 |
News/BlogFebruary Mailout# On Tue 9th Feb 2010 @ 12:07am John said... lots of stuff for you today, namely:the MIDDLE ONES single free downloads by HELP STAMP OUT LONELINESS and AIRPORT GIRL ROSE MELBERG UK tour and album London POPFEST so here goes: - first up, the debut MIDDLE ONES single is finally ready, and available through rough trade... it's a 10" single, with 4 tracks of charming acoustic bedsit pop, wrapped up in a scrapbook sleeve... why not try from: http://fireescapetalking.blogspot.com/ before you buy from: http://www.roughtrade.com/site/shop_detail.lasso?search_type=sku&sku=320337 - next, to celebrate the physical release in SHOPS of the fantastic second single from HELP STAMP OUT LONELINESS, the february release from the FREE wiaiwya download singles club is the PACIFIC TRASH VORTEX remix ep... it's available on the downloads page... feel free to tell all your friends, feature on your blogs, you know... all that stuff... the first is a dub take by wiaiwya's own DJ DOWNFALL, who has been keeping himself busy albumming a new album, mixing mixes for the PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART, the PIPETTES and 'ALLO, DARLIN', and of course guitarring for TENDER TRAP... nice... http://www.myspace.com/johndownfall the second mix comes from the enigmatic TALL WHITE GUY, a remix producer based in Manchester, UK. He "loves all music including Finnish Heavy Metal. Recently recovered from a near suicidal tendency towards Post-Punk, Death Disco and EBM, now getting major kicks from Twee Pop, Nuggets Psychedelia and Electro Disco. Looking for friendship, remixing and maybe more." http://tallwhiteguyremix.blogspot.com/ the 7" is available from rough trade, here: http://www.roughtrade.com/site/shop_detail.lasso?search_type=sku&sku=311946 - we're also thrilled that ROSE MELBERG is coming back to the UK for a few shows... anyone who saw her last time will no doubt have told you how incredible she is live, so come along to any (or all) of thse shows (oh, and if you know anyone who might be able to drive is, can you send me a mail?): thursday February 26th - Cafo Oto, Dalston, London, with WITHERED HAND, The PINES and ROB PRICE (airport girl) this is part of LONDON POPFEST (more of which later) so has technically sold out, but there will be a few tickets on the door monday March 1st - 10 Feet Tall, Cardiff, with the GENTLE GOOD and IVAN MOULT https://www.wegottickets.com/location/1696 tuesday March 2nd - venue TBC in Liverpool wednesday march 3rd - Red House, Sheffield, with the MIDDLE ONES and PLOUF! http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=239769718152 thursday march 4th - lunchtime, FREE show at PURE GROOVE, London http://www.puregroove.co.uk/default.aspx thursday march 4th - evening, Cross Kings, London, with the MIDDLE ONES and ARTHUR and MARTHA http://www.wegottickets.com/event/69898 this is all in support of her marvellous new album - HOMEMADE SHIP... get a copy or two at any of the shows, or from here: http://www.roughtrade.com/site/shop_detail.lasso?search_type=sku&sku=318293 - and finally, the second london popfest is just around the corner, day tickets for Saturday and Sunday are on sale here: http://www.wegottickets.com/f/1236 Fortuna POP!, WIAIWYA and Spiral Scratch presents The London Popfest 2010 Thur 25th Feb at Cafe Oto, Rose Melberg + Withered Hand + The Pines + Rob Price (Airport Girl) Fri 26th Feb at The Buffalo Bar, The Just Joans + The Garlands + Horowitz + The Sunny Street Sat 27th Feb at the 100 Club, Ballboy + Shrag + Dorotea + Allo, Darlin' + Standard Fare + Soda Fountain Rag + Red Shoe Diaries + Plouf! + Gordon Ballboy (solo) Sun 28th Feb at The Lexington, the Wake + Horse Shoes + White Town + Leaving Mornington Crescent Season Tickets are now sold out for London Popfest. Sorry! For real time line-up and venue information, plus wild speculation, we suggest you check Anorak Forum... http://www.anorakforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=3205 Otherwise, there's always our website: http://londonpopfest.com/ sorry it's a long one this month... hope to see you soon, and enjoy the downloads john Salinger Wrote# On Mon 1st Feb 2010 @ 9:32pm John said... now seems to be the right time, so here, have a copy of AIRPORT GIRL's missing single "SALINGER WROTE"...wiaiwya019 - Airport Girl - Salinger Wrote JD Salinger Obituary Boy Genius video and album# On Wed 20th Jan 2010 @ 6:58am John said... in news not entirely unrelated to wiaiwya, our friends from over the pond BOY GENIUS have made a rather splendid video for "Old New England", and i also have some copies of the Mitch Easter produced album "Staggering" available for sale, just drop me a line:Shrag take Manchester# On Thu 14th Jan 2010 @ 9:09am John said... yup... that Mr Riley (and Ms Choudhry) is (are) being especially good to us, and SHRAG are off to Manchester on Thursday 21st Jan (also BobShrag's birthday) to record a live session, and a track for Gideon Coe's show...after that we're all heading off to meet up with the mightly Help Stamp out Loneliness for a bit of a surprise... there are more details here: http://www.myspace.com/helpstampoutloneliness hopefully see you there the first release of the new decade# On Thu 31st Dec 2009 @ 11:47am John said... hihappy christmas and everything... hope you had a great break 2010 is going to be a BIG year for wiaiwya, and we're hitting the ground running... WE'RE MAKING HISTORY WITH THE VERY FIRST RELEASE OF THE NEW DECADE* it is the debut solo single by DAVID TATTERSALL (lead singer of the Wave Pictures), a free download of "HAPPY FOR A WHILE" - the title track from his forthcoming album (due in april on wiaiwya), co-written and featuring Stanley Brinks (AKA Andre Herman Dune) 1000 FREE downloads will be available from 00:01 on the 1st January 2010 (that's 00:01 01 01 10 binary fans) at www.wiaiwya.com, backed up with the WAVE PICTURES cover of the Springsteen classic "PONY BOY" hope you like it, and if you were able to help promote it in any way it would be amazing... happy new year, and speak soon JANUARY 2010 - wiaiwya059 - David Tattersall - Happy For A While *oh, and if anyone's worried that i'm a year premature with my decades - a decade is any ten years, and that can be from January 23, 1995 to January 22, 2005. The "10s," however, is that decade every century during which the numeral "1" appears next-to-last in the year number... ta more CHRISTMAS# On Fri 18th Dec 2009 @ 7:17pm John said... the ever lovely Hong Kong in the 60s have a video for their Winter Symphony HIT... splendid:AND Ben and Louise from Help Stamp Out Loneliness have been busy on their Manchester'd up (lyrically, not baggy-ly) version of "Just Like Christmas"... it's t'riffic, and available to you to download from here: DECEMBER 2009 - wiaiwya058 - Help Stamp Out Loneliness - Just Like Christmas SHRAG on Radio Two# On Sat 5th Dec 2009 @ 11:57am John said... Excitingly the new shrag single is up for single of the week on radio two’s Radcliffe and Maconie programIt’s all down to a vote though, so, assuming none of the others is a personal favourite of yours, would you mind going here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/shows/the-radcliffe-and-maconie-show/pick-and-mix/ clicking on the “web email form” button (about half way down the page) and on the “send the show an email” form filling in your name and an email address, and putting “shrag’s Rabbit Kids” in the comments box and feel free to tell anyone else who might be able to help thanks... new SHRAG and FREE Christmas ep# On Mon 30th Nov 2009 @ 7:39pm John said... yup... the brand new single from Brighton's SHRAG arrived today:RABBIT KIDS / ERRATIC FICTIONS 7” (Where It’s At Is Where You Are) Shrag release their 6th single for WIAIWYA on December 14th. Mixed by Woodie Taylor (Comet Gain/Love Is All), ‘Rabbit Kids’ is the first offering from their upcoming album. The new single has already been previewed in Pitchfork (28/10/2009): “… “Brighton, UK-based quintet Shrag, like many of their 1970s indie-punk forebears, are one of those bands whose tunes and natural charisma could easily endear them to a wider audience, but whom the vagaries of record release dates, hype cycles, and airline prices have so far conspired to keep a well-loved secret...(Rabbit Kids) is bright, scrappy, and exuberantly melodic enough to rank alongside tracks by Love is All, the Long Blondes, or early Los Campesinos!. A few more like this, and Shrag might break through yet…” AND the December release from the FREE wiaiwya monthly singles club is a 4 track ep of Christmas songs, natch, two covers and two originals DECEMBER 2009 - wiaiwya058 - Various Artists - Happy Christmas 2009 first up is HONG KONG IN THE 60S with their take on the Beach Boys WINTER SYMPHONY, all droney and broadcasty and morriconey and utterly lovely http://www.myspace.com/hongkonginthe60s then the LAST DINOSAUR go all melancholy for THE WORST CHRISTMAS WE EVER HAD, and acoustic departure from their epic debut long player "Hooray! for Happiness" http://www.myspace.com/thelastdinosauruk OH, ATOMS reinterpret Wham's LAST CHRISTMAS as a folky boy/ girl duet http://www.myspace.com/ohatoms and finally GREGORY WEBSTER gets out his trusty 12 string, and invites PAM BERRY round to re-record the classic, WINTER from his first solo record http://www.myspace.com/gregorywebster November FREE single from Thewintersleep (no, not that one)# On Sun 15th Nov 2009 @ 10:33am John said... excitingly, November's FREE download release is two new recordings from the original Thewintersleep... like a sucession of tiny heartbreaks surrounded by a moat of melancholia, strummed on a tiny guitar... perfect for Autumnal listening...NOVEMBER 2009 - wiaiwya057 - Thewintersleep - leaf Help Stamp Out Loneliness in Session on 6 Music# On Wed 11th Nov 2009 @ 4:54pm John said... yup... kind Mr Riley is having them in for some tunes on 16th November...tune your dab, and brace yourself for a large chunk of fantastic |
 |