Press Release …
Heavenly Cacophony — The Soft Pack
Heavenly Recordings is proud to announce that it’s in business with The Soft Pack.
The four piece Punk Rock band from San Diego are the first signing to the label in ages, due mostly to the bullshit it had to endure during it’s latter days at EMI. Now, Heavenly is liberated and here’s the celebration.
“We flipped on hearing the (Muslims) recordings late last year and immediately went over to LA to see them. It’s our kind of Punk Rock. Melodic and discordant and tuneful and shambolic and intense and man, what a drummer. They have all the contradictions that a young band should have. Like The Modern Lovers and The Saints and the Elevators and the Velvets before them. Thankfully they liked us too and hands have been shaken”
The band are currently playing shows in Europe before returning to the U.S. to finish writing their debut record which is due out early 2010 on Heavenly / Co-op.
FOREVER HEAVENLY 2 — KWESACHU MIXTAPE LAUNCH V DEVIATE
FVRHVN 002
Heavenly presents
FOREVER HEAVENLY @ CABLE SE1
ADVANCE TICKETS FOR JUNE 5th NOW ON SALE :
http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/user/?region=gb_london&query=detail&event=324805
Yes Yes! after a last minute transfer to the wonderful CORSICA ARTS STUDIOS for the launch of the first Forever Heavenly club night we are getting primed for FVRHVN 2, this time it’s back on at CABLE as originally intended
*** STAUS REPORT! (22/5/09) WE WENT DOWN LAST NIGHT TO THE OPENING & THE CLUB IS SUPER PROPER ACE — HONESTLY ITS SPOT ON — A CLUB FOR CLUBBERS IN THE OLD SKOOL STYLE — ALL ABOUT SOUND & VIBES IN 2 PERFECTLY SIZED ARCHES WITH ANOTHER ARCH PROVIDING THE BAR INBETWEEN - FUNKTION 1 THROUGHOUT — IT FELT LIKE THE PERFECT HOME! ***
CABLE opens its doors tonight for the first time & tomorrow see’s the launch of its first club night MAGIK BUS with TODD TERJE, JARVIS & STEVE FROM PULP, MUNGOLIAN to name a few & MAGIK BUS residents NATHAN WILKINS & RICHARD NORRIS.
FVR HVN 1 brought you 2 rooms of DISCO MINCE & ELECTROID DOOF this time we bang it home with PING PONG POP & GRIME PAW with a lotta help from the DEVIATE & MICACHU CREWS.
ROOM 1 — It’s all hands on deck’s & mics & as KWES & MICACHU round up some of the collaboraters who join them on their new KWESACHU mixtape + a live set from THE INVISIBLE & DJS RAF DADDY & the HEAVENLY JUKEBOX fill the gaps inbetween DJ sets from THE HEATWAVE & PIPES:
HEAVENLY ROOM:
KWESACHU (mixtape launch) ft MICACHU and KWES live + DELS, GHOST POET, MAYHEM, ELAN TAMARA + more
THE HEATWAVE (rinse fm / soul jazz)
PIPES (sheffield)
HEAVENLY JUKEBOX +
RAF DADDY (greco-roman)
ROOM 2 –Bassheads & bumblebees feeeeeeel the rumble in the urban jungle as DEVIATE set the tone with MARTELO & ONEMAN and an all star line up of deviants to shake the trains off their tracks above.
DEVIATE ROOM:
MARTELO
ONEMAN
MAN LIKE ME (DJ SET)
ZED BIAS
RUDE KID FT GUEST MC
RACK N’ RUIN
DEVIATE DJS
Like that do you? … yep! then you can sign up to the Deviate mailing list — loads of info here: www.deviateevents.com
& there’s a FOREVER HEAVENLY facebook group where we can keep you updated on all up coming parties & get you on our reduced entry guest list;
http://www.facebook.com/editevent.php?guests&eid=90767291340#/group.php?gid=92269177118&ref=ts
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In anticipation of mixtape vol.2 you can download Micachu’s mixtape vol. 1 now from her myspace:
& this is one of the tracks off it remixed by the ever pulsating collective musical superbrain that is M.A.T.H.E.S:
GOLDEN SILVERS — TRUE ROMANCE (M.A.T.H.E.S remix)
Brighton, May 15th 2009, a very good day beside the seaside
Friday the 15th was GOOD DAY, a very good day indeed despite the rip roaring hangover’s we were suffering from the night before after spending the night down in Brighton seeing the mighty ‘THE INVISIBLE’ & the ‘never a same gig twice’ ‘MICACHU & THE SHAPES’, both of which our essential viewing/listening but we’ll cover both of them at another time, this is about one of those days when everything falls beautifully into place without even trying or dare I say it a total lack of trying.
We stayed down in Brighton because on the Friday we were signing a new band to Heavenly called THE SOFT PACK - 4 cool as cool is, not cool does, kids from L.A via San Diego who truck out the kinda punk ROCK born out of the Velvets/Modern Lovers using a classic art punk V formation of perpetual tumultuousness at the back with a driven flank of chugging base and drivin’ guitar to the sides while a just got out of bed abandonement with fixed eye stare shoots it as he tells it — POW — !
We had all that to look forward to later in the day & we had a fine day ahead of us, firstly the superb breakfast at the Pelirocco hotel — Ginger Micks residential homage to rock n roll & veggie sausgaes 
then it was down to Brightons first port of call ‘the pier’ for some clowning around & a lunchtime pint at the rough pub (Category C) that is Horatio’s, half past down by the dodgems. We could hear music coming from inside so we ducked to bar, sunk in and took in the alternative sounds of the far east and then … eh? what was a resplendent looking, hypnotic charming psych band from India doing playing in a pub on Brighton pier at midday? The band were called SWARATHMAM & the singer had all the good vibes with his ‘the healing power of music’ chants, his Indian Hendrix Fro & eventually a wooden horse that he rode around in with far more charm than that Emu fella. They were over not only for the Great Escape (where every club, pub & rug pop into gig venues for better or for worse) but as part of a program called Soundpad which involves the British Council & John Leckie. They were good, it was a good lunchtime drink, we were in good spirits. Well, so as not to bore you any further in the finer details of our GOOD day I shall surmise the GOOD bits as thus;
3 x mighty Brighton Bling chains bought on pier (& we got a discount)
Free pairs of LEVI from the One to Watch backstage (given not stolen, suppose they owed us, spend a lifetime buying one brand of jean eventually it all pays off)
Free beer & Pernod thanks to the French music export bureau
Signing the deal with The Soft Pack
Eating the best Fish & Chips in town
Watching the best band in Brighton that weekend (photos attached)
then getting cosy in the bar at the Pelirocco till it blurred into morning, this is where the story ends as I soon realized it had stopped being fun — but only at the point where I had started realizing again — up until then it had been well good!
The Soft Pack sxsw Daytrotter session
Extinction E.P out now on Merok
Sunshine & Love
High praise indeed — Ed Reyes & his bird
THE DEVIL WILL NEVER TAKE OUR SOULS AWAY …
The summer is creeping around the corner and we have been eager to come out and play. This has been the first time in years that we have spent an extended period at home in Silver Lake and San Diego. Lee and Ian have been surfing a lot and Brian and I have been exploring our dear city of Los Angeles. Even though we were born and raised here in Los Angeles there is so much to discover and so much inspiration out there. You tend to forget these things when you travel a lot. There is a saying that the ‘grass is always greener on the other side’. You know what? Sometimes it is but you can’t beat the vibe and the weather here in Southern California.
We played a festival in Santa Monica called Revel With A Cause last Saturday. It was basically a celebration of all things green and being ecologically mindful. They even had valet parking for bicycles. Now that is very LA! Our show was great and there was a mosh pit full of kids and toddlers dancing to our songs. Maybe the Little Ones are kid-tested and mother-approved? It was good to see kids jump up and down to Lovers Who Uncover. Not a bad demographic. I think this will be one of our last live appearances for a while.
We are going to concentrate on writing, recording, and rehearsing in our studio. I have to say it feels good to finally be off the road and fully concentrate on creating new material. As we look for inspiration we quickly realize that inspiration is all around us. It’s outside our window and it’s on the street. It’s in our conversations with each other. You see, music will always be the music of life. It’s the soundtrack for your feet and it’s a soundtrack for you and me. Even though the world has turned to doom and gloom we will never subscribe to that sentiment. The Little Ones have always been about escaping that. I think that’s why we decided to play music in the first place. Hopefully people will still want to hear what we will create in the next upcoming months. I want to leave you with a video we did set to Heron’s ‘The Devil’…
And the devil will never take my soul away, but leave me on my own to sing my song alone…
Here’s a video you can embed from us.
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www.myspace.com/wearethelittleones
& here’s one of my favourite tracks from the Morning Tide debut album ‘Gregory’s Chant’. It’s the UK version mixed by James Ford
The Little Ones — Gregory’s Chant
and here’s the classic Crystal Castles remix of ‘Lovers Who Uncover’ a track off the ‘Sing Song’ ep. A fine fine piece of remixing!
The Little Ones v Crystal Castles — Lovers Who Uncover
When I get the chance I’ll dig out all the Little Ones remixes & put together a download bundle from this site, there’s some bonkers boombox sidestepping takes on the Little Ones from the poppers poppin X-press2 disco dub to the wonderful blissed out Electrelane mix — I will keep you posted
Remember Roger Eagle?
Roger Eagle, DJ, born July 15, 1942; died May 4, 1999
You do? … you don’t? … you should!
Next Monday, May 4th, is the tenth anniversary of the passing of Roger Eagle & all next week the ‘Caught by the River’ website will be remembering him with the help of those who knew & worked with him throughout an influentially concentrated life.
As resident Dj at the Twisted Wheel club he was responsible for importing the sounds of American Rock n’ Roll & Rythm & Blues which would become the sound of ‘Northern Soul’ which the club became infamous for. However ‘I got very, very fed up having to call ambulances … and not being allowed to play the full range of music.’ he said in refrence to the amphetimine fuelled pace of the music he was having to play in order to keep the speeding dancers satisfied.
From there Roger then provided the focal point for the underground sound of Manchester at the ‘Magic Village’ importing US West coast sounds, light shows, filmscreenings & happenings. He also managed Manchester’s first psychedelic band ‘Greasy Bear’.
When he moved to Liverpool he helped set up the excellent Probe record shop which is still going today & promoted shows for David Bowie, Lou Reed & Captain Beefheart in an old boxing venue called the Liverpool stadium & then he went on to open ‘Erics’ the influential punk rock club ‘a second home for the new Mersey beatniks’.
“He studied music and bands, the way a gambler studies racing form”
Pete Fulwell co owner of Eric’s
“Roger always responded to inquiries about the music he championed with a barrage of information and frequently a compilation tape. His enthusiasm never let up. I remember him crying with joy when he secured a booking for his Tamla Motown hero, Junior Walker” Paul Wirral
Read an excellent piece on Roger Eagle here;
http://excoboard.com/exco/thread.php?forumid=58595&threadid=1477601
& find out more about his life & influence by signing up to the ‘Caught by the River’ site to receive Monday’s ‘Remember Roger Eagle’ download.
http://caughtbytheriver.net/2009/04/remember-roger-eagle
