Transmissions from Southern http://blog.southern.com The Southern Records Weblog Mon, 20 May 2013 14:14:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Rudimentary Peni – Cacophony reissue http://blog.southern.com/2013/05/rudimentary-peni-cacophony-reissue/ http://blog.southern.com/2013/05/rudimentary-peni-cacophony-reissue/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 13:06:33 +0000 Allison http://blog.southern.com/?p=5252 Continue reading →]]> Having barely caught our breath after shipping out Pope Adrian 37th Psychristiatric, we are very happy to say that the next Rudimentary Peni reissue is now on the presses.  We are really enjoying putting together these reissues and seeing all of the interest in the band.

BOO02 Rudimentary Peni Cacophony Four years after the release of Death Church, Rudimentary Peni surprised us by returning with Cacophony. At the time it confounded and delighted fans in equal measure. With retrospect it is considered by many to be the band’s masterwork, as well as one of the most visionary and radical works in the history of British punk. Cacophony could be considered a concept album in the sense that its spirit is obsessed with the work of H.P. Lovecraft. Musically it is a glorious melting pot of noise-punk, heavy guitar riffs, experimental rhythms, and psuedo-pop melodies. What is truly remarkable is the vocals of Nick Blinko, who throughout the 43 minutes of Cacophony assumes at least a dozen personalities and moves from punk screams to vaudevillian characterisations to Shakespearian monologues to pop choruses, and back again. Fans of HPL will find many reference points to delight them, whilst even those who have never read the work of the horror writer will come away from Cacophony feeling as if they have been immersed in one of his stories. Throughout the album, a sense of the darkest black humour pervades – we are the audience for a kind of grotesquely jovial pantomime of word-play and musical adventure. Most definitely a headphones-on, lights-off experience.

Remastered version of the outsider punks’ highly acclaimed 1988 album, unavailable on vinyl for 15 years. Remastered from the original analogue tapes.  All original artwork presented in fine detail.  CD version in gatefold sleeve with 20 page lyric booklet.  Also available: Vinyl edition comprises 180g black vinyl, gatefold sleeve, poster, 8 page full size lyric booklet and download card; and a limited edition shirt featuring the cover art.

“Cacophony is the exact point where genius meets madness.” – Punknews.org
“Cacophony is, in fact, the Ummagumma or Trout Mask Replica of British punk.” – Scaruffi.com
“The most original, outlandish, compelling, amusing and downright weird LP I’ve ever laid ears on.” – KKKKK Kerrang (April 1989)
“Very rarely have the aggressive dynamics of punk pock been harnessed with such convincingly odd and macabre thoughts.” – 4/5 Sounds (January 1989)


Track Listing:
1. Nightgaunts
2. The Horrors in the Museum
3. The Only Child
4. Architectonic and Dominant
5. The Evil Clergyman
6. Brown Jenkin
7. Crazed Couplet
8. Sarcophagus
9. Lovecraft Baby
10. Dream City
11. C12 H22 011
12. Zenophobia
13. Sunset for the Lords of Venus
14. Beyond the Tanarian Hills
15. Imps of the Perverse
16. The Dead Loved
17. Periwig Power
18. Kappa Alpha Tau
19. American Anglophile in the World Turned Upside-Down
20. Memento Mori
21. Better Not Born
22. Arkham Hearse
23. The Old Man Is Not So Terribly Misanthropic
24. Gentlemen Prefer Blood
25. Sonia
26. The Day the Universe Ceased (March 15, 1937)
27. The Crime of the Century
28. Musick in Diabola
29. Shard
30. Black on Gold
Total Running Time:  42:43

Available to pre-order now from the Southern shop.

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NoMeansNoWrongnam Style European Tour 05.08.13 Amsterdam, Netherlands (Sugar) Melkweg 05.09.13 Obernausen, Germany Druckluft 05.10.13 Bielefeld, Germany Forum 05.11.13 Lubeck, German Treibsand 05.12.13 Flensburg, Germany Volxbad 05.14.13 Copenhagen, Denmark Loppen 05.15.13 Halden, Norway Feelgood 05.16.13 Lillehammer, Norway Felix 05.17.13 Trondheim, Norway Blaest 05.18.13 Oslo, Norway Parkteatret 05.19.13 Aalborg, Denmark 1000 Fryd 05.21.13 Nottingham, UK The Doghouse 05.22.13 Manchester, UK Sound Control 05.23.13 Dublin, Ireland Whelans 05.24.13 Cork, Ireland Crane Lane 05.25.13 Belfast, Ireland Voodoo 05.26.13 Glasgow, Scotland Stereo 05.28.13 Edinburgh, Scotland Electric Circus 05.29.13 Newcastle, UK The Cluny 05.30.13 Exeter, UK The Cavern 05.31.13 London, UK The Lexington 06.01.13 Bristol, UK Exchange 06.02.13 Brighton, UK The Haunt 06.04.13 Nijmegen, Netherlands Doornroosje 06.05.13 Nurnberg, Germany K4 06.06.13 Prague, Czech Republic Lucerna Music Bar 06.07.13 Leipzig, Germany Ut Connewitz 06.08.13 Frankfurt, Germany Au Fest ]]> http://blog.southern.com/2013/04/nomeansno-european-tour/feed/ 0 Boduf Songs European Tour http://blog.southern.com/2013/04/boduf-songs-european-tour/ http://blog.southern.com/2013/04/boduf-songs-european-tour/#comments Thu, 11 Apr 2013 14:31:52 +0000 Allison http://blog.southern.com/?p=5222 Continue reading →]]> Mat Sweet is bringing his new album Burnt Up On Re-Entry to venues across Europe.  He will be touring with the delightful Jessica Bailiff, so there are two great reasons not to miss out.

Meanwhile please enjoy the second video from Burnt Up On Re-Entry, for “A Brilliant Shaft Of Light From Out Of The Night Sky”.   You might also want to consider picking up one of the limited edition shirts (“Everyone will let you down in the end”) we have available from the web shop.

Boduf Songs and Jessica Bailiff European Tour Dates

  • Wednesday 17.04.13 UK – London / Cafe Oto
  • Thursday 18.04.13 UK – Bristol / Cube Cinema
  • Friday 19.04.13 UK – Brighton / Green Door Store
  • Sunday 21.04.13 D – Dresden / Tante Leuk
  • Monday 22.04.13 CZ – Prague / Rubinrot
  • Wednesday 24.04.13 IT – Padova / La Mela di Newton
  • Friday 26.04.13 IT – Ravenna / Hanna Bi
  • Saturday 27.04.13 IT – Rovereto / Locos
  • Sunday 28.04.13 A – Linz / Werkstatt
  • Monday 29.04.13 A – Vienna / Rhiz
  • Tuesday 30.04.13 CZ – Olomouc / Galeria u Moka
  • Wednesday 01.05.13 CZ – Brno / Boro
  • Thursday 02.05.13 CZ – Pilsen
  • Friday 03.05.13 D – Berlin / Schokoladen
  • Saturday 04.05.13 D – Leipzig / Kafic
  • Sunday 05.05.13 D – Offenbach / Hafen 2
  • Monday 06.05.13 CH – Winterthur / Portier
  • Tuesday 07.05.13 CH – Lausanne / Le Bourg
  • Tuesday 14.05.13 B – Ghent / Kinky Star
  • Wednesday 15.05.13 B – Antwerpen / Kavka
]]> http://blog.southern.com/2013/04/boduf-songs-european-tour/feed/ 0 That’s all folks. http://blog.southern.com/2013/04/thats-all-folks/ http://blog.southern.com/2013/04/thats-all-folks/#comments Mon, 08 Apr 2013 12:53:25 +0000 Allison http://blog.southern.com/?p=5213 Who Put The Shit In No.10?

]]> http://blog.southern.com/2013/04/thats-all-folks/feed/ 0 Nomeansno are 33 1/3 years old and they like to tour http://blog.southern.com/2013/03/nomeansno-are-33-13-years-old-and-they-like-to-tour/ http://blog.southern.com/2013/03/nomeansno-are-33-13-years-old-and-they-like-to-tour/#comments Wed, 27 Mar 2013 16:52:00 +0000 Allison http://blog.southern.com/?p=5205 Continue reading →]]> These days, punk is like classic rock.  It’s “oldies”.  People who liked punk when it was actually happening are in old age homes now.  They have great-grandchildren.  They remember the time before there was electricity.

Nomeansno are like that.  They started their band in 1979, which apart from being 33 1/3 years ago (which is coincidentally the number of rounds per minute on a long-playing vinyl record), is also before the invention of the motor car.  Go on, look it up.

Nomeansno put out a record called Old, because that’s what they are.  It’s been out of print for a while so we just pressed some more up in black & white splatter vinyl.  Check this out.

WRONG37 splatterCool. right?  Well we thought so.

Nomeansno are also touring.  They do that a lot.  Old people get stuck in their habits and they don’t like change.   They’re coming to the UK for the first time in about five years, and to be honest, in the live environment, they kick the shit out of any band formed since about 1999.  Which is pretty impressive for old people.

MAY

  • Tuesday 21st Nottingham – The Doghouse
  • Wedensday 22nd Manchester – Sound Control
  • Sunday 26th Glasgow – Stereo
  • Tuesday 28th Edinburgh – Electric Circus
  • Wedensday 29th Newcastle – The Cluny
  • Thursday 30th Exeter – The cavern
  • Friday 31st London, Islington – The Lexington

JUNE

  • Saturday 1st Bristol – Exchange
  • Sunday 2nd Brighton – The Hydrant

You can buy Old and a bunch of other Nomeansno stuff in our shop.

Thanks.

 

]]> http://blog.southern.com/2013/03/nomeansno-are-33-13-years-old-and-they-like-to-tour/feed/ 0 Rudimentary Peni Pope Adrian 37th Psychristiatric reissue http://blog.southern.com/2013/03/rudimentary-peni-pope-adrian-37th-psychristiatric-reissue/ http://blog.southern.com/2013/03/rudimentary-peni-pope-adrian-37th-psychristiatric-reissue/#comments Fri, 22 Mar 2013 12:48:07 +0000 Allison http://blog.southern.com/?p=5201 Continue reading →]]> Pope Adrian 37th Psychristiatric

We are (finally!) be able to announce the first of our Rudimentary Peni reissues.  We’re starting with Pope Adrian the 37th Psychristiatric. Yes, we know it’s taken forever. We have worked really hard on these – remastering the audio from the original analogue tapes, presenting the original artwork in a spectacular new fashion.  In fact, we think these new versions look and sound better than the original releases.  Pope Adrian, original released in 1995, was never issued on vinyl. Now you can own it on 180gm black vinyl, in a gatefold sleeve, with a full-size 16 page book of Nick Blinko artwork, plus a bonus poster.  The CD is almost as good, except it’s CD-sized, and it doesn’t have the poster, and it’s not vinyl.  Shipping on 6th May, you can pre-order from the shop now.

]]> http://blog.southern.com/2013/03/rudimentary-peni-pope-adrian-37th-psychristiatric-reissue/feed/ 0 Action Beat tour in support of The Condition http://blog.southern.com/2013/03/action-beat-tour-in-support-of-the-condition/ http://blog.southern.com/2013/03/action-beat-tour-in-support-of-the-condition/#comments Wed, 20 Mar 2013 15:28:13 +0000 Allison http://blog.southern.com/?p=5112 Continue reading →]]> Bletchley’s infamous sons Action Beat are packing up all their musical mayhem and putting it in the back of a van.   Next week they start a tour of Europe, their first tour since May 2012 (for most bands that wouldn’t be saying much, but Action Beat once lived on the road).

Seeing Action Beat live is truly an exceptional experience, and we are more than a little miffed that there are no UK dates on this tour.   Europe is clearly a better place to be!

TCX06VAction Beat are touring with four other bands (not all shows, check locally for details) and they will have copies of their latest Truth Cult opus The Condition available for sale.

Action Beat - www.soundcloud.com/actionbeat
Bad Body - www.soundcloud.com/badbody
Mons Meg - www.soundcloud.com/monsmeg
Sense of Adventure - http://vimeo.com/14972257
The Crease - http://www.reverbnation.com/thecrease/

MARCH

  • Thursday 28th – Poortgebouw, NL
  • Friday 29th – Caen, FR
  • Saturday 30th – Karlsruhe – DE
  • Sunday 31st – Prague, CZ

APRIL

  • Monday 1st – KAW, Leverkusen, DE
  • Tuesday 2nd – Leige, BE
  • Wednesday 3rd – 301, Amsterdam, NL
  • Thursday 4th – Nancy, FR
  • Friday 5th – Marseille – FR
  • Saturday 6th – HUMAN FEATHER ALLDAYER 2013, UPLOAD
  • address: Plaça Major, 9 Poble Espanyol, 08038 Barcellona
  • Sunday 7th – LYON, Grrrrnd Zero
  • Monday 8th – OFF
  • Tuesday 9th – Basel, CH TBC
  • Wednesday 10th – l’Usine (Kalvingrad), Geneva, CH
  • Thursday 11th – Colmar, FR
  • Friday 12th – Festival near Rennes (details soon), FR
  • Saturday 13th – Frankfurt – IVI – DE
  • Sunday 14th – Bateau Ivre – Mons, BE
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APRIL
Wed 17 – Cafe Oto, London
Thu 18 – Cube Cinema, Bristol
Fri 19 – The Outer Church at the Green Door Store, Brighton
Mon 22 – Rubinrot, Prague
Sun 28 – Werkstatt, Linz
Mon 29 – Rhiz, Vienna
Tue 30 – Galeria U Mloka, Olomouc

MAY
Wed 1 – Boro, Brno
Thu 2 – [venue TBC], Pilsen
Fri 3 – Schokoladen, Berlin
Sat 4 – Hafen 2, Offenbach
Sun 5 – Portier, Winterthur
Wed 15 – Kavka, Antwerpen

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]]> http://blog.southern.com/2013/02/who-rocks-best/feed/ 0 Tartufi – These Factory Days http://blog.southern.com/2013/02/tartufi-these-factory-days/ http://blog.southern.com/2013/02/tartufi-these-factory-days/#comments Mon, 25 Feb 2013 14:42:54 +0000 Allison http://blog.southern.com/?p=5177 Continue reading →]]> On 25th March (26th in the US) we will be releasing Tartufi’s third release for Southern, These Factory Days.

These Factory DaysShortly after recording and touring The Goodwill Of The Scar, the duo of Lynne Angel and Brian Gorman became a trio with the addition of Benjamin Thorne on bass.   The extra set of hands added a whole new realm of sonic possibilities, and little time was wasted before going into the studio to begin work on what would become These Factory Days.   The band took a year and a half to track and mix These Factory Days, once again with the aid of Tim Green (Melvins, Howlin Rain, Joanna Newsom, Fresh & Onlys) at Louder Studios and The Hangar, and also with Scott McDowell at Hyde Street. The result is a band fully settled within their sound, secure amongst an ocean of interlocking counterweights, where you are at once upon the bright surface and walking the cavernous depths. Tartufi further push the boundaries of sonic sameness and classic structure to evoke an overall sense of movement and progression. Pop songs be damned – Tartufi is a country of sound.

You can pre-order These Factory Days from today:

Thanks.

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