[Highpoint Lowlife / March 2005 news]
Hey, hope you're all doing well! Into March already, jings,
soon gonna be summer and time for all them good festivals and
sunshine!
To the many who came out to the ISAN, Bovaflux, Fisk Industries
show - a big thank you for making it such a wonderful night.
Amazing sets by all involved and a really enjoyable evening.
Lots of release news and live shows this month..
:::RELEASES::::
Like A Stuntman - the name is great, isn't it? dang, I'm excited!
The new "Reduce" 7" is pressed and flying out the door as we speak.
If you're an indie-geek with a collection of rare 7"s, collectibles
and oddities - this is one for you - our first full band signing
and our most overtly indie release to date:
Pavement-esque detuned guitars and a healthy dose of frantic noise-pop
(a la Boyracer or Deerhoof), propelled forward on a wave of Casio
keyboards, lo-fi drum-machines, and infectious melodies!
Limited to 300 copies, with full color design and sleeve.
Download a track from the B side at:
http://www.highpointlowlife.com/downloads/likeastuntman_homerun.mp3
Full length and tour to follow in May/June.
Available now from Smallfish records, and should be on Posteverything
and Norman Records within a day or two, and all other stores in
a couple of weeks.
v/a - Some Paths Lead You Back Again.
(a compilation by the Marcia Blaine School For Girls)
Initial reaction to this has been very strong, with Norman records,
posteverything and Smallfish all selling out in the first week.
Our distributor Cargo recieved them around a week ago, so you
should be starting to see it filtering into stores this week...
Sample:
http://www.highpointlowlife.com/downloads/feld_puffin.mp3
For the upcoming year, the release schedule is shaping up like:
[hpll012] Like A Stuntman - Fresh Air Is Not The Worst Thing In Town
[hpll013] Bovaflux - tbc
[hpll014] The Village Orchestra - Et In Arcadia Ego
[hpll015] Fisk Industries - tbc
[hpll016] Tigrics - tbc
[hpll017] Izu - Yes Carb
:::WEB RELEASES::::
If Marshall Watson's "The Time Was Later Than He Expected"
was the sound of summer blossoming, this free mini album is
the perfect glacial contrast: slow shimmering melodies hover
beneath the frost of drone-based textures and the wind
bringing the distant sound of a lone kick drum.
Marshall Watson // 100 Smooth Trombones [hpweb010]
Released 1st March 2005
01 Joins Rambles
02 Buried
03 The Switch Says Go
04 There Aren't Enough Of Us
05 The Edge Of The Front
Grab it from :
http://www.highpointlowlife.com/downloads.shtml
under the web exclusives.
:::LIVE::::
Bovaflux continues his mini UK tour, first one in London this
friday, with support from Fisk Industries:
Friday March 4th
The Foundry, London
Bovaflux
with Fisk Industries (Live), Dancon1 & Pete Stormcrow
7:30pm, FREE!
March 26th
The Attick, Leicester
Bovaflux
in room 1 with dexorcist, the ghost that walks, steve morgan & mo.
(room2: sofalofa,eddie23,myoptik,gav)
10:00pm - 3:00am, 5 pounds (3 pounds members)
http://www.auxilec.com
Rashamon makes the trip to the big smoke for a special session
at Sprawl on the 9th March, promoting his latest 7".
Support comes from our very good friend e/n from [no.signal].
Following that, he will play a show in his home town of Brighton
alongside Si-cut.db and others..
Wednesday March 9th
Sprawl @ The Charterhouse, Farringdon, London.
Bohman Brothers (uk)
Tuner (fr)
Rashamon (uk)
e/n (fr/lb)
Passive Aggresive presents:
Tuesday 29th March
Rashamon, Si-cut.db, The Chap, Minimal Impact Audio Destruction,
Nathan Williams and Justin Worts, Hot Roddy
:::RADIO SHOW::::
We continue our domination of the London airwaves with our next
edition of the 'Small Pieces' show this friday, March 4th.
We'll be heading down to the studio directly from The Foundry
gig, so expect some live tracks from Bovaflux and Fisk Industries,
along with our usual selection of new and unreleased indie-rock
and electronic mayhem!
http://www.resonancefm.com
:::COMIX::::
When Jen/Square Root Of Evil was over here visiting last month,
we hung out at the Sprawl Interplay with her friend Chris. I stood and
listened to them talk about their Diesel Sweetie t-shirt collections,
before finally asking what Diesel Sweeties was..
genius! :
http://www.dieselsweeties.com/
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