Always seeking to outdo themselves, Ghost Club (David Mitchell - guitar, vocals; Denise Roughan -bass, drums, vocals and Jim Abbott - bass, drums) recorded their brand new album, Suicide Train over just a single day in the basement of a derelict Victorian pub in Hackney, North London. This quick, no-frills way of working successfully captures the immediacy of the bands live performances with which Ghost Club have made their name. "It doesn't always work and that's the gamble", says David. "You've got to treat a recording as a little snapshot, and if it does work I find, even if it's slightly flawed, you can look back at it and get a quite immediate picture of where you were at that stage".
David and Denise were both members of hugely popular The 3Ds, on the legendary New Zealand Flying Nun label. In 1996 David and Denise formed Ghost Club in Dunedin, New Zealand, relocated to London the following year where they hooked up with Jim Abbott .
The trio have a wealth of experience under their belts - following a number of 7s and appearances on compilations, the bands first album Ghostclubbing was released in 2001. Recorded in two days under a South London railway arch, it was a loud, chunky and raw with a melodic backbone. Following the albums release, the band were nominated for a BNET music award in 2002 and went on to play shows with Barbara Manning, Unsane and Preston School of Industry, to name but a few. In addition to the music David is also responsible for all the band's artwork, which he curiously draws with his left hand despite being right-handed. This off-kilter approach to the act of creation sums the band up perfectly. "Nine times out of 10 I don't understand what these songs, stories or pictures are about". explains David "They're just as weird to me as anyone who's hearing them."
Packed with songs thrillingly ragged and harmonically muscular, a ride on the Suicide Train is undoubtedly a trip worth taking.
Big Bad Love at 93 Feet East July 10th Doors: 7pm £6.50
This is our first 93 Feat East gig and we’re happy to be gracing this illustrious stage so look out for special door price offers a few days before the gig… Or you can buy in advance here: http://www. wegottickets. com/event/32336
S T O L E N exhibition Private view: 6pm Thursday 3rd July, 2008 (for 1 week) The Aquarium L-13 Gallery, Farringdon Stolen Recordings present a group show of objects, fragments and documents that have functioned as either promotional material, merchandise or autonomously as the visual accomplice to an aural cohort.
BANDS/ARTISTS CONTRIBUTING INCLUDE: Billy Childish, Riceboy Sleeps (Jonsi Birgisson from Sigur Ros and Alex Somers from Parachutes), Mathew Sawyer, Pete and the Pirates, Tinhead (The Foals), James Cauty, Shanne Bradley (The Nipple Erectors) , Lets Wrestle, Jock Mooney (Dan le Sac VS Scroobious Pip artwork),Harry Pie, Paul Burgess, John Herve Peron (Faust), Fault Magazine, Geraldine Swayne, Fanfarlo, Shimmy Rivers and and Canal, STOT21stCPlanB, Rowland Smith, J.P Buckle, Caff/Lick, Freak Paeans, John & Jehn, Screaming Tea Party, Dave Mitchell (Ghost Club/ The 3D's),Wet Dog, Adrian R. Shaw & Daisy Shaw, The Grand library of young blood, Throwing Up In Comic Sans Fanzine, Buttonhead, Tome Records Feeding Time, Oxen Of The Sun, Sir Yes Sir.
THIS THURSDAY!!!THIS THURSDAY!!! THIS THURSDAY!!! THIS THURSDAY!!!
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Join us for another Big City Redneck Presents! Another wonderful eruption, nay, ejaculation of good music at the Buffalo Bar this month!
What can I say? We won’t disappoint.
Buffalo Bar June 19th £6 on the door… 8.30pm till they kick us out…
Mama Shamone http://www. myspace. com/mamashamone “Put Mama Shamone on at any venue and they are likely to take the roof off, this was one of the best live shows I’ve seen in years - certainly one of the best in London. In my opinion these guys are destined for greatness, it felt like I was witnessing history being shaped-something was just so right about what they were doing up there.” Vibe Bar
We Yes You No www. myspace. com/weyesyouno “We Yes You No sing about the end of the world, the end of everything. But in an apocalypse that would sound like this I would buy god’s last EP” – Big City Redneck
Language http://www. myspace. com/languageuk “"The verbosity of funk, the poetic twang of intelligent pop. The bridge between Franz Ferdinand and Smashing Pumpkins perhaps" – Bugbear
Abigail Hopkins' new album, 'The Memoirs Of An Outlaw' is available to pre-order from: www. basilicamusic. bigcartel. com The first 100 copies are signed and numbered!
Got the photo albums out again; this one is of a Mr. Norman Crukshank, my distant cousin whom I used to meet up with every so often. He wore dresses on hot days, it keeps a good waft moving - for us as well.
Thanks for becoming a friend Ghost Club - love your art and your band name - we are a band that does not gig often so this the best way to get our songs out into the world - thanks for that opportunity and keep on keeping on - Greg.
THIS IS THE CHANCE TO TRAVEL IN TIME !!! JOIN [D-66] INTO THE DEPTH OF OLD TIME TRASH-BLUES ,INTO A REAL SOHO CLASSIC JAZZ/BLUES DEN, THE BLACK GARDENIA FOR A TRUELY SPECIAL ALL NIGHT JAM, GOOD 'OL DEEEEP SOUTH STYLE.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SUNKEN.- 'Eye Electric Organ, Brain Electric Nerve'. Deep in the swirling depths of the ocean a terrible yet wondrous beast stirs slow but sure amidst great forests of sea algae. Taking on the form of a pair of conjoined drown-ed sailors it sets forth upon the currents determined to loose its apocalyptic vision upon the earth via droning sea shanty and great humming hymn. Sunken is the duo of sunken sailors Stefan Neville (Pumice) and Antony Milton (Nether Dawn/A.M etc). Using a range of organs, sonar gear, live tapeloops, vocals and an unhealthy amount of submarine reverb they create a glorious droning pop noise. 'Eye Electric Organ, Brain Electric Nerve' follows on from their acclaimed self titled debut (also on PseudoArcana) and various compilation appearances. You can hear a sample from the album here. CD. NZ$20 (post incl) Visit www.pseudoarcana.com for details.
What's this I hear about king Loser playing with The birds nest roys ??There's only 3 drummers who could do that justice and I would be one of them ...:-)
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