Rocket Probes – September 2023 playlist

Teeth of the Sea – Butterfly House
https://youtu.be/lSRWGsQNUCw?si=rePOsy2bvUMCiH1p

Bonnacons of Doom – Signs
https://youtu.be/k_67XRaZKIY

Goat – Join The Resistance
https://youtu.be/VeFLkA4nuk0

Tara Clerkin Trio – On The Turning Ground
https://taraclerkintrio.bandcamp.com/album/on-the-turning-ground

Melt Plastic Group – Hooh
https://meltplastic.bandcamp.com/album/hooh

Pest Control – Don't Test The Past
https://qualitycontrolhq.bandcamp.com/album/dont-test-the-pest

Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes – Paix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXwJ1Hx4o18

Henrique Apolinário – Fusão
https://faveladiscos.bandcamp.com/album/fus-o

Heavy Rain - Thrutch In 'B'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53zsV3jA34w

Slow Knife – A Hymn Supreme
https://fr33zehead.bandcamp.com/album/a-hymn-supreme

Steve Reich – Drumming Part IV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mip9Ak-iviM

Sonic Youth – Expressway To Your Skull
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cP4I_kHmC-Q

Billy Woods - Heavy Waters
https://youtu.be/VJyAZwSWuRA?si=rz4al__FNLpjGRYv

Wilson Picket – Bumble Bee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kx4Tlq-P7DE

Beastie Boys – Looking Down The Barrel Of A Gun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yr1Qe2m8oOA

Sort Joey - Ready to Rok
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkXL8QkqoE8

Blood of Vipers – Psychedelic Web
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66b8x3X2IME

Torpor – Abscission
https://humanworth.bandcamp.com/album/abscission

Novalis – Dronsz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcfHVIq5-9A

Anika – Freedom
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLWTPYfc3VI

Gary Numan – Films
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjDf89t-JFo

Listen/follow to our updated monthly Spotify playlist:

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Bonnacons of Doom release electrifying new single 'Signs'

Following the success of first single 'Facing', the mirror masked collective Bonnacons of Doom have now released Signs' the title track from their forthcoming album.

Anonymous member of the band says this about the new single: "Trying to make sense of the world in the age of multiple meanings we see patterns emerging from the ether as a flicker of hope, only for them to disappear into dust. The most banal signifier can be a potent of the heaviest of times while we laugh off our impending destruction. Nagging digital echoes are buried by swathes of organic water only for new signs to emerge."

Watch the eye-popping visualiser for the track 'Signs' above – album 'Signs' is released on 27 October.

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There are three gatefold sleeve vinyl versions of 'Signs' available.

Excited to announce there is a numbered Dinked version that has unique sleeve art, a cutout and keep 'Doom' mask and is pressed on exclusive Silver vinyl:

Preorder Dinked Edition

You can also pick-up a ltd edition Yellow vinyl via Bandcamp and a ltd edition Frosted Clear vinyl via all good record shops:

Bandcamp Edition

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Building on the intimidating intensity of Bonnacons Of Doom’s self-titled debut, 'Signs' offers a sonic response to the tension between the urge to pursue continuity with our past and to adapt to our changing present. Hypnotic grooves and the monomaniacal intensity of the riff are fractured by digital interplay, electronics and the incantatory vocals of ceremonial leader Kate Smith, coalescing into a metaphysical force which stands defiant of easy categorisation. 

Within these otherworldly manifestations on 'Signs' lurks solace in a place where the transcendent powers of heavy amplification, sonic explorations and forces darker and more unknowable can coalesce to cathartic and redeeming effect. 

Bonnacons of Doom tour supporting Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs is underway, you can still catch them at:

29 September / Bristol / SWX
30 September / Manchester / O2 Ritz
05 October / Sheffield / Foundry
06 October  / London / O2 Kentish Town Forum

And the band have these two headline shows planned:

26 October / London / Moor Beer Vaults  Tickets
11 November / Liverpool / Quarry  Tickets

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Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs reveal second track from forthcoming 'Live In New York' Album

Ahead of Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs kicking off their UK tour which starts on Saturday in Glasgow, the band have shared another track from their forthcoming 'Live In New York' album which is being digitally released on 27 October.

'Live In New York' is an 8 track live album recorded at the Mercury Lounge on 4th April 2023, and we are now happy to share with you the track 'Terror's Pillow' another fan favourite from latest album 'Land of Sleeper', listen above or you can stream/buy the track here:

Bandcamp

Streaming sites

Guitarist and producer of the band Sam Grant said this about the track "Terror's Pillow has this waltzy, almost classical feel it had going on, and was constantly trying to push that element more in the writing and production, hopefully giving it a less conventional rock/metal vibe. I like to think it has the air of an unreleased bonus track from Holst's 'The Planets' - though this is more an homage to the massive asteroid currently winging its way to Earth..."

And drummer Ewan Mackenzie said "Our show at Mercury Lounge in Manhattan NYC was the last date of our North American tour, and the final chapter of a wonderful musical adventure for us. We had already had the privilege of playing at St. Vitus in Brooklyn at the start of the tour, and so returning to NYC again felt like a kind of homecoming. The atmosphere was electric that night, there was a magic in the air and a special connection among everyone in the room. As a band, we’ve colloquially come to term the best of our performances as ‘Rinsers’. It’s safe to say that the Mercury Lounge show was worthy of the ‘Rinser’ label."

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Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs up-and-coming shows are:

UK

Sept 23 - Glasgow - Queen Margaret Union

Sept 29 - Bristol - SWX

Sept 30 - Manchester - O2 Ritz

Oct 5 - Sheffield - Foundry

Oct 6 - London - O2 Kentish Town Forum

(Bonnacons of Doom in support)

USA

Oct 29 - Austin, TX - Levitation/Hotel Vegas

Oct 31 - Troy, NY - No Fun

Nov 1 - New Haven, CT - Space Ballroom

Nov 2 - Cambridge, MA - The Sinclair

Nov 3 - Brooklyn, NY - Elsewhere

Nov 4 - Washington, DC - The Atlantis

AUSTRALIA

Dec 8 - Victoria, Meredith Music Festival

Dec 9 - Melbourne - Northcote Social Club (headline show)

Dec 13 - Canberra - Basement (supporting The Mark of Cain)

Dec 15 - Sydney - Metro (supporting The Mark of Cain)

Dec 16 - Brisbane - Tivoli (supporting The Mark of Cain)

All tickets and info can be found here: Tickets

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Teeth Of The Sea reveal 'Butterfly House' the second single from forthcoming album 'Hive'

As announced previously Teeth Of The Sea return with their sixth album 'Hive' on 6 October. And we are now thrilled to reveal 'Butterfly House', the second single to be released from the album. 

'Butterfly House' marks a new journey for Teeth Of The Sea. Always fans of synthpop and Italo-disco, a combination of serendipity and instinct led them to combine forces with vocalist and songwriter Kath Gifford (Snowpony/Sleazy Tiger/The Wargs) to create a radiant shard of neon-tinted melancholia. Less visited by the spectres of Baltimora, Bobby O and Laura Branigan than it is a haunting ode to loss and dislocation rendered in vivid colours, it's a song that marks a meeting point between the dancefloor and the ether.

Watch the Mike Bourne made video for 'Butterfly House' above:

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Hive is available to preorder now on Ltd edition LP/CD.

You can preorder an exclusive, numbered 'Dinked' edition on Neon Pink vinyl that also includes an A2 poster of exclusive art and sew on patch via here:

Dinked shops

Also via a second link below you can preorder a ltd Bandcamp exclusive LP on Yellow vinyl. And finally there is a ltd edition Blue vinyl variant for all shops. All LPs come with colour-coded obi strips...so collect the set:

Bandcamp

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Unfettered by genre distinctions or expectations, the only limits of Teeth Of The Sea - the trio comprising Sam Barton, Mike Bourne and Jimmy Martin - are those of its imagination. It therefore follows that inspiration flowed into 'Hive' from all dimensions, with the band’s sphere of influence - the science fiction, trash culture and cinematic atmospherics by which they’ve fuelled their mission thus far - expanding to take in everything from Italo-disco to minimal techno, from dubbed-out studio madness to their most brazen forays thus far into pop songwriting.

'Hive' is an alchemical headspace where monochrome animates into vivid colour. It may not be a carefully ordered insectoid militia set to overthrow society, but it’s a transmission which transcends anything Teeth Of The Sea have thus far offered in their time on Earth.

Step inside 'Hive', if you dare.

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See Teeth Of The Sea live:

6 Oct / Brighton / Hope & Ruin
7 Oct / London / Walthamstow Trades Club
13 Oct / Preston / The Ferret
14 Oct / Newcastle / The Lubber Fiend
20 Oct / Manchester / White Hotel
21 Oct / Birmingham / Asylum2
22 Oct / Glasgow / Hug & Pint
28 Oct / Bristol / Crofters Rights
18 Nov / Ramsgate / Ramsgate Music Hall

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Goat release new single 'Join The Resistance'

Following on from the single 'Unemployment Office', Goat return with the second track to be released from forthcoming album 'Medicine', which is being released on 13 October.

'Join The Resistance (Edit)' is a call to arms from the band, they say: "The track is celebrating when united people are not following the consensus. Asking the difficult questions and collectively finding your own path through a negative world."

Watch the video for 'Join The Resistance (Edit)', which like the video for 'Unemployment Office' has been created by Oliver Lewis above:

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Due to the high demand for Goat albums we have several gatefold vinyl versions available for you to choose from, as well as a ltd edition CD.

All good UK record shops will also have 'Bohemica' vinyl as well as a 'Black Trip' vinyl version. And non UK stores will have a 'Wavy Cap' vinyl edition:

Preorder here

US Goat fans – our friends at Levitation have two unique versions of the album available via the link below – plus as stated above, all good US record stores will have a 'Wavy Cap' vinyl edition for sale:

Levitation versions (US exclusive)

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The last two Goat shows (until who know when) are happening next month in Portugal, do not miss:

13 October / Porto / Hard Club
14 October / Lisbon / Lisboa Ao Vivo

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Rocket Probes – August 2023 playlist

Bonnacons Of Doom – Facing
https://bonnaconsofdoom.bandcamp.com/album/signs

Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs – Big Rig (Live)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZtd2SWEL7k

Goat – Unemployment Office
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0JDqQoHxo0

Panda Bear & Sonic Boom – Go On Dub (Adrian Sherwood Version)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9LdPrdXV_8

Mustafa Özkent – Lorke Lorke
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xaU9wsLFdc

John Carpenter – The End (John Anthony Scratch Mix)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_jrvsmQkA8

Ruffy & Tuffy – If The 3rd World War Is A Must
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsS-Niuzz40

Circus 2000 – The Sun Will Shine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYbeVocR1AE

EL Maryacho / Nowaah The Flood – Nasa
https://elmaryacho.bandcamp.com/track/nasa-nowaah-the-flood-prod-el-maryacho

Dali Muru & The Polyphonic Swarm – Bom Bom Bow
https://stroomtv.bandcamp.com/track/bom-bom-bow

Amon Düül II – Sleepwalker's Timeless Bridge
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GW0UfVDnjeg

Wau Wau Collectif – Yay Balma
https://wauwaucollectif.bandcamp.com/track/yay-balma

Your Old Droog & MF DOOM – Dropout Boogie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ai_5M3EjFqo

Harry Thumann – Sphinx
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=Zge__luTQpc

Stone The Crows – Ode to John Law
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TypuWqBnf1Y

Dub Syndicate – Ravi Shankar 
https://open.spotify.com/track/2y3x9gthtaRJB4VUChGwBk?si=b5ef4250ebaf4f38

Mulatu Astatke – Nètsanèt (Liberty)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cfu2JJSYWmc

Roc Marciano – Trenchcoat Wars
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2fNfz767V0

SamGendell – Tate-waku
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dgnASVt3Xw

Aphex Twin – Blackbox Life Recorder 21f
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_Ue_P7vcRE

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Listen/follow our updated monthly Rocket Probes playlist:

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Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs reveal live album and more shows

Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs have announced the release of 'Live in New York' – an 8 track live album recorded at the Mercury Lounge on 4th April 2023. 

The album which will be released digitally on all streaming platforms on 27 October is a perfect document of the band in full, ferocious swing.

Listen to the first track to be revealed from the album above – fan favourite from latest album 'Land Of Sleeper', the gargantuan 'Big Rig'.

Preorder the digital album here:

Bandcamp

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Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs have also added some more Australian dates for their December visit, their up-and-coming shows list now reads like this:

UK
Sept 23 - Glasgow - Queen Margaret Union
Sept 29 - Bristol - SWX
Sept 30 - Manchester - O2 Ritz
Oct 5 - Sheffield - Foundry
Oct 6 - London - O2 Kentish Town Forum
(Bonnacons of Doom in support)

USA
Oct 29 - Austin, TX - Levitation/Hotel Vegas
Oct 31 - Troy, NY - No Fun
Nov 1 - New Haven, CT - Space Ballroom
Nov 2 - Cambridge, MA - The Sinclair
Nov 3 - Brooklyn, NY - Elsewhere
Nov 4 - Washington, DC - The Atlantis

AUSTRALIA
Dec 8 - Victoria, Meredith Music Festival
Dec 9 - Melbourne - Northcote Social Club (headline show)
Dec 13 - Canberra - Basement (supporting The Mark of Cain)
Dec 15 - Sydney - Metro (supporting The Mark of Cain)
Dec 16 - Brisbane - Tivoli (supporting The Mark of Cain)

All tickets and info can be found here:

Pigsx7.com

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'Thee Alcoholics' sign to Rocket

We are chuffed to announce that South London band Thee Alcoholics are gonna be releasing their debut vinyl album on Rocket in 2024.

The brainchild behind Thee Alcoholics is our good friend Rhys Llewellyn, who keen Rocket fans would recognise as the drummer of the band The Notorious Hi-Fi Killers, who's album 'Whose Side Are You On (a title and sleeve, that scarily predicted the future) Rocket released in 2008. The trio that made up the Hi-Fi killers was completed by the extremely talented Jonathan Richards and the low end frequency master of Tony Mountford on bass, who is also a member of Thee Alcoholics!!

Rhys's Rocket credentials don't end with the Hi-Fi Killers – after leaving the band he joined Hey Colossus and was the drummer on the three albums Rocket released; In Black and Gold and Radio Static High from 2015 and The Guillotine from 2017.

So having Rhys back in the Rocket fold is a huge honour, for as well as being a good friend, we are huge fans of his musical prowess too.

Up to now Thee Alcoholics have released two must have 7" singles and cassettes on Wrong Speed Records, plus a great live LP on Human Worth Records.

Details for Thee Alcoholics album are still to be finalised, but an early 2024 release date is being planned – so watch this space for more info. And in the meantime if you see Thee Alcoholics are playing at a venue near you, then we implore you to check them out – especially if you love bands like The Heads, The Fall, The Butthole Surfers and the music of Kevin Martin, if those references get you excited then you will definitely want to get inebriated on Thee Alcoholics.

Up-and-coming shows:
30th August - The Prince Albert, Brighton
23rd September - The Beehive, Shipley
24th September - The Hatch, Sheffield
30th September - The Garage, London

Photo by Suzi Corker

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Bonnacons of Doom reveal new album 'Signs'

Mirror masked collective Bonnacons of Doom return with 'Signs'  – their second album for Rocket Recordings. The 8 track album of Trans Pennine hypnotic music is released on 27 October.

Watch the visually stunning video that was directed/edited by the album sleeve artist and band member Sam Wiehl (with help from Scenegraph Studios) for the first single to be released, the powerful sounds of 'Facing' above.

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There are three gatefold sleeve vinyl versions of 'Signs' available.

Excited to announce there is a numbered Dinked version that has unique sleeve art, a cutout and keep 'Doom' mask and is pressed on exclusive Silver vinyl:

Preorder Dinked Edition

You can also pick-up a ltd edition Yellow vinyl via Bandcamp and a ltd edition Frosted Clear vinyl via all good record shops:

Bandcamp Edition

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Building on the intimidating intensity of Bonnacons Of Doom’s self-titled debut, 'Signs' offers a sonic response to the tension between the urge to pursue continuity with our past and to adapt to our changing present. Hypnotic grooves and the monomaniacal intensity of the riff are fractured by digital interplay, electronics and the incantatory vocals of ceremonial leader Kate Smith, coalescing into a metaphysical force which stands defiant of easy categorisation. 

Within these otherworldly manifestations on 'Signs' lurks solace in a place where the transcendent powers of heavy amplification, sonic explorations and forces darker and more unknowable can coalesce to cathartic and redeeming effect. 

See Bonnacons of Doom on tour supporting Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs:
23 September / Glasgow /  Queen Margaret Union
29 September / Bristol / SWX
30 September / Manchester / O2 Ritz
05 October / Sheffield / Foundry
06 October  / London / O2 Kentish Town Forum

And the band have these two headline shows planned:
26 October / London / Moor Beer Vaults  Tickets
11 November / Liverpool / Quarry  Tickets

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Launch300 is available to stream from today

To celebrate our 25th anniversary this year we put together a very special compilation album – which coincidentally, was also our 300th release!

Simply titled 'LAUNCH300' this Bandcamp exclusive compilation is finally being released today on all streaming and digital channels.

The album features unreleased tracks by Centrum, Gnod, Goat, J. Zunz, Och, Shit & Shine, Smote and The Utopia Strong. The album's beautiful art is by the infamous French 70's artist Philippe Caza, that has been exclusively licensed for this release.

"LAUNCH300 measures out the widescreen horizons of Rocket Recordings as it embarks on the next quarter century - a label with its feet on the ground and its head mapping out a defiant course for the unknown. Get on board." 

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