Its been selling faster than we expected, and we currently only have around a quarter of our stock left - so we thought we'd better you all know that if you want a copy then now would be a good time to pick one up! If you buy it from the link above then you're buying it direct from us, the label aren't taking a cut - so its a bit like Fair Trade for struggling musicians.
International mail-order is available, just follow the instructions.
Thank you very much, and sorry for making a mess of your profile. If its any kind of consolation, we don't have a MySpace bot, so I'm leaving these comments the old fashioned way. Three -and-a-half thousand of them. My life is so exciting.
Hessian are excited to announce it's next night on 9th January featuring an awesome double bill! Indiepunk band violet violet, favourites of Artrocker, will be bringing their riotous live show to basement with local support (to be confirmed). Following this Eskimo Twins, fresh from live sets supporting Evil Nine and at Bad Sneakers, will DJ the Hessian clubnight along with Grim Beeper.
Tickets are available from City Screen basement at £4otd/£3. 50adv (£2 clubnight only)
JACKIE O' MOTHERFUCKER (USA) awesome blissed out wandering psych rock improvisation. There first time in York - a rare treat!! VALET (USA).. INCA CORE Another friend of Jackie O's who will blow you away with their blissed out rock. CELEBRITY LOVE CRISIS (UK) All the way from historic York. Expect a new set from us that will tear your face off.
Hello folks! Just wanted to alert you to the final PPY shows before Christmas. Having a little break here but not before this belter!
The biggest show we've done to date takes place on Saturday Oct. 25th at The Duchess with Canadian country rockers The Sadies returning to York for the third time. Taking elements of rock'n'roll, surf, garage, country and sixties rock and still managing to sound just like The Sadies this band have been wowing audiences for the last fifteen years.
Garth Hudson (The Band), Jon Spencer, Gary Louris, Neko Case, Blue Rodeo and Heavy Trash have all guested on their records. They are rather bloody good live. The Federals are supporting and it's a Saturday night. P.A.R.T.Y. O.N.
Hello folks! Just a quickie to alert you to the forthcoming Please Please You fun we have planned in York.
At The Basement...........
Firstly, Friday night we have a great folk/country/blues show. Time Lag Recording artists Elephant Micah is headlining with his ace lo-fi country-folk songs. He was the recent tour support for Jason Molina which gives you an idea of his style. Last record was described by The Wire as "A beautiful slice of narcoleptic folk that captures the lugubrious nothing-to-do feel of late summer days as well as the slow motion dance of dust in a ray of sunlight." Yup.
Elephant Micah, George Fell, Dallas Boner, The Wayfaring Strangers + Adam Rogowski. Fri. 29th Aug. 8pm, £5.
Also on sale now:
Everyone To The Anderson + Lebanons. Tues. 2nd Sept. 8pm, £5. (Quality post hardcore from Brighton/Tunbridge Wells!)
Jonquil, This Town Needs Guns + Defcon DJ's. Fri. 19th Sept. 8pm, £5adv.
On Thursday 31st July Hessian brings you our most exciting gig yet:
RATATAT at the newly opened Duchess, York - a fantastic underground lair of a venue.
Support comes from Leeds' awesome Wintermute, and with DJing from Grim Beeper, Tim Prudames and Ollie Harvey to look forward to it should be a great night.
hey sirs! we've finally finished the new record and whacked a few tunes up on our page and a video too. hope you like! we're both going travelling now but we still can't wait for the papier tigre gig!!!!!! hope you are all well.
Hello folks, just a little spam for ya. Thing's are pretty hectic at Please Please You this month as you can see!
Wed. July 2nd. David Karsten Daniels, Burial In The Sky + Boss Caine, The Basement, York, 8pm. £5.
DKD's laest album Fear Of Flying was released by Fat Cat in April and it's bloody marvelous! Look:
"The delirious oboe chorus on ’A Myoclonic Jerk’, the following scuzz-bomb of a guitar attack, the honking horn section on ’That Knot Unties?’, the sliding escalation and sudden stop of ’In My Child Mind You Were A Lion’… it’s all indicative of a sublime musical mind." 9 out of 10. Drowned in Sound
"...a very serious and brave LP, full of grand pronouncements and soaring arrangements." Stool Pigeon
Sat. July 5th. Her Name Is Calla, Glissando + Oh Wow, Meow!, The Basement, York, 8pm. £5.
Tues. July 22nd. Ballboy, Les Cox Sportifs + Over The Atlantic, The Basement, York, 8pm. £5adv.
Also, I'm very excited to announce a special PPY party at The Duchess in York. Canadian psych, country, garage, surf (!?) outfit The Sadies will be performing one of eight UK shows in October. An exceptional live band that played the third ever PPY show in 2006 we are delighted to have them back.
Sat. 25th Oct. The Sadies + The Federals, The Duchess, York, 7.30pm. £10adv.
Then come watch these crazy loons reek havoc in The Basement on Wednesday Jun 18th. Double keyboard and double drumer assault that defies belief. Drowned In Sound faves, one of few northern dates, only a fiver!
The mighty Fist Full Of Yen and Steve Watson in support.
with support from Boss Caine + Ellen & The Escapades + Mark Wynn + Andrew Neville
This experienced and talented Canadian singer-songwriter has shared stages with the likes of Ricky Skaggs, Billy Joe Shaver, Joe Ely, Fred Eaglesmith, Sue Foley, Jimmy Dale Gilmore, Butch Hancock, Gurf Morlix, Martha Wainwright and Hayes Carll. "This is the sort of sound you’d want to hear pouring out of roadhouses as you drive up expecting to get drunk and maybe fall in love." - Americana UK Magazine
Tickets: £7/£5 flyer/NUS (print off a flyer or pick one up from basement)
Guilt Pursuit + Honeytone Cody + The Carlyle Group
Guilt Pusuit incorporate lots of varied influences, from Sonic Youth to Nick Cave. Their new song, however, sounds quite like an Arabian disco, so that shows what they're about really! Expect a fine collision of the raw and the cooked from Leeds’ hottest new band.
Tickets: £5/£4 flyer/NUS
Thursday 19 June, 8.00
Apollo 15 & Soup present…..
Awesome Color + The Buccaneers + Phonebook + Lights In The Sky
Probably the best rockin’ line-up of the year! Michegan’s Awesome Color are a stompin’ drone-rock day-glo answer to the Stooges.
Stunning Norwegian multi-instrumentalist on a short tour of the UK. Last years ‘Ames Room’ album on Fat Cat is filled by fractured beats, whispy melancholy and gorgeous melody. Madam is one Sukie Smith, herself possessing a voice capable of melting even the most stoney of hearts. Her Reveal debut caused the entire British music press to fight over adjectives in order to describe the sheer beauty of her music and singing. So we won’t try any more! Safe to say this is an absolute must see (hear!) and a bargain too.
The Lodger, Slow Down Tallahassee + The ABC Club. Wed. May 28th, 8pm, £5.
Album number two by this great Leeds band is about to hit the shelves. The Lodger marry indie pop with great songwriting and are without doubt one of the finest pop bands in the area. Slow Down Tallahassee also have an album about to arrive on Thee SPC. Kinda sixties girl group sounds mixed with edgy guitars and a heavy dose of charm. They rarely play outside Sheffield so this is a right treat. Formally The Debuts, The ABC Club round things off very nicely.
Young Republic, Boss Caine + Karl Culley. Fri. May 30th, 8pm, £6adv.
Nashville's Young Republic are on their first full UK tour and we're dead lucky to have them. They have had a pile of praise for their debut album, played Glastonbury and been raved about at Rough Trade (two singles of the week and album of the week!). Bit of press:
Word Magazine: “This Debut achieves plenty, seamlessly skipping from folk introspection and lonesome country balladry to high voltage power-pop sparkiness with a glitteringly perfect cohesion.”
Q: “...the sense of potential is tantalising.”
Rough Trade: “12 Slices of American Indie Heaven”
Guardian: “His [Julian Saporiti] voice fizzles with Jonathan Richman’s wryn
Please Please You & Apollo 15 presents Silje Nes + Madam + Dallas Boner
Norwegian multi-instrumentalist Silje Nes is strictly one of a kind. Forget the inevitable comparisons with people like Joanna Newsom or Nina Nastasia; Nes is one of those unique musicians whose idea of creativity doesn't merely stop with the closing of one piece of music, but instead looks for other avenues: to either expand on what she's achieved so far or go one better with the next. Although a classically trained pianist, Nes’ talents stretch far beyond tinkling a few ivories – from simple acoustic guitar arrangements to more complex electronic adjustments – while her idea of percussive beats range from anything like a drum or xylophone to hitting glass bottles or toy robots beating kick drums.
As a focal part of a growing scene for solo avant-garde electronic artists currently emerging from Scandinavia - Laura Naukkarinen and Merja Kokkonen are just two other names to look out for - Silje Nes is unashamedly paving the way for other bedroom artists to escape their own four walls for a wider audience.
Gig At The Red House Sheffield - this Satuday may 17th. get involed. £4 squids in late licence - 6pm till sometime in the early hours...
PARTY GARBAGE (alcohol drinking, burrito eating punx from texas) COP OUT (steel city skate or die pissed up youth crew, comin' thru) OFFSHORE RADIO (leeds supergroup, super good old school punk rock clash styley! ) THE AMISTAD (socially aware melodic gruff from 'suburbs) THE COST OF LIVING (female fronted discount/fifth hour hero esque, top tunes and good backing beards) THE 255'S (manc dudes, ex for old times sake,)
Hi folks. The bombardment begins! We have five shows this month, the first of which is mighty exciting!
Supporting his new Asthmatic Kitty LP ’In The Vines’ Raymond Raposa stops by for one of only six UK shows. His wonderful songwriting is awash with trippy electronics and lazy country licks. Twisted country Grandaddy possibly? I dunno, bloody good though! Assisting on the album are a wealth of talented musicians including members of the wonderful Phosphorescent, Jana Hunter and Sufjan Stevens.
Supports are great too.
York ain't so far away! 10 minutes from the station.
Please Please You presents Castanets, Fishing Partners + Red Trees. The Basement, York, Thurs. 8th May, 8pm. £6adv.
Apollo 15 presents Mossyrock + Broken Belles + Edwina Hayes + Ellen
Experimental combo Mossyrock from Brooklyn blend electronic and folk pop. Their rich, ethereal melodies are like the greatest daydream you never had. Broken Belles’s lyrical and musical influences stretch far and wide, their sound combines fluid acoustic and languid harmonies to a beautifully uplifting effect. Edwina Hayes’ sweet americana country soul will melt you heart and sooth your ears. Ellen’s understated yet beguiling lyrics are delivered with a vocal that reminds one of Mazzy Star’s Hope Sandoval. An occasion not to be missed.
