Hybris has announced the signing of both Hell on Wheels and ex-Popsicle member Andreas Mattsson. Check out the label's updated release schedule:
The Kid - CD Album (late January)
Andreas Mattsson - CD Album (February)
Hell on Wheels - CD Album (early March)
Vapnet - CD EP (February)
Vapnet - CD Album (late March)
We just got a fresh blanket of snow here and it's so beautiful outside, I wish I could just take a snow day. Alas, the disadvantage of working from home is that I'd have to be bedridden before I could call in sick. No commute = no snow day. *sigh*
I do get some relief today - Jason Christie has kindly provided us with this week's Friday oldie post:
The origin of this track is essentially a horrible record, a horrible cover, and but with the energy of music has never ceased to get my goat enough to make it stand tall in the classic bracket. Now we are talking about two excellent bands: BCQ and Hell on Wheels.
The original was a song released almost 5 years ago [when I was stuck to a desk in a news agency spending days and hours trying to sell stories – I was too bored to die]. "Big day coming" was contained on the band's "Outcast" album – a stellar disc. The sort of disc which makes MP3s redundant. We like albums. When did you last buy one chapter of a book? This cover is similar in feel to the original: raw, one take and totally unpolished – it's scruffy, and 2:30 long – perfect. If this don't charge you for the weekend, try crack cocaine.
Look for the mp3 to download on the right.
I do get some relief today - Jason Christie has kindly provided us with this week's Friday oldie post:
The origin of this track is essentially a horrible record, a horrible cover, and but with the energy of music has never ceased to get my goat enough to make it stand tall in the classic bracket. Now we are talking about two excellent bands: BCQ and Hell on Wheels.
The original was a song released almost 5 years ago [when I was stuck to a desk in a news agency spending days and hours trying to sell stories – I was too bored to die]. "Big day coming" was contained on the band's "Outcast" album – a stellar disc. The sort of disc which makes MP3s redundant. We like albums. When did you last buy one chapter of a book? This cover is similar in feel to the original: raw, one take and totally unpolished – it's scruffy, and 2:30 long – perfect. If this don't charge you for the weekend, try crack cocaine.
Hell on Wheels - Big day coming
Hell on Wheels has posted a new, semi-rare track to their myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/hellonwheelss
The song "Dig dig dig" originally appeared on the Japanese version of their last album "Oh my God... What have I done?". Work on the new album "The odd church" is still underway, but you can already hear some new material on a new EP on the Italian netlabel Kirsten's Postcard. Check it: http://www.kirstenspostcard.com/releases.htm
Hell On Wheels will do a few gigs in Germany in May:
05/19 - Bastard, Berlin
05/20 - WerkII (Popup), Leipzig
05/21 - Schilleroper (Polarparty), Hamburg
Hell on Wheels has revealed that their next album will be called "The odd church". No word yet on when we can expect it.
The Soundtrack of Our Lives have rescheduled their UK dates:
02/21 - Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth (UK)
02/22 - Rescue Rooms, Nottingham (UK)
02/23 - King Tuts, Glasgow (UK)
02/24 - Liquid Room, Edinburgh (UK)
02/26 - Univ Stanley Theatre, Liverpool (UK)
02/27 - Cockpit, Leeds (UK)
02/28 - Concorde 2, Brighton (UK)
The new single "Heading for a Breakdown" comes out February 9 and an animated video from directors Andreas Nilsson and Johannes Holm (The Knife, The Plan, Hell On Wheels, Silverbullit) will be airing shortly.
Hell on Wheels reports that they are planning to release a CD collection of old demos from 1994-2004 which should hopefully be out in January.
The complete list of gigs that The Tiny will be playing while in the NY/NJ area later this month:
10/25 - tba, New Jersey
10/26 - The Knitting Factory, NYC w/The Feverfew, Sleep Station, All Rattle & Dust, Zolof The Rock & Roll Destroyer
10/27 - The Living Room, NYC
10/28 - ExMS showcase @ The Lion's Den, NYC w/Hell on Wheels, Prime Sth
10/29 - Pete's Candystore, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY
10/30 - Barbes Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY
Hell on Wheels has added a new gig to their NYC itinerary and will be playing The Delancey on October 30 with friends Bling Kong.
Prime STH is now confirmed to play the ExMS Swedish Music Showcase in NYC on October 28 with The Tiny and Hell On Wheels.
Hell on Wheels is heading over to NYC to play a show at the Lion's Den along with fellow Swedes The Tiny on October 28. Otherwise, the band is hard at work in the rehearsal room working on new material.
Stockholm's Nutmeg, described as "the bastard child of Jon Spencer and PJ Harvey slapped around by Kurt Cobain", will release "Trelåtarsdemo" on Mafioso Rosso, the CDR label run by Johan of Hell On Wheels. I assume that's a 3-song CD then?
Here's the full tracklist for that "La la love you Pixies!" tribute comp coming out on Düsseldorf Recordings on October 13:
01. Doktor Kosmos - Distance Equals Rate Times Time
02. Mattias Alkberg BD - Here Comes Your Man
03. Hell On Wheels - Holiday Song
04. Quit Your Dayjob - Broken Face
05. Radius - Bird Dream Of The Olympus Mons (US/Zmrzlina side project)
06. Hamell On Trial - Monkey Gone To Heaven (US)
07. Laakso - Bone Machine
08. Nathan Larson - Velouria (ex-Shudder to Think)
09. It's a Trick, It's a Trick - The Happening (members from First Floor Power/Pluxus)
10. Hello Goodbye - Gigantic
11. David Fridlund & Sara Culler - Wave of Mutilation
12. Doktor Kosmos - Distance Equals Rate Times Time