Tuesday, 30 November 2010
Wednesday, 24 November 2010
VOTE TODAY! VOTE OH YEAH!
Wednesday Nov 24 is People’s Millions Day. To support the Oh Yeah music centre in Belfast, please call the phone line.
The phone number to ring is: 0871 6268 106
If the Oh Yeah get your vote, they can build two learning suites, to help the raw music talent to grow in Northern Ireland. These new facilities will be used by their all-ages team, by community groups and other allies.
Lines are open from 9am until midnight.
Landlines are 10p per call. Mobile charges will vary. UK and N. Ireland lines only.
A two minute feature on our plans will run on UTV tonight, around 6.15pm.
Also, watch this video for inspiration:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
Oh Yeah music centre, 15-21 Gordon St, Belfast BT1 2LG.
Tuesday, 23 November 2010
Saturday, 20 November 2010
Friday, 19 November 2010
More Than Molasses Say Hot Press
Hot Press' Critical Mass verdict on Go On, Go On Get Out by More Than Conquerors: Resting somewhere between Foals and fellow Northies Two Door Cinema Club, fresh-faced Belfast foursome More Than Conquerors are scenesters with soul. Their eponymous debut EP is a wee rhythmic goldmine, showcasing a handful of contrasting facets to their temperamental pop rock. Simply put, when it's dark, it's dark and when it's light, well, it's like listening to molasses.Buy the EP here.
Thursday, 18 November 2010
Wednesday, 17 November 2010
Fickle Public On Jon Hillcock New Noise Podcast
The opening track from next month's Fickle Public EP gets a spin on one of the best new music podcasts going, Jon Hillcock's New Noise. Jon deems the EP to be brilliant yet bittersweet - just what your mp3 player needs so keep an eye on the sidebar on the right for download details ahead of the December 13th release date. And be sure to subscribe to Jon's weekly mailout to get a comprehensive list of the week's essential new releases, blogged downloads and London gigs, in addition to said podcast.
This week's New Noise mailout is brought to you with the help of a hangover from John Kennedy's The Remedy all dayer, Blue Moon Beer, Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon in The Trip, porridge with the fruit bit from a Muller Corner chucked in, Stereolab's wonderful 'Not Music' album, being finally comfortable with wearing big 'LOOK AT ME! I'M LISTENING TO MUSIC!' headphones in public, Dels smashing up the Barfly and two stunningly beautiful cold, slightly foggy days. Contained within the metaphorical walls of this week's audio excursion (or, um, free downloadable podcast) are Snow White samples, defunct Scottish hardcore, one of the most talked about hip hop productions of the moment, a pregnant pause, a re-recorded lyrical treat, a couple of brilliant demos, a fair helping of actual noise and a warm, looping pop gem. There is also a song that might make you cry. Thanks for listening. Tell someone if you like it and stuff. Jon
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New Noise Podcast - 15th November 2010: Tracklist
1. Pogo 'Wishery' (-) download free from Pogomix.net
2. Fickle Public ‘Adam Hocing’ (Smalltown America) from mini album ‘Greatest Hits’ out 13th December
3. Wretch 32 ft L ‘Traktor’ (Levels/Ministry of Sound) single out 16th Jan
4. Part Chimp ‘You Decide’ (Gringo) buy now via Part Chimp Bandcamp
5. Pregnant ‘Wiff of Father’ (from Bow Legs Music)
6. Wave Pictures ‘Now You Are Pregnant’ (Moshi Moshi) from ‘Jonny Helm Sings’ EP out 20th December
7. Peers ‘Football’ (demo) download free from Peers Tumblr
8. Yusuf Azak ‘The Key Underground’ (Song, By Toad) from album ‘Turn on The Long Wire’
9. Bo Ningen ‘4 Seconds To Ascension’ (Stolen Recordings) from album ‘Bo Ningen’ out now
10. White Wishes ‘Hold Your Head’ (-) download free from White Wishes Bandcamp
blog - http://newnoise.tumblr.com
subscribe - iTunes
twitter - @jonhillcock
email - ilikenewnoise@gmail.com
New Noise Podcast - 15th November 2010: Tracklist
1. Pogo 'Wishery' (-) download free from Pogomix.net
2. Fickle Public ‘Adam Hocing’ (Smalltown America) from mini album ‘Greatest Hits’ out 13th December
3. Wretch 32 ft L ‘Traktor’ (Levels/Ministry of Sound) single out 16th Jan
4. Part Chimp ‘You Decide’ (Gringo) buy now via Part Chimp Bandcamp
5. Pregnant ‘Wiff of Father’ (from Bow Legs Music)
6. Wave Pictures ‘Now You Are Pregnant’ (Moshi Moshi) from ‘Jonny Helm Sings’ EP out 20th December
7. Peers ‘Football’ (demo) download free from Peers Tumblr
8. Yusuf Azak ‘The Key Underground’ (Song, By Toad) from album ‘Turn on The Long Wire’
9. Bo Ningen ‘4 Seconds To Ascension’ (Stolen Recordings) from album ‘Bo Ningen’ out now
10. White Wishes ‘Hold Your Head’ (-) download free from White Wishes Bandcamp
Monday, 15 November 2010
Watch New More Than Conquerors Video
More Than Conqueror's debut self-titled EP is officially out today, check out the video for lead track Go On, Go On Get out below then purchase from the STA store.
New And So I Watch You From Afar Single Out Today - For FREE
So guys, here is how it works!
You can download the new single STRAIGHT THROUGH THE SUN for free, all you have to do is tweet it or share it on your facebook! What could be easier!
Enjoy the track and remember you can get the 7" Vinyl with the B side WITHOUT A FUCKIN' SCRATCH from the STA store. Only 100 to be had and they are already going fast so get in quick!!!
Cheers all, happy sharing!
ASIWYFA
Sunday, 14 November 2010
Vote STA In Rock Sound Reader's Poll 2010
Rock Sound magazine are polling their readers for their bests of the year and to be in with a chance to win a Sony Playstation 3 and £250 worth of gear from the Rock Sound merch store. Four runners-up will receive a year's subscription. Closing date for entries is December 8th. VOTE STA!
Saturday, 13 November 2010
New LaFaro Interview From AU
With a second album in the bag and gigs lined up, it’s about time we uploaded our last feature with LaFaro, from this Spring. In an entertaining and revealing chat, the Belfast band tell AU about touts, tours and Tuppenny Nudgers.
Free Skibunny Show, Friday 19th, Tower Records Dublin
Skibunny play a free show at Tower Records, Wicklow Street, Dublin on Friday lunchtime 19th November from 1pm.
Thursday, 11 November 2010
Wednesday, 10 November 2010
Listen Again: New ASIWYFA Single On Nick Grimshaw
The fresh new single from ASIWYFA - Straight Through The Sun - got it's first Radio 1 spin last night courtesy Nick Grimshaw. Listen again here.
Music played
1. Florence and The Machine — Heavy In Your Arms
2. OutKast — The Way You Move
3. Magnetic Man — Getting Nowhere
4. Bullet for My Valentine — Bittersweet Memories
5. Two Door Cinema Club — Something Good Can Work (Twelves Remix)
6. Fresh — Talkbox (Camo & Krooked Remix)
7. Kele — On The Lam
8. Sleigh Bells — Rill Rill
9. Kelis — Acapella
10. Cerebral Ballzy — Insufficient Fare
11. The xx — VCR
12. Simian Mobile Disco — Hustler
13. The Naked and Famous — Punching in a Dream
14. Drake — Best I Ever Had
15. And So I Watch You From Afar — Straight Through The Sun
16. Band of Horses — Compliments
17. Jurassic 5 — What's Golden
18. Jamie Woon — Night Air
19. Mark Ronson & The Business Intl, Boy George and Andrew Wyatt — Somebody To Love Me
20. Wilder — Sky Full Of Rainbows
Music played
1. Florence and The Machine — Heavy In Your Arms
2. OutKast — The Way You Move
3. Magnetic Man — Getting Nowhere
4. Bullet for My Valentine — Bittersweet Memories
5. Two Door Cinema Club — Something Good Can Work (Twelves Remix)
6. Fresh — Talkbox (Camo & Krooked Remix)
7. Kele — On The Lam
8. Sleigh Bells — Rill Rill
9. Kelis — Acapella
10. Cerebral Ballzy — Insufficient Fare
11. The xx — VCR
12. Simian Mobile Disco — Hustler
13. The Naked and Famous — Punching in a Dream
14. Drake — Best I Ever Had
15. And So I Watch You From Afar — Straight Through The Sun
16. Band of Horses — Compliments
17. Jurassic 5 — What's Golden
18. Jamie Woon — Night Air
19. Mark Ronson & The Business Intl, Boy George and Andrew Wyatt — Somebody To Love Me
20. Wilder — Sky Full Of Rainbows
Monday, 8 November 2010
And So I Watch You From Afar First Radio Play For New Single Tonight
Irish listeners tune into BBC ATL on Radio Ulster for an exclusive listen to our new tour single! In other news, tour rehearsals commence...(we may be playing some surprises on the upcoming tours...yep...KLF covers! Or not.)
And So I Watch You From Afar Competition
Here at the ASIWYFA HQ we like to encourage as much creativity as possible SO we are running two competitions to test your creative skills to win an ASIWYFA T-shirt and a guest-list spot for you and a friend!
What we want you to do is take the ASIWYFA logo and/or name and be creative with it.
This could be simply drawing it on your arm, creative a oil painting masterpiece with it all incorporated, paint your nails with the logo, even changing the branding at your cattle ranch to ASIWYFA and brand a cow (if you happen to own a ranch that is - don't go chasing other people's livestock with home-made branding devices), make a sand sculpture on the beach, a 3D model, WHATEVER YOU LIKE (just keep it legal), let your imagination run wild! Once you've done this, scan it, or take a picture of whatever you've created and email it over to us HERE. We will select the best ones and stick them up on our sites!
TO ENTER COMPETITION 1
The key to it all is this, no matter what it is you choose to do, you can enter COMPETITION 1 by incorporating which of the forthcoming tour dates you are planning to attend...
11 Nov Riosin Dubh - Galway
12 Nov Pavillion - Cork
13 Nov Dolan's - Limerick
18 Nov Riverbank - Kildare
19 Nov Spirit Store - Dundalk
20 Nov Whelans - Dublin
22 Nov London - Dingwalls
23 Nov Hare & Hounds - Birmingham
24 Nov Clwb Ifor Bach - Cardiff
25 Nov Kazimier - Liverpool
26 Nov King Tuts - Glasgow
The winners can pick up their T-shirt at the shows, and you can cash in your guest-list next time round.
TO ENTER COMPETITION 2
Do exactly the same as in COMPETITION 1 but instead of which show you are attending simply let us know where in the world you are. So if you a fan in New York for example, incorporate New York into your masterpiece - you get the idea.
Winners will be announced at the same time as competition 1 and we'll post out your t shirts if you're overseas and you can cash in your guest-list when we're next playing a show near you!
You have until November 20th and remember to email everything over to HERE
What we want you to do is take the ASIWYFA logo and/or name and be creative with it.
This could be simply drawing it on your arm, creative a oil painting masterpiece with it all incorporated, paint your nails with the logo, even changing the branding at your cattle ranch to ASIWYFA and brand a cow (if you happen to own a ranch that is - don't go chasing other people's livestock with home-made branding devices), make a sand sculpture on the beach, a 3D model, WHATEVER YOU LIKE (just keep it legal), let your imagination run wild! Once you've done this, scan it, or take a picture of whatever you've created and email it over to us HERE. We will select the best ones and stick them up on our sites!
TO ENTER COMPETITION 1
The key to it all is this, no matter what it is you choose to do, you can enter COMPETITION 1 by incorporating which of the forthcoming tour dates you are planning to attend...
11 Nov Riosin Dubh - Galway
12 Nov Pavillion - Cork
13 Nov Dolan's - Limerick
18 Nov Riverbank - Kildare
19 Nov Spirit Store - Dundalk
20 Nov Whelans - Dublin
22 Nov London - Dingwalls
23 Nov Hare & Hounds - Birmingham
24 Nov Clwb Ifor Bach - Cardiff
25 Nov Kazimier - Liverpool
26 Nov King Tuts - Glasgow
The winners can pick up their T-shirt at the shows, and you can cash in your guest-list next time round.
TO ENTER COMPETITION 2
Do exactly the same as in COMPETITION 1 but instead of which show you are attending simply let us know where in the world you are. So if you a fan in New York for example, incorporate New York into your masterpiece - you get the idea.
Winners will be announced at the same time as competition 1 and we'll post out your t shirts if you're overseas and you can cash in your guest-list when we're next playing a show near you!
You have until November 20th and remember to email everything over to HERE
Sunday, 7 November 2010
Saturday, 6 November 2010
Cargo Collective November 2010
STA Recommends...
Harmonious Bec
Her Strange Dreams
Monotreme CD
Japanese duo ‘ZaMaRoo’ and ‘from Vapor To Water’ debut with their dazzling dreamscape of intriguing, eclectic electronica. RIYL: DJ Shadow, Múm, BoC, Clouddead, FourTet ,The Books.
Snowblink
Long Live
Fire Records LP / CD
Recently back from a US tour opening for Owen Pallett, Snowblink's debut album Long Live offers shadowy folk-pop with hints of Animal Collective and Phil Spector.
Heirs
Fowl
Denovali CD / LP
Reverb soaked guitars, crackling electronics and deadpan dark-wave meditation create an abstract dronescape of industrial dirge and metallic ambience coalesced into an ambitious whole.
Friday, 5 November 2010
More Than Conquerors On Cool FM The Z
'Go On Go On' by More Than Conquerors will be played on Cool FM's 'The Z' , Northern Ireland's premier pop station, on Sunday night at around 8:45pm. Tune in on 97.4FM or online.
There's Nothing Wrong With Covers III, Sat 18th Dec, Brixton
On Saturday 18th December 2010 at The Windmill in Brixton, the night that celebrates the best of classic 80s/90s and modern undergound British indie rock 'There's Nothing Wrong With Covers' returns for a third installment with a mixture of past favourites and exciting new acts.
BANANIRVANA as Nirvana - 10:00pm to 11:00pm
Following on from August's rapturously received recreation of Nirvana's much lauded Reading 1992 performance featuring a guitarist, a bass player, a drummer, and an array of different Kurts on vocals (including a female Kurt, a Newcastle Brown Ale necking Chinese Kurt, and even a harmonising Kurt duo), Bananirvana are back with their unique live Nirvana karaoke act performing classic album 'In Utero' in full plus an encore (well, you know, if the crowd want it) of selected other hits. Get in touch if you fancy being a Kurt on the night - all we ask is you learn the words properly and can sing a bit!
SPECIAL GUESTS TBC - 9:00pm to 9:45pm
Excellent band perfoming as excellent band to be announced in due course!
BAND OF PRICKS as Guided By Voices - 7:45pm to 8:45pm
The greatest band from Dayton, Ohio (perhaps, even, the whole of the world) of all time Guided By Voices recently reformed with the classic lineup from their most critically acclaimed period of existence - 1990 to 1996. It remains to be seen whether they will be coming to the UK or just reserving this reunion for American ears. Fingers crossed they make it over, but either way, GBV tribute act, the pun-derfully monikored Band Of Pricks, who at past shows have been likened in terms of energy, enthusiasm, and downright rock and rollability to GBV at their peak, are back with a 25ish song set of material from the 1990 to 1996 period. The set will feature songs from all albums during the period, as well as a variety of EPs and rarities, and some songs GBV have never even performed live themselves.
KANNBERG 1664 as Pavement - 7:00pm to 7:30pm
Everyone into indie rock is a Pavement fan, right? Well Alexei from Johnny Foreigner, Craig from Internet Forever, Aaron from Eelectricity and Lust, and Dan from 4 or 5 Magicians are no exceptions, and they got together to play a Pavement tribute night in May, where they were described by more than one member of the assembled (and possibly slightly drunk) crowd as "actually better than Pavement". It seemed like a perfect opportunity to reform for a Reading 1992 retrospective show in August with a set of early hits, and as both were so fun and so well received they are returning for a third time here with another almost totally different set of slacker rock classics for all you indie rock fans!
EELECTRICITY & LUST as REM - 6:15pm to 6:45pm
Eelectricity & Lust have been rapidly gaining plaudits and a loyal following in London over the past year. Local lads from Brixton, they mix elements of the great American indie rock bands of yesteryear with classic and modern British punk rock influences. Perhaps most important of all to them are the REM of the 1980s, who (and it has perhaps been largely forgotten these days) were a huge influence on such indie heroes as Sonic Youth and The Replacements, not to mention Nirvana, Pavement, and Guided By Voices! E&L will be performing a split set between their own highly promising material and that of REM.
RAYMOND DETRITUS presents Christmas with Raymond - 5:30pm to 6:00pm
When not doing his best Krist Novoselic impression in Bananirvana, Jon Wood works on his irreverent project Raymond Detritus, the self proclaimed "singer-songwriter that can't sing or write songs". Sometimes he plays an 8 string baritone guitar in a four piece band, sometimes there are just three of them, sometimes it is just him and a friend, sometimes it is just him playing a ukulele on his own. Who knows what he is gonna do here, but I am under the impression he will be performing some of his self penned songs about Christmas (as featured on his 'Christmas with Raymond' EP), and maybe even a rendition of 'Jingle Bells' or 'Away In A Manger'.
Doors at 5:00pm : £5 advance, £6 on the door : DJs playing indie rock hits (and perhaps a few Christmas classics) until late. Tickets on sale now.
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The last one of these was possibly the most fun I have ever had. Who is coming this time around?
Dan
BANANIRVANA as Nirvana - 10:00pm to 11:00pm
Following on from August's rapturously received recreation of Nirvana's much lauded Reading 1992 performance featuring a guitarist, a bass player, a drummer, and an array of different Kurts on vocals (including a female Kurt, a Newcastle Brown Ale necking Chinese Kurt, and even a harmonising Kurt duo), Bananirvana are back with their unique live Nirvana karaoke act performing classic album 'In Utero' in full plus an encore (well, you know, if the crowd want it) of selected other hits. Get in touch if you fancy being a Kurt on the night - all we ask is you learn the words properly and can sing a bit!
SPECIAL GUESTS TBC - 9:00pm to 9:45pm
Excellent band perfoming as excellent band to be announced in due course!
BAND OF PRICKS as Guided By Voices - 7:45pm to 8:45pm
The greatest band from Dayton, Ohio (perhaps, even, the whole of the world) of all time Guided By Voices recently reformed with the classic lineup from their most critically acclaimed period of existence - 1990 to 1996. It remains to be seen whether they will be coming to the UK or just reserving this reunion for American ears. Fingers crossed they make it over, but either way, GBV tribute act, the pun-derfully monikored Band Of Pricks, who at past shows have been likened in terms of energy, enthusiasm, and downright rock and rollability to GBV at their peak, are back with a 25ish song set of material from the 1990 to 1996 period. The set will feature songs from all albums during the period, as well as a variety of EPs and rarities, and some songs GBV have never even performed live themselves.
KANNBERG 1664 as Pavement - 7:00pm to 7:30pm
Everyone into indie rock is a Pavement fan, right? Well Alexei from Johnny Foreigner, Craig from Internet Forever, Aaron from Eelectricity and Lust, and Dan from 4 or 5 Magicians are no exceptions, and they got together to play a Pavement tribute night in May, where they were described by more than one member of the assembled (and possibly slightly drunk) crowd as "actually better than Pavement". It seemed like a perfect opportunity to reform for a Reading 1992 retrospective show in August with a set of early hits, and as both were so fun and so well received they are returning for a third time here with another almost totally different set of slacker rock classics for all you indie rock fans!
EELECTRICITY & LUST as REM - 6:15pm to 6:45pm
Eelectricity & Lust have been rapidly gaining plaudits and a loyal following in London over the past year. Local lads from Brixton, they mix elements of the great American indie rock bands of yesteryear with classic and modern British punk rock influences. Perhaps most important of all to them are the REM of the 1980s, who (and it has perhaps been largely forgotten these days) were a huge influence on such indie heroes as Sonic Youth and The Replacements, not to mention Nirvana, Pavement, and Guided By Voices! E&L will be performing a split set between their own highly promising material and that of REM.
RAYMOND DETRITUS presents Christmas with Raymond - 5:30pm to 6:00pm
When not doing his best Krist Novoselic impression in Bananirvana, Jon Wood works on his irreverent project Raymond Detritus, the self proclaimed "singer-songwriter that can't sing or write songs". Sometimes he plays an 8 string baritone guitar in a four piece band, sometimes there are just three of them, sometimes it is just him and a friend, sometimes it is just him playing a ukulele on his own. Who knows what he is gonna do here, but I am under the impression he will be performing some of his self penned songs about Christmas (as featured on his 'Christmas with Raymond' EP), and maybe even a rendition of 'Jingle Bells' or 'Away In A Manger'.
Doors at 5:00pm : £5 advance, £6 on the door : DJs playing indie rock hits (and perhaps a few Christmas classics) until late. Tickets on sale now.
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The last one of these was possibly the most fun I have ever had. Who is coming this time around?
Dan
Thursday, 4 November 2010
Tuesday, 2 November 2010
And So I Watch YouSA From Afar: 4 Thoughts
So then, a while ago we wrote and recorded some music in Ireland, a while later it has brought us all the way over the Atlantic ocean to play our first tour of the United States of America. Over the 5 weeks we were there we drove coast to coast, north to south and the world got a little smaller again and our waistline and our photo collections grew a little bigger. Here's four thoughts about the trip........
ASIWYFA - US Tour Sept/Oct 2010
September 24th we flew out of Dublin en route to JFK New York to start our first USA tour. After a lengthy delay of about 8 hrs we get the call to board our connecting flight to Baltimore where we're playing our first date. As it's our first time out proper, we're opening up each night. The main headliners are legendary Japanese band Envy from Tokyo, along with California thrashers Trash Talk. The band after us are also from California, Touché Amore, who very kindly agreed to rent us their back line at a cut price rate saving us a small fortune! First show, Baltimore and a chance to meet all the guys for the first time. They turn out to be really sound thankfully seeing as we'll be together for 5 weeks! Also they fucking rock, hard! This'll be an amazing tour!
4 weeks in now, hard to believe it's gone so fucking fast! I was a bit apprehensive about how we were going to be received and being so far away from home for so long! I can honestly say that I've made some new friends for life, American and Japanese. There's only one week left now. We've travelled coast to coast of the USA and it has been the most unforgettable and fun experience for me personally in this band. Hopefully the first of many. Part of me can't wait to go home but part of me wants to continue on this trip, it's tough sometimes on the road and you miss a lot of things at home but I made my bed and I'll very gratefully lie in it!
Johnny Adger, ASIWYFA
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In America there's little tissue covers to put over the toilets in all the service stops on the road,this is a great thing. It saves 2 minutes preparation time per visit by eliminating the need to lay down your own covering which takes 7 lengths of toilet roll each 2 segments in size. It does not eliminate the need to check and wipe the seat of urine droplets before hand as although the covers are made of tougher tissue they are still fairly porous and will make for a surprise sit. These seat covers also eliminate the need to lay *"a splash pad" as the middle perforated section pops out to for a catchment layer of its own ontop of the water. Both these elements cut visit time by 1 to 2 minutes a time. 7 people on a 30 day tour with one visit each during transit collectively saves 420minutes, that's 7hrs which is an extra time each to soak up tour or talk to a new face or walk in the desert or make fun of a band member or Skype your parents or write a blog. God bless America.....
Rory Friers, ASIWYFA
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Terra firma, unexplored, by us at least. That's how I felt about our ....
US tour when it was just about to kick off. That and a huge relief/ ....
excitement to be out on the road once more! The fact we were carving ....
our way such a huge land mass and one that we knew only too well ....
through screens, whether they be TV, cinema, computer or otherwise, ....
but had very little experience of in real life filled us with a unique ....
sense of anticipation and enthusiastic trepidation.....
Plus the fact we knew we were going over to be first on each night on ....
a bill of four bands who had extensively done the circuit over here ....
and we would be relatively unknown, starting from the ground up and ....
wondering if anybody was gonna like us! I knew that the first US tour ....
basically destroyed the Sex Pistols ("ever get the feeling you've been ....
cheated?") and the Manics didn't even make it this far (well, Richard ....
James didn't, poor fella) so there was always the slight intrigue of ....
fear, danger and self destruction looming over us. Still, hasn't ....
happened yet...but then the Irish prospered here historically, right?....
Tony Wright, ASIWYFA
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This tour is 10 things.......
1: This tour is bouncing around in a converted school bus travelling thousands of miles around America.....
2: This tour is trying to avoid the temptation of insanely fatty and unhealthy food at every moment of the day, and the futile search for fruit at service stops.....
3: This tour is going to sleep in the bus while crack heads chat and smoke their pipes outside.....
4: This tour is getting punctures at the most inconvenient of points and nearly missing shows.....
5: This tour is being overwhelmed by all the amazing scenery and places we see, and trying to be a tourist and musician in the same day.....
6: This tour is finding out it doesn't always rain in Seattle and there isn't always sun in California.....
7: This tour is trying to not say 'parking lot' and 'gas station', just so people get you first time...let them work it out.....
8: This tour is starting at the bottom again,first on with most of the crowd having never heard nor heard of us.....
9: This tour is not having to drive but diving the big bus late at night anyway because it's fun.....
10: This tour has cemented my hope that I will get to say "this tour" a thousand more times.....
Chris Wee, ASIWYFA
ASIWYFA - US Tour Sept/Oct 2010
September 24th we flew out of Dublin en route to JFK New York to start our first USA tour. After a lengthy delay of about 8 hrs we get the call to board our connecting flight to Baltimore where we're playing our first date. As it's our first time out proper, we're opening up each night. The main headliners are legendary Japanese band Envy from Tokyo, along with California thrashers Trash Talk. The band after us are also from California, Touché Amore, who very kindly agreed to rent us their back line at a cut price rate saving us a small fortune! First show, Baltimore and a chance to meet all the guys for the first time. They turn out to be really sound thankfully seeing as we'll be together for 5 weeks! Also they fucking rock, hard! This'll be an amazing tour!
4 weeks in now, hard to believe it's gone so fucking fast! I was a bit apprehensive about how we were going to be received and being so far away from home for so long! I can honestly say that I've made some new friends for life, American and Japanese. There's only one week left now. We've travelled coast to coast of the USA and it has been the most unforgettable and fun experience for me personally in this band. Hopefully the first of many. Part of me can't wait to go home but part of me wants to continue on this trip, it's tough sometimes on the road and you miss a lot of things at home but I made my bed and I'll very gratefully lie in it!
Johnny Adger, ASIWYFA
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In America there's little tissue covers to put over the toilets in all the service stops on the road,this is a great thing. It saves 2 minutes preparation time per visit by eliminating the need to lay down your own covering which takes 7 lengths of toilet roll each 2 segments in size. It does not eliminate the need to check and wipe the seat of urine droplets before hand as although the covers are made of tougher tissue they are still fairly porous and will make for a surprise sit. These seat covers also eliminate the need to lay *"a splash pad" as the middle perforated section pops out to for a catchment layer of its own ontop of the water. Both these elements cut visit time by 1 to 2 minutes a time. 7 people on a 30 day tour with one visit each during transit collectively saves 420minutes, that's 7hrs which is an extra time each to soak up tour or talk to a new face or walk in the desert or make fun of a band member or Skype your parents or write a blog. God bless America.....
Rory Friers, ASIWYFA
--------------------
Terra firma, unexplored, by us at least. That's how I felt about our ....
US tour when it was just about to kick off. That and a huge relief/ ....
excitement to be out on the road once more! The fact we were carving ....
our way such a huge land mass and one that we knew only too well ....
through screens, whether they be TV, cinema, computer or otherwise, ....
but had very little experience of in real life filled us with a unique ....
sense of anticipation and enthusiastic trepidation.....
Plus the fact we knew we were going over to be first on each night on ....
a bill of four bands who had extensively done the circuit over here ....
and we would be relatively unknown, starting from the ground up and ....
wondering if anybody was gonna like us! I knew that the first US tour ....
basically destroyed the Sex Pistols ("ever get the feeling you've been ....
cheated?") and the Manics didn't even make it this far (well, Richard ....
James didn't, poor fella) so there was always the slight intrigue of ....
fear, danger and self destruction looming over us. Still, hasn't ....
happened yet...but then the Irish prospered here historically, right?....
Tony Wright, ASIWYFA
--------------------
This tour is 10 things.......
1: This tour is bouncing around in a converted school bus travelling thousands of miles around America.....
2: This tour is trying to avoid the temptation of insanely fatty and unhealthy food at every moment of the day, and the futile search for fruit at service stops.....
3: This tour is going to sleep in the bus while crack heads chat and smoke their pipes outside.....
4: This tour is getting punctures at the most inconvenient of points and nearly missing shows.....
5: This tour is being overwhelmed by all the amazing scenery and places we see, and trying to be a tourist and musician in the same day.....
6: This tour is finding out it doesn't always rain in Seattle and there isn't always sun in California.....
7: This tour is trying to not say 'parking lot' and 'gas station', just so people get you first time...let them work it out.....
8: This tour is starting at the bottom again,first on with most of the crowd having never heard nor heard of us.....
9: This tour is not having to drive but diving the big bus late at night anyway because it's fun.....
10: This tour has cemented my hope that I will get to say "this tour" a thousand more times.....
Chris Wee, ASIWYFA
Monday, 1 November 2010
November 2010 Newsletter
[0] MPFree: Illness: Paper Cut Live
This month's free noise-slice is a live take of 'Paper Cut' - lead track from Illness' second EP out now, recorded especially for newsletter subscribers... click... download... rawk!
[1] More Than Conquerors in the studio...
This month has been a busy one for all those at STA towers, including our newest arrivals.
More Than Conquerors have taken over an old but still fully functional church in their quest to create the self described 'bigger/dirtier/edgier' follow up to their debut EP. We are almost mission complete, recording due to complete upon the bands return from tour with Fighting With Wire starting Monday. No working titles just yet but perhaps December's mailout will have a Christmas treat for us all!
MTC's remastered, debut five track EP (now including enhanced video content) is currently receiving spins on XFM and the video for 'Go On Go On Get Out' has been soaring on YouTube since it's first outing last week.
Check them live when they take to the road on Monday in support of Fighting With Wire, dates as follows:
[2] LaFaro vs Europe
LaFaro are in the studio tracking album number two with Marty @ Bangor Studios. They have been submerged in the writing process since returning from Reading/Leeds festivals and they have rarely been spotted out except for a short run of hard rocking sell-out shows with Therapy? in Belfast, Cork - twice and now Dublin's Vicar Street on the 5th November.
Pic: Courtsey of AU Magazine
[3] Group Hug? Skibunny on tour...
Wed 17th Nov - BELFAST, Trenchfoot @ Lavery’s
[4] And So... yet more touring
Not very fresh, but very willing - STA's very own Uncle Travelling Matts And So I Watch You From Afar hit the road again in November. The band are currently in the Smalltown America Studio recording a tour exclusive single:
11 Nov - Rosin Dubh, Galway
[5] Label Buddy Bed Hopping
This month Illness take to the stage in support of our SXSW10 top pick DD/MM/YYYY (pic) - the venue is Brixton Windmill and the date is Monday 1st November. Many people doubt that Illness can actually speak, let alone can sing - behold the video evidence to the contrary...
[6] Final Farewells
Also Dan Orsmby has chosen to end 4 Or 5 Magicians - for now... If I can organise it, there will perhaps be one final show in London for the band at an unspecified date in the future where a number of past members get together to play an extended set of songs from the entire history of the band. I would definitely like to do this. Perhaps I will even keep the band going as a very occasional ceremonial band that plays special occasions once or twice a year as a couple of our contemporaries have done. Right now I am not sure. But yeah, thanks for all your support, and I'll be back soon with a new project.
That's your lot for this month, thanks as always for reading.
Team STA
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This month's free noise-slice is a live take of 'Paper Cut' - lead track from Illness' second EP out now, recorded especially for newsletter subscribers... click... download... rawk!
[1] More Than Conquerors in the studio...
This month has been a busy one for all those at STA towers, including our newest arrivals.
More Than Conquerors have taken over an old but still fully functional church in their quest to create the self described 'bigger/dirtier/edgier' follow up to their debut EP. We are almost mission complete, recording due to complete upon the bands return from tour with Fighting With Wire starting Monday. No working titles just yet but perhaps December's mailout will have a Christmas treat for us all!
MTC's remastered, debut five track EP (now including enhanced video content) is currently receiving spins on XFM and the video for 'Go On Go On Get Out' has been soaring on YouTube since it's first outing last week.
Check them live when they take to the road on Monday in support of Fighting With Wire, dates as follows:
1 Nov - Stereo, Glasgow
2 Nov - The Shipping Forecast, Liverpool
3 Nov - HMV Institute Temple, Birmingham
4 Nov - Cellar, Oxford
5 Nov - Joiners, Southampton
7-Nov - Prince Albert, Brighton
8 Nov - Club Ifor Bach, Cardiff
9 Nov - Barfly, London
[2] LaFaro vs Europe
LaFaro are in the studio tracking album number two with Marty @ Bangor Studios. They have been submerged in the writing process since returning from Reading/Leeds festivals and they have rarely been spotted out except for a short run of hard rocking sell-out shows with Therapy? in Belfast, Cork - twice and now Dublin's Vicar Street on the 5th November.
Pic: Courtsey of AU Magazine
[3] Group Hug? Skibunny on tour...
Wed 17th Nov - BELFAST, Trenchfoot @ Lavery’s
Thurs 18th Nov - BALLYNAHINCH, Pure Savage @ Cloisters
Fri 19th Nov - DUBLIN, Tower Records in-store (1pm)
Fri 19th Nov - DUBLIN, The Good Social (w/ CRYSTAL FIGHTERS)
Sat 20th Nov - STRABANE, Dicey Rileys
Sun 21st Nov - DERRY, Sandino's Back Room
Mon 22nd Nov - GALWAY, Roisin Dubh
Sat 27th Nov - EDINBURGH, Devil Disco @ The Bongo Club
[4] And So... yet more touring
Not very fresh, but very willing - STA's very own Uncle Travelling Matts And So I Watch You From Afar hit the road again in November. The band are currently in the Smalltown America Studio recording a tour exclusive single:
11 Nov - Rosin Dubh, Galway
12 Nov - Pavillion, Cork
13 Nov - Dolan’s, Limerick
18 Nov - Riverbank, Kildare
19 Nov - Spirit Store, Dundalk
20 Nov - Whelans, Dublin
22 Nov - Dingwalls, London
23 Nov - Hare & Hounds, Birmingham
24 Nov - Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff
25 Nov - Kazimier, Liverpool
26 Nov - King Tuts, Glasgow
[5] Label Buddy Bed Hopping
This month Illness take to the stage in support of our SXSW10 top pick DD/MM/YYYY (pic) - the venue is Brixton Windmill and the date is Monday 1st November. Many people doubt that Illness can actually speak, let alone can sing - behold the video evidence to the contrary...
Illness' tour buddies Crooked Mountain, Crooked Sea bed hop this month to take to the stage with Fighting With Wire &More Than Conquerors in Brighton's Prince Albert on Sunday the Nov 7th. A little later in the month & just down the road in Portsmouth's Edge Of The Wedge, CMCS support another Irish bill this time with A Plastic Rose.
[6] Final Farewells
Last month we bid farewell to two members of the STA family.
Firstly Let Our Enemies Beware have decided to go on indefinite hiatus, stepping out in typically irreverent fashion... Cheers for your support out there for LOEB over the few years we were doing our shizzle. Unless of course you didn't support us in any way whatsoever, in which case f***you. Nah I'm yanking ya, cheers in any case.
We were gutted that we didn't get the opportunity to release this LOEB track - killer.
We were gutted that we didn't get the opportunity to release this LOEB track - killer.
Also Dan Orsmby has chosen to end 4 Or 5 Magicians - for now... If I can organise it, there will perhaps be one final show in London for the band at an unspecified date in the future where a number of past members get together to play an extended set of songs from the entire history of the band. I would definitely like to do this. Perhaps I will even keep the band going as a very occasional ceremonial band that plays special occasions once or twice a year as a couple of our contemporaries have done. Right now I am not sure. But yeah, thanks for all your support, and I'll be back soon with a new project.
We wish the members of both bands all the best for their next projects. The 2009 albums by LOEB and 4 Or 5 are available from the STA store at a retirement-reduced price of £5 each.
That's your lot for this month, thanks as always for reading.
Team STA
Official Site & Store
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