Goat announce first European tour!

The press release reads:

Masked, tribal, psych rockers Goat have announced their first ever European tour that will take them through 12 cities and finish with a huge show at the famous Roundhouse in London.

The Swedish band's highly acclaimed debut album World Music in 2012 on Rocket Recordings, become one of the most talked about albums of the year.  Described as “a brilliant and intoxicating record” by Clash Music and  the BBC urged listeners to “surrender your mind, body and soul to the music of Goat and one of the year’s best albums”.  Since then, Goat have wowed fans at many of the great festivals including Glastonbury, Primavera, Roskilde, Flow, Way Out West, ATP and most recently, Coachella. 

Their stunning live set was captured at a Glastonbury warm-up show at the Electric Ballroom in London, and was subsequently released as an album called Live Ballroom Ritual which left many journalists citing it as one of the best live albums ever made!

The full tour dates are:

19th September -  Copenhagen, Vega 

20th September -  Tilburg, Incubate 

21st September - Brussels, Ancienne Belgique 

23rd September - Berlin Postbahnhof 

24th September - Münich, Ampere 

25th September - Paris,Trabendo

27th September - Liverpool Psych Fest (w/ Teeth of the Sea, Gnod, Hills etc)

28th September - Glasgow, SWG3 (w/ Lay Llamas)

29th September - Newcastle, Northumbria University (w/ Lay Llamas)

1st October - Brighton, Concorde (w/ Lay Llamas) 

2nd October - Bristol, Trinity Centre (w/ Lay Llamas) 

3rd October - London Roundhouse (w/ Lay Llamas) 

As you will notice, fellow Rocket Recordings artist, Lay Llamas, whose debut album Ostro is released on 26th May will be supporting Goat on all UK dates.

In other news – Goat will also be appearing at Latitude festival as well as Eurokeennes in France prior to this forthcoming European tour, where audiences can expect to hear new tracks from their follow-up to World Music.  

Goat are currently in the studio putting the final touches to their much-anticipated new album before heading out to bring their unique brand of Tribal Psych to crowds across Europe.

Photo by Adam Kissick

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Rocket Probes April Playlist

'Rainbow Way' by George Gittoes w/ live soundtrack Holy Balm from OtherFilm on Vimeo.

Swans – A little God
(Great new track by Swans... Like Nick Cave meeting vintage Gnod and 'Angels of Light' era Gira... stunning!!!)
Swans

Can – Graublau
(Stunning noise n'groove track from one of Rocket's fave bands of all time!)
Can

His Electro Blue Voice – Ruthless sperm
(Great band on Sub Pop that mix late 80's hardcore/industrial/noise with krautrock repetition and the sounds of Wire)
His Electro Blue Voice

Cave –  Threace
(Maybe their best album? very subtle but it gets under the skin, and the stunning track below is like Soft Machine meeting Funkadelic in a Cologne car park!)
Cave

Container – Boiler Room session
(Extremely great Kraut techno)
Container

Various – Angel Dust Psychedelia
(All killer no filler comp of rare US rock from '68-'72...like a heavier, more groove driven 'Chocolate Soup for Diabetics')
Various

Wedding Present – Bizarro
(Maybe not what you would expect on a Rocket playlist but contains some great Velvet Underground'esque noise pop as the track here shows)
Wedding Present

Bufalo Daughter – Psychic
(Mike Bourne from Teeth of the Sea turned us on to this forgotten early 2000's kraut infused classic)
Bufalo Daughter

Flying Saucer Attack – Flying Saucer Attack
(Was reminded with of by Mike from Teeth of the Sea recently and enjoyed dipping back into it, Dave from FSA got us into alot of the music we now consider classic Rocket favourites today, so we thank him for that, someone should re-issue this)
FSA

Catherine Ribeiro – Paix
(Spacey organ driven repetitive folk)
Catherine Ribeiro

Tar Babies – No Contest
(SST eighties funky psychedelic jazz rock)
Tar Babies

Augustus Pablo – Original Rockers
(Sweet sweet dub)
Augustus Pablo

Butter 08 – Mona Lisa
(Cibo Matto side project on Grand Royal)
Butter 08

Stone Roses – Fools Gold
(James Brown inspired Can grooved pop)
Stone Roses

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Echoes and Dust Review 'Teeth of the Sea - A Field in England: Re-Imagined'

The good people at Echoes and Dust review Teeth of the Sea - A Field in England: Re-Imagined

'When Teeth Of The Sea announced they were re-scoring A Field in England live I felt it was a great combination. Ben Wheatley's hallucinogenic, sprawling epic was finely scored on film by long term collaborator Jim Williams, but the great thing about music and film is they both can inspire interpretation and TOTS have a seemingly natural ability to create music inspired by film. Their recent astounding albumMaster itself sounds like a mushroom fuelled disco for the apocalypse. It very much ‘feels’ like a soundtrack and conjures imagery every time I listen to it.......'

Read the full article here

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Anthroprophh – Precession LP on Cardinal Fuzz

The great Cardinal Fuzz have a new Anthroprophh ltd vinyl LP which is ready to preorder.

The two track album features a new version of 'Precession' which was one of the stand-out tracks from Anthroprophh's eponymous debut album released on Rocket in 2013. Plus a brand new 17 minute + Jam called EBBE

You can listen to the tracks here: Anthroprophh

And purchase here: Cardinal Fuzz

And read a review here: Sunrise Ocean Bender

On other Anthroprophh news, the bands 2nd album proper has just been mastered and it is an utter monster, sounding like Chrome jamming with Hendrix and the Butthole Surfers!! 

More info on this stunning new album soon

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Rocket Showcase in Brussels

We are really excited by this Rocket Showcase that is happening in Brussels the day after Eindhoven Psych Lab:

ROCKET RECORDINGS SHOWCASE
–
Gnod
Teeth of The Sea
Anthroprophh
Lay Llamas
–
Magasin 4 
Brussels
Belgium
–
Saturday 7 June 
8PM
10 Euro's
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Go to magasin4.be for tickets and more info

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Optical Sounds #6 – available for pre-order

Our favourite magazine Optical Sounds has a new issue ready for pre-order.

If you are unfamiliar with Optical Sounds, then it is a great magazine that specialises in the 'psych underground' from past, present and future. It was founded by legend that is Dave Cambridge who also runs the great Cardinal Fuzz Records. Now the magazine is now also run with the help from Brett Savage from the mighty Dead Sea Apes.

This issue contains:

Interviews with Anthroprophh and The Heads collaborators Big Naturals (now full time members in Anthroprophh) as well as Lantern, White Manna, Fuzz,  Cave, The Oscillation, Shooting Guns, Freak Flag Recordings, Crossroads Of Sabbath. Plus features on Funkadelic, BJM, Fuzz pedals plus all the usual reviews etc. 

This issue will be a lush risoprinted affair, 48 A4 pages.

You can buy this and back issues (essential reads) here: Optical Sounds

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Lay Llamas give a High Five

'Is your clam in a jam' asked Lay Llamas what their top 5's were:

PICK FIVE WORDS TO DESCRIBE YOUR SOUND

Repetition, Astronomy, Jungle, Magic, Remote Future.

PICK FIVE DECADES AND THE ONE SONG/ALBUM THAT DEFINES IT FOR YOU

1920s/1930s
Edgar Varèse – The Complete Works

1960s
Terry Riley – A Rainbow in Curved Air

1970s
Pink Floyd – Meddle

2000s
Panda Bear – Person Pitch

2010s
Peaking Lights – 936

PICK FIVE ARTISTS/LABELS/PEOPLE THAT GIVE YOU FAITH IN MUSIC

Chris Reeder & John O’Carroll @ Rocket Recordings
The Beatles
The Soul Of The Holy Llama
Mike Scott
Stephen Lawrie

PICK FIVE ESSENTIAL PIECES OF MUSICAL EQUIPMENT/FX/EVERYDAY THINGS YOU NEED TO MAKE MUSIC

’75 Fender Jazz Bass
Boss DD-20 Giga Delay
TC Helicon Voice Tone
Gibson Super Jumbo
Buddha Machine

PICK FIVE WORDS OF ADVICE FOR THE WEEKEND UP AHEAD

Reflect and pray, if you need to, before attending Black Mass in The Interstellar Jungle.


See the full piece here: Is your clam in a jam

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Goat West Coast tour photo's, reviews and videos

Here's a collection of photo's, reviews and previews from Goat's recent Wandering Westward tour:
(these post will be constantly updated as more reviews/images and videos appear)

Coachella
Brooklyn Vegan
Daily Bulletin
Aesthetic magazine
AXS
Consequence of Sound
Head Medicine
LA Record
Las Vegas Weekly
Lyynks Music
Music of my Mind
NPR
The Owl Mag

Pioneer Town
CV Independent
I heart Goat Meat

San Francisco
The Owl Mag

Seattle
Seattle Times
The Stranger

Vancouver
Straight
Exclaim

Portland
National Rock Review

Photo is by Jeff Spier for the Owl Mag

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Fan filmed footage of NEW Goat track at Coachella

As far as we know this is the only footage of a new and at present 'untitled' Goat track.

The track was first premiered live at Goat's shows at ATP Festival and London's Koko in October last year. But this live recording from last weekend's Coachella is as far as we know it the first time it has been captured. 

Obviously being an amateur recurring from a festival the sound isn't the best!!

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"Goat makes the entire Rickshaw horny"

Here is a great review of Goat's recent show at Vancouver's Rickshaw Theatre:

Goat makes the entire Rickshaw horny
by ADRIAN MACK 

What’s the capacity of the Rickshaw Theatre? Six-hundred-and-fifty, or so? That’s roughly how many horny people walked out after Goat’s performance in Vancouver last night (April 15). I hope the orgies commenced in all corners of the city.

Goat, if you don’t know, is a “collective” hailing from that noted centre of voodoo magic, northern Sweden. The music is a kind of afro-psyche hybrid if it was distilled through the roughest parts of Detroit in 1975 (ie. not northern Sweden). But more importantly, Goat is all goofy costumes and masks with the heaviest sex-cult vibe this side of Yahowha 13 and the Source Family. Only the music’s better, even if the set-opener “Goatman” (was it? I was drunk) came off more technically impressive than heat-inducing.

But you can’t just turn this shit on and off, see. By the time Goat had soared its way to “Run to Your Mama”, the band’s two screeching frontwomen—let’s call them Greenie and Bluey, based on their respective tribal outfits—had whipped, stroked, and generally dervished the club into a condition of total supplication (plus they added some percussion).

Let’s note that Goat actually sounded better live than on its amazing 2012 debut album, World Music. Does that count as enough objective music criticism? Cause the point of the whole night came—and I do mean came—when the exotically limber Greenie was leaping up and down on the spot trance-flashing her undies and clawing at her crotch during hypnagogic encore “Det som aldrig forandras”. The men of Goat, meanwhile, remained rooted where they stood, channeling all that heavy orgone into their instruments, which is why it came out so drenched in super-electric feel. The tension was insane. The climax was Swedish.

See the review and picture here: Straight.com

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