May news

G'day,

Thanks to everyone that got out to one (or more) of the LOS CHICOS
shows; what a fabulous party!! LOS CHICOS plan to return late 2013!!
and right now i'm booking shows for not one, but two touring bands due
here mid august: KING SALAMI AND THE CUMBERLAND 3 (UK) and JOHNNY
CASINO Y LOS SECRETOS- our man in sydney plus his spanish backing
band.

recent releases:
**THE HARD-ONS "SMELL MY FINGER" 2xCD - Citadel Records is proud to
announce a five part reissue series The Hard-Ons - A Decade Of Rock.
This definitive body of work will present the entire official recorded
output of The Hard-Ons' first ten years of existence with a new
reissue every three to four months.
Smell My Finger debuts the series. Spanning the years 1984 - 1987, it
contains all of the band's early 7 inch releases and the two 12 inch
album releases Smell My Finger and Hot For Your Love, Baby. Every
officially released Hard-Ons' tune from the period, down to the most
obscure compilation track, has been included. Adding interest to the
mix is some bizarre and fascinating live documentation from salvaged
party tapes and desk recordings.

**CRYSTAL THOMAS AND THE FLOWERS OF EVIL "A CHANCE IN HELL" CD -
Through unhinged guitar lines and intense brooding vocals, Crystal
Thomas is set to release 'A Chance n Hell' - Crystal's sophomore
album; written, recorded, and co-produced with Spencer P Jones and
Matt Walker, captures Crystal’s 'Australian-gothic', confessional
lyrics over a dark disco pulse and rock n roll swagger, raw against
the lush production of the previous offering – 2008 Stovepipe records
release.

**THE NO REAL NEED "NONLOCAL MOTIVES" CD - Nonlocal Motives is The No
Real Need’s second album, and is the first
document of the band as a four-piece. Recorded by Robert Pollard’s
right-hand man Todd Tobias at Waterloo Sound in the USA, and by Brent
Punshon at Melbourne’s Head Gap, it has more of a live feel than
2009’s Thistles Where We Slept; yet the addition of new voices has
only broadened the canvas for Steve’s idiosyncratic pop, which reaches
a little further out into space this time. The songs project richly
imagined, echo-laden nth dimensions, littered with metaphysical
musings and Jungian freak-outs. There are more layers, more
echo-tinged tangents than before, all coated in a sticky shared DNA
damaged as much by grunge as by tape delay. But the essential sound of
Steve’s operation remains: an odd blend of stiff-armed Colin
Newman-style experimentalism and buttery, harmonised pop. Probably
closer to the latter, much to the drummer’s chagrin. Cassette version
available in April on Do Your Block.

coming later this month for the off the hip record label:
**JOHNNY CASINO - SAMPLER CD featuring new recordings from Johnny's
many current projects; secrets album, johnny solo album, johnny y los
secretos, carrie philis and the downtown three 7", plus tracks from
his entire career. Who can stop this man??

**THE SINGLES CD - compilation from this early '80s sydney powerpop
band. contemporaries of LITTLE MURDERS and YOUNG MODERN.

GIGS:
Sat 12th May The Chords (UK) @HiFi w/ Little Murders & the Messengers

Saturday May 12th Midnight Woolf @ The Gasometer w/ Mass Cult and Bad Vision

Friday 18th May - Brothers Grim and the Blue Murders @ the Tote w/ La
Bastard and the Murlocs

Saturday May 19th Brothers Grim @ The Tote w/ Midnight Woolf and the Merlocs

Sun 20th May - JOHNNY CASINO & friends @ The Sando from 4-7 for FREE !

Fri 25th May – The No Real Need @ Town Hall Hotel (Album Launch) (2 sets)

Friday 25th May - La Bastard @ the National Hotel, Geelong w/ The
Living Eyes and the Kremlings

Sat 26th May. Cold Harbour @ Great Britain w/ Little Murders

Thursday 31st May - La Bastard @ the Luwow, w/ Murder Rats and Sin and
Tonics (Tasmania)


get in touch for your next mailorder, or simply drop into the record
store when you're next in Melbourne town.

have a tops weekend, and thanks for your continued support of a true indie,
mickster