release of new music from the band.
Goat hail from the historical but little known about Northern Swedish village of Korpolombolo, where these two new tracks were written and recorded. And like many of the tracks off World Music, the resonance of the village’s voodoo past can be heard throughout these grooves.
The ‘A’ side entitled ‘Stonegoat‘ continues right where World Music left off with fuzzy wah guitars, relentless djembi rhythms and banshee screams. The under three minute track climaxes with some seriously heavy fuzz that consumes the whole song.
Listen to ‘Stonegoat’ now on The Quieuts HERE
The ‘AA’ side sees
Goat broaden their palette on
‘Dreambuilding’. On the surface it is business as usual; infectious tribal grooves, fuzz and dual vocals. But after a couple of listens
the true beauty of the tracks deep funk groove is released and reveals an even more structured side to
Goat’s loose way of making amazing music.
Live shows by the band are rare. But they will be heading to Europe, following their two week American tour in April and May, with a series of festival appearances. These include Primavera, Roskilde, Way out West, Airwaves, plus several others. Goat will also be visiting the UK to play an already sold out show at Camden’s Electric Ballroom on 27th June. After that they will be heading to Glastonbury Festival to play two sets in what will be the perfect spiritual location for their tribal-psych sounds.
‘Stonegoat’/'Dreambuilding’ will be released on 3rd June 2013 on Rocket Recordings.
Luke Insect is responsible for creating the eye melting illustration that houses this great 7”.
Posted on: May 4th, 2013
Cousins head to the Great Escape and unleash new video!
Halifax, Canada garage duo, Cousins are busy getting ready for their first trip to the UK in May to play The Great Escape and two shows in London. The band recently completed work on a brand new 10-song album entitled, The Halls of Wickwire, in Toronto at Candle Recording with engineer Josh Korody (Beliefs) and Holy Fuck’s Graham Walsh, co-producer of the recent METZ debut.Cousins are a bare-bones garage-rock power group, comprising of guitarist/singer Aaron Mangle and drummer Leigh Dotey, together they manifest Mangle’s quirky vision of sweet n’ heavy raucous pop music in a live show that is both poetic and violent.Here is the first taste of their new album with the incendiary cut ‘What’s Your Name?’ a bold sonic step forward for the group featuring vocal interplay between Mangle and Dotey, as well as a dirty wash of distortion and mountainous drums.
The band will hit continental Europe for a few other dates post-Great Escape:
Wednesday 15th May – London, Shacklewell Arms
Thursday 16th May – London, Lock Tavern
Friday 17th May - Brighton (The Great Escape), Blind Tiger Club (2:45pm)
Saturday 18th May – Brighton (The Great Escape), The Hope: Artrocker Stage (7:45pm)
Wednesday 29th May - Berlin Germany, Crystal
Thursday 30th may – Hamburg Germany, Molotow
Friday 31st May – Osnabruck Germany, Kleine Frieheit
Posted on: May 4th, 2013
John Carter Cash to release music from novel, Lupus Rex
Musician and writer, John Carter Cash will be publishing his debut novel, Lupus Rex, on Ravenstone, a new imprint of books from Rebellion Publishing for children and young adults. This beautiful new tale of nature is in the tradition of Watership Down, The Rats of Nimh, the Redwall series and Duncton Wood. Lupus Rex will have enormous appeal to children and older readers alike.
To accompany the novel, Cash has recorded the verses from the book, which are co-written with multi-Grammy winning artist Tim O’Brien and performed by a host of country artists including Bill Miller. John Carter Cash states that the novel and lyrics were inspired by “My father, John R Cash, better known as Johnny, who was much more than a musician and entertainer. He had a resounding depth of heart and understanding of nature and it’s inner workings. He introduced me to the wonders of nature and the limitless mysteries concealed therein.”
The music will be available for paid download at www.ravenstone.com from the end of May, to coincide with the publication of the novel in hardback on 20th June in the UK.
John Carter Cash, a singer-songwriter and record producer is the only son to Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash. He is the author of three books for younger children and his mother’s biography, Anchored in Love.
Posted on: April 26th, 2013
Six.by Seven to release new album 8th July!
Nottingham’s six.by seven, will be headlining a Club Fandango/ Fierce Panda night to bid farewell to Kentish Town’s Bull and Gate on Wednesday 1st May! Their new record, Love and Peace and Sympathy will be out 8th July 2013!
Six.by Seven released their first album, The Things We Make to rave reviews in 1998. Five Peel Sessions followed, an appearance on ‘Later With Jools Holland’ and much touring. The band gained a strong underground following, and released four more albums. Lead singer and creative force, Chris Olley preferred to shun the limelight, releasing internet only albums of wide ranging music, and building valve distortion boxes for a number of famous bands with fellow guitarist, Martin Cooper.
After a wrong phone call to a music shop and a chance meeting in London, Olley found himself having a beer with ex Placebo / Boo Radleys drummer Steve Hewitt. It turned out to be a magical and divine coming together as Hewitt said, “There’s nothing for it, I should throw my drums in the car and come up to Nottingham and get you rocking again.”
What followed was four months of rehearsing old songs Olley had written over the last five years, before the band recruited producer, Dan Austin (Massive Attack, Doves, Biffy Clyro) and recorded 9 tracks at the legendary Moles studio in Bath.
This July sees the release of what is arguably six.by seven’s most accomplished album. Nine songs of pure drumming dynamite, feral guitars and a string of songs dealing with the human condition and broken dreams. It’s been emotional.
Posted on: April 19th, 2013
Boats announce UK Tour!
Winnipeg indie pop outfit
Boats make impossibly hooky pop songs about death, being old, girls, glowing bears and escaping the spectral plane of existence. All of which can be found on the band’s sparkling third album,
A Fairway Full Of Miners, released
20thMay on
Kill Rock Stars.
The band will be playing the Great Escape in May and playing a number of UK cities along the way.
UK Dates:
May 4th – Liverpool @ The Brink (Liverpool Sound City)
May 5th – Manchester @ Islington Mill (Sounds From The Other City)
May 7th – Cardiff @ Buffalo Bar
May 11th – London @ Bussey Building (Sound Tracks)
May 13th – Glasgow @ 13th Note
May 14th – London @ The Garage (upstairs)
May 16th - Brighton @ The Great Escape
May 18th – Brighton @ Blind Tiger
Posted on: April 19th, 2013
Goat to release new single ‘Stonegoat’ / ‘Dreambuilding’
“World Music sounds incredible – a pitch-perfect mix of Black Sabbath, Can, Fela Kuti, Funkadelic and the northern-lights psych of countrymen such as Pärson Sound or Träd Gräs och Stenar. The Guardian *****
“…surging, mercurial lead guitar battles big-mama blues wailing over bent boogie rhythms, before melting into a spooked, satanic acoustic-guitar fade.” Sunday Times
“Goat made me pull my shirt off and start quoting Predator 2 – ‘Vooddo magic. Fucking voodoo magic, man’!” The Quietus
Goat became one of the most talked about bands in 2012 due to the success of their extraordinary debut album World Music. Rocket Recordings are proud to announce this double ‘A’ side single, the first release of new music from the band.
Goat hail from the historical but little known about Northern Swedish village of Korpolombolo, where these two new tracks were written and recorded. And like many of the tracks off World Music, the resonance of the village’s voodoo past can be heard throughout these grooves.
The ‘A’ side entitled ‘Stonegoat‘ continues right where World Music left off with fuzzy wah guitars, relentless djembi rhythms and banshee screams. The under three minute track climaxes with some seriously heavy fuzz that consumes the whole song.
The ‘AA’ side sees Goat broaden their palette on ‘Dreambuilding’. On the surface it is business as usual; infectious tribal grooves, fuzz and dual vocals. But after a couple of listens the true beauty of the tracks deep funk groove is released and reveals an even more structured side to Goat’s loose way of making amazing music.
Live shows by the band are rare. But they will be heading to Europe, following their two week American tour in April and May, with a series of festival appearances. These include Primavera, Roskilde, Way out West, Airwaves, plus several others. Goat will also be visiting the UK to play an already sold out show at Camden’s Electric Ballroom on27th June. After that they will be heading down to Glastonbury Festival to play two sets in what will be the perfect spiritual location for their tribal-psych sounds.
‘Stonegoat’/'Dreambuilding’ will be released on 3rd June 2013 on Rocket Recordings.
Luke Insect is responsible for creating the eye melting illustration that houses this great 7”.
Posted on: April 15th, 2013
Stereogum premieres Grim Tower video!
Grim Tower is the collaborative project of Black Mountain’s Stephen McBean(vocals/guitar/synths) and Imaad Wasif (vocals/guitar). Both songwriters, Canadians now based in Los Angeles, come together on Anarchic Breezes to explore a mutual interest in the darker traditions of song and detuning found in the American Primitive Archives. Their debut album Anarchic Breezes combines old-timey folk music with droning doom-rock.
Anarchic Breezes was recorded by McBean at his home studio, with additional recording by Rob Campanella at the Jonestown Studios. It was mixed by Mark Nevers(Will Oldham, Silver Jews, Calexico, Vic Chesnutt) at Beech House Studios in Nashville. The album features the ancillary rhythm section of Rob Barbato (bass) and Dan Allaire(drums), also L.A. musicians with roots deep in the modern psych movement.
Anarchic Breezes will be released on Outer Battery Records on 3rd June 2013
Posted on: April 15th, 2013
Marnie Stern shares new video!
New York guitar goddess, Marnie Stern, shares a new video for ‘Immortals’ taken from her latest album, Chronicles of Marnia. Directed by Allie Avital Tsypin, the video depicts a humorous and theatrical mythology around the idea of being a ‘rock star’ set against the reality of an independent musician. It shows, Marnie, the glamorous rock star shredding to a crowd of shirtless guys, contrasted with Marnie relaxing at home with her dog, Fig - while being visited by a couple of angelic spirits.
The Chronicles of Marnia is out now on Kill Rock Stars.
Posted on: March 27th, 2013
