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Tours and LPs for 2007 (14th December)

Next year is already shaping up to be a busy one with Kristin Hersh, Malcolm Middleton and Idlewild all announcing new LPs and Scottish dates for early 2007.

Kristin returns to Scotland for the first time since 50 Foot Wave played Glasgow in September 2004. The show at Glasgow, Oran Mor on Sunday 11th March. The Glasgow date is one of 9 in March in the UK (there's also a London date in January - sold out!) The tour is to promote the release of new LP 'Sing Like A Star' which is released by 4AD in the UK in January (Yep Roc in the US). The LP will be preceded by a single, 'In Shock'. Tickets available from Ticketmaster. More on Throwing Music here.

Meanwhile Malcolm Middleton is quickly back in action following the split of Arab Strap with the release of new LP 'A Brighter Beat' on 26th February 2007. The LP is preceded by the release of the title track as a single on 22nd January. (The single is available to listen to on Malcolm's Myspace site) Both releases are on new record label, Full Time Hobby.

Middleton tours the UK with 8 dates from 17th-24th March culminating in a Glasgow show on 24th at the Classic Grand. Tickets available from 0870 400 0688 (24hrs) LiveNation.co.uk. More on malcolmmiddleton.co.uk .

Finally, Idlewild will be promoting new LP 'Make Another World' for which there doesn't appear to be an official release date on their website. They are playing quite a lot to coincide with the new LP though. First up is a date as part of Celtic Connections at the ABC on 23rd January where they will be supported by the wonderful De Rosa (tickets).

The following night 24th Roddy Woomble (solo & friends!?) will be supporting Kate Rusby at the Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow and then on the 30th Idlewild are taking part in another show at the RCH, Glasgow for their Poetry Project album 'Ballads Of The Book' which is coming out on Chemikal Underground) and is a various artists collaboration between Scotland's top writers, poets and musicians.

A full Idlewild UK tour in March takes in dates in Aberdeen Music Hall (Monday 19th) and Perth Concert Hall (Tuesday 20th).

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TV21 to Support Undertones - Again (22nd October 2006)

25 years after supporting the Undertones on their 1981 UK tour, TV21 have secured a support slot on the Aberdeen date of the forthcoming Undertones tour. The show is at the Lemon Tree on Saturday 2nd December. Tickets for the show can be purchased via the Lemon Tree website

Source - TV21 Myspace site

Triffids' Video Online (20th October 2006)

To support the upcoming release of 'Calenture' (now slated for 30th January 2007), a specially commissioned video of 'Save What You Can' is now available online. The video has been put together by New York artist Steve Keene and can be viewed at his website www.stevekeene.com.

Source - www.thetriffids.com

Triffids' Reissues Delayed (18th October 2006)

Domino's reissues of the Triffids' 'Calenture' and 'In The Pines' has been delayed until early 2007, probably late January. According to www.thetriffids.com the bonus tracks for 'Calenture' will feature remastered B-sides and "unadorned" demos of the LP material whilst 'In The Pines' has been remixed from the original masters and will feature a further 5 songs from the same sessions.

New Edinburgh Show for Isa (17th October 2006)

Isa and the Filthy Tongues have announced their first show since their May show at the Swamp. They will be playing Cabaret Voltaire on Friday 10th November - highly recommended as is their LP 'Addiction'.

Source - Isa & Filthy Tongues official site

Four Bands Call It A Day

It’s not been a good few weeks with 2 of my favourite bands calling it a day and a further two bands quitting just after I’d bought their LPs.

First up were Hope of the States a couple of weeks back. Certainly they’ve left a wealth of material (there must be a good couple of LPs worth of B-sides alone) but the big disappointment for me is the records that they might have made.

Even worse is the spilt of the Golden Virgins . The reasons given cite lethargy, alcoholism and a hatred of the record industry, which seem fair enough. ‘Songs of Praise’ was my favourite record of 2004 by a country mile but despite great reviews stiffed at the box office.

Quite why this should be the case will remain a mystery to me although you feel that the fact that they were wrong side of 30 wouldn’t have helped. I suppose the writing was on the wall when they lost their deal before the keyboard player and the bass player's legendary Afro deserted the cause in quick succession.

There is a farewell gig in Sunderland on 27^th October and I would like to be there.

The other 2 departures are Sleater-Kinney and Arab Strap, neither mentioned on here before. However I recently purchased their most recent LPs and they’re both excellent. Hopefully the next band whose most recent record I purchase will not split up ...

Links
The Golden Virgins Myspace site
The Halfway Home - Hope of the States site (unofficial)
Sleater-Kinney official
Arab Strap official

Another TV21 Date

TV21 have confirmed another Edinburgh date . They will be playing Cabaret Voltaire on Friday 22nd September at 8pm. Support is from Acoustic Love Experience and Lee Patterson - all for just a fiver!

Source - http://www.myspace.com/tv21official

More Triffids Reissues

The Triffids' reissue programme continues in September with 2 more LPs reissued by Domino Records. From 25th September 'Calenture' gets the remastered double disk treatment with demo versions amongst the extras on the second disk. 'In The Pines' meanwhile gets a proper remix and expanded tracklisting. Details of the extra tracks have still to be confirmed but the LP are available for pre-order from Domino Mart now.

Throwing Muses Return

There have been one or two hints that TM weren't dead and the most concrete proof of that suspicion arrived in the TMO Newsletter in whcih Kristin announced not only 2 solo dates and 2 50 Foot Wave dates but the first Muses gig since 2003. The gig takes place on 5thAugust at NASA in Reykjavik, Iceland as part of the Innipukinn Festival plus a further handful in the US. Lucky people.

Source Throwing Music News - Live Update 19th May

Bob Mould To Play Edinburgh

Where will it end? Bob has filled the gap in his UK itinerary by announcing on his blog that he's playing Edinburgh on the 24th of June. Teh show is vat the Liquid Room and tickets are available from tickets-scotland.co.uk . At this rate he'll be playing gigs in Fife next time around ...

Source - modulate.blogspot.com

Born Sandy Devotional available on pre-release

The Triffids' re-released 'Born Sandy Devotional' is now available for pre-order from Domino Records on-line. Costing just Ł9.50 (including postage in the UK) you get not just the re-mastered album with 9 bonus tracks but the deluxe booklet AND a Triffids metal pin-badge. The album will be available in the shops on 12th June.

'Born Sandy Devotional' can be ordered on-line here

Triffids live/reissue

The 5 surviving members of the Triffids are reuniting and playing 3 dates in Europe in June shortly after the reissuing of a remastered version of classic album 'Born Sandy Devotional' on Domino ( Liberation in Australia) on 12th June.

The first two shows, billed as 'An Evening with the Triffids', take place in Hasselt, Belgium on Friday 23rd and Saturday 24th June before a further date at the Melkweg in Amsterdam on Monday 26th. The five surviving members will be joined by Mark Snarski on vocals with the possibility of additional guest vocalists.

Meanwhile the remastered 'Born Sandy Devotional' is the first in the planned reissue of all Triffids LP and is out on Domino on 12th June (with the 10 original tracks bolstered by 9 bonus tracks, 7 of which are unreleased.)

Source - www.thetriffids.com

TV21 Date Is On

TV21's date at the Swamp in Edinburgh is back on. The gig, the third since the band reformed last year, takes place on Saturday 20th May with support from Isa & The Filthy Tongues, V For Victory and we were promised jetpacks.

Bob Mould Returns To The UK

Bob returns to the UK to play the O2 Wireless Festival in London on Wednesday 21st June and in Leeds on Sunday 26th June. In between there are dates at Birmingham Academy 2 Thursday 22nd and Manchester University 23rd. The shows are all solo acoustic.

Source - Teletext/Sugar List