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Wednesday 22 December 2010

Belated updates...

The blogspots been a little rejected as of late, sorry :/


It's ok, though, as there's good reasons, which will now take the form of a pie chart:


Pie charts
RELEASES
Darkest Season Vol.1 (2010) has been a complete success! All the bands pulled it out of the fucking bag and made a belter of a record:
Lavotchkin "Shower Of Bastards"; A none-more-perfect example of the Geordie fellas' perfectly honed rock&roll infused, Cursed inspired hardcore.
Prelude To The Hunt "Grudgebearer"; Literally the first thing put to record from these guys, and they may well have fucked themselves by putting out something this fucking great.  Probably not, though.  A sign of great things to come for those into their hardcore down-tuned and HEAVY.
HUSH "Necklacing"; right at the forefront of how good a year 2011 is going to be for Scottish Hardcore, this track brings the riffs and breakdowns like you would not fucking believe.  Best thing they've recorded so far, and only a hint at what they can do live.
Black Mass "Failure Hangs"; As Crusty, Evil, Blast-Beaty, short and Intense as you may ever hear.  Quite terrifying, to be honest.
Pariso 2011 The "Sooner Insignificant Better" 7inch is now up for pre-order, and it's really REALLY good!  The vinyl's coming in orange or green, and, for the lucky few, a very special purple/yellow/blue splattered vinyl.  If you pre-order this badboy, although not released until January, you'll get yourself an immediate download, to hear how good it actually is.
Horrors That You've Seen (2011) Re-releasing their first ep, "Death To The Snakes" with new tracks to give you a hint at what they're up to for next years "Breaking Hearts".  Check out 'Item 9' to see what you're going to be up against come March.
Notebooks (2011) "Merit/Privilige" has been recorded, in one ten hour shift, and if you dig around on facebook you can find a shit quality audio rip from a video taken in the studio which will literally blow you away.  Fuck if these guys are going to take you all by surprise come February.
Lavotchkin (2011) THIS; this is what excites me. Lavotchkin will be releasing a retrospective full-length in the new year, on Dead Dead Dead (!!!!!!!), and filled with tracks from all of their ep's/splits (Including the aforementioned 'Shower Of Bastards', & 2010's Crocus split and 'Widow Country' ep), as well as a nice few brand new tracks, recorded especially.  This is going to be soooooooooooo good, and I can not tell you how proud I am to be associated with this, let alone be putting it out.



SHOWS
So far booked for 2011: Brides/Notebooks Scottish tour; the Dead-Fest "Fuck Off, January" all-nighter, feat. Lavotchkin, Citizens, Prelude To The Hunt, Black Mass + more TBA; Brotherhood Of The Lake/Breaking The Day Scottish tour; The Plight/Lords (Only Scottish date!); Pariso Scottish tour (including a free Deathkill3000 show in Glasgow!); The Smoking Hearts (new singer + new songs = super fucking awesome); plus more still geting sorted.  2011 will be a great year for live music in Edinburgh, and Scotland in general.

WEBSITE
the 80's hip-hop themed Dead Dead Dead Music website is almost ready, and will take the form of blogs, reviews, shows & releases, as well as links to anything relevant, whether that be somewhere to buy stuff or just check out someone I think you should hear.  It'll be ready for January 1st.
So, yes, the BlogSpot will disappear shortly.  But no matter, 2011 is going to be amazing, which will kind of make up for it.

Wednesday 8 December 2010

Releases n' shit

"Darkest Season Vol.1" is now up on the Big Cartel, and it's sounding awesome!  New tracks from Lavotchkin, HUSH, Prelude To The Hunt & Black Mass.  Each 7" comes with a download code so you can actually listen to it without carrying around that old gramaphone you might or might not have.
This really is a great little release; Limited to 300, hand numbered sleeves, Exclusive art from Jenna Lee Alldread, alternate covers, and of course four tracks of heavy, grindy, hardcore-y awesomeness.
http://www.deaddeaddeadmusic.bigcartel.com/
This is a release from myself & Fuck Happy Endings Records.

And as for releases that are on their way.....

Notebooks
Stirling's Notebooks have been pummeling out cracking shows all over Scotland for good little while now, and will be putting out their first EP, "Merit/Privelige" in February, along with a nice little tour to celebrate.  Get excited, these dudes are going to blow your socks off.  Seriously.
http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Notebooks/370170477509?v=wall

Horrors That You've Seen
Probably all mentioned before, but here it goes anyway:
HTYS are awesome.  They're playing with Dead Swans next weekend, and will be re-releasing their debut EP "Death To The Snakes" for the show, re-recorded and with brand new artwork, fucking lovely packaging, AND, 2 new tracks from their forthcoming album to give you a sneak peek of what to expect.
The album "Breaking Hearts" will be out in March, with artwork from The Ghost Of A Thousand's Tom Lacey, and an extensive tour to get out there and smash it around peoples faces.
http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Horrors-That-Youve-Seen/120074891336730

Pariso
"sooner Insignificant Better" 7" is up for pre-order now.  This is a seriously great record, and will be coming on a number of coloured vinyls, and a select few of you will be lucky enough to get some bloody lovely and VERY limited colourways, so get on it.
Not heard of them?  Very awesome, heavy, crushing, and above all Interesting, hardcore.
Check out the vid:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fK2l-75FSDU&feature=player_embedded
This is a release form myself and Dog Knight Productions/Throatruiner Records/Tangled Talk Records/Brainache Records


Lavotchkin
Watch This Space.
http://www.facebook.com/#!/Lavotchkin

Fuck The Snow, it's not going to ruin everything (shows update)

Right, last weekends release shows were a bit of a shambles, Bastions got stuck down South, Prelude got stuck up North, and Lavotchkin got stuck in the 'Toon.  All down to the fucking snow.

alas, all was not lost, Horrors That You've Seen jumped on board for an impromptu Edinburgh set with HUSH, which, considering the blistering cold and lack of bands, was a decent llittle show indeed.  Even missing a guitarist (stuck in Wales), these guys are getting better every time they play, and are carving themselves a quality little set for their final show of the year with Dead Swans next weekend.  HUSH lost and gained a bassist last month, and he's got stuck right in, and they're sounding awesome.  Their new shit is HEAVY as fuck, can't wait for you all to hear it.

Glasgow was a complete shambles right up until the bands started; two seperate gigs got fucked over by the snow, and after much fucking around the bands from either show that could still make it got together for a free show which went down a treat.  Clocked Out, HUSH & Citizens were all on fucking great form, and provided what could easily have been a long-planned bill of excellence, rather than a salvaging of shows.
If you haven't heard of Citizens, check them out now http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Citizens/127012100651046

So, there's still two Darkest Season release shows left, and fuck if they're going to go ahead:
Friday 10th - Newcastle, Northumberland Arms with Lavotchkin, HUSH, Grace & End Reign
Saturday 11th - Leeds, Santiago's with Lavotchkin, Black Mass, HUSH & Prelude To The Hunt (yes, ALL FOUR bands from the split :) )
If you live anywhere neare these two cities, get on it, they're going to be awesome, and will be the last chance to catch any of the bands this year.