Hallo Musikfreunde,
keine langen Vorreden, anbei das neueste vom Neuesten aus unserem Hause. Mit Bitte um Verbreitung (oder zumindest Kenntnisnahme).
Kurz in eigener Sache: Lisa (Assistenz Printpromo) hat uns verlassen, dafür haben wir jetzt Kati Wirges (kati@starkult.de) eingekauft.
Viele Grüße,
Jörg Timp
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- Kurznews: Pennywise, OMAHD, Brand New, Jolie Holland
- Neue Veröffentlichungen
- Pressemitteilung Monotreme Records
- Tourdaten
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1. Kurznews: Pennywise, OMAHD, Brand New, Jolie Holland
=> PENNYWISE steigen mit ihrem aktuellen Album "FROM THE ASHES" auf Platz 77 der Media Control Charts ein.
=> Am 26.09. gibt es einen Promotag mit ONE MAN AND HIS DROID in Köln, an dem die Jungs gerne und ausführlich Fragen zu ihrem neuen (supertollen) Album "Partypeople" (VÖ: 27.10.2003, Label/Vertrieb: Defiance Records/Zomba) beantworten. Asnprechpartner hier ist EIKE (eike@starkult.de). Hörproben hier!
=> Epitaph EUROPE haben kurzfristig eine neue Veröffentlichungen angekündigt. Es handelt sich dabei um BRAND NEW mit "Deja Entendu". Das Album hat sich in den USA bereits über 200.000 mal verkauft und sollte (im weitesten Sinne) allen gefallen, die auf eine musikalische Bandbreite von Promise Ring über Sugarcult bis hin zu Dashboard Confessional stehen. Produziert von Steven Haigler (Pixies, Quicksand, Local H). VÖ ist am 13.10.2003. Hier ein Feature aus dem US Rolling Stone!
=> ANTI haben ebenfalls kurzfristig einen weitere Veröffentlichung angekündigt. Am 10.11.1003 wird das Album "CATALPA" von JOLIE HOLLAND (wieder)veröffentlicht. Auszug aus der entsprechenden Presssemitteilung: Possessing a remarkable voice and nuanced phrasing (reminiscent at times of Billie Holliday), Jolie puts a new spin on rural Americana with jazz-informed textures and back-alley poetry. Originally intended as song demos for her band, Catalpa captures the artist completely un-self conscious, naked and pure. The album is so striking that despite its rough edges and very limited release (it's sold at shows, online and only 3 record stores) "Catalpa" has captured the hearts of critics as well as her fellow artists (former Rolling Stone senior writer and editor Michael Goldberg wrote: "The Elusive Jolie Holland releases what could be the album of the year." (Tom Waits nominated "Catalpa" for the Shortlist awards).
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2. Neue Veröffentlichungen
THE AWESOME MACHINE
Album: The Soul Of A Thousand Years
VÖ: 10.11.2003
Label/Vertrieb: People Like You/SPV
Kurzbeschreibung: heavy - metal - Rock, Gefahr für alle Hifi Anlagen
V.A. - SLAVE TO THE POWER -THE IRON MAIDEN TRIBUTE
VÖ: 10.11.2003
Label/Vertrieb: People Like You/SPV
Tracklist:
CD 1
1. Solace - Another Life
2. Sebastian Bach - Children Of The Damned
3. Crowbar - Remember Tomorrow
4. Archie Bunker With John Perez - Wrathchild
5. Dofke - Powerslave
6. Ian Parry And Kamelot - Flight Of Icarus
7. Holy Mother - The Trooper
8. Electric Frankenstein - Aces High
9. Wardog - Purgatory
10. Conquest - Evil That Men Do
11. Elenth Hour - Alexander the Great
CD 2
1. Iron Savior - Running Free
2. Error 7 - Stranger In A Strange Land
3. Cosmosquad With Ray Alder (Fates Warning) - Murders In The Rue Morgue
4. Fates Prophexcy - Wasteed Years
5. Zebulon - Killers
6. Las Cruces - The Prisoner
7.The Quill - Whrer Eagels Dare
8. Solstice - The Prophecy
9. John West (Royal Hunt) & Chris Caffery (Savatage) - Run To The Hills
V.A. - Where The Bad Boys Rock, PLY Labelcomp.
VÖ: 13.10.2003
Label/Vertrieb: People Like You/SPV
Kurzbeschreibung: The best selling Label Compilation is back with a blow. You get the picture of Rock`n`Roll Music today. Exclusive and rare tracks of all PEOPLE LIKE U Bands, new talents and upcoming signings. 2CD and 2LP for the price of ONE CD / LP!!! Nothing more to say... Here´s The Tracklist:
CD 1
1. Intro
2. Mad Sin - Rock Against Ass
3. Damnation - Spell On Me
4. The Spitts - That`s My Girl
5. 69-Hard - Gone, Gone,Gone
6. The Discontent - Let's Rock`n´Roll
7. The Revolvers - No Clash Reunion
8. American Heartbreak - Nobody Likes Me
9. The Bones - Dead And Gone
10. Sartana - 24 Hours Hell
11. V8 Wankers - Detroit Steel
12. Adam West - Deuce
13. The Generators - Tranquilized
14. Accidents - Wild Little Kiddie
15. Rickshaw - Last Man Standing
16. Disco Volante - Ol` Dirty Pike
17. The Heartaches - Safe And Sound
CD 2
1. Heartbreak Engines - But If I`m Too Drunk
2. Frankenstein Drag Queens - Planet Of The Apes
3. Texas Terri - Never Shut Up...
4. The Forgotten - R.R.D.
5. Squad 21 - Millionare
6. Venerea - Make Me Stay
7. Sixes & Sevens - Rock`n`Roll Pride
8. Swindle A Go Go - Leavin` Kariokee City
9. Bloodjunkies - This Cursed Place
10. Trash Can Darlings - So Whore
11. The Spook - Skulls
12. Duane Peters (feat. Pascal Briggs) - Suicide Child
13. The Meteors - U Ain`t Right
14. Celtic Bones - Wild At Heart
15. The Daybreak Boys - Days Go By
16. Joe Coffee - Stink Of Love
17. Outro
STEVE VAI
Album: Archives Volume 3 (Mystery Tracks)
VÖ: 20.10.2003
Label/Vertrieb: Favored Nations/Zomba
Kurzbeschreibung: Archives Vol. 3 is a compilation of Steve's bonus tracks featured on Japanese releases of his CDs, along with promotional tracks, songs featured on other albums and unreleased/demo tracks.
STEVE VAI
Album: VAI - Archives Volume 4 (Various Artists)
VÖ: 20.10.2003
Label/Vertrieb: Favored Nations/Zomba
Kurzbeschreibung: Archives Vol. 4 is a collection of songs Vai has contributed to other projects and records including Public Image Ltd., tracks from the Hendrix tribute In From The Storm with the London Symphony Orchestra, and a collaboration with Chick Corea from The Songs Of West Side Story, among others.
SUBTERFUGE
Album: Fabulous Friends
VÖ: 06.10.2003
Label: Supermodern/Indigo
Kurzbeschreibung: Für`s zehnjährige Jubiläum haben Subterfuge sich unlängst im Bandbus was einfallen lassen. Ihre erste CD "Fabulous" bringen sie wieder raus. Und zwar als, so amtlich das Wort auch klingen mag: Tribut-Album.... Skurille Typen, mit denen man mal in der Schulzeit Dinger gedreht hatte und die jetzt Jazz spielen, kamen genauso zum Zug wie Top-Ten-Bands der Größe Liquidos oder Paulas - sowie diverseste Spielarten zwischen diesen Spannungsfeldern. Wäre schön scheiße, hier jetzt alle aufzuzählen. Aber klingt einfach so gut: Gary, Nova International, Mikrofisch, Virginia Jetzt!, Pale, Naked Lunch, Bratseth, Hack Mack Jackson, Oiro... insgesamt 28 Bands bzw. Einzelcharacters...
THE BREAK / LET IT BURN - Split - CD
VÖ: 20.10.2003
Label/Vertrieb: Make My Day Rec./Zomba
Kurzbeschreibung: Leidenschaft, Energie und musikalische Agressivität sind die elemantaren Punkte die eine gute Band ausmachen. The Break vereinen diese Leidenschaft und Energie und vor allem verpacken sie ihre Wut in Kreativität!! Nun legen sie nach ihrem selbstbetiteltem Debut (veröffentlicht Februar 2003 über MMD) mit dieser Split EP - zusammen mit LET IT BURN (bisher 2 Alben veröffentlicht) ein weiteres mitreißendes Stück (Punk) Rock vor. Ab Oktober kommen THE BREAK auf große Deutschlandtour.
Ansonsten noch:
BRIAN SETZER
Album: Nitro Burnin' Funny Daddy
VÖ: 20.10.2003
Label/Vertrieb: Surfdog/Sony Neo
THE REVOLVERS
Album: End Of Apathy
VÖ: 22.09.2003
Label/Vertrieb: People Like You/SPV
WELLWATER CONSPIRACY
Album: s/t
VÖ: 13.10.2003
Label/Vertrieb: Megaforce Rec./Sony Neo
JOE STRUMMER & THE MESCALEROS
Album: Streetcore
VÖ:20.10.2003
Label/Vertrieb: Hellcat/SPV
THE SLACKERS
Album: Close My Eyes
VÖ: 08.09.2003
Label/Vertrieb: Hellcat/SPV
THE MASS
Album: City Of Dis
VÖ: 27.10.2003
Label: Monotreme/Cargo
LOWER FORTY-EIGHT
Album: Skin Failure
VÖ: 27.10.2003
Label: Monotreme/Cargo
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3. Pressemitteilung Monotreme Records
Wir haben seit kurzem die Promotion für das in London beheimatete Label MONOTREME REC. übernommen. Das Label wurde 2002 gegründet und beschäftigt sich vornehmlich mit allem was den Stempel INDIE vertragen könnte. Allerlei Nützliches erfährt man auch über die Labelpage www.monotremerecords.com.
Folgende Veröffentlichungen stehen an:
THE MASS
Album: City Of Dis
VÖ: 27.10.2003
Label: Monotreme/Cargo
City of Dis is the debut album from The Mass, an angular four-piece from Oakland, California comprising Matt Waters (sax / vocals), Matthew Solberg (bass - also plays guitar in From Monument to Masses), Tom O'Donnell (guitar) and Tyler Cox (drums). The band play dynamic, stop-on-a-dime music that gallops through a variety of styles, incorporating math-rock, punk/jazz saxophone and metal guitar riffs, with grindcore vocals that range from high-pitched screams to deep guttural growls and unearthly howls. Despite the varied nature of their music, the songs somehow remain cohesive and even melodic. Tracks such as 'Trapped Under A Ice' and 'We Enslaved Elves To Build Our Death Machine' are epic trawls through ever-shifting landscapes of squalling saxophones, drifting art-rock drones and crushing guitar.
The album was recorded by Tim Green (of The Fucking Champs) and mastered by John Golden.
For Fans of Mr Bungle, Fantomas, Shellac, John Zorn, NoMeansNo, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Sweep The Leg Johnny, and Frank Zappa or anyone who enjoys listening to inventive and well-executed music and isn't afraid to rock out.
LOWER FORTY-EIGHT
Album: Skin Failure
VÖ: 27.10.2003
Label: Monotreme/Cargo
Lower Forty-Eight was formed in May 2000 with the intent of playing music that has the heaviness of metal, the complexity of progressive rock and the intensity of punk and hardcore. Following their debut EP, "Gentle Tyranny" and a full-length album, "Halfback", both released on their own King of Sticks recording cooperative, the San Francisco trio unleash their European debut, Skin Failure - a dynamic, passionate album characterised by the powerful angular guitar and intense vocals of Andrew Lund and the precise, complex rhythms of Phil Becker (drums) and Grady Mutzel (bass).
From the hyper-kinetic opener, "If I Dare", to the thundering finale title track, Skin Failure maintains a driving energy throughout, transiting through numerous tempo changes, careering from melodic to frenzied, and punctuated with explosive outbursts of guitar. The seamless blending of diverse elements to create songs that are intricate yet accessible reflects the high level of craftsmanship that Lower Forty-Eight apply to their songwriting, resulting in an album that propels the listener forward from start to finish. Andrew Lund's vocals, at times melodically melancholic, at other times furiously screamed, underscore the personal nature of many of the songs' lyrics. In the final half of the album, Lund delivers his own blistering attack on the American 'state of the union', heaping fiery scorn upon the corporate greed of global capitalism, disregard for the environment and heavy-handed foreign policy espoused by the Bush administration.
RAL PARTHA VOGELBACHER
Album: Kite vs Obelisk
VÖ: November 2003
Label/Vertrieb: Monotreme/Cargo
Listening to Ral Partha Vogelbacher's European debut album, Kite vs Obelisk, one can't help but wonder how the world must appear through the eyes of Chadwick Bidwell, the impishly creative driving force behind the San Francisco band. It's probably safe to say that his fantasy life is alive and well and firing on all cylinders.
On Kite vs Obelisk, he casts his imaginative and musical nets wide, and drags in a heaving shoal of weird yet strangely endearing characters to populate a richly diverse musical landscape. There's "Aral Sea Regulars", a tenderly mournful Will Oldham/Songs:Ohia-style ballad about terrified soldiers on an ancient battlefield awaiting their moment of glory; the Pavementesque slanted and enchanting "I'm a Jai Ali Kinda Guy"; "Night Stinger in the Night Shade" - a rocking tale of a taxman who sells his infant son to a dark wraith in exchange for a comfy life; the whimsically macabre "Take Me to Your Dacha", with it's jingly upbeat tune and black humour worthy of Monty Python; the breezy and surreal "Kite Carry Obelisk Over Lake Victoria"; the gentle quirky humour of "Walking a Sickly Bobcat South of Your Cedar Infested Estate"; and the dazzling pyrotechnics of "Red Hot Tugboat", plus a half-dozen other songs of equal splendour.
Ranging from stark acoustic to fuzzed out electric guitar and squalling feedback via waltz, frantic folk, syncopated rock and drunken drum machine, and containing lyrical references to the Stones, Palace, the Smiths and Pavement, Kite vs Obelisk is an album of many hues.
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4. Tourdaten
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3. KONTAKT STARKULT PROMOTION
STARKULT PROMOTION
Merowingerstr. 57
40225 Düsseldorf
CHECK out our inhouse label: Make My Day Rec.
www.makemydayrecords.de
Zentrale - Assistenz Printpromo - Kati Wirges
0211 - 30 21 17 - 0
mailto: kati@starkult.de
Printpromo - Eike Schmale
0211 - 30 21 17 -11
mailto: eike@starkult.de
Radio- / Webpromo - Alex Schröder
0211 - 30 21 17 -12
mailto: alex@starkult.de
Assistenz Radio- / Webpromo - Stefan Sowa
0211 - 30 21 17 -13
mailto: stefan@starkult.de
Alle Promobereiche / Geschäftsführung - Jörg Timp
0211 - 30 21 17 -10
mailto: jörg@starkult.de
Allgemeines Fax:: 0211 - 30 21 17 - 66
