STA Newsletter - August 2009

I'm going on my summer holidays tomorrow - I hope the 

weather will be nice for the week. 

I couldn't leave though without telling you about all the ACE PUNK ROCK we have going on at STA in August>>

1. [LIVE] Future Of The Left Headline 'This Ain't No Picnic' in Derry - Tickets Now On Sale

2. [ONLINE] The Joy Formidable Takeover STA Blogcast

3. [PRE-ORDER] Let Our Enemies Beware - Pow! Right In The Kisser - Handmade Limited Edition CDR

4. [GOSSIP] ASIWYFA New Material & Own A Slice Of Math-Rock History

(This month's photograph contributed by Ben Jamie)

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1. [LIVE] Future Of The Left Headline 'This Ain't No Picnic' in Derry - Tickets Now On Sale

ASIWYFA back on the festival circuit this month including a debut slot at Pukklepop; Ice See Dead People hitting London hard again; 4 Or 5 Magicians curating their Azzerad-themed Brixton Weekender; two All-Ages gigs in Derry and Dublin and details of This Ain't No Picnic in Derry with headliners Future Of The Left>>

AUGUST LISTINGS IN FULL>>

01  Calories & LaFaro - Warrenpoint - The Square Peg

01  Fighting With Wire - Knebworth - Sonisphere Festival

08  4 Or 5 Magicians - Brixton - Our Band Could BBQ Your Life @ The Windmill, Brixton

08  And So I Watch You From Afar - Enniskillen - Forfey Farm Festival 

09  Ice, Sea, Dead People - Brixton - Our Band Could BBQ Your Life @ The Windmill, Brixton

09  4 Or 5 Magicians - Brixton - Our Band Could BBQ Your Life @ The Windmill, Brixton 

12  Ice, Sea, Dead People - London - Catch

19  Ice, Sea, Dead People - Camden - Tommy Flynns

21  And So I Watch You From Afar - Hasslet - Pukklepop Festival

23  And So I Watch You From Afar - Edinburgh Fringe Festival - Sneaky Petes

28  4 Or 5 Magicians - Brighton - Beachdown Festival

29  And So I Watch You From Afar - Devon - Aeon Festival

29  LaFaro + Panama Kings + Support - Derry - St. Columbs Hall [ALL AGES - Doors 3pm - £5 at the Door]

29  THIS AIN'T NO PICNIC: Future Of The Left + LaFaro + Panama Kings + Black Bear Saloon + The Dangerfields + Andrew Ferris + Spectator + Stereo War Favourites + AER + Beat Poets - Derry - St. Columbs Hall [Doors 6:30pm]

30  And So I Watch You From Afar - Dublin - Academy 2 [ALL AGES - Doors 3pm]

* Tickets are on sale now for THIS AIN'T NO PICNIC - Priced £8 in advance from WeGotTickets

* Tickets are on sale now for the And So I Watch You From Afar All Ages Show - Priced E11.80 from Ticketmaster

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2. [ONLINE] The Joy Formidable Takeover STA Blogcast

This month enjoy STA Blogcast Takeovers from The Joy Formidable and 4 Or 5 Magicians and sup the cup of brand new music by: Apple iiis; Arcs, Super Extra Bonus Party; White Circle Crime Club; The Yell; Zoos Of Berlin and Sports. 

Listen to all Blogcasts >>

Elsewhere on this month on the interweb>>

• We review our highlights of Truck 2009

• Rory ASIWYFA Death-Plunge & Band-Width Films Live Feature

• Bateman from the The Young Playthings extols an inspiring paen to DIY legends J Church

• Alan MX contributes another short story from his 'Warpsichord' series entitled 'The Box'

• Ash interviews new STA-signings The Moi Non Plus, who reveal a 

surprising set of musical influences

• Full release details of 'Against Karate' by Let Our Enemies Beware

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3.  [PRE-ORDER] Let Our Enemies Beware - 'Pow! Right In The Kisser' - Handmade Limited Edition CDR x 100

First single taken from Let Our Enemies Beware's debut album, 'Against Karate'. Thoroughly handmade - a CDR in a handstamped envelope - and featuring three exclusive b-sides PLUS the video to Pow! Limited to 100 copies, costing £4 and only available on the STA store. 

Pre-orders will be despatched on August 24th, 2009.

1. Pow! Right In The Kisser 

2. This Channel Is Hag-Ridden With Echoes 

3. Thunderbolt Peer 

4. Negative, Ghostrider 

5. Pow! Right In The Kisser [VIDEO]

Please note: a limited number copies of this single will also be bundled with 'Against Karate' when that goes up for pre-order next month.

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4. [GOSSIP] ASIWYFA New Material & Own A Slice Of Math-Rock History

And So I Watch You From Afar have been recording new tracks this month ahead of their Autumn touring schedule: tracks include live favourites 'D Is For Django The Bastard' and 'S Is For Salamander'. Fighting With Wire have also been hard at work on album two - the bits that we've heard are MASSIVE! 4 Or 5 Magicians' debut 'Empty Derivative Pop Songs' is done and dusted with an October release scheduled. Ice, Sea Dead People's debut offering is currently being mastered in Chicago by Bob Weston. On the live front, This Ain't No Picnic will cross the water to London in October and Club:STA will expand to Belfast in September. Those wishing to own an authentic piece of math-rock history may be interested to know that John Calories is selling his guitar amp on eBay. Now if that isn't news - I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS.

Thanks for reading,

Andrew, Ash, Daniel, Brian & Charlene

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