Northern Star Records. What can one say that hasn’t been said already? It’s been a busy year for the label, having released a handful of albums, with the latest installment in the catalogue, being the compilation, Revolution in Sound II.
 
I remember Scott Causer, the mastermind behind the label, telling me back in 2009, before RiS I was even made, that he had all these great songs he didn’t know what to do with. They didn’t really fit his amazing Psychedelica compilation series. But he wanted them released, and he was willing to buck the trend a bit, and hit with something that crossed lines. RiS II, just like it’s predecessor, is a hard hitting, fast talking ride. For anyone looking for really amazing music - music that breaks down the barriers and the walls - this is an album for you. “For rockers, ravers, lovers and gazers”, I think Northern Star nails it on the head with that statement.
 
Some of the bands on this compilation are not new to the Northern Star ranks. Youngteam, the Nova Saints and Lost Rivers are all Northern Star bands. While, Screen Vinyl Image, Punk TV, Laboratory Noise are making repeat appearances. Some new comers join the ranks. Lüger and Humanizer, take their place amongst the familiar faces. A cross section of some of todays most cutting edge bands. If you don’t know them now, you will soon enough.









 
 
The album is chock-full of some amazing and eclectic selections. Some of my favorites include both familiar faces and some which are new to me. Highspire, with their song Sunraindown, has that dream like drone and shoegaze backdrop, with an airy like vocal laid over the top
 
 








 
Blanche Hudson Weekend, bring their heavy distorted and fuzzy guitars for an in your face attack, just like the song title suggests, Noise and Fury. Youngteam offer up their song, Adrift. With it’s reverb drenched guitars, and jangly tambourine, you’ll fall in love quickly with it.
 








 
Lost Rivers smack you up side the skull with All Dark (For the Last 24 Miles). Heavy distorted guitars and lots of deep dark attitude. Enough to wake the dead. Lüger comes with their BOOM! Their song, Swastika Sweetheart, will take you on one hell of a ride, as they bring you to the top of the mountain and let you drop. It’s a rush you’ll want over and over again. Laboratory Noise follows Lüger, with their addition of Here She Is Evergreen. I love how these two songs work “together”. I personally love weaving and wrapping myself around the guitar in this song. Many other song to explore. With 17 total, this is just a small cross section of what to look forward to.
 
“The making of a great compilation tape, like breaking up, is hard to do and takes ages longer than it might seem. You gotta kick off with a killer, to grab attention. Then you got to take it up a notch, but you don't wanna blow your wad, so then you got to cool it off a notch. There are a lot of rules.” (“High Fidelity”) And I think it’s fair to say, Scott does a damn fine job following the “rules”.
 
REVOLUTION IN SOUND II will be released in conjunction with legendary UK label Cherry Red on October 17th 2011. Pre-order details to follow!



 
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We’ve all had it happen. Sometimes it’s just a minor thing, and sometimes it’s a major one. You know, those projects that you pour your heart and soul into? Whether it’s a document you are writing and you lose power before saving it. A picture you are painting and you mess it up by adding that one last thing. That sinking feeling, that angry feeling, that helpless feeling. Now, can you imagine recording a whole album, and losing it all to a hard drive failure? Hours and hours of your heart and soul...gone. This is what happened to the Amazing Electronic Talking Cave. And instead of trying to recreate the album, a brand new set of songs were recorded in a very short amount of time, using the experience as motivation, influence and inspiration. This is Radio Psylence.
 

 
Normally I don’t do a song by song review. But after listening to this album a few times, it just seemed like it made a lot of sense. Some songs feed off each other, while some songs can stand alone. Some of my favorites on the album, depend on the songs around them. It was too difficult to not mention them all.

 
The album starts out with the song, “On Speed”, which seems to give the feeling as if you are being prepared for a journey. A slow descent, or is it ascent? Either way, a slow pace, towards a journey to the unknown. Just an absolutely beautiful, simple song. It will reset your state of mind.








 
“Tri Goda” kicks in with a sudden turn and change of pace. Many of us will not know the words to this song, as it’s spoken in Russian. But at the same time, it still feels like you know them and you want to sing along.

 
“Serdce” follows, and this song will win you over if the others haven’t already.








Every time I listen to this song, I get lost in it. It just builds with so many layers of sounds, and a very floating, heavenly like vocal. It’ll tie you in knots, but in a good warm feeling type of way.
 
“Kingisepp” is a layer lovers feast.








 
 
One after another, stacking and stacking. You wait for it to topple over, and just when you think it will, a few more find their way on. It’s like building a tower in the wind, and you don’t know if it will topple or stand the test of time.
 
If the album were split into side one and side two, “We Fucked Your Statues” would most likely be song 1 on side 2.








It is probably my favorite song on the album. Just love the Middle Eastern/Egyptian influences throughout the song. It definitely sticks out from the rest of the album, but not in a bad way. This is a song you’d dance across the desert to.
 
“Uznat” gives you that jolt of badass attitude.








A fighter would walk into the ring to this.
 
“Permanent Black Marker” with it’s heavy synth, gives that blanket wide sound wave, as you lay upon it floating along, looking down on the dark world below.








 
 
“Allisoneisall” reminds me of something I do often, and that is watch a record turn on a turntable.








Round and round, until we are nearly hypnotized.
 
 
The closing song on the album, “Not Your Name”, will pull at your heart strings. It takes you on that one last journey. As if you’ve finally made it. I find that it makes my soul weep. A beautiful and enchanting finish to a full and heartfelt album.

 
Sometimes good things happen, from bad things. Most of the time, we have a hard time seeing it when it happens. But if you ride the journey, and follow it to the end, you’ll be surprised what you find there. And of course, you will never know, if you don’t try.

This album is proof, that you can’t quit.

Keep it moving.

Keep it alive.
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

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THE CUSH - EUROPEAN TOUR - SEPT 2011
 
Forth Worth band The Cush return to Europe with their mix of, well...their mix of everything really. 
But a quite delightful mix it is too.
Standing out amongst the dates is the FREE (yup) show in London with Tin Can favourites The Telescopes, plus Rohame.
An improvised set from The Telescopes...Jesus, anything could happen! 
 
A few treats below to get stuck into, plus all the links you'll ever need...
 


 
 








 








 












DATES :9/09 - Glossop - The Oakwood, 67 High Street West, SK13 8AZ : Doors - 7pm : Entry - Donation
9/10 - Blackburn - The Live Lounge, 79 Northgate, Blackburn, BB2 1AA : Doors - 9pm - 4am : FREE ENTRY until 2:45am, £5.00 after
9/14 - Stockholm - Club Fritz's Corner - w/ Sad Day For Puppets
9/16 - London- The Pig & Whistle, 92 Bramley Road, W10 6UG : w/ The Telescopes & Rohame - FREE
9/17 - Sunderland - Split Festival - w/ The Charlatans, Beth Orton, Mystery Jets, The Drums : Doors 12pm : Entry - see website for details 
9/20 - Milan, Italy - The Rocket
9/23 - Brixton - The Windmill, 22 Blenheim Gardens, London, SW2 5BZ : w/ Damo Suzuki : Entry - £8.00
9/26 - Berlin - White Trash
"Listening to the smooth vocal melodies & harmonies of "The Vigilant Ones" is like floating in space."-Magnet Magazine Online"Between the Leaves mixes the unspoiled with the reckless, the 60's with the 70's, Black Sabbath with the Mamas & the Papas & it's something I've never heard."-D.O.A"nu-psych to the core..Reports from the Dream Machine festival suggest they were nothing short of sensational in a live setting."-Shindig!

 
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How do you judge an album? Standout tracks...more quality than filler...
 
Or the sheer delight in listening from the very first to the very last note?


(photo by jacques gillham + tessa angus)
 
 
I know which I want...& "Buy The Ticket, Take The Ride" never lets up from start to finish. It's utterly spellbinding. But you surely must know that by now...
 
Miss Aimeé Nash kindly gave up her time to have a bit of a gossip & a giggle, plus to choose her 5 albums to spend the rest of eternity listening to, deep in the recesses of the Nuclear Bunker.
 
Here's what we found out that The Black Ryder have been up to & will be up to in the coming months. 
 
Over to Aimeé:
 
"I’m pleased to say that the last couple of months have been some very inspiring times for Scott + myself.
 
We just finished 3 new musical works to accompany films for friends, loves, + Australian entrepreneurs MANIAMANIA. Two incredibly talented ladies who have created a most impressive jewelry line that incorporates themes of mysticism, magic, psychedelia + beyond.
 
A couple of our songs from ‘Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride’ were used on their films for their previous collection ‘Dust’:
 
Let It Go:
http://www.themaniamania.com/film02.php
 
Rise:
http://www.themaniamania.com/film02a.php
 
 
We recently caught up & they’d shared with me that they were working on their latest collection ‘The Third Man’. We were so impressed by their designs as well as the inspirations behind their latest line; Kenneth Anger, Brian Gysin, Maya Deren, William Burroughs.. to name but a few... that the thought of creating some sort of sonic landscapes to accompany their films was too exciting an idea to not bring to fruition.
 
http://www.themaniamania.com/
 
The films launch later this week sometime, so you’ll hear more on this soon no doubt, but really looking forward to sharing these with people as it feels like it’s a different side of us…
 
Scott + I have been writing + recording, and as said, I’m feeling inspired & also excited about where we’re at. I don’t want to say too much about that now, I don’t know how long it’s going to take or when it’s going to be finished, but it’s all feeling pretty good, and I’m enjoying the process."
 

 
 
First up, 2 live tracks from The Black Ryder, including the absolutely epic performance of Grass, then onto Aimeé's 5 choices...

 











 








 
 
 
 
 





1. SPACEMEN 3 – DREAMWEAPON.
 
"These are in no particular order, but this is the first album I think of when people ask me what albums are in my top 5, top 10.. it’s always hard to narrow down music that you love to just 5 or 10 albums.. but this album is always the first that I think of.
This music soothes my soul.
I went through a period of listening to this every day for years. Spacemen 3 were the first band I think I really geeked out over. Their tones, drones, fuzz, lyrical content.. a big inspiration certainly, and will always be very close to my heart.
We played with Spectrum this year, which was a huge honor, and I got poor Pete Kember to sign all of my Spacemen 3 + Sonic Boom + Spectrum LP’s + CD’s. I don’t think he knew just how many he’d have to sign when I asked, and I can’t think of anyone else I’d ever even want them to sign my stuff, but this is the exception."  




































2. SPIRITUALIZED – LAZER GUIDED MELODIES. 


"So much beauty in one album.

This album is magic in so many ways. I think it’s the perfect soundtrack to a break up, a new romance.. When you’re high, when you’re low. It’s uplifting and it strikes an emotional chord the whole way through.

Shine A Light is a favorite song of mine. The precision of the work blows my mind. There’s no question that Spiritualized has inspired me, in the way that their music makes you feel.

If the whole world was blown to smithereens, I’d be pretty happy if I was spared even just Lazer Guided Melodies + Dreamweapon to carry me through to the end."    






































3. BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE – THEIR SATANIC MAJESTIES' SECOND REQUEST.  


"I mean, which album do you choose? Now THAT is a tough one.

The Brian Jonestown Massacre. Jeez.

At any given time, my favorites could be: Methodrone, Strung Out in Heaven, Take it From the Man, Thank God For Mental Illness, Give It Back..

But now I’m cheating.. so I’ll go with ‘Their Satanic Majesties’ Second Request’.

Mostly because I’ve been listening to this album a lot lately driving, it just puts me in such a good mood. All Around You makes me want to run out + join a hippie commune + eat mushrooms + be happy or something… and Anenome has always been a favorite, and one that I have had the extreme pleasure of singing with BJM a number of times. The quality of the work is evident. I’ll take these guys with me into oblivion for sure."  



























4. TAMARYN - WAVES.

"Tamaryn + I were released on the same label over here in the USA, which is how I first discovered her music. We started communicating maybe a year and a half ago & we sent some early emails of mutual appreciation back + forth.
Since then I’m delighted to say I’ll count her as one of my dear friends and certainly one of my favorite sounds + albums to have emerged in too long."  

















5. THE BLACK RYDER - BUY THE TICKET, TAKE THE RIDE

"Yes, I am really going to include my own album. Why wouldn’t I?!
Regardless that this is ‘our’ album and music we made, I dig the music + where it’s coming from.
I’ve listened to this more than any album, not just because we had to because we wrote, engineered, produced this ourselves, but also because we set out with the intention of making music that we wanted to listen to as well.
I believe we achieved that.
There are still moments that I’ll hear + think I wish we did that differently.. but… it is what it is.. and I love it for that."
 























 
 

 
Aimeé, thanks for your time & all the news. We're made up that you're the first Bunker guest to choose your own album too :)
 
We couldn't be happier to hear that the follow-up's underway, everybody needs more of The Black Ryder.
 
Here's looking forward to the second sonic masterpiece, we're getting ready for journey number two... 
 























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Hidden amongst the artwork on the sleeve for the new Zaza album is The Flower of Life. Sacred Geometry indeed - this symbol forms the basis for music, as the distances between the spheres is identical to the distances between the tones and the half tones in music. Apparently. 
 
I've been listening to Sacred Geometry for a week now. When Danny Taylor sings "I don't know where I've gone" I know how he feels...this is teleportation music of the Highest Order. It's lush, it's full, yet there's space. It doesn't overpower - it somehow transports. 
 
Jennifer P. Fraser is the latest kind soul to enter our Nuclear Bunker & bring along her 5 most treasured albums & explain why. 
 
We had a quick chat with Jennifer to find out what's on the cards now Sacred Geometry has recently been released & here's what she told us:

"Apart from feeling like we're dodging earthquakes & hurricanes, now "Sacred Geometry" is out, we are planning an attack and playing shows.
We are still going through the process of figuring out how to demonstrate what we've created into a live form."
 
Soon, Sacred Geometry -live. 
 
What an experience it promises to be. 
 
First up, 3 from Zaza then onto Jennifer's choices...

 











 








 








 
 
 

"My choices""



David Bowie - Low.

 
"Bowie has such a place in my heart, musically, aesthetically and of course, romantically. The album is a swimming marriage between daunting eroticism and cropping technology. But really, 'Sometimes you just get so lonely.' " 





















The Cure -Kiss me, Kiss me. 
 
"Firstly, this album kicks off with a song over 6 minutes. It's a wink in itself. The whole record can be played in any atmosphere and it's always good company. My mother had the tape in her red sports car and we would listen to it incessantly. It just bleeds nostalgia."   






















The Black Ryder - Buy The Ticket, Take The Ride.
 
"This record is imbued with blood, tears and broken hearts/bones, and it echos those very reveries. It's one of those records that is peppered with all the right things- sonics, honesty, vampirism, tenderness, violence; and moreover, healthy God damned good song writing." 






















Primal Scream - Evil Heat. 
"Evil Heat has always had and forever will, me vertical off the floor. It's unsentimental and unapologetic, yet has a allure. Many years ago, I had a fellow approach me and say, "Im in Primal Scream, Bobby wanted me to tell you that you're a class act.' I thanked him after I fainted." 
















Serena Maneesh - No.2.
 
"This record is born out of a bat cave heart and it's equally as distrustful. It's just beautiful in an unusual way. Ayisha Abyss is a groove without groove, challenging and besotting. Also, S-M are Nordic Viking Elves and should be treated as such."
 























 
 
Jennifer, thanks for your time & giving us your choices. & for giving us some Viking Nordic Elves too! Now they are definitely new to the Bunker...
 
Good luck with the tour & thank you for Sacred Geometry. 
 























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Autopilot is the perfect title for this track. Because that's what I'm on when I'm listening to it...

 
A haunting start, soon to be followed by a rumbling bass & barely there vocals. 
 
I tell you what, I'll shut up, you play it...

 
Autopilot is to feature on the soon to be released EP - expect some news soon on this release planned for late September / early October.  
 


Autopilot is our without doubt our Track of the Day. 
 
 








 
 
 
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Kicking off in Cologne & finishing in Munich, The Blue Angel Lounge are preparing to take their intoxicating style of music across Germany. With a couple of gigs in September, the bulk of the dates start late October.
 
 

 
 
10.09.2011 Köln - Gloria @ WIRED! PARTY, DE
23.09.2011 Hamburg - Reeperbahnfestival, DE
25.10.2011 Frankfurt - Nachtleben, DE (w/ Great White Shark)
27.10.2011 Bremen - MS Treue, DE (w/ Great White Shark)
28.10.2011 Berlin - Crystal, DE (w/ Great White Shark)
29.10.2011 Oberhausen - Druckluft
02.11.2011 Wien - B72, AT (w/ Great White Shark)
03.11.2011 Augsburg - Schwarzes Schaf, DE (w/ Great White Shark)
04.11.2011 Stein - Kulturhaus Rose, CH (w/ Great White Shark)
05.11.2011 München - Atomic Café, DE (w/ Great White Shark)

 
Will they make it further into Europe or the States anytime soon? Fingers crossed....
 









 








 
 
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The definition of "to perplex", means to cause someone to be completely baffled, puzzled. To confuse mentally. With that definition in mind, even before playing the PeRPLeXa album Gone Beyond, you would probably be quite unsure of what to expect. It’s hard to really nail down one “sound” for this band. One thing is for certain, listening to this will expand your consciousness. No drugs are needed (although they may heighten the experience).
 
PeRPLeXa are psychedelic to the core, but not the traditional psychedelic sound that you are used to hearing. Layers and layers of sounds, with the amazing tribal like percussion being the base for everything to build off of. With spooky keyboards, intricate acoustic and electric guitar work, classical style violin and cello, very low key vocals that float in the background, with loads of drone, reverb and groove, it’s a beautiful mix mash of sounds, that when all put together, will have your whole being swirling in a trance.









 
One thing I noticed while listening this album over and over, is that it’s an album of many uses. Not only could you listen to this while happy, floating on a cloud but also, while sad, to help pull the tears out. You could listen to this while watching the sunrise, as well as the sunset. You could listen to this on a rainy day, as you watch the raindrops race down the window. Or while you watch the shadows from the trees dance across the ground on a late sunny afternoon. You could listen to this, while making deep passionate love. You could listen to this alone at late hours of night, while the world sleeps. It's all there, for the taking.
 
The percussion in this album is by far the stand out sound. But it’s far from over powering. It’s not “in your face”. What I mean, is you will be instantly drawn to it, cause of how well it is placed, and just how well it is as a whole (and damn is it good). But then you’ll notice all the other sounds. The more you listen to this album, and you start to dissect the layers, (and believe me, there are many), there will come a point where you just stop, and say holy shit. It’s just so full and so incredibly beautiful.









 
Ever sit and watch a cloud grow? Imagine yourself inside that cloud...as that cloud builds and builds, as it over takes you.
 
Now imagine that cloud is sound.
 
That is PeRPLeXa.









 
 
 
 
 

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DREAM CENTRAL STATION BY NATHAN J. BARRETT











I've been listening to this album for a while, and have been looking for a certain "direction" to take this write up. But I've struggled to really find one way to go. With a band name, Dream Central Station, this probably shouldn't be a surprise. Dreams always take us in many directions. Sometimes even one single dream can take us on a journey, that when we wake up, we ask ourselves just what the hell happened! No matter what though, all dreams come back to one "central" place.



YOU.



Your MIND.



This album, like your dreams, is all what YOU, yourself, envision.

'All On My Own' starts off the album and always hits me like a smack up along side my soul. I was instantly drawn into this song, and is my favorite on the album. With its deep hollow haunt of the guitar and vocals to the amazing lyrics that, for me hit personally ("every single person I've ever cared for turns their backs and walk out the door"), it pulled me in and never let go of its hooks.



'Feel' comes in after this, which is the first song I heard of theirs, which really got me very excited about this album. The guitar builds like a staircase, as you walk it up...watching your spirit separate itself from your physical being.







All the songs hit with many different feelings. Hitting on subjects of alienation, to feelings of love and fear and pain to a total feeling of a rebirth...ah...A REBIRTH. Something that rings in this album as a whole. Dealing with the sadness of being alone. The feelings of pain and suffering to fight your way forward.





There's No Place For You(In My Heart) by Dream Central Station
 
The cleansing of your being, as you "let the rain wash over me and clear my name", as the song 'Let the Rain' suggests. A very gorgeous and stunning cover of Brian Jonestown Massacre's 'Feel So Good' hits in the middle of the album, just as you realize that you do have that strength, and that maybe, you really aren't so alone. "The way you love me baby, through and through...makes me feel so good".
 
Slowly you come to that realization that there are loved ones there, and that we can't always do this all on our own. We need those around us to help once in a while, to pull us out of the shit, and bring us back to the skies. "Take my hand, hold on tight. Take my hand, make things right." ('Honey Come Down') Sometimes the path gets dark, and we stumble and trip in that darkness, waiting for that hand to reach down, but we also need to realize that we have to reach back.
I could continue with so many beautiful lines of poetry sung between the layers of music. But really, it's your journey, for you to discover. You need to put this album on yourself, sit back, and let it take you.
 
Imagine laying in the grass, looking up at the clouds, letting yourself become one with the world. As you begin to float, the grass starts to tickle the backs of your arms. That feeling. Right. There. "You're higher then the sky.
 
For the stars to see."





Dream Central Station - Wild At Heart by Dream Central Station
 
 
 
News on the album release is imminent. Keep an eye on the Dream Central Station page for further details...
 
 
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Vebeth on Facebook... (http://www.facebook.com/vebeth)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 










 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
We caught up with The Nova Saints to discuss the album track by track & ended up having a much longer conversation than planned.
 
So we've split it into 2 parts - first up in part one, we talk about Newfoundland, the writing & recording. In Part two, we break it down track by track...


THE NOVA SAINTS



'Newfoundland' features 12 songs written over the course of the band's first 3 years together and is a mixture of brand new recordings of previously unheard songs and re-recordings of Nova Saints 'classics', all recorded between 2009 and 2011 by Mat Sampson at Bink Bonk, Bristol.



























Congratulations on the new album, now I know why Scott from Northern Star has been so excited about it's release.  
At what point did you feel you’d started recording the new album - did you know at the time or did it only appear so looking back?





Steve Waterhouse (vocal, guitar): There was a definite plan to go in and ‘record the album’.





John Banks (bass, vocals): Yeah, there was a very conscious and deliberate starting point. By the end of 2008 we found ourselves manager-less and directionless and it was probably the closest the band has come to calling it a day. We’d all moved out of the house we shared together in Bristol and I guess real life kind of took over and the band was no longer everyone’s primary focus. But Scott was a massive fan of the band so when he heard that we’d lost our manager he called me up, concerned that we were going to spilt up. He‘d basically made it his mission to keep the band together and told me that if we recorded an album he’d put it out. That was the kick up the arse we needed, really.
 
Had you decided on the tracks before you embarked or was it more along the lines of recording what you could then deciding…
 


John: Because of budget and time constraints we planned the recording of the album really meticulously. We didn’t have the luxury of being able to record hours of music and then compile an album out of it, we simply couldn’t afford to. We knew exactly which tracks we would record – we even knew which day we would record each track on. Not a single note of music was recorded that didn’t end up on the finished album.





Steve: We were also lucky in that everything we tried worked (eventually!) so there was no need to go and record more or whatever.
 


How complete an idea was Newfoundland or has it evolved through the recording process to the finished article that's now ready for release?


John: To be honest, everything down to the track order had been decided on before we even recorded a note of music. We knew these songs so well we knew exactly how they would hang together as an album, we rehearsed them playing the album as a whole – that way we were able to record segues and instrumental passages of music to link the tracks because we knew exactly how the finished record would be presented. That said, there was still plenty of scope for experimentation - days where we would just record pedals for an hour with no guitar plugged into it just to see what it sounded like: shit. Ha! We were still cosmic crusaders on the eternal quest for the mythical ‘lost chord’, man...
And the one thing we didn’t know in advance was what the album would sound like. We know what we wanted it to sound like but we were working with a producer we’d never met before, using techniques we’d never used before and even playing instruments we’d never played before. We basically banned Mat, our producer, from listening to anything that we had recorded previously and told him how we wanted the album to sound using a mixture of our own very limited musical vocabulary and a bunch of obscure adjectives. “We want this track to sound kind of fizzy but also crunchy”, “the guitar should sound like the amp’s broken”– all kinds of nonsense. But he absolutely nailed what we were after.
 

Wow - planned to perfection then! 3 years in the making?

 
Steve: Yep. The geography, finances and other careers of the band have had a little to do with that but…
 
John: 3 years is very misleading though, because if you add up the actual time in the studio over those 3 years it only comes to about a month – and that was working 10 till 6, Monday to Friday. Mat’s kind of like one of those EMI boffins from the ‘60s. He kept strict working hours and he was right to – I don’t think I’ve ever done anything productive in a studio after about 9 o’clock at night. When you’ve been recording all day you get to a point when your brain becomes so addled that you just start going backwards.

Steve: Getting the five of us to agree on anything is difficult, so to get us to agree with the recording and mixing of 12 songs is quite an exercise in itself.

John: I think perfection is the wrong word, we were just very meticulous. It felt like we were crafting the album, shaping the tracks with great attention to detail, making decisions and self editing as we went. These are all songs that have been around for a while but were arranged to be played live at an enormous volume. In order to make them work on record we basically deconstructed every track, took them apart, looked at the arrangements and then put them back together leaving out anything that we felt didn’t work, was gratuitous or unnecessary or that didn’t serve the track.

Steve: The fact we did and do agree with every decision throughout is a testament to how good the record sounds. I’m proud of it, we all are.
 

I don't suppose there's a better outcome - finishing an album & feeling proud of what you've done.
Have any of the tracks undergone what feel like dramatic changes over this time?
 
 
Steve: Most of them!

John: Probably more to other people than to us though, because we’ve watched the songs evolve slowly. The songs are essentially the same, we’ve just refined them and recorded them better. There is a vastly different version of “Ten Year Silence” knocking about somewhere though.

Steve: We tried everything to get that one sound sounding like it ‘should’. We got there in the end.

John: That said, the version that we ended up with is probably the closest to the original demo of all of them. The biggest change has been in us as people, though. We’re more discerning than we ever were and we have a clearer idea of what we want to sound like. These are the best recordings we’ve ever done by a country mile.
 

Newest track? Oldest track?
 

John: The oldest track is Sugar Coated. That dates from early 2005. I kind of consider that the first Nova Saints song although it was neither the first song we wrote nor were we called The Nova Saints when we wrote it! I guess it was the song where we discovered what sort of band we were going to be. There was no question of it not being the first song on the album.











Steve: Newest is probably ‘I Wouldn’t’?

John: It’s either “I Wouldn’t” or “Ten Year Silence” which are both from around late 2007. The album almost ended up being sequenced chronologically although that was completely unintentional.
 

How many tracks are new to your fans?
 

Steve: About half the album has never been released or recorded before.
 
John: Of the 12 tracks 7 are completely new and never before released. The remaining 5 tracks are all brand new re-recordings so essentially new to the fans too. There was no question that those 5 tracks had to be on our debut album but there were various reasons why we felt we needed to re-record them. Firstly I personally was never happy with those original recordings. Secondly, whatever you think of those recordings, there was no way that they would have worked within the context of an album.

 
Are there any that you are yet to play live?
 

Steve: Nope…tried ‘em all.

John: These are the songs that have essentially made up our live set for the past 6 years.
 

Live appearances have been almost sporadic – is this related to making the album or was it a specific choice?
 

Steve: The same reasons the album’s taken so long really…that and the album recording process itself…it’s taken priority over everything else.

John: We romanticise it by telling people that we’ve “done a Beatles” and become a studio band. But we haven’t. It’s all lies...
 

Describe the writing/recording process… Does someone bring completed tracks? Do they come from jams/rehearsals?
How was recording? By the sounds of it, you pretty much had it planned so it must be first or second-take with it all?


Steve: There are little song writing pairs in the band, there are songs written by people pretty much on their own and there are definitely the results of one or two jams on there.

John: The drums and bass for every track were recorded together in two days. We then split the remaining 3 years between Dom layering guitar parts and the rest of us deleting all the superfluous ones....

Steve: The majority of my stuff was first-take since you ask, yeah.

John: Most of it was first-take, to be fair to everyone. Of course Steve is a consummate professional but none of us got too precious about our parts. We knew the songs back to front before we went in so we were keen to keep the energy of the first take as much as possible. There’s probably a few mistakes in there if you go through it with a fine tooth comb but we didn’t want to lose that immediacy, which is always a risk when you take 3 years to record an album! Besides, some of my favourite moments in music are mistakes – the cowbell on “Honky Tonk Woman”, Ringo forgetting the drum pattern halfway through “Ticket To Ride”. I don’t care what anyone says, I’m sure he didn’t mean to do that!
 

How was the mixing & what did it feel like finally saying "Done" on a track?
 

John: Because it had taken three years to finish the recording of the album we were determined not to get bogged down in the mixes. Like I said, we wanted to keep the immediacy, so we limited ourselves to one day of mixing per track. Whatever we had by the end of that day – that was the finished track. It was quite torturous having to leave tracks when you felt that maybe it still wasn’t quite right but the alternative is slaving over it until it’s absolutely ‘perfect’ whilst in the meantime you’ve squeezed every ounce of life and spontaneity out of it. Besides, perfection doesn’t exist so you’d drive yourself mad searching for it. At least, at the end of the day, we were able to say “cool, it’s finished, it is what it is.” And move onto the next one.
 


Listening to The Nova Saints, I’d say there’s differing influences on different tracks. By that I mean the influences of different members of the band coming to the fore. Does this relate to different writers within the band?
 

John: Yeah, you’re totally right. There’s 5 song writers in this band so there’s a lot of individual influences being brought to the table.

Steve: Matt’s got his Motown and soul background, Tom listens to a lot more folk music these days, Dom will forever be listening to music with as many guitars as is possible on it and John’s record collection is pretty hard to define; he’s got a bit of everything in there. It doesn’t really matter what I’m listening to at the time, whatever I write tends to come out sounding like a pop song.

John: I think ‘pop’ is our one unifying influence. Our music tastes have become much more diverse since we stopped sharing a house together but the one thing that will guarantee us all to hit the dance floor in unison would be if the DJ drops “Call The Shots” by Girls Aloud. I’m not even joking."

 
 
As we have a little break, Steve disappears having failed to be convinced that they should record Call The Shots as a B side, John stays & we're joined by Dom for part 2 where we get down to the specifics of each track...
 
 
 
 
Newfoundland is to be released through Northern Star Records on 31st October.
 

 

 
 
 
 

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Gone Beyond - utterly blew me away, left me speechless. Couldn't stop listening. 
 

 
I remember a drive I made, 110 miles, 3 hours, winding roads. Gone Beyond by PeRPLeXa on repeat. It was the most beautiful drive I've ever made...
I've done that journey about one hundred times but this time it was different...
 
I'd Gone Beyond. 

 
Jonathan Wald is one permanent half of PeRPLeXa. Drummer, percussionist extraordinaire - hearing is believing. Gone Beyond is the 3rd studio album by PeRPLeXa. 
 


 

 

Before Jonathan gave up his choices, we found out a little about what's been going on with PeRPLeXa:
 

"Well, there's been some revisiting of the old analogue tape reels of the previous albums, I've an urge to revisit or remix them in some form or other.
There's been further interest in using some more PeRPLeXa tracks on movies & documentaries recently. We're quite open to that idea if it suits, so we'll see what comes..."





Can you tell us about this gig?





"Umm...maybe later..."



Ok, later...you will tell us though won't you?





"Umm...maybe later..."















First up, we'll play then 3 PeRPLeXa tracks, then we'll get onto Jonathan's 5 (yes, 5) choices...Then we'll find out about this rather extraordinary gig (oh yes we will)...




 















 



























Alice Coltrane - Journey in Satchidananda / Eternity.

"(I will force my way into the bunker with both of these albums.) An unbelievable artist of our time, a true treasure. Journey is a meditation on her husbands death. One of the most psychedelic jazz albums, truly cosmic. She is absolutely unique in her music making. Her compositions, her tones, her heart... otherworldly. I find so much of her music truly inspiring."































Durutti Column - LC
"One of my heroes.
Vini Reilly simply plays the most wonderfully dreamy vignettes of musical genius. Undeniable soul soothing heartfelt music that set's me free, and LC is one of his best."    






















Talk Talk - Laughing Stock.
"A stunning album. It would seem unlikely that this band would have evolved into artists with this brilliant vision, but thankfully they did. Just breathtaking in it's spaciousness, hypnotizing tones, swirling texture, and raw emotional intensity, floating around such warm grooves."






















The Raincoats - Odyshape.
"So beautiful, creative and poetic. Like some strange arts and crafts folk group from another planet, and so addictive for me. Different than their other albums, this is the one."    















 


This Heat - Deceit.
"Wow... This band explored a sound and journey in the most original, diverse and incredible way. Charles Hayward is one of the most individual and interesting of the great drummers."










 
 
 
So there you have it.
"Damn... will anybody object if I bring these into the bunker as well?
 
Crash Worship - Triple Mania II.
A mind bending band... ritualistic. This recording shares their startling undeniable raw intensity."
 
Yes they will, you're only allowed 5, not 6...
 
"Can - Ege Bamyasi.
So much good music, but this record stands out with such amazing grooves and artistry. The whole band is just mesmerizing and it's my favorite of the Damo era."
 
You're definitely not having 7, you'll get me into trouble...
 
"Dead Can Dance - Dead Can Dance.
Their first and most primitive, but still the most hauntingly beautiful, and a compelling siren of what was to come."
 
"Chet Baker - Baby Breeze.
Having had his trumpet stolen but so expressive on whatever his instrument, he made this recording playing flugel horn."
 
Give me those albums!! I'm confiscating them... Now tell me about this gig...
 

 


"Ok, well, we've a few shows in the pipeline but PeRPLeXa was invited to play the Awake and Aware Conference in Los Angeles on September 23, 2011, a cause that we very much support.
George Noory hosts the evening that will be streamed live on the internet. As soon as we're certain the details can be worked out, PeRPLeXa will be added to the line up." http://www.awakeandaware2011.com
 
Wow, George "Coast to Coast" Noory, with guest speakers Graham Hancock, Bob Dean & Richard Hoagland? Can we come?
 
Many thanks to Jonathan for his choices.
 
We're so very sorry we had to confiscate half your CD's... 
 
 










 
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Bad As Me is Tom Waits' first studio album of all new music in seven years. This pivotal work refines the music that has come before and signals a new direction. Waits, in possibly the finest voice of his career, worked with a veteran team of gifted musicians and longtime co-writer/producer Kathleen Brennan. From the opening horn-fueled chug of "Chicago," to the closing barroom chorale of "New Year's Eve," Bad As Me displays the full career range of Waits' songwriting, from beautiful ballads like "Last Leaf," to the avant cinematic soundscape of "Hell Broke Luce," a battlefront dispatch. On tracks like "Talking at the Same Time," Waits shows off a supple falsetto, while on blues burners like "Raised Right Men" and the gospel tinged "Satisfied" he spits, stutters and howls. Like a good boxer, these songs are lean and mean, with strong hooks and tight running times. A pervasive sense of players delighting in each other's musical company brings a feeling of loose joy even to the album's saddest songs.










 
Bad As Me available October 25th 2011.

 
Pre-order Bad As Me at the Tom Waits Store.

Get the "Bad As Me" MP3 at your favorite digital retailer.



Bad As Me Tracklisting

01. Chicago
02. Raised Right Men

03. Talking At The Same Time

04. Get Lost

05. Face To The Highway

06. Pay Me

07. Back In The Crowd

08. Bad As Me

09. Kiss Me

10. Satisfied

11. Last Leaf

12. Hell Broke Luce

13. New Year's Eve

 
 

 
 
 

 
 

 
 
 
 
 
Bit by bit, day by day, the tracks are being prepared for release. 
This is the long awaited third album from the ex Spiritualized members Sean Cook, Mike Mooney & Jonny Mattock. 


Suppose it's kind of fitting - coming out in the same year that the current incarnation of Spiritualized tour to celebrate the album this trio put so much into - Ladies & Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space... Anyway, enough of that - that was then... We asked Sean how things were, how soon Take The Sun & Burn The Earth would see light of day: "It's hard to be exact but we're looking at sometime in October. Restoration of old tapes - anything might happen!  We're more than halfway through - Mike has added a few more guitar tracks so everything is now recorded. What is finished sounds fuckin' enormous - big & ballsy." I'm doing the mixing with Ian Humphries who's really got the bit between his teeth - I've known him for years & believe it or not he was the tape op when "Pure Phase" was recorded. Artwork is in the hands of Andy Jenks who used to be in the band "Alpha".  "We're thinking of a 3 track EP before the album - fuck it, it's more like a triple A side. Maybe a Class A side...if we do it'll contain the 2 tracks that are up on Soundcloud plus a new one - just to show that the new mixes piss all over those that have been heard. They are just a raw, live recording from the sessions."  October; can't come soon enough.Here's the 2 mixes about to be left for dead...
 






Lupine Howl - You Make Me Feel Like I'm On L.S.D by Outlier Records
 






Lupine Howl - Guided By Voices by Outlier Records
 
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Hail To The Clear Figurines is simply stunning. But plans are already in place to surpass the 6th album... 
 
Scott Vittorelli kindly took the time to give us his Nuclear Bunker choices but first we wanted to know what's on the horizon for the band - here's what we know & found out...
 
First up, there's the September tour of California - 7 dates in all. At a later date there will be some one-off east coast gigs whilst recording the follow up to Hail To The Clear Figurines is underway. Plans are being put in place to tour Europe again in 2012 - busy times ahead...
 
But in between work will start on an exciting collaboration between The Asteroid #4 & Peter Daltrey, singer/chief songwriter of 1960's UK band Kaleidoscope. LA studio time is booked, The Asteroid #4 are writing the music & Peter Daltrey will take care of the lyrics & be on vocal duties - this should be pretty special...
 
Before we go onto Scott's 5 choices, 2 tracks from Asteroid #4, plus a link to stream the album. If you haven't heard it, listen to it, fall in love with it, go buy this cosmic masterpiece...
 
 
 
 


 











 








 




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Over to Scott...
 
"To think of 5 records that you'd want to have with you during armageddon isn't an easy task whatsoever. I mean, not only are you in a bunker wondering what the hell may be going on above, but you would also want to hold onto the things that made you happy to be alive prior to having to crawl down into this hole.
 
With that said, I picked 5 things that I believe would serve the best purpose and that would be to calm me down and remind me of the simpler times. Records that would remind me of the finer things like early mornings with a cup of coffee, walking through the woods, hanging with my love, etc.
 
There's been other similar exercises asked of people called "desert island discs", but if you're on some tropical island, you're probably alone and scared, but you're also still enjoying the ocean, sunshine, coconuts and shellfish. Not too bad of a way to listen to some tunes and all you would need are some Beach Boys records for eternity and life can be pretty good.
 
For a nuclear bunker?! Man, I don't know, but I will tell you that I hope and would expect someone else to bring the Beatles and Stones, because they would be needed to remind us that humans were capable of great things prior to pushing the proverbial button, but I decided to leave them off of my list. I'm sure I would regret it if this ever actually happened.
 
So without further adieu, here is what I'd bring down the hatch....
 
First, Lee Hazlewood's "Cowboy in Sweden". No other artist melded several genres so well. From country, to crooning, to orchestrated rock and folk, Lee was as psychedelic as Nashville, or for that matter, anywhere could get." 





















"Second...to really calm my nerves, Nick Drake's Bryter Layter. Nick Drake just makes the emotions roll and could make you cry with a smile. Listening to a song like "Fly" while in a nuclear bunker would simply make me believe that this to will all pass, even if only for a moment."   






















"Third...Verve's, before the "The" was added, "A Storm in Heaven". By far one of the best records ever made, and if you disagree, I hope you're clawing at the hatch door above for dear life while I'm chilling below listening to it." 






















"Fourth...Pink Floyd's Soundtrack to the movie "More". I know, I know, you're too good for Floyd after Syd. I get it, Syd was God, blah, blah, blah...and so was Brian Jones....but honestly, like the Stones, Pink Floyd went on to make some of the greatest complete records and "More" is no exception. It is essentially where all of the Krautrock bands got there ideas and every track does something different...hopefully I have a giant bag of grass in this bunker of ours. Wait...I do, right?" 
(we answered by using the secret blinking code - Scott was happy to carry on with his choices...) 

















"and Fifth...
anything by Neil Young, because it will just remind me the most of growing up, being a kid, camping with my parents, sitting in the back seat of the car. Innocence. If I have to pick anything, I guess I'll go with "Decade", because its got it all including my personal favorite song of all time, "Expecting to Fly" by the Buffalo Springfield."
 






















...that's it...I hope this never has to happen. Peace."
 
 
Scott, thanks for your time & adding some new music to our Nuclear Bunker CD rack. Good luck with all that's coming up & we've got our fingers crossed that we see The Asteroid #4 back in the UK sometime next year. 
 

 
 

(Photographs by Sarah Morrison - thanks Sarah)



Visit the Asteroid #4 website... (http://www.asteroid4.com/)










Find them on Facebook... (http://www.facebook.com/asteroid4)








To buy Hail To The Clear Figurines... (http://www.asteroid4.com/merch-detail.asp?item=Hail-To-The-Clear-Figurines)




A recent interview with Scott... (http://psychedelicbaby.blogspot.com/2011/08/asteroid-no-4-interview-with-scott-by.html)







Sarah Morrison photography... (http://www.sarahmorrisonphotography.com/)








A review of Hail To The Clear Figurines... (http://reverb-eration.blogspot.com/2011/06/asteroid-4-hail-to-clear-figurines.html)

















 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

It was midnight and inside the Harvard & Stone bar in Hollywood CA the atmosphere was loose and casual.  To walk through the Harvard & Stone felt like you were walking through a 1930's speak-easy all washed out in sepia tones.  As I sauntered about in the dim lighting I made my way toward the modest stage where The Warlocks were prepping for their set.  Anticipation stirred in my soul as I waited.











Soon the stage lights dimmed to an orangey-red and smoke spiraled and crept out into the crowd.  The gentle strum from the first chords of So Paranoid started and I closed my eyes, waiting for the ride to begin.  For those who have never seen a live Warlocks show they are as much of an experience as they are amazing.  The music hits you in a unique place that awakens your spirit and imagination.  You are transcended and a thousand prisms in your mind burst like the embers over a crackling fire. 





The sound swelled in my ears and erupted around me. The walls of the Harvard & Stone fell away and together we were all transported on a cosmic journey.  Playing a mixture of both old and new tracks The Warlocks fed the crowd what they hungered, a bit of psychedelic escape. 





I indulged in the sweet reverberation of the night and when the last song, Song for Nico ended my soul still lingered, suspended between here and some dusty plain. 





This was the second appearance for The Warlocks at Harvard & Stone this month. Next month they are scheduled to play a series of shows beginning at The Mint on the September 10th.   Come on out. They are not to be missed. 



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18th August 2011
 
Released today; the Official video for 'Surrender' - the new Duke Spirit single from the forthcoming album 'Bruiser' which is due for release on the 19th September 2011. As you'd expect, it's a bit of a sizzler...
 
 









The single is limited to only 500 pressings on white vinyl - pre-order here: ROUGH TRADE SHOP

17th August 2011
 
Scotland’s The Twilight Sad have been announced as part of another 50 more bands booked to play the Iceland Airwaves festival which takes place in between October 12th and 16th in Reykjavik. This is good news for the band after last weekend’s cancellation of Beacons Festival due to flooding. The band come across very intense live  and bring new dimensions to their music by pushing tracks to bursting point and creating a wall-of-sound you could almost touch.


They join an already varied and sterling line-up alongside Björk,  Dungen, Austra, Yoko Ono, and many more acts from both Iceland and further afield.


Full line up and ticket info at: http://www.icelandairwaves.is/ 


 

 
David Lynch is one of our favourite film directors here at Tin Can.  We often have debates about his films, which, unless you're wired up a bit differently, you need to watch at least six times before you can even start to theorize.  He's always dabbled in a bit of music production too, and as we love him so much, we've been keeping a watch on what he does.  Following last year's electro-pop (!) 'Good Day Today' and the distinctly lo-fi trip-hop 'I Know' singles, his debut album Crazy Clown Time is due for release on November 7th and features opening-track guest vocals by Karen O of  The Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs.
 



 
 
Lynch describes the forthcoming album as 'modern blues' and states that it was, as a lot of  music is, the result of a jam..It was recorded over several months in his studio, and pledges 'hypnotic rhythms and enigmatic lyrics'. Frankly, we're not surprised at all.

 
Crazy Clown Time is released on November 7th on Sunday Best Recordings.
 

 
 
 
 
"[White Hills is] one of the years gnarliest psych slabs – a schizophrenic trip through Acid Mothers Temple riff bludgeon, Boris chug, shaggy pseudo-grunge, and tender bursts of formless noise." – Village Voice
 
"I found my infinite headbang in White Hills, a relentlessly heavy psych-rock band with scorching wah-wah and fantastic outfits." – NPR All Songs Considered (Lars Gotrich)
 
"A perfect space-rock storm of drone, mind-melting psychedelia, overdriven guitars and heavy bass, White Hills is the rightful heir to Hawkwind's massive legacy." – Goldmine

 
Need we really say anymore? White Hills are the real fuckin' deal. Not content with blowing your brains out, they're quite keen on you placing them back in again & taking a good look around the world we live in...Cryptic? Nah, take a look at what Ego Sensation, bassist from White Hills had to say about H-p1:
 
"We can barely pay our rent each month but we are willing to pull out our credit cards and go into debt each time a new iPhone promises a better connection. The joke is on us. Our greater connectivity has caused us to disconnect from our humanity. We have been sold the religion of consumerism to feed the corporate machine. We have been tricked into believing that wanting our tax dollars to pay for our own health care is treacherous to the ideals of a democratic society. H-p1 is symbolic of the simplification of complex ideas to keep the masses from questioning the system."
 
So what else do we know? There's a White Hills US & European tour coming up in September & October, plus some solo stuff from Ego Sensation late on in the year...keep up to date with all the news through the links below. We're always delighted to find out a little more about the interests of our guests as they venture into the bunker, so what else can we tell you...
 
Over to the lady herself:
 
"I'm a bit of a renaissance woman. I'm a video artist: I make most of the band's videos and also a lot of dark comedy shorts that can be seen on my youtube page. I also make 3-dimensional art: mainly sculptures with candy and sharp objects that often make appearances in my films. I love philosophizing and building ideas that may or may not come to fruition."
 
This has been a real pleasure for us to discover just a little bit more & scratch below the surface. Now we'll shut up & let the music do the talking...
 
3 tracks from White Hills, then onto Ego's Nuclear Bunker Discs. 
 











 








 








 
"If I were to bring all the albums I love with me, I'd need a 15 foot uhaul. Music is medicine- the answer to banality and despair. The albums I chose are not just collections of amazing songs. They are exquisite gifts: complete sonic worlds that envelope my mind and transport me out of my own reality for their length."

 
(1) PJ Harvey- Rid of Me
"PJ Harvey's agony and wrath infect my mind with the skill of Artemis on Rid of Me. This album creeps up on you, literally- with a ballsy fade in, and attacks with such a beautiful fury. It's passionate and rocks so damn hard."





















2. Bauhaus- In The Flat Field
"Art, poetry, darkness, dance- Bauhaus is an incredible band and this album is my favorite. It opens with a dirty guitar and a menacing single keyboard hit that veers out of time priming you for the shadowy desert ahead. I must mention that their latest 2008 release Go Away White is also a really amazing album."






















3. Queen- A Night At The Opera
"In case you haven't caught on, I love drama and no one did it better than Freddie. Queen is hands down one of the greatest bands ever with four incredible songwriters crafting the most remarkable pieces with completely different flavors to make a truly interesting album. Believe me, I was tortured over the choice between A Night at Opera, News of the World and The Game but Brian May's The Prophet's Song seals the deal. It's an opera unto itself finishing with "I dare not laugh at the madman". Excellent advice."






















4. X- Under The Big Black Sun
"This is my favorite album from a truly original band. The way they mixed punk rock, rockabilly, country influences and a touch of goth in the music and then topped it off with the steamy, rough team vocals of John Doe and Exene Cervenka made them absolutely peerless. The Hungry Wolf is probably my favorite love song ever."

















5. Luxurious Bags- Frayed Knots
"This breathtaking record from the early nineties is begging to be the soundtrack for the saddest love story ever told. From beginning to end, the music makes you want to levitate and perish all at the same time. It's rich yet lo-fi and completely other-worldly."










































 
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Sugar Coated









 
Dom Gallagher (guitars): It was a song that after we started practicing it, we all knew it would be the first track on the album whenever we were to record one. It's a bit of a strange track in that it’s very linear and it hasn't got your classic pop structure...
 
John Banks (bass, vocals): It hasn’t really got a chorus.
 
Dom: But it doesn't need to. It’s got a very strong lead vocal line and there are riffs being played by all the instruments throughout the track, so over time you listen to it you'll always find something different about it, something that you haven't noticed before. I think it’s sometimes a track we all take a little for granted and forget that this was the track that set us on our way.
 
John: Yeah, it’s weird because it’s like the quintessential Nova Saints song – the Nova Saints sound – but it’s not really anything like any of our other songs.

 
High Roller

Dom: I remember Steve coming into the band room one day with the rhythm guitar and vocal for this track. Like most of our songs it came together really quickly and before we knew it we were all playing this track and we had worked nearly all the parts for it.
 
John: Actually, to be fair, the bass line took a fucking age to come. I never really worked that out until we actually came to record the take that ended up on the Draft EP. There’s also a version knocking about online somewhere without Steve’s chorus vocal on it. I’ve no idea where they got that from...
 
Dom: We always naturally put this track after Sugar Coated - two quite different songs yet they work really well together.

 
Take It Or Leave It

John: The seed of both this and Sugar Coated came from Tom. It’s funny because I’m always ragging on him that’s he’s obsessed with the ‘rules’ of music and that songs have to follow certain structures, but he’s probably responsible for two of our most unconventional songs!
 
Dom: During one of our random recording sessions in our practice room (when we used to just press record and see what happens) we found this piece of music of Tom’s on the computer, which we thought had some potential. After trying to turn it into a song, we found that it lost something and so we just kept it as a piece of music that we could use in our live set. We always thought it would work on the album and we were all pleased with the results.

 
Whirlpool

Dom: People are always surprised by this track as its one that people wouldn't initially say would be one that we would have written.
 
John: Scott from Northern Star reckons it sounds like ‘Carnival of Light ‘era Ride. I took that as a compliment - as it was meant!
 
Dom: I believe there are some very beautiful sections of music in here. It’s a track we hardly play live as we can never do it justice
 
John: I hope we’ve done it justice here. I would have liked it a bit more Byrdsy. Us in the band love it but I’m not sure everyone will get it. I dunno, I’m just a pessimist! It’s our album though so fuck ‘em!
 
Dom: One day I'm sure we we’ll nail it live too and hopefully that day will be soon.

 
Slow Down

John: The first time I ever heard this track it had been demoed pretty much to completion. I knew straight away it would be in our set from then on. A proper ‘shivers down the spine’ moment.
 
Dom: Tom and Matt did it in an afternoon, we all went in to have a listen, started to play it and that’s really it, it’s hardly changed since the day we first played it.
 
John: I did put in the vocal line for the second half of the verse. Matt was initially sceptical as he thought it sounded like “Vindaloo” by Fat Les. I probably shouldn’t have admitted that as that’s all you’ll hear now. At least the sitars are in keeping with that theme...
 
Dom: The vocal on it is great and it’s very much a 'singalong track' if I dare call it that. It’s one that as soon as people hear it, they are able to sing it back to you which is always nice!

 
The Draft










 
Dom: I had written this piece of music for a track one day, it had the guitars, bass and drums recorded. John came in, changed the drum pattern, more or less mumbled into the mic making it distorted and that produced The Draft.
 
John: It started off more Black Rebels or Dandy Warholsy. I just made it more Stoogesy.
 
Dom: Its one we always play live and as soon as the drums kick in, it makes my hairs stand up.

 
What Does It Feel Like?

Dom: This was a very early track that we had written, but we never really played it live as we felt it slowed down the set, but we always knew it was going to be on the album. We just started playing it one day and it really came from that. This is the first time we have really put this track down and so to hear it back was great and it’s another that people wouldn't have thought we had in us, but it really works within the album.
 
John: This might be my favourite song on the album.
 
 
Indian Summer

 








 
Dom: John had worked out this riff and a couple of the parts for the track, but he was struggling to get a vocal line for it to do it justice.
 
John: I had the verse but not the chorus. In fact I think the verse melody was the original chorus melody. I moved the verse over to the chorus and came up with the Teenage Fanclub-style chorus.
 
Dom: This is a really important live song for us and I hope we have captured the live feel for the version on the album.

 
Lights
 
Dom: During early stages of songs when we didn't yet have titles for them, we'd just come up with some random things to ensure we remembered them. “Lights” was called “Monday Song” as we originally wrote it on a Monday…..mental hey?
 
John: There was also a “Saturday Song” and I think a “Sunday Song”.
 
Dom: It’s another that has hardly changed since that first day we wrote it and its has been included in our live set since.
 
John: We did transpose it though and because I couldn’t be bothered to work out how to play it two semitones down I used to have a down-tuned bass at the side of the stage that I’d use just for this song. Ahh... the decadent life of a rock star! In the end, probably during one of the 3 minute moments of dead air in our set where I was trying to swap my strap over, I realised what an idiot I must look like and learnt how to play it in the right key instead!
 
Dom: We all really enjoy playing this one live, though. As soon as the bass and the drums kick in we really do go for it.

 
I Wouldn't

 








 
Dom: I don't think any of us really got this track at the beginning, Matt had written it and we didn't think it would work. After playing it live though, we got a great response and so carried on including it in our set. John calls it our 'Sonic Youth meets Status Quo' moment and I'd have to agree with him.
 
John: I still don’t totally get this song! But people love it – what can I say: Matt was right!

 
Ten Year Silence

Dom: Including this one there are 3 different versions of this track that we have recorded. I think, though, we can all agree that this is the version we all wanted, but it took us some time to get there. Normally if a track is giving us this much grief we'd just send it to the graveyard, though with this one we just couldn't stop going back to it. It’s another that we have yet to get right live, though as soon as we do our Krautrock beauty will get its day.
 
John: There’s a rough mix of this track that goes completely mental at the end which I love, but in the context of the album – especially bearing in mind the ending of the song that follows it – we went for a slightly more restrained mix. We really wanted to think of the album as a whole and how that would work.

 
The Last Song
 
John: A bit like “Monday Song” or “Saturday Song”, there is a very logical reason behind the name of this track...
 
Dom: Believe it or not this is a love song.
 
John: The lyrics are almost embarrassingly romantic but also pretty sad. I wrote it for my girlfriend at the time - now my wife, so it all worked out in the end! I think it’s the maelstrom at the end that belies the fact that it’s a love song.
 
Dom: I remember John making a hell of noise one day (which would end up as the outro) and so I joined in. We kind of just jammed it and the first time we did, we just played it and didn't stop playing it. It’s a song we knew would only fit as the last song of the set. We always know that when we play this we just go for it, even if it’s the most terrible show we have ever played, we turn the volume up and sometimes we don't feel like stopping.
 
 
TC - It's a monster of an album - we don't want to say any more or spoil the surprise.
We've deleted our comments on each track because we're just not that interested in our own opinions on music - it's personal. It is to us & it will be to you.
Having said that, he album has it's own story & the guys tell it better.
So their tracks - their story.
But we did want to hear what Scott had to say just before the release of Newfoundland, so we'll give him the final say on the album that we know he's both so very proud of & very excited for...
 
"I first heard The Nova Saints early 2007. After listening to the songs on their myspace I invited them to contribute a track to our next compilation which at the time was Psychedelica 2. Unbeknownst to me John the bass player of the band already had our first compilation and they were already aware of Northern Star so were taken aback to be asked.

They were the last band to get a track back to me. I actually held off finalising the album as I had a gut feeling about them, then they came through with Sugar Coated only a week before it went to press, it was all worth it. It absolutely blew me away. I remember them being concerned if the track was good enough for the album when the reality was it was the best thing that had ever been released on Northern Star. Their passion, attention to detail and aspirations to be the best they possibly can be (without any hint of arrogance) is in line with mine.


I remember going to see them play shortly after the release of Psychedelica 2 time at the Water Rats in London in front of about 10 people yet they appeared oblivious to this fact - if they were aware nobody bothered to tell them there was only 10 people in the room - to them they may as well have been playing Wembley Stadium. It was important for them to sound the best they possibly could for those present and that really endeared them to me. They've been my favourite band ever since.



Now their debut album Newfoundland is set to be released on Northern Star. Our paths have been intertwined since the very start and we've really grown together as band and label. It really couldn't be released on any other record label - it makes perfect sense as a Northern Star album. Its streets ahead of everyone else as I always knew it would be and really is out on its own. My faith in them has never wavered - to me they've always been the first Northern Star band. Just like New Order are to Factory, or Primal Scream to Creation, The Nova Saints are to Northern Star.



To me Newfoundland is the best British debut since The Stone Roses. Forget Definitely Maybe, A Storm In Heaven or whatever the Arctic Monkeys called theirs - The Nova Saints' debut is the real deal. Its timeless, packed with great songs, it sounds more like a Greatest Hits than a debut. Every song on this album would make a killer single... and thats the way it should be. I wouldn't put it out if it was anything less. Its a classic album already in my eyes. It might now be apparent now, it might not be next week but I believe in time this will be appreciated for the classic it truly is. Right now I truly believe we're making history!"   

 
 
 
 

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Something for all you Swervedriver freaks out there.
 
Moshcam is top quality for live recordings by the way. Better than most you'll find out there...
 
Swervedriver went away in 1998 but came back a decade later. As fuzzy & distorted as ever...watch Duress below & visit Moshcam for all 16 high quality tracks.
 
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Don't miss the 2nd Annual 'Wood Vibrations' Festival @ Fell Foot Wood taking place on Bank Holiday Weekend 27-28th August 2011

Embracing a back to basics – and nature – vibe, the weekend happening is the brainchild of Rochdale-based producers and promoters, Ross Everett and Martin Robinson.
Disillusioned with the increasingly corporate nature of Britain's look-a-like festivals, the pair dreamed of creating an event that would allow friends to enjoy quality time and music in a stunning, peaceful setting.
And after spending years looking the right site – they struck gold. They found Fell Foot Wood, a dreamy, picturesque spot overlooking Lake Windermere, in Ulverston, Cumbria, last summer.
Wood Vibrations festival is an alternative to the Corporate/VIP tent/Sponsored/BigBucks/Rip-off festivals. Its an intimate gathering for those who have tired of the same old festival experience. Groovy sounds to accompany your camping weekend in a beautiful setting.



A sellout is expected so don't leave it until the last minute folks.



Day tickets will be available soon and will be very limited.



SATURDAY
The Cubical
3D Tanx
Emma Tricca
Sunnyjim & the Size 9s
Swingin Bricks
Stonewall Jackson
Alex Gavaghan
The HooHaas
DJ - Liam 'Dr Q' Quinn
"Master of Ceremonies" Brother John
SUNDAY
The Moons
The Sundowners
Paper Spaceman
Walton Hesse
The Matador
Biltone
Leonard Rossiter
The Fellons
Dan Wilson
The Gypsy Creams
Pocket Hercules
DJ - Paul Gallagher
"Master of Ceremonies" Brother John
 



Heres a link to the OFFICIAL WEBSITE : http://www.woodvibrations.co.uk/


Heres a link to this years Facebook page : http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/event.php?eid=225761004120308


and last years : http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/event.php?eid=138729542806982
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 
 

 
 
 
 
 

All photo credits: Tim Eisenhauer.

 

 
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club are one of our stock bands here at Tin Can.  We love 'em...on vinyl or live...we just love 'em.  No, we particularly love them live.  That's when we get to see just how they do it, and can see how the one-woman drumming dynamo Leah Shapiro produces the unyielding driving rhythms that provide a framework for the band's sound.

 
Finding opportunity for a full-time position with the band when they parted company with original drummer Nick Jago, the Danish-born stickstress has been cracking skins for BRMC since June 2008. Described by fellow band member Robert Been as 'playing like she's in a trance', she is lauded for the pounding stamina she displays which almost belies her size.



There's something very endearing about a girl with calloused palms, so we're pleased to announce that Leah has booked her place in our Nuclear Bunker and chosen her five discs to bring with her.  We're getting the impression that she's had a serious think about just how life's going to be down there so she's chosen music to accompany her on a variety of possible scenarios.  Though it sounds like she's already planning her escape...hmm, as if we're going to let her do that......



Leah Shapiro, welcome to the Tin Can Nuclear Bunker.
 







BRMC- Bad blood - Live in London 2010














BRMC- Aya - Live in London 2010














BRMC - Aint no easy way out









 
 
   


Leah's Nuclear Bunker Discs-
 
 
1. Tom Waits - Rain Dogs or Mule Variations or Bone Machine



.....because he is fucking Tom Waits and I wouldnt want to be anywhere without him













   
 


2. Iggy Pop - Raw Power



.....for when I try to break out of the goddamn bunker











 
  


3. Erik Satie - Gnossienne No.1 - 6



.....for when I'm having a pity party after not being able to break out of the bunker
















4. Spiritualized



.....for sleeping and imagining that I am somewhere else
















    

5. Rihanna



......for the bunker dance party










 
 
 

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Tim Eisenhauer is a visual artist and photographer in San Diego. You can find more about him and see his work at http://www.timeisenhauer.com and http://www.facebook.com/timeisenhauerphoto
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 

 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Tin Can favourites White Hills have added more dates to their October UK and mainland European tour. Still no Manchester date, but more dates to be added soon. Fingers crossed!
Current Confirmed Euro Tour Dates. FR 30-Sep NL Den Bosch W 2 SA 01-Okt B Leuven Het depotSU 02-Okt GER Cologne Underground DI 04-Okt A Wien Arena MI 05-Okt A Feldkirch Graf Hugo DO 06-Okt GER Stuttgart 1210 FR 07-Okt GER Weimar E Werk SA 08-Okt GER Cottbus Burning Earth festival SO 09-Okt GER Berlin White Trash MO 10-Okt GER Hamburg Molotow Bar DI 11-Okt GER Bielefeld AJZ DO 13-Okt CH Olten quote´dor FR 14-Okt GER Würzburg Cafe CairoSA 15-Okt GER Darmstadt 603 qm MO 17-Okt ITA Savignano Sul Rubicone (RN) Sidro ClubDI 18-Okt ITA Roma Sinister Noise Club MI 19-Okt ITA Quero (BL) Plettro Alternative Sound DO 20-Okt CH - Martigny, les Caves du Manoir SA 22-Okt NL Maastricht Musikgiterij SO 23-Okt UK Birmingham Supersonic FestivalMO 24-Okt UK London Corsica More to come soon... 
 
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After a seven-year hiatus, dance-psych-electronic-rock crossover favourites Death in Vegas have announced a tour to promote Trans-love Energies; their first official studio album since the 2004 Satan's Circus.  
Starting on 18th August in Portsmouth, the band then move to Europe and Australia before returning for eleven dates in the UK in December.
Trans-love Energies is due for release 26th September 2011.
Dates and tickets available via the link below.
 
 
http://www.deathinvegasmusic.com/live/
 

 
 
 

 

It took me exactly one minute before I had made sure there was no other music playing at the same time. Once I had figured out I was listening to just one song, I spent the next one & a half minutes smiling, just wondering whether this was going to be an instrumental.
 
It's not an instrumental. It is quality as expected.
 
It's 93MillionMilesFromTheSun. 

You can listen to it here. Read about it elsewhere. 
 
The album Northern Sky wil be available in digital format on 24th October & on CD on 28th November through In at the Eye Records.   


Take Me Away is our Track of the Day. 
 
 








 
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Felix Bondareff, the man behind Amazing Electronic Talking Cave is about to release his latest album Radio Psylence.


(Artwork by Richard Pyra)
It's pretty much version 2 - the almost complete album was lost courtesy of some ill timed computer hardware crashes. Rather than try to re create what was lost, the new Radio Psylence is what came from the moods & time that followed.
 
Serdce is the track that grabbed me. It reminded me of listening to Ladies & Gentlemen by Spiritualized...every time I listened to that I seemed to follow a different vocal part. This was similar, just with the perfect combination of instruments & atmospherics.
 
A quite breathtaking mix.
 
But that's just me - you know we only want you to listen, don't take our word for it.
 
Take a listen below. Pre order the download & get 3 tracks now. 


You can even contribute to the album getting a CD release through the rockethub link below. 





What's nice to see is some of the names of those already supporting this venture...you know who you are. You're all stars x





Serdce is most definitely our Track of the Day.



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Radio PsylenceAmazing Electronic Talking Cave










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Now for something a little different to what's been before...
 
A typically delightful review from Nathan J Barrett, made all the more special with some Emily Utne wizardry on the layout...
 
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Hákon Aðalsteinsson has steadily transformed a series of ideas into the real deal. The Third Sound is now a ready to roll 5 piece live band & set to hit the road.

 
With help from both Francesco D’Onofrio as his right hand man in Italy & Hallberg Daði Hallergsson on mastering duties in Iceland, Berlin based The Third Sound does as it's definition implies...can youo be sure you really hear what you think you heard, or did it just sound like you did?

 
Going Down is a fine first taster for those new to the album. Not quite fitting in any genre you choose to try to put it in, yet managing to appeal to many. If you love it as we do, be safe in the knowledge that it's by no means a stand out track from the album. 

 
Deserving of it's recent release on vinyl, destined to reach a wider audience, Going Down is our Track of the Day. 
 
 








 
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Monday 1st  August 2011
Well it's six long weeks to go until 13th September whenThrill Jockey fire the canon stuffed full of Wooden Shjips fuzztastic third album; West.  Their first album in a professional studio, and the first to be professionally engineered and mastered (Heba Kadry & Sonic Boom), the album taps into the mythology, romanticism, and idealism embodied by the American West.
We've already had the joys of 'Lazy Bones', and just to torment us further they've released the official video for 'Black Smoke Rise' just today.  It's like being fed cake by the slice when we just want to scoff the lot!
Catch 'Black Smoke Rise' and grab a slice of 'Lazy Bones' below.
Tour dates below too. Don't say we didn't tell you they were playing...........!
 
Black Smoke Rise








Lazy Bones








 
Tour Dates









 


Thu


Aug 18


San Francisco, CA


- Bottom of the Hill




 


Fri


Aug 19


Los Angeles, CA


- The Echo




 


Sat


Aug 20


San Diego, CA


- The Casbah




 


Fri


Aug 26


Portland, OR


- Doug Fir Lounge




 


Sat


Aug 27


Seattle, WA


- Crocodile Cafe




 


Sat


Sep 3


Larmer Tree Gardens, UK


- End Of The Road Festival




 


Sun


Sep 4


London, UK


- Scala




 


Mon


Sep 5


Leeds, UK


- The Brudenell




 


Tue


Sep 6


Liverpool, UK


- The Kazimier




 


Thu


Sep 8


Tallin, Estonia


- Rock Cafe




 


Fri


Sep 9


Helsinki, Finland


- Korjaamo




 


Sat


Sep 10


Copenhagen, Denmark


- Loppen




 


Sun


Sep 11


Gronigen, Netherlands


- Vera Club




 


Wed


Sep 14


Krefeld, Germany


- Sudbanhof




 


Thu


Sep 15


Paris, France


- Cafedeladanse




 


Fri


Sep 16


Rouen, France


- Le 106




 


Sat


Sep 17


Tilburg, Netherlands


- Incubate




 


Tue


Sep 20


Vienna, Austria


- B72




 
 

 
 

We've just had a call from one of our people down in the Spiritualized camp who has imformed us of the cancellation of two festival shows.  This is the first time in 21 often turbulent years that the band has had to cancel a show but apparently it's unavoidable due to some necessary short-term medical treatment Jason Pierce is undergoing.
The cancelled appearances are  the August 5th  Ypsigrock Festival in Sicily and at the August 13th Standon Calling Festival in Hertfordshire, England.
Spiritualized are less than happy to be announcing these cancellations but medics have strongly advised against Pierce performing.
Get well soon J. Spaceman!
 

 
 

 
 
 
 
Happy and sad. Love and hate. Then there are all the things you feel between.
 
And sometimes, you just can't find the words to describe how you feel. You search for words. Words that just aren't there. So you turn to other things. Pictures, visions...sounds. Have you ever had a sound, or combination of them, describe how you feel? I have. Many times. It's like a revelation when you come across them.
 


 
 
 
The Figurine EP, from the San Francisco band, Moonbell, is a 4 song gem, creating conflict with feelings you never knew existed. It's a quick journey. But quick only in time. Because while you listen, it doesn't feel quick. You feel as if you are in slow motion, like you are running in a slowed down kaleidoscope. The colors change all around you as you slowly dodge the sounds that are constantly coming at you from every direction. It's creating visions, and feelings...feelings you can't always describe. Feelings you have been searching for, for ages, form within your ears.



This EP stretches your very being. You see both a beautiful side and an ugly side. You see both dark and light. You feel like you are floating up to the skies, yet, you feel a pull back to the earth. It can make you feel together, small and compact, yet, make you feel large and full of void. Feelings of happiness and sadness mix together, and weave in and out of the beams of light that are shooting through those voids, creating a mixture of light and dark. And you see all of this happening, like you are watching from within.



This is a dream pop gem, with a shoegaze undertone. Certain things will be more prevalent, depending on your musical tastes. Dig through it, and search...you will find it, if you look hard enough. Layered, it's heavy...it floats. Let it stretch you...to the moon. 


figurine e.p.moonbell










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Sean Adams over at Drowned in Sound reports on a refreshing rise in vinyl sales. We're not surprised. Here at Tin Can, we receive a lot of stuff in mp3 format from bands but still fully appreciate the interactional experience only really offered by vinyl.  It sweetly enslaves you...nothing else (well, maybe the old cassette tapes) makes you get up and flip to the other side to hear the rest of the work.  Vinyl provides the perfect medium for two-part concept albums; a natural delineation, as exemplified by Kate Bush's classic 'Hounds of Love', and on the soon to be released Dead Skeletons 'Dead Magick'.  For us, the accesibility of music through mp3's takes away the pleasure of record store shopping; sharing aural passions with knowledgeable record store staff, ordering an out-of-stock then getting the call to say it's arrived, or the sheer pleasure of leaving the store with the 12x12" bag that states loud and clear 'I love vinyl'.  There was a bleak period when you couldn't always get what you wanted on vinyl, but looking at the list of Top Ten vinyl sales in Adams' article, it's evident that record companies are taking note that vinyl still sells...
 
Put the needle on the record.
 
Tin Can.
 

 
 
Sean Adams-Drowned in Sound:
 
Good news everyone...
 
The album may not have blown everyone away but Radiohead's King of Limbs, has sold 20,771 copies on vinyl, and has contributed to the resurgence of vinyl LP sales in the UK. This is all according to analysis by the Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA) of Official Charts Company data.
 
Overall, vinyl album sales increased to 168,296 sales in the first half of 2011, compared with 108,307 in the same period of 2010. Interestingly, the average price of a vinyl LP is now £16.30 compared with £7.82 for CD albums and £6.80 for digital albums.
 
Kim Bayley, Director General of ERA, said:
 


"Vinyl may still be a niche format, but it is growing fast.  Whether it is the "warmer" sound many music fans appreciate, the large-scale artwork of a 12" sleeve or its sheer retro appeal, vinyl seems to be capturing the imagination of buyers despite the fact it typically costs twice as much as a CD containing exactly the same music...Much of the focus in the music industry has been on cutting prices, partly in response to the rise of internet piracy.  The success of vinyl shows music buyers will pay a premium if we deliver them a package they really love."

And here's a list of big-selling albums which were unsurprisingly the biggest sellers on vinyl...
 
Top 10 Vinyl Albums Jan-June 2011
 
1.       Radiohead - The King of Limbs
2.       Beady Eye - Different Gear Still Speeding
3.       Adele - 21
4.       Arctic Monkeys - Suck It And See
5.       Elbow - Build A Rocket Boys
6.       Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
7.       Foo Fighters - Wasting Light
8.       Noah & The Whale - Last Night On Earth
9.       Vaccines - What Did You Expect From The Vaccines
10.     Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More
Source: Official Charts Company
 

Some footnote stats of note:
 
King of Limbs sales blow the 1,446 copies sold by the best-selling title in the first six months of 2010, which was the vinyl edition of modfather Paul Weller's Wake Up The Nation.
 
The other major contributor was April's Record Store Day, the annual celebration of independent record shops, which features many exclusive vinyl releases.
 
The UK numbers follow hot on the heels of figures from Nielsen which showed vinyl sales up 41% in the US in the same period.
 
2010 marked the fourth successive year of growth in vinyl album sales in the UK.
 
 

 
Prolific psych-rockers The Brian Jonestown Massacre have put together a collection of singles spanning the past nineteen years since the band's genesis. 
The two-disc anthology features tracks previously only available on 7" singles, including 'Evergreen' 'Anemone' and the latest 2011 vinyl single releases 'Illuminomi' and 'There's A War Going On'.  The collection also features the 1993 recordings under the alter ego Acid; 'Thoughts of You' and 'Never Ever'. 
The Singles Collection (1992-2011) is due for release on 30th August 2011 on Anton Newcombe's A Records label.
 

 
 
Check out the entire track list below:
DISC ONE 1. She Made Me2. Evergreen3. Convertible  4. Their Majesties 2nd Request (Enrique's Dream)5. Hide & Seek6. Methodrone (Live at the Compound)  7. Cold To The Touch8. Anemone9. Never Ever  10. Feelers11. Not If You Were The Last Dandy On Earth
DISC TWO1. This Is Why You Love Me2. Lantern3.  Malela4. If Love Is The Drug Then I Want To OD5. When Jokers Attack6. Prozac vs Heroin7. Nailing Honey To The Bee8. Illuminomi9. There's A War Going On10. Thoughts Of You by Acid11. Never Ever by Acid
 
Anton Newcombe is currently broadcasting a nightly live show on the multinational mixed-media medium that is Dead.tv
You can join him online where he does whatever takes his fancy from DJing and writing songs, to chatting with guests and viewers.
Find him at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/dead-tv-berlin
 
 
 
 

 
 
 

 
Þórður Grímsson is one half of Two Step Horror. So not only half responsible for one of the most extraordinary debut albums of the year, he's an accomplished multi media artist & founder member of Vebeth.
 
Some of Þórður's artwork can be seen below, including The Third Sound debut album sleeve design (just released on A Records) & the latest Singapore Sling cover for Never Forever (Outlier Records). As with all things Vebeth, there's a sense of wonderment, an obvious deeper meaning - almost symbolic beauty. A defiance. Þórður's designs hint towards a mathematical slant. But that maybe because I'm a numbers man & not an artist. Maybe that's what I see...




See what you see instead.







 
 
 



 
 






 
The output isn't limited to art & graphic design, it extends to video too. Working as part of the "Product Of Iceland" team responsible for many of the Brian Jonestown Massacre videos that accompanied the My Bloody Underground releases, he has also produced all of the Two Step Horror videos. There's been others, there's more work in progress. 





First off, 3 tracks from Two Step Horror; 2 from the new album "Living Room Music", plus one available for free download, which was made available following the album release. 



Then we'll get onto Þórður's own choices: "I'd say that I could have named more obvious choices, but to keep things interesting I'm sending you this list which at this moment is the most honest one I could come up with."




































Soft Focus by twostephorror



1. Pink Floyd - The Piper at the Gates of Dawn.



"This record introduced me to music. Pink Floyd are the true pioneers of psychedelia and they released this record in the golden year of 1967, it's as pure as it comes and influenced as many people as the record 'Velvet Underground & Nico'. Songs like 'Lucifer Sam', 'Arnold Layne', 'Pow R. Toc H'. & 'See Emily Play' are indescribably good. The Piper at the Gates of Dawn is dark & drone, decadent & mad... unlike that nonsense they started doing in the 70's and 80's, that's not my Pink Floyd. This track 'Astronomy Domine' along side 'See Emily Play' (which is probably one of the first modern music videos) is my favorite. It's not the version from the record, but recorded live from some BBC1 television program from '67. There's an interesting interview at the end of the clip where this guy Hans Keller asks Syd Barrett and Roger Waters why they have to play so loud."  






















2. Broadcast - Work and Non Work.  

 
"I got introduced to Broadcast by my friend Sævar who's a record collector nut like me. It was a goldmine, so much beautiful modern music from the same influences as I've always loved, and of course it goes much deeper, I could't name how many music discoveries I've made through reading about Broadcast and their influences. It was a huge loss to music to see her leave in her prime. 'Work and Non Work' is not better than any of the other Broadcast stuff, it just speaks to me in a different way. Like in a weird 60's alternative universe, where all the music that wasn't made then all of a sudden existed. 'The World Backwards' is one of my favorite from the record, partly because it's almost a remake of an old Elephant's Memory song called 'Old Man Willow' which is great and probably the only good Elephant's Memory song."























3. Clinic - Visitations.  

 
"Clinic has had a special place in my heart ever since I first heard it, I just got hooked. I think I've yet to hear a bad Clinic song. It became like a theme to my relationship with Anna as we used to listen to it non stop while drinking Masi on Wednesday nights. And yes it was very romantic. There's an interesting formula behind the Clinic records, there's always the fast song, the slow one, the lullaby, the punk song, etc. I kind of like it, why change something that works? This record has three of my favorites tracks on it: 'Harvest', 'Visitations' & 'If You Could Read Your Mind'. I have to name two more that are not on Visitations, 'Goodnight Georgie' and 'Come into Our Room', both flawless."























4. Mulatu Astatke - Ethiopiques, Vol. 4: Ethio Jazz & Musique Instrumentale, 1969-1974.

 
"These 'Ethio Jazz and Musique Instrumentale' series are really amazing, there has always been some weird romantic in ethiopian music. Mulatu Astatke is a musician and arranger who does these really moody and dark jazz pieces, It's some sort of Sun Ra influenced psych-jazz I'd say. I recommend to all who like 'Angels and Demon's' to check out 'Yèkèrmo Sèw' of this record. If I'm inviting people over for a dinner, this is the dinner music that's played."


















5. Thor's Hammer - Umbarumbamba.

 
"It's an Icelandic 1966 fuzzrock-mod-freakbeat record and one of it's kind. It was made along side a movie, which was supposed to be some sort of 'Hard Days Nights' or 'Help!' of Thor's Hammer (Hljómar in Iceland) where they went to england to "make it". it of course failed and ended up being like 12 minutes long with an awful dialog, sound and general quality. I think the movie is lost now, or at least I've never seen it, just read about it. The songs are amazing though and the EP is valued one of the most valuable double 7" in the world, going for couple of thousands of dollars if a copy surfaces f.e. e-bay. There are two reasons for that that I can see. First, there were only made like 50.000 copies and there was only that one pressing I believe, half labeled as Thor's Hammer, half as Hljómar. Second, Pop-music critics and fanatics believe that this record influenced people like Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix and George Harrison (and a whole lot more), because their guitar sound changed drastically when this record came out, almost copying Gunnar Þórðarsson's (the guitarist) style. Or that's what I heard anyway, who cares it's a great album and this is a great track."

 












 
 
Þórður Grímsson has just brought 5 brand new albums to the bunker...we hope you enjoy the mix & check the links below for further Two Step Horror & Vebeth news... 

































Find Two Step Horror on Facebook... (http://www.facebook.com/twostephorror)







More on Myspace... (http://www.myspace.com/thetwostephorror)








Two Step Horror on Soundcloud... (http://soundcloud.com/twostephorror)




Vebeth on Facebook... (http://www.facebook.com/vebeth)

To purchase the CD... (http://www.outlierrecords.co.uk/store/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=20)






 
Find Two Step Horror on Facebook... (http://www.facebook.com/twostephorror)






















 
 

 

 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

There's no right way, there's no wrong way.
 
Sometimes the right move for a band seems to be to bide their time, striving for their version of perfection. Cos there's only 1 shot at your debut album after all...

It's 4 years since we first heard "The Draft" by The Nova Saints. It was a monstrous track then & it still is now.  
 
"I Wouldn't" is just over 2 minutes long & it's a short, sharp treat & just as powerful as "The Draft". Now that is a good sign...
 
You'll feel like you know it as soon as it starts but it has more than enough thrown in there to keep it feeling fresh, feeling new. We adore tracks that climb towards a noticeable peak but this just fucking launches straight into one...


I Wouldn't by The Nova Saints - most definitely our Track of the Day. 
 
 








 
The Nova Saints on Facebook... (http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Nova-Saints/7485767441)













The Nova Saints on Myspace... (http://www.myspace.com/novasaints)








Northern-Star Records... (http://www.northernstarrecords.com/)














 
 
 

 
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"My Nuclear Bunker Discs. First off, let me just say, that this was no easy task, and if you were to ask me next week, I'd probably give you a different answer.
Trying to narrow down to 5, is impossible. It's like asking me to choose between my children, just not fair really. I have so many albums that I need in my life and my moods and tastes change constantly.
So, here are my 5 as of today, in no particular order. I tried to think of albums that could be used in different situations, as music is a vital part to my life. I need it for everything."
 
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club  - Howl.
 
It's one of my all time favorite albums. It's got a bit of everything, which always keeps it fresh and interesting. One of my all time favorite bands, and it's one of my "safety blanket" albums. I listen to this in all moods, but really love this under the stars.





















Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet.
 
This is my favorite stones album (just barely, as I love all the Brian Jones era albums). The main reason I chose this one, is in memory of my father. That, and it's just an amazing record...Sympathy for the Devil, Jigsaw Puzzle, Street Fighting Man, etc. Songs I can't live without...even though I can't live without a lot of Stones songs.






















Syd Barrett - An Introduction To Syd Barrett.
 
Sorta cheating with this one, as it's not a real album, but I figure, this way I'm getting Syd's Floyd era and Syd's solo work all in one. He is one of the, if not the biggest influences artistically for me. I paint to him...write to him...dream to him. He really is my biggest inspiration. Cherish him and his art, forever. Locked inside.






































Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde.


Difficult to pick one Dylan album, but I had to take this one. And for sure would have to be the mono version as well. With it's wide range of style and it's amazing composition and song writing. Just a masterpiece. Great for sunny afternoons, rainy days, sunday mornings and late nights...an anytime album for me.



















 


The rest of my collection. ha.
Oh ok then, Howlin' Wolf - Chess Box.

I have to have blues with me and The Wolf is my man. Certainly love my british blues, John Mayall and Peter Green's Mac, etc. and I almost chose one of those here, but really, I had to strip it back a bit. Can't live with out my "Commit a Crime", "Smokestack Lightnin", "Spoonful", "Little Red Rooster", etc.













"I'd have to try and sneak in a couple of others...Hendrix - Axis, Led Zep 1, Love - Forever Changes, Doors- s/t, Tame Impala, Jonestown - Thank God for Mental Illness, Country Joe and the Fish - Electric Music for the Mind and Body."
 
Nate! We like your style...Nathan J Barrett's 12 Nuclear Bunker Discs...
 
Rulebreaking & dedication to the cause. 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 

 
After the release this year of their acclaimed album of Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will, Mogwai have been criticised regarding their soon to be released EP Earth Division for it’s diversification from their hallmark sound. Have a listen below to a track off the EP, then click on the link below where Drowned In Sound’s Michael Brown talks to the band about their musical sidestep.
 
Personally, we love what we’ve heard so far.













 

 
Find Drowned In Sound's Mogwai interview HERE









 
 
 
 

 

From the Never Forever Recording sessions, Aejl didn't make it to the album...
 
There was a moment when Henrik wondered whether he should do some more to the track but as was the case with the Never Forever recording sessions, there would be no compromise & no going back to add to the tracks.
 
So it's finished & it thunders along & it's one hell of a track.
 
Aejl is set to a short film by Jim Robbins which was shown at the International Surrealist Film Festival in Los Angeles. 
 

Aejl is most definitely our Track of the Day. 
 
 








 
Singapore Sling on Facebook... (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Singapore-Sling/34742149719)













Singapore Sling on Myspace... (http://www.myspace.com/singaporesling/)








Jim Robbins on Youtube... (http://www.youtube.com/user/wolfsandwich)














 
 
 

 

 
Summer cocktail, with an olive.

by Nathan J Barrett.
 


 
You know how certain albums have this feel to them. Whether they make you think of a certain type of weather, maybe a rainy day, or a sunny day. Or maybe even a time of year.  Well, upon the first opening seconds of the new brian olive album, two of everything, you get the feeling you are in for a nice summer ride. It sends summer images and feelings into your existence. You know...like those of sitting by a lake on a hot summer day. Or a nice late sunny afternoon, when the breeze is blowing your hair and the leaves are dancing and laughing with you.  Those beautiful mid morning drives, where the day isn’t too hot...yet.  Those star lit skies, while the fire flies light up around you, and the frogs sing their nightly music.  Sitting on the edge of a dock, dangling your legs in the water, as you splash and kick and the droplets pitter patter across the surface of the lake.  This album brings out a lot of these feelings and images and much much more.  Perfect use of melodies and instruments that fit the very things I just described above.
 
One of the things I love about this album, is it gets stronger with each listen.  More layers appear, the more you travel it’s sound waves, and you weave through a lot. You find things you didn’t hear the last time.  It’s got a full sound, but not over the top complicated. It’s a FUN album.  You want this on, when you have friends over.  While sitting around having that summer bbq. It has a bit for everyone.  That mix of soul, funk, rock, psych, garage and blues. Grooves to shake your butt to. It’s got attitude.  You can walk down the street to this, and wonder, who’s gonna have the balls to fuck with you.
 
Having traveled the circuits with the Soledad Brothers and The Greenhornes, Brian Olive knows how to grab your attention and raise the energy.  He’s got plenty of experience. And if you need everything...why not grab two.  Two ears to listen...two legs to dance...two arms to sway.  And one soul to soak it all in, but another with you, makes it twice as nice.  Bring on summer. Two of everything.






Strange Attracter by brianolivemusic
 
 





Left Side Rock by brianolivemusic
 






















Visit the website... (http://www.brianolive.net)


Or find the Brian Olive Band on Facebook... (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Brian-Olive-Band/123473291014237)




To buy the album... (http://www.alive-totalenergy.com/x/?page_id=273)








 
 
 
 

 
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#1. THE VELVET UNDERGROUND. LOADED  -


 
The Velvets have been a life-changing moment, they have changed my perception of music and somewhat laid the foundation of who I am. This is probably their most underrated record but the most poetic and daintiest in my book. A very mature album that includes two of my favorite tunes: "Oh Sweet Nuthin'" and "I Found A Reason". I love all Velvets albums but this is the one I most listen to.  





















#2. THE JESUS & MARY CHAIN. PSYCHOCANDY -  


 
The band that turned noise into beauty. Jim Reid's dazzling vocals, killer guitars and genius lyrics. Perfect!   






















#3. ROWLAND S.HOWARD. TEENAGE SNUFF FILM -  


 
The quintessence of longing by my all time favorite guitarist . His lyrics are ablaze with beauty and his guitar work is "indelible as scars". It is like the X ray of a lovelorn howling soul. Unflinching as hell.





































#4. BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE. METHODRONE -  


 
The soundtrack of (half) my life. Existence, love and other complications crammed into a rough diamond. This record was a major eye-opener, the rest is history...  















 


#5. THE WARLOCKS . HEAVY DEAVY SKULL LOVER   -


 
A much eventful journey into the heart of darkness, this is the most radical and coherent work of my favorite band of the past ten years, which encloses the mystifying "Moving Mountains", or how a song beats prescription drugs.













Lady Godiva nails her colours firmly to the mast of  the Alcove...



 
Reverb-Eration Music Blog... (http://reverb-eration.blogspot.com)













Reverb-Eration on Facebook... (http://www.facebook.com/reverberationpsychedelia)





 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
The expansion of Vebeth starts here - We welcome you to Dream Central Station.
 
There's already an album almost ready, but whilst plans for world domination are being hatched, a couple of tracks have been made available which hint at the variety to come.
 
Some of the tracks are an altogether lighter shade of dark; sweet sounds, lush layers... but it's Vebeth. So there's undertones...
 
Feel is one of the less surprising tracks from the forthcoming album & it sits quite nicely alongside tracks like Hrepressed by Two Step Horror & You Can't Compare by Singapore Sling.

Less surprising, but no less powerful...
 
Dream Central Station consists of Hallberg Daði Hallbergsson, Elsa María Blöndal, Steingrímur Gauti Ingólfsson, Greg Barret, Heimir Gestur Valdimarsson, Sigurður Möller Sívertsen
 

Feel the Track of the Day.
 
Far more to come, soon...
 






Dream Central Station - Feel by Dream Central Station
 

Dream Central Station on Facebook... (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dream-Central-Station/187656547950125 )

















Vebeth on Facebook... (http://www.facebook.com/vebeth)









 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
The Brian Jonestown Massacre
The Wild Swans
Steve Kilbey
The Church
The Morning Night
Marty Wilson Piper
The Holy Duo
The Triffids
Freelovebabies
GB3
Silent Pictures
Mellow Drunk
The Imajinary Friends
Smallstone
The Black Ryder
LSD & The Search For God
Spectrum
The Clientele
The Lea Shores
The Koolaid Electric Company
The People's Revolutionary Choir
The Morning After Girls

That's just some of the bands Ricky Maymi has either been a member of, played with, played on, worked with...you get the picture - inspirational, much in-demand, still wishing to learn & experience, prepared to lend a helping hand. These people make the music world go round & we're on a roll with folk like that in Nuclear Bunker Discs. 
 
We can't not mention The Brian Jonestown Massacre. It wouldn't be fair not to.
Hopefully you know what we like to do by now - keep it current. So all we'll say is that, at the minute, the extraordinary juggernaut that is The Brian Jonestown Massacre is spread all over the world & different band members are busy with other ventures. It's safe to say when the time comes, another album will be written & recorded in a place & a style that catches everyone off guard again, the band will get together for a few days, prepare for a tour & hit the road. The album's influence will be felt worldwide & will last until the next one's ready. That seems to be how it happens...
Until then, huge amounts of music will appear written by or featuring in some way, members of the band.
Like from this direction - Ricky Maymi.
 
We're summarising in a huge way - there's more in-depth tales to tell on both The Wild Swans & The Wilderness Years by David Neil that deserve more space & research than we can give here but take a look around, see for yourselves. Both are current ventures that are keeping Ricky busy in various parts of the world. 
& one of them - we're not quite sure what to believe...
 
But this part of the story isn't in any doubt. The Wild Swans achieved legendary & near mystical status in & around Liverpool & the north west UK. Paul Simpson started life in The Teardrop Explodes, formed The Wild Swans; the band split into two & became The Lotus Eaters & Care; Simpson started the band again & he called upon members of Echo and the Bunnymen, The Icicle Works, The Lightening Seeds & more to record & play live. Unfinished business saw Paul start work around 2007 with Ricky, Mike Mooney (Lupine Howl/The Flies/Spiritualized/Julian Cope), Les Pattinson (Echo and the Bunnymen) & Steve Beswick (Slipstream).
Fast Forward to June 2011, a UK tour has just happened, the album called The Coldest Winter For 100 Years is available for download & will be out on CD within the month & the band will be touring S.E Asia in September/October, where they have their biggest following outside the UK. An unbelievable story, a wonderful story & one hell of a journey.

Here's a link to a review from the Liverpool show:
(http://www.liverpoolconfidential.co.uk/Entertainment/Music/Review-The-Wild-Swans-Liverpool-University)




Wonderful story number 2 - Steve Kilbey and Ricky Maymi present: "The Wilderness Years" by David Neil. It's a tale of mystery, possibly about undiscovered songs laying dormant until being completed, recorded & brought to life.
We know that Ricky has said working with Steve Kilbey from The Church fame has been a magical & humbling experience in the past so we hope working together on this release has been just as good.
Again - the album is ready, scheduled for a July release, with a tour around Australia & New Zealand in July & August. If you don't know The Church, do your digging - the band are an inspiration to fellow musicians & fans alike - another story in itself...
& a final word on David Neil - "an imaginary dead rock star from the past"...you work it out!
















More specifics & details on the tour here:... (http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=191564417556192)  





We asked whether there there had been spare time for anything else that we should look out for & Ricky told us

"There is a band from Perth, The Morning Night, who's album I produced, played on and collaborated on. It also comes out in or after July in Australia. Graham Lee from The Triffids makes an appearance on both David Neil and The Morning Night lp's. Richard Lane from The Stems also appears on The Morning Night album. There is more in the pipeline so, check back with me in a few months time."





With all this going on, we're made up Ricky agreed to play along with our Nuclear Bunker Discs so now we've rambled on for a while we'll get on with it.
First up, a few tracks - one from The Wild Swans album, 2 from The Wilderness Years by David Neil & one from The Morning Night upcoming album. Spot that unmistakeable guitar sound throughout...
Then onto Ricky's 5 choices...



























 





Hollywood Ending - David Neil by Blank Generation









 
 
 
 
 
Tame Impala "Innerspeaker" - The best rock band I have heard in ages and I never get tired of listening to it.
I haven't been that enthusiastic about an album since I was a teenager!!  





















David Sylvian "Secrets of the Beehive" - This album always comes back to me, ever since it came out it has remained a fixture in my life.
His newer albums are also absolutely brilliant!   






















The Triffids "Calenture"  - A wildly inspired album by anybody's standards. High in drama and rich in atmosphere.






















The Church "Starfish"  - I had to become a guitarist after fully absorbing this record as a teenager. I still love it!  















 


David Bowie "...Ziggy Stardust..."  - I was a Beatles/Bowie kid. I need to listen to this album sometimes to remind myself why I want to be in a band.













Ricky, you've been an absolute gent. Good luck from all at Tin Can with the 2 upcoming tours & 3 current ventures.
We'll join the masses in patiently waiting for the next Brian Jonestown Massacre album. When it comes it'll be worth the wait as always. We've always got the huge back catalogue until then to keep us going...
 
Further relevant links below to what we've covered - take a look & listen...









 
The Brian Jonestown Massacre site... (http://www.brianjonestownmassacre.com/)













The Wild Swans website... (http://www.thewildswans.co.uk/)






Steve Kilbey's website... (http://thetimebeing.com/)




More news on The Church... (http://www.thechurchband.net/)













Find out a little about David Neil... (http://www.facebook.com/pages/David-Neil/172303642809733?sk=app_2405167945)






The Morning Night on Myspace... (http://www.myspace.com/56584310)









 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
Delta 72, The Junction, Cat Power, All Saints Day, Rare Birds, The Meek, Pink Mountaintops.
 
Singer, Songwriter, pianist, guitarist, harpist, dj.
 
You shouldn't summarise a musical career like we just did unless you want to get onto specifics. We do. We want to get onto the here & the now so we won't trawl backwards...
 
On that basis we must have missed some bands, some instruments, but you get the picture. Multi instrumental. Likes some variety in his musical life & just loves being involved in different stages of the musical creative process.  
 

Starting with an early love of all things Creation Records, honing his dj'ing talents, always searching for new sounds (known for spinning a real mix of music - from vintage American Soul to the Stones to garage & current.) has meant Gregg has not only easily swapped musical styles from band to band, but has wanted to. Genre breaking. You play what you're inspired by & if your inspirations are far & wide, so's your musical output. 





He's been know to call his guitar his wife - his lifelong companion...& he's always been faithful - to the Gibson ES - 335. 




Welcome to the Bunker Mr Gregg Foreman...






Curently on the go musically with steadfast Vebeth participants The Meek, getting down to some recordings with the much lauded Pink Mountaintops & returning to Cat Power when the time is right.
 
With dj slots on a regular basis there's a real combination of experimentation, cherishing musical heritage & looking to seek out those about to make their mark in the future.





You should know by now we like to dig to find out a little detail when compiling Nuclear Bunker Discs, but as we keep stressing, it's about today, not yesterday. 





So today, Gregg is focused on the 3 bands above whilst continuing to seek out & discover new music - then there's this. 









This being The Brothers of the Silver Sun - vintage clothing & accessories for the mutherfucking cool male of the species. 











Gregg is building a team to bring a variety of styles & ranges, but has notably got the involvement of Sisters of the Black Moon who have made doing the same for the female of the species an art form.  













Wow...plenty going on as you can see & we don't have the half of it covered. There's all the things we can't mention & really want to...but won't obviously. When the time is right we might get a bit of an advance warning...you listening Gregg! 



Now we've covered the current music, the current ventures, we'll get onto a few videos plus those all important bunker choices. Those choices that still, importantly influence Gregg today.



We made great progress, we spoke for a few days & then got stuck on 10 albums. We banned the idea of Gregg Foreman from The Meek choosing 5 albums & Gregg Foreman from Cat Power choosing another 5. Back to the drawing board...



Based on those already-in-the-bunker members of The Meek, plus other acquaintances down there having made these choices, Jesus & Mary Chain - Psychocandy, The Velvet Underground - Loaded & the first Suicide album were cast aside. Then following a couple of tough decisions, Gregg Had his 5.



Any final words before the descent down the steps?
 
"This is too tough man, but since you have quite a gathering down there & my friends have taken some of my picks in the bunker already, I will fill in the appropriate blanks with essential listening. So this isn't technically my 5, but I couldn't have chosen 5 anyway. Your rules would have been broken for sure..."
 
 
So First up, The Meek, performing live recently, then Cat Power from 2008.
 
Then onto the 5...
 
 


 








 








 
 
 
 
Echo and the Bunnymen - Ocean Rain - "This is one of the most emotionally perfect albums. The sound is dark, romantic and mysterious! Seven Seas and My Kingdom are some of my favs ever . . ."  (We've thrown in the John Peel sessions version as we think it's marvellous)





















Can - Ege Bamyasi -  "This is maybe 1972 ? When Can was not using many (or any?) inorganic sounds yet. The groove is tight like James Brown the music is cosmic and witchy! I'm So Green and Vitamin C are the standout songs for me!"   






















James Brown - Live at the Apollo 3 Revolution of the Mind - "The band is so tight and the songs are classic! Amen!"






















Serge Gainsbourg - Melody Nelson - "The Erotic Poet Laureate of France! This record has the amazing band of the era! His Delivery and Style are second to none . HE owns the French Music Genre . L'hotel Particulier and Melody are sexy and full of soul."   

















The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers - "This record for me has everything - The Keith bite of Can't you Hear Me Knocking and Brown Sugar, the swagger of Bitch and Sway, and the sonic beauty of Moonlight Mile! This is the perfect rock and roll record!"










 
 
 
So there you have it. Thanks to Gregg for playing along with us at Tincan; for doing what you do & for inspiring many along the way. He's the impetus & motivation to much of what surrounds him & is the link between many meetings & collaborations, both past & present.
 
The music world wouldn't function as it does without good souls like Gregg Foreman...

 
We hope the list making wasn't too bad for you. 










 
The Meek on Facebook... (http://www.facebook.com/pages/THE-MEEK/45463548919)















Cat Power website... (http://www.catpowerthegreatest.com/)




Cat Power on Facebook... (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cat-Power/112975445381427)





Brothers of the Sliver Sun on Facebook... (http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Brothers-of-the-Silver-Sun/149981308403647)









Pink Mountaintops on Facebook... (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Pink-Mountaintops/115659901826505)














Sisters of the Black Moon website... (http://sistersoftheblackmoon.com/)











 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 
magick isn't dead. skeletons are.
by Nathan J Barrett.
 
It’s been a long time coming.
 
I’ve never written an album review. Never gone so far as to formally write words down on a sheet of paper. Sure I’ve had reviews in my head, as I listen to an album. A lot of times I just figured no one really wanted to read what I think anyway. But two things happened recently that changed my mind. The first, is my friend Beth making a suggestion that I should write about music. The second, was the release of the new Dead Skeletons album, Dead Magick. Personally, when a band can invoke me to want to create, I find that to be the highest of levels.
 
It’s been well over a year now, since I first heard Dead Mantra. The song literally blew my mind. Now I could come up with some creative words to say the same thing as “it was really good”. But, really, I just want to say, it really is good. Not that, “hey I like this song, it’s good,” attitude, but the “oh my GOD...this IS.really.good.” So, it’s only fitting that Dead Mantra would kick off this album. It’s the perfect place to start. Where it all began.








 
 
Where the journey started, as we waited patiently in anticipation for an album to drop, and it dropped on the day of all days. Judgement Day. Listening to this album, I recognized a number of the songs, as we were treated over the last year with some of them as they were completed. The visually stunning videos that were created to go with each of these songs, are deeply embedded in your soul. Sprinkled throughout the whole album, all those videos, come into your mind. They were just pieces of the large puzzle, and all those images, help form complete new images to create one large masterpiece. It’s a journey beyond any proportions.



Split into two parts, Dead Magick I and Dead Magick II, it’s almost like you need that break in the middle. It’s a journey that takes your mind and your soul to the deepest parts of your imagination. When the album comes to an end with Yama, followed by the closer Dead Magick II, you sit back and take a deep breath. It’s an exhausting ride, but for all the right reasons. It’s an artistic challenge.



Let it feed you.



Let it bring life to your soul.

 
Go. Be. Live.
 
“He who fears death, cannot enjoy life.”
 
It’s been a long time coming.  



 




















Visit the website... (http://deadskeletons.com/home.html)


Or find them on Facebook... (http://www.facebook.com/pages/DEAD-SKELETONS-Official-page/282215118457)




To buy the album... (http://www.dead.is/deadskeletons.html)







To watch the videos... (http://www.youtube.com/user/DodenSpiegel)
 


 
 
 

 
 

 

 
We were made aware of this band about a month ago & instantly noticed the voice.
 
What a voice it is too...depth, spirit, emotion & soul.
 
So now we wish to welcome those who don't know, to Tomas Bird & The Blonde Spirit...
 
This is the first single taken from the forthcoming album 'The Cut' - all the proceeds of which will be given to The Marie Curie Cancer Care. The track is also available for free download at the bandcamp link below.
 
Beautiful. Haunting. Already feels timeless. Take a listen. 
 
Obviously, Track of the Day. 




















 
 
 
 
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Tomas-Bird-and-The-Blonde-Spirit/155894037788673


http://tomasbirdandtheblondespirit.bandcamp.com/

 
 
 
 
 
" Whenever two notes are sounded together loudly, precisely in tune and sustained, the conjunction of resonant waves results in a third note whose pitch geometers and physicists have tried to determine, but so far this question cannot be considered as completely resolved."
 

 
Three, a well-known symbol of perfection, a much dowered number that seems to hold the key to another world. : there lays the third sound, a secret society of sound aesthetes, people with peculiar visions and conceptions who aspire to a spiritual epiphany.
 
The quest symbolically starts at “Heaven’s Gate”. The Third Sound is part and parcel of a thorough Icelandic music collective called Vebeth whose icon is a dark upside down triangle of sight or perception, unlike the 13th Floor Elevators’ one.
 
This project includes among others Dead Skeletons, Singapore Sling, The Meek, Blanket Of Death and Go Go Darkness. While its peers sleep at the devil’s door, despite a similar amount of sophistication, The Third Sound comes across as more glimmery and serene, with impulsive outbursts aligned in its imperial guitars.
 
The Berlin relocated band stands cleverly unclassifiable, some might peg it shoegaze or psychedelic pop but there is something daintier and more esoteric about it that won’t let an astute listener be reductive. There are indeed several layers to the third sound, each one adding a distinct hint of magic.
 
Harmonious velvet-like vocals will welcome you through a maze inside the sound and you will find your way around if you listen carefully. “Re-Elevation” is your ticket to the core of the perception (see the triangles at the center of the artwork), it is beautifully dynamic and sinuous.
 
Meanwhile, on your journey to the solar third sound, you will observe sweet melancholy (“Long Way From Home”) until you get even closer to the holy grail with the flaming "J.S.D" and its exhilarating guitar bliss.
 
Dreamlike and cheeky in chorus, the quiver will lead you to the perfect circle with “Further Down” and its commanding echo.
 
A stately album that is outstanding and essential for anyone who is looking for sophisticated sound and aesthetics in unison.
 








 














The Third Sound is available through Outlier Records.







 
 
Read more from Lady Godiva here at Reverb - eration ... (http://reverb-eration.blogspot.com/)







The Third Sound on Facebook... (http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Third-Sound/152153891469154)



Outlier Records ... (http://www.outlierrecords.co.uk/)






Outlier Records link on Facebook... (http://www.facebook.com/outlier.mo)






 
 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 


 
Albert Camus once said : “Truly fertile Music, the only kind that will move us, that we shall truly appreciate, will be a Music conducive to Dream, which banishes all reason and analysis. One must not wish first to understand and then to feel. Art does not tolerate Reason.”
 
Singapore Sling substantiates this statement as it created a self inflicted spell, a luscious mind expanding nectar and one revels in drinking the cup down to the last drop, irrationally.
 
Starting from a feeling of void, drinking the evil potion is like getting to the core of reptilia and primal instincts…
 
Never Forever may not be as stark and cavernous as the previous records endowed with abrasive guitars but it comes out as more sinuous and even more introspective and hits the nail right on the head with its pungent snapshots of human nature. Human beings, weirdos who excel at hurting themselves in many ways…
 
The supreme “Tunnel Vision” gets the atmosphere to a whole new level with its rotating motto and its hallucinatory tornado of rhythmics. Guitars flare up magnificently as in a lecture on black magic, with a second part echoed in Poison Ape. It is thus an utterly cinematic and thrilling piece of music with a climax beat that gives you a major adrenaline rush.
 
Overall this new album feels like a remarkably eventful walk in an English maze at night while being under the influence, with Singapore Sling potion that confers visions and epiphanies.
 
The title track is the ultimate statement in style on this record, so intoxicating that it gets stuck in your head for days, in a daze. This is your last warning and eerie spirits bluster, you are doomed and a prisoner of the Singapore Sling hypnotists for ever and ever.
 
Sickeningly good and spooky… The road to hell is paved with good intentions!
 
 

























 Singapore Sling - Never Forever is available through Outlier Records.





 
 
 
 
 
 
Read more from Lady Godiva here at Reverb - eration ... (http://reverb-eration.blogspot.com/)







Singapore Sling on Facebook... (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Singapore-Sling/34742149719)



Outlier Records ... (http://www.outlierrecords.co.uk/)







Outlier Records link on Facebook... (http://www.facebook.com/outlier.mo)

















 

 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
I am allowed out sometimes. Mainly to buy coffee but sometimes I do venture a little further. Today I did & it was more related to the other job but they are becoming closer.

So there's This job n there's That job.

That is the main job, that is my life.

This supports the wider & ever increasing circle of artists, writers, musicians that we find ourselves in the midst of. 

& we could find them through either This or through That. 
 
So here's a bit of that on this. 
 
It makes perfect sense to me...
 









Outlier by Tonythornborough on Mixcloud

Salford City Radio... (http://www.salfordcityradio.org/)
 

Mo on Facebook... (http://www.facebook.com/outlier.mo)
Outlier Records on Facebook... (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Outlier-Records/107798839285037)

Vebeth on Facebook... (http://www.facebook.com/vebeth)



 

 
 
 
One Step Back, TWO STEP HORROR by Nathan J Barrett
 
When I heard that a band, Two Step Horror, put out an album that they started in their living room, I was instantly intrigued, and was sure I was going to like it even before I heard it. Music made this way, always seems to have more soul, and passion. Aptly named “Living Room Music”, it brings out a soft but energy filled punch, and that soul and passion I knew would be there.
 
 
When I heard “King Bee”, I was instantly hooked.
 








 
 
It was so hauntingly beautiful, and it just stuck with me. One of those songs, that when you first hear it, you have to play it over and over, cause you can’t get enough. It took a bit, before I even realized that it was a cover of the old blues song that I so dearly love (most notably the Rolling Stones version). Even at almost 8 and a half minutes, you can easily burn an hour just listening to it a half dozen times.
 
Now I’ve read a lot of comparisons of what they sound like, and a lot of it makes sense. The Mazzy Star feel to the vocals. The music sounding like it’s straight out of a David Lynch movie. Sure these influences are prominent. When I listen to the album, I get the eerie sense that I’ve heard this before. It’s oh so familiar, but not like anything I’ve heard before. It’s very surreal. You find yourself floating beyond your conscience. Reality becomes fixated on a dream. Or is it, dream becomes fixated on reality?
 
The dark undertones, mixed with the dreamy layers, make for a feast to any music lover. You soon realize why you recognize the music. It’s straight out of YOUR dreams. Two Step Horror have made dreams into music. Follow along, and don’t get lost in the maze. You may not find yourself coming back.
 










 
 
 
More info:
 
Two Step Horror is a duo formed by Thordur Grímsson and Anna Margrét Björnsson in November 2008.
Most of the songs were written and recorded in the couple's living room during long dark winters and conjure up a dreamy world that's infused with a strange creepy longing and a slow narcotic drawl.
"Straight outta Twin Peaks, like a hypnotic bullet... a bullet of quietly bewitching, creepy lovelines... Or lovely creepiness."
Two Step Horror are part of Vebeth.
 

 
 
 
http://www.facebook.com/twostephorror


http://www.outlierrecords.co.uk/store/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=20


http://www.facebook.com/vebeth

 
 
 
 
Beat The Devil's Tattoo... 
River Styx...
Shuffle Your Feet...
666 Conducer...
Rifles...
Mercy...
The Toll ...
 
Enjoy...
 











 
 
BRMC... (http://www.blackrebelmotorcycleclub.com/)

 
 
 
 
I like this guy Perry. Sometimes you just know.
 
It's 2011 - gone are the days where you need to meet someone to really get to understand what makes them tick. I can understand why some people are reluctant about not feeling like they can begin to understand someone until they finally meet face to face.
 
But I'm not buying that.
 
The whole world is in a state of flux so why not throw your own beliefs into the melting pot too & see what happens? 
 
Three letters changed everything: www.
 
I live thousands of miles away from Perry Pelonero but within the space of a few e mails we ranted at each other, we laughed at each other, we encouraged each other & we took each others temporary moments of pain...if that's not what the future of this whole industry needs at it's core I don't know what is. 
 

If Tincan was a sports team, we would have Perry on temporary loan deal from another club - When The Sun Hits. They've supported each other since WTSH started; we recognise that & respect that. 

Not only did www. make the world a smaller place, it also made the ability to get lost so much easier. Getting lost among the thousands of promoters, managers, websites, labels, bands. A whole industry built up around talent has reached the point where all it does is hide talent.
 
Think about that if you will. 
 
What the hell am I on about, you might ask? Well, it's something like this. If we're not careful, multinational corporations will have completely sucked the life, the creativity & the energy out of all those with the talent to make a difference. There's only 1 thing that can stop it & that's little pockets of resistance growing up from out of nowhere, putting the pleasure back into the creative experience & helping each other along. I'm not talking about money here, those days where individual bands, small labels or websites can be self sufficient are long gone unless you get all the breaks in the world.  
 
At the heart of the music industry must be groups, collectives, supporters...people who work together with similar tastes or philosophies. They need to both grow & the chance to grow. Once this happens then alliances with similar groups might form or just merge without there being a conscious decision taken...suddenly something new is created. Something that can carry on growing to a point where an alternative to the music industry as we know it begins to form. Then we can start talking about having the money available to make this creative process a little less painful. 
 
Perry Pelonero is at the heart of something like this. He's like a catalyst; he's surrounded by musicians & like minded people.  I know that he will be heavily involved, at the centre of a creative force even when he stops making music. That seems a long way off at the minute...
 
Perry couldn't decide whether to choose 5 albums specifically for the bunker or to go for his 5 all time favourite albums. He went for neither; he picked 5 for that moment. 
 
So we'll do the same here. We'll talk about where he is now. Morpheme has fuelled his fire & it's exciting to see someone so excited. There's also Bliss.City.East. There was also Skylight until only days ago but that has been put to rest. For the moment, it's all about Morpheme. 
 



Morpheme is Perry, Kim Welsh & Dean Garcia. As is possible these days the tracks are completed between the 3 over the internet, but there's plans afoot.
 
This will be worth watching it take shape...
 

So 2 tracks from Morpheme, then onto Perry's choices.  
 
Final words? "My band is just awesome! I love it so so much! I'll pick a different 5 albums tomorrow so don't be asking me again..."
 
Enjoy the Morpheme tracks & watch this develop, enjoy Perry's picks...& I'll thank him for being in the middle of something special, a growing music community...































 
 
The Chameleons: What Does Anything Mean Basically - I remember buying this. Sitting down to listen and not being able to move from start to end. Its really hard to pick a song from this, but if i had to do so, it would be One Flesh... I think for me the guitars do it. Dave and Reg in my opinion are some of the most under rated guitar playing duo's ever. And should to this day, be given a load more credit than they get... Masters......






































Pink Floyd: Meddle - Another one from start to end that just blows me away.. When live at Pompeii was released it was like i had a musical orgasm for the first time and could not stop them..... For this, its all of the band combined. Each with unique parts that pulled these songs together.. Echoes, of course would be the song that would be my favorite... ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh





































 
Swervedriver: Mezcal Head  - Not just because i have known Adam for years now. Has nothing to do with it. The fact is, Mezcal Head is one of the best rock records released in the 90s. Period. Its a record you can again listen to from start to end and not lose interest..... If i had to pick a song from this album it would be never lose that feeling for sure... I seem to remember them telling me when they filmed this video the water was icy icy cold.... brrrrrrrrrr.. thats rock n roll man....






















 
Led Zeppelin: In Through The Out Door - Hmm... Had some corny moments.. but i still love this album... I remember getting stoned out of my head listening to this with my cousin Harold. He had tickets to see zep and was going to take me and a friend with him, when Bonzo died.... Fucking lost...Its cool though i can say i was close at least.... If i had to pick a song from this it would be In the Evening. The guitars AGAIN... Just amazing....













 






 
Aphex Twin: Selected Ambient Works - This is a weird one for me. However, listen to this album very close and you will find things you did not hear the first time. The second time or even after listening 100 plus times... Its soothing.. It also gives me anxiety attacks.. No shit... Xtal is the track on this one... I can dance to it... And do from time to time :)






































Morpheme on Bandcamp... (http://themorpheme.bandcamp.com/)




Morpheme on Facebook... (http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-project-morpheme/169406156415498)




Bliss.City.East on Facebook... (http://www.facebook.com/pages/blisscityeast/97871468621)


Skylight on Facebook... (http://www.facebook.com/skylightus)












 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
"The joy of music: what does that really mean? Living and breathing it. Obsessing about detail whilst discovering the beauty in chance, and then doing what is necessary to give it life. All the peripheral activity, traditionally taken out of your hands in service of the big organisations of yore becomes a joy in service of the music. It is undoubtedly the hardest work we have collectively put into any band, but the satisfaction is already huge."
 
 

Ladies & Gentlemen, The Black Ships...
 
 
 
 


















 
 
 

 

 
Pulling Shapes is the first of a vast new collection of new tracks Black Market Karma have allowed us the pleasure of hearing & what a fucking track to unleash first. There's around 20 already completed of which the best will be included on the debut album Comatose.
 
I'm a sucker for that tempo. It's my magical tempo, it's that confident, lazy groove.
 
But no more descriptions & definitely no comparisons here so that's the end of my review. It's up to you to listen, so please do. But we're hooked.
 
So what's been going on? Well, there's the recent trip to France to play 2 more shows out there, there's more shows coming up here in the UK.
 
There's another 10 or so tracks strong enough to make Black Market Karma hold off finalising the album details & itching to get back to more recording.
 

So that'll be around 30 tracks to choose from for the allbum, which obviously bodes well for us & them. So Comatose will be out when it's out. 





All good thing come to those who wait...





Black Market Karma - Pulling Shapes.





Track of the Day. 

 










 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Black-Market-Karma/29367551190


http://www.blackmarketkarma.com