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August 25th
LUCY'S DIARY ALBUM: REVIEWS, BALCONY TV VIDEO
The “Rock Kicks” (BLANG 19) album by Lucy’s Diary is
out now
Reviews
Balcony
TV interview/song
Album
on I-Tunes
August 5th
LUCY’S DIARY ‘ROCK KICKS’ ALBUM AND LAUNCH GIG
Lucy’s Diary follow the radio success of their first single “Not
Your Type At All” (Jonathan Ross, Frank Skinner, Tom Robinson, Gideon
Coe) with their debut “Rock Kicks” album, out August 16th.
The band play King’s Cross Social Club (2 Britannia St, on corner
with Kings Cross Road) on Friday 13th with support from Paul Hawkins And
Thee Awkward Silences and Corporal Machine And The Bombers. And it’s
FREE entry!
July 7th
JULY NEWSROOM
This month's Blang night at the 12 Bar Club on Monday July 12th features
Sergeant Buzfuz, Local Girls and Joe Innes, see Blang
gigs.
Milk Kan host their Junk Shop night at 12 Bar Club Friday July 16th with
guests Akira The Don and Fauntleroy.
David Cronenberg's Wife feature on a compilation album out on July 26th.
The 31 track download album titled ‘Breaking Rocks’ is released
on the Silverdoor label and is in aid of the charity Jail Guitar Doors
which was initiated by Billy Bragg and provides musical instruments to
help rehabilitate prisoners. Artrocker Magazine (on sale 9th July) includes
a feature written by Billy Bragg (who also contributes a track) and a
review. DCW contribute a remix of Stretch-Out and the album also features
Pete and the Pirates and Victorian English Gentlemen’s Club.
That’s it for the moment. The Blang night at the 12 Bar Club takes
a holiday in August and returns on Tuesdays in September. Autumn will
see a glut of new singles from usual suspects David Cronenberg’s
Wife, Milk Kan and Sergeant Buzfuz in addition to a 2nd single from Lucy’s
Diary and debut singles from Corporal Machine And The Bombers and Kinkajou.
Monday May 31st
LUCY'S DIARY RELEASE DEBUT SINGLE
Lucy's Diary release their first single"Not Your Type At All"
(Blang 18) on June 14. It was played by Jonathan Ross on Radio 2 on Saturday
and has been played twice on Absolute Radio by Frank Skinner. The band,
now a 4 piece with Mike Stone of the TV Personalities on bass and Ian
Button (Death In Vegas/David Cronenberg's Wife/Sergeant Buzfuz/Awkward
Silences) on drums, play at the 12 Bar Club on the day of release.
Saturday May 1st
DO YOU DIY?
Blang Records are participating in 'Do You DIY?', a celebration of the
DIY ethic, this Bank Holiday Monday 3rd May at the Old Queen's Head, Essex
Road, N1. Joe and JJ will be manning a Blang stall stuffed with the label's
CDs and vinyl from 2 to 6 pm. And Filthy Pedro and the Carthaginians will
be playing at 4 pm. There are also loads of other labels and underground
acts playing. The event lasts from noon to midnight and is free before
6 pm, £5 afterwards.
Full line-up of acts and labels here
Monday March 22nd.
SGT BUZFUZ BBC 6MUSIC SESSION THIS FRIDAY 26TH
Sergeant Buzfuz play a live session for Tom Robinson on BBC 6Music this
Friday March 26th. The show airs from 7 to 9 pm.
Listen in on DAB radio or online at http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/6music/
FILTHY PEDRO ALBUM DUE
The eponymous album from Filthy Pedro and The Carthaginians (BLANG 24)
is due on April 12th preceded by a single, Get Your Beak On, on the 5th.
The single and some album tracks have already received airplay from Tom
Robinson and Marc Riley at 6 Music, John Kennedy at XFM and Frank Skinner
at Absolute Radio. The band launch the album with a gig at the 12 Bar
Club on April 12. More details soon.
SAVE 6 MUSIC
Here’s what you can do to save the only national radio station playing
decent music:
1 Click this link to complete the BBC Strategy Review
Online Survey:
http://consultations.external.bbc.co.uk/departments/bbc/bbc-strategy-review/consultation/consult_view
2 Email the BBC Trust:
srconsultation@bbc.co.uk
3 Sign the petitions:
http://www.38degrees.org.uk/page/s/BBCcuts
http://www.petition.fm/petitions/6musicasiannet/1000/
4 Join the Facebook group:
www.bit.ly/aJ04tq
5 Listen to 6 Music:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/playlive/bbc_6music/
TOM ROBINSON’S 60TH BIRTHDAY BASH
Tom Robinson, our biggest supporter on the radio, celebrates his 60th
birthday with a Glad To Be Grey gig at the Shepherd’s Bush Empire
on Tuesday June 1st. Tickets are £15 here: http://tomrobinson.com/60/?page_id=8
Let’s try and sell the night out for one of the country’s
biggest champions of underground music. Please make the effort to come
along if you can.
IN THE PIPELINE
More news soon of a David Cronenberg’s Wife contribution to the
Jail Guitar Doors charity compliation CD and the debut single and album
from Lucy’s Diary.
February 17th
FILTHY PEDRO
Filthy Pedro and the Carthaginians release their eponymous debut album
on April 12 precede by a single, 'Get Your Beak On' on the 5th. 'Get Your
Beak On' has been played twice on BBC 6 this week, by Tom Robinson last
Friday and by Marc Riley last night.
SERGEANT BUZFUZ
The 'Popes 4 Cops 1' single is due out on March 8. A side 'Here Come The
Popes Part 4' has been played several times by Tom Robinson recently and
the band play a live session on his show on Friday March 26th.
2010
January 9
DCW, Buzfuz and Milk Kan were all played on end of year best-of-2009 shows
last week on BBC 6.
Watch out for upcoming releases from Sgt Buzfuz (new double A side single
in March) and Filthy Pedro (album and Get Your Beak On single in April).
2010 should also see releases from David Cronenberg's Wife (new single),
Lucy's Diary, Milk Kan and Kinkajou among others.
Happy New Decade!
November 22
David Cronenberg's Wife's 2nd album Hypnagogues
is out now in all good record shops and online stores. See the
reviews!
October 18
The BBC Fresh On The Net Blang Showcase Night is this Wednesday 21st at
the Riverside Studios in Hammersmith. Tickets cost £6 and are available
from the ticketline 020 8237 1111 or the Riverside
website or from the Box Office on the night.
The running order is:
Part 1:
deXter Bentley
Kinkajou
Malcolm Kaksois
Lucy's Diary
Sgt Buzfuz
Part 2
David Cronenberg's Wife
Milk Kan
Filthy Pedro
Directions: at Hammersmith tube take the Broadway exit. Follow the signs
for the Apollo (through shopping centre, down stairs leading under main
road). Walk past front of the Apollo and then turn left down Queen Caroline
Street, as though going in direction of the back end of Apollo. Crisp
Road is a few mins walk. Turn left here and you'll see the Riverside.
TimeOut
have written a blog about it.
October 5
David Cronenberg's Wife limber up for the release of new album 'Hypnagogues'
on November 9 with a live session this Friday afternoon for Cerys Matthews
on her 'Cerys on 6' show. BBC 6Music 3 to 6 pm Friday October 9.
September 28
Blang Records Showcase at Fresh On The Net Festival
A BBC Introducing Event
October 21, Riverside Studios Hammersmith
Blang Records are proud to announce their involvement in Fresh On The
Net Festival, a two week festival curated by Tom Robinson from BBC 6music.
To celebrate the 2nd anniversary of the ‘BBC Introducing: Fresh
On The Net’ radio show, Tom Robinson is presenting a fortnight of
outstanding new songwriters, indie bands and electronic artists at Riverside
Studios. The festival will run from Tuesday 20th October to Sunday November
1st.
For more information go to: www.freshonthenet.co.uk
Tom has invited.Blang to produce a label showcase as part of the festival
on Oct 21st, with eight acts reflecting the diverse range of characters
on the label.
It promises to be a civilised but lively affair, in a seated venue with
a curfew of 10.20pm. Plenty of time for an aftershow party then!
The line up is as follows:
Milk Kan
David Cronenberg’s Wife
Sergeant Buzfuz
Dexter Bentley
Filthy Pedro
Kinkajou
Malcolm Kaksois
Lucy’s Diary
What: Fresh On The Net Festival, Blang Records night
When: Wednesday October 21st
Where: Studio 3, Riverside Studios, Crisp Road, Hammersmith, London W6
9RL
Tickets: £6
Doors: 7.30 (first band on at 8pm)
Tickets available here
August 18th
NEW RELEASES FROM MILK KAN AND MALCOLM
KAKSOIS
August 24th sees the release of two new Blang releases:
Milk Kan’s new single is ‘Don’t
Panic’ b/w ‘Who Broke Susan Boyle?’ (BLANG 21). It’s
available as a download-only. It sports a great ‘Blang News’
cover and has been played several times on national radio with Tom Robinson
hailing the B side as ’genius’. The A side revels in the chorus
hook ‘Don’t panic/I’m only Islamic’. The band
then head out on the Blang mini-tour over August Bank Holiday before playing
three shows in Holland in September.
Malcolm Kaksois, one of Blang’s best kept secrets, whose Sexy Dentist
orange vinyl single provoked a mixture of devotion and outright hostility,
releases album ‘The Introduction Of A Pest’ as a download
though Blang (BLANG 20) also on August 24th.. Also available as a CD through
the Electric label. The album cover features an iconic image of Malcolm
as a cockroach which is available as a tee shirt at his gigs. He plays
the Manchester leg of the Blang trip north.
BLANG UNPLUGGED MINI-TOUR
The Blang night makes it’s first venture outside London over Bank
Holiday weekend featuring unplugged sets from Milk Kan, Tom Mayne of David
Cronenberg’s Wife, Joe Murphy of Sgt Buzfuz and Malcolm Kaksois.
Saturday August 29
MANCHESTER Fuel Cafe
Tom Mayne
Milk Kan
Sgt Buzfuz
Molly MacLeod (from Manchester)
Malcolm Kaksois (Manchester only)
Free entry!
Sunday August 30
SHEFFIELD Red House
Milk Kan
Sgt Buzfuz
Crash Stereo (from Doncaster)
Tom Mayne
HOUSE OF TRACKS INTERVIEW
There’s a Blang label feature and an interview with Joe and Jules
at House Of Tracks:
http://houseoftracks.co.uk/#blang
DAN EDELSTYN
Hold firmly to your seats for news about new Blang find Dan Edelstyn and
his Orchestra Of Cardboard. He launches his debut single ‘Germans
In Space’ at September’s Blang night at the 12 Bar Club. It’s
been played twice on BBC 6 so far and is a cross between Sparks, Beck
and The Beta Band. Stay tuned.
May 17th
DAVID CRONENBERG’S WIFE
New EP ‘The Fight Song’ (BLANG 13) is released Monday May
25th. Available only as a download only the 4 tracks are The Fight Song,
Suicide-Stretch Out, I Do Know (alt version) and an early solo version
of I Couldn’t Get Off. Available from all download stores. A limited
number of CD promo copies are available at gigs.
DCW live:
Sat May 23 Antifolk Festival, 12 Bar Club, Soho, London
Tues May 26 Bull and Gate, Kentish Town, London
MILK KAN
Milk Kan play a Scottish tour after a quick jaunt to Liverpool:
May 20 Bumper Bar, Liverpool (Sound City festival)
May 21 Maggie May’s, Glasgow
May 22 The Dog House, Dundee
May 23 Mad Hatters, Inverness
May 24 The Green Side, Leslie, Fife
The band play the Larmer Tree festival on July
18.
SERGEANT BUZFUZ
Gigs:
June 3 Milfords, 1 Milfords Lane, London WC2R 3LL (Joe solo) 9 35 (£5)
June 5 The Prince Albert, Brixton (supporting Ella Edmondson) 10 45 (free)
June 9 Bourne and Hollingsworth, Rathbone Place, Fitzrovia (free)
April 27th
David Cronenberg’s Wife played live on Marc Riley’s show on
BBC 6 Music last Thursday. You can hear again here.
Their new EP The Fight Song is out May 25 (BLANG 13). Other Blang releases
up to 16 have been released already but DCW, being the dark sorts they
are, wanted number 13 saving for them.
March 30th
Milk Kan's God With An Ipod single was played on East Enders last week.
David Cronenberg's Wife have a new single 'The Fight Song' scheduled for
May 25th.
March 15th
MILK KAN DEBUT ALBUM OUT NOW
Milk Kan’s self-titled debut album was released last Monday and
has been Huw Stephens’ Album Of The Week on Radio 1 this week.
The band travel to Holland on Thursday for an appearance on a Dutch TV
pop programme and a radio session.
Milk Kan launched the album last Friday at the 12 Bar Club with a secret
guest set from Jim Bob (Carter USM).
February 15th
SGT BUZFUZ “HIGH SLANG” OUT
IN SHOPS NOW
The 4th Sergeant Buzfuz album is now in the shops. It’s called “High
Slang” (BLANG 15). Available as CD and download. See online reviews
here
“Universally charming” (NME)
“ Dazzling...Referencing 1960s punk, psychedelia, German-rock, Irish
folk, glam-rock and drone, Sergeant Buzfuz achieve a harmonious, chiming
mash-up, sounding like none of the above. ‘High Slang’ should
be the record which catapults the band out of the underground” (Aesthetica)
“Ceaselessly inventive...14 candidates for John Peel’s Festive
Fifty (RIP)” (TimeOut)
“Buzfuz are a bloody riot” (Plan B)
“songs full of spirit, an album full of them” (Organ: Album
Of The Week)
“Blending an awe inspiring instrumental with poetic and story-telling
lyrics on each and every song its difficult to be even remotely bored
by this band.” (Music-Zine)
“Sergeant Buzfuz definitely do whatever they like and they definitely
have something to say. Endearing and compelling,” (Supersweet)
“Razor-sharp lyrical wit” (Alternative Ulster)
“The problem with dumbing down radio is that it means most people
never to get hear bands like Sergeant Buzfuz.” (Fatea Magazine)
News soon of new releases from Milk Kan
and David Cronenberg's Wife.
January 25th
SGT BUZFUZ NEW SINGLE/LIVE ON BBC 6 MONDAY
GOD TO HOLLOWAY
Sergeant Buzfuz have a new download-only single out on Blang this Monday
Jan 26.
A side: God To Holloway
B side: Go Hoot, Owl Lady
From all download shops.
Catalogue no: BLANG 15
A side is a different version to the one on forthcoming ‘High Slang’
album (out Feb 9). B side is a remix and anagram of A side.
LIVE ON MARC RILEY SHOW
The band play a live session on Marc Riley’s show this Monday 26th
at 7 pm on BBC 6 Music. They’ll be having a chat and playing 3 songs,
one at 7pm and two at about 7 35.
Tune in on DAB/Internet/Freeview TV Channel 707
ALBUM LAUNCH GIG
“High Slang” album launch party:
12 Bar Club
Wednesday February 4th
Onstage 10 pm
£5
January 19th
MILK KAN ON RADIO ONE
Last Wednesday Scrappy Hood from Milk Kan performed 3 songs and an interview
on the Huw Stephens Radio One show. You can hear the interview and ‘God
With An Ipod’ here
(28 mins in) and if you click ‘Watch Milk Kan’s track’
on the BBC video player you can see video footage. You can hear the other
songs, ‘Bling Bling Baby and new song ‘Who the Fuck Is Banksy’
here
(at 34 mins)
December 27th
YULETIDE NEWSROOM
Happy festivities pop-pickers.
MILK KAN HIT INDIE CHART TOP TEN
‘God With An Ipod’ went in at number 10 in the official UK
indie singles chart in it’s first week of release. The first Blang
chart entry. Most of the 9 singles above it were on corporate/big money
labels in disguise eg Oasis and their Big Brother label, Jack White single
etc.
The video for the single is now on Youtube, see our vids
page
DCW AND BUZFUZ ON MARK LAMARR’S PICK OF THE YEAR SHOW.
DCW’s ‘Runaway Pram’ (‘they don’t make ‘em
like that anymore’ and Sgt Buzfuz’s ‘Here Come The Popes
Part 3’ (‘one of my favourite singles of the year’)
were both played by Mark Lamarr on his seasonal look-back-at-2008 show
on Radio 2 last week.
December 1st
MILK KAN SINGLE/GIG/RADIO 1 SESSION
SINGLE
Milk Kan release their first single on Blang next Monday the 8th. ‘God
With An Ipod’ (BLANG 11) is released on 7 inch vinyl with ‘Prozac
Blues’ on the B side. There’s also a CD version with a solo
acoustic version Of ‘God With An Ipod’ as an extra 3rd track.
Also available as download tracks. It’ll be available from the Blang
shop soon and of course from all main internet shops, download shops and
physical shops made of brick with real people, real money, germs etc.
GIG
The band celebrate the release of this splendid single with a gig this
Thursday 4th at The Gaff, the new venue run by the people at the 12 Bar
Club, which is at 382 Holloway Road, N7 6PN near Holloway Road tube. Full
line-up:
Vic Godard and Subway Sect
Milk Kan
Corporal Machine and the Bombers
£6 entry
RADIO ONE
Scrappy Hood from Milk Kan is the special guest of Huw Stephens on Radio
One this Wednesday night/really Thursday morning (midnight to 2 pm) when
he pops in to play some acoustic and spoken word songs. Listen via transistor,
DAB or internet. It’ll be archived for a week.
November 2nd
DCW IN MAGAZINES/GIGS
The David Cronenberg's Wife album has a glowing review in this month's
Word magazine. And the band also feature in this month's Bizarre magazine
(page 39) in a feature about fetishization of self-harm with reference
to DCW song 'Harry The Morgue'. Meanwhile album track Runaway Pram will
feature on the free CD with December's Artrocker magazine, out this month.
The band continue to play songs from Bluebeard's Rooms at:
Nov 29 Islington Bar Academy with Misty's Big Adventure and Flipron
Dec 9 Artrocker at Buffalo Bar
Dec 17 Brixton Windmill
October 18th
MILK KAN SIGN TO BLANG
Blang are delighted to announce the signing of Milk Kan
to the label. Milk Kan's track Bling Bling Baby kicked off Blang Records
when it was the first track on the first Blang release Fruit Machine (26
Seeds From The London Underground) in 2005.
Milk Kan's first single for Blang is God
With An Ipod, released on December 8th. More news soon.
September 22nd
SERGEANT BUZFUZ SINGLE OUT TODAY/LAUNCH GIG FRIDAY 26TH
The new Sergeant Buzfuz single “Here Come The Popes Part 3”
is released today. The limited edition 7” purple vinyl single is
available form all good record shops and from www.normanrecords.com
Also available as a download from i-Tunes, www.finetunes.net and all other
download stores. B side is “Dentist To The Stars”.
”like the Pogues beating up My Life Story....Single
of the month by a mile” (Playlouder)
“a bizarre string-driven song about those popes of the middle ages
that’s kind of XTCish” (Organ)
“Like the Soft Boys, this is unselfconsciously smart-pop, with a
noir-psychedelic twist” (Sounds XP)
“One of my favourite songs for some time... I love its spirit, I
love the idea behind it, I love the fact that it’s like nothing
else I’ve ever heard” (Mark Lamarr, Radio 2)
“Absolutely brilliant” (Tom Robinson, BBC 6 Music)
“they have taken the Sixties back catalogue and asked Gorky's Zygotic
Mynci to give it a remix” (bbc.co.uk London Calling site)
SINGLE LAUNCH AT BETSEY TROTWOOD FRIDAY SEP 26
SKU Events presents: Sergeant Buzfuz Here Come The Popes Part 3 single
launch
Friday September 26th
Betsey Trotwood, 56 Farringdon Road, EC1R 3BL
10 Sergeant Buzfuz
9 15 Kinkajou
8 30 Michael Eden
£5 entry (no concessions).
Tickets available from Ticketweb
Nearest tube Farringdon
Map
September 4th
SERGEANT BUZFUZ LIVE SESSION ON BBC 6 MUSIC
Sergeant Buzfuz play and chat live on the
Tom Robinson show on BBC 6 Music at 7 pm tomorrow, Friday 5th. They play
3 songs between 7 and 8.30. That's a lot of numbers. The show is archived
for a week. Listen online here
August 29th
DAVID CRONENBERG'S WIFE: BLUEBEARD'S ROOMS OUT NOW
“Bluebeard’s Rooms", the debut album by David Cronenberg’s
Wife is out now and getting a shedful of critical praise.
CD from all good record shops ie your local independent store or HMV (who
will order if not in stock) but not Zavvi. Or order the CD online from
www.normanrecords.com or the Blang shop at www.blang.co.uk
Download from www.finetunes.net (Blang’s download distributors)
or from any of your favourite download shops eg i-Tunes, etc.
‘For sheer scope and lyrical intensity, David Cronenberg’s
Wife have made one of the best albums of the year.’ (The Fly)
‘Not many albums this strong being made in this decade so if you
trust me, you may well be rewarded!’ (Norman Records)
‘Where genius meets idiocy’ (Mark Lamarr, BBC Radio 2)
“Blending jarring motorik riffs with a finger jabbing simmering
psychosis all clinically wired with a zoned out blank generation vibe
DCW could well be a two finger salute to all those bland pointless here
today gone tomorrow male indie ensembles” (Losing Today)
“Bluebeard’s Rooms is an altogether cracking debut album by
a band who have managed to excite and simultaneously unnerve the senses
in a way seldom achieved in the present musical climate. Without question,
worth your hard-earned cash” (Supersweet.org)
“An actual modern masterpiece!” (RoomThirteen.com)
JULY 24th
DCW RUNAWAY PRAM DOWNLOAD SINGLE OUT NOW
David Cronenberg’s Wife have a new download-only single out, it’s
live favourite Runaway Pram and is available right now from all download
shops. It will be the lead track on their debut album Bluebeard’s
Rooms, out August 11th. If you’re going to wait for the album for
the track you may want to check out the B sides, which are exclusive versions
of the song in German and Russian and are titled Runaway Pram (In German)
and Runaway Pram (In Russian). The German version is brilliant! Sehr gut!
Wunderbar!
Here’s what they’re saying about Runaway Pram:
“David Cronenberg’s Wife: where genius meets idiocy”(Mark
Lamarr, Radio 2)
"a great little pocket-sized post-new-wave
twang" (Manchester Music)
http://www.music-dash.co.uk/releases/release.asp?item=5495
"Haunting with a detached sense of menace like
early Fall, droning chorus and some fine organs with a Horrors-like chilling-ness
to them, scarier than a Hammer Horror B movie!" (Subba-Culcha)
http://www.subba-cultcha.com/singles.php
"Blending jarring motorik riffs with
a finger jabbing simmering psychosis all clinically wired with a zoned
out blank generation vibe DCW could well be a two finger salute to all
those bland pointless here today gone tomorrow male indie ensembles currently
padding out certain publications" (Losing Today.com )
http://www.losingtoday.com/tales.php
2nd JUNE
JUNE NEWSROOM
DAVID CRONENBERG’S WIFE
DCW play live on/at:
June 14 LONDON Water Rats
July 10 LONDON 93 Feet East
If you missed the video for the ‘My Best Friend’s
Going Out With A Girl I Like’ single catch it here:
Runaway Pram will be released as a download single on July 11th followed
by the debut album Bluebeard’s Rooms on July 28th.
DEXTER BENTLEY
deXter Bentley continue to plug Blang single Killer Kane with gigs on/at:
June 6 The Cavendish, Stockwell, LONDON
June 12 The Perseverance, Marylebone, LONDON
June 20 Half Moon, Herne Hill, LONDON
SERGEANT BUZFUZ
Buzfuz play their first gig of the year on Wed 11th at Blang at the 12
Bar Club, see Blangsite.
News soon about a new single and album.
Sunday May 11th deXter Bentley "Killer
Kane" 7" out May 19th
Next release on Blang is deXter Bentley's Killer Kane single out on May
19th on limited edition white vinyl 7". Killer Kane is a harmony-driven
pop tribute to New York Doll Arthur Kane. Backed with Swansong. A download
EP is out May 16th with extra tracks Roadie Song and Up With The Larks.
The band promote the single with a series of London gigs, see their MySpace.
The official launch gig is at the Antifolk Fest at the 12 Bar Club on
Sat 17th, they're om at 9 20.
Monday March 24th DC WIFE ON BBC
6 MUSIC
David Cronenberg's Wife are this week's Band Aid act on Sean
Keaveny's Breakfast Show on BBC 6Music. You can hear the new single, rate
it and comment on it at the 6
Music website. Tom Mayne was interviewed this morning and will be
interviewed again between 9 and 9 15 on Friday morning.
MARCH NEWSROOM Sunday March 9th
David Cronenberg’s Wife’s
2nd single will be My Best Friend’s Going Out With A Girl
I Like (BLANG 6). Release date is April 21st.
The song has already been played on national radio, on Shaun Keaveny’s
show on BBC 6 last Friday morning. B side is Altair Voyager (a cover of
a song by JJ Crash). The debut album Bluebeard’s Rooms
is expected in June or July.
Launch gig for My Best Friend’s… is at The Monarch,
49 Chalk Farm Road, London NW1 8AN on Thurs April 24th.
The band also appear at London Water Rats on Good Friday,
March 21st.
deXter Bentley release a single on Blang on May
19th, a homage to New York Doll Arthur Kane titled Killer
Kane (BLANG 7). Backed with Swansong. News of launch gig soon.
Sergeant Buzfuz are making a video for their new single
next weekend. Here Come The Popes Part 3, backed with
Dentist To The Stars, will be out June or July.
The Blang night at the 12 Bar Club this
Wednesday 12th features Joe Buzfuz, Ashley Reaks, Mary Epworth
and The Stage Sages. See Gigs
Mon Feb 4th
Watch this space for imminent news of David Cronenberg's Wife's
second single and gig dates.
Sergeant Buzfuz are still in studio (when they can get
in) recording their 4th album. Tom Robinson played Here Come The Popes
Parts 2 and 3 on BBC 6 a few weeks ago and the band get a mention in this
month's Mojo (in a review of Lupen Crook). More news on single soon.
Sun Nov 11th
This month's Blang night at the 12 Bar Club on Wednesday
is headlined by Paul Vickers And The Leg from Edinburgh. See Gigs
David Cronenberg's Wife have a new fan in the shape of Dylanolgist Michael
Gray, author of numerous books about Dylan as well as Elvis, Zappa and
Blind Willie McTell. He saw them last week and raves about them on his
blog
There should be a new DCW single out in the new year, followed by their
debut album. More news soon.
Sergeant Buzfuz have been in the studio recording songs for a 4th album
due on Blang next year.
Mon Oct 1st
There are still copies left of Malcolm Kaksois' orange vinyl Sexy Dentist
single and it just missed being Norman Records' Single Of The Week:
" Here's the debut 7" by Malcolm Kaksois which is the most ridiculous
tale of a guy who fancies his dentist. He likes the way she drills...
he eats toffees so he can go back to see her and she can fix his unrequited
love infested tooth cave. There's an enormous whiff of Half Man Half Biscuit
about this and it's an absolute joy from start to end with it's cod Spanish
guitar stylings. It's fucking great if I'm honest and it was very almost
single of the week!! I mean anything called 'Sexy Dentist' gets thumbs
up from me! Orange wax and well daft.... " Norman
Records
Meanwhile next week's Blang is headed by
'underground sonic orchestra Subterraneans
Wed August 29th MALCOLM KAKSOIS
SIGNS TO BLANG
The debut single by singing tube driver Malcolm Kaksois comes out on Blang
on Monday September 17th on lurid toothbrush orange 7" and download.
The single is launched at the September Blang night on Wed 12th.
Tues July 31st FILTHY PEDRO SESSION
ON BBC 6
Filthy Pedro head to Manchester tomorrow to record a
session for Marc Riley's Brain Surgery show on BBC Radio 6. It's broadcast
tomorrow, Wed Aug 1st at 7 pm.
David Cronenberg's Wife
continue to play gigs to promote the debut single. All August:
Wed 1 LEICESTER Charlotte. With Lach.
Fri 3 LUTON George II
Sat 4 PORTSMOUTH The Black Bar
Mon 6 MANCHESTER Night And Day
Wed 8 LONDON 12 Bar (Blang night). With John Otway
Thurs 16 BRIGHTON Caroline Of Brunswick
Fri 17 LONDON 12 Bar Antifolk Fest
John Otway headlines next
week's Blang night. You're advised to book tickets, see Gigs
Mon July 23rd DAVID CRONENBERG'S
WIFE DEBUT SINGLE OUT NEXT MONDAY
"I Couldn't Get Off" (backed with "My Date With
Jenna Bush") is out on Monday 30th July. 7" singles will be
available in good record shops and our online shop. Downloads from usual
places. The band limber up for release with an appearance at the Secret
Garden festival this weekend, see their Myspace.
Reviews are starting to appear:
"a slow burning slice of uncompromising sexually charged
minimalism" (Get Ready To Rock)
"a surfish post punk crawl...something quite anarchic" (Manchester
Music)
"punk edged mechanical psychedelia" (Organ)
Links to reviews here
Tues June 5th FILTHY PEDRO 7”
SINGLE OUT MONDAY
Filthy Pedro’s debut single ‘Rock’n’Roll Points’
will be in the shops on Monday (June 11th). It’s available as a
download this Friday (8th). The B side is live favourite ‘History
Lover’.
You can get the 7” single in your local quality record shop if you’re
lucky enough to have one. Or you can buy it from the Blang
shop.
You can download the tracks from i-Tunes, Tunetribe, Napster and other
download stores.
To reflect the themes of sex and history in the songs Filthy signed his
Blang contract at Amora, London’s new sex museum in Piccadilly.
Or is it 70s footballer Simon Parry signing for Everton?
Wed May 15th DAVID CRONENBERG'S
WIFE SIGN TO BLANG
Blang are delighted to announce David Cronenberg's
Wife have signed to the label and their first single, I Couldn't Get
Off, is released on July 30th. It's released as a 7" single
with My Date With Jenna Bush on the B side. The download will
be a 4 track EP with extra tracks I'm On The Booze Mama and My
Ukrainian Girlfriend. The launch party for the single will be at
Blang at the 12 Bar Club on Wednesday August 8th where the band support
the legendary John Otway.
It will be the band's 8th appearance at Blang. DCW hold the current record
(apart from Sgt Buzfuz who runs the night) for Blang appearances with
7. Followed, fact fans, by Kinkajou with 6 and Misty's Big Adventure 5.
Mon April 23rd JULES
DAKIN JOINS BLANG STAFF
We forgot to tell you at the start of the year but Jules Dakin (AKA JJ
Crash) has joined Joe in the Blang team so we're now a two man operation.
We've been busy sorting a schedule of releases to follow the Filthy Pedro
single in June. We should have news about these very soon. In the meantime
Filthy Pedro will launch his single at Blang at the 12 Bar Club on Wednesday
June 13th. Sergeant Buzfuz will also return to Blang that night for the
first time since the summer with their new line-up.
Sun April 1st
Filthy Pedro's Rock'n'Roll
Points single (Blang 3) is out as a 7" on Mon June 11th and as a
download Friday June 8th. Viewers of Channel 4's Transmission music show
last Autumn will be familiar with the shot of Filthy vomiting as the track
was played each week.
Sergeant Buzfuz are rehearsing with their new bassist
John Paul Jones.
David Cronenberg's Wife are rehearsing with their new
dancer Tim Tomlinson.
Only one of the above is an April Fool's joke.
Thurs Feb 15th LAST NIGHT'S VALENTINE'S
BLANG
Last night’s Valentine’s Blang was rammed to the gills, whatever
that means, and a great night was had by all despite the acts dropping
like Valentine’s flies. Yes, 2 performers cancelled through illness.
Gary Dunne had a throat infection and Joe Buzfuz apparently has bronchitis
and is laying low trying to recover in time for his tour next week. Tom
Mayne MC-ed in Joe’s absence. Cormac Heron serenaded us with a set
of love song covers with a distict Irish flavour thrown in. Paul Hawkins
got up to his usual tricks, doing a song in the gallery, serenading an
American girl on her last night in town and introducing a new arsenal
of cuddly toys. And Sofizel played in front of a Valentine’s backdrop
of red and black balloons, marshmallows and of course a pink lamp!
Joe is on antibiotics and an inhaler and should be fine for the tour next
week!
Mon February 5th FEBRUARY NEWSROOM
SGT BUZFUZ WHITE ROSE AND THISTLES TOUR
Joe Murphy sets out on a Sgt Buzfuz duo tour of the kingdoms of Yorkshire
and Scotland on Feb 18th accompanied by Polly MacLean who has guested
as a duet singer on a lot of his solo gigs. It’s a homecoming tour
for Yorkshireman Joe and Scots lass Polly. The dates are:
All February ’07:
Sunday 18 HULL Adelphi
Wednesday 21 INVERNESS Market Bar
Thursday 22 ABERDEEN MUSA (supporting John Otway)
Friday 23 EDINBURGH Henry’s Cellar Bar
Saturday 24 SHEFFIELD Red House
Note that the Edinburgh venue has now changed (it was
previously at The Café Royal).
And there’s a tour warm-up gig on Valentine’s
Night at the Blang night at the 12 Bar Club. The night also marks the
5th anniversary of the Blang night. See Gigs
FILTHY PEDRO TO RELEASE SINGLE
The next release on Blang will be Filthy Pedro’s live favourite
‘Rock’N’Roll Points’ as featured on Channel 4’s
Transmission series. ‘History Lover’ will be the B side. Available
as 7” and download. More details very soon.
Thursday Jan 4th 2007
YOUTUBE: BUZFUZ VIDEO
Happy New Year!
The video for Swallows from Sgt Buzfuz's Jewelled Carriageway album is
finally finished and is online at Youtube
Next Wednesday 10th is Blang night at the
12 Bar Club with Kevin 2 Sheds (now Kev Kerekesh), Steve White, Left With
Pictures, Ashley Reaks' Itchy Circus Odour and Joe Buzfuz, see Blanggigs
Lots more Blang news very soon including
a batch of new releases.
Wednesday Dec 20th CARGO DISTRIBUTION
Cargo are distributing Blang records in stores so Sergeant Buzfuz’s
Jewelled Carriageway is available in selected independent record shops
around this island.
This album is also in Shakenstir’s
albums of the year list
Thurs Nov 23rd
BUZFUZ WHO ARE YOU? LIVE ON YOUTUBE
There's a live video of the Sgt Buzfuz track Who Are You? at Youtube
Meanwhile Swallows from the same album (Jewelled Carriageway/Blang2) is
on the playlist at Oxide, the Oxford University student station.
The next release on Blang looks set to be the debut single by Filthy Pedro.
It's Rock'n'Roll Points the track (in)famous for it's appearance in a
weekly 10 second snippet on Channel 4's Transmission music show.
There are also other releases planned for '07. More news soon.
Sat Oct 14th SOUNDS XP/NAPSTER/TUNETRIBE
The new Sgt Buzfuz album has a lovely review at Sounds
XP
Meanwhile it's available as a download at Napster
and Tunetribe
Mon Oct 2nd MORNING STAR FEATURE
The new Buzfuz album is now available to buy in the Blang shop.
In addition it’ll soon be in record shops, distributed by Cargo.
Look out for updates of which shops soon.
Last Wednesday the band were mentioned on the front cover of The Morning
Star which ran a review of the album along with a look at the UK and New
York antifolk scenes. You can read the text of it here.
Mon Sep 18th BUZFUZ ALBUM RELEASED
AS DOWNLOAD THIS FRIDAY
The Jewelled Carriageway will be released digitally this Friday 22nd,
the day of the Sgt Buzfuz launch gig at Camden Rock Café. A list
of online shops will be posted soon, but it should be in all the obvious
ones.
Meanwhile the CD release day remains Mon 25th. It’ll be available
in the shop very soon, we're working on it. We're also still hopeful of
getting distribution so it'll be in real non-virtual shops.
Sat Sep 16th BLANG NIGHT FEATURED
IN TIMEOUT
This week's Timeout has a 2 page spread on London antifolk including an
interview with Joe talking about the Blang nights at the 12 Bar Club.
If you can't get hold of it it's online here
Sun Sep 3rd SGT BUZFUZ LP LAUNCH
GIG
The launch gig for the next Blang LP 'The
Jewelled Carriageway' by Sgt Buzfuz is at hideously re-named Camden Rock
Cafe (ex Caernarvon Castle) on Friday September 22nd. Meanwhile reviews
of the album are starting to appear.
Sun August 6th BLANG GIG THIS WEDNESDAY
This Wednesday's Blang night at the 12
Bar Club features guests Roxy Rawson, Happycasio!, Thee Intolerable Kidd,
ex-Factory singer Kevin Hewick and punk legends Charlie Harper and Knox.
See Blanggigs
Fri July 28th CARRIAGEWAY
PUT BACK TO SEPTEMBER
The release date for the forthcoming Blang release The Jewelled Carriageway
by Sergeant Buzfuz has been put back to Monday September 25th. Meanwhile
the band are to make a video for the song Swallows in August.
Thurs June 21st
JEWELLED CARRIAGEWAY RELEASED AUGUST 21
“The Jewelled Carriageway”, the new Sergeant Buzfuz album,
is released on Blang on Monday August 21st.
Tracklisting:
1 Swallows
2 It’s Not What You’ve Got It’s Who You Give It To
3 The Television Will Not Be Revolutionised
4 Pour It from The Kettle
5 Windscreen Wipers
6 Who Are You?
7 Bone Tired
8 Blanket TV
9 Grade A
10 Something To Lose
11 Here Come The Popes Part 1 (1st Millenium)
The album is available on CD.
A series of Sgt Buzfuz summer gigs will be announced soon, for latest
news and other info on the band check here.
Sat May 20th SERGEANT BUZFUZ ALBUM
OUT IN AUGUST
The second release on Blang will be “The Jewelled Carriageway”,
the new album by Sergeant Buzfuz. An August release date will be announced
next week.
Tues May 9th TWO
BLANGS THIS WEEK
That's right, this week there are not one but two Blang
nights involving 10 fab acts. First on Wednesday there's the usual monthly
Blang at the 12 Bar Club and then on Friday there's a special one-off
Blang at The Luminaire in Kilburn, organised to accommodate a gig for
Seth from ace New York outfit Dufus. See Blanggigs
page!
Wed Feb 22nd BLANG IS 50 IN MARCH
Wednesday March 8th sees the 50th Blang night at the 12 Bar Club and we're
celebrating in style. See Blang
Gigs for more details.
Tues Dec 27th SOUNDS XP COMPILATION
CD OF THE YEAR
Happy Yuletide and New Year everyone! As we reach the end of year those
good folk at Sounds XP have voted Fruit Machine number 7 in their Compilation/Re-issue
chart of 2005. And as the 6 albums above it are all re-issues that makes
Fruit Machine their top compilation of the year! Full charts here.
Sun Dec 18th MORE BLANG ON RADIO
ONE
Another track from Fruit Machine was played
on Radio One last Thursday night when Rob Da Bank played the Blang version
of Milk Kan's 'Bling Bling Baby', rude words'n'all. Nice one Rob!
Mon Dec 5th MILK
KAN RELEASE 'BLING BLING BABY' SINGLE
'Bling Bling Baby' by Milk Kan, the first
track on our Fruit Machine compilation CD comes out as a single today
on the PIAS (Play It Again Sam) label. The band re-recorded the track
and covered over some of the naughty words. Go out and buy it and help
them get a hit single, it's a monster of a tune. And for an earlier slighly
different version get the Fruit Machine CD in our shop.
Mon Nov 21st
MINKS ON THE RADIO
The Mink Troubador Kamikaze Squadron's "Underpants" song (from
"Fruit Machine") became the first Blang track to be played on
national radio when Huw Stephens kicked off his Radio One show with it
last Tuesday. And Milk Kan's "Bling Bling Baby" (as re-recorded
for their debut PIAS Records single) has been getting lots of airplay
from Chris Moyles and Steve Lamacq. Hear the earlier unexpurgated version
on "Fruit Machine".
Sun October 23rd
The Blang night at the 12 Bar Club on November 9th features
a solo set from Joe Buzfuz, ex-Factory Records oddball Kevin Hewick, Kinkajou,
Thee Neerlymen and J J Crash, see Gigs page
Mon October 17th FRUIT MACHINE RELEASED TODAY
Fruit Machine is released today and there's
a review in Londonist
today. This follows recent reviews at Trakmarx, Sounds XP, Joyzine and
Rough Trade. See reviews page for links to these.
Sun Oct 2nd I'M A PEEL-EVE-R
The next Blang night on Wed Oct 12th occurs on the night
before John Peel Day and while New Order, The Fall, Misty In Roots, etc
kick off proceedings a mile or 2 south at the Royal Festival Hall we'll
be celebrating John Peel Eve at the 12 Bar. The Festival Hall shindig
is sold out so get down to "I'm A Peel-Ever" where we'll be
playing cassette tapes of early 80s Peel shows between bands. Headlined
by Stuffy/The Fuses who recorded one of the last Peel Sessions. See Blang
Gigs
Wed September 28th
Fruit Machine's official release date has been put back to October 17.
Wed August 3rd
The Fruit Machine CD is now available at the London Rough
Trade shops at 130 Talbot Rd, W11 and Neal's Yard, Covent Garden, WC2.
As well as in our online shop
Mon August 1st Gig News
Thomas Truax, NYC inventor/singer is playing the 12 Bar
Club tonight. Thomas' first ever appearance outside the US was at Blang
in November '02. David Cronenberg's Wife play on Wednesday at Catch 22
in Shoreditch.
Wed July 27th
David Cronenberg's Wife and adrian r teenbeat are playing
tomorrow night at Nambucca, 596 Holloway Rd. It's free!!
Mon July 25th
Milk Kan and David Cronenberg's Wife are playing tonight
at the Baby Seal Club's Anti-Punk Special at The Roxy, 3-5 Rathbone Place,
off Oxford St. Also playing: Angels Fight The City and The Screeches.
Doors 8.30. £5 entry.
Fri July 8th
We hope you and your loved ones are okay
after yesterday's events in London. Here are some rock'n'roll words from
Lach, NYC antifolk singer, which cheered us:
I am currently on a travel week in Estonia and woke up
this morning to the horrendous news of the London bombing. On my last
music tour through the UK in May I stayed with friends and fans instead
of hotels. It made the tour so much more immediate, fun and real. I was
charmed to find such similarity in how most of the people I met lived,
more specifically, the decor of their homes. They were filled with posters,
books, CDs and magazines all reflective of the underground, boho, rock
and roll life. And everyone in these rooms was kind, giving, poetic, searching
and sincere. It's as if there is this global country called "Rocknrollia"
or something with no borders and no government but an international populace
of artists, outcasts, rebels, dreamers. And floating above it, like a
polluted crust, is this mad world of politicians, fundamentalists, businessmen,
liars and thieves who are violently screwing everything up. Well, they
struck again today and they will strike again tomorrow but they will all
ultimately lose out to the Jedi nature of the true Rockanrollians for
nothing can withstand the beat, the rhythm and the melody of non-violent
liberation. And I think you know what I mean . . .
Step lightly, Stay free
Love
Lach
Wed June 22
FRUIT MACHINE RELEASE SEP 5
The first Blang release is due on September 5. This is
Fruit Machine, a
compilation of UK acts who've played at the Blang nights. 26 tracks by
25 acts. It includes a rare track by Steven Adams of The Broken Family
Band (as The Adams) and an alternative version of Chris T-T's A Hole Full
Of Submarines. Full track listing:
1 MILK KAN Bling Bling Baby
2 LOU PSYCHE AND JET SUZETTE Robot Song
3 THE BROKEN FAMILY BAND Wherever You Go
4 DAVID CRONENBERG’S WIFE Sweden
5 CHRIS T-T A Hole Full Of Submarines
6 SERGEANT BUZFUZ Indelible
7 SOFIZEL Requin Blanc
8 UM A Last Blast
9 TIMOTHY VICTOR Fight
10 THE ADAMS I Can Do Nothing
11 SAM AMANT AND THE MAN FROM URANUS Song H
12 FILTHY PEDRO Monotheist
13 KINKAJOU Nocturne
14 RICKY SPONTANE Hey, You!!!
15 THE TEENBEAT Urina
16 THE REBEL Death Is Only A Dream
17 THE MINK TROUBADOR KAMIKAZE SQUADRON Underpants
18 MISTERLEE Natural Born Blonde
19 DIET OF SPIRES Ceremony
20 J J CRASH Axis Of Evil
21 JOHNY BROWN Denmark Street
22 THE DIRTY PINS What Shall We Do When The Disco’s Over?
23 KATY CARR Case In Hand
24 UM When Ur Ten
25 ANNA PAGE Pills
26 PARTITION Not Before Time
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