LIVE AT CARGO, LONDON, TUESDAY 16th SEPTEMBER 2008, 7pm - MIDNIGHT
Rock-A-Rolla magazine have hooked up with Last.fm/Presents to bring you a night of the most exciting music on the planet today! We are extremely delighted to announce that the legendary Secret Chiefs 3 will be making their first ever UK appearance, headed by Trey Spruance (ex Mr Bungle/Faith No More). Also on the bill are the incredible Zu, Italy’s finest avant-rock/jazz/noise/whatever fusionists, and Matthew Bower’s seminal Skullflower! Plus Rock-A-Rolla and Last.fm DJ sets!!!
Industrial/dark ambient artist Lustmord has completed work on his next full length ‘Other’. The latest set features guest appearances from Adam Jones (Tool), Aaron Turner (Isis) and Buzz Osborne (Melvins) and will hit the shelves via Hydra Head on Sept 1st.
Justin K Broadrick continues his furious release schedule with a brand new Jesu EP ‘Why Are We Not Perfect?’ The EP features the three tracks that appeared on Jesu’s recent split with Eluvium, plus two ‘alternative versions’ of ‘Farewell’ and the title track. Hydra Head will once more handle label duties for a late August release.
NURSE WITH WOUND! Steven Stapleton discusses Huffin Rag’ Blues and female-fronted hip-hop!
PLUS: MELVINS! HARVEY MILK! MUDHONEY! TORCHE! GREY DATURAS! FREE KITTEN! WOODEN SHJIPS! ASTRAL SOCIAL CLUB! RUNHILD GAMMELSAETER! UFOMAMMUT! MOSS! A STORM OF LIGHT! LABEL FOCUS: COLD SPRING!
Plus 100 releases reviewed, including all the latest albums, limited edition vinyl, CD-Rs, cassettes and tons more!
Plus live action: Merzbow, Dub Trio, Portishead, Today Is The Day, Animal Collective, Roadburn 2008, Triptych Stars Of The Lid, Pissed Jeans, A Place To Bury Strangers!!!
ONLY IN ROCK-A-ROLLA - THE FIRST AND LAST WORD IN MODERN MUSIC
Pittsburgh ‘math rock’ heroes Don Caballero have completed their latest full-length entitled Punkgasm. The band’s sixth studio album was recorded in spring at Rust Belt Studios in Michigan and will hit the stores in August via Relapse. The full tracklisting is as follows:
Sunn O))) are currently recording a brand new, as yet untitled full-length scheduled for release in early 2009. The band’s 7th studio album, following the Boris collaboration Altar, will see the core duo of Stephen O’Malley and Greg Anderson joined once again by Attila Csihar on vocals, as well as a myriad of guests including long-time collaborator Oren Ambarchi and Mr Bungle/Secret Chiefs 3 violinist/composer Eyvind Kang on horns and string section. The early word has it that the LP will once again see a change in direction for the drone outfit.
Meanwhile, this summer sees the release of Dømkirke, a double vinyl-only album recorded live at a
special performance in a cathedral in Bergen, Norway. The performance saw O’Malley, Anderson and Csihar joined by Steve Moore (Earth, Ascend, Stebmo), Lasse Marhaug (Jazzkammer), and keyboards from T.O.S. Each LP side contains one singular piece:
Side 1) Why Dost Thou Hide Thyself in Clouds?
Side 2) Cannon
Side 3) Cymatics
Side 4) Mass of the Ætmospheres
The 2xLP will be packaged in a “super deluxe gatefold jacket with printed inner-sleeves featuring stunning photographs of the performance”.
Zach Hill, drummer for noise-rock outfit Hella, will release his debut solo album Astrological Straits on August 4 in Europe and August 12 in US via Ipecac. The two-disc record will feature a host of guests, including Les Claypool and Chino Moreno, as well as members of No Age, LCD Soundsystem and Hella’s Carson McWhirter and Josh Hill. The full tracklisting is as follows:
Disc 1:
1) Iambic Strays
02) Toll Road
03) Street People
04) Dark Art
05) Keep Calm and Carry On
06) Hindsight Is Nowhere
07) Ummer of Love
08) Stoic Logic
09) Uhuru
10) Momentum
11) Unseen Forces
12) Tick On
13) Astrological Straights
Asva will join Gravetemple, the SunnO))) offshoot featuring Stephen O’Malley, Attila Csihar, Oren Ambarchi and Matt ‘Skitz’ Sanders, for a special show at London’s ULU on July 10th. Both bands will likewise play the Rock-A-Rolla sponsored Supersonic festival, taking place in Custard Factory, Birmingham 11th-13th July.
Tickets are available from www.ticketweb.co.uk
Read the massive interview with Asva in the latest issue of Rock-A-Rolla! Click here
LIARS release their FREAK OUT EP this week and return to the UK for series of dates including a summer headline show at Koko on 17th June with support from Deerhunter. The band have previously had to pull out from a series of UK shows due to their US support slot for Radiohead, and have confirmed the following UK & Ireland dates:
17 JUNE - LONDON KOKO with Deerhunter
18 JUNE - LIVERPOOL THE KAZIMIER with Deerhunter
19 JUNE - MANCHESTER CLUB ACADEMY with Deerhunter
21 JUNE - DUBLIN ANDREWS LANE
22 JUNE - CORK CRANE LANE THEATRE
The Freak Out EP, a download only release, features the title track taken from their self-titled album on Mute, as well as a selection of videos. Full tracklisting is as follows:
1. FREAK OUT
2. CLEAR ISLAND LIVE
3. PLASTER CASTS OF EVERYTHING VIDEO (directed by Patrick Daughters)
4. HOUSE CLOUDS VIDEO (directed by Sonny Gerasimowicz)
5. LET’S NOT WRESTLE MT HEART ATTACK VIDEO (directed by Julian Gross)
6. WE FENCED OTHER GARDENS WITH THE BONES OF OUR OWN VIDEO (directed by Karen O)
Check out the video above for Plaster Casts Of Everything.
