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Hello folks!
Busy days here at DGHQ as we'vew plenty of great stuff coming up in the next few weeks. We've the debut album from The Spartan Dreggs, albums and singles from Piney Gir and Thee Spivs, plus lots of other stuff in the pipeline. Read on and be amazed!The Spartan Dreggs - Forensic R'n'B CD/LP/download (Released 26/9/11)Following on from the recent singles subscription club we have the debut album from The Spartan Dreggs featuring alternate versions of some of the tracks from the recent singles along with several new and exclusive songs. Click on the artwork to pre-order a copy on CD or vinyl LP. (Also we'll shortly be announcing details of a 2-tier Xmas singles club featuring The Spartan Dreggs, keep an eye out for the emails.)
[image 7 300x300]Here's a statement from the band -
Dear Ones,
Here be the Spartan Dreggs, Billy Chydish’s new ensemble. The Spartan Dreggs sank from the scum of the Vermin Poets — but kept the same line-up and similar songs. Once more Chydish drives from the back seat, playing tug-boat bass guitar. Wolf, of course, is playing the drum set and lead voice and guitar are supplied by the excellent Neil Palmer. Nurse Julie, with babe in arms, offers up harmony.
The Spartan Dreggs, as story has it, were left as newborns to die upon a wintry fen — then spirited away by the Gods to entertain the immortals, singing epics for the tired Muses to hum by death’s door. These hymns took on a life of their own, thereby raising the suspicion of Hermes, Athena and several other deities, that they might inspire humankind to invent their own stories beyond those dreamed up by the far-seeing Olympians. So The Spartan Dreggs were cast back into this earthen mold.
DO I UNDERSTAND WHAT THE SPARTAN DREGGS BE?
If you can imagine the Vermin Poets as a beachcomber’s shack assembled out of driftwood on a sand bar adjoining an intertidal marshland, then the Spartan Dreggs be made of the exact same tarpaulin and logs, but dragged up on to higher land and reassembled, with the addition of a veranda made out of a washed-up canoe. In a very real sense this all-new group is the opposite of ‘my grandfather’s axe.’
And so, disguised in Saxon garb, the Spartan Dreggs live to strike the trembling
lyre of life!
DO I KNOW WHAT THE SPARTAN DREGGS SOUND LIKE?
Like a small child who has just said the best thing that’s ever been said, but no one is listening, so do the Spartan Dreggs proclaim their songs. But there is still a sense that no one will ever harken to this new-found choir, heard for the first and last time in a stricken world. Nevertheless, the Spartan Dreggs utter song and sooth for all.
Signed: The Dreggs of Yore.
“And then the Thunderer rested and the words fell out his ears!”
For those of you who are unfamiliar with Neil Palmer from The Spartan Dreggs, we have a 2CD compilation of his previous band's output. The Fire Dept. were a fantastic band back in the 90's, Billy Childish produced a fair few of the tracks and you can purchase the compilation by clicking on the cover art below.
[image 1 300x300]Piney Gir - Geronimo! CD (Released 24/10/11)We're also extremely excited to have "Geronimo!", the new album from Piney Gir, along with a a digital single of "Oh Lies" taken from the album featuring 2 exclusive B-sides. Click on the album artwork to pre-order the album on CD.
[image 6 300x300]You know what? It's time for some straight-talking: Piney Gir put the cowboy boots away, shelved the stylophone beatbox, and hit the loudest 12-string open-E chord you ever did hear. Piney Gir released her debut album Peakahokahoo on Truck Records in 2004. She was then the singer and guitarist of all-girl, art-rock, cult faves The Schla La Las. Alongside that, she released Hold Yer Horses, the first Country Roadshow album in 2006 followed by her third album The Yearling on Hotel Records. She came back with a vengeance with the Country Roadshow on Damaged Goods in 2010 for her fourth album Jesus Wept which was widely acclaimed.
Now Kansas' most unique songwriter returns with her finest album to date. “Geronimo!” is pure pop brilliance, a tell-it-to-the-Byrds journey into heartbreak, friendship and new love. After these 40 minutes you’ll have caught the sun and people will ask you where you've been on holiday. And the answer will be “I went to LA in the 60's via the Plastic Ono Band with a twist of Captain Beefheart. I drank the Kool-Aid and I'll never be the same again.” From the quit-the-bar-hit-theroad verve of "Let's Get Silly", to the romantic opener "Outta Sight", you're going to remember why true love matters and why pop music, at least, will never run off with someone else.
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"Oh Lies" captures the scent and mood of the Beach Boys once they'd stopped surfing and started peering Spectorishly across the bar, pining after the kind of sweetheart you'll want to marry and take home to mother. This record moves on mellotrons, effortlessly combining a cool sixties chic with some riotous rockabilly moments. It's the real deal and features guest stars from Brian Wilson’s percussion section to Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club brass
(yes, really, The Beatles' brass!).
Finally, "Say Goodby"’ is the kind of closer most bands would sell a bass player to have written, an optimistic funeral march with mariachi trumpets and that tuneful longing for which Piney Gir is renowned. Meanwhile in LA, where the album was recorded with renowned producer Rob Campanella (from the Brian Jonestown Massacre), this album drives everywhere. So get the top down, crank up the volume and... “Geronimo!”
Thee Spivs new album and single coming in November!The Spivs are back with their second album in November, following their debut from 2010 the critically acclaimed ‘Taped Up’.
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‘Black And White Memories’ was recorded in East London at Gizzard studios with Ed Deegan at the controls over the summer, it features 14 new tracks including forthcoming single "TV Screen".
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This album shows how the band have progressed and matured over the last year, alongside storming garage & 77 Punk tracks like the lead single ‘TV Screen’ and ‘Flicking V’s’ there are even a couple of ballads!
The band recently played the MOJO awards gigs at London’s 100 Club alongside the Jim Jones Revue and they are heading back over to Europe for another sting of dates in late October.
Thee Spivs are Ben Edge (Guit/Vox) Dan May (bass) and Steve Coley (drums)
Rock ‘N’ Roll hasn’t been this much fun for years, give it a try, you might like it!
Cute Lepers tour the US with The DamnedThe Cute Lepers are currently on tour in the US. LOt's of shows lined up including some dates in October with The Damned. Full dates below.
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September 9 Miami, FL @ Monterey Club - 18+ w/ Low Visibility, 707's
September 10 St. Petersburg, FL @ The Local 662 - 18+ w/ Doll Parts
September 12 New Orleans, LA @ Siberia - 21+
September 13 Houston, TX @ Rudyards - All Ages
September 14 Austin, TX @ Emos - All Ages w/ Broken Gold, Triple Scorpio
September 15 Dallas, TX @ Double Wide - 21+
September 16 Oklahoma City, OK @ The Conservatory - All Ages
September 17 Albuquerque,NM @ Amped Performance Center- All Ages
September 19 Tempe,AZ @ Yucca Tap Room - 21+
September 20 San Diego, CA @ Shakedown Bar - 21+ w/ Jungle Fever & the Regressions
September 21 Los Angeles, CA RECORD INSTORE @ Origami Vinyl - 7PM, 1816 W. Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90026
September 21 Los Angeles, CA @ Redwood Bar - 21+
September 22 Sacramento, CA @ Luigi's Fungarden - All Ages w/ Charles Albright, 9:00 News
September 23 Portland, OR @ Plan B - 21+ w/ Mean Jeans, Youthbitch
September 24 Bellingham, WA @ The Shakedown - 21+
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October 27 Seattle,WA @ The Showbox at the Market with The Damned
October 29 San Francisco @ Slims with The Damned
October 30 Los Angeles, CA @ The House of Blues with The Damned and Manic Hispanic
October 31 Anaheim, CA @ The House of Blues with The Damned
That's it for now!
Have a great weekend.
Ian & Duncan
www.DAMAGEDGOODS.co.uk