Goat – It's time for fun (Great new 7" by Goat, a nice taster for what's to come...watch it played live at Glastonbury below) Goat Mamuthones / Above the Tree – Untitled (Nice grooved out drones by this interesting collaboration between Mamuthones and Above the Tree) Mamuthones Beak / Keab (Great new 4 track EP from Beak and their alter ego) Beak Josefin Öhrn + The Liberation – Anything so Bright (Very addictive Shoegaze popfrom Sweden) Josefin Öhrn + The Liberation Black Tempest – Darkness Unfolding (Great new album that came free with the great Optical Sounds magazine. His best yet and well worth listening too) Black Tempest Oyama Edit – Niagra Pink (AMAZING spacey, acidy, krauty, tribal grooves that sample Floyd...off their Ghost Guide 12"...Sounds like Bordeoms gone Acid!) Oyama Edit Terminal Cheesecake – Cheese Brain Fondue: Live In Marseille (Great live set from the reformed Cheesecake!!) Terminal Cheesecake Massive Attack – Mezzanine (An album that doesn't date...bit of a masterpiece if we don't say) Massive Attack
Watch this great live footage of Lay Llamas playing live at Musiche di Sconfine - Cormons from 13 June. You will notice that Nicola from Lay Llamas has put together a new live band around him so it is sounding very different to to what you may of seen before...so this is well worth a watch to hear some stunning 'new' kraut groove goodness and new takes on tracks from Ostro!! And don't forget, Lay Llamas have Space Jungle Mantra album out soon on 4 Zero records, more info here: 4 Zero Records ---
Mission Control had the pleasure of hanging out with Goat over the weekend, first at Down the Rabbit Hole festival in Holland and then at Glastonbury. Both sets were amazing and thanks to Auntie, you can watch the full Glastonbury performance now right here on BBC iPlayer: Goat at Glastonbury 2015 Set list is: Words Talk to God Gathering of ancient tribes Let it bleed Disco Fever It's time for fun Goathead Goatman Run to your mama Hide from the Sun Goatslaves
The great Cardiff record shop Spillers are doing a special Rocket campaign...buy two Rocket LP's and get a free Rocket tote bag What are you waiting for? Find out more here: Spillers ---
Goat The Park Stage 9pm Sunday Stuart Maconie will be broadcasting some of the set live during his Freak Zone show and BBC are filming it, so expect to see footage on TV, either live or via the red button/ iPlayer. Also, be the first to hear the new single IT's TIME FOR FUN, that we announced here We can't wait!!!! ---
Glastonbury isn't the only festival this weekend. In Italy there is a great festival called 'Indie Rock Festival' and Lay Llamas (on Friday) Mamuthones (on Sunday) andare going to be appearing. Tickets and more info can be found here: Indie Rock Festival ---
"The first time the word “mammoth” was used as an adjective, it described a 1,234-pound wheel of cheese, an amalgamation of every cow in the town of Chesire, Massachusetts’ milk. Gifted to then-President Thomas Jefferson, Federalists dubbed the gift “mammoth cheese” because of the ancient animals’ bones being recently uncovered in New York state. Obscure history, munchies, and a fumigating-esque repugnance; ah, yes, doesn’t this sound like college all over again? Luckily, for those looking to relive their college years, or for the experimental ambient fan seeking to soundtrack next semester’s fabled dorm-room philosophizing, Scottish outfit GNOD’s latest release Infinity Machines provides plenty of fodder and comes packed with starter topics, free of charge!" Read more here: Pop Matters - "Sprawling its way across three sides of vinyl and two CDs, Infinity Machines is Gnod at their most epic. There’s a lot of it and can feel initially daunting to step into it as you realise the weight of expectation, and the fact that your brain has to disseminate so much music, creep up on you. So I’m going try my best at reviewing such a large body of work that has all the mystical trappings of being almost progressive, but steps away into a realm of its own..." Read more here: Freq ---
We are very pleased to announce that Goat will be releasing a brand new single this August. This is their first release since their critically acclaimed second album, Commune last September. During the winter months, the band returned to their Swedish village of Korpilombolo to write new material, and this two-track single is their first fruits. "It's Time For Fun" will be released on a limited edition 7" and digital on 7 August 2015. Goat have a busy summer ahead of them. As well as recording a new album for us they have several festival appearances confirmed including this weekend Down the Rabbit Hole in Holland plus a return to Glastonbury Festival. If you can't make it down to Glastonbury, then you can still watch the whole of Goat's performance live on the BBC or tune in to the Freakzone on BBC 6Music on Sunday from 9pm, where they will be airing some of their set live...also we have heard from the band, that they will performing their new single "It's Time For Fun"! The full list of dates are: 27 June Beuningen, Netherlands – Down The Rabbit Hole Festival 28 June Pilton; UK – Glastonbury Festival 03 July Roskilde; Denmark – Roskilde Festival 01 August Näsåker; Sweden – Urkult Festival 21 August Hasselt; Belguim – Pukkelpop Festival 22 August Wales; UK – Green Man Festival 28 – 29 August La Tour-de-Peilz/Switzerland – Nox Orae Festival 17 October Greece; Athens – Gagarin Festival ---
