And so despite barely being able to stand it was time for one final push for the much anticipated White Hills. And boy was it worth it. An hour and a half of mindbending psychefuzz that had me melting down the walls of the Batcave. If you haven't had the pleasure of this NY trio imagine The Black Angels being fucked really hard by early Monster Magnet. Every fibre of my body is aching, I'm wrecked, I'm insanely tired, everyone around me is swaying as everyone seems to have the first day extremely hard yet it all adds to the lyseric transendence. absolutely brilliant and one of my bands of the festival. And the catsuit clad bass foxtress was a very handy focal point ;-)
Once again back by popular demand, Rocket are going to manufacture the 'ode to Mudhoney' T-shirt first produced back September 2000 (launch 013). We are currently deciding on colours and we are asking people to vote for their top 3 colours (do so by posting comments below).
Rocket are proud to announce the creation of Cardinal Fuzz a newly formed band featuring two members of The Heads, with Jess from Episonic and Gareth of Big Naturals fame. The Myspace Site is currently under construction and the tracks posted are from recent jams with more to come but hopefully this will give you a taster of whats to come.
The White Hills Thrill Jockey in are in the process of pressing up The White Hills 'Heads On Fire' LP on Vinyl. Please contact TJ for further details regarding release dates and information.
New material is also set for release on Thrill Jockey in late 2009/early 2010.
Sonic Attack (Psychedelic Warlords), the Acid Mother’s Temple / White Hills split 7″ is one of three special limited edition releases by Irish record label Trensmat celebrating Hawkwind’s heyday with cover versions by contemporary bands.
The artwork by Johnnyo from Rocket who's own work has been massively influenced by Barney Bubbles was an attempt at a remix of the creations which inspired him so much over the years.
For further reading on this visit this excellent link
We are very proud to announce the release of 'Camden Brain Slurry' on our great friends Rocket Records. It is a split 12" release with the wonderful White Hills,who's offering for this slab of vinyl is 'I Will Find Peace of Mind'.
It's the first in a series entitled 'Collisions',this the first volume comes in a limited run of 1000 copies with 300 on orange vinyl and only 150 with a limited numbered art print. It comes in a die cut sleeve and insert with outstanding artwork we have come to expect from Johnny 'O. Unfortunately they managed to get the labels the wrong way round but once you are aware of this it shouldn't impair the aural experience contained within the grooves of this fine item. It is released on Monday 20th April and can be ordered from Cargo Records or purchased from your local Independent Record Shop.
To mark the release we are playing the 'Stoned Hand of Doom' Festival in Rome on Saturday 17th May at INIT. White Hills will also be playing that night as part of their European tour. Tickets are 15euros and are available from shod_tickets@hotmail.it,doors are at 16.00hrs and we will be headlining. Look forward to seeing you there !
The amazing Australian band Grey Daturas are over here for a European tour and are playing two London shows at Café Oto in Dalston on Sunday 19th with ‘Ashtray Navigations’ in support, and then at Bardens Boudoir also in Dalston on Thursday 24th with the very mighty ‘Big Naturals’ supporting.
There may also be a free secret ‘warm-up’ show in Hackney on Saturday (18th) as well...if you are interested contact us by e-mail (via the website) and we will keep you updated.
The full dates of the tour are:
April:
18th, Sat: London, UK: Free warm-up in Hackney TBC
19th, Sun: London, UK: CAFÉ Oto
22nd, Wed:Glasgow, Scotland: 13 Note Cafe
23rd, Thurs:London, UK: Bardens Boudoir
24th, Fri:Amsterdam, Netherlands: Occii
25th, Sat:Tilburg, Netherlands - Roadburn fest
26th: Sun: Lille, France: La Malterie
27th: Mon: Paris, France: La Mécanique Ondulatoire
28th, Tues: Lons, France: Localypse 2 w/ Monarch hero
29th, Wed: Bilbao, Spain: El Balcon de la Lola w/ Year of no Light
30th, Thurs: Gijon, Spain: Bola 8 w/ Year of no Light
May:
1st, Fri: Porto, Portugal: SWR Barroselas Festival w/ Year of no Light
2nd, Sat: Lisbon, Portugal:ZdB
3rd, Sun: Madrid, Spain:Wurlitzer Ballroomw/ ASVA + AATHMA
4th, Mon: Badalona (Just outside of Barcelona) Spain: ESTRAPERLO (CLUB DEL RITME)
5th, Tues: Geneva, Switzerland: L’Usine w/ Rorcal
6th, Wed: France, Lyon: Sonic Lyon
7th, Thurs: Munich, Germany:Sunny Red: w/ Rorcal
9th: Sat: Berlin, Germany: Schokoladen Mitte
10th: Sun: Rostock, Germany: Ms Stubnitz w/ Nadka
11th, Mon: Copenhagen, Denmark: Club Adorno w/ Habsyll (Fr)
23/04/2009 at 20:00 Barden’s Boudoir w/ The Big Naturals (Rocket Recordings) 36 Stoke Newington Rd, London, N16 7XJ, London
'Path of Niners' review by Julian Cope from last year...but in case you missed it:
And if you need more of that 'Fall Of Empires' tidal wave, you know, the kind perpetrated by contemporary ensembles such as the Angelic Process and Nadja, then make sure you seize any opportunity to grab a copy of PATH OF NINERS, the latest work by Australia's mighty trio Grey Daturas. Finally securing its UK release on the venerable Bristol label Rocket Recordings, this new album is an outrageous tumult of sound, a raging Ragnarok of in-yer-face-ness, sounding as though Allah - suddenly alerted by the Christian God to the fact that we in the West don't believe in any of 'em - has thrown such a hissy fit that he's torn Britain in half and proceeded to hammer Europe into oblivion using a large piece of Scotland.
Collisions V.1 Format: Heavy Vinyl LP (Orange / Black Vinyl) Catalogue Number: LAUNCH033LP Number of Discs: 1 Release Date: 20 April 2009
Rocket Recordings are proud to announce the release of the all new Collision Series. We celebrate Volume 1 of this series by coupling together two monolithic fuzzed transmissions by gods of heavy psychedelia, New Yorks White Hills and the UK legends The Heads.
The record survey’s both bands voyage towards a single lengthy Incursion, a whole side of burnout bliss. Each track will navigate the listener to explore Rocket flight paths until he/she is gasping for time in the air lock. White Hills ‘I Will Find Peace of Mind’ traces paths explored on previous Rocket favourite Heads on Fire (Launch 029), but this time the journey expands till it kicks the dust storms into a spacerock void. The slow pulse of pounding bass and pendulums of fuzz guitar swirl like a battle against unleashed elements, lost in the bottomless depths of the cosmos. Head for the wind, dark and frozen. Finally the whole piece concludes with a field recording gradually fading out into eternity. A parallel previously harvested by the freaks of Finland in the early 70’s. (Vocal Track)
With an all together heavier payload, The Heads ‘Camden Brain Slurry’ pilots further uncharted territory. From the off, the thrust of the entire band pummel the onboard circuits until the propulsion dials are teetering in the red, until it’s eventually time to bailout in a free fall haze of fuzz and feeback. Then the fun begins. In microbursts of repetitive transmission’s The Heads signal the ether before the engines are re-fired in hypnotic thrusts of distortion, eventually suffocating you until your brain screams for release. This is when we resume our journey with The Heads marching on in a Krautrock blitz until red eyes have taken them and you have to lower your landing gear. (Instrumental)
(It has also come to our attention that the labels on the new Heads/White Hills split 12 inch have been manufactured incorrectly, they don't seem to correlate with the titles on the back of the sleeve, I'm sure fans of both bands will recognise which tracks are which)
