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9th August 2008
65daysofstatic remix on The Cure's new ep!
From The Cure's website (www.thecure.com):
HYPNAGOGIC STATES EP
8/8/2008 10:45:48 AM - by CURE:ROBERT
HYPNAGOGIC STATES EP
MEMBERS OF FALL OUT BOY, AFI, MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE, 30 SECONDS TO MARS AND 65 DAYS OF STATIC REMIX THE CURE FOR ‘HYPNAGOGIC STATES’ EP
The Cure announce an EP of remixes of the first 4 singles taken from their imminent new album to be released digitally and on CD on the 13th September.
Gerard Way (My Chemical Romance), Pete Wentz & Patrick Stump (Fall Out Boy), Jade Puget (AFI), Jared Leto (30 Seconds To Mars) and 65 Days Of Static (who supported The Cure on most of their recent 59 date World 4Tour), have exclusively remixed the first 4 singles from the forthcoming studio album for this special EP, entitled ‘Hypnagogic States’, as follows:
“The Only One” - remixed by Jared Leto (30 Seconds to Mars)
“Freakshow” - remixed by Jade Puget (AFI)
“Sleep When I’m Dead” - remixed by Gerard Way (My Chemical Romance) and Julien-K
“The Perfect Boy” - remixed by Pete Wentz and Patrick Stump (Fall Out Boy)
"Exploding Head Syndrome" (all 4 singles) remixed by 65 Days Of Static
All Artist royalties from the EP will benefit The International Red Cross.
The Cure’s new studio album, their 13th, is scheduled for release on 13th October via Suretone/Geffen.
22nd June 2008
New artist on Monotreme Records – Okie Rosette!
We are really excited to tell you that this September we will be releasing the debut album by San Francisco’s Okie Rosette. This is the new band of Felix Costanza, who was the front man of the critically admired band Granfaloon Bus for over a decade. We were (and still are) massive fans of Granfaloon Bus – some of you may remember that we booked a few UK solo shows for Felix Costanza back in 2003.
Okie Rosette’s debut album, ‘Leap Second’ will be released in Europe on the 1st of September, and the band will be on tour in the second half of October. We should have some dates for you soon.
In the meantime, check out their myspace page (and also that of Granfaloon Bus), listen to some songs and make them your friends!
Okie Rosette myspace
Granfaloon Bus myspace
You can also download an mp3 of the song 'Grand Opening' from 'Leap Second' here.
28th April 2008
The Low Lows live on BBC 6Music Tom Robinson show this Monday!!
Just a quick shout to let you know that The Low Lows will be playing live tonight (Monday) on BBC 6Music's Tom Robinson show, which is between 7-9 pm GMT.
It will likely happen in the first hour, so be sure to tune in early if you want to catch it live. If you miss it, you can listen again online for a week.
Here is where to go to find the show: http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/shows/tom_robinson/
Hope you can tune in!
22nd March 2008
Free track from new 65daysofstatic ep!
Just to whet your appetite, we have uploaded a free mp3 of the track goodbye 2007 for you to download. You can also hear streaming audio of the the track 'Dance Parties [distant]' on the 65daysofstatic website and our own myspace page. Also, for added coolness, you can try your hand at remixing it yourself using your mouse here: http://www.65daysofstatic.com/danceparties
The ep is out on the 7th of April in Europe and the 29th of April in North America. But watch our shop, as we may make it available a bit early...
And here are all the Euro headline dates that 65daysofstatic will be playing in April before they resume their tour with The Cure in North America. Supports include Gay For Johnny Depp, Errors & Pilgrim Fathers, plus Dark Captain Light Captain:
APRIL
9th: Bristol Thekla – Gay for Johnny Depp & Pilgrim Fathers
10th: Nottingham Rescue Rooms – Errors & Gay For Johnny Depp
11th: London Indigo – Errors & Gay For Johnny Depp
12th: Leeds, Cockpit – Errors & Gay For Johnny Depp
13th: Brighton, Concorde 2 – Errors & Gay For Johnny Depp
14th: Wolverhampton, Wulfrun Hall - Errors & Gay For Johnny Depp
15th: Manchester, Academy 2 - Errors & Gay For Johnny Depp
16th: Portsmouth, Wedgewood Rooms – Gay For Johnny Depp & Pilgrim Fathers
17th: Paris, La Maroquinerie
18th: Harlam, Patronaat – with Oceansize support
20th: W2, Den Bosch
21st: Brussels, Botanique
27th: Inverness, Ironworks – Pilgrim Fathers
28th: Glasgow, King Tuts – Pilgrim Fathers
Please support independent music - we need you!
Enjoy!
9th March 2008
The Lows Lows fantastic new album, ‘Shining Violence’ is out now in Europe on Monotreme Records! You can buy it from our shop (see 'catalog page') or from the lovely Norman Records (www-dot-normanrecords-dot-com)or from other fine shops and websites such as Boomkat-dot-com.
The album will also be released in North America in June on Misra Records (Phosphorescent, Great Lake Swimmers, South San Gabriel, Shearwater)
The band will be playing at various SXSW events this coming week, so be sure to check them out if you are going to SXSW, as they are awesome live.
They will also be interviewed by XfM radio for a special on SXSW
Next month, they return to Europe, where they will tour in 9 countries and record their second radio session for VPRO in Amsterdam. See the shows page for tour dates - more coming soon.
Here are a few of the press quotes so far for ‘Shining Violence’:
"A rousing feedback-laden treat… Threaded with steel guitar, their cosmic leanings follow a host of unusual sidetrips, including a terrific cover of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ “Modern Romance”." -Uncut
“an interesting, clever and affecting album…Shining Violence’s mood is atmospheric and ethereal. In singer Parker Noon, The Low Lows have an extraordinary secret weapon. When he emerges from the stew of noise his band are cooking up, the effect is stunning and frequently heartbreaking …if the thought of a mashup between Gram Parsons and Flying Saucer Attack is appealing, this quietly intriguing record may be for you.” –Clash Magazine
The Cocteau Twins meet The Jesus and Mary Chain somewhere in the mid west perhaps…sounds like it could be the soundtrack to ‘Wild at Heart.’ –Subbacultcha
There's a varied line-up of instrumentation on Shining Violence, calling upon lapsteel and other such country staples as well as brass sections, all of which is put to highly effective use on the lovely 'Disappear', a distorted ballad that fuses Jesus & Mary Chain fuzz with Calexico-style composition. Elsewhere the psyched boogie woogie of 'Five Ways I Didn't Die' spells a ghostly hoedown, while 'Raining In Eva' sets a course for sheer slowcore beauty. Excellent. -Boomkat
13th February 2008
Stinking Lizaveta tour Europe with Weedeater in March/April
Stinking Lizaveta will return to Europe in March and April in a co-headline tour with Weedeater! This promises to be insanely great, so come along and witness for yourself the awesome live power of Stinking Lizaveta!
Here are the dates - more to be confirmed, so keep checking our shows page for updates.
MARCH
19 The Croft, Bristol, UK
20 The Star and Garter , Manchester, UK
21 Ivory Black, Glasgow, UK
22 The Fenton, Leeds, UK
23 The Underworld, London, UK (as part of the Road To Ruin Spring 2008 Sideshow Fair)
24 Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff, UK
25 Bliksem, Den Helder, Holland
26 La zone, Liege, Belgium
27 The Pit's, Kortrijk, Belgium
28 Entrepot, Brugge, Belgium
29 013, Tilburg, Holland
30 Beest, Goes, Holland
APRIL
1 Hafenklang, Hamburg, Germany
3 Rosenkeller, Jena, Germany
4 East Club, Bischofswerda, Germany
5 Red Rooster, Berlin, Germany
7 PMK Innsbruck, Austria
8 Arena, Vienna, Austria
13 Het Podium, Hoogeveen, Holland
6th February 2008
New Album by The Low Lows out soon
The Low Lows' excellent new album, 'Shining Violence' will be released by Monotreme Records in Europe on the 3rd of March. The band will tour Europe during April/May. See our shows page for all tour dates. More will be added soon! You can also buy a copy of the album from our shop soon. Please come out and see them, as they are brilliant live, too.
12th January 2008
Aaron Stout Feature on NPR's Second Stage Programme
Aaron Stout will be featured on NPR's 'All Songs Considered' Second Stage internet program This Tuesday.
More about 'Second Stage':
"If you love music and love finding great artists none of your friends probably know about, then spend some time with Second Stage. Second Stage is where we share the best of the great unknowns. We've had some remarkable artists start out on Second Stage (back when it was still called Open Mic). Sufjan Stevens is one of them. We were also lucky enough to discover Regina Spektor early on and put her on the show. Jesca Hoop was another great discovery."
The show will feature a review of the track "Fountain of Youth" from Aaron's wonderful "Queens Live In Caskets" album. The track will be streamed on the website and included in their podcast, which you can access any time from Tuesday onwards online here:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15466058&ps=mpm
NPR (National Public Radio) is an internationally acclaimed producer and distributor of noncommercial news, talk, and entertainment programming. A privately supported, not-for-profit membership organization, NPR serves a growing audience of 26 million Americans each week in partnership with more than 860 independently operated, noncommercial public radio stations.
11th November 2007
65daysofstatic - European dates with The Cure added, vinyl album release, Magnet Magazine feature
It has been confirmed that 65daysofstatic will also be touring Europe with The Cure next year, in addition to the US tour dates!! The European dates are:
February 2008
9th: Stockholm Hovet, Sweden
11th: Oslo, Spektrum, Norway
13th: Copenhagen, Forum, Denmark
15th: Hamburg, Color Line, Germany
16th: Berlin, Arena, Germany
18th: Warsaw, Towar, Poland
19th: Katowice, Spodek, Poland
21st: Prague Saska Arena, Czech Republic
23rd: Vienna, BACA, Austria
25th: Munich, Olympiahalle, Germany
27th: Zurich, Hallenstadion, Switzerland
29th: Rome, Palalottomatica, Italy
March 2008
4th: Marseille, Le Dome, France
6th: Madrid, Palacio de Deportes, Spain
8th: Lisbon, Pavilhao Atlantico, Portugal
10th: Barcelona, Palau St Jordi, Spain
12th: Paris, Bercy, France
14th: Antwerp, Sportpaleis, Belgium
16th: Oberhausen, Konig-Pilsner Arena, Germany
18th: Rotterdam, Ahoy, Netherlands
20th: London, Wembley Arena, England
The double vinyl gatefold edition of 'The Destruction of Small Ideas' is out this week in Europe (North American release will be next year). It looks and sounds awesome!! Only 2000 copies were pressed, so get in quick. You can also pick up a copy from their merch table on their current tour dates. We will have some copies available in the Monotreme online shop shortly, too... The band also has some beautiful new T-shirts and tote bags for sale, so be sure to stop by their merch table...
65daysofstatic also have a feature interview in the current issue of Magnet magazine, which is on the stands right now. You can get it here:
www.magnetmagazine.com
10th November 2007
Picastro release new album on Polyvinyl, tour UK, Norway, Sweden
Picastro have just released a new album called 'Whore Luck' and will be touring the UK and Scandinavia starting this week. The album is out now worldwide on the Polyvinyl label.
Here are the tour dates:
17/11 Manchester UK @ Islington Mill w/ Simon Joyner
11/18 London UK @ Windmill Brixton w/ Tenebrous Liar
11/19 Gothenburg, Sweden, Koloni @ Brumm w/ Dwayne Sodahberk
11/20 Oslo, Norway @Spasi Bar w/ Dwayne Sodahberk
11/21 Glasgow, Scotland, EUR @ Stereo w/ Jo Mango & Viking Moses.
11/22 Aberdeen, UK @ The Lemon Tree w/ Damon & Naomi, Adrian Crowley
11/23 Lancaster, UK @ The Yorkshire House
11/24 Wolverton UK @ Queen Victoria
11/25 Hull, UK @ Adelphi Club
11/26 Oxford, UK @ Port Mahon w/ Viking Moses
11/27 London, UK @ Good Ship
For more info, go here:
www.myspace.com/picastro
http://www.polyvinylrecords.com/
10th November 2007
Members of Cerberus Shoal in new project to be released on Young God Records
A new band featuring several members of Cerberus Shoal has been born - it is called Fire on Fire. Their debut ep will be released by Young God Records (Swans, Angels of Light, Lisa Germano, Akron / Family) on November 15th. It will only be available at www.younggodrecords.com or through the band at live concerts.
"As a reaction to the stress and pressures of the Cerberus Shoal system Chriss Sutherland, Caleb Mulkerin and Colleen Kinsella formed the group Fire on Fire in 2004 while CS was very active. With this group, the founding members of CS were working with a relatively clean creative slate, something they hadn’t had for many years. So… focusing on the enjoyment of playing rather than the production of music this group quickly took flight with the addition of Micah Blue
Smaldone on upright bass and banjo as well as Tom Kovacevic (CS 1997-99) playing oud, Nay and percussion. All the members of Fire on Fire have a hand in the singing as this is a very vocal group with five talented singers and songwriters. Considered, locally in Portland (Me.), as a kind of super group, Fire on Fire is three parts Cerberus Shoal, one part tarpigh and one part Micah Blue Smaldone. All five people live together in a blue house across from green oil tanks. Mulkerin and Sutherland have inhabited this house since 1995, Kovacevic since 1998, Kinsella since 2000 and Smaldone since 2004. Fire on Fire unlike CS, which wrote all of its music together/collectively, is more like the song circle idea with each person bringing their own material, with this group we were much looser and looking for an easier musical time."
For more info:
www.myspace.com/fireonfiremusic
www.younggodrecords.com
21st October 2007
BARZIN S/T ALBUM RE-ISSUE!
Several years ago, Barzin released their *gorgeous* debut album, entitled 'Barzin'. We wore out several CD players listening to it, and we still can't get enough of its graceful, melancholy beauty. The album was originally available in Europe (mainly France and Italy) as a limited release on the fine French label Ocean Music, but has been unavailable for a few years now in Europe, other than as an import from the Canadian label Where Are My Records. We are very pleased to tell you that Monotreme will re-issue the album throughout Europe on the 5th of November. To celebrate the re-issue, we have designed all new artwork for the album. And very lovely it is, too! You can take a look and download a free mp3 here: http://www.monotremerecords.com/barzin/st.php
The album will also be released digitally for the first time - worldwide on Monotreme.
And more great news - Barzin are going into the studio soon to begin work on their third album, which should be out in autumn 2008! We will keep you posted.
Check out Barzin on myspace and add them as a friend: www.myspace.com/barzinh
21st October 2007
RAL PARTHA VOGELBACHER AND THEE MORE SHALLOWS PLAY TANNED TIN FESTIVAL IN SPAIN
Ral Partha Vogelbacher will make their first-ever live appearance in mainland Europe to play at the Tanned Tin festival in Castellon, Spain. They will perform on the 4th of November. And of course, that means Thee More Shallows will also be there, as they make up 3/4 of Ral Partha Vogelbacher. So you get to see two awesome bands for the price of one!
Thee More Shallows are playing the festival on the 3rd of November and will also be touring in Europe prior to the festival. Check their myspace page for tour dates: www.myspace.com/theemoreshallows. Ral Partha Vogelbacher will be joining them on a couple of the dates, too:
30.10.07 - Hirscheneck, Basel, Switzerland
30.10.07 - Son’art, Bordeaux, France
04.11.07 - Tanned Tin Festival, Castellon, Spain
14th October 2007
65daysofstatic - Autumn European tour dates and rescheduled Cure tour dates!
The Cure tour is back on for May/June 2008!
Also, 65daysofstatic will be on tour in Europe very soon - see below for dates.
October 2007
28th: Lemon Grove, Exeter, England *
29th: Southampton University, Southampton, England *
31st: Petrol, Antwerp, Belgium
November 2007
1st: AB, Brussels, Belgium. (with Liars, Youthmovies, Apse, Transit & Creature With the Atom Brain)
3rd: Temple Bar, Dublin, Ireland ^
4th: Cyprus Avenue, Cork, Ireland.
5th: Oxford Academy, Oxford, England !
6th: Newcastle University, England *
7th: Academy 2, Manchester, England *
8th: The Sugarmill, Stoke-on-Trent, England *
9th: The Electric Ballroom, London, England *
10th: Nouveau Casino, Paris, France
12th: Doornroosji, Nijmegen, Netherlands
13th: Tivoli, Utrecht, Netherlands
14th: Magnet, Berlin, Germany +
15th: Thrillbeats Club, Dresden, Germany +
16th: MTC, Koln, Germany +
17th: Roxy, Saarbrucken, Germany
18th: Gleis, Munster, Germany
*with Youthmovies and Tired Irie
^with Youthmovies and Halves
! with Asobi Seksu and Tired Irie
+with Cougar
+++++++++
2008 dates with The Cure
MAY
09 WASHINGTON DC Patriot Center
10 PHILADELPHIA Wachovia Spectrum
12 BOSTON Agganis Arena
14 MONTREAL Bell Centre
15 TORONTO Air Canada Centre
17 CHICAGO Allstate Arena
19 KANSAS CITY Starlight Theatre - ADDED SHOW
21 DENVER Red Rocks Amphitheatre
23 SALT LAKE CITY E Center
26 VANCOUVER General Motors Place
29 SANTA BARBARA Santa Barbara Bowl
31 LOS ANGELES Hollywood Bowl
JUNE
03 SAN DIEGO Cox Arena
04 PHOENIX Dodge Theatre - ADDED SHOW
06 DALLAS American Airlines Center
08 AUSTIN Austin Music Hall - ADDED SHOW
09 HOUSTON Toyota Center
11 TAMPA St Pete Times Forum
13 FT LAUDERDALE Bank Atlantic Center - ADDED SHOW
15 ATLANTA Gwinnett Center
16 CHARLOTTE Charlotte Bobcats Arena
18 CLEVELAND (Venue TBD) - ADDED SHOW
20 NEW YORK CITY Madison Square
Garden
14th October 2007
Aaron Stout 'Queens Live In Caskets' - North American release and tour
We are very happy to announce that Aaron Stout's 'Queens Live In Caskets' is out on the 30th of October in North America (digital release is out now).
Aaron Stout is currently on tour in The USA with Austin Lucas and The Pressmen. Please come along and see him if he comes to your city.
Oct 15 - Chico, California Crux Art Gallery
Oct 16 - Oakand, Califonia Labot Art Collective
Oct 17 - San Francisco, California Elbo Room
Oct 18 2007 - Los Angeles, California Glass House record store
Oct 19 - Los Angeles, California t.b.a.
Oct 20 - Las Vegas, California Dive Bar Oct 23 - Dallas, Texas Red Blood Club
Oct 24 - Austin, Texas The Parlor
Oct 26 - Baton Rouge, Louisiana 3428 Government St.
Oct 28 - Gainesville, Florida The Fest
Nov 1 - Mobile, Alabama Satori Sound Coffee
Nov 2 - Birmingham, Alabama Speakeasy
***
Nov 23 - Pittsburg, Pennsylvania Project Roboto
Nov 24 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Nov 27 - Boston, Massachusetts PAs Lounge
Dec 1 - Arlington, Virginia Galaxy Hut
+ more TBC
25th August 2007
THE CURE TOUR HAS BEEN POSTPONED
We just got word late yesterday that The Cure have decided to postpone their north American tour until the spring. See here for more information - this is all we know:
http://www.thecure.com/default.asp
As soon as we have more information about plans for the spring we will let you know.
65daysofstatic may still be able to make the Download Festival in San Francisco on the 6th of October. We will update you on this as soon as we work out whether this is possible.
Of course we are all disappointed and we are very sorry for anyone who may have booked non-refundable flights etc. to come see the band.
23rd June 2007
65daysofstatic to tour North America with The Cure this autumn!!
It was confirmed yesterday that 65daysofstatic have been chosen to support The Cure on their entire tour of North America this autumn. It turns out that Robert Smith is a fan of the band and he thought they'd be a worthy addition to the tour.
Needless to say we are all very stoked about this. Big thanks to The Cure!!
Here are the dates:
Thu-Sep-13 Tampa - St Pete Times Forum
Sat-Sep-15 Atlanta - Gwinnett Center
Mon-Sep-17 Charlotte - Charlotte Bobcats Arena
Wed-Sep-19 Washington DC - Patriot Center
Fri-Sep-21 Philadelphia - Wachovia Spectrum
Sun-Sep-23 New York City - Madison Square Garden
Tue-Sep-25 Boston - Agganis Arena
Wed-Sep-26 Montreal - Bell Centre
Thu-Sep-27 Toronto - Air Canada Centre
Sat-Sep-29 Chicago - Allstate Arena
Tue-Oct-02 Denver - Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Thu-Oct-04 Salt Lake City - E Center
Sat-Oct-06 San Francisco - Shoreline Amphitheatre - Download Festival
Mon-Oct-08 Seattle - Key Arena
Tue-Oct-09 Vancouver - General Motors Place
Thu-Oct-11 Santa Barbara - Santa Barbara Bowl
Sat-Oct-13 San Diego - Cox Arena
Sun-Oct-14 Los Angeles - Hollywood Bowl
Tue-Oct-16 Houston - Toyota Center
Wed-Oct-17 Dallas - American Airlines Center
1st May 2007
Hello,
Just a quick update to let you know a few things...
1. The brilliant new album by 65daysofstatic 'The Destruction Of Small Ideas' is out now and selling fast! Fopp Records said it charted at no 19 on the day of release. Thanks to everyone who bought a copy - I hope you are enjoying the awesome artwork as much as I am...
2. 65daysofstatic are 'Artists In Residence' on John Kennedy's XfM radio programme this week. Tune in to hear new session tracks they recorded for the show. For more info or to listen online, go here: http://www.xfm.co.uk/
3. In July and August, 65daysofstatic have been asked to tour the USA with Fear Before The March Of Flames. This will be their fist ever tour of the USA. Finally all of you north American fans can get a taste of their amazing live shows!
Here are the US dates so far - more to be added soon, so please check the beautiful new website www.65daysofstatic for the latest news and a huge list of European tour dates going on as you read this...
July 2007
Supporting Fear Before the March of Flames.
18th: ICC Performance Hall, Allston, MA.
19th:The Rock & Roll Hotel, Washington, DC.
20th:Europa Club, Brooklyn, NY.
21st:Alley Katz, Richmond, VA.
22nd: Greene Street, Greensboro, NC.
23nd: The Masquerade, Atlanta, GA.
24th: The Social, Orlando, FL.
26th: Meridian Red Room, Houston, TX.
27th: House of Rock, Corpus Christi, TX.
28th: White Rabbit, San Antonio, TX.
29th: The Door, Dallas, TX.
31st: The Clubhouse, Tempe, AZ.
August 2007
1st: The Troubadour, West Hollywood, CA.
2nd: Soma, San Diego, CA.
4th: Bottom of the Hill, San Francisco, CA.
5th: Satyricon, Portland, OR.
6th: El Corazon, Seattle, WA.
7th: The Venue, Boise, ID.
8th: Avalon Theater, Salt Lake City, UT.
10th: Marquis Theatre, Denver, CO.
22nd April 2007
Stinking Lizaveta's first Euro tour - with The Hidden Hand!
Stinking Lizaveta have begun their first ever tour of mainland Europe! The Hidden Hand invited the band to come along as main support for their 4-week tour, so following their month-long tour of the USA, they hopped on a plane to Germany and will be giving many people on the continent their first taste of the band’s famously awesome live shows.
They will be selling copies of their brilliant new album 'Scream Of The Iron Iconoclast' - their 5th and best album, which comes the closest yet to capturing the energy and sound of their live performances. The album was recorded by Steve Albini at his Electrical Audio Studios. Stinking Lizaveta's first album "...hopelessness and shame" was also recorded by Steve Albini - in his basement. ‘Scream Of The Iron Iconoclast’ is out this week in mainland Europe and out on the 7th of May in the UK. It is also out now in North America on At A Loss Recordings
The band will also play a few headline shows in the UK after their tour with The Hidden Hand. Check the 'shows' page for tour dates - some have changed since previous postings.
We caught the band's shows at SXSW in March and at the Roadburn Festival yesterday, and they were mind-blowingly great, so please come out and see them if you can!
Recent Press for Stinking Lizaveta:
“Stinking Lizaveta proved to be the Chinatown of instrumental rock: an example of knowing both your abilities and artform so thoroughly that, by unleashing such raw power, you destroy the genre for a generation, leaving behind the charred wreckage for any fool who dares to follow in Lizaveta’s steps” (-The Other Paper - live review of April show in Columbus, Ohio)
“With one spiritual foot in Big Black, and the other in Miles Davis’ mid-70’s electric shows in Japan, Stinking Liz are brutal and sublime. –Music Emissions (‘Scream of The Iron Iconoclast’)”
“A superb set of dark, heavy brooding music embellished on occasion with stunning individual virtuoso moments.
- Peacedogman (‘Scream Of The Iron Iconoclast’)”
“They play heroic heavy metal jams with actual melodies and grooves… their best record in ten years.” - LA Today
Also, just a reminder that Thee More Shallows' wonderful new album 'Book Of Bad Breaks' is out this coming week on Anticon, and the band is currently touring in the UK. After that they do a month of tour dates in the USA. So go see a show, buy the album and help them get really *big* like they deserve to be!
15th April 2007
65daysofstatic takes on the world with new releases and tours!
This spring/summer sees some MAJOR excitement here at Monotreme, including 2 new releases and some world-wide touring by 65daysofstatic.
The new 3-track single by 65daysofstatic, ‘Don’t Go Down to Sorrow’, is out now!
The CD single contains an edited version of ‘Don’t Go Down to Sorrow’ from their forthcoming album, plus new track ‘Morning in The Knife Quarter’ and a new version of The Major Cites of the World Are Being Destroyed One by One by the Monsters. You can check out a stream of the single track on our myspace page (www.myspace.com/monotremerecords)
There is also an excellent new video for the single, produced by those oh-so-clever and talented Medlo folks (www.medlo.net). The video can be found on the Medlo site, right here on our 65daysofstatic news/contacts page, our myspace page (www.myspace.com/monotremerecords, and YouTube. Watch out for it on MTV and ORGAN TV, too.
And on the 30th of April, the stunning third album by 65daysofstatic, ‘The Destruction Of Small Ideas’, will be released. We can’t say enough great things about this album. We’re not worthy! We’re not worthy!
The band has just returned from a short tour of Japan and Russia, and this week they head out for some UK dates, followed by mainland Europe and more UK dates. The first three shows this week are with 65dos pals and Monotreme favourites Youthmovies (newly signed to Drowned in Sound), plus Cats & Cats & Cats. And then later in the tour, the band will be joined by none other than Josh T Pearson(!) and also The Miramar Disaster and Rolo Tomassi. So be sure to get there early if you go and see them.
And we are also very proud and excited to announce that 65daysofstatic has been selected by the fans attending this year’s ATP festival as one of the ‘fans’ choice’ bands to play the festival, coming in ahead of bands including Eels, Melt Banana, Why?, Hot Chip, Calexico… Wow!
So it’s going to be a very busy spring for 65daysofstatic! To find out where they will be playing, check our ‘shows’ page or, better yet, subscribe to the 65days mailing list on their website for all of the latest, and keep an eye on their tour diary at www.65daysofstatic.com .
In the summer the band will embark on their first North American tour – details to be announced very soon!
4th March 2007
The Low Lows: tour, videos, radios sessions
The Low Lows are touring mainland Europe right now and will be back in the UK for several dates on the 7th, when they will play at Time Out London's venue of the year, The Luminaire.
While over on the mainland, the band played the Music In Mind Festival in Belgium, and also recorded two radio sessions: one for the excellent Duyster Programme at Studio Brussel, which is up now here: http://www.stubru.be/stubru_master/muziek/audio/lowlows_itvssi/index.html
The other session was recorded today for the esteemed Dutch VPRO radio DWARS programme. We aren't sure when that will air yet.
There will be a great new 2-track single, Elizabeth Pier, out on the 26th of March. This single also has the 'Dear Flies, Love Spider' video on it. The band will have copies to sell on their UK dates, and you can also buy it from our website shop. See the shows page for a list of their tour dates.
The wonderfully talented French filmmaker Vincent Moon, who made Barzin's 'Leaving Time' video, (and also worked with the National and Jamie Liddell) is also becoming very well-known for his 'takeaway shows', in which he films bands who are visiting Paris, often in unusual and unconventional settings around the city. The results are posted on his Blogtheque website http://www.blogotheque.net/takeawayshows/ (or http://www.blogotheque.net/concertaemporter/ if you'd rather read it all in French…)
In November, during the last Low Lows Tour, he filmed two segments by The Low Lows, one in which they stroll into an elegant old Parisian bar and perform a new song, 'Black Bees', and another in which they spontaneously invade a city bus with an acoustic rendition of 'Dear Flies, Love Spider' that even has the passengers getting in on the act!. The results are captivating. If you look carefully you will see a small cameo by Barzin, who held the mic for them.
17th February 2007
Thee More Shallows make a big move!
We have a new website! Many thanks to Paul Wolinski and Paul Filmer for making it happen. The new site is more user friendly, with easy links for our shop, band bios, mp3s, photos etc. And a new page just for tour dates, which you can bookmark to keep up to date on the latest shows. See shows link above...
So please have a look around and let us know what you think. We lost some of our mailing list contacts recently when we changed servers, so if you or anyone you know should be getting our mailouts and isn’t, please re-subscribe using the form on our ‘contacts’ page.
And some sad but also exciting news, as we say a great big thank you and a very fond farewell to Thee More Shallows. Their debut album, ‘A History of Sport Fishing’, was the first release by Monotreme Records in 2002, and was followed by another album, ‘More Deep Cuts’ in 2004, and two eps, ‘Cuts Plus Two’ and ‘Monkey vs Shark’, all of which received great critical acclaim. A highlight for us all was when the band recorded an amazing session for BBC Radio 1’s Rob da Bank show at Maida Vale studios in summer 2005. Thee More Shallows will release a new album called ‘The Book of Bad Breaks’ on the groundbreaking Anticon label worldwide on the 24th of April. We believe and hope that this move will be a ‘good break’ for a band who deserves much more attention! Tour plans are being finalised for Europe / UK in April. Monotreme will still carry the first four CDs by the band. Please buy a copy of their new album, they are an awesome band who deserves your support.
3rd December 2006
Picastro session on Dutch Radio VPRO!
When Picastro toured Europe last spring, they stopped by the esteemed Dutch radio station VPRO and recorded a superb session and an interview for the Dwars programme. These are now available to listen to online here.
We aren’t sure how long it will be up so be quick!
Songs performed: ‘Blonde Fires', ‘Memories are a Weapon’, ‘I Can’t Fall Asleep’, 'All Erase', Dramaman .
19th November 2006
Barzin Belgian radio session aired this week plus lots of news...
The Low Lows and Barzin are wrapping up their European tours this week. The tours have gone very well and the response has been wonderful. Big thanks to everyone who has helped out with shows, etc. Special thanks to Keith Duncan and Matt Shrimpton, the most brilliant tour managers in the universe.
Last weekend Barzin recorded a session of 4 songs for the awesome Duyster radio programme on Studio Brussel radio in Belgium. They also recorded an interview with Barzin. The session will air tonight (Sunday the 19th) between 11-12 local time (10-11 pm GMT, 5-6 pm Eastern Time). The session will also be available to listen to online here for a week.
To accompany the Barzin tour, there is a new Barzin ep released this week in mainland Europe. The ‘Just More Drugs’ ep contains the track ‘Just More Drugs’ from the ‘My Life In Rooms’ album, plus radio session tracks from London’s wonderful Resonance FM Glass Shrimp programme, recorded on their UK tour last spring (‘Let’s Go Driving’ and ‘Just More Drugs’), plus a Canadian radio session track of a Tindersticks cover, ‘Mistakes’ and a new song, ‘Queen Jane’. The ep is also available to order from the Monotreme Records shop.
Barzin have also recorded a cover of the Sparklehorse song ‘Sad & Beautiful World’, which will appear on a Sparklehorse tribute compilation album on Slight Records next year. Daniel Johnston, Levi Fuller, and Racing Paper Planes are also scheduled to appear on the compilation.
French video director Vincent Moon, known for his work with The National and Jamie Liddell, has just finished filming a video for the Barzin song ‘Leaving Time’. The video will premiere soon on popular US music website Stereogum.
The Low Lows were also featured on NPR’s ‘All Songs Considered’ in the US this month, and have a track on the covermount CD in the next issue of French Rolling Stone magazine. Their labelmates, Aaron Stout, also have a track in the magazine’s current issue, along with a glowing review.
The new albums by Aaron Stout and The Low Lows are now out in Europe on Monotreme and are available from our website shop.
The North American releases of 65daysofstatic’ ‘One Time For All Time’, Lower Forty-Eight’s ‘Apertures’ (US and Canada) and Barzin’s ‘My Life In Rooms (US only) are out now. 65daysofstatic have made the top 200 CMJ charts 3 weeks running. Also, the Barzin track “Let’s Go Driving” has been on popular blog aggregator site www.elbo.ws top track list for two weeks running.
Studio news!
Stinking Lizaveta have wrapped up the recording of their new album with their old friend Steve Albini, who recorded their first album in his basement a dozen years ago. Fans of the band who have previously found the recording quality of their albums disappointing compared to their live performances can rest assured that this one will own! We can’t wait to get this album out! The album will be released this spring (late March/early April) and the band will undertake their first European tour with Southern Lord band the Hidden Hand. They will also do some headline dates in Europe (TBC). The dates with The Hidden Hand are in the shows page.
65daysofstatic go in to the studio next month to record their third album. They are pulling out all the stops on this one, so expect something truly MONUMENTAL – the demos we have heard are killer!! The album will be released at the end of April and the band will be touring extensively to promote it, so look out for the latest tour date updates on their website. More about this soon…
Thee More Shallows are also in the studio wrapping up recording of their third album. No release date has been scheduled as yet, but likely to be this spring. We should have an update on this soon. The demos are sounding utterly fantastic… soon the long wait will be over!
The Low Lows are already putting the finishing touches on their second album (release date TBA) Many of the songs were previewed during their current tour, and the response to the live performances has been tremendous. Yet another one to save a slot in your ‘best of 2007’ list for… One UK promoter described their set as ‘one of the most visceral live performances I have ever seen’. They will return to Europe in Late Feb / March for some tour dates and festival appearances, so if you missed them this time around you will have another chance soon.
We hope to get Aaron Stout over for a tour early next year, with or without backing band. Stay tuned for more news about this.
Everyones’ favourite ‘Casio Grindcore’ monsters, Trencher, have a new full length album, ‘Lips’, out now on Southern Records. It’s their first album for the label, so show them some support and go out and buy it!
We will have more news soon about other label activities, including a long-awaited North American release of Ral Partha Vogelbacher’s ‘Shrill Falcons’.
20th October 2006
Barzin Show in New York this Sunday
Barzin head south of the (Canadian) border to play a show this Sunday (22nd Oct.) at The Knitting Factory Tap Bar in New York City. They are on at 11 pm. Also on the bill are Charles Atlas, Small Sails, NonLocal (Mark from BRIGHT)
See the shows page for November European tour dates for Barzin and The Low Lows.
15th October 2006
Tour dates for The Low Lows and Barzin + limited discount tickets for Low Lows London show
Here are the current tour dates for the European tours for The Low Lows and Barzin. If anyone can help fill in some dates, please get in touch.
If you are planning to go see The Low Lows with Catfish Haven (Secretly Canadian) and Amandine (Fatcat) at the Luminaire in London on the 8th of November, Knom, who are promoting the event, have just put up 50 tickets for sale at a discount, on a strictly first-come first-served basis.
You can purchase them here for £4 each.
14th September 2006
Aaron Stout and The Low Lows - two great new album releases!
Before we get to the release news, just a quick heads up for those of you around London that 65daysofstatic will be performing this Saturday the 16th at the Smalltown America charity all-dayer at 93 Feet East. All proceeds will go to Cancer Research UK and The Connection At St. Martin's.
More details can be found here
We are very pleased and honoured to be releasing two awesome new albums this autumn in the UK/Europe – both will hit the shops on the 2nd of October, but you can buy them now from our online shop – just click on the ‘cat/shop’ link on the menu bar.
Mono-23 Aaron Stout – ‘Queens Live In Caskets’ CD album
Mono-24 The Low Lows ‘Fire On The Bright Sky’ CD album
‘Queens Live In Caskets’ is the self-produced debut album of the Indiana-born, Brooklyn-based folk-rock artist Aaron Stout. Already it is drawing very favourable comparisons to contemporaries such as M Ward, Sufjan Stevens, Cass McCombs and Papa M, among others. You can read more about Aaron Stout, including some great reviews that have come in, and listen to some music here.
'Fire On The Bright Sky' is the debut album from The Low Lows, an Athens GA trio formed from the embers of the critically acclaimed NYC dream-pop quartet Parker & Lily after Lily Wolfe’s resignation in 2005. It’s a radiant, desperate prom-night of a record, in which stark southern sweetness gives way unexpectedly to great storms of guitar noise. Sheets of dissonance and singer P.L. Noon's arcing wail conjure Galaxie 500 or Electr-O-Pura era Yo La Tengo, while bright walls of country narcosis à la My Morning Jacket crumble into climactic, stomping feedback and lush, sad balladry.
Some excellent reviews have also come in for The Low Lows – you can read more about the band and sample some music here. The Low Lows will tour the UK and Europe in November. We still have some dates to fill, so please get in touch if you can help sort a gig for them.
20th August 2006
North American release for 65daysofstatic, Barzin and Lower Forty-Eight
Exciting news from Monotreme HQ!
On October 17th, we will be releasing three great Monotreme albums in North America.
We are very happy to announce that the exclusive North American distributor for Monotreme Records is now Redeye Music Distribution, winner of the 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006 Distributor of the Year award (small division) from The National Association of Record Merchandisers (NARM).
Monotreme also has a digital distributor now - IODA.
The albums that will be released in October are:
65daysofstatic 'One Time For All Time' (Mono-16) - (USA and Canada)
Barzin 'My Life In Rooms' (Mono-17) - (USA ONLY)
Lower Forty-Eight 'Apertures' (Mono-20) - (USA and Canada)
Press and radio promotion for 65daysofstatic and Barzin is being handled by Fanatic Promotion ( enquiries: here).
Press for Lower Forty-Eight is by Earsplit PR and radio by AAM Sunday Service (Lower Forty-Eight radio enquiries: here )
So if you are in North America, please ask your favourite record shops to order these titles.
If you are in Canada, you can already get the Barzin album from their Canadian label, Weewerk.
10th May 2006
Barzin + 65daysofstatic tour updates
Just a reminder that Barzin are now touring the UK and 65daysofstatic are in mainland Europe – so please come along to see them if they make it to your area – you won’t be disappointed.
And tomorrow night, we have another special ‘Monotreme Presents’ night at The Betsey Trotwood in London, with Barzin, This Is Your Captain Speaking (all the way from Australia) and The End Springs. Details and advance tickets available from Ticketweb.
6th March 2003
Hello there. Thanks for stopping by. We plan to have the first two Monotreme releases out in May:
A 7" ep by Ral Partha Vogelbacher, 'Whistle Like You Mean It', with a handmade letterpressed sleeve, designed and pressed by the artist himself! The ep contains three lo-fi songs of gentle oddball whimsy that offer a glimpse into a world where angels' overworked fingers absorb the heat away from hummingbird brains and "the sunshine will find you like every other well-funded marketing ploy." An exclusive track by Ral Partha Vogelbacher, 'The Wrong Bike', appears in the compilation CD accompanying the Winter 2002 issue of 'Comes With A Smile' Magazine, which is out now. And if all of this sounds appealing you will want to check out Ral Partha Vogelbacher's first full-length CD / vinyl album, 'The More Nice Fey Elven Gnomes Are Hiding In My Toilet Again', available now from Megalon Records. 'Comes With A Smile' magazine described this album as "24 minutes of beguiling, memorable kookiness…the problem brain-child of Chadwick Bidwell and associates…the secret twins of M Ward and Will Oldham".
As if that isn't more than enough to be excited about, we also have the honour of being chosen to release the brilliant debut album of a band that is bound to win the hearts and ears of anyone who loves beautifully crafted songs with quiet melancholy vocals, soaring strings and chiming guitars. The album is 'A History of Sport Fishing' by Thee More Shallows, from San Francisco.
Later in the year we plan to release a CD mini-album by Waterworks as well as another project by Ral Partha Vogelbacher.
If you would like to be kept up to date on all of our releases, you can join our mailing list by sending an email to news@monotremerecords.com, including the word 'subscribe' in the subject of the message.
Now Playing:
Comes with a Smile vol. 5: 'Kicking It With Clowns' (Comes with a Smile)
Jetplane Landing 'Zero For Conduct' (Smalltown America/Yogaboy)
James William Hindle (S/T) (Badman)
Granfaloon Bus 'Exploded View' (Glitterhouse)
Hem 'Rabbit Songs' (Setanta)
Rothko 'Not Gone, Not Forgotten' (Lo)
David Thomas and Two Pale Boys 'Surf's Up!' (Glitterhouse)
Check Engine (S/T) (Southern)
The Handsome Family 'Twilight' (Loose)
Thee More Shallows make a big move!
We have a new website! Many thanks to Paul Wolinski and Paul Filmer for making it happen. The new site is more user friendly, with easy links for our shop, band bios, mp3s, photos etc. And a new page just for tour dates, which you can bookmark to keep up to date on the latest shows: http://www.monotremerecords.com/shows.php
So please have a look around and let us know what you think. We lost some of our mailing list contacts recently when we changed servers, so if you or anyone you know should be getting our mailouts and isn’t, please re-subscribe using the form on our ‘contacts’ page.
And some rather sad but also exciting news, as we say a great big thank you and a very fond farewell to Thee More Shallows. Their debut album, ‘A History of Sport Fishing’, was the first release by Monotreme Records in 2002, and was followed by another album, ‘More Deep Cuts’ in 2004, and two eps, ‘Cuts Plus Two’ and ‘Monkey vs Shark’, all of which received great critical acclaim. A highlight for us all was when the band recorded an amazing session for BBC Radio 1’s Rob da Bank show at Maida Vale studios in summer 2005. Thee More Shallows will release a new album called ‘The Book of Bad Breaks’ on the groundbreaking Anticon label worldwide on the 24th of April. We believe and hope that this move will be a ‘good break’ for a band who deserves much more attention!. Tour plans are being finalised for Europe / UK in April. Monotreme will still carry the first four CDs by the band. Please show them your support, as they are brilliant.
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