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PAMA INTERNATIONAL’s new album, titled “Pama Outernational” will be released in November on Rockers Revolt Records. Heavyweight dub sounds rule the way on this superb release with King Tubby & Lee Perry inspired vibes meeting the Southern soul sounds of 1960’s Stax in fine style. This is probably the band’s most accomplished release to date & features 12 excellent tracks in total. Prior to the album Pama International have released a new single titled “I Still Love You More” on limited edition coloured 7” vinyl. The band will be touring across the UK in & November to promote the new album & single. A number of these dates will be support slots of the latest Uk tour by The Specials.
Wiltshire one man ska explosion ROBB BLAKE’s upcoming 3rd album looks set to be titled “Aint Got No Soul”. Robb has been busy writing & recording the album, as well as appearing at festivals like Kippertronix & Kendal Calling, over the summer.
Exciting news from the CARTOON VIOLENCE camp! Only 8 months after the release of their debut album on Do The Dog Music, the Welsh based crew have started recording their 2nd long player. They have written lots of new songs to choose from for the release & it could end up being quite a diverse album with lots of different moods. Also in the pipeline are several more Cartoon Violence promo videos for songs from their debut CD.
DIRTY REVOLUTION are currently touring the UK with The JB Conspiracy (formerly known as Duff Muffin). Reb & the boys will also very soon be recording their eagerly awaited debut full length album.
THE STEADY BOYS have been practising & song writing over the past few months & as a result have a clutch of brand new songs under their belts. They played a couple of big shows in October, supporting Secret Affair in Newcastle & appearing at the huge Bridlington National Scooter Rally. They also look set to play their first European tour next year. A cartoon style promo video for their tune “Coldstream Guards” is also in the works.
3 MINUTE WARNING have sadly split up. With the departure of keyboardist Chuzz from their line up & vocalist Billy moving to Australia, the band could no longer exist. 3 Minute Warning played an incredible final gig headlining the Kippertronix Festival in July. One of the finest ska/punk bands the UK has ever produced, i am very proud to have released their debut album on Do The Dog Music! They will be sorely missed!
No less than 4 Do The Dog bands (Jimmy The Squirrel, Cartoon Violence, Rasta4Eyes & John Player Specials) can be found on the latest compilation release by the excellent Manchester label TNS RECORDS. Titled “Mainstream Music Is Shit”, the comp features a total of 37 UK punk & ska bands over 2 discs. Other bands on the release include Harijan, Stand Out Riot, The Fractions, Kickback UK & The Hijacks. You can order the comp for just £6 from www.tnsrecords.co.uk
Do The Dog Music is in social networking freefall, ha ha! We now have a DO THE DOG MUSIC FACEBOOK PAGE & hot on the heels of that have also just set up a DO THE DOG MUSIC TWITTER PAGE. So if you are into such shenanigans you can follow our ska fuelled ramblings at www.twitter.com/DOTHEDOGMUSIC
CATCH IT KEBABS have been showcasing a bunch of new tunes from their upcoming 3rd album at live dates over the summer, which included appearances at the Kippertronix & Boomtown Fair festivals. Much of their new material captures a really cool brassy reggae & trad ska vibe. The Kebab’s brass section has been beefed up with the recent addition of new trumpet player Melissa. The band hope to record their new album when they take a break from gigging after Christmas. Jamie Kebab has set up a new regular free live band night in Barnsley called the Dancehall Soundclash.
The end of August saw Brighton acoustic skaster DREWVIS hit the road for a mini UK tour with US band Natalie Wouldn’t (featuring ex-members of Easy Big Fella) & Brighton 3rd wave ska crew Second Time Lucky (who Drewvis also plays guitar for). Drewvis’ long awaited 2nd album, “Down For The Upstroke”, is very near completion. Watch out for a release soon on Do The Dog Music.
SKYLAR frontman MATTHEW REYNOLDS has self-released a brand new solo album titled “Come Pouring”. The album was recorded with Peter Miles & features 10 songs. June & July saw Matt play a bunch of dates across the UK to promote the release.
Check out the blogs above for all the latest DO THE DOG MUSIC BANDS' TOUR DATES & the full DO THE DOG MUSIC CD CATALOGUE & ORDERING DETAILS.
DO THE DOG MUSIC NEWS
NEW TOWN KINGS’ first European tour in July was a huge success. The tour kicked of in Amsterdam followed by a trek across to Eastern Germany for a great gig in Cottbus. Next up was an appearance at the huge Mighty Sounds Festival in a very muddy Czech Republic. New Town Kings began their set at Mighty Sounds to a crowd of about 20 people & ended it playing to more than 400. Not bad considering they were up against The Aggrolites on another stage at the same time! After Mighty Sounds the band drove for 13 hours back across Germany & Holland & then slept for 5 hours in a car park before playing a last minute gig at Ernestos in Sittard (made famous by the live Slackers albums recorded there). It turned out to be a storming show & there is talk of New Town Kings returning there next year to play a carnival. The tour was rounded off by 2 more quality shows in Antwerp & Krefeld where much dancing & tequila drinking took place.
Volume 3 of the DO THE DOG MUSIC PODCAST is available for free download now. Once again Do The Dog head honcho Kevin Flowerdew has teamed up with Pressure Drop Soundcast mainman Gabe Pressure to bring you all the latest news from the Do The Dog Music label as well as playing 15 of the latest Do The Dog Music tunes. You can listen to & download the podcast for free now from www.dancingmood.net/musicaloccupation/category/do-the-dog-podcast/
After a great weekend at Kippertronix Festival in July & some excellent local shows with John Player Specials, Harijan & The Fractions, RASTA4EYES’ new drummer Matty has been settling in well. The band has also recently drafted in Alec Davies (of The Fractions) to join their brass section on trumpet. Rasta4Eyes are currently working on their debut album which they hope to record in early 2010. They have about 8 or 9 songs at the moment for the release, with a few more new ones in the pipeline.
Since the release of their debut album on Do The Dog Music at the end of June, RESOLUTION 242 have been gigging pretty much non stop, playing some great shows alongside the likes of The Skints, Random Hand, Dirty Revolution & Sonic Boom 6. They appeared at Rebellion Festival & also played a 6 date mini UK tour. The debut Resolution 242 CD has been picking up some great reviews & lots of radio airplay, including several spins on the BBC Radio 1 Punk Rock Show, & the band have already been back in the studio to work on 3 brand new tunes.
CAPTAIN BLACK NO STARS are currently busy recording their debut album, “East Coast Dirty Reggae”, for Do The Dog Music. The release is being engineered & mixed by Tony Devenish & Neon Mussolini & the new material reportedly has a richer, more organic sound than their “Boss Sounds Of The Boom & Bust” tracks. There have been quite a few changes in the Captain Black No Stars’ line up. The band have recruited a second guitarist called Xal Kirk. They are also currently recording & gigging with Rebelation’s Alex Scott on drums & have drafted ex-Rebelation member Nicky Pig to sing backing vocals on the album. Captain Black No Stars’ bassist Marc Carpark is due to have his second child soon, so the band will be using a stand in bass player until Christmas.
Smoke Like A Fish’s latest KIPPERTRONIX FESTIVAL extravaganza in their Mid Wales orchard at the end of July was once again an amazing weekend with a bumper crowd witnessing live sets from 25 bands over 2 days. The Do The Dog Music stable bands appearing (Catch It Kebabs, Splitters, Rebelation, Smoke Like A Fish, Dirty Revolution, Jimmy The Squirrel, John Player Specials, Cartoon Violence, Robb Blake & Rasta4Eyes) all turned in stellar performances, but undoubtedly the highlight of the festival was the storming last ever gig by 3 Minute Warning. Tran from SMOKE LIKE A FISH has released an excellent DVD of the 2008 Kippertronix Festival which does a superb job in capturing the wonderful atmosphere of the event. The DVD includes tracks by Splitters, New Town Kings, 3 Minute Warning, The Skalinskis, Eastfield, ICH & Smoke Like A Fish & is well worth checking out. Smoke Like A Fish hope to begin recording their long awaited new studio album early in the New Year.
Mid July saw LIAM O’KANE hitting the road for a 6 date mini UK tour. Liam has been working hard on his 2nd album which he hopes to start recording soon. The album will be titled “Liam O’Kane & The Stabilizers” & will be recorded as a 3 piece line up. Watch out for a release later in the year on Do The Dog Music. Meanwhile JIMMY THE SQUIRREL’s debut full length album should at last be finished & relesed very soon on Do The Dog Music. The Squirrels will be gigging hard over the next few months to promote the new album.
wow...Jimmy the Squirrel track "Carnival"....i got to say this track is definitely a #1 hit. The beat and of course Jimmy's voice makes one want to listen to it over and over again.
If you get a chance check out these bands....The Lions, and The DevilDolls, two bands that I listen to a lot and follow on a regular basis.
The other tunes on your player are great. Thanxs for posting great artists.!!
Sorry for the spam but we at Rebel Alliance Recordings are delighted to announce that our next release will be THE SKINTS debut album 'LIVE. BREATHE. BUILD. BELIEVE'. dropping November 9th. Pre-Order the CD now directly from Rebel Alliance Recordings to receive a strictly limited digipak edition of the album which will be individually signed by each member of the band and we'll throw in FREE postage and packaging! Copy the link below to order yours!
hey! just to let you know Im starting the process of filming the music video for 'The Lighter song' by Captain Black No Stars.
This song was before they signed to Do the Dog which helps as it involves less paperwork on the rather tight deadline I have!
For the new tracks however, I will have plenty more time and really look forward to getting some awsome videos produced for them. This means I'll be keeping in contact (I may want to use the Dog logo to help promote the label and the CD)
Will let you know when this video is complete and up on my page!
TNSradio Episode 5 with Andy Davies and Tim Bevington TNSradio episode 5 with TNSrecords own Tim Bevington and Andy Davies. They present a compilation special playing tracks from TNSrecords vol.2 'Mainstream Music is Shit' (which is out now on www.tnsrecords.co.ukand the usual places). The podcast is also available on Podcast Alley and iTunes. Please take 1 min to vote for us here;
The Stupids – Middle Aged Punk SmackRats – Dead Men Don’t Act Like Cunts The Arteries – Steal Something The Steal – Got Ideas Random Hand – I, Human Babylon Whackers – Rudeboy Autonomads – Supermarket Sweep A War Against Sound – The Premature Chokehold Sense of Urgency - Lowbrow Rising Strike – Force of Habit, Habit of Force Just Add Monsters – Discontent Sounds of Swami – Bandwagon Hi-Jack Cartoon Violence – Kite Bootscraper – There Will Be Blood Revenge of the Psychotronic Man – Tramp Rape Revenge of the Psychotronic Man – Needles to Say Revenge of the Psychotronic Man – Blackpool ROCK Gizmo – Oi McGraw - The Blues
Hi Sean, havn't heared of you for such a long time. Los Placebos - Ska Ruhrareanstyle since 1994 - still alive and of course still on the road. Remember the good old days and the first news and rumours about our little band in your zine. We ware so proud... Keep on keeping on and all the best from germany.
Pama Intl new album out 2 Nov PAMA OUTERNATIONAL ft.Lynval & Horace from The Specials
On tour September 2009 04 Bingley Music Festival 05 Mersea Island Scooter Rally October 2009 23 Poole Mr Kyps 24 Birmingham Sound Bar 28 Derby The Rockhouse 29 Sheffield Corporation 30 Ulverston The Roxy 31 Aberdeen Lemon Tree Novemerber 2009 01 Manchester The Deaf Institute 04 London 100 Club 13 Cardiff The Globe 20 Swindon 12 Bar 21 Chester Funkdub is 5@Telfords 26 Nottingham Rescue Rooms 28 Watchet The Mineral Line 29 Bristol The Thekla December 2009 16 Norwich Arts Centre 19 Newcastle Live Theatre
more to be added v soon for full info/ticket outlets go to http://www.rockersrevolt.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=2626&p=4163#p4163
Hi Kevin I've been out of Leeds for a while so I just got the CDs you sent me yesterday when I popped back. Just listening to them now, Resolution 242 are just spot-on. When Leeds Uni term starts again and we go back on air in October I'll be playing all these tunes and trying to get them on the Station's Playlist but I'll let you know nearer the time what's going down. Again cheers for the tunes they're all lovely fresh ska!
oops again the ones I got wrong are all bands I haven't seen b4 and they were all n a different order to the programme. I've changed them all now. Cheers Mary (positive junk)
